Mrs. Bush
Embedded Files
Principal's Update
Principal's Update
Hello CIS Families!
March flew by, and here we are almost to spring break! I hope all of our students and families enjoy spring break! Hopefully the weather will cooperate so we can enjoy the outdoors.
Playground Update
Construction is underway for the new CPS and CIS playgrounds! Our custodial crew is working to prepare the areas for new equipment, and we are excited to see the project take shape this spring and summer. A huge thanks to our Facilities Director, Brandon Dash, for overseeing the project as well as the custodial crew. We are also proud of our students for their flexibility as their play areas are limited. It will be worth the wait!
Thank You, Paraprofessionals!
We celebrated our CIS Paraprofessionals on Friday, March 31 with treats. I want to take a moment to thank these individuals for their hard work and commitment to students. Our students and staff are so lucky to have you!
Feel free to send these dedicated individuals a note of appreciation over spring break!
Mrs. Ahten
Mrs. Alexander
Ms. Bell
Mrs. Bennett
Mr. Betson
Mrs. Brent
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Budde
Mrs. Coker
Mr. Cremeens
Mrs. Heffta
Mrs. Kramer
Mrs. Williams
Thank you, Ms. Martin!
Assistant Principal Appreciation week is April 3 - April 7! Since we will be on spring break, I wanted to use this opportunity to thank Ms. Kim Martin, CIS Assistant Principal, for being an amazing asset to CIS! Ms. Martin is in her second year at CIS, and we are so thankful for her work with students and staff. Feel free to send Ms. Martin a note of appreciation over spring break at kkmartin@central51.net.
Field Day
Mark your calendars for CIS Field Day on Monday, May 22. More information will be coming soon.
Communication
Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns at ebush@central51.net!
Ms. Martin
Assistant Principal's Update
Assistant Principal's Update
Spring is here!
Students and staff have worked hard through IAR testing and we are so proud of the effort from everyone. Thank you, families, for helping students arrive on time and mentally prepared to take on the IAR testing.
We are looking forward to Spring Break and the spring temperatures. It will be great to see more students ride their bikes and walk to school as temperatures warm up. In the meantime, please remember the following when dropping off/picking up your children at school:
If you choose to park in the lot, please walk with your children from your vehicle to the crosswalk. We want to make sure students are safe and seen.
Please refrain from turning left into the parking lot as this clogs traffic.
Please use caution driving through the parking lot.
Please watch out for students walking and riding their bikes around the school.
Have a restful Spring Break!
Cast of the CIS Spring Musical - Shrek Jr.
March 24 & 25, 2023
Mrs. Brosch
Counselor's Corner
Counselor's Corner
CENTRAL Code
It's hard to believe we are almost through CENTRAL Code for this school year! The Friday before spring break, we held our assembly for Aware and 33 students were recognized by their teachers for demonstrating social awareness and healthy decision making! Upon return from spring break, we will focus on Lead. Students will have SEL lessons about leadership and goal-directed behavior in Trojan Time. Our final CENTRAL Code assembly will be held on May 5. Have a great spring break!
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out at kbrosch@central51.net.
Additional Parent/Family Resources:
Nurse Martin
Nurse's Notes
Nurse's Notes
Spring is finally here! Warm weather also means spring allergies while we are trying soak up the much needed fresh air and sunshine! This can lead to itchy watery eyes, itchy, bumpy skin, scratchy throat, runny stuffy nose, sneezing, coughing and wheezing which could be signs of allergy or asthma.
Here are a few home tips to helping with milder allergy symptoms:
Wash your hands and face or take a shower and change clothes after being outside. Pollen in the air lands on our clothes and hands...once you touch your face, eyes, etc this can make symptoms worse. Washing the pollen off can help!
If eyes get itchy, watery or red, washing hands with soap and water and then applying a wet cloth to eyes or using an eye wash can help.
Always contact your child's primary care provider before starting an allergy medication regimen.
Click Here for more information regarding seasonal allergies from the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
Cast of CIS Musical - Shrek Jr.
Mrs. Perko - Reading
Skill Building with Interventions
Skill Building with Interventions
Observations about Critical Thinking
As we work with students in small groups or individually, we enjoy hearing their thought process. We learn so much about how we can help students when they learn to listen to their inner academic voice and share those thoughts with us. A common theme is for students to jump to calculations or conclusions quickly without thinking deeply about what they have read. There may be many reasons including anxiety and uncertainty. We love to create a safe environment where they can practice expressing their academic thoughts.
According to a Lumens Learning article ( Reading Article), there are some questions you can pose to encourage deeper thinking in reading. You can try these at home when you read with your student at any level.
What’s happening? Gather the basic information and begin to think of questions.
Why is it important? Ask yourself why it’s significant and whether or not you agree.
What don’t I see? Is there anything important missing?
How do I know? Ask yourself where the information came from and how it was constructed.
Who is saying it? What’s the position of the speaker and what is influencing them?
What else? What if? What other ideas exist and are there other possibilities?
For math deep thinking, encourage these thought patterns commonly identified by teachers as indicators of high performing math students reported by Solution Tree:
Practice composing and decomposing numbers
Think flexibly about numbers
Estimate a solution and check its reasonableness
Choose established strategies to solve problems
Express how one concept is related to another
Develop stamina to read and understand a word problem before trying to solve it
Talk about mathematics and mathematical thinking
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For questions about math or reading success, email us at mperko@central51.net or ehahn@central51.net
Mrs. Hahn - Math
Mr. Rogers - Health
Health & Physical Education
Health & Physical Education
As the weather warms up, please make sure your child is bringing a coat to go outside. We will go outside for PE on days that the weather conditions allow for us to do so.
Students in Health class during 2nd quarter have rotated back into PE, which means new students have been welcomed into Health class during 4th quarter. Mr. Rogers has been exploring ideas to acquire training equipment for students to have hands-on experience providing CPR and first aid emergency care. Please reach out to Mr. Rogers at grogers@central51.net if you are aware of any community connections that would assist in acquiring training equipment such as CPR mannequins, trainer AED's, and other first aid supplies. If you or someone you know works in the field of emergency medicine and would be willing to share their knowledge and skills with our students, please let Mr. Rogers know!
Mrs. Clarke - PE
Mrs. Lang - PE
PTO
PTO
Hello from PTO! March sure was a busy month around Central. PTO hosted a super successful and informative Meet the Candidates to introduce those running for school board…thank you to everyone involved. Don’t forget to vote April 4th! Huge thank you to our Teacher Appreciation Committee for showing the staff how lucky we are to have them. We were able to meet with administration and brainstorm some fun projects that will hopefully come to fruition soon. The pastry fundraiser was amazing-thank you to everyone that participated! Please come out to Tres Rojas on 4/28 from 5-8pm for a fun night out to meet some fellow Central parents. Have a safe Spring Break and we hope to see you at our next meeting on April 13th at 7pm in the CIS library.
Mrs. J. Uftring
Student Council
Student Council
March was a busy month full of Smencil Sales, the last dance of the year, spirit days/week, and thanking our teachers with breakfast during testing week.
April 12th is our next donut day. Money will be going to Paws Giving Independence (a therapy dog organization).
April 22 GO GREEN - wear green and help the environment
April 28th will be a babysitting night with STUCO- more information to follow
Therapy Dogs Visit CIS - March 29, 2023
Mrs. Youngman
Central Cares Club
Central Cares Club
Central Care Club's first ever TAPS drive was a huge success! Our Central families are always so generous and we are thankful! The students packed Mrs. Youngman's SUV with supplies and we also sent a check for $45 to TAPS. TAPS was extremely grateful for all of the items and money!
Additionally we had a food/supply drive for WHIP. We challenged all of the classes to bring in WHIP items with an incentive of a pizza party for first place and a donut party for second place. Additionally a school wide pajama day was promised if we met a goal of 2,500 items.
As always, Central students delivered!!!!!
CPS winners: Mrs. Wulf's class - pizza party and Mrs. Turner's class - donut party
CIS winners: Mrs. Hartzler's class - pizza party and Mrs. Webster's class - donut party
AND....WE EXCEEDED THE 2,500 GOAL! CENTRAL FAMILIES DONATED A TOTAL OF 2,674 ITEMS! A SCHOOL WIDE PAJAMA DAY IS BEING PLANNED (DATE TBD).
Mrs. Haight
Tech News
Tech News
Happy Spring and Exciting News!
Spring Break is upon us, so please remember to leave the school Chromebook at home if you are traveling over break to alleviate lost, stolen, or forgotten devices.
*Hapara Parent Sign Up*
Please see the following information about the opportunity to sign up for Hapara Parent Portal. Hapara Parent Portal Overview.
To sign-up for the Parent Portal click the Google Form link. The link will be open until April 14th. Hapara Parent Google Form Sign-up
After you sign-up via Google Forms, your information will be put into Hapara and you will receive confirmation from them that your account is ready to use. This will not occur until after the closing of the sign-up on April 14th. Look for the Hapara email sometime the week of April 17th.
If you have any questions, please contact me at whaight@central51.net
Mrs. Heffta
Library News
Library News
We are having a literacy event April 24-27 for students and families! There will be activities for families to do together with prizes. Please stay tuned for more information.
We are hosting a Literati Book Fair the same week and are excited for new books to choose from. Please sign up to volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B44AFAE2EA2FC1-cisliterati
Important Dates:
Important Dates:
Monday, April 3-10
SPRING BREAK
Tuesday, April 11
School Resumes
Jazz Band to Peoria Riverfront
Scholastic Bowl @ St.Pats
Track Meet @ MGS
Wednesday, April 12
Early Dismissal
SEL in Trojan Time - Lead
Thursday, April 13
Board Meeting
PTO Meeting
Track @ Morton
Friday, April 14
AP Appreciation Day
Monday, April 17
Volunteer Appreciation Week
Progress Monitoring Week - Tier 2 & 3
Illinois Science Assessment for 5th & 8th Grades
Tuesday, April 18
Scholastic Bowl vs Beverly Manor
Illinois Science Assessment for 5th & 8th Grades
Wednesday, April 19
Early Dismissal
Weekly Admin Meeting
Washington Township Band Festival all day @ 5 Points
Track Conference Meet @ WCHS
Illinois Science Assessment for 5th & 8th Grades
Thursday, April 21
Midterm 4
Illinois Science Assessment for 5th & 8th Grades
Friday, April 22
Illinois Science Assessment for 5th & 8th Grades
Monday, April 24
Climate committee Meeting @ 3 CIS Library
Spring Book Fair 4-6
Track @ Dunlap Middle
SEL in Trojan Time - Lead
Wednesday, April 26
Early Dismissal
Spring Book Fair 24th-27th
Administrative Assistants Day
Scholastic Bowl Regionals
Thursday, April 27
Track City Meet @ WCHS
Spring Book Fair
Friday April 28
Track Open House for Parents @ HS
Saturday, April 29
Track @ Eureka Hornet Invite 9-3
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