Central CSD

🍽️ Summer Food Program is still on for tomorrow!

Even with the holiday this week, we’ll be serving meals as usual! See you tomorrow!

⚾🥎 Youth Nights are TONIGHT and TOMORROW! 🥎⚾

We’re excited to welcome our youth softball and baseball players to the final home games of the season! Come cheer on the Warriors, enjoy some soft serve ice cream, and show your Central pride! ❤️🤍

Wear your team gear, bring your loudest cheers, and let’s fill the stands with future Warriors!

📣 Girls Wrestling Camps!

Don’t miss out on two awesome opportunities for 7–12 grade girls wrestlers! ⬇️

🤼‍♀️ Luther Girls Team Camp
📍 Decorah, IA
📅 July 15–17
🔗 https://luther.campmanagement.com/p/campers/login_m.php

🤼‍♀️ Central Wrestling Camp (Boys & Girls)
📍 Elkader, IA
📅 July 20–22
🔗 https://www.littlewarriorswrestling.com/2025

🛑 Registration for both camps closes July 5 — don’t wait!
Questions? Contact Coach Ledbeter or Coach Heitman.

🥎 Postseason time is approaching! 🥎

Make plans to cheer on our Central softball team as they take on Don Bosco in the first round of Regionals on Monday, July 7 at Don Bosco!

Let’s fill the stands and show our support as the girls begin their tournament run! ❤️🤍

🏋️‍♂️ Check out this week's schedule of workouts! No open gyms this week due to the gym floors being refinished.

🚨 Notice to the Community 🚨

⚾🥎 Youth Nights are here! 🥎⚾ The Central softball team will have their last home game of the season on July 2nd and the WarEagle baseball team will be playing in Elkader on July 3rd - so let's pack the stands with our future high school softball and baseball players! ❤️🤍 🎉 Wear your youth team gear and come ready to cheer! 🍦 Soft serve ice cream & root beer floats will be available at the concession stand! 🎓 It's Senior Night for both teams as well! 🙌 Let’s make it a great night for our teams and our young athletes!

Central Community FFA member Nate Shirbroun will be wearing his FFA jacket one last time this October at the 98th National FFA Convention in Indianapolis to receive his American FFA Degree! 🎉 We’re incredibly proud of Nate for his outstanding leadership and commitment to agriculture. He, alongside Rebecca, will be the fourth and fifth members of our chapter to receive this elite award. Congrats, Nate—your hard work has paid off, and we can't wait to cheer you on in Indianapolis! 🌾💙

🎉 Big Congratulations to Rebecca Suhr! 🎉 Rebecca has officially been approved to receive the American FFA Degree at the 98th National FFA Convention — the highest honor an FFA member can achieve! 🌟 Awarded to less than 1% of all members nationwide, this degree recognizes Rebecca’s exceptional commitment to agricultural education, leadership, community service, and her Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE). From countless hours of hard work to leading and serving her community, Rebecca’s dedication and passion have truly paid off. She will be honored this fall in Indianapolis alongside other elite FFA members from across the country. 👏 Please join us in celebrating this HUGE accomplishment — we are so proud of you, Rebecca! 💙💛

📣 Coaches Wanted! 🏀🏐🏃‍♂️ Central is looking for passionate, motivated individuals to join our coaching team for the 2025–2026 school year! If you love working with students, building strong teams, and showing Warrior pride, we’d love to have you on board. We have multiple coaching opportunities open—come be part of something great! Help us spread the word and tag someone who’d make a great coach!

🇺🇸Central Community FFA is proud to represent at the nation's capital! 🇺🇸 This week, Kristy Schaffer is attending the Washington Leadership Conference (WLC) hosted by the National FFA Organization in Washington, D.C.! WLC offers FFA members from across the country an incredible opportunity to grow as leaders, serve their communities, and explore the rich history and culture of our nation’s capital. We can’t wait to hear about the knowledge and inspiration Kristy brings back to our chapter — and how she plans to implement new leadership ideas to help us grow and thrive! 💙💛 Way to go, Kristy! Represent us well! 🌽🌾

📣 Please join us in welcoming two new faces to the Central team! Michelle Kirchman is a veteran teacher joining us from Prairie du Chien. She brings years of experience and is excited to start a new adventure at Central teaching 7–12 English! 📚✏️ Joel Helgerson is a proud Central alum and recently retired from the Army. He’s ready for his next chapter as our new 5th grade teacher and we’re thrilled to have him back home with the Warriors! 🏫🇺🇸 Help us give a warm Central welcome to Mrs. Kirchman and Mr. Helgerson!

🔧 We're Hiring! 🔧 Central Community School is looking for a dedicated Maintenance Director to join our team! This full-time position is perfect for someone who takes pride in keeping facilities running smoothly, safely, and efficiently. If you're handy, organized, and ready to make a difference in our school community, we want to hear from you! Help us spread the word!

🏋️‍♂️🏐 Check out this week's schedule of workouts and open gyms!

Yearbooks are for sale! Enjoy the class of 2025 graduating, Preschool Graduation, field trips, fun at Central and so much more. This yearbook contains Preschool through 12th! It will be a hard cover book with about 130 pages of every highlight of the school year and all the fun the kids had. You do not want to miss this opportunity to order one today! Head down to the link attached. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3KyVkf7T6AAHPXUOvYJOUgXtvS5ocobv-OSLrLTYvW1WKoQ/viewform?usp=header

We love hearing from our families! 🍽️ One parent recently shared this kind note about our Summer Food Program, and we couldn’t agree more. Our team works hard to make sure kids are fed and supported all summer long. ☀️💪 Thank you to all who make this program possible! 👏

☀️ Summer Food Program kicks off TODAY! 🥪🍎 Our team is ready and excited to see all the families who signed up! Meals are headed to Volga, St. Olaf, and Elkport, as well as being here in Elkader! See you soon!

🌞 Summer Food Program Update! 🥪🍎 Our amazing kitchen staff is hard at work today preparing meals for tomorrow’s pick-up! We’re proud to offer this program to help keep our students and families fueled all summer long. 📍 Pick-up begins tomorrow! Elkader - Central Community School Volga - Volga City Opera House St. Olaf - Civic Center Elkport/Garber - Community Center Thank you to our incredible team!

🚨 Public Sealed Bid Central Community School has a few items available for sealed public bid! 📦 These can also be found on our website under the Live Feed. 📬 Bids must be submitted in person or by mail to: Central Community School Attn: Mrs. Walch 400 1st St NW, Elkader, IA 52043 🕛 All bids are due by 12:00 PM on June 25, 2025. Help us spread the word!

Guarantee your order today! Yearbook's are for sale! Enjoy the class of 2025 graduating, Preschool Graduation, field trips, fun at Central and so much more. This yearbook contains Preschool through 12th! It will be a hard cover book with about 130 pages of every highlight of the school year and all the fun the kids had. You do not want to miss this opportunity to order one today! Head down to the link attached. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3KyVkf7T6AAHPXUOvYJOUgXtvS5ocobv-OSLrLTYvW1WKoQ/viewform?usp=header