Volunteers Needed This Weekend!
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Volunteers! Your help is needed! Let's show our community how we come together, not just before flooding, but after as well.
Please
meet at Cedar Falls High School this Saturday AND Sunday at 8 a.m. to carpool to North Cedar. We
need to keep traffic and congestion to a minimum.
Wear pants, closed toe shoes, bring gloves and be ready to work.
Volunteers will check in at North Cedar Elementary and then be given info on where to go. If you have a pick-up, please bring it. Also needed are hammers, pry bars, utility knives and either a snow shovel or scoop shovel and gas pressure washers.
Churches, service groups, clubs...all are invited! Please spread the word, spread the work, spread the love!
Donations are also still needed. See this site for update to date needs:
Guide with links & contact information to get help, donate supplies, and more:
Many hands make light work!
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Hansen Elementary Named National Blue Ribbon School!
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For information on this awesome accomplishment, read the full announcement
here.
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LAST CHANCE! Submit your suggestion for naming the new elementary!
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The District is asking
YOU
for suggestions on naming the new elementary school.
The District is taking suggestions from students, staff, parents and community members. Suggested names can be submitted through September 30. At that time a committee will review all the suggestions and narrow the list to be recommended to the Board of Education for discussion. The Board of Education will make the final determination for the building name.
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Homecoming 2016 - Stars & Stripes
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Come support the Tigers!
Football Game/Coronation
Cedar Falls vs. West Waterloo
Sophomore Game 5:15 p.m.
Varsity Game 7:30 p.m.
UNI Dome
Homecoming king and queen will be crowned
during halftime of the football game.
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See what our Kindergarten students did at Safety City
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Watch highlights of the Rich Engel Classic
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Cedar Falls Fire Dept. Talks Fire Safety at Holmes Junior High
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Construction Updates
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The District will post regular updates on the construction projects at North Cedar Elementary, Orchard Hill Elementary and the new elementary in southwest Cedar Falls on the
District website.
At the September 26, 2016, Board of Education meeting, these preliminary plans were presented.
Tentative Timeline
Fall 2016 - The Board of Education approved the grading package for the new elementary site.
Fall 2016 - Grading began at new elementary site.
Fall 2016 - Administrators and teachers work to finalize design of three projects.
Spring 2017 - Package of design and development for the three projects will be bid.
Spring/Summer 2017 - All three projects begin construction.
August 2018 - New elementary completed.
March 2019 - Orchard Hill Elementary completed,
due to complexity of project it will take longer to finish.
August 2019 - North Cedar Elementary completed, due to complexity of project it will take longer to finish.
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Cedar Valley Family STEM Festival
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2016 Cedar Valley Family STEM Festival
Thursday, November 10
4-7:30 p.m.
Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center, Waterloo
The festival is free and open to the public.
Over 70 organizations from the Cedar Valley and throughout Iowa will present exhibits and hands-on activities for kids pre-K through 12 and their families. Attendees can drive robots, conduct amazing science experiments and much more! In addition, the festival showcases STEM programs in local schools and offer interactive specialty shows throughout the evening.
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Safety Update
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The District is committed to providing a safe supportive learning and working environment for our students and staff. We have safety plans in place to prevent, prepare, respond and recover from a crisis and these plans are practiced on a regular basis with students and staff. The plans have been designed with the expertise of staff members, national/state protocols, parents, and community safety experts. You can help us by:
- Keeping your emergency contact information updated at all times.
- Tell your child to inform an adult if anyone talks about hurting others, themselves or obtaining any type of weapon even if they think the person is joking.
- Know that the District practices immediate response actions; these drills help us be prepared for actions that would be taken in a crisis situation. If you believe participation in a drill could be detrimental for your child or you would like more information about a drill, please notify a building administrator.
Click
here
for more information about school safety - together we can find solutions that will help keep all of our children safe.
The District Safety Committee oversees many aspects of safety for the District and is comprised of educators at all levels of the District as well as a wide range of community partners. CF Partners for Healthy Schools, a subcommittee of the Safety Committee, is focused on providing education and support for a psychologically safe, healthy and substance-free environment for all.
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Expanding Your Horizons
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The Cedar Valley Society of Women Engineers will be hosting the 4th annual Expanding Your Horizons conference at UNI on
Saturday, October 15. This is a day-long conference for girls in 5th-8th grade, where they get the chance to attend three hands-on workshops that focus on different opportunities in STEM careers.
Registration fee is $10.
Registration DEADLINE is October 5.
If you have any event related questions,
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Thank you Class of 1996!
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Go Tiger Alumni!
The Cedar Falls Schools Foundation would like to say a huge thank you to the reunion
Class of 1996
for their generous gift to the Legacy of Learning Fund! This fund provides scholarships, teacher enrichment awards and district initiative funds (such as STEM) to the Cedar Falls School District.
Congratulations on your 20 year reunion! Thank you for celebrating it by giving to our students and staff!
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Board Brief
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Watch the September 26 meeting.
The next Cedar Falls Schools Board of Education meeting will be October 10, 7 p.m. at Cedar Falls City Hall and will be shown on Cedar Falls Channel 15.
Agendas, documents and materials for all board of education meetings can be found on the Cedar Falls Schools
website
. Watch previous meetings on the District's YouTube Channel.
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Calendar
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Interested in knowing when events are?
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Open Positions
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The District is also in need of substitute bus drivers,
substitute para-educators and food service workers.
The School District is looking for bus drivers.
Join our team and be a part of the driving force behind education!
Cedar Falls Schools is looking for candidates who possess a good driving record and who have or the ability to obtain their Commercial Drivers License (CDL). Candidates will be required to obtain their CDL, but District will assist in process. District will provide required State of Iowa School Bus training for candidates who have successfully obtained their CDL.
For more information please call 319-553-2443.
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1002 W. First Street
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
319-553-3000
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It is the policy of the Cedar Falls Community School District not to illegally discriminate in either: its educational programs on the basis of race, religion, creed, socioeconomic status, color, sex, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or genetic information; or its employment practices on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ethnic background, age, disability, or genetic information. There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination. If you have questions or a grievance related to this policy please contact the district's Equity Coordinator, Dr. Adrian Talbot, Director of Human Resources, James L. Robinson Administrative Center, 1002 West First St. Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613, 319-553-3000.
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