Three students from Central have qualified for the state competition for Nation History Day. Hannah Smith, Ajla Dizdarevic, and Elizabeth Story will be competing at the state level for a chance to go on to the national competition.

Hey students! Would you like a chance to win a made-to-order heart-shaped pizza for lunch on Valentines Day? If so, sign up for “Blind Date with a Book” at the circulation desk or email Ms. Hartwig at hartwigm@waterlooschools.org. Students will choose a wrapped book so they have no idea what they are getting – it will be a sweet surprise. Once the book is read they will complete a “rate your date” and be entered into a drawing for the pizza. One prize per grade level will be awarded. Students with overdue books and book fines will need to clear their fines up to participate. Deadline to sign up is January 28 and dates must be rated on-line by February 11, 2013.

Starting in January the library will begin the flip. No, not a physical overall (although we would never turn down new furnishings!) We will be changing out fiction shelving to be genre-based. Most students are looking for a category of book – sports, horror, mystery, romance, etc – and they usually don’t have time to do a catalog search in the minutes they have in the library. Shelving genres together and using color-codes to identify them just makes sense. We will be open for business as usual during the flip but you will see lots of activity and lots of student helpers hard at work making the library even more student-centered.

On Wednesday November 21, some Central Middle School students got “time off” for good behavior. To recognize their good character and reward them for demonstrating the 3Rs, staff hosted an ice cream social celebration.

All students in grades 6-12 will have school e-mail accounts in our closed district network, allowing them to communciate and collaborate electronically with their peers within our school and our district. Students must return their Internet Use Agreement, signed by the student and parent, before they get access to their accounts. Feel free to e-mail if you have questions…hartwigm@waterlooschools.org

There will be no school on Friday September 14, 2012 for teacher professional development.