I would like to extend a big THANK YOU to everyone who supported our 2020 Book Fair. Our fair looked different this year, but it was very successful!  With 40% of the profits from your generous purchases, we were able to donate 222 books to students who were affected by the derecho that devasted Cedar Rapids, IA, in August!  All other profits from the book fair will go back into the library to purchase books and other library purchases, including those for our annual February Reading Month.  

Please click on the arrow to view the video, which includes pictures of some of our dress-up days, book donations to Cedar Rapids, and library purchases.  Thanks again for your support of our 2020 Book Fair!  

The Central Lyon Art Room has created a Digital Gallery using the Instagram App.

Search "centrallyonart" on Instagram to find our page with updates of student's work as it is completed, or click on the link to the left 

Posts will show the students' artwork first and foremost, then be labeled by what student completed it (first name only), the class it was completed in, the unit the piece was constructed for and the title of the piece (if applicable).

Follow us for updates or visit every once in a while to see the new works!

The boys' team and three individuals qualified for state cross country, which will be held Saturday, October 31, at Fort Dodge. The boys' team qualified for  the fifth consecutive year by placing second at districts. In addition three individuals qualified individually by placing in the top 15. Congrats to Daniel, Carter, Mary, and the boys' team. Good luck at the state meet!

District results: 

4th      Daniel Schriever 17:58.3 

5th      Carter Spiess       18:04.7 

17th    Lane Henrichs     18:28.3  

24th    Xander Ditsworth 18:45.2 

34th    Matt Helken        19:16.6 

41st    Brandon Van Briesen  19:44.8 

45th    Chase Duin        20:00.3 

9th      Mary Schriever    21:28.9 

Open campus typically begins in December, or earlier at the discretion of the principal. This year, open campus for eligible seniors began Monday, October 26, 2020, during study hall, designated college course time, and lunch. FLEX open-campus would only be available to students who have study hall/college coursework eighth hour. Seniors can check their eligibility with Mrs. Lupkes or Principal Engleman.

Open Campus Requirements:

• 1^st Quarter GPA of 2.0 or above.
• No more than 2 tardies per quarter.
• No more than one disciplinary referral during the 1^st quarter.
• No more than 5 unexcused absences during each semester.

Additional guidelines:

• If a senior has first (or first and second) hour study hall, when they arrive at school they must sign in to the office.
• Seniors leaving for the day either 7^th and 8^th, or just 8^th must sign out for the day in the office.  These students are not required to attend DEAR but all other seniors must.
• Seniors may leave during the other hours of the day without signing out. Seniors leaving for lunch are NOT to bring back food for others or underclassmen.
• Dropping below a 2.0 GPA will cause seniors to lose open campus.
• Any D or F grade during any grading period, including midterms, will lose open campus privileges.
• Any school suspension is cause to lose open campus.
• Qualifying for CLAS will result in study hall assignment in place of open campus.
• Do not loiter in the halls during open campus.
• Open campus is NOT open gym. Remember, this is a PRIVILEGE, don’t mess it up!  

Students who earn OPEN CAMPUS and then violate the guidelines or school policy may lose OPEN CAMPUS privileges for the remainder of the school year and be assigned to study hall. Eligibility can be earned every four weeks, at midterm and quarter-end.

Mrs. Langholdt volunteered to be the individual speech coach because it was open due to Miss Sndyer's leaving. She didn't want the students to miss out the great things that individual speech offers. She also has always loved coaching the musical theater for the individual students, and she felt that she could take on all of the categories. "It is a lot of fun finding songs that encourage students to step out of their comfort zone to be different character," says Mrs. Langholdt. 

She doesn't remember how many years she has been coaching musical theater for the individual students. She said "It's been a LONG TIME!" She is very excited to take on all of the categories; there are a lot of categories that she is not familiar with, so it will be fun to learn about them. The individual speech categories are musical theater, prose, storytelling, poetry, literary program, public address, expository address, radio news announcing, after dinner speaking, original oratory, and acting. She is very excited to try all of them this year. The last thing she said was, "individual speech is a lot of fun" and she hopes that lots of students will try it out. 

Central Lyon, along with other school districts across the state, is learning about the new mask guidance relating to quarantining that was announced by Governor Reynolds and Dr. Caitlin Pedati at this morning's press conference.

The following graphic is new from the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) explaining the changes.

As more information becomes available, we will continue to update students, families, and our community.