Cedar Falls Community School District would like to invite the community to join us in celebrating the ribbon cutting for Orchard Hill Elementary at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, December 12. Cedar Falls School Board members, Orchard Hill Elementary staff and students will be on hand for the ribbon cutting. Following remarks and the ribbon cutting, students will provide guided tours of the building until 7 p.m. Visitors will also be welcome to tour the building on their own. Refreshments will be served in the cafeteria.
Cedar Falls Community School District would like to invite the community to join us in celebrating the ribbon cutting for North Cedar Elementary at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 17. The ribbon cutting will take place in the gymnasium. Cedar Falls Community School Board members, North Cedar Elementary staff and students will be on hand for the ribbon cutting. Following remarks and the ribbon cutting, students will provide guided tours of the building until 7 p.m. Visitors will also be welcome to tour the building on their own. Refreshments will be served in the cafeteria
Calling all North Cedar alum!
Teachers, students, parents of students, neighbors!

Our newly remodeled building will be the place of many new memories but we want to know, "What is your best memory from North Cedar?" A simple sketch is preferred but please feel free to submit a written statement, instead. Please include your name, connection to North Cedar, and the year(s) you were at North Cedar. (i.e. Lauren Semler-Nolte, art teacher, 2007-present) Responses can be sent to  lauren.semler-nolte@cfschools.org  or you can visit us at our open house on Tuesday, December 17, 5:30-7 p.m. Your memory will be making its way into a mural that our current students will be creating for our new space. Please spread the word! We are hoping to gather as many memories as we can before January 2020!
It's time! Do you have a problem to solve or projects on your list to do? Our @CF_CAPS
program is currently accepting projects for the spring semester. If your business or organization is interested in submitting a project, click here . CF CAPS is a STEM BEST Program Model
Michelle Ki and Frank Zhang competed in the JA Titan Challenge on November 20 at Hawkeye Community College. Students competed against each other using a business simulation. At the end of round 1, the top 8 teams competed against each other for scholarship money. Frank & Michelle won the competition and each will receive $1,500 scholarships to be used at a school of their choice!
Cedar Falls Schools Foundation Awards over $15,000
 
The Cedar Falls Schools Foundation (CFSF) awarded eighteen Excellence Grants in November, totaling over $15,000, for innovative projects in the classroom ranging from 3D printers to disc golf materials. Grants were available to all Cedar Falls Community School District educators, pre-k-12, and made possible through donor gifts. Four named grants were awarded this year in memory of Pat Lyman, Robert L. Savereide, Amy Denholm and Jim & Karen Bolger.

Click here to see all of the projects supported this year.
Welcome to the board of education @njgruber ! And serving additional terms @SusieWHines @leeper_jenny and Jeff Hassman ! Thank you for being willing to serve our students and our district! #everystudenteveryday
Major congratulations to Emma Cryer, senior trumpet player from CFHS Band, for being individually recognized at the All-State concert for the very rare accomplishment of making it all four years of high school. Bravo! #CFtigerpride
Former Cedar Falls athletics director Gary Koenen has been named to the Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association Hall of Fame! Koenen, who retired in 2018, is one of four Hall of Fame honorees, joining Mitch Osborn of Harlan, Brian Reimers of Ogden and Davis Johnson of Decorah. They will be recognized at the IHSADA state convention March 28-31 in Coralville.
Input needed on future of career and technical education in Iowa: The Iowa Department of Education has launched an  online survey  for students, parents, secondary and postsecondary educators, employers, community members and other education stakeholders to share their observations, experiences and insight on career and technical education (CTE) in Iowa. The input received will help in the development of Iowa’s state plan required under the federal Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, commonly referred to as Perkins V. Iowa’s  Career and Technical Education Advisory Council , which was convened by the Department earlier this fall, has requested broad public input to ensure Iowa’s state plan meets the unique needs of our learners, educators and employers. Feedback gathered through this online survey will provide guidance to the council, whose charge is to ensure Iowa’s state plan positions CTE as a driving force for education, workforce and economic development.
Board of Education Meeting November 25, 2019

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