Illini Central High School

The middle school DC/NYC trip is doing a fundraiser for their spring trip. Custom IC Cups! https://www.stachecups.com/pages/illini-central-2023

Anna, our Ukrainian foreign exchange student, gave a presentation to the Freshmen and Sophomores today. She shared wonderful information about her home country, her culture, and current events. Included in the pictures is a QR code that you can scan to directly support her country. She will be sharing with the Juniors and Seniors tomorrow and will be doing a more in-depth presentation at the Arlee tomorrow (Thursday) at 7pm.

The IC Board of Education Google Meets link is: meet.google.com/wxt-sscf-mfk

Our picture re-take schedule is as follows: ICGS will be tomorrow November 8th. ICMS/ICHS will be Tuesday, November 14th. #WeAreIC #BeJimmy

ICHS requires all our students to participate in mock interviews before graduation. In years past, we have conducted these interviews during the student's senior year; however, recent graduates wished we would have done it earlier in their high school career. We are listening to their feedback and are moving this opportunity to sophomore year. To make this happen, we need your help! If you are interested in participating in interviews, please complete this form: https://forms.gle/gJTMetKvWf8hWZwo8 We will be in touch with more details once we have our interviewers. Thanks in advance!

Just posted the Illini Central Breakfast & Lunch Menus to the website for November. They can be found at the following links or on the Illini Central app under Dining: Breakfast: https://5il.co/283wp Lunch: https://5il.co/283x3 #WeAreIC #BeJimmy

Alliance Community Bank of Mason City and Illini Central High School are pleased to present Lucia Leamon with the September Student of the Month Award. For demonstrating outstanding character, Lucia receives an Amazon gift card from Alliance Community Bank and an Amazon gift card from the Illini Central High School faculty. Lucia is the daughter of Chet & Liz Leamon. Lucia has shown great resolve and excellence this year while taking Resource Management, Government and Civics, AP Calculus, Advanced Chemistry 2, Dual Credit Composition, Advanced Spanish 4, and Band. Lucia is the Mu Alpha Theta President and Student Council Treasurer. She is also a member of the National Honor Society, Art Club, Spanish Club, Spanish Honor Society, Scholastic Bowl, and Pep Band. Outside of school, Lucia enjoys working with youth as a Park District referee for youth soccer. After graduation, Lucia plans on attending ICC and then transferring to a four-year university and majoring in Geology. Congratulations, Lucia! Thank you for all of your contributions to Illini Central over the years. We are wishing you nothing but the best in the future. #WeAreIC #BeJimmy

Good afternoon, Tomorrow, October 31st, Illini Central Schools will dismiss at 11:30 a.m. for school improvement meetings. Pre-K will have their Halloween Half Day tomorrow from 8 a.m.-10:30 a.m. There will be no bussing for Pre-K students; they must be dropped off and picked up from school. As tomorrow is Halloween, preK and grade school students may wear their costumes to school for the spirit day as long as they do not include masks, weapons, or gore. Middle and high school students wishing to wear their costumes may do so if they pay $1 outside the office in the morning. Money collected will go towards the community projects of the Interact Club. All costumes must be school-appropriate and follow the guidelines of no masks, weapons, or gore. We hope everyone has a warm and safe Halloween! Jennifer Durbin, Ed. D. Assistant Superintendent

Last call for anyone looking to purchase Cougar Gear from The Illini Central Athletic Boosters' Winter Apparel Store. Use the following link to place your order today! https://illinicentral2023.itemorder.com/shop/home/ Thank you in advance for your support of Illini Central Sports & our boosters! #WeAreIC #BeJimmy

Freshmen will be taking a trip to LLCC on Tuesday, November 28. They will stop at the airport on the way to tour the aviation program there before heading to campus to tour the Workforce center, Nursing program, and Agriculture program. Students will need to bring money for lunch. They will be reminded of this a few times as we get closer to the date.

Once again this year, The Class III would like to help recognize students who show what #WeAreIC means. To us, #WeAreIC can be represented by many things. It can represent academic improvement, going above and beyond, positivity, selflessness , responsibility, respect, and many other things. Mr. Crause has recognized Junior Zoey Thomas for portraying what it means to be #WeAreIC.

Good afternoon, Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 4th, and Thursday, October 5th, Illini Central schools will dismiss at 2:00 p.m. for parent-teacher conferences. On Wednesday, the PreK afternoon classes will dismiss at 2:00 p.m., and there are no afternoon classes for students in PreK on Thursday. Parent-teacher conferences allow families to connect with teachers to discuss their students' progress. If you still need to sign up for conferences, contact your child’s teacher or the building secretary to schedule a time. This Friday, October 6th, and Monday, October 9th, students will not be in attendance at Illini Central. School will resume the regular schedule on Tuesday.

IC schools will dismiss on Wednesday, September 27 at 11:30 am. The IC Pre-K program will hold a half-day event for parents and students running from 8 am to 10:30 am. There is no bussing for Pre-K students tomorrow.

Wednesday, October 4, Seniors will be going one a field trip to the Illinois State Fairgrounds for the Capital Area Educational Fair! Students have been given a flyer that will allow them to register for a barcode. This barcode will enable colleges to send each student info as they have interest. There will be around 70 colleges represented this year! Students will be gone in the morning and will be back by lunch.

Homecoming T-shirts are for sale again this year. The order forms are outside of the office and they are due back with money to Miss Bohannan by Thursday, September 28th. #WeAreIC #BeJimmy

The IC Board of Education will hold its September 2023 meeting tonight at 7:00 pm at the Mason City Public Library. The Google Meet link is meet.google.com/wxt-sscf-mfk

Juniors and Seniors have field trips scheduled for next week! The Seniors will be going to LLCC for a Carrer Expo on Thursday, September 21st. They will need to bring money for lunch (fast food). Please call the office if you need assistance. The Juniors will be going to ISU for a group tour on Friday, September 22nd. They will be gone all day and lunch will be provided on campus.

Parents, Jostens met with the sophomore class regarding ordering class rings and letter jackets. Each student received a class ring design packet in the meeting to take home. Jostens will be back at the school next Wednesday, September 20th, during advisory to take class ring and letter jacket orders. Extra packets are in the office. Before picking which way to order is best, please watch a short class ring video and visit the Midwest Central school store at https://vimeo.com/863834646?share=copy. You may place your ring and letter jacket order in two different ways: Turn your order form into our Jostens reps, Rob Epperson & Brock Danko, on Wednesday. Order at jostens.com All orders placed online or at school up until 11:59 pm on Wednesday, September 20th, will receive $40 off, a custom Illini Central Central hoodie, and a class of 2026 companion ring! Thank you! Rob Epperson 309-691-9081

Visit the "Rooms" website on the Illini Central homepage under "Quick Links" to learn more about rooms and how to use the Illini Central app. (https://www.illinicentral.org/page/illinirooms) Also, the Android app has been updated to fix the glitches, so make sure you're always using the most updated version. If you have questions or cannot find the answer on the website, please email jdurbin@illinicentral.org.

As we continue to do our best to communicate with students and families, we are trying to ensure all parents connect using Rooms and the Illini Central app. Teachers and staff will no longer use Class Dojo or Remind to communicate with students and parents. Parents, you should have received an email with the "magic code" to create accounts and add students. Go to id.edurooms.com and enter the magic code. Do not use an Illini Central account to create parent accounts. Students, you can go to id.edurooms.com, "Log in with Google," and use your Illini Central Google account. Once you have created your account, you can use the website or download the Illini Central app. If you don't see the "Rooms" toggle on the app, you may want to update or reinstall the app. Pay attention to the pop-ups as you sign in because that is how you will receive notifications. If you have difficulties or did not receive your code, please email jdurbin@illinicentral.org.