Illini Central Middle School

Illini Central Schools will dismiss on Wednesday, 3/29/23, at 11:30 for a school improvement planning day. The Pre-K will not hold classes, but will host a Transportation Fair for Pre-K students and parents 8-10:30 am. Attendance is optional.

The March Cougar Chat is available here: https://5il.co/1qyny

The IC Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting tonight at 7:00 pm at the Mason City Public Library. The Google Meet link is meet.google.com/woh-mzdx-ugm

Mrs. Realmo's Class Studies Nonrenewable Resources We have been studying nonrenewable resources in Earth science class. We had a lab where we could explore mining and see how it affects the environment. The students got to mine chocolate chips out of cookies and see how good they were at it. They even got to see how much money they would make based on how many chocolate chips they mined, the environmental impact, and how long it took them to mine.

The ICMS Scholastic Bowl team stays at home for a meet today against the West Lincoln Broadwell Wolverines. The meet is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. Wishing our students well this afternoon. #WeAreIC #BeJimmy

Paper forms for the ICMS Middle School Yearbook are now available and are due no later than March 7, 2023. Forms are available from your WIN teacher or pick one up at the table outside the office. The price for a Middle School yearbook is $12.00. We are partnering with HRImaging to directly order through their website: https://book.hrimaging.com/ Click on the blue “Order Now!” banner, type “Illini Central Middle School”, then enter the student’s first and last name to ADD TO CART. The yearbooks will be delivered before the end of this school year. #WeAreIC #BeJimmy

Congratulations to our own Mr. Kelly Damann, ICHS/ICMS Band & Chorus Teacher for being honored by the ISBE. The award is for Meritorious Service in the Early Career Educator category. We are blessed by the difference you are making in our students' lives. #WeAreIC

The 2023-2024 School Calendar has been approved by the Regional Office of Education and is now official. The calendar can be found here: https://5il.co/1ptu6

Illini Central Schools will dismiss on Wednesday, 2/22/23, at 11:30 for a school improvement planning day. There will be no Pre-K tomorrow.

The IC Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 7:00 pm at the Mason City Public Library. The Google Meet address is https://meet.google.com/qku-wdod-tmh?hs=122&authuser=0

ICHS requires all our students to participate in mock interviews before graduation. Recent graduates told us they wished we would have done it earlier in their high school careers. We are listening to their feedback and moving this to sophomore year, but we want to ensure that all of our juniors and seniors also get this experience. To make this happen, we need your help! If you are interested in participating in interviews during the month of March, please complete this form: https://forms.gle/CHBS9SkZBdkduqqu7. We will be in touch with more details once we have our interviewers. Thanks in advance!

We are excited to announce that online ordering for the 22/23 ICMS Yearbook is now available! The price for a Middle School yearbook is $12.00. We are partnering with HRImaging to directly order through their website: https://book.hrimaging.com/ Click on the blue “Order Now!” banner, type “Illini Central Middle School”, then enter the student’s first and last name to ADD TO CART. Ordering online is the preferred option, but there will be paper order forms available in the next week. ALL ORDERS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN MARCH 3, 2023. The yearbooks will be delivered before the end of this school year. #WeAreIC #BeJimmy

The IC Board of Education will hold a special meeting on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023 at 5pm in the District Office, 222 North West Avenue, Mason City. The Google Meet link is meet.google.com/ofy-awdq-djx

Bus 5 has experienced a mechanical issue. We are redirecting another bus that will pick up these students. Students will arrive home later than normal. Students were not at risk, and all are safe. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Yesterday, Jostens met with the 8th grade students to discuss their Commitment to Graduation. Here is the link for any parent who wants to view or order online. (Ordering is optional) https://form.typeform.com/to/HEV8V6oe All orders are due by next Wednesday, February 1st online or into the office!

Here are the Illini Central High School students who earned honors in the 1st semester & the Middle School students who did so for the 2nd quarter. View a PDF of these lists at the following links: HS: https://5il.co/1nt2m MS: https://5il.co/1nt2o Congratulations to all of these students for their hard work! #WeAreIC #BeJimmy

Merry Christmas to our students, families, teachers/staff and all IC alumni! Wishing you a blessed day! #WeAreIC #BeJimmy *Thanks to Elijah Stender for the great graphic.

Illini Central student, Destinee Thomas has made 200 hats by hand and has donated many of them. She donates them to local hospitals. Destinee is a blessing to everyone she knows and to all of the people who benefit from her kindness. #WeAreIC #BeJimmy

Here is another employment opportunity we need to share. The requirements for this job have been posted to the Illini Central website. Those requirements can be found at the following link: https://5il.co/1mab7 If you are interested, please call the school at 217-482-5180 or email Mr. Ward at mward@illinicentral.org with any further questions. #WeAreIC #BeJimmy

This is a reminder that Illini Central schools will dismiss at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, Dec. 20th and Wednesday, Dec. 21st, 2002. The last day of attendance for the first semester is Wednesday, 12/21. School will resume on Thursday, January 5, 2023. Have a Happy Holiday!