Clay Central Everly

CCE Monthly School Board Meeting will be held Wednesday, 5/29/2024, in the Royal Music Room starting at 6 p.m. Visitors are welcomed!

Our 6th graders had the chance to dig deeper into science during an extension of Talent Development in March, April, and May. Topics of study included multicellular organisms, plant vs. animal cells, DNA extraction, Iowa's fossil record and electromagnetic energy. Science rocks!

We are so happy for our wonderful 1st grade teacher!!! She has been a teacher for 37 years!! We love you, Mrs. Rutt!!!

Due to anticipated positions, CCE is taking applications for FT Elementary TA's for 2024-25. Contact Michelle Huntress at mhuntress@claycentraleverly.org or call 712-933-2242. Open until filled. Please find the application on the school's website.

Mrs. Toft handed out her end of the year “excellence in music” awards to the preschoolers today! The preschoolers were honored for being such wonderful listeners, putting on such excellent performances at the winter and spring concerts, and for being such fantastic Maverick music students! Great job, preschoolers!

The CCE Kindergarteners went to Prairie Heritage Center in Peterson yesterday to learn about Prairie animals from past and present! They explored the trail on the glacial marine and found caves to experience. They played in the underground to find things to create, played a seek and find game, and touched a fox snake! So cool! Thank you to Lindsey and Ian for sharing with our Kindergarteners! They had a great day!

Calling all preschoolers! Registration is NOW OPEN for 3- & 4-year-old preschool!

The CCE School Board is selling by sealed bid, “as is” condition: 2008 Chevrolet Impala LS, silver, 4 door, 149,622 miles. All sealed bids must be submitted by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 6/19/24 and will be opened in public at the Board meeting on Wednesday, 6/26/24 at 6:00 p.m.

Hello, Big AÇAÍ is delivering on Monday, May 20th at 11:15 to CCE Elementary in Royal! Locals, feel free to order, too! Check out the tips before for online ordering! www.toasttab.com/bigacaiokoboji Order Online Order online from Big Acai Bowls Okoboji Food Truck, including Classic (small), Power (medium), Big (large). Get the best prices and service by ordering direct! www.toasttab.com • All orders must be made online by 9am the day of the delivery. All deliveries are made by location, with our Black delivery vehicle [no trailer] •Select the delivery day [any time] as we deliver to the locations at the times posted (make sure you are set to delivery and have the correct day) Our ordering page may default to 'pickup' if we are open when you order. •use the physical address of the location 401 Church St, Royal, Iowa •picking up from a location you aren’t at? Note that you will pick up in the parking lot, so your order doesn’t go inside •make sure you get a confirmation email! Thank you!

More Lakeside Lab photos! We will be reliving this beautiful day for days to come! Only five more school days left, Mavericks! Let’s make the most of it!

Today was Lakeside Lab day and it was SO much fun! We had the perfect day exploring the beautiful Lakeside grounds and learning so much while having loads of fun! From bird banding to pond dipping, fish print painting to hiking, canoeing and more, we had the absolute best day! Thank you to Lakeside Lab for your wonderful hospitality!

The 4th graders worked together today to do some service learning in our Nature Learning Center! They picked up sticks and weeded the “river bed” today. Thank you, Mavericks!

A HUGE shoutout to our amazing local telephone company, Premier Communications! Connie and Barb insisted on getting the kiddos (and staff) refreshments and snacks during their hard day of work picking up sticks and weeding local lawns. How wonderful is that?! THANK YOU, Connie, Barb and Premier Communications for always supporting our Mavericks! We are grateful for you!

Today was the 5th graders turn for a Service Learning Day excursion! They headed to Everly and Royal to community member’s homes along with local city parks to help with weeds, rocks, sticks and did the hauling too! This fantastic group of kiddos worked hard all day to assist others in the area and we are so proud of them! They are fantastic Maverick leaders! We love our community outreach projects and love our CCE communities so much!

Tomorrow is Outdoor Day at Lakeside Lab. Please dress in layers. Long pants are recommended. Wear closed toe shoes. Send a water bottle with your child. The water fountains are not working. Apply sunscreen and/or bug spray before your child leaves for school. Sunscreen and bug spray are available throughout the day. Check your child for ticks when they return home.

Much goes on behind the scenes at public schools - we have many different sponsorships, fundraiser committees, special donors and volunteers that pull together to provide the best support that we could ever dream for our little school and our amazing Mavericks. One of those groups that goes above and beyond in their volunteer efforts is our CCE Pop-Can Committee! This group of volunteers is composed of former Mavericks, community members and current or former staff that come together to sort donated cans from our communities and get them to the redemption center for the sake of our school and students. Between the amazing volunteers that do the “dirty work” of hauling and sorting to the behind the scenes helpers such as Toft Electric that donates the use of their van for can hauling…they do so with gracious hearts! We also can’t forget those who donate their cans for this to occur! 🤩 We are so grateful for ALL of the efforts to assist our Mavericks throughout the year. Pop-can funds go towards anything student related, whether it be field trips or incentives, snacks, snack milk programs or RIF books, yearbooks or Maverick Homecoming fun for the students, too. It is ALL wonderful and not taken for granted! THANK YOU, CCE Pop-Can Committee for all that you do and for your selfless hearts! We are so grateful for YOU!

Our 4th-6th grade Mavericks had the opportunity to show off their Science Fair projects today. After a delicious "Donuts for Grownups" breakfast, families and CCE students were able to view the scientific presentations. Thanks to Mrs. Kimball for bringing this event back to CCE!

We bet we aren’t the only ones that are feeling the” May momentum” in full swing, as we pile on the “extras” before school is out! Today we packed in THREE amazing events that truly were the best way to our start our day! First up was Donuts with Grownups, which was a delicious time thanks to cooks Kay and Nancy! Then came 6th grade graduation, which left us feeling so proud, happy and a bit sad, as we know we will miss this amazing group of 6th graders so much next year! They are sure to go on and do AMAZING things! Once a Maverick, always a Maverick!

We ended the morning’s festivities with 4-6th grade Science Fair and TAG projects displayed for our CCE friends and families to walk through. It was amazing to see the different creative ideas, experiments and questions that these smart and talented students came up with. We are so proud of our Mavericks! Their hard work did not go unnoticed!

We are beyond grateful for the amazing staff that make up our CCE team! We couldn't do it without them! As a few get ready for retirement and a few others turn the page as they head off on new adventures, we reflect on how truly amazing each and every one of these valued team members are and how grateful we are for their service. CCE wishes you nothing but the best in your future endeavors and sincerely thanks you for your time spent with us! Once a Maverick, always a Maverick!