CARES Silent Cake Auction Donations Sought

Fundraising efforts by the Clear Lake CARES committee are in full swing the next two months; funds raised will support the CARES post-prom event for CLHS Prom, to be held on April 11, 2015.

The popular Silent Cake Auction is scheduled for Friday, February 6th, during the girls' and boys' varsity basketball games. Please mark your calendars for this fun event!

We need your help! The CARES committee is requesting that anyone who enjoys baking assist with our fundraising efforts by donating cakes, cupcakes, cookies, etc. This is an excellent opportunity to have fun by putting your culinary skills to work and help a worthy cause at the same time!

Donated items will need to be at the CLHS commons between 3:00 and 4:30 p.m. on Friday, February 6th. If you would like to help or have any questions, please contact Angela Pruisman at 357-6294 (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for details.

Thank you for your support!

CLHS Bring Your Own Device Program

The high school will start a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program second semester.  Approved devices are tablets, IPAD's, laptops, Chromebooks, Kindles, and other wifi capable devices. Cell Phone rules will still apply on campus.  Students can only use their cell phones as a learning device when teachers give permission for them to do so. If students do not have permission to use their cell phones, they must be put away.  All students must turn in the BYOD form signed by the parent and student before they can bring a device.  Your student can get the form in the High School Office or print off the form and bring it to school.  Please also review the district acceptable use policy that is also posted online.  If you have questions please contact Chris Murphy or Emily Hill at 357-5235.

You can view the BYOD slideshow from the BYOD Parent Meeting here. 

Early Literacy Focus for Iowa - Letter from Department of Education Director Brad Buck

Reading is essential to student success in school and in life. The Iowa Department of Education Director Brad Buck has requested district's assistance in sharing information with families about early literacy efforts in Iowa.  Click here to access the link to a letter from Director Buck about the importance of all of our combined efforts to improve literacy, especially in kindergarten, first and second grades.  If you have any questions about the the current district efforts being made, please contact your student's teacher, your building principal 

Building Resilient Kids using the Nurtured Heart Approach®

Clear Lake Community Schools invites you to a parenting workshop on Building Resilient Kids using the Nurtured Heart Approach®

• Would you like to learn parenting tools that are easy to learn and won’t interrupt your normal routine?
• Feel like you are struggling as a parent? 
• Does it seem like conventional methods of parenting are not working? 
• Do you have a child you would describe as intense, maybe even challenging?

Join Stacie Lancaster, LMSW for 6 FREE weekly sessions
on the Nurtured Heart Approach ®.

This workshop is about a system designed specifically for the intense, difficult child.  Not only does this approach hold up to extremely challenging behaviors, it works beautifully at the other end of the continuum; it also helps the average child to thrive.  The Nurtured Heart Approach® helps all kids withstand the pressures of peers and the stresses of our times.  All children have to be significantly stronger on the inside, more so than ever before.  This model meets that need.

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