Activities

The ICMS Cross Country team hosts a meet this afternoon in Mason City. Start time is 4:30 p.m. Wishing all of our runners from IC & Greenview well as they hit the course! #WeAreIC

The ICMS Cross Country team heads to Delavan for a meet this afternoon. Wishing IC & GV runners well! #WeAreIC

Reminder: Illini Central teachers will be participating in school improvement activities during the afternoon of September 30, 2020. On Wednesday, we will dismiss school at 11:30. There will be no online learning activities in the afternoon.

The Illini Central Golf team is in Petersburg this morning for the PORTA Invite. Wishing the Cougar golfers well on this beautiful Saturday morning. #WeAreIC

The Illini Central Golf team competes in the Sangamo Conference Meet at Country Hills this afternoon. Wishing all the IC golfers well today! #WeAreIC

The IC Board of Education approved an extension of the blending learning schedule (11:30 in person) through Friday October 16. For more details, please view the story on the "News" section of the IC website.

An individual at the IC Pre-K program has tested positive or is presumed positive for COVID-19. The Pre-K program will be closed through October 7 as we work to contact trace and quarantine individuals. Only the Pre-K program will be closed. IC students K-12 will continue with in-person instruction as the case was isolated at the Pre-K building.

Last night, I was able to get out to the ICMS Cross Country meet & get some photos of our kids from Illini Central and Greenview competing in their meet. It was a beautiful evening to watch our student athletes. #WeAreIC

The Illini Central CUSD189 Board of Education meeting will be held on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 7:00 pm. The meeting can be viewed through the Illini Central Sports Network at https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/illini-central-high-school-mason-city-il/evtf26ae21213 or through Zoom meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84494085266?pwd=S1FXeWRaMEVTc3BjOVR2amt1ZzF4QT09

Don't forget to come out and support the IC Athletic Boosters today! Fish Fry at the Best Automotive corner from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. All persons working the fundraiser will be wearing masks & gloves. Please adhere to social distancing & wear a mask. #WeAreIC

Illini Central schools will return to in-school instruction beginning tomorrow, Thursday, September 17, 2020. All buildings, including Pre-K, will be open for students. Thank you for your cooperation over these past two days.

During the remote learning days of Tuesday 9/15 and Wednesday 9/16, meals will be provided to those students who are currently signed up for the service. Meals may be picked up at the school in west parking lot by Door K between 10:30am and 12:30 pm.

Correction--Closure on Tuesday 9/15 and Wednesday 9/16.

Individuals at Illini Central High School and Middle School have tested positive or are presumed positive for COVID-19. As a result, we will close the building and have remote learning for all students on Wed. 9/15 and Thurs. 9/16. Please see the website for more details regarding remote learning.

Due to this morning's weather...both Sangamo Conference events HS Golf & Cross Country have been postponed. #WeAreIC

Tonight's baseball game in Lincoln has been cancelled and there will be no practice.

The Grade School Remote Learning Attendance Form has been repaired. Sorry for the confusion.

We are experiencing technical difficulties with our phone system. At this time, we are unable to receive incoming calls. We are working to resolve the matter. If you need to contact school, please email illinicentral@illinicentral.org. We apologize for the inconvenience.

To the Illini Central Parents and Families: The first day of school is now in the record books. Thank you all for working with us through the challenges of reopening school. I think I can speak for all of our staff in saying that having students back in the building makes all of the hard work worth it. Your patience and cooperation went a long way in making today a great one. I know that the car drop off and pick up involved some long waits, but that will get better with practice. We are going to make a few changes in our screening process that may reduce the wait time. We will try to screen our walkers and student drivers before 7:45 so that they can enter right when the doors open. This may allow us to get to the car riders more quickly. I am asking that drivers help us out by doing two things: 1. Please line up to enter the east parking lot from the southbound lane of North West Avenue or from Pine Street. Please do not pull onto North West Avenue from Chestnut Street and enter from the northbound lane. I realize that this may mean that some cars have to go a little out of the way, but it will keep traffic flowing more smoothly at the north entrance of the parking lot. 2. When leaving the parking lot, please turn right and pull onto Chestnut. Again, try to avoid going north on North West. During pick up times today, I know we had some cars on Chestnut Street. This happens every year and usually improves with repetition. We will work on dismissing some of our car riders a little earlier so that we can hopefully begin filling cars right at 11:30. The first day usually brings some confusion with bus routes as well. I am happy to report that we had just a few situations today. Again, some of this happens under the best circumstances, and will improve with time. Please keep in mind that we changed some routes and drivers, so allow them a few days to perfect the system. Again, I want to thank everyone for the kind words and support. We will continue to evaluate what is working and what we can do to improve. Have a great evening. We will see you tomorrow.

The Jr. High baseball game and softball practice have been cancelled today.