Hope everyone had a great day today and stayed warm and safe. We will a two hour delay Thursday, March 6, 2025. No breakfast served.
Sioux Central: Thur, Mar 13, 1:25pm-2:45pm - required for students showing 4-H/FFA livestock (https://yqcaprogram.org/)

GUESS WHAT? There's a Blizzard Warning! Therefore, Sioux Central will be cancelling school for Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Take some time to clean your house, shovel snow, help your parents/guardians with other chores, and most importantly catch up on homework before conferences where everyone talks about you to your parents. ENJOY YOUR DAY OFF! #SCROCKS!
Join us for our annual HS Pops Concert on Thursday, March 6 @ 7 PM in the HS gym. You will hear from the HS Jazz Band, HS Choir, and HS Band. It's sure to be a fun night!

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
Our students are *famous* now! Tomorrow morning we will have a few top readers proudly *bragging* on the radio about their reading minutes for *I Love to Read Month!*
That’s right—our school is making waves, not just in books, but ON THE AIR! 📚 Some of our top readers got the chance to share just how many minutes they’ve devoured!
Huge shoutout to all our readers who are absolutely *crushing* their goals!
Tune in to KAYL tomorrow morning @ 7:30 to listen live!
#ILoveToReadMonth #SiouxCentralRebelsRock #rebelslearnleadsucceed #IL2R


Please consider making a donation towards conference meals for our wonderful teachers! Donations should be to the school by Monday. Thank you! Sioux Central Partners in Education-PIE
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080A4DAEAD29A6F49-55511993-teacher?useFullSite=true#/
👟 **JH Track Spike Donation!** 🏃♂️
Got old spikes? Give them a second life! 🌟 Donate **gently used track spikes** to help teammates in need.
🏆 All sizes welcome!
💨 Fast feet need fast shoes—let’s help each other hit the track running!

Juniors & Parents/Guardians: ICAN will be presenting on Financial Aid, Thursday, March 13th at 5:30PM in the Library. Get a jump start on senior year by learning about FAFSA, loans, grants, and scholarships!

SC Yearbook staff will have a table set up during conferences next week from 4:00-8:00 on 3/11 and 3/13 inside the school's main entrance. We can help you order the 2025 elementary yearbook and 2025 MS/HS yearbook! We will also be selling extra 2024 and 2023 MS/HS yearbooks for $45, and extra yearbooks from past years for $20. We hope to see you there!

Order your 2025 yearbook today! Our store will be open accepting orders until April 15th, 2025. Each yearbook costs $45. Please email yearbook23@siouxcentral.org with any questions. Here is the link to our school store: https://yearbookforever.com/school-store/lIw10ZXWo2CSBATHVbRX4NTK

This past week sophomores had the opportunity to attend a Career Discovery Day at Iowa Central. Students learned about careers and programs in Digital & Visual Arts!




EXTENDED TO MARCH 28!!! It’s Nacho Average Food Drive! 🌮 Hosted by Grayson Hermstad (aka Nacho King), we’re collecting nacho essentials—chips, cheese, toppings—plus canned proteins, meals, cereal & paper products. Drop donations in school boxes March 3-28 to support the Sioux Rapids Food Bank! 🧀🎉 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p3XOkRQ4KW7CkiNOdY5Y8AhqTahsAVGTHr6Xbt4TwAA/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0

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A huge thank you to the BV County and East Sac County Sheriff's Department for bringing their K9 units through Sioux Central today to ensure our school remains a safe and drug-free environment. We appreciate their time and commitment to keeping our students and staff safe. We are proud to share that no illegal items were found during the search.Thank you to everyone involved in today’s efforts!



🚨 **Attention, Dog Man fans (and trusty sidekicks aka grown ups)!** 🚨
Make sure **reading minutes are turned in by Friday, Feb 28!** 📚🐾 Don’t let them go missing—Dog Man wouldn’t let a case go cold! Let’s finish *I Love to Read* Month strong! 💪🔥 #SiouxCentralRebelsRock #IL2R #Ilovetoreadmonth #rebelslearnleadsucceed

Parents with students who will be in 7th and 12th grade next year, be aware that there are immunizations that are required BEFORE THEY CAN ATTEND SCHOOL NEXT FALL.
To assist you in getting this taken care of, Clay County Public Health will be at Sioux Central School on Wednesday March 26, 2025 to administer these vaccines to the students who have not yet fulfilled this requirement. Iowa Law requires the Tdap and Meningococcal vaccines for incoming 7th grade and a second Meningococal vaccine for incoming 12th grade. Please be watching for paperwork to arrive to your home in the next week. This paperwork needs to be signed and returned to school no later than Friday, March 21st.
The open enrollment deadline for Iowa schools for the 2025–2026 school year and beyond is March 1, 2025. Open Enrollment is the process by which a parent or guardian residing in an Iowa district may enroll their child(ren) into another Iowa school district. Below is a link to the form or you can stop in any school's office and pick one up. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xQDHtPyqCZmCKkUw16DSFsLzDQsy04Pq/view?usp=sharing.
Preschool Pre-Registration will be March 27th from 5:00-6:30 P.M.

The JH girls BB games scheduled for today will be played in the HS gym starting at 4:15 p.m. They will be livestreamed if you can't make it...visit https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ia/sioux-rapids/organization/18555/sioux-central-high-school to access.
Order your 2025 yearbook today! Each yearbook costs $45 and the deadline to order is April 15th. Please email yearbook23@siouxcentral.org with any questions. Here is the link to our school store: https://yearbookforever.com/school-store/lIw10ZXWo2CSBATHVbRX4NTK


