6th grade students kick off the school year with a variety of team building activities to make them more comfortable with group work and improving the classroom environment throughout the school year.

2019-20 Back to School Supply Lists for PK-6

Three of CFHS student’s videos made the Top 10! The Top 10 videos are entered into a Most Views Contest. The video that garners the most views in a weeks’ time wins $200. Voting ends on Monday, April 29 at 4:00 p.m.  Videos that already received a cash prize for placing 1st-3rd are still eligible to win the $200.  The links provided below must be used in order to garner views. Share with classmates, teachers, friends, family.. everyone!Vote by clicking on the specific links belo [...]

Buddy reading happens frequently at North Cedar Elementary. 5th and 6th grade students often visit the PK and Kindergarten classrooms to buddy read with the younger students. The older students model great reading skills and it is fun for everyone!

Counting activities, reading, making crafts, and parading through the building were just a few of the ways the North Cedar Kindergarten students celebrated the 100th day recently.  Preschool and 1st Grade students also marked this important day in the school year.

North Cedar's 3rd grade students recently had a reason to celebrate.  KWWL and various sponsors visited the 3rd grade classrooms to award the Tools for Schools grant. The students will reap the benefits of the grant money in the form of nonfiction reading books for the classrooms.  Mrs. Chambers, Mrs. Gary, and Mrs. McCartan wrote the grant for their students.  Congratulations! 

The online school conference scheduler will be open for our Spring Conferences starting February 13.  The scheduler will close on February 28.  Here are the instructions for accessing our online conference scheduler:Go to:  https://www.canyoncreeksoftware.com/scheduler/ia/cedarfalls/Choose your student’s school from the drop down list and click “GO”Enter the school password (orchardhill)Enter your student’s “Student ID”.  If you do not know their Student ID, use the LOOKUP STUDENT ID butto [...]

Christmas is celebrated differently around the world. Thank you to our parent volunteers who shared information with Mrs. Schuster's Kindergarten class about the Mexican celebration of Los Pasodas, which is Spanish for lodging, or accommodation, and refers to the inn in the story of the nativity of Jesus.

The Enchanted Forest Scholastic Book Fair will be open in the North Cedar Elementary Library on Tuesday, November 13th from 4:00-8:00 p.m. and Thursday, November 15th from 12:30-8:00 p.m.  Please visit the book fair. Cash, checks, and credit cards are accepted. All purchases support the library. Thank you for your support!  If you cannot come to the book fair, please visit our book fair website and consider making a purchase:  http://www.scholastic.com/bf/northcedarschool

The 4th Grade classes had a guest speaker yesterday! Eileen Loan, Meteorologist at KWWL, was here to share weather information with students.

Congratulations to our 1st Grade Fire Prevention Poster Winners! Presley McBride placed 1st and Carter Bell placed 3rd with their fire safety posters. 

Every North Cedar student recently enjoyed crunching into a big, juicy, locally grown apple thanks to the local Farm to School program in the Cedar Falls area. The apples we enjoyed were donated by Jennie Plummer of Skogman Homes and Oakridge Realtors from The Apples on the Avenue orchard in Nashua, Iowa. 6th grade students are pictured here taking a big bite out of their recently delivered apples. Thank you for the donation so we could participate in this program!

    Eating in our classroom has been a lot of fun, but when we’re done eating and head out to the hallway to empty our trays, that’s where the fun ends.  We see wasted food and garbage piling up in the cans. The first day both fifth and sixth grades filled 4 garbage cans with just our lunch garbage! That’s too much garbage going to the landfill.  We noticed that the garbage that was taking up the most space was the styrofoam trays. The next day we had a conversation about volume and capa [...]

North Cedar students have a had great first few weeks of school! Students are getting acquainted with some of our new classrooms.  North Cedar anticipates a conclusion to the construction process at the beginning of the 2019 school year.

During the week of September 17th, North Cedar students will review school safety procedures.  Bus safety, weather safety, and building safety drills will be practiced throughout the week.  Kindergarten students will also attend Safety City.  Be safe, everyone!

5th Grade students traveled to Living History Farms in May for an unforgettable history lesson. Students enjoyed the day visiting the sites and sounds of historic Iowa by visiting the live reenactments and historical buildings found at Living History Farms. 

4th Grade students recently built miniature houses out of different materials.  They had to create a house that could withstand forceful winds; such as those from Mrs. Peters blow dryer.  

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North Cedar Kindergarten and 1st Grade students celebrated the 100th day of school with readings, activities, and counting projects.  The day concluded with a Kindergarten 100th day parade showcasing their collections of 100 objects.  

Mrs. Spore’s fifth grade class has been working on a Service Project where we wrote Christmas (yes, I said Christmas!) cards and letters that will be sent to our local Iowa Army National Guard soldiers who are being deployed very soon to Kuwait.  These cards and letters will be tucked into 150ish Holiday Appreciation Boxes filled with donated items from the community.  North Cedar’s contribution (kindergarten through sixth grade helped) will be the cards and letters which, if you could see [...]

The North Cedar Elementary School Book Fair  will be held in the library on Tuesday, November 14th from 4:00-8:00 p.m. and on Thursday, November 16th from 1:00-8:00 p.m.  Many great books and gifts will be available for purchase.  Cash, check, and credit are accepted.  Thank you for supporting the library!Use this link to access the online book fair:  http://www.scholastic.com/bf/northcedarschool

Red Ribbon Week was observed at North Cedar October 23-27.  Students participated in dress-up days all week to remember to be drug free.  Monday - Absolutely, Pawsitively Drug Free! - Students wore red and blackTuesday - Put drugs to sleep! - Students wore pajamasWednesday - Show you care with your crazy hair! - Students styled their hair with a crazy hairdoThursday - Turn your back on drugs! - Students wore their clothes backwardsFriday - Put a cap on drugs! - Students wore their favorite hat

Sam's Club employees delivered 20 wireless commuter mice to Ms. Olsen's classroom recently as a community outreach donation! We were so thankful for their generosity

4th graders practiced teamwork and problem solving skills by building a pyramid out of plastic cups. The challenge was to build the pyramid with a rubber band and string. No hands!

When I signed up for CAPS I wasn't quite sure what I was getting myself into. I came into CAPS with the mindset that it was an easy A class and that I could wing my way through it. After a few days in the class I realized that was not the case. This is a serious class with serious deadlines, and being a part of this environment has helped me grow to a great extent in my professional life. So far I have learned an abundance of information on how to communicate with people, time management, [...]

9th grade manufacturing students learn how make 3 dimensional sculptures out of various metals.  Zach Wells makes a catfish, Jackson Barth makes a wrestler, Ryan Dunlop makes an archer and Cayden Foust forges a flower. 

Before entering the CAPS program, I had very little idea of what I wanted to do after college. Business has always been an interest of mine, but I’ve never known how even to start learning the basics. In the two short months that I have been a part of the CAPS program, it has been an experience that has changed the way I look at my future.This next week I will have the chance to tour Aegon financial and job shadow a manager who invests other businesses tens of millions of dollars in stocks [...]

9th Grade Physical Science is starting their Periodic Table unit. As an intro, they organized student's favorite foods into periodic tables to discuss how the real periodic table is organized.   They learned that trying to organize 118 elements must have been more challenging and that most of the students favorite foods are junk foods!  

Click HERE to watch the interview with Mrs. Beneke and KD Waltz on the new hi-tech micrscopes in the Science Department!

Congratulations Fifth and Sixth Grade!!!!  You are true leaders in our school.  The fifth and sixth grade classes stepped up and taught kindergarten, first and second graders how to perform lots of different gymnastics skills. We have great role models here at Lincoln!  Keep up the good work!During the month of February Lincoln students were asked to focus on their flexibility, balance, coordination, strength, and speed.  The Cedar Falls School District is lucky to have a wide variety of [...]

This year, the 4th grade teachers received a grant for Making STEM Connections program that was developed by the Science Center of Iowa and we have started exploring the Maker Movement in our classrooms.  We have discussed the Design Cycle and how we can Explore, Design, Build, and Test and Improve.  Students have started hands on project that allow them to work through the Design Cycle in hands on ways!  One fourth grade class has take old, used or recycled objects and upcycled them into [...]

North Cedar Supply List 2017-18.pdf

Registration for the 2017-2018 school year will be Friday, January 27, beginning at Noon. Registrations will only be accepted online and the link will be posted on the district website.The Cedar Falls Schools Preschool Program is in its seventh year. This program is funded by the Statewide-Voluntary Preschool Grant and Head Start dollars. Children that live within the Cedar Falls Schools’ boundaries, and that will be age 4 by September 15 of that school year, are eligible to participate in [...]

Registration for the 2017-2018 school year will be Friday, January 27, beginning at Noon. Registrations will only be accepted online and the link will be posted on the district website.The Cedar Falls Schools Preschool Program is in its seventh year. This program is funded by the Statewide-Voluntary Preschool Grant and Head Start dollars. Children that live within the Cedar Falls Schools’ boundaries, and that will be age 4 by September 15 of that school year, are eligible to participate in [...]

Registration for the 2017-2018 school year will be Friday, January 27, beginning at Noon. Registrations will only be accepted online and the link will be posted on the district website.The Cedar Falls Schools Preschool Program is in its seventh year. This program is funded by the Statewide-Voluntary Preschool Grant and Head Start dollars. Children that live within the Cedar Falls Schools’ boundaries, and that will be age 4 by September 15 of that school year, are eligible to participate in [...]

Registration for the 2017-2018 school year will be Friday, January 27, beginning at Noon. Registrations will only be accepted online and the link will be posted on the district website.The Cedar Falls Schools Preschool Program is in its seventh year. This program is funded by the Statewide-Voluntary Preschool Grant and Head Start dollars. Children that live within the Cedar Falls Schools’ boundaries, and that will be age 4 by September 15 of that school year, are eligible to participate in [...]

Registration for the 2017-2018 school year will be Friday, January 27, beginning at Noon. Registrations will only be accepted online and the link will be posted on the district website.The Cedar Falls Schools Preschool Program is in its seventh year. This program is funded by the Statewide-Voluntary Preschool Grant and Head Start dollars. Children that live within the Cedar Falls Schools’ boundaries, and that will be age 4 by September 15 of that school year, are eligible to participate in [...]

1st-3rd Vocal Music Concert on December 8 at CF High School Auditorium at 7pmDecember 9 - $0.50 to wear pink and chew gum for the National Breast Cancer Foundation (Student Leader Council fundraiser)4th-6th Vocal Music Concert on December 13 at CF High School Auditorium at 7pmKindergarten Vocal Music Informance on December 16 at Orchard Hill gym at 3:15pmNo school December 23- January 2.  We will see everyone back on January 3!  Have a wonderful holiday break!

Several percussionists from the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra visited the 5th grade classes in November.  Students enjoyed the music and information the performers shared with them.  The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra reaches out to area classrooms in order to give students exposure to different types and styles of music.

Read the November Friday Flyer here!

The Iowa Business Education Association held its annual fall convention at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites in Urbandale on October 23rd and 24th, 2016.  The theme, “Elect Business in 2016”, provided the framework and focus of the conference which included many engaging and informative sessions. Bridget Adam from Holmes Junior High was one of over 115 Iowa business educators who attended the convention.  Presenters from industry, education, and publishing companies provided timely i [...]

Let the games begin!  During the first two weeks of school North Cedar Elementary P.E. students along with their teacher, Mr. Cross, celebrated the recent 2017 Summer Olympics by conducting their own version of the olympic games.  Students competed in a variety of track and field events along with a few other creative games including “swimming” and “rowing” on scooters, “torch” relays and “water polo”.

https://twitter.com/PeetJH/status/786564066105974784Rocket launching in Mr. Reilly's Ind Tech 8 class this morning!Check out the Peet Twitter account to see all the fun things our students are doing in their classes!https://twitter.com/PeetJH

https://t.co/yj7t5iPm7z?ssr=trueClick here to view a video of our 8th grade Cake Party being held in Family Consumer Science 8th grade classes.The 8th grade FCS students come up with a design, bake the cake, decorate and then invite their family, friends and teachers to attend a cake party.  Students do a great job of helping serve and clean up after the party!

All Kindergarten students went on a field trip to Heartland Farms on October 11.  They had a great time.  Thank you POWWER for funding the trip!

When the second grade teachers at Lincoln Elementary School needed materials for their new STEM unit 'Ramps & Pathways' the folks at Home Depot stepped in to help!  The Waterloo Home Depot provided a huge discount on the cove molding that was essential for the unit.  In addition to the financial assistance, they also cut the wood into the specific sizes needed for this learning opportunity. THANK YOU, HOME DEPOT!

Did you know each time a child is absent one day, it can take TWO days to catch up?Did you know that missing just two days of school per month means a child will miss 10% of instruction for the school year?Do you know that missing 10% of school means that your child may fall behind?Encouraging regular school attendance is one of the most powerful ways you can prepare your child for success-both in school and in life. When you make school attendance a priority, you help your child get bette [...]

Did you know each time a child is absent one day, it can take TWO days to catch up?Did you know that missing just two days of school per month means a child will miss 10% of instruction for the school year?Do you know that missing 10% of school means that your child may fall behind?Encouraging regular school attendance is one of the most powerful ways you can prepare your child for success-both in school and in life. When you make school attendance a priority, you help your child get bette [...]

Did you know each time a child is absent one day, it can take TWO days to catch up?Did you know that missing just two days of school per month means a child will miss 10% of instruction for the school year?Do you know that missing 10% of school means that your child may fall behind?Encouraging regular school attendance is one of the most powerful ways you can prepare your child for success-both in school and in life. When you make school attendance a priority, you help your child get bette [...]

Did you know each time a child is absent one day, it can take TWO days to catch up?Did you know that missing just two days of school per month means a child will miss 10% of instruction for the school year?Do you know that missing 10% of school means that your child may fall behind?Encouraging regular school attendance is one of the most powerful ways you can prepare your child for success-both in school and in life. When you make school attendance a priority, you help your child get bette [...]

Did you know each time a child is absent one day, it can take TWO days to catch up?Did you know that missing just two days of school per month means a child will miss 10% of instruction for the school year?Do you know that missing 10% of school means that your child may fall behind?Encouraging regular school attendance is one of the most powerful ways you can prepare your child for success-both in school and in life. When you make school attendance a priority, you help your child get bette [...]

Did you know each time a child is absent one day, it can take TWO days to catch up? Did you know that missing just two days of school per month means a child will miss 10% of instruction for the school year? Do you know that missing 10% of school means that your child may fall behind? Encouraging regular school attendance is one of the most powerful ways you can prepare your child for success-both in school and in life. When you make school attendance a priority, you help your child g [...]

Have you ever wondered what happens before the first day of school? In addition to setting up our classrooms, staff spend time learning! Over the past few days we have spent time focusing on our goals for the year as well as the actions steps to meet them. We hope to act as the lead learners in our buildings. At Lincoln, we have many voracious teacher learners! This work helps us prepare for student learning. See you soon!

Back-to-School Night ppt 2016.pdfClick the link above to view the PowerPoint presentation from the opening comments.

Don't miss Backpack Night at North Cedar Elementary!

Don't miss Backpack Night at Lincoln Elementary!

Don't miss Backpack Night at Cedar Heights Elementary!

Backpack Night is Wednesday, August 24, 4:30-6 p.m.Students bring their school supplies and meet their teachers!

Don't miss Backpack Night at Southdale Elementary!Wednesday, August 24, 4:30-6 p.m.

Lincoln Students and Families - We are excited to announce that we will host registration for the 2016-2017 school year on Tuesday, August 2nd from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM and 4:00 to 7:00 PM. We will have staff available in our Cafeteria to help prepare you for the upcoming school year. In addition, during your visit, you will have the opportunity to sign up for an Input Conference. This is a chance to sit down with your child's teacher and help us begin to get to know your student and begin a [...]

Students blog responses to books they've read.

3rd graders are becoming great researchers. They are using digital resources to collect and organize facts about countries around the world.

Fun at music class with Mrs. Dryer.