Havana CUSD

English IV students recently delved into the thought-provoking world of Lord of the Flies, and their latest project brought the novel’s descriptions to life. Our tech-savvy students turned into digital cartographers. They scoured the novel for vivid quotes describing the island's landscape—from the shimmering pink granite of Castle Rock to the dark, tangled undergrowth of the jungle—and used these quotes as "prompts" for AI image generation tools. It was incredible to see them connect the language of literature with the potential of technology, pushing their visual and literary comprehension in a whole new way.

Today students dressed as what they would like to be when they grow up, because reading is the ticket to get them there! We loved hearing about our students' plans for the future.
Tomorrow we wrap up Read Across America Week. Students are encouraged to wear their Duck gear to show school spirit and celebrate our school’s commitment to helping every student develop a love of reading. We can’t wait to see our halls filled with Duck pride!

Quick favor, Havana Schools families! 🍎 Our food service provider has a very short survey to help improve meals for our students. It only takes a minute, and your feedback really helps! 👉 Please take the survey here: https://tinyurl.com/mwtsx42v Thank you for helping us serve our students better!

It took a little overtime but what a game as the 6th grade boys avenge an earlier loss to Beardstown. Ducks win 38-31 to end their season and win the 6th grade tournament ! Way to go boys!

Read Across America Week continued with another fun-filled day at New Central. Students and staff dressed as book characters. It was so much fun to guess who everyone was dressed as and to talk about the books that feature everyone's character. We were grateful to have Sheriff Gann and Ashley Schaad come to read to students and talk about their careers. Finally, we wrapped up the day celebrating all of the places reading can take us at Family Reading Night. We loved having so many families in the building! Tomorrow, students are invited to dress as what they want to be when they grow up.

The doors are opening RIGHT NOW for our New Central Family Reading Night and we can’t wait to see you! Come join us for a cozy evening of books, smiles, and a little reading adventure together.

New Central kicked off Read Across America week by cozying up to read in pajamas on this rainy, dreary day.  

Second graders enjoyed listening to Casey McCausland read books about farming and share about his career.  More special guests will be reading to other grade levels throughout the week. 

Tomorrow, students are invited to dress like a favorite book character.  

We hope to see everyone at Family Reading Night tomorrow (Wednesday) from 5:00-6:30. 

We're kicking off a new month of attendance at New Central. We didn't quite make our February goal, but with all of the illnesses going around, we feel 🍀 lucky 🍀 to have so many students who came to school every day they could. We're crossing our fingers that there are healthier days ahead and we can beat 91% attendance in March!

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️TRACK AND FIELD🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Hello everyone! We are in week 2 of our 20% off Pre-Season sale with 1st Place Spiritwear. It's the best time of year to purchase some great fan-gear. Click the link in the comments to visit our store and consider supporting the team. 10% of each purchase comes right back to us, and the gear will ship to your home in 10 business days. Just in time for the season to begin!

Next week is a FOUR-DAY week and it is going to be JAM-PACKED with fun at New Central! 📚✨ We’re celebrating Read Across America all week long with: 📖 Special guest readers each day 📚 The Book Fair open for students to browse 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Reading Night on Wednesday from 5:00–6:30 PM 👕 Fun dress-up days for everyone to join in We can’t wait to celebrate the joy of reading together. It’s going to be a great week to be a Duck! 🦆

🤼‍♂️Wrestling 🤼‍♂️ results from this weekend: Middle School advances 3 to the Sectional. 112 Hilst 3rd 🥉 155 Dainty 3rd 🥉 275 McBryde 2nd 🥈 IWCOA Fresh/Soph Havana 165 Mayfield 4th (IWCOA advances top 4 from Regional) IWCOA Fresh/Soph PORTA 144 Bodine 1st 🥇 150 Boward 3rd 🥉

Check out our Courageous New Central Students of the Month! 🦆 Shoutout to our weekend sack helpers for serving our community and congratulations to our attendance winners, too! What a great week at New Central. All Ducks Fly Together! 💛

The STEAM lab gives New Central students and opportunity to apply content from their other classes in a hands-on, creative way. This type of connection helps students better retain what they have learned. Fun + learning?? It's a win-win!

This week --
🐄Students who have been learning about farms built shelters for farm animals that had everything the animals need.
🦖First graders applied their vocabulary knowledge from ELA as they turned into paleontologists excavating skeletons of extinct creatures.
🚀Third graders took what they know about space exploration and various planets to design a vessel that might, in the future, be able to land a human on another planet.

We continue to be so impressed by the conversations and collaboration happening in the STEAM lab and want to thank the community again for making this space possible.

Sophomores are selling Avanti's subs in the Cave at HHS until 12:45 today! $5 for just the sub and $7 for chips, the sub and a water! Stop by and see us!

Reminder: Today, February 27, 2026, is a half day for Havana students. There is no school on Monday, March 2, 2026.

Lady Ducks go down 54-45 to Brown County. What a season to be proud of. Great job coaches and players!

After three periods of play in Bushnell, Lady Ducks down 39-33.

From Bushnell, Lady Ducks up by two over Brown County at the half.

After one period of play in Bushnell, Lady Ducks off and flying!! Lady Ducks 12-7 over Brown County.