Havana CUSD

JH Track Practice for 6th-8th graders begins on March 16th! There will be a parent meeting following the first practice at 4:15 in the JH cafeteria. All athletes should have a sports physical before they can begin practice. Go Ducks!🦆

Congrats to the following student-athletes: Girls Basketball First team All-Conference: Kaydi Miller and Ava Kramer Boys BB Second team: Carter Brooks Honorable Mention: Jack Turner Way to go and good luck this spring!

New Central families, please join us for the PTO meeting Thursday the 12th in the New Central STEAM Lab! Come hear what’s happening at school and how you can be involved. We’d love to see you there! 🦆

🤼‍♂️Wrestling🤼‍♂️ results from this weekend. No one advances to State. Some were close, getting as far as the Blood Round (1 win from advancing). Middle School: 112 Hilst 155 Dainty (Blood Round) 275 McBryde (Blood Round) IWCOA Fresh/Soph Havana 165 Mayfield (Blood Round) IWCOA GIRLS Havana: 130 Schoonover 155 Scheland IWCOA Fresh/Soph PORTA: 144 Bodine 150 Boward Proud of all who competed this year. Middle School, High School JV, High School Varsity. If you wrestled a match, I am proud and you should be, too. Wrestling is a long, tough season.

Two exciting winners to celebrate at New Central! 🎉 Congratulations to Jinora Thomas, our Family Reading Night winner, who received a bike generously donated by John Lorek and Illinois Ability Sports. One of nine bikes donated to support students in our community! 🚲 Also congratulations to Stevie Lascelles, who won a Black Maple gift card for participating in the 5Essentials Survey. Thank you to everyone who participated and supports our school! #GoDucks🦆

Little Ducks wrestling camp starts Monday, March 9th. If you haven't already returned your form you can sign up at the door at 6:00. Practice is 6:30-7:30 at New Central gym.

Look at these awesome New Central students! Our attendance winners and weekend backpack delivery helpers are doing great things for our school community. A huge thank you to the many caring people in our community who help make the Weekend Backpack Food Program possible. Your generosity helps ensure our students are supported beyond the school day, and we are so grateful for all you do! 💙🦆

🏃‍♂️HS Track 🏃‍♂️brought 4 guys to the CENTRAL ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL INVITATIONAL at EIU today. Shot Put: Yocum 1️⃣1️⃣.3️⃣7️⃣ meters (37' 3.75") INDOOR PR +1.62 meters 60m: David 7️⃣.8️⃣2️⃣ 200m: David 2️⃣5️⃣.7️⃣4️⃣ 400m: Chapin 5️⃣9️⃣.4️⃣9️⃣ 800m: Brooks 2️⃣:3️⃣1️⃣.5️⃣5️⃣ 1600m: Brooks 6️⃣:0️⃣5️⃣.5️⃣3️⃣ Girls from yesterday. 60m: Curless 8️⃣.5️⃣2️⃣ 200m: Curless 2️⃣9️⃣.8️⃣7️⃣ 1600m: Jibben 5️⃣:4️⃣6️⃣.7️⃣2️⃣ 3200m: Jibben 1️⃣1️⃣:4️⃣9️⃣.4️⃣5️⃣

Congratulations to our high school musicians on a successful day at the IHSA Solo & Ensemble Contest at PORTA! Havana came home with 13 Division I (Superior) ratings and 6 Division II (Excellent) ratings! We are proud of you all! Go Ducks! 🎶

Good luck to the high school band & choir students who are performing at the IHSA Solo & Ensemble Contest at PORTA today! Go Ducks!

🏃‍♀️HS TRACK🏃‍♀️ 🎊Congratulates🎊 Kasyn on breaking the second school record of the day! This time she breaks the indoor 1️⃣6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ record with a 5:46.72. The previous record was 5:54.75.

🏃‍♀️HS Track🏃‍♀️brought some girls to the CENTRAL ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL INVITATIONAL. We had the trek all the way to Charleston to have tough competition. Proud of how the girls performed today! They finished 2️⃣1️⃣ out of 7️⃣1️⃣ teams.

Books with breakfast, books with lunch, at New Central we read a whole bunch! The final day of Read Across America was a fun one! Lisa Friedrich and Dr. Cassy came to read to our students. Lots of students sported their Duck pride. Thanks to everyone who participated this week!

The High School PE and strength classes have enjoyed their time at the Paddlewheel! 🎳 We are so thankful for this amazingly fun opportunity!

🏃‍♀️HS Track🏃‍♀️ Kasyn Jibben breaks the indoor 3️⃣2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ record with an 11:49.45. The previous record was 14:18.15.

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!