Welcome to Central Lake Middle School/High School

LUNCH: Pulled Pork Sandwich, Assorted Chips

---ATTENTION EVERYONE!!!!!  The wheelchair lifts, especially the one in the middle school wing by the ramp, are NOT TO BE TOUCHED by any part of your body, i.e. hands, feet, arms, face, lips, tongue, etc as you walk past them. Please refrain from touching them in any way.  Also, NO ONE is to be in the weight room without an adult at any time!!

---Any boys or girls in middle school who are planning on playing basketball or thinking about playing basketball, please stop up in the office and sign up on the sign up sheet. The practice times will be as follows: 

• MS Girls will be from 3:15 PM to 4:45 PM in Ellsworth
• MS Boys will be at 3:30 PM in Central Lake at the elementary gym.

--- From the Boys MS Basketball Coach:

*Practice starts Monday, 10/19/26
*3:30-5:00 Central Lake Elementary gym
*Please join Remind - Text @clekn to 81010 to sign up

---A REMINDER that if you do plan on playing basketball and have not had a physical completed, you must have this done before practice starts.  Come into the office and get a physical form and schedule with your physician.

---Basketball cheerleading sign-up is on the bulletin board outside of the office.

---Congratulations to the MS football team on finishing their season with a win last night against Forest Area.

---Last night, the CLE Cross Country team competed at the Ski Valley Conference Championship, and saying they competed is an understatement because THEY SHOWED UP!!

THE BOYS:

Ryder Chellis and Mason Dawson put on an incredible race to the finish! Ryder edged out Mason for 4th place with a time of 17:37, followed closely by Mason in 5th at 17:39! Ryder dropped 23 seconds off his PR, while Mason crushed his by 48 seconds! This marks the FIRST time either runner has broken the 18-minute barrier! 

Jack Puroll battled his way to a 16th-place finish, earning Honorable Mention All-Conference and a new season best, shaving 38 seconds off his time!

Kaihman Willingham also had a fantastic race, crushing his previous PR by an impressive 1 minute and 30 seconds!

THE GIRLS:

Where do I even start?! EVERY. SINGLE. GIRL. ran either a new personal record or season best! Yahooooo!

Lily Coen raced her way to an outstanding and hard fought 2nd-place finish, earning 1st Team All-Conference honors and a new season-best time!

Bailey Strange absolutely crushed her previous PR by TWO WHOLE MINUTES, earning a 12th place Honorable Mention All-Conference.

Kenzie Oeder ran a new season best, securing 14th place and Honorable Mention All-Conference honors!

Lilly Mosley put together a fantastic race, dropping OVER TWO MINUTES off her PR!

Scarlett Faivor claimed the BIGGEST PR OF THE NIGHT, knocking an incredible 3 minutes and 14 seconds off her previous best!

Trinity Perry rounded out the night with a hard-fought season best, improving her time by TWO MINUTES!

ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS

1st Team All-Conference

• Lily Coen

• Ryder Chellis

• Mason Dawson

• Marlee Pletcher (MS)

2nd Team All-Conference

• Sawyer Strange (MS)

Honorable Mention All-Conference

• Kenzie Oeder

• Bailey Strange

• Jack Puroll

I cannot express how proud I am of these athletes! The hard work, determination, and improvements we've seen throughout this season were on full display last night. These kids showed up ready to race, and the results speak for themselves! Now we turn around and have a HOME NLC Conference Championship. Come support your CLE Knights as they battle again!

WAY TO GO, KNIGHTS!! 

---The Juniors are putting on a haunted corn maze at the Shooks Farms on Saturday, October 24th.   There will be a kid friendly version from 5:30-7 and a scary version from 7-8:30. There will be hot cocoa and hot dogs for sale and a bake sale.   The cost is $5.00 a person.  Come on out and have some fun. 

ATHLETICS:

Thursday, October 15: 

CC @ Ellsworth 

Friday, October 16:

V Football @ Cedarville 

Saturday, October 17:

V Volleyball @ Mt. Pleasant

JV Volleyball @ Kalkaska 

A huge thank you to Mrs. Spyhalski and Mrs. Hoeksema for leading engaging and meaningful TRAILS lessons with our 7th graders each Friday! We appreciate your dedication to helping students build strong social and emotional skills. 

Congratulations to our MSHS Friday Raffle winners:  Makenzie Hischer, Kalen Altergott, Fielding Wilson, and Gary VandenBrook. Students earn PBIS points for exhibiting Respect, Responsibility, and Safety.