Charles City schools filled with ‘dynamic’ characters

By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com

Look! Up in the sky!

Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

No! It’s a class of kindergartners.

The homecoming celebration in the Charles City School District isn’t just for the older kids at the high school and middle school. The elementary students at Lincoln and even at Washington elementary schools took part in the festivities all week long as well.

Thursday was “Character/Dynamic Duo Thursday,” and all the schools were filled with superheroes, comic book characters, a few defenders of law and order, and even an occasional notorious villain.

Caley Johnson and her kindergarten students at Washington Elementary seemed prepared to defend truth, justice and the American way of life Thursday, dressed as superheroes.

Meanwhile, in the front office, the very dynamic duo of Julie Miller and Donna Lynch, Washington Elementary secretaries, were ready to keep the peace Thursday as sheriff and deputy. The pair keep the school day lawful and orderly every day, but Thursday they were dressed for the part.

Homecoming Week wraps up Friday in Charles City, which will be Orange and Black Blowout Day for all schools. The homecoming pep rally will be Friday at 2 p.m., followed by the homecoming court coronation at Comet Gym.

The homecoming parade will start on Main Street at 4:15 p.m. and the football game against Decorah is scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m., with the marching band performing at halftime.

On Saturday morning, the Comet Hall of Fame Brunch will include the Hall of Fame Induction, the Master of Sports Recognition and the Master of Performing Arts Recognition. 2018 Comet Hall of Fame Inductees are Tye Darland, Cathy Darland, Nathan Dishman, Al Hastings, Marilee Monroe and Jerry Newton.

The 2018 Master of Sports honorees will be presented by Larry Wolfe, high school associate principal. The sports award is given to graduates that earned five letters or more in three sports during high school.

This year’s sports honorees are Theo Arndt, Tyreque Baker, Carter Klatt, Cade Hemesath, Branycia Mitchell, Payton Reams, Noah Schlader, Tayler Schmidt and Tre Walker.

The 2018 Master of Performing Arts honorees will be presented by high school vocal director Derek Sturtevant. The performing arts award is given to graduates that earned six letters or more in two performing arts groups during high school.

This year’s performing arts honorees are Ashlyn Bauer, Hana Koenigsfeld, Derek LaBarge, Nicole Loftus, John Perez, Matt Thompson, Carter West, Mackenzie Wilson and Ryan Wolfe.

The high school vocal music group “Rhymes With Orange” will perform at the Saturday morning brunch and closing remarks will be given by Charles City Superintendent Mike Fisher.