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RAIDER EVENTS: Monday 9/19 JV Football @ Belle Plaine Athletic Complex @ 4:30 pm Boys Soccer @ Sibley East HS vs. St James Area @ 5:00 pm

* RAIDER EVENTS* Saturday 9/17 Varsity Soccer vs Fridley @ Mayer Lutheran High School @ 9 am

RAIDER EVENTS: Saturday 9/17/22 Varsity Football: Varsity Game vs. Belle Plaine @ 2:00 pm **The game will be played at Glencoe Silver Lake High School (GSL) due to the construction of the football field at Central.

RAIDER EVENTS: Friday 9/16/22 Cross Country @ Mankato Loyola / Good Counsel Campus @ 4:00 pm Boys Soccer @ Butterfield-Odin High School @ 5:00 pm

2022 Homecoming Events: Monday - Friday (9/26 - 9/30) Dress-Up days Coronation - Monday 9/26/22 @ 7PM Homecoming Parade - Friday 9/30/22 @ 1:30 pm Community Pep-Fest - Friday 9/30/22 after the Parade Football vs Maple River - Friday 9/30/22 @ 7 pm Homecoming Dance - Saturday 10/1/22 from 7 pm -10 pm

**RAIDER REMINDER** Middle and High School Picture Day is TOMORROW - FRIDAY 9/16/22

RAIDER EVENTS: Thursday 9/15/22 Volleyball vs. St. Peter C-Squad @ 5:30 pm JV @ 5:30 pm Varsity @ 7:00 pm

MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL homecoming button sales: Sept 26, 28 & 30 during lunch Buttons are $1.00 each

ELEMENTARY HOMECOMING BUTTON SALES: September 20, 21 & 22 Buttons are $1.00

We are all in a unique position to notice when our friends, family, and colleagues are having a hard time. If you are concerned about someone in your life, learn more about the ways you can get help and discover tools you can use today to have a conversation about mental health and suicide. • If someone you know is struggling emotionally or having a hard time, you can be the difference in getting them the help that they need. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (https://988lifeline.org/helpsomeone-else/) has resources on some warning signs that may help you determine if they need help, and resources on how you can help them. #YouMatterMN.

Central ELEMENTARY Homecoming dress-up days: Monday (Sept 26): Inside Out Day Tuesday (Sept 27): Injury Day Wednesday (Sept 28): PJ Day Thursday (Sept 29): Twin Day Friday (Sept 30): Raider PRIDE Day

Central Student Council is hosting a blood drive on October 12th, from 8 am to 2 pm in the small gym. PLEASE sign up with this link: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/find-drive STUDENT COUNCIL is still looking for parent volunteers that have a current background check through the school to help out with the blood drive.

RAIDER EVENTS: Tuesday 9/13/22 Cross Country @ Baylor Regional Park @ 4:00 PM Volleyball @ Watertown-Mayer High School JV @ 5:30 pm Varsity @ 7:00 pm Girls Soccer @ Mayer Lutheran High School Varisty @ 6:00 pm **Live Stream Link: mlhs.qrd.by/stadium

RAIDER EVENTS: Monday 9/12/22 JV Football @ Redwood Valley High School @ 5:00 pm Boys Soccer vs TCU @ Sibley East High School @ 6:00 pm

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, an awareness day observed on the 10th of September every year. Take a moment to connect and reach out to someone who may need help. A simple phone call, message, or hug can go a long way. Encourage understanding, changing the way we talk about suicide by promoting hope can create compassion for those in need to feel more comfortable asking for help. Sharing personal experiences, insights, and stories can be extremely powerful in helping others understand suicide better, and for individuals to reach out themselves. If you or someone you know are having thoughts of suicide, know there is hope and help is available. By countering myths and fear with information and action, we are changing the conversation about suicide. We all have a role to play in suicide prevention, not only during the month of September but all year long. #YouMatterMN

RAIDER EVENTS: Saturday 9/10/22 Volleyball Varsity Invitational @ Mound Westonka High School @ 9:00 am

RAIDER EVENTS: Friday 9/9/22 Girls Soccer @ Tri-City United High School JV @ 4:30 pm Varsity @ 6:00 pm Football @ Redwood Valley High School Varsity @ 7:00 pm

CONGRATULATIONS to the Girls' Soccer team on their first WIN at home!

We all experience tough days or even weeks due to physical, emotional, financial, or social problems. Thiscmeans that sometimes we experience mental health struggles. When we experience struggle, it is important to learn how to listen to ourselves, bodies, feelings, and thoughts. Understanding how we are affected by life's stressors and struggles, will help us to identify when and how to reach out for help. • Support your health by building your own resource toolkit. The JED Foundation (https://jedfoundation.org/i-want-to-take-care-of-my-mental-health/) has resources related to specific feelings and experiences people struggle with. Check it out and fill up your resource toolkit with new knowledge and coping strategies. #YouMatterMN

Parent Education Workshop offered at St. John’s School September 29, 2022 beginning at 6:30 PM Early Childhood Commons 109 1st St. NW, Norwood Young America, MN Open to all parents, guardians, and caregivers Early Warning Signs of Mental Illness in Youth and Children will be presented by Renee Labat, Youth Program Coordinator from NAMI Minnesota Early Warning Signs is a workshop whose educational objectives are to help parents, guardians and foster parents learn early warning signs of mental illnesses and trauma, gain an understanding of the impact of mental Illnesses and trauma on children and youth, and learn strategies to support children who live with an illness. Suicide warning signs and resources are also covered.