July 21, 2026
Dear Cardinal Family,
One behalf of Cleora School, it is a great honor to once again welcome everyone back for another amazing school year. We are excited to have all of our students, both returning and new, with us! We look forward to helping foster their dedication and enthusiasm for learning at a high level. We hope all of our families share that same excitement and we thank you for your support to ensure this happens.
Once again, we are blessed to be able to offer FREE breakfast and lunch to all students. This will be the fourth year in a row for this great opportunity. We hope this will increase student participation while providing financial relief to our families. We also recently started two new extra-curricular programs, 4-H and Golf. We are looking forward to continued participation in those this year. Our goal is to continue offering various experiences for all students to be involved in activities and learning outside the classroom.
In other exciting news, we added several new things to the school over the summer! Our building expansion and remodel project is expected to wrap up just in time for the start of school. It looks amazing and we can't wait for you to see it! Also, I'm sure you have heard about the new recess law. We have been implementing extra recess for many years already, unfortunately now we are not allowed to account for the extra 20 minutes in our school day. Therefore, we are having to add extra minutes to our normal day, which means our NEW RELEASE time will now be 3:05 p.m.
A few other NEW "things" this year include:
- Algebra 1 for 8th graders
- New Teachers & Staff
- Innovation Lab for creative learning and experimenting
As always, communication between the school and home is crucial. We utilize our “all-call” notification system to communicate through phone calls and texts. In addition, we have a school app that we encourage everyone to download. Be sure to allow “notifications” in order to stay up to date. If you have changed any contact numbers it is important to get those updated numbers to Lynelle in our office to ensure you continue to receive our communication. In regards to communication, please remember our “No Electronic Communication” policy. This is something we have had in place for many years, but recently has been brought to light across the state due to it now being a law. As a reminder, they are banned from bell-to-bell. We truly appreciate our families support in helping administer this.
In closing, it is a privilege to be serving as the Cleora Superintendent for what will be my 13th year! It is a blessing to be a part of a school where our board, parents, teachers, staff, families, and community share the same vision and goal of creating a learning environment that creates high levels of expectations and strong academic growth. I look forward to seeing everyone Tuesday night, August 11th for our Welcome Back Open House night and throughout the rest of the school year.
GO CARDINALS!!
Kenny Guthrie
Superintendent