Mrs. Gibson was awarded a grant to participate in the Plant the Moon Competition through the Institute of Competition Sciences this fall. This is a national competition that NASA originally started as a citizen science project to gain ideas to feed astronauts sustainably on long space exploration missions. There are Lunar Missions and Martian Missions. The CHS classes are participating in the Martian Mission planting different plants in Mars soil simulant. There were enough granted kits to involve Mrs. Gibson’s and Mrs. Steber's BIO I classes and an ecology class. Middle schools, high schools, and colleges around the U.S. are participating.
Congratulations to the following students who were selected to ILMEA District 5 music festivals by their auditions:
Senior Band - Stevi Nichols
Senior Orchestra - Addison Johnson
Senior Chorus - Austin Becker, Maddy Cutright, Ani Edwards, Cody Farris and Joanie Wallace
Well done!
Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for October 22 and 24 from 4:00-6:30 PM. Elementary and middle school: contact your child's teacher to schedule an appointment. High school: contact the office at 923-3133 to schedule an appointment.
The CHS girls basketball team has opened their apparel store! Check it out for your Pirates and Raiders gear! The store closes on 11/4.
https://www.taggedshop.com/hsladypiratebasketball
On Saturday, the Cumberland County Cross Country team participated in the Cumberland County Invite. The boys' team finished 2nd overall! Eleven boys and two girls were in the top 75 of their race and medaled at the meet! Congratulations runners!
The CHS Pink Out Volleyball game is on Thursday, October 24, vs. Villa Grove. Their Together we WIN cancer awareness t-shirt is available at the following link: https://www.modeltees.shop/products/pirates-volleyball-shirt-together-we-win-cancer-awareness.
The Cumberland County CEO class is hosting Cars and Coffee on October 26 from 10 AM - 1 PM at Neoga High School. Admission is $5 (2 and under is free). Food trucks, a bounce house, and trivia will also be there! Come out and support the CEO class this year!
CHS held its annual Homecoming games yesterday. The Junior class came out on top this year! Tonight wraps up Homecoming week with Cumberland taking on Tri-County at 7 PM. Come out and support the Pirates to a victory!
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Foods I students made homemade pancakes. They made the dry mix and added the liquid ingredients, including buttermilk. Cooking them without burning them proved to be a difficult task for some of the groups! They were delicious, though.
Students in Math Applications completed their small cardboard boat projects. They had to calculate the boat's volume to find water displacement and the sink line depth. Floating times and the accuracy of calculations were measured by testing how much weight each boat could hold before sinking. Up next, building a boat to float a classmate in a pool!
Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for October 22 and 24 from 4:00-6:30 PM.
Elementary and middle school: contact your child's teacher to schedule an appointment.
High school: contact the office at 923-3133 to schedule an appointment.
Students in Mrs. Becker’s Interpersonal Communication class studied the Michelangelo Phenomenon that states significant others in our lives like best friends help us be our best selves. Then the friends sculpted something their friends helped them achieve.
Jostens will be at Cumberland High School on Tuesday, October 15, at 2:30 to talk to the senior class about graduation items and to provide information to the freshman class about class rings.
Congratulations to the 2024 Homecoming King and Queen, Cameron Brown and Jenna Hougham!
Students have been working on making a coaster in Mrs. Thomas's Orientation to FACS class. They selected and cut fabric. Then, they followed directions that required hand sewing for the final product. Each coaster is an individual piece of textile art!
The LPC Volleyball Tournament begins tonight. All of the Cumberland games will be played at Arthur.
There will be no school on Friday, 10/11, for Teacher Institute Day and no school on Monday, 10/14, for Columbus Day.
Seniors in Mr. Hall’s Civics classes held debates today to help them prepare for the Constitution test. Students chose sides based on statements about the Second Amendment. The students had great ideas and supported their points effectively.
Mrs. Lee’s geometry class is learning about conditionals. To apply the lesson, they read the book and then made their own.
