Cumberland High School

Freshmen Orientation for the current 8th graders is scheduled for Wednesday, February 21, at 6:00 PM in the high school cafeteria.

Mrs. Lee’s Consumer Math class studied a chapter called, "Buying a Car". On February 15, her class took a field trip to several businesses in the community to learn more from local professionals about buying a car. They learned about interest rates, deductibles, down payments, credit scores, and so much more regarding buying a car. The students even got to practice leaving a tip at lunch. Mrs. Lee’s class would like to thank Chris at JKMitchell, Lauren at Country Companies, and Kevin and Sam at First Neighbor Bank for taking time out of their day to share their knowledge on the car buying process.

The boys' basketball game on Friday, February 16, 2024, against Martinsville at Cumberland has been canceled.

The Cumberland High School boys' basketball team will play Flora in the first round of the IHSA Regional on Monday, Feb. 19, at 7 PM at Flora. Good luck, Pirates!

Reminder: There is no school on Monday, 2/19, in honor of Presidents' Day.

The Cumberland High School vs. Martinsville High School boys basketball game will be played at Cumberland on Friday, February 16, 2024, starting with the JV game at 6:00. This is a change from the original schedule, which had the game scheduled for Thursday, February 15.

Mrs. Lee’s Physical Science class was challenged to create a slow marble run. Students were split into two groups to construct the run, and the marble run with the slowest time would win. Students had to think about what kind of friction would slow down the marble and what would accelerate it. Which marble run do you think won, A or B?

The Cumberland County Broadband Committee is hosting a public meeting on Thursday, February 15, 2024, at 5:30 PM at the Cumberland County Life Center Building, 507 E Main Street, Toledo, Illinois. The committee has developed a survey to demonstrate the overall need for reliable and affordable broadband. This meeting will help residents better understand the committee’s mission and goals and explain how you can help encourage participation in the survey and the BEAD challenge. Contact cumberlandbroadband2023@gmail.com for more information.

The CHS Wrestling team had four individuals qualify for the IHSA State Meet today! Owen McGinnis placed 3rd and Braydon Olmstead placed 4th at the Boys' Sectional. They will compete at State next weekend. Natalie Beaumont placed 3rd and Summer Nichols placed 4th at the Girls' Sectional. They advance to State on February 23-24. Congratulations to all!

The Lady Pirates advanced to the second round of the IHSA Regional after defeating Lawrenceville today 54-22! They now play Mt. Carmel on Monday, Feb. 12, at 6 PM at Lawrenceville. Go Pirates!

Tomorrow's boys' basketball game at Decatur Unity will be a Varsity-only game beginning at 6 PM.

Reminder: Cumberland schools will dismiss at 12:15 on Friday, February 9, for a teacher in-service.

Cumberland High School will host the first round of the IHSA girls' basketball regional on Saturday, February 10. Cumberland will play Lawrenceville at 10 AM. This game will not be live-streamed per IHSA policy. Come out and cheer on the Lady Pirates to victory!

Tickets for the IHSA Wrestling Sectional at Vandalia must be purchased digitally through Go Fan per IHSA. There will be no cash transactions at the door. Links for each day's tickets are below. Session 1: Friday Feb. 9 - 4:30pm - https://gofan.co/event/1367179?schoolId=IL24064 Session 2: Saturday Feb. 10 - 9am - https://gofan.co/event/1367180?schoolId=IL24064 Session 3: Saturday Feb. 10 - 12:30pm - https://gofan.co/event/1367187?schoolId=IL24064

Students in Ms. Flach's Biology I class made candy DNA models today. The Twizzlers represent the sugar-phosphate backbone and the gummy bears represent the different base pairs of the nucleotides.

On Saturday, the Cumberland High School Scholastic Bowl team placed 2nd at the EIU Pine Honors Tournament. Rylan James was selected for the All-Tournament team. Congratulations to all!

Order your Cumberland High School yearbook soon! Prices will increase on February 9! Use the following link to order yours now! https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A01976600

Mrs. Lee’s Consumer Math class is learning to figure out the rate of speed. They used the Hot Wheel cars and track to figure the rate of speed of each car.

Congratulations to Cumberland High School's 2023-2024 National Honor Society Initiates: Jenna Boldt, Gage Daugherty, Kallie Finn, Riley Groves, Jenna Hougham, Riley Morgan, Meah Scales, Macie Schnepper, and Isaiah Winnett!

Post Prom is selling Senior yard signs and banners again this year. Order soon! The store closes on February 14. https://signsunleashed.com/collections/cumberland-high-school-fundraiser?fbclid=IwAR0UnfzmUUHmCa1che-hTwnqr-q3LLS2IkuA39xOKvbqlsPM66hOIKL77tU