The Cumberland Middle School boys basketball team and basketball cheer awards will be on Tuesday, February 20, in the grade/middle school cafeteria. The awards will begin at 5 PM.
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.
Today during Career Day, Cumberland Middle School students got a glimpse of what some careers are like. Students picked careers they were interested in and attended sessions to receive firsthand information from experts in each field. It was a very positive experience for the students and the presenters! Thank you to all of our guest presenters today!
Kelly Cox, Automotive Mechanics
Sarah Livesay & Jacob Atkinson, Environmental Biology
Chad Miller, Evapco Manufacturing
Erica Beals, Childcare
Amanda Gunter, Medical Nurse, RN
Amy Pfeiffer, Microbiology
Dion Buzzard, LLC Engineering and Robotics
Dustin Salmons, 1st Class Wrecker
Erin Gahimer, LLC Dental Hygiene
Loyd Mock & Dreyton Ruholl, Law Enforcement
Tom McGinnis, Peter Koester, Sawyer Keyser, & Josh McElravy, Trades
Jeff Hilligoss & Josh Welling, Paramedic and Firefighter
Justin Holsapple & Brian Stierwalt, Agriculture
Doug McDevitt, Pilot - Effingham Co. Airport
Lane Blickem, WMCI media broadcasting
Jeff Schrock, CEO, Business, Woodworking
Sarah Holsapple-Miller, Lawyer
Blake Ozier, Military
Reminder: Cumberland schools will dismiss at 12:15 on Friday, February 9, for a teacher in-service.
Mrs. Walk, the District librarian, took a group of middle school students to Barnes and Noble to pick out new books for the school library last week. The students came back with a nice collection of books that the students will enjoy!
Congratulations to our February Raiders of the Month! Great job being Respectful, Responsible, and Reliable. Keep up the great work being exemplary students in our school!
The Cumberland 7th grade girls' volleyball team will enter LEIC tournament play on Friday, February 9, at 4:30 PM at Martinsville. If the team wins on Friday, they will play again at 9 AM on Saturday, February 10. This is a single-elimination tournament. If they continue to win on Saturday, games will be played throughout the day. Admissions for Friday's games will be $3.00 for adults and $2.00 for students. Admissions for Saturday's games will be $6.00 for adults and $4.00 for students regardless of whether your team only plays one game or multiple games. Go Lady Raiders!
The Middle School Kindness Ambassadors read to kindergarten and 1st grade classes this week. They read books about friendship and kindness and discussed different ways to show kindness.
We have new opportunities for you to join our team! Share with those who may be interested!
Cumberland Middle School has rescheduled the volleyball game with Neoga that was canceled due to weather for Monday, February 5. There will be C minutes beginning at 3:45 PM, and the 7th grade contest beginning at 4:30 PM.
Any 8th-11th grade student interested in participating in high school cheerleading for the 2024-2025 season needs to sign up in the school office and get an interest form. The forms need to be filled out and turned back into the office by Friday, 1/26, at 2 PM.
Cumberland CUSD #77 will be closed tomorrow, Monday, January 22, 2024 due to the forcasted inclement weather.
The CMS Student Council is hosting a blood drive on January 22 from 2-6 PM. Support a great cause and get automatically entered for a chance to win tickets to the Super Bowl!
Middle school boys' basketball practice has been canceled for this afternoon. (1/12/24)
The middle school art classes are repurposing old bowling pins into artwork!
Reminder: There will be no school on Monday, January 15, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday.
The 5th grade students finished an economy unit and tested their financial skills by creating a pencil business. The students made a business advertisement and vendors were selected. The students discovered how to make deals while still profiting!
We are excited to have a second Shoe Tree distribution for our students this year. The normal Shoe Tree Fall distribution is still being planned for the 24-25 school year. A form will be sent out in May for that Shoe Tree.
If you are experiencing financial hardship, complete this form for qualifying students, Pre K-8th grade, to receive a free pair of shoes. Shoes will be distributed by the school in mid-February. Please complete this form by January 19, 2024.
https://forms.gle/FwS4k6U3Fne8SMvPA
SHOE TREE is sponsored by Shoe Tree Program, Corp.
The CMS Student Council is hosting a blood drive on January 22 from 2-6 PM. Support a great cause and get automatically entered for a chance to win tickets to the Super Bowl!
Congratulations to our January Raiders of the Month! Great job being Respectful, Responsible, and Reliable. Keep up the great work being exemplary students in our school!
