The Trojan Booster Club is hosting a Trojan Gala Saturday, @ 7pm at the Brickhouse. After the musical, come over to enjoy Casino-style games and support this important event that will benefit our Trojan athletes!!
On Tuesday March 1st, Brock , Emma , Mia and Danner represented CMS on air at WEIU to talk about the middle school musical Legally Blonde Jr! Come out March 4th and 5th at 7pm to see this incredible show in the CMS gym!
8Gold picked their Smarty pant students for February. Congratulations to Kira & Jonah!
The CMS dance that was taking place this Friday is postponed. It will be rescheduled at a later date.
Tickets for the Charleston Middle School production of Legally Blonde Jr. are now on sale. Tickets may be purchased at the CMS office during school hours, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings at CMS from 6-8pm, or at the door on performance nights.
The dates for the show are Friday, March 4th at 7pm, and Saturday, March 5th at 7pm, in the CMS gym. Tickets are $5 for students/seniors and $7 for adults.
Get your tickets and come join us for an evening of musical fun!
Students from 7 Red EPIC classes handmade Valentine decorations and cards for our neighbors at Holly Brook. We enjoyed stopping by for a visit and to drop off a little love!
Congratulations to Rachel for winning the county spelling bee!!! We are all so proud of you and will be rooting for you when you compete at regionals at the end of March!!!
CMS Student Council will be extending the selling of flowers. Carnations are $2 each or 3 for $5. Come see Mrs. Dow or Mrs. Goetten if you can’t find students selling.
Even Mr. Lynn got into the fun helping a group with an escape room during Social Studies.
8 Gold team participated in a Roaring 20s Escape Room during Social Studies this week. Congratulation to the top teams in each class. Our overall winners broke out in 8 mins 28 sec.
CMS Student Council is sponsoring a Sadie Hawkins Winter Wonderland Dance on Friday, Feb. 25th from 6-8pm. $3.00 to get in with concessions & photos available.
CMS Student Council will be selling carnations during tutorial and all lunch hours starting Monday Jan. 24th through Feb. 4th. Flowers are $2 each or 3 for $5.
8 Red students had the opportunity to learn to sew winter hats during EPIC. Looking good!
Congratulations to the CMS Spelling Bee champions!!!! Tied for 3rd place - Avery and Madi, in 2nd place - Taryn, and our 1st place spelling bee winner is - Rachel! Great job to all who participated!
Congratulations to the CMS Spelling Bee champions!!!! Tied for 3rd place - Avery and Madi, in 2nd place - Taryn, and our 1st place spelling bee winner is - Rachel! Great job to all who participated!
The 8 Red students have been talking about WWI in social science and how much of the war was fought in trenches. Students were asked to recreate trench warfare in a shoebox.
8Gold team has selected their Smarty Pants students for December. We appreciate these students for always being team players, being kind to other students, and working hard in their classes. Congratulations Sydney and Mason!!
Students on 8 Red at CMS have enjoyed a variety of activities this week in EPIC, leading up to Christmas break. In Mrs. Richter’s room, students created Christmas ornaments out of LEGOs. The student voted the best creation won a M&M candy cane.
Ninth grade registration letters were mailed out on January 3 to all current 8th grade students. Parents and guardians will be able to schedule an in-person conference with a high school counselor through their Skyward account. The window to schedule the conference begins on January 5th and ends on January 14. Conferences will be held at the middle school on January 18-21. High School counselors will be at the middle school to meet with all 8th graders on January 11 to discuss high school and course information. Please expect your student to come home with a packet of information as well as a green scheduling form on the evening of January 11. Thank you!
Beth Nelson
School Counselor
Charleston High School
217-639-5013
nelsonb@charleston.k12.il.us
1st hour art students at CMS have had a busy week of traveling! For their 2nd project, they learned a valuable life lesson on hand sewing & machine sewing. They made 225+ emojis to pass out to the students at Mark Twain. I'm so proud of all this group accomplished this quarter!
