
7Red students enjoyed fishing at the EIU pond today. Thank you to Van Grissom with Illinois DNR and Jessica Stranz, 7Red science teacher for providing our students with this amazing opportunity/experience! 💛🎣❤️





Mr. Spear’s 4th Hour Pre-Algebra students are explaining their thinking through writing and discussing with a partner. Task: Find missing dimensions in volume problems.





Congratulations to the CMS Scholastic Bowl team on a great season. Our IESA regional team was one question away from the regional championship match.
Match #1
Mattoon 160
Charleston 155
Match #2
Shelbyville 135
Charleston 160



CMS 7Red students enjoyed helping Mrs. Zigler's students with some seed planting today! ❤️😎💛





8Gold spent Earth Day helping prepare the Community garden for the season and picking up trash at the Health Department. Then the students competed in an Earth Day break out.





Charleston Middle School(CMS) would like to wish Mrs. Bly, our school nurse, the best of luck on her new job. Mrs. Bly has been with the Charleston School District five years . Mrs. Bly, you will be missed by staff and students. Thank you to Ms. Thompson for making her wonderful cake.


A sample of CMS 8 Gold’s service-project in action, as students weeded flower beds, prepared community garden beds, planted fruits/vegetables, enjoyed a scavenger hunt, picked up trash, and celebrated Earth Day at the Coles County Health Department. Great job!





8 Red students in Mrs. Richter’s Epic enjoyed some “no bake cooking” this week!



We have some real talent at CMS this year. Amelia plans to be a tattoo artist when she's older & has already designed her first tattoo! She spends most of her free time working on her skill & shows a great deal of dedication to her art.
Stay tuned for more CMS artist highlights!


Ms. Zigler's class got a special visit from the Easter Bunny and students from Ms. Morgan's EPIC class today!
Happy Easter, CUSD#1! 🐰❤️





CMS students share ways to "Sharpen the Saw". Click the link for the audio clip. https://charlestoncusd1-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/pitcherm_charleston_k12_il_us/EbzTMZazzitMjOtQaJ8scd8BRtuNkgitsQYffCfgb7r09g?e=hzxcTZ


8 Gold team picked their Smarty Pants for March. Congratulations to Cayden and Jackson.



Check out the 2nd Newspaper Edition from CMS Classroom Courier.
https://charlestoncusd1-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/pitcherm_charleston_k12_il_us/Ef0Te9z1LsxKgP4Tb-kQK8YBfVOxpaO54PAlWkg_9DVR9Q?e=tBtV2C


Check out the 2nd Newspaper Edition from CMS Classroom Courier.
https://charlestoncusd1-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/pitcherm_charleston_k12_il_us/Ef0Te9z1LsxKgP4Tb-kQK8YBfVOxpaO54PAlWkg_9DVR9Q?e=tBtV2C

Mrs. Miller's EPIC won this months gnome competition by building the strongest bridge.


Congratulations to our 7th grade student, Olivia, and her Braille Instructor, Kirsten! Olivia recently participated in the Illinois Annual Braille Challenge for the state of Illinois, and she won 1st place in her age division. CMS is proud of Olivia and her accomplishment.


CMS Scholastic Bowl is enjoying the dinner break after going 1-1 so far in the Crestwood Classic Tournament.



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!


