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Reminder to parents: CMS students are excited to walk to EIU tomorrow, 4/28, to cheer on and support the participants in Special Olympics!! #cmscusd1
The CMS Media Center is celebrating National Library Week all this week! There are daily activities and contests centered around the theme "There's More to the Story." Students have an opportunity to receive free books due to the generous donation of books from the EIU Student Association of School Psychologists. Thank you for your support of CMS students' free reading! #cmscusd1
8Gold students spent time preparing the Community Garden beds for the season in honor of Earth Day.
8Gold students spent this week in EPIC creating flowers to give The Villas of Holly Brook residents' a taste of spring.
Congratulation to our March Frequent Flyer Winner in the IMC, Abbie. She received a book, treat bag and gift certificate to Dairy Queen! Enjoy your prizes and keep reading! #cmscusd1
8 Red students enjoyed a bit of magic and life skills during EPIC class.#cms
Charleston Middle School will be having Spring pictures tomorrow. Students will get pictures taken during PE.
Thank you to Mrs. Sherwood's CTE / EPIC-WIN students for making repairs in the Media Center. From inserting screws to oiling doors to leveling podiums, their skills and talents are appreciated! This is what practicing the 7 Habits looks like! #cmscusd1
The Charleston Middle School track meet scheduled for today has been postponed until tomorrow, Thursday, April 6th at 4 PM. If you have any questions, please contact CMS track coaches or the office.
The tournament might be over, but the madness continues in the CMS IMC! "Check out" the number 1 picks on display. These books are the "first" in their series and are always winners! #cmscusd1
Congratulations to Mrs. Dow's 8Gold EPIC class for their 3rd gnome competition win!!
CMS celebrated the end of IAR testing with a dance. Kyrie Johnson was the DJ and he did a great job!! Everyone had an amazing time!
Thanks to FirstMid Bank for their generous donation to the CMS Trojan Depot today! Your contribution will help us continue to provide extra support for students in need for quite some time!
Charleston Middle School celebrated the 168 students that made the honor or high honor roll for 3rd quarter. These students worked hard to achieve their goals and celebrated today with a pizza party! Great job CMS students. #cmscusd1
Many thanks to the EIU students who presented this week with EIU Living History. 7th Graders learned about Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Rosemary Kennedy, and Sor Juana from EIU students who brought these women of history to life.
Charleston Middle School would like to thank each and everyone of you who contributed snacks for the Illinois Assessment of Readiness Test (IAR) this week. CMS asked and you delivered!. We had more than enough snacks for our students. Thank you very much.
CMS students enjoyed a fun Friday to kickoff IAR Monday. We started the day with Leader in me by meeting with 7th/8th buddies and talking about service projects. Then students had their choice to participate in an academic decathlon or a volley tennis tournament. Everyone had a great time. Congratulations to Mrs. Dow's. EPIC class for winning the volley tennis tournament for the second time this year!
As part of CMS's 1/2 Day early dismissal activities today, some 8R students enjoyed competing against each other in an Academic Decathlon in Mr. Spear's room. It is amazing how much trivia the students know! It was a fun way to end the week together before IAR testing next week.
CMS 8th graders enjoyed sharing their commercial projects created in ELA classes with snacks in the Media Center before leaving for Spring Break! There were some amazing skills displayed in these projects such as advertising techniques, technology, video editing, graphic design and more! Students used their 7 Habits skills of beginning with the end in mind, putting first things first, seeking first to understand-then to be understood and synergizing to make the finished product! #cmscusd1
Congratulations to Ellie & Josh for being the 8Gold smarty pants winners for March!