CHMS Weekly Update

5th Grade - Unit 2: Emotion Management

Lesson 7: What is Stress? - In this week’s lesson, your child will identify signs of stress, situations that can cause them to feel stress, and strategies they can use to manage feelings of stress.

Try this at home: Ask your child what their body feels like when they’re stressed and what things cause them to feel stress. Share your own experiences with stress and what you do to manage it.

6th Grade - Unit 1: Mindsets and Goals

Lesson 7: Bringing It All Together - In this week’s lesson, your child will bring it all together and create an action plan to help them accomplish one of the goals they chose at the beginning of the unit.

Try this at home: Ask your child what their goal is, how they broke it down into smaller goals, and their plans for achieving it. Discuss how you can support them if things at home or in school slow them down or stand in their way and about how you can celebrate when they achieve their goal.

7th Grade - Unit 1: Mindsets and Goals

Lesson 7: Advice on Roadblocks - In this week’s lesson, your child will put their knowledge about overcoming roadblocks into action by giving advice to a sixth-grader who is struggling to learn something new.

Try this at home: Tell your child about a time you had to try something new to overcome a roadblock, such as asking someone for help or looking at a problem with a different viewpoint. Tell your child what eventually helped you overcome that roadblock.

8th Grade - Unit 1: Mindsets and Goals

Lesson 7: My Path Forward - In this week’s lesson, your child will envision a path to become their best self by using strengths and skills they already have.

Try this at home: Ask your child what skills, interests, or abilities they want to develop and how you can help.

Our first Activity Afternoon for 5th and 6th graders is scheduled for this Friday, October 11th. Remember, an Activity Afternoon is an after-school event, from 3:15 - 5:00, where students will be able to dance in the cafeteria, play in the gym, buy concessions, and more! The cost is $5 to get in the door, and money raised at these events goes back to the students to pay for things like field trips, concession items, behavior rewards, etc.

Congratulations to the new and returning members of our Middle School Honor Society!

The 2024-25 Middle School Honor society members are listed below. The names of second-year returning members are bolded with an asterisk.

Kamryn Aparicio, Olivia Bouck, *Emrick Bulk, Tanner Chapin, Miles Compson, Chance Cordova, Gavin Dagley, Connor Dantzer, *Chloe Davis, Hailey Davis, Tyler Denslow, *Eli Dore, Jadrick Flowers, *David Gallaher, George Goll, Brooklyn Halcomb, *Hayven Hampel, *Laurynn Hough, *Paul (PJ) Howell, Emma Lienhart, *Annabelle Meisenbach, *Colby Ray, *Aeriana Simon, *Caroline Slebodnik, Landen Smith, McKenna Smith, *Emily Tapper, Evelyn Young, *Tessa Zeigler

7th and 8th grade students are selected for honor society through an application process. Honor Society students must meet criteria in the areas of scholarship, leadership, community service, and character.

Our first meeting will be this Tuesday, October 8 at 7:30 am in Mrs. Dagley’s classroom. Please make arrangements to be here on time if you are in Honor Society.

There is still plenty of time to register your 8th grader for the East Coast trip! If you would like to sign your student up, please visit our dedicated website at World Strides. The trip ID is 218970. You can also reach out to Mrs. Flowers at cflowers@chsd.us for more information or any questions.

Parents, did you know you can view your student’s grades, missing assignments, attendance, class schedules and more through Skyward Family Access? You can also check your own account to verify that we have the most up-to-date contact information on file for you.

Skyward can be accessed on our website from any of our building pages. Just click on the school info tab (like High School Info, for example) and go to Skyward Family Access. You’ll also see a Skyward button beneath the banner pictures on every building’s home page.

You can also access Skyward on your phone using the CHSD Warriors app. Just go to the Documents tab on any building page and click on Skyward Access.

To access Skyward, login information is required for every parent. If you do not have your login information, you can contact your student’s school office to get your Skyward username and password.

Once you’re logged in, check your account information by clicking My Account in the upper right corner. If your contact information is incorrect, please contact your student’s school office to have it updated.

For more information about navigating within Skyward Family Access, click HERE.

Please join us for Warriors vs Cancer, a special community cancer awareness night during our home varsity football game on Friday, October 11. All cancer warriors (those who have defeated cancer and those that are fighting) in our community are invited to ring the victory bell during a special halftime celebration!

We will also be making luminaries to honor all our loved ones affected by cancer. Our students will make the luminaries, which will be displayed along the track throughout the evening.

If you would like to ring the victory bell or have a luminary dedicated to a loved one, please fill out this FORM.

Warrior Nation, please join us for this special evening as we honor all those in our community who have been affected by cancer.

Please remember that Elementary and Middle School students need to be accompanied by an adult!

Our High School Basketball Program is offering a Youth Basketball Clinic for all Chippewa Hills students in grades 1-6! This clinic series will run for five Saturdays starting November 2 through December 7 (except Thanksgiving weekend) at the Middle School gym, and focuses on developing basketball skills and having fun!

Cost is $25 if paid in advance, $30 at the door. Submit the registration form, along with your payment, to your child’s school office. Registration is due by November 2. All players receive a Warriors t-shirt!

We look forward to seeing your child there!

Save the date! Our Chippewa Hills Wellness Center is hosting a Flu & COVID Vaccine Clinic on Friday, October, 18 from 12-4 PM in the Middle School Library.

This clinic is available for all students and adults who live within the Chippewa Hills community. Children under 18 must be accompanied by a parent.

Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are encouraged to avoid long wait times and to ensure we have enough vaccines on hand. To make an appointment, call the Chippewa Hills Wellness Center at 989-967-2290.

The cost of the flu shot and COVID vaccine is covered by most insurance companies. For those without insurance, the cost is $40 for a regular dose, or $46 for high-dose.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Let's show our Chippewa Hills Middle School Staff some appreciation! This form will be linked every week along with a couple shout-outs as they come in.

Mr. Russell - 8th Grade Science/Sports 7 Teacher

"He is nice and always in a good mood which leaves the class in a good mood. I love being in his class."

Mrs. Goodrich - 6th Grade Social Studies Teacher

"She makes learning fun and relatable! My daughter loves being in her class!"

Volleyball

Tuesday, October 8th - Away @ Tri County - 4:00 start time - Bus Departs at 2:45

Wednesday, October 9th - HYBRID TEAM ONLY - Away @ Reed City - 5:00 start time - Bus Departs at 3:30

Thursday, October 10th - Home vs Morley Stanwood - 4:00 start time

Chippewa Hills is once again proud to offer FREE breakfast and lunch to ALL students for the 2024-2025 school year!

Note: Milk without a meal, a la carte items, and second meals will still need to be purchased.

A la carte items will start being sold this week for students who bring extra money.

The October monthly lunch menu is attached below.

• Friday, October 18th - Early Release Day
• Monday, October 21st - Early Release Day
• Thursday, November 7th - Picture Retake Day