As we wrap up another exciting trimester, we want to take a moment to celebrate all the hard work, growth, and achievements of our students. With the trimester ending, it's a great time to reflect on progress, set new goals, and embrace fresh opportunities. A brand-new trimester means a fresh start—new lessons to learn, challenges to tackle, and memories to make! Let’s keep up the great momentum and make this next chapter even better. There are a lot of wonderful things happening at CSMS for all students. Keep striving, keep learning, and let’s finish the school year strong!

Let’s make it a great week Tigers and Tiger Families.

Dr. Andrew Vondran

The District 75 School Board on Feb. 25 approved the hiring of Dr. Lilli Melamed to serve as the next principal at Washington Early Learning Center.

“I’m really excited about this opportunity,” Melamed said. “Mundelein is a wonderful community, and I am looking forward to serving the students, staff and families of Washington School.”

The new principal grew up in the Vernon Hills/ Mundelein area and has children attending school in the Fremont School District. She is currently principal at Oak Terrace, a dual language school in Highwood, where she developed a comprehensive plan with teacher leaders to support school improvement. Prior to that she was the assistant principal and Gifted and Talented Coordinator for Oak Grove School District 68.

Melamed earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education from DePaul University in 2004. She has two Master’s Degrees, one in Educational Leadership from Northeastern Illinois University (2013) and another in Curriculum and Instruction from Concordia University Chicago (2008). Melamed earned her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Concordia University in 2024.

For more information, please see the news release on our website.

• Thank you to everyone who joined us at our Dine Out Event at Jimanos last Tuesday. We appreciate all the support.
• This year we have currently fundraised $594.50 by families simply scanning their receipts and purchasing items with the Box Tops logo. Each month there are monthly challenges for everyone to opt into to earn extra Box Tops English / Espanol. Fun Fact, even if you did not purchase Box Tops items you can still scan your receipt to be entered to win additional Box Tops. As a reminder families simply need to download the app and either search for District 75 PTO Mundelein or enter code PNKN0SEQ.

Our second trimester ended Friday, February 28th. Teachers are finalizing their grades and we are printing them off. Report Cards will be handed out to students on Friday, March 7th. Any questions, feel free to contact me.

Great work from the Cast and Crew of High School Musical. It was a wonderful performance. CSMS is proud of the hard work you've put in to the show. Well done.

• Congratulations to the 7th grade BVB team on ending Lake Bluff's undefeated season. The Tigers went on the road to take a 3 set victory last night and hand the Bobcats their first loss of the season. This earned the Tigers a share of first place in the conference. Great job tigers and good luck next week at the tournament.
• Congratulations also to the 8th grade BVB team in what was a fantastic display of volleyball by both teams last night as the Tigers had to go 3 sets to beat Lake Bluff! This gave the 8th graders 1st place out right in the regular season and brought their record to 9 and 0. Amazing regular season Tigers now bring home that trophy next week in the conference tournament!

CSMS Mariachi Club is in session!

¡CSMS Mariachi Club está en sesión!

Let’s honor the rich heritage of our student body and embrace Mariachi Music! We’ve got instruments (guitars, vihuelas, guitarrones) and teachers ready to help your student dive in and learn all about Mariachi.

¡CSMS Mariachi Club está en sesión!

¡Honremos la rica herencia de nuestro alumnado y abracemos la música de Mariachi! Tenemos instrumentos (guitarras, vihuelas, guitarrones) y profesores listos para ayudar a su estudiante a sumergirse y aprender todo sobre el Mariachi.

Here’s what to do

1. Encourage your child to give it a try.

2. Complete the attached permission slip.

3. Attend a meeting on Thursdays, 4:30-5:30PM, CSMS Choir Room.

Esto es lo que debes hacer

1. Anime a su hijo a intentarlo.

2. Complete el formulario de permiso adjunto.

3. Asista a una reunión los jueves de 4:30 a 5:30 p. m., Salón del Coro de CSMS.

Questions? Reach out to one of the Mariachi Club Teachers

¿Preguntas? Comuníquese con uno de los maestros del Mariachi Club

Mrs. Holck, Mrs. Oropeza, Mr. Fink and Mrs. White

Sra. Holck, Sra. Oropeza, Sr. Fink y Sra. White

Check out Carl Sandburg's YouTube Channel. Here you can find the projects done in the multimedia classes as well as CSMS's famous TNN episodes.

Do you want more information about your student? Text the word Yes to 79041 to receive text message notifications from their school. Click here for more information.

Want to see what your students are reading? Click here to see our D75 Reads.

March 2025

3 - Boys' Volleyball Tournament

4 - Boys' Volleyball Tournament

4 - PTO Meeting @ CSMS

5 - 8th Grade Holocaust Museum Field Trip

5 - Boys' Volleyball Tournament

6 - 8th Grade Holocaust Museum Field Trip

6 - March Band Concert @ CSMS

7 - Report Cards come home

24/25 Yearbook Online Order

Use school code: 17134 or Pay with exact cash or check, made payable to D75, in the CSMS Main Office.

$25 per yearbook. Yearbook Flyer 24/25

Winter/Spring Sports Picture Day- TBD

Spring Sports Picture Day- TBD

Tuesday, April 1, 2025- Promotion Picture RETAKES

Featuring: Action Martial Arts • Area Coffee • Bill's Pizza • Culver's • Dairy Queen • Elly's Brunch and Cafe • Faded Best • Grease Monkey • Jewel/Osco • Julio's Tacos • Lakeside Recreation • Lazy Dog • Luke's • Mundelein Automotive • Pet Supplies Plus • Royal Catonese • Tina G's • Tonality
(Order here)

Our PTO is working with Box Tops for Education. Please click on the following flyers in English or in Spanish.

🍎 My School Menus - is now ONLINE

🍎 Step-by-Step Instructional Video

🍎 Mundelein District 75 Online Menus

🍎 Access the RevTrak website to pay for school meals for your child.

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