After making a few design changes, rebuilding, and recalculating, the Math Applications class took their new boat to the Neal Center YMCA and were successful! Not only could it hold one student, but it held two! Thank you to the Neal Center YMCA for allowing us to use your pool.
Are you ready for some holiday music? The Cumberland music department can help you out! They have concerts scheduled on the following dates:
12/8 - 2 PM in the HS Gym: High School Winter Band and Choir Concert
12/9 - 6:30 PM in the MS Gym: 3rd Grade Concert
12/12 - 7 PM in the MS Gym: Middle School Band and Choir Concert
12/16 - 6 PM in the MS Gym: 1st Grade Concert
12/16 - 7:15 in the MS Gym: 4th Grade Concert
Congratulations to Cameron Roedl on being selected for the Cumberland Thanksgiving Tournament All-Tournament team!
Congratulations to the Lady Pirates on a 3rd place finish in the CHBC Thanksgiving Tournament defeating Dieterich 60-36. Jude Miller was named to the All-Tournament team!
In Earth Science, students made barometers and went outside on different days to measure how the air pressure changed. The students were most impressed by the change caused by last week's cold snap!
The CHS Scholastic Bowl team competed in the Mattoon David L. Riley Kickoff recently. They went 6-1 for the day and placed second overall. Camden James and Rylan James made the All Tournament Team which is the top ten players of the tournament. Congratulations to the team!
Cumberland High School's Student Council donated over 1000 rolls of wrapping paper to One Stop Christmas with the help of our students and community! Thanks to everyone who helped out!
Happy National Substitute Teacher Day! We are thankful for all of our substitute teachers who fill in when our staff is away. Their dedication, flexibility, and hard work is greatly appreciated!
Join our team! Cumberland Unit #77 is hiring for the following positions. Please share with those who may be interested.
Cumberland District:
3 Special Education teachers with LBS1
Send credentials to Christine Mock, special education director, at cmock@cusd77.org
Cumberland Elementary:
Elementary Teacher
Send credentials to Daniel Huffman, principal, at dhuffman@cusd77.org
Cumberland Middle School:
Math Teacher
Head Girls Track Coach
Send credentials to Stacy Keyser, principal, at skeyser@cusd77.org
Cumberland High School:
Spanish Teacher
Certified Athletic Trainer
Send credentials to Kevin Maynard, principal, at kmaynard@cusd77.org
Congratulations to the creators of the Strawberry Shortcake display on being named the overall winners of Foods III Cupcake Wars!
The Foods III students participated in their own version of Cupcake Wars! They made homemade cupcakes from a recipe they selected, decorated them to go along with their theme, and designed and built a display. The CHS students and staff will vote today to select a winner!
There has been a change to the girls Varsity and boys F/S basketball schedules on December 9. The F/S game vs. Okaw Valley will be played at Cumberland High School starting at 6:00 PM. The girls Varsity game vs. ALAH will be played at Cumberland immediately following the F/S game at approximately 7:30 PM.
The Lady Pirate Softball team is hosting a dodgeball tournament on January 25 from 1-4 PM in the middle school gyms. Entry fees: Students $8, Adults $10, and Teams $75. Register at the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiet39reEOyCgyNeml-JVNt1z0wxVld0Un0qyEVSTgr8LDhg/viewform
Thanksgiving break begins next week! School will dismiss at 2:09 on Tuesday, November 26. There is no school from November 27-29. School will resume on Monday, December 2. We hope everyone has a nice Thanksgiving!
Picture Retake Day is Monday, November 25. This day is for students who need to be re-photographed and students who missed the original Picture Day. If you are getting retakes, send the original picture package, including the envelope and pictures, to school on Retake Day. For those who have not ordered, use the link below to place your order.
https://inter-state.com/Order
Elementary School Code: 87865XF
Middle School Code: 87866MF
High School Code: 87898WD
Ms. Steber's biology class is studying cell specializations and made posters to illustrate the key functions and adaptations of particular cells.
Pirate Night is set for Friday, November 22, at 7:30 PM. The cost of admission is a nonperishable item for the TCC Food Pantry and/or a donation to the Cumberland Varsity Club.
Mrs. Thomas's Foods III classes used the theme of fall foods for baking recently! Each kitchen group selected their own recipes that contained the flavors of fall. Ingredients selected included pumpkin, apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and maple. They created a pumpkin roll, pumpkin cheesecake balls, pumpkin French toast, apple pies, and maple cookies!
Ms. Steber's Earth Science classes recently completed a unit on space. They were given the Sun or a planet to study. Groups completed research reports on their piece of the solar system and then created models from paper mache making them as accurate as possible.
Saturday's football game will be streamed by Central Illinois Sports on YouTube at the following link. https://www.youtube.com/live/eelZV84bmYE?si=zhyrTNEwaIhEWToj