In Mrs. Walsh's 7th grade ELA class, the students participated in a human timeline using student-created events yesterday!
The middle school cross country meet today (9/9) has been canceled.
Tomorrow's (9/8) middle school baseball game against Dieterich will be played at home starting at 4:30 PM.
The PTO's recent Coin War raised $952.30 across the elementary and middle schools! Shoutout to the first graders for raising the most money and winning the grand prize of choosing who had to kiss a pig! Mrs. McElravy was selected and kissed the pig today. Thanks to everyone who helped by donating your coins for a great cause!
Baseball practice for today (9/4) has been canceled.
Today's (9/4) softball game at South Central has been moved back to a 7 PM start time.
Cumberland Middle School received the #1 seed in the IESA 2A softball regional hosted by Teutopolis. CMS has a bye in the first round and will play the winner of the Arthur/Sullivan game on Wednesday, September 9, at 4:30 PM. The games are being played at the Teutopolis Community Park North Diamond. Good luck, Lady Raiders! 🏴☠️
8th graders worked through a Sentence Structure Escape Room in Mrs. Kingery's English class yesterday. Students had to work together to identify sentence types, fragments, conjunctions, and solve grammar puzzles on each level to escape 6 different levels of the game.
Help PTO earn money for our schools with the things you've already purchased!
The middle school baseball game on September 15th has been canceled.
Reminder: School will be closed on Monday, September 7, for Labor Day.
Congratulations to the August Raiders of the Month! Keep up the good work, being Respectful, Responsible, and Reliable Raiders!
Cumberland Elementary and Middle School has 11 extra yearbooks left from the 2025–2026 school year. If you missed out earlier, now is your last chance to grab one! To secure a copy, send $37 to CMS Yearbook (Attn: Mrs. Allison), and we will send the yearbook home with your student. Books are available on a first-come, first-served basis!
This is your back-to-school resource hub for living with food allergies from Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE)!
https://www.foodallergy.org/living-food-allergy/food-allergy-essentials/back-school-resource-hub
https://www.foodallergy.org/living-food-allergy/food-allergy-essentials/back-school-resource-hub
Congratulations to the following 7th and 8th graders who were selected for the Star-Spangled Raiders! They will be singing the National Anthem at some of our home ballgames this year.
The SBL Dental Bus forms are due back to the school on Monday, August 31st. If your child needs another form, please contact the school office.
Mr. Watkins leads an introductory weight training class for 8th-grade students. In this class, students learn the proper form and technique, building a strong foundation for high school weight training and athletics.
Mrs. Ralston’s fifth graders practiced the scientific method today by testing which bubble gum makes the biggest bubble. Students hypothesized, chewed, measured, and charted their results to see which gum blew away the competition!
1, 2, 3, 4, we declare a Coin War at Cumberland Elementary and Middle School!
Bring in spare change and help raise funds to start a PTO at Cumberland! The money raised will go directly back to the school to support the students and staff.
The Coin War will run from Monday, August 24th to Monday, August 31st.
The winning grade will choose which principal will kiss a pig! 🐷
Bring in spare change and help raise funds to start a PTO at Cumberland! The money raised will go directly back to the school to support the students and staff.
The Coin War will run from Monday, August 24th to Monday, August 31st.
The winning grade will choose which principal will kiss a pig! 🐷
The 8/14 baseball game with Neoga has been rescheduled for 8/25 @ Neoga.