Chippewa Hills School District

Chippewa Hills Schools will be closed on Thursday, December 5 due to inclement weather. The Little Warriors Program will also be closed. Stay safe, Warriors!

📢 Attention sports parents! 📢 For any questions related to youth sports, please contact the appropriate sports program directly. Don’t call the school – our staff is unable to answer specific questions about your child’s team, schedule, or registration status. Instead, reach out to the sports organization for the most up-to-date information! If you’re not sure who to contact, check out this page on our website that provides contact information for many of the local youth sports organizations in the Chippewa Hills area: https://www.chsd.us/o/ch-athletics/page/youth-sports-activities We hope you have a great season! 🏀🤼‍♂️

Today was Dress Like a Student Day, bruh. Our staff are so sigma. 😎

🍂🦃 Happy Thanksgiving, Warriors! 🦃🍂 We are so thankful for our incredible students, staff, and families who make the Warrior community so special. May your Thanksgiving be filled with laughter and love (and hopefully some exciting Lions football, too!). Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break and we’ll see you back in class on Monday, December 2!

REMINDER: Wednesday, November 27 is an Early Release Day! The Middle School and High School will be released at 12:00 PM. Elementary Schools will be released at 12:15 PM.

A HUGE thank you to our amazing Barryton Elementary community! Last week our Barryton Elementary Confetti Club held a week-long canned food drive to support families in need this holiday season. Thanks to the generosity and kindness of our students, families, and staff, over 2,640 food items were collected! Yesterday our Confetti Club members helped to load up all the donations and deliver them to Our Brother’s Keeper in Big Rapids, which is an emergency shelter for those who are experiencing homelessness. A big shout out to the Barryton Elementary Confetti Club for making this possible! The Confetti Club works to sprinkle kindness like confetti throughout the school community. Let’s continue to spread kindness and compassion all year round! Great job, Confetti Club!

When the holiday spirit takes over! Yesterday was another Underground Spirit Day and our teachers brought the festive fun with their favorite holiday attire! Which holiday look is your favorite?

We’re hiring bus drivers! Do you know someone who would be great at helping transport our Warriors safely to and from school every day? If so, we’d love to have them on our team! Our bus drivers receive paid training and employer-paid vision and dental insurance! Interested applicants can call the Transportation Supervisor at 989-967-3435 or the Administrative Office at 989-967-2000. View the full job description online here: https://www.chsd.us/o/chsd/page/employment

As we prepare for the winter-weather season ahead, we want to make sure you’re always in the loop regarding weather-related closures and delays. Here’s how we notify the Warrior community about school closures: 1. CHSD App & Website: Check our app and/or website for the latest updates on closures or delays. We’ll post notifications and updates as soon as decisions are made. 2. Text Alerts, Phone Calls & Emails: We’ll send out notifications via our school messaging system. Please ensure your contact information is up-to-date! 3. Social Media: We’ll post all closure and delay announcements to our school Facebook accounts, so be sure to follow us. 4. Local TV & Radio: Tune in to these local stations for broadcasted school closures – TV 9&10, Fox 33, NBC 25/Fox 66, ABC 12, ABC 7&4, WNEM TV 5, Fox 17, Wood TV 8, WZZM 13 – and radio stations 102.3 and 100.9 Y102-WYBR, 95.3 WCFX, 105.3 WCZY, 94.5 WCEN. We understand how important it is to stay informed, and we’re committed to keeping you updated quickly and efficiently! For more details regarding all our communications channels, visit the District Communications page on our website here: https://www.chsd.us/page/district-communications

REMINDER: No school on Friday, November 15 for Safety Day!

Are your kiddos wondering what’s on the lunch menu today? We’ve got you covered. Just pull up the school’s lunch menu right in the CHSD app to see what’s cookin! Our school’s daily lunch menu is easily found in the district app under the Dining section for each building. Today’s menu will automatically be featured, but you can scroll through the dates to see the meals planned for the rest of the month. If you prefer a paper copy, you can download our monthly lunch menus online here: https://www.chsd.us/page/food-service Easy peasy!

A huge round of applause to 7th grader Will Cucksey and senior Mariah Farrell for taking home the top prizes in our Veterans Day writing contest! The writing contest was sponsored by the Mecosta Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Students were invited to write an essay, poem or letter on the following topic: Reflection the freedoms you value most and how they are protected by veterans’ sacrifices. Here are their winning pieces for you to enjoy!

Happy Veterans Day! Today our Middle School and High School students honored and gave thanks to those who bravely served our country. Our Middle School Honor Society hosted a special Veterans Day breakfast and ceremony attended by many local veterans and active-duty military personnel. Students read passages recognizing the branches of the military and shared a video about the history and significance of Veterans Day. The high school band performed throughout the ceremony, including a moving rendition of Taps as we held a moment of silence for those who gave their lives for their country. A special addition to this year’s ceremony was a writing contest sponsored by the Mecosta Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Students were invited to write a letter, essay, or poem on the topic: Reflect on the freedoms you value most and how they are protected by veterans sacrifices. First-place winner was 7th-grader Will Cucksey, who won a $100 prize for his letter to veterans. Senior Mariah Farrell wrote “A Thank You Poem” and won the second-place $50 cash prize. The awards were presented by Bev Rothenberger, Regent for the Mecosta Chapter of the NSDAR. A special thank you to everyone who helped to make today’s program a success! Thank you to the veterans who were able to join us today, to our Middle School Honor Society for putting on today’s program, our local Honor Guard for presenting the flags during the ceremony, the Mecosta Chapter of the NSDAR for sponsoring our writing contest, and the Warrior Marching Band for today’s performances. Most importantly, THANK YOU to all our nation’s veterans. Thank you for your service, your strength, and your sacrifices. You are appreciated beyond words. To see all the photos from today's event, please click here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xGMVxjVkuWNnj1wS7

Our November Board of Education meeting is tonight at 6:00 PM at Mosaic School.

Our Mosaic School students put their creativity and engineering skills to the test today! Mr. Cole’s Applied Physics class had fun making paper roller coasters while learning about the Law of Conservation of Energy. Check out these incredible creations!

Our Middle School & High School Veterans Day Celebration is on Monday! Please show your support by wearing your red, white & blue as we honor our veterans for their service to our country. As a reminder, Monday’s celebration begins with a Veterans Breakfast at 9:30 AM in the Middle School Cafeteria. Our program will begin at 10:15 in the Middle School gym with all our middle school and high school students. All veterans and active-duty military personnel are welcome and encouraged to attend! We hope you’ll join us!

Winter sports schedules are ready! Download the 2024-25 season schedule for all our middle and high school winter sports teams. Schedules can be found on the Athletics section of our website here: https://www.chsd.us/o/ch-athletics/page/winterschedules Schedules are also available in the CHSD app in the Documents folder of the Athletics section. Please note that schedules are subject to change and we will update these documents as changes occur.

A special thank you to Mrs. Schreiber for helping our Mosaic students create and run their own election precinct today!

No cups allowed! Yesterday, our staff had to think outside the box – or cup, in this case – and drink their favorite beverages from anything but a cup! We saw lots of creative drink vessels, like science instruments, vases, ice cube trays, and even a toy toilet (yep, really!). Anything But a Cup Day was a blast and we loved seeing all the creativity and fun from our team! Cheers!

Congratulations to freshman Dory Simon for running the #8 fastest girls 5K time in Chippewa Hills history! Dory is a leader on the Varsity Girls Cross Country team. She helped lead the Warriors to the CSAA Red Conference Championship, earning First-Team All-Conference Honors. Dory placed 7th at Regionals, becoming an automatic qualifier for the State Finals. At the MHSAA State Finals, held on November 2 at Michigan International Speedway, Dory finished 31st in the Division 3 race, clocking in with a time of 19:20.7 – which is the #8 fastest girls 5K time in Chippewa Hills cross country history! Impressive work, Dory!