Chute E-Blast!

As part of our ongoing partnership with Chute families, we kindly ask you to take a moment to verify your contact information, including phone numbers, email addresses, and emergency contacts in PowerSchool.

To make updates to your contact information, please email registrationinfo@district65.net, or for more information, visit the PowerSchool webpage on the District 65 website.

Starting February 3, 2025, we will be implementing changes to how students access YouTube on their school devices. During school hours, students will only be able to view YouTube content that teachers have specifically selected and shared through Google Classroom. This change, which will run through the end of the school year, allows us to maintain access to valuable educational resources while helping students stay focused on their learning objectives. If your student needs to access specific YouTube content for an assignment that hasn't been shared by their teacher, please have them work directly with their teacher. A detailed email about this change was sent to all families today. We welcome your questions about this change and appreciate your continued support of your child's education at Chute Middle School.

Click on this link to view the 8th grade graduation information!

Chute Middle School is hosting the annual IGSMA Music contest on Saturday February 22nd. There will be over 300 people visiting our school that day. We need volunteers to help with welcoming students and their families, helping them find their way, room monitors, student runners and more! Please consider signing up to volunteer through our Sign up Genius link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4DAFA928AAF49-54543724-igsma

To support our incredible Chute staff on conference night, the PTA is inviting parents to donate beverages, vegetables, snacks, or desserts to keep the Chute team fueled up for the long day. The PTA will provide dinner. Donations can be dropped off before school, or between 2:30 and 3:00 on Tuesday, February 11. Thank you in advance!

Sign up here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050849AEA728AAFA7-54732326-teacher

Chute Middle School is hosting Parent-Teacher Conferences on February 11th (in-person) and February 12th (via Zoom), 2025, from 4:30-7:45 PM. The sign up window opened on January 27th and will close on February 10th. Translator services are available if requested by February 7th. For assistance with scheduling, parents can call the main office at 847-859-8600 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

How to sign up for Conferences (Spanish Version)

Click here for all information regarding conferences!

Attention all 6th and 7th grade students:

Chute 2024-25 yearbooks are for sale! Pre-order your Chute yearbook now! The cost is $25. Cash is preferred, or make a check out to Chute Middle School. Turn in your order form and payment to Mrs. Kushner in room 109, or to Mrs. Kushner's mailbox in the office. Order forms are due Friday, March 7th. The yearbook includes student portraits, team and club photos, candids, and snapshots from the many wonderful activities and learning experiences we have here at Chute! (form attached)

Congratulations to our Chute Yearbook Cover Design Winners

Shout out to our 2024-25 yearbook cover design winners- Ariya Thomas, 8th grade, front cover, Isaac Larson, 8th grade, back cover, and Audrey Hwang, 6th grade, inside cover. We had many incredible cover entries this year! Thanks to all our amazing Chute artists who participated in the design contest!

Starting February 1, all 5th-8th graders are invited to design & code an 8-bit style video game in Evanston's Code It! Challenge. No experience? No worries: Tutorials and help are available so that anyone can participate.

The rules are simple: Design a video game using MakeCode Arcade, include at least 10 core game elements, and submit it by April 6. You can complete this challenge in an afternoon, but the more game elements you include and the more you participate, the better your chances of winning the best prizes. All entrants earn the right to display their games for everyone to play at the Citywide Showcase on April 12.

For the full scoop, register and attend the kickoff Zoom this Sunday, February 2 at noon.

BUTTON: Check out the Code It! Challenge website

Please join the Caregivers Council for Disability Inclusion and District 65 for an informational session on transitions. The session will be hosted via Zoom on February 4th at 6:30pm.

Zoom Link

Teen TEE at Chute is recruiting a new round of Black girls to join us for the Spring 2025 cohort. Teen TEE is designed for Black girls to nurture healthy identities and supportive relationships. We will work together to build a courageous space where girls feel seen and valued. Teen TEE will meet for 10 consecutive weeks after school in the library from 3:15-4:30pm. Snacks will be provided. We are currently recruiting 10-12 girls to join us for the spring cohort to start mid-February 2025. To register: https://forms.gle/9s4gwytxqUGpHXNs9

Stage Crew will meet on Tuesday, February 4th, 3:15-4:15pm in the auditorium. Contact Ms. McGuire if you have any questions (mcguirej@district65.net(

Meets Wednesdays!

Is your student interested in performing or what it takes to put on a show? Drama club is open to all students! Students play theater games, talk about plays, and produce a student-driven show for the Spring! Please contact Ms. Dardai at dardaid@district65.net if you have any questions. Students can just show up or stop by Ms. Dardai's room (110) to find out more information. Late bus is available.

Attention students and families!

Chute Middle School's first Star Wars Club meeting will be held on select Thursdays for the rest of the year in room 324. If you're a fan of the galaxy far, far away, this club is for you! To sign up for more information and stay updated, join our Google Classroom using the code "tvlbrlr." We look forward to seeing you there!

Come join Green STEAM Wednesdays 3:15-4:15pm in Room 313! Green STEAM connects Chute's garden with science, technology, engineering, art and math. We do sustainability projects, garden, cook delicious recipes with food we grew, do experiments, and create art. This school year we will be designing and making a mural for our butterfly garden next to the parking lot!