We hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break! We will be reviewing our behavior expectations around the building on Monday and Tuesday this week. Each grade has a field trip or fun day planned in May, and there will be behavior stipulations in order for students to participate (details to come). We know that each of our students has the ability to follow the expectations in every area of the building. We have 7 weeks left of the 2024-2025 school year! Let's make them great!

5th Grade - Fun Day at School - Friday, May 16th

6th Grade - John Ball Zoo - Wednesday, May 21st

7th Grade - Grand Rapids Public Museum - Friday, May 16th

8th Grade - Tree Runners/IMAX Theater - Monday, May 12th

Permission slips and specific details to come!

We had such a great time celebrating March is Reading Month with our Harry Potter theme at the Middle School this year! We hope it helped spark a love of reading in our students!

If you would like to help grow our collection of library books, we will still be accepting donations this week. Please consider donating a book! You can drop off a new or gently used book to the school, and we will put a sticker in the book with your name on it as the generous supporter of students reading great books.

If you prefer, you could send in money to be used by the school for the purchase of books for the library. We will still acknowledge your generosity and support with a donation sticker. Thank you in advance for your support!

The top three genre requests from the survey sent to students are listed below:

1 - Mystery

2 - Action/Adventure

3 - Teen Romance

Spring Testing is here! We start with our 8th graders taking the PSAT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test) on April 9th. This tests our 8th graders in Math and ELA (English-Language Arts). We move into MSTEP (Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress) the following two weeks. After that, we move into NWEA (Northwest Evaluation Association) testing. Acadience Reading and Math testing will also occur in the months of April and May. There are some resources linked below to help with understanding all of these different assessments and how to help our students achieve success!

Spring Testing Dates/Info:

Wednesday, April 9th - 8th graders take PSAT (Math and ELA)

Tuesday, April 15th - MSTEP - 5th & 8th graders take Social Studies. 6th & 7th graders take Math

Thursday, April 17th - MSTEP - 5th graders take Math

Tuesday, April 22nd - MSTEP - 5th & 8th graders take Science. 6th & 7th graders take ELA

Thursday, April 24th - MSTEP - 5th graders take ELA

Tuesday, April 29th - NWEA - All students take Reading

Thursday, May 1st - NWEA - All students take Math

Tuesday, May 6th - NWEA - All students take Science

5th Grade has finished their Second Step curriculum!

6th Grade - Unit 3 - Thoughts, Emotions, and Decisions

Lesson 19: Raising Awareness about Managing Emotions - In this week’s lesson, your child will create a storyboard (a visual plan for a video) that will inform their peers about the benefits of using emotion-management strategies.

Try this at home: Ask to see your child’s storyboard. If they can’t bring it home, ask them to describe it to you.

7th Grade - Unit 3 - Thoughts, Emotions, and Decisions

Lesson 19: Making Better Decisions - In this week’s lesson, your child will share strategies for how to interrupt unhelpful thoughts and manage strong emotions with their peers by creating a comic strip.

Try this at home: Ask to see your child’s comic strip. If they don’t have the comic strip, ask them to explain it to you.

8th Grade - Unit 3 - Thoughts, Emotions, and Decisions

Lesson 19: My Stress-Management Plan - In this week’s lesson, your child will complete their own stress-management plan. It will include their own signs of stress, the situations that contribute to their stress, strategies they can use to relieve stress, and people they can reach out to for help or support.

Try this at home: Ask to see your child’s stress-management plan. Talk about the strategies they’ve identified and offer your support if you see them displaying any signs of stress.

Let's show our Chippewa Hills Middle School Staff some appreciation! This form will be linked every week along with a couple shout-outs as they come in.

Mr. Dagley - 8th Grade Math Teacher

"He is able to teach his students and maintain a fun sort of humor."

Ms. Bass - Band/Orchestra Director

"She is so nice, funny, and always makes things easy to understand."

Wednesday, April 9th - Away at Lakeview - 4:00 PM Start Time - Bus Departs at 2:20 PM

The Middle School has a Parent Club! Please go to their Facebook Page (linked below) and click "follow" to stay up-to-date on what they have going on and ways to volunteer!

Their next meeting is this Wednesday, April 9th at 7:30 in the Middle School Library. Please note the time and location change due to the away track meet.

Chippewa Hills is once again proud to offer FREE breakfast and lunch to ALL students for the 2024-2025 school year!

Note: Milk without a meal, a la carte items, and second meals will still need to be purchased.

A la carte items will start being sold this week for students who bring extra money.

The April lunch calendar is attached below.

Monday, April 14th - Board Meeting at CHHS Media Center - 6:00 PM

Thursday, April 17th - Indigenous Education Parent Meeting - 6:00 PM

Friday, April 18th - Early Release Day for Students and Staff

Monday, April 20th - Early Release Day for Students, Afternoon PD for Staff

Thursday, April 24th - Spring Band Concert - 7:00 PM

May 5th - 9th - Teacher Appreciation Week!

Monday, May 5th -Early Release Day for Students, Afternoon PD for Staff

Monday, May 12th - 8th Grade Field Trip

Monday, May 12th - Board Meeting at CHHS Media Center w/ Middle School Presentation! - 6:00 PM

Wednesday, May 14th - 5th Grade Vision Screenings w/ DHD #10

Thursday, May 15th - 7th Grade Vision Screenings w/ DHD #10

Thursday, May 15th - Spring Orchestra Concert - 7:00 PM

Friday, May 16th - 5th Grade Fun Day and 7th Grade Field Trip

Sunday, May 18th - High School Graduation

Wednesday, May 21st - 6th Grade Field Trip

Wednesday, May 21st - Mosaic School Graduation

Thursday, May 22nd - Early Release Day

Friday, May 23rd - Last Day of School! Early Release Day!