CHMS Weekly Update
January 8th - January 12th
Second Step
What are we learning this week?
5th Grade - Unit 3 Home Link
Unit 3: Empathy & Kindness
Lesson 11: Empathy in the Community - In this lesson, your child will describe how empathy can help someone identify and solve a problem in their community.
Try this at home - Point out something that has changed for the better in your neighborhood recently. Ask your child why they think that change is helpful. Point out how empathy might have helped someone decide to make that change.
6th Grade
Unit 2: Recognizing Bullying & Harassment
Lesson 10: How to be an Upstander - In this week’s lesson, your child will learn three “upstander strategies” for responding to bullying. They’ll practice analyzing different bullying situations and choosing an upstander strategy they think would work best for each situation.
Try this at home - Ask your child about the three upstander strategies they learned and which one (or ones) they feel most comfortable with. Let them know they can always come to you if they need someone to talk to.
7th Grade
Unit 2: Recognizing Bullying & Harassment
Lesson 11: Gender-Based Harassment -In this week’s lesson, your child will learn how to recognize gender-based harassment. This is when people are bothered, teased, or bullied because of their sex, or because they look, act, or have interests that are different from male and female stereotypes.
Try this at home - Remind your child that it's important that they tell you if they experience gender-based harassment. If you feel comfortable doing so, share an example of gender-based harassment you or another person has experienced and how you or the other person dealt with it.
8th Grade
Unit 2: Recognizing Bullying & Harassment
Lesson 11: Speak Up and Start a Movement - In this week’s lesson, your child will explore how two strategies, speaking up and starting a movement, can disrupt the factors that enable bullying and harassment.
Try this at home - Ask your child about these strategies and how they think they can help eliminate bullying and harassment in their school. Expand your discussion to include areas outside of school.
Acadience Testing
Our 5th and 6th Graders will be taking the Acadience Reading Test on Thursday and Friday this week. The Acadience Reading Test is a series of short assessments given to determine a student's mastery of foundational reading skills. We will be running on our normal bell schedule these days.
Hoops for Hunger Eligibility
On January 17th, students and staff will have the privilege to attend the Hoops for Hunger basketball game at Central Michigan University. In order to be qualified to attend, students must have three or fewer behavior referrals from December 12th through January 16th. We need to be able to trust that students who attend this fun event will be able to represent our WARRIOR expectations while at CMU. This starts by demonstrating those abilities at school.
Middle School Athletics
Upcoming Events
MS Cheer - Mon. 1/8 @ Big Rapids - 6:00pm
Staff Shout-Outs!
Some Recent Shout-Outs
Mrs. Trecy - Assistant Principal
"Mrs. Trecy always stands in the hallway with a huge smile every morning greeting everyone as they come in. It is a nice way to start the day."
Mrs. Beckwith - PE Teacher/Intervention Teacher
"Mrs. Beckwith does cool activities in the gym. It is a fun class."
Mr. McArthur - 6th Grade Math Teacher
"Mr. McArthur is so nice and calm. He teaches in a way we understand."
Submit a Shout-Out
Let's show our Chippewa Hills Middle School Staff some appreciation! This form will be linked every week!
Coming Up!
1/15/24 - Early release for students
1/16/24 - Reading NWEA
1/17/24 - Hoops for Hunger
1/18/24 - Math NWEA
1/23/24 - Science NWEA
Free Breakfast and Lunch for ALL STUDENTS!
Chippewa Hills is once again proud to offer FREE breakfast and lunch to ALL students for the 2023-2024 school year!
Note: Milk without a meal, a la carte items and second meals will still need to be purchased.