CHMS Weekly Update

Reminders!

Friday, September 25th is an Early Release Day! Middle School students will be released at 12:00 PM.

Monday, September 28th is a staff professional development day! No school for students!

Reward & Recovery Day - Thursday, September 24th

Our first Reward & Recovery Day is scheduled for this Thursday! Students with no missing assignments will be able to participate in different reward activities, so get those assignments turned in, Warriors! We will pull the inital report on Tuesday, September 22nd to give us time to prepare. If students get their assignments turned in after that report is pulled, teachers will let the office know, and we will put those students in a reward space.

If students do have missing assignments, they will have time with teachers to get some additional support to help them get caught up. We hope this time is a valuable opportunity to support our students in getting their assignments turned in and keeping their grades up!

Second Step

What are we learning this week?

5th Grade - Unit 1: Empathy and Skills for Learning

Lesson 4 - Predicting Feelings

Why This Lesson Matters: For children to begin to evaluate possible actions they could take in a social situation, it is important for them to be able to predict how others might feel as a result of each action. In this lesson, students use the if-then language concept to promote their understanding of cause-and-effect relationships. The emphasis in this lesson is on predicting others’ feelings, not on generating possible solutions to a problem. Problem-solving skills are addressed in Unit 3.

6th Grade - Unit 1: Making Goals Specific

Lesson 4 - Trying New Strategies

In this week’s lesson, your child will learn how to identify and set achievable goals by making them specific.

Try this at home: Ask your child to tell you about a specific goal they’re interested in working toward and what makes it specific.

7th Grade - Unit 1: Mindset & Goals

Lesson 4 - Identifying Obstacles

This week’s lesson will help your child distinguish between internal obstacles and external obstacles. Understanding these obstacles will help them plan how to handle them in the future.

Try this at home: Tell your child about a time you faced an obstacle. Was it an internal or external obstacle? Ask your child to share an example of each type of obstacle in their own life.

8th Grade - Unit 1: Mindset & Goals

Lesson 4 - Motivation Factors 2

This week’s lesson will focus on a third factor that affects motivation—cost. Your child will learn about the three components of cost and how weighing these costs influences their motivation to complete a task.

Try this at home: Share a time when you had to decide whether something was worth the effort, time, or risk. Ask your child about a time they had to weigh the costs of doing something and whether they decided to do it or not.

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ParenTeenConnect.org

ParenTeenConnect.org, a free website for parents and their teens created by the makers of Second Step® Middle School, is a great resource for middle school families. It provides expert advice and practical tools for dealing with real parent-teen issues.

Warrior Watch!

Check out the latest edition of the Warrior Watch!

Hoops for Hunger Fundraisers Next Week

Beginning next Tuesday, September 29, the National Junior Honor Society will be collecting orders for our first ever Halloween cupcake sale! During lunchtime next week, students can order Halloween-themed cupcakes (made locally by Missy Foster of Lil Momma's Morsels) for $3 each, and can get $1 off each cupcake if they donate a canned food item for our canned good drive. All of the canned goods and proceeds from the cupcake sale will go to the Isabella Community Soup Kitchen as part of our Hoops for Hunger fundraiser.

We will also be holding a contest for the canned food drive. Beginning September 29, students can bring canned food items to their homeroom classes for collection for Hoops for Hunger. More details coming soon!

Homecoming Parade Info!

We’re excited to bring our Homecoming Parade back to the community! For the first time since before COVID, the parade will return to one of our Chippewa Hills towns, stepping off in Weidman on Wednesday, September 30 at 6 PM! And we want our community to be part of it!

We’re inviting local businesses, organizations, community groups and clubs to join the parade and help us celebrate Homecoming 2026. Decorate a float, bring a vehicle, gather your group and show your Warrior Pride! Reserve your spot by emailing our High School Student Council at stuco@chsd.us.

Parade Route: The parade will begin at the old R&R parking lot, continue south through Weidman, turn west on Main Street, and finish at Weidman Elementary.

Let’s line the streets, celebrate our Warriors and make the return of this Homecoming tradition one to remember!

Homecoming Football Game!

The Homecoming Game is coming up, and we’re calling on all of Warrior Nation to help us fill the stands with RED!

Join us on Friday, October 2 at 7 PM as our Warriors take on Tri County at Warrior Stadium for the 2026 Homecoming Game!

Start planning your RED now — grab your favorite Warriors gear, rally your family and friends, and help us pack Warrior Stadium!

Reminder! Students get into all athletic events for FREE! Middle school students MUST be accompanied by an adult and cannot be dropped off to attend the game alone.

Let’s make those stands a sea of RED, Warriors!

Picture Day Makeups

We had our Picture Day last week. Any students who were absent or who end up not liking their picture will have an opportunity for retakes on Thursday, November 12th.

Warrior Weekly Radio Show

Warrior Weekly: Skilled Trades at Chippewa Hills

This week on Warrior Weekly, we took a closer look at the skilled trades opportunities available right here at Chippewa Hills High School! Hear from our Industrial Education teacher and several of our High School Industrial Education students as they talk about our hands-on courses, including welding, woodshop and small engines, and what students are learning through these experiences. The trades are alive and well at Chippewa Hills!

Listen to this week’s episode of Warrior Weekly and hear directly from the Warriors learning these real-world skills in our hands-on programs.

Warrior Weekly airs every Wednesday at 8 AM on B103.9 Big Rapids.

Warriors Worldwide: Summer 2028 Adventure Announced!

Get ready, Warriors — our next international learning trip is set! In Summer 2028, Warriors Worldwide will be exploring France & Spain!!

This exciting travel program, led by two of our own CHHS teachers through EF Tours, is not a school-sponsored trip and is open to all CH middle school & high school students, parents, and community members.

To learn more about this exciting trip, please attend the informational meeting on Wednesday, September 23 at 6 PM in the High School LGI room.

If you or someone you know would love to be part of this unforgettable adventure, RSVP for the meeting here: https://rsvp.eftours.com/kb58m3k.

If you can’t make the meeting in person, fill out the RSVP and we’ll email the trip information to you!

PRIZE DRAWINGS: Fill out the RSVP and attend the Sept. 23 Informational Meeting for a chance to win gift cards, travel goodies, and enrollment discounts!!!

Let’s take Warrior Pride worldwide!

8th Grade East Coast Trip

Current 8th graders have the opportunity to go on an East Coast Trip in 2027! This is not a school-sponsored event, but Mr. Boyle is supervising and can answer any questions. You can reach him by email at sboyle@chsd.us. If you are interested in your 8th grader participating, please plan on attending the informational meeting on September 24th at 5:30 PM in Mr. Boyle's classroom.

Middle School Athletics

7th & 8th Grade Volleyball

Tuesday, September 22nd - Home vs Tri County - 4:00 PM Start Time

Thursday, September 24th - Home vs Newaygo - 4:00 PM Start Time

MS Cross Country

Tuesday, September 22nd - Away at Central Montcalm - 4:30 PM Start Time - Bus Departure time TBD

Staff Shout-Outs!

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.

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Some Recent Shout-Outs!

Mr. Bendele - 7th Grade Science Teacher

"he's very nice and cool"

Mr. Russell - 5th & 6th Grade Science Teacher and Fitness Teacher

"He is so funny and he lets us have fun while learning"

CHMS Parent Club

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!