Cherokee Heights Middle School

In order to grow academically and personally, together we will build a just and antiracist community where all feel safe, seen, heard, and connected.

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8th grade teacher, Ms. Curley inspires a love of reading, and now these students have started their own book club!

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March Madness in April! Such a fun afternoon watching the basketball games organized by students.

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Shout out to Latinx Student Voice for their feedback on our School Improvement Plan.

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Great turnout at the CHMS Latinx Soccer Tournament. We have a beautiful school community!

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"And the 2022 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Principal Leaders Award goes to...Dr. Ebbe!!"
Congratulations!

Watch Dr. Ebbe take her "Victory Lap": https://t.co/DDiEkWT6UY

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Great input from Black Student Voice on our School Improvement Plan.

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This is National Assistant Principal Week! We are celebrating the enormous contributions of Mr. Moreno to staff well-being and student-success. His unwavering leadership and positive energy amid the pandemic is a source of strength and inspiration for our community.

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The joy of catching massive snow flakes during recess.

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Congratulations to all the Battle of the Books participants. The CHMS 7th grade team won the district competition. Great job, Summer, Keira, Amelia, and Violet!

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At CHMS, we stand in solidarity with our LGBTQIA+ students and adults. We support you, love you, and embrace all your intersectional identities. Let's stand up against oppression so that we can all be liberated.

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During National School Social Work Week we are shining some light on Abby Ray who does incredible work uplifting our school community. Thank you, Ms. Abby!

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A huge congratulations to the CHMS scholars who "published" their novels. Each author received their own copy and a second copy will be added to a new "Student Author" section in the library. We will continue to support and encourage all our scholars to publish.

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Collaboration and student to student discourse is key to solving complex Algebraic equations in 8th grade.

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The focus at CHMS is to prepare all scholars for college, career, and community. In Mr. Matthews' Coding and Robotics classes, scholars are exposed to STEM learning because that is the future.

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CHMS takes action and stands with Black scholars, staff, and families-in February and every month. As part of our BHM learning, scholars in every class created displays to share about what they learned.

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Check out the BHM art project created by 8th grade musicians in Ms. Swatek's class.

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And the band plays on at CHMS! Congratulations to our 7th and 8th grade scholars and Band Director, Ms. McPeake. So proud of you all!

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Black History Month door art is well underway at CHMS. We will share more throughout this month.

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Cherokee Heights scholars making their reading goals and celebrating with pizza. 2 Achieve articles with 75 percent accuracy per week/Lexia units completed. Congratulations!

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All CHMS Scholars are engaging in collaborative planning for their Black History Month door art. Can't wait to see their final products!