Just a reminder about our High School Blood Drive on Wednesday, December 4 from 8:15-1:45 in the High School Gym. Our High School National Honor Society is partnering with Versiti Blood Center of Michigan to help meet the critical demand for blood during the Holiday Season. We encourage everyone in the Warrior Community to join our students in this effort!
Walk-ins are welcome, but you can schedule an appointment time online to avoid the wait: https://donateblood.versiti.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/11408079
Please help us to spread the word and ensure that enough life-saving blood is available to those who need it throughout the holiday season.
🍂🦃 Happy Thanksgiving, Warriors! 🦃🍂
We are so thankful for our incredible students, staff, and families who make the Warrior community so special. May your Thanksgiving be filled with laughter and love (and hopefully some exciting Lions football, too!).
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break and we’ll see you back in class on Monday, December 2!
Did you know that every two seconds somebody in the United States is receiving a blood transfusion?
The holidays are traditionally a difficult time for blood centers to collect enough blood to meet demand. To help fill this critical need, our High School National Honor Society is partnering with Versiti Blood Center of Michigan to host a blood drive on Wednesday, December 4 from 8:15 AM - 1:45 PM in the High School Gym Lobby.
Members of the public are welcome and encouraged to participate. Walk-ins are welcome, but you can schedule an appointment online to avoid the wait: https://donateblood.versiti.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/11408079
We hope you’ll join our students in this effort! To patients relying on donated blood, there is no greater gift this holiday season.
REMINDER: Wednesday, November 27 is an Early Release Day! The Middle School and High School will be released at 12:00 PM. Elementary Schools will be released at 12:15 PM.
Attention parents of seniors! FAFSA opened early this year!
The 2025-26 FAFSA form is now available for all students who wish to attend college, career school, or graduate school next year. Any student, regardless of income, who wants to be considered for federal, state, or school financial aid programs should apply ASAP. This includes anyone interested in grants, scholarships, work-study funds, and loans.
It takes most people less than an hour to fill out the FAFSA form, including gathering the personal and financial documents needed to complete it.
To fill out the FAFSA you will need the following information:
- Verified account username and password (Federal Student Aid ID)
- Parent name, date of birth, social security number, and email address
- Income and asset information, like your 2023 tax returns
Here is a helpful document that shows what you need and walks you through the steps to create your Federal Student Aid ID, which you need to complete prior to filling out the FAFSA: https://5il.co/31p88
For more information, and to fill out the FAFSA, visit: https://studentaid.gov
As we prepare for the winter-weather season ahead, we want to make sure you’re always in the loop regarding weather-related closures and delays. Here’s how we notify the Warrior community about school closures:
1. CHSD App & Website: Check our app and/or website for the latest updates on closures or delays. We’ll post notifications and updates as soon as decisions are made.
2. Text Alerts, Phone Calls & Emails: We’ll send out notifications via our school messaging system. Please ensure your contact information is up-to-date!
3. Social Media: We’ll post all closure and delay announcements to our school Facebook accounts, so be sure to follow us.
4. Local TV & Radio: Tune in to these local stations for broadcasted school closures – TV 9&10, Fox 33, NBC 25/Fox 66, ABC 12, ABC 7&4, WNEM TV 5, Fox 17, Wood TV 8, WZZM 13 – and radio stations 102.3 and 100.9 Y102-WYBR, 95.3 WCFX, 105.3 WCZY, 94.5 WCEN.
We understand how important it is to stay informed, and we’re committed to keeping you updated quickly and efficiently!
For more details regarding all our communications channels, visit the District Communications page on our website here: https://www.chsd.us/page/district-communications
Congratulations to our art teacher, Andrea St. John, who won $250 from GLP Financial Group for new art supplies for our school! With this money, Andrea was able to purchase 19 watercolor pads, 20 canvases, a pack of high-end watercolor paint, and four expensive Script Liner paint brushes that she is excited to have available for students in Painting this spring!
Thank you, GLP Financial Group!
Congratulations to senior Easton Williams on being selected as Chippewa Hills High School’s DAR Good Citizen for the class of 2025! Easton was selected by his teachers and peers because he demonstrates the qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism to an outstanding degree.
Yesterday, Easton received his award at a reception hosted by the Mecosta Chapter of the DAR to honor the Good Citizen winners of all the local schools.
Congratulations, Easton!
Today, Mrs. Karcher's Life After High School class rolled up their sleeves and got hands-on in the kitchen, working together to make delicious breakfast burritos! Students had to plan the meal, decide who was bringing what, and cook together as a class. From cooking bacon to scrambling eggs and wrapping it all up, everyone played a part in creating a tasty meal—and learning some valuable teamwork and cooking skills along the way. They enjoyed their creation together and then cleaned up their mess!
This trimester will be full of learning life skills, college and career readiness, guest speakers, and other topics to get them ready to enter "the real world" in May!
REMINDER: No school on Friday, November 15 for Safety Day!
Thank you to everyone who submitted a photo for our Veterans Day slideshow! Here is the finished video we played during Monday’s Veterans Day Ceremony.
Thank you to all of our hometown heroes for their service to our country!
https://youtu.be/DJXiIbPMiKM
Are your kiddos wondering what’s on the lunch menu today? We’ve got you covered. Just pull up the school’s lunch menu right in the CHSD app to see what’s cookin!
Our school’s daily lunch menu is easily found in the district app under the Dining section for each building. Today’s menu will automatically be featured, but you can scroll through the dates to see the meals planned for the rest of the month.
If you prefer a paper copy, you can download our monthly lunch menus online here: https://www.chsd.us/page/food-service
Easy peasy!
A huge round of applause to 7th grader Will Cucksey and senior Mariah Farrell for taking home the top prizes in our Veterans Day writing contest! The writing contest was sponsored by the Mecosta Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Students were invited to write an essay, poem or letter on the following topic: Reflection the freedoms you value most and how they are protected by veterans’ sacrifices.
Here are their winning pieces for you to enjoy!
Happy Veterans Day!
Today our Middle School and High School students honored and gave thanks to those who bravely served our country. Our Middle School Honor Society hosted a special Veterans Day breakfast and ceremony attended by many local veterans and active-duty military personnel. Students read passages recognizing the branches of the military and shared a video about the history and significance of Veterans Day. The high school band performed throughout the ceremony, including a moving rendition of Taps as we held a moment of silence for those who gave their lives for their country.
A special addition to this year’s ceremony was a writing contest sponsored by the Mecosta Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Students were invited to write a letter, essay, or poem on the topic: Reflect on the freedoms you value most and how they are protected by veterans sacrifices. First-place winner was 7th-grader Will Cucksey, who won a $100 prize for his letter to veterans. Senior Mariah Farrell wrote “A Thank You Poem” and won the second-place $50 cash prize. The awards were presented by Bev Rothenberger, Regent for the Mecosta Chapter of the NSDAR.
A special thank you to everyone who helped to make today’s program a success! Thank you to the veterans who were able to join us today, to our Middle School Honor Society for putting on today’s program, our local Honor Guard for presenting the flags during the ceremony, the Mecosta Chapter of the NSDAR for sponsoring our writing contest, and the Warrior Marching Band for today’s performances.
Most importantly, THANK YOU to all our nation’s veterans. Thank you for your service, your strength, and your sacrifices. You are appreciated beyond words.
To see all the photos from today's event, please click here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xGMVxjVkuWNnj1wS7
Don't miss out on the memories! 2024-25 yearbooks are available for pre-order online. Visit www.yearbookforever.com and search for Chippewa Hills.
High School yearbooks are $45 each. Middle School yearbooks are $25 each.
While we don't have an exact delivery date, yearbooks are typically delivered to the school early in the fall.
Order yours today!
Our Middle School & High School Veterans Day Celebration is on Monday! Please show your support by wearing your red, white & blue as we honor our veterans for their service to our country.
As a reminder, Monday’s celebration begins with a Veterans Breakfast at 9:30 AM in the Middle School Cafeteria. Our program will begin at 10:15 in the Middle School gym with all our middle school and high school students.
All veterans and active-duty military personnel are welcome and encouraged to attend! We hope you’ll join us!
Winter sports schedules are ready!
Download the 2024-25 season schedule for all our middle and high school winter sports teams. Schedules can be found on the Athletics section of our website here: https://www.chsd.us/o/ch-athletics/page/winterschedules
Schedules are also available in the CHSD app in the Documents folder of the Athletics section.
Please note that schedules are subject to change and we will update these documents as changes occur.
Congratulations to freshman Dory Simon for running the #8 fastest girls 5K time in Chippewa Hills history!
Dory is a leader on the Varsity Girls Cross Country team. She helped lead the Warriors to the CSAA Red Conference Championship, earning First-Team All-Conference Honors. Dory placed 7th at Regionals, becoming an automatic qualifier for the State Finals. At the MHSAA State Finals, held on November 2 at Michigan International Speedway, Dory finished 31st in the Division 3 race, clocking in with a time of 19:20.7 – which is the #8 fastest girls 5K time in Chippewa Hills cross country history!
Impressive work, Dory!
Our Middle School and High School Veterans Day Celebration is next week! All veterans are welcome and encouraged to attend! For breakfast planning purposes, please RSVP to Candy Recker in the Middle School office at 989-967-2200.
Also, if you would like to include a photo of a veteran in our program slideshow, please email the photo to Bob O’Neil at roneil@chsd.us.
We hope you’ll join us next week!
Our High School team was showing off their Warrior Pride for National Jersey Day today!
