Chippewa Hills High School

Artworks in Big Rapids is hosting their Art Attack Exhibit featuring art created by students from our area schools! Come check out the original pieces from 20 of our Warrior artists at the Art Attack Exhibit Opening Reception this Sunday, March 10 from 11am-3pm. Artworks is located at 106 N Michigan Ave in Big Rapids. All artists, parents, students, and community members are welcome to attend!

The Board of Education meeting for Monday, March 11 has been moved to the High School Auditorium. The meeting will begin at 6:00 PM.

Attention Seniors (and parents)! Check out the Michigan colleges and universities that are waiving their application fees for Spring Application Week next week! Use the codes below to have your college application fees waived!

The green bus (22-1) from Weidman is running late. It was having mechanical issues at the school. A replacement bus is on its way to pick up students.

Tomorrow is the MSBOA District Band and Orchestra Festival at Big Rapids High School. Our High School and Middle School bands and orchestras have been preparing for this performance for months! Here are the performance times for our Warriors tomorrow: - Band 2: 12:25 PM - Band 3: 2:15 PM - MS Orchestra: 3:40 PM - HS Orchestra: 5:55 PM - HS Band: 6:55 PM Band and Orchestra parents, details were sent home with your students last week. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Karcher. Good luck at Festival, Warriors!

We would like to invite our Indian Education families to a parent meeting on March 19th. We will discuss the program, our objectives, and how we are working to meet those objectives. If you have any questions, you can contact Sarah Muscott at (989) 967-2206 or by email at smuscott@chsd.us. Thank you, and we hope you can join us!

REMINDER: Monday, March 4 is an early release day for students. The High School and Middle School will be released at 12:00 PM. Elementary schools will be released at 12:15 PM.

Michigan sports writer Tom Shanahan was a special guest in Mrs. Lobert’s Language Arts class last week! Tom is an award-winning sports writer and author, co-host of The End Game podcast, and author of 3 books. He’s a 1974 Chippewa Hills Alum who grew up in Big Rapids. Tom talked with students about his new book, The Right Thing To Do, about Michigan State leading the nation’s college football integration efforts during the 1960’s. Thank you, Mr. Shanahan, for coming back to Chippewa Hills and sharing your story with our students!

Our High School National Honor Society is hosting a blood drive TODAY in the gym until 2:00 PM. Appointment times are still available and you can sign up here: https://donate.michigan.versiti.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/153549

Neighbors need neighbors to make a difference. When you donate blood, you can help save a local patient’s life and give hope to that patient’s family. Accident victims, premature babies, and patients who need blood transfusions to stay healthy are counting on kindhearted people like you. Our High School National Honor Society is partnering with Versiti Blood Center of Michigan to host a blood drive on Monday, February 26 from 8 AM – 2 PM in the High School Gym. Members of the public are welcome and encouraged to participate. Homemade cookies, snacks, and drinks will be provided to all donors. You can sign up for a donation appointment online here: https://donate.michigan.versiti.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/153549 Thank you for joining our students in this effort!

Our Chippewa Hills Forensics team placed second in the CSAA finals! Bringing home first place medals were: Violette Giblin in Poetry, Serenity Peterson in Storytelling, and Lincoln Hillman in Dramatic Interpretation. Second place medals went to: Tatum Haywood in Impromptu, Christian Brisbin, Aiden Holton, and Marshall Gibson in Multiple Interpretation, Emma Morden in Prose, and Natalie Piotrowski in Sales. The entire team did an outstanding job! Way to go, Warriors!!!

Chippewa Hills Drama Club presents: The Great Nursing Home Escape, a one-act comedy by Nathan Hartswick. Performances will be held on: - Thursday, February 22: 6:00 PM - Friday, February 23: 6:00 PM - Saturday, February 24: 1:00 PM & 6:00 PM. Performances will be held in the High School Auditorium. Admission is $5, children 10 and under are $2. We look forward to seeing you there!

CONGRATULATIONS to our High School Writing Club who are this year’s CSAA Language Arts Activities League CHAMPIONS! Writing Club participates in three competitions each year. This year’s writing competitions included descriptive writing, editorial writing, and poetry. Out of 6 teams, our Warriors finished first in descriptive writing, second in editorial, and tied for third in poetry, earning them the first-place overall standing! This is the first time Chippewa Hills has earned the league championship! The last two years have been rebuilding years for the Writing Club as seniors have graduated and younger club members have brought in more friends to participate. Most of the students who join Writing Club do so during their junior or senior years, but we have had a few who joined as freshmen and encouraged their friends to join as well. Writing Club often holds a poetry reading as an end of the year celebration at The Corner Cup, which is a great location to read poetry while enjoying a treat! Pictured - Back row: Mariah Farrell, Kyla Allen, Emma Maki, Emma Moore, Lexxi Palmer, Emily Shick, and Ben Parks. Middle row: Coach Andrea St. John, Violette Giblin, Madison Benham, Madison Kanyo, and Katie Jackola. Front row: Bode Gutierrez. Way to go, Warriors!

Chippewa Hills School District is required to provide 30 hours of professional development (PD) to our teaching staff. Our January 15, 2024, PD was canceled due to weather, along with school that morning, for all staff and students. This situation requires us to make up the time to ensure our staff receive the required amount of hours for PD. March 4, 2024, will be the newly scheduled make-up day for PD with students in attendance the first half of the day. The district appreciates your accommodation to this calendar change as we fulfill our obligations to the state and meet the needs of our staff. Thank you for your understanding.

For clarification, 16-1 out of Mecosta is running 30 minutes behind. 21-1 out of Weidman is running 25 minutes late. Bus 21-6 out of Mecosta is on schedule. Again, we apologize for the trouble.

Bus 16-1 out of Mecosta is also running behind this morning. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Bus 21-6 out of Mecosta and bus 21-2 out of Weidman are running late this morning. Sorry for any inconvenience.

REMINDER: Monday, February 19 is an early release day for students. The High School and Middle School will be dismissed at 12:00 PM. Elementary Schools will be dismissed at 12:15 PM.

Just a reminder about tomorrow’s Elementary Night at our home basketball games! All Chippewa Hills Elementary students and their families receive FREE admission to the games! We have lots of fun lined up for our Elementary Warriors and can’t wait to see you!

It’s National School Resource Officers Day! We’re sending a very special thank you to our School Resource Officer, Deputy Jason Losinski from the Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office, for his ongoing support for the students of Chippewa Hills. SROs bridge the gap between youth and law enforcement, embracing a triad concept of school policing by serving in informal counseling, educational, and law enforcement roles to support the students and communities they serve. They are invaluable and essential members of the education community, deserving unwavering respect and support from the public in the pursuit of maintaining safe schools and protecting students. Deputy Losinski, thank you for all you do for our Warriors!