The Illinois Principals Association encourages all communities in Illinois to celebrate Principal Appreciation Week October 15-21, 2023, and Principal Appreciation Day on
Friday, October 20, 2023. We truly appreciate each one of our current administrators every single day, but we will still gladly take this opportunity to give them a shoutout for being the most awesome group of School Principals in all the land! Mr. Lock, Mr. Wood, Mr. Lynn, Mr. Ulm, Mr. Marlo, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Mahaffey, Mrs. Morgan, and Mrs. Titus: Thank you all for being such outstanding leaders in our Charleston CUSD#1 school community! #PrincipalAppreciationDay #ThankAPrincipal #CharlestonCUSD1 #LearningAndLeadingEveryDay
Charleston schools will be collecting donations for this year's One Stop Community Christmas starting next week through the month of November. Secondary schools (7th-12th grade) will be collecting wrapping paper. Elementary schools (K-6th grade) are asking for socks. Please follow the link for more details: https://5il.co/27fic
REMINDER: 1/2 day student attendance on Thursday and no student attendance on Friday this week due to parent-teacher conferences!
#TrojanUp! Trojans are off to a good start at the end of the first quarter @ Mr. Zion! Trojans 7 Braves 0
No student attendance tomorrow or Monday! We hope you all have a great extended weekend!
CMS GBB tonight at home is cancelled. We will do our best to reschedule.
We want to thank all of our custodial staff for working tirelessly each and every day to keep our schools clean and running smoothly. We would be a mess without you!! Happy National Custodian Appreciation Day!
Come cheer on your Charleston Trojans tonight at EIU for the 2023 Coles County Clash football game against Mattoon! If you can't make it in person, the game will also be livestreamed @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFhSketmzeE
#TrojanUp 🏈
Wanna know more about CBE and how it can benefit your child? You are officially invited to come learn the basics, hear from teachers, and get the opportunity to have any questions answered at our CBE Parent Information Nights next week! Elementary (K-6) will be held Tuesday, Oct. 3rd at Jefferson in the Media Center. Secondary (7-12) is scheduled for Thursday, Oct 5th at the Middle School's Media Center.
REMINDER: We are asking our students, parents, and staff to please avoid using 18th St. as an access point to any of our buildings for the next 2 days: Monday (9/25/23) & Tuesday (9/26/23). There will be extensive road work happening on 18th Street during that time, so we thank you in advance for only using our access points off of Lincoln Ave. and Harrison St. on those days.
We are asking our students, parents, and staff to please avoid using 18th St. as an access point to any of our buildings next week on Monday (9/25/23) & Tuesday (9/26/23). There will be extensive road work happening on 18th Street during that time, so we thank you in advance for only using our access points off of Lincoln Ave. and Harrison St. on those days.
We are currently seeking several Student Support Staff positions in our district. Apply today at: https://www.applitrack.com/charleston/onlineapp/jobpostings/view.asp
Charleston Community Action Network is hosting a town meeting Tues. Sept. 12, 2023 from 5:45-8:00pm at the Charleston High School Auditorium. This is open to the public and they will have dessert, door prizes, and fresh visions of the future for Charleston, IL!
#attendancematters #charlestoncusd1
Be sure to check out the whole schedule for EIU Fall Kickoff on Sept. 16th:
https://www.eiu.edu/president/fallkickoff.php
Kiddie Clinic Form ( https://5il.co/23jgz ) and payment are due by Friday, September 1st by the end of the day! Forms can be dropped off at your child’s school OR at the high school office. Online registration and payment is also available via this link: https://forms.gle/wNWmKBopNn3Vq3nj7
For questions you may contact Coach Snoddy via email: SnoddyM@charleston.k12.il.us
Tryouts for CMS girls' basketball will be on Tuesday, August 29th, from 3:30-5:00 @ CMS. All 6th, 7th, and 8th grade girls wanting to tryout must have a physical on file before they are allowed to participate. Contact Mr. Mayhall at CMS with any questions.
Check out today's episode of "Issues and Attitudes" on WEIU PBS featuring an interview with our district leaders: Dr. Todd Vilardo, Mr. Chad Burgett, and Mrs. Kristen Holly. https://youtu.be/Fa4T8z_jDVw?si=DeY48fX_iGI0sLhx
Our staff had a very special surprise guest speaker this week to help kick off our school year! Wanda Ruyle taught here the very first year Charleston CUSD1 was established seventy five years ago!! https://share.newsbreak.com/4pv5tdhi
We would like to welcome our new School Security Officer team to the district! Mr. Freezeland, Mr. Logue, Mr. Pauls, Mr. Myers, and Mr. Lang have all been hired to provide security in each one of our school facilities. You can expect to see them during student dropoff and pickups, on playgrounds and parking lots, and throughout all of our buildings. Please help us give them a warm welcome for the start of the school year! Follow the link https://5il.co/2261q to view our SSO FAQ’s or contact your child’s School Administrator if you have any further questions/concerns.
