Cumberland High School

The Lady Pirate Softball team is hosting a dodgeball tournament on January 25 from 1-4 PM in the middle school gyms. Entry fees: Students $8, Adults $10, and Teams $75. Register at the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiet39reEOyCgyNeml-JVNt1z0wxVld0Un0qyEVSTgr8LDhg/viewform

Thanksgiving break begins next week! School will dismiss at 2:09 on Tuesday, November 26. There is no school from November 27-29. School will resume on Monday, December 2. We hope everyone has a nice Thanksgiving!

Picture Retake Day is Monday, November 25. This day is for students who need to be re-photographed and students who missed the original Picture Day. If you are getting retakes, send the original picture package, including the envelope and pictures, to school on Retake Day. For those who have not ordered, use the link below to place your order. https://inter-state.com/Order Elementary School Code: 87865XF Middle School Code: 87866MF High School Code: 87898WD

Ms. Steber's biology class is studying cell specializations and made posters to illustrate the key functions and adaptations of particular cells.

Pirate Night is set for Friday, November 22, at 7:30 PM. The cost of admission is a nonperishable item for the TCC Food Pantry and/or a donation to the Cumberland Varsity Club.

Mrs. Thomas's Foods III classes used the theme of fall foods for baking recently! Each kitchen group selected their own recipes that contained the flavors of fall. Ingredients selected included pumpkin, apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and maple. They created a pumpkin roll, pumpkin cheesecake balls, pumpkin French toast, apple pies, and maple cookies!

Ms. Steber's Earth Science classes recently completed a unit on space. They were given the Sun or a planet to study. Groups completed research reports on their piece of the solar system and then created models from paper mache making them as accurate as possible.

Saturday's football game will be streamed by Central Illinois Sports on YouTube at the following link. https://www.youtube.com/live/eelZV84bmYE?si=zhyrTNEwaIhEWToj

You can follow the CHS Cross Country team at the state meet tomorrow online with live results! https://live.raceresultsplus.com/meet-list

Cumberland High School students in the science club and physics classes participated in the second annual Robinson Engineering Competition on November 11. The JV team won first place overall! The teams participated in five events: Flying Machine, Weight-Propelled Car, Torsion Catapult, Toothpick Bridge and the Mystery Build. The varsity team (physics) earned 7th and 8th place in the catapult (Levi Ray, Camden James, and Rylan James) and 4th place in the flying machine (Derrick Oakley). The JV team (science club) earned 1st in the Flying Machine (Jonah Tibbs), 1st in the Toothpick Bridge (Isaac Venatta), and 1st in the Mystery Build (Jonah Tibbs, Isaac Venatta, Levi Ray, and Camden James).

The Foods III students made omelets with various savory ingredients; like cheese, bacon, mushrooms, onions, and green peppers!

Come out and support the high school Cross Country team as they head to IHSA State Friday morning. They will leave the school with a firetruck escort at 8 AM. They will go around the square in Toledo before they head out of town. Runners will compete at Detweiller Park in Peoria on Saturday, November 9, at 10 AM. Good luck to all of the runners!!

Ms. Steber's physical science students built models of chemical compounds to help them understand their structure and how this translates to their chemical formulas!

Reminder: School dismisses at 12:09 on Monday, November 11, for a teacher in-service.

The Foods I students made Macaroni and Cheese! They made a white sauce and then added two kinds of cheese to it. It was hard work to stir for so long!

Mr. Hall's senior civics class held a mock election for the high school students today during lunch. The election gave the students the experience of the voting process when they checked in, voted in booths, and deposited their vote.

The Foods III students went to Mattoon recently for a field trip. They visited Holey Moley where they were given a tour and watched a demonstration of donut making. Students iced and decorated a freshly made cake donut. They ate lunch at Luigi's. Other stops included the culinary floor at LIFT, Lytle Park , and Burger King for ice cream. It was a fun day!

Join us to honor our veterans at Cumberland's Veterans Day Program on Monday, November 11, at 9:15 AM in the high school gym. Rolls and Coffee will be served to visitors beginning at 8:15 AM. We hope to see you there!

Mrs. Neal’s Life Skills 2.0 class spent a beautiful afternoon at Douglas-Hart Nature Center on Friday!

Congratulations to the football team for their victory on Friday! Cumberland now plays at Camp Point Central next Saturday, Nov. 9, at 2:00 PM. Go Pirates!