Cobden Junior High & High School

Today our Appleknockers salute those veterans who are on the Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois. We held a patriotic-out, and with our shirt sales raised $535 toward future flights. Pictured are those who wore patriotic attire during the CYCA check presentation to Doug with Honor Flight. #AppleknockerPride

This is a link to the video to the College and Career Pathway Endorsement signing that took place on Friday. Congratulations to all of our senior pathway students! maxresdefault.jpg https://youtu.be/ocg8jwUQhRU

Jr. Beta members who met their service and fundraising requirements for the year enjoyed an end of the year field trip to the Hub today.

Schedule changes today: High school baseball at home against Shawnee. Game time 4:30 p.m. - RESCHEDULED to Thursday. HS softball game is cancelled for today.

A reminder that the Patriotic Out is Tuesday May 7th, if you purchased an Honor Flight shirt, please wear it! If not, dress in red, white, and blue to show support for those veterans flying out on the southern IL Honor Flight the morning of the 7th. 

Tickets for this year's spring play are SOLD OUT! No tickets will be sold at the door the nights of performances! PLEASE do not come expecting to get in without a ticket! Because of theater and city codes, there is a STRICT seating limit! Puffs, Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic runs Friday, May 3rd and Saturday, May 4th at 7:00pm at The Varsity Theater in Carbondale. Doors to the Varsity will open at 6:00, and the doors to the theater will open at 6:30 both nights. All seating is first come first serve, so arrive early if you'd like multiple seats together!

Join us in celebrating Teacher Appreciation! May 6-10

Regional High School Softball Schedule

Cobden High School's Outstanding Seniors attended the 52nd Annual Southern Illinois Society for High School Achievement Banquet last night at SIU Carbondale.

Mr. Shoemate and Mrs. Reiman extend a large Thank You to Chancellor Austin Lane and Associate Vice Chancellor Wendell Williams for visiting Cobden High School today to speak with seniors attending SIUC in the Fall of 2024. We appreciate your encouragement of the students today and your welcoming them into the Saluki Family. Not pictured are Nicole Basler and Dora Funes, who are also attending SIU in the fall but were on campus registering for classes today, and Kylie Baker-Hale.

Vacancy Notice

Today's High school baseball game at Century has been moved to tomorrow. The game will be played at Shawnee College. Dismiss at 2:45 p.m. Bus leaves at 3:00 p.m. Game time 4:30 p.m.

Tickets for this year's spring play are SOLD OUT! No tickets will be sold at the door the nights of performances! PLEASE do not come expecting to get in without a ticket! Because of theater and city codes, there is a STRICT seating limit! Puffs, Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic runs Friday, May 3rd and Saturday, May 4th at 7:00pm at The Varsity Theater in Carbondale. Doors to the Varsity will open at 6:00, and the doors to the theater will open at 6:30 both nights. All seating is first come first serve, so arrive early if you'd like multiple seats together!

Cobden ESL Dance Team will be having a Fundraising Event on Friday, May 10th in front of the High School from 5:30-7:30 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend. Dance Team members will be selling raffle tickets for Mother's Day baskets as well as delicious drinks and food snacks. Tickets for raffle and food will be $1 each. Dance Team will perform at 6:30 pm. Please share and hope to see you there!

High School Baseball game at home is canceled for today.

Mrs. Reiman thanks Duilio Cervantes, Manuel Partida, Angel Lopez, and Alanna Kaminsky with the SIU Medical program for visiting CHS on Friday for a Lunch and Learn. They shared valuable information about what students can do now to help prepare them for a future career in medicine and the benefits the SIU Medical Program has for students in Southern Illinois.

Child Development students are finishing up their unit on Preschool Development. High school students visited Mrs. Raganyi’s preschool class and read books with the children. Mrs. Raganyi spoke with the high school students about what it is like to teach PreK. 👩🏻‍🏫 🖍️ 📕

7th grade enjoyed a walking field trip to the Union County Museum on Friday to learn about local civil war history.

Dear Parents, About the CRUSHING IT fundraiser, Beta Club has decided to continue it for the rest of the school year. At any point you feel like a student, teacher, or staff members is CRUSHING IT by doing a good job send them a Crush soda and candy bar. The cost for the both of them together is $3.00. You can get an order form in Elementary or High School office. You can email me at dduty@cusd17.com or call 618-893-4031 if you have any questions. Thank You, Ms. Duty

Congratulations to Mackenzie Jackson, Grace Hawkins, Shawnah Burgess, Bea Genung, and Ramsie Sauerbrunn on all being named state finalists at the Springfield history fair.