Cobden Receives Democracy School Recognition: Mrs. Nashberry and Mr. Self recently returned from the Democracy School conference near Naperville, where they accepted on behalf of the school the Illinois Democracy Schools award. Illinois Democracy Schools are schools recognized for school-wide commitment to promoting civic learning by all students, focusing on fostering participatory citizenship and emphasizing the fundamental ideals and principles of our constitutional democracy. This honor will appear on Cobden's Illinois school report card. The team consisted of 3 faculty members- team chair and social science teacher Jamie Nash-Mayberry, Spanish teacher Kevan Self, and Jr. high social science teacher Ashley Taylor, along with Superintendent Edwin Shoemate, and 5 students- Grace White, Tess Brummer, Dora Funes, Sam Ingold, and Kaylee Hall. The team identified many school strengths but those elements which stood out the most included:
Teaching/Design Strategy- Teachers design curriculum and utilize democratic teaching strategies in order to cultivate students’ civic knowledge, skills, dispositions, and critical thinking across disciplines and extracurricular activities.
Simulations of Democratic Processes- teachers provide opportunities for students to participate in simulations (mock elections, trials, case studies, problem solving, etc.) that allow students to learn about issues and practice civic skills in multiple disciplines.
Extracurricular Activities- School staff lead structured, organized, regular, and long-term extracurricular activities that foster civic learning and engagement and are accessible to, representative of, and attend to the needs and interests of the student body.
School Community Partnerships- School leaders and staff ensure that the school and its community are a resource for each other and that there are frequent and meaningful interactions with families and community partners.
The Cobden Junior-Senior High School Democracy Team is proud to have been recognized for this honor, thanks all of the great teachers across the various disciplines at both the Junior and Senior high levels for their commitment to these elements, and plans to celebrate by holding a democracy school week at the school TBA.
Jr. High Cross Country Regionals are today in Anna, at the Anna park. The bus leaves at 3:10, students dismissed at 2:55. The meet start time is 4:30.
The Cobden FFA would like to give a shout-out to the Baseball team and parents for grilling and sponsoring their fundraising event. The time and money is greatly appreciated!
On Wednesday, October 4th at 1:20pm CT, FEMA will be conducting a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and the Wireless Emergency Alert System (WEA). This test will send out alerts through all consumer cell phones and across radio and television stations. We want to remind parents and guardians of this test as to avoid any concerns or worry.
We would also like to remind our students to double check their phones are turned off to prevent any classroom disruptions.
For more information concerning this nationwide test please visit the FEMA website. https://bit.ly/NationalEmergencyTest
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Thursday, October 5th
Regular 3:00 Dismissal
Appleknocker Club available
Tutoring ends at 4:30
Upcoming Dates:
Thursday, October 5th
2:00 Dismissal
No Appleknocker Club
Tutoring from 2:15-3:15 (Parents must pickup tutoring students)
Friday, October 6th
No School
Teacher Institute Day
Monday, October 9th
No School
Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day
One step closer! New heat and A/C units were placed on top of the new gym facility today!
Today, students attended a Lunch and Learn with two representatives from SIH Respiratory Care. They learned about the day in the life of a Respiratory Therapist and awesome scholarship opportunities to help pay for their higher education.
Mechanics class and Co- Op students enjoyed learning about career possibilities at the Trade Career Expo today. Students learned about metal working, electricity, heavy equipment operating, and many more!
Mrs. LeFevre’s class enjoyed picking green peppers and flowers from the school garden to give to the food shelter and Mrs. Bri!
Reminder orders are due Tuesday October 3rd
CYCA's Appleknocker Eclipse t-shirts are now on sale. You can purchase one using the online store link below, seeing a CYCA club member, or forms are available in the offices. Forms and money must be turned in by October 3rd. Online store- https://shopsilkworm.com/cobdeneclipse
Here's the first episode of this season's Appleknocker News!
https://youtu.be/PmlJbokm814
Foods 1 students just completed the vegetable and knife skills unit. Students hosted a homemade salsa competition today! Thank you to our judges and congratulations to Daisy, Mariana, Lucy and Jose on winning first place!
Members of the Cobden Youth & Community Advocates (CYCA) and Art Club under the supervision of Mrs. Nashberry and parent volunteer Jamie Basler painted round 2 of the "Greetings From Alto Pass" mural Monday afternoon on the side of the fire station, to resemble a cork board. The next steps will include priming and painting at school the 4 postcard boards of Alto scenes before installation of the boards and the adding of the words. Stay tuned!
Cobden Jr/Sr High Boys' & Girls' Golf Teams Silent Auction
Go to link
https://givebutter.com/c/JdaibY
Jr. High students have been have been busy in Social Studies class recreating Paleolithic cave art, studying 3D replicas of ancient tools, researching Native American cultures, touring WWI-era trenches, and playing the oldest board game in human history. It's been a fun month!
Foods I students are practicing their knife skills and learning the correct way to chop an onion. They will put these skills to use next week during their homemade salsa competition. 🧅
Senior Parents
2023 Miss Peach Fest, Kaylee Hall, made her first appearance at Cobden Elementary with Mrs. Mueller's first graders. They had a blast together!
