School supplies needed!
Congratulations to Tess Brummer whose history fair project on Superman and Layla West whose project on Oscar Wilde both were state fair finalists. Also congrats to Nicole Basler for receiving special recognition for her project in the labor rights category.
Tickets are now on sale for this year's play, Radium Girls!
In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. Written with warmth and humor, Radium Girls offers a wry, unflinching look at the peculiarly American obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science.
Radium Girls runs Friday, April 28th and Saturday, April 29th at 7:00pm at The Varsity Theater in Carbondale. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at the school now or at the theater the nights of performances. Get your tickets now before they sell out! Hope to see you all there!
27 members of the Cobden Youth and Community Advocates (CYCA) volunteered all day at Special Olympics on April 20th
Support Brayden Stanley's battle against leukemia! All proceeds from T-shirt sales will benefit the Stanley Family. All youth sizes $20 and all adult sizes $25. Orders can be turned in to the office at Cobden Elementary School.
The Cobden Teen Teachers and Mrs. Hurt at the 4H camp in Allerton Park. Having fun, learning new skills, and making new friends!
All high school athletes and parents are invited to join us for our annual sports banquet. Please RSVP and send $12 per adult to Mindy by April 26th.
April Menu
Be a part of Appleknocker History! New shirt design commemorates the Tom Crowell Gym while celebrating the groundbreaking and construction of the new Cobden High School Gym & Multipurpose Building. Thank you Silkworm for designing such an awesome shirt to honor the past, present, and future!
https://shopsilkworm.com/cobdenhs
Cobden Beta Club will host their annual Easter egg hunt Saturday, April 8 at 10:00 AM at the Cobden New Park. Children ages 0-10 come have your picture taken with the Easter Bunny.
ESL Club commemorated Cesar Chavez Day this morning by distributing bags of grapes to the students. March 31st was established as Cesar Chavez Day by President Barack Obama in 2014.The federal commemorative holiday celebrates the birth and legacy of the civil rights and labor movement activist Cesar Chavez. Through strikes, marches, and boycotts in California, he inspired millions of people across the country to fight for safe and healthy workplaces, better wages, improved workplace protections from sickness and disability, and other core rights and protections. To this day, farm workers are able to have better working conditions because Cesar Chavez believed in “La Causa”-the cause.
Cobden Hs/JR High is wrapping up YAM, Youth Arts Month with a window mural and a month long after school art program with Jr. High.
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Order forms will be available soon
Don't forget, school dismisses at 2:08 tomorrow. Have a GREAT SPRING BREAK!
Caps, gowns, and tassels are being sent home with seniors today! Graduation pictures will be taken on April 13th. Order forms will be available soon.
Members of CYCA participated in the Cobden Clean-up Day on Sunday. CYCA would like to thank Shane Bruce for organizing the event & providing pizza, Becky Bass for providing water, and Danielle Murry of Colors N Spices for hosting the gathering. Also, thanks to all the community volunteers who came out and helped in any way they could.
Mrs. Nash-Mayberry and Mrs. Taylor are pleased to announce the following awards from history fair regionals which were held Saturday at SIUC. For the Junior High Division, 1st place overall for a group exhibit Evaline Kaszubski & Alivia Kilpatrick, 2nd place overall for a group exhibit Allison McGee & Anna Lucille Brehm, both advance to state. Also advancing to state with superiors were Layla West, Zonia Zamora, and Guadalupe Zamora. For the High School Division, 1st place overall for an individual exhibit Nicole Basler, 1st place overall tie for a group exhibit Grace White & Kaylie Adams, 3rd place overall 3-way tie for a group exhibit Dora Funes, Kylee Clover, & Yanet Romero Hernandez, Jada Furlow & Agent Inman, and Kaylee Hall & Cheyenne Felder. 3rd place overall for a group documentary Isaac Reiman, Eric Guijon, & Andres Amezquita. All mentioned advance to state, as well as Tess Brummer with an individual board project superior rating.
Orders are due on Monday
