Congratulations to the High School Scholar Bowl team on a varsity win today!
October 18 is picture day for Cobden School District. Pre-K through 12th grade pictures will be taken as well as the following sports:
Jr. High Baseball and Softball
High School Cross Country, Soccer, Golf, and Volleyball
School picture packets have been distributed to students, and sports picture packets can be picked up in the high school office.
The deadline for IL Required Health Documents is Friday, October 15th. All forms for students must be turned in by this date. Please contact Nurse Erin with questions or concerns at 618-893-2311 or efunk@cusd17.com.
Congratulations to the Marching Appleknockers on their 1st place win in the AJ Homecoming parade!
Co Op student, John Fuhrhop works at DTM Custom Applicators. This week John learned how to spread fertilizer. These valuable skills could lead to a possible career in the agriculture field for John. 🚜
Cobden Youth and Community Advocates (CYCA) members Olivia Brumleve and Kirstin Guardian put primer on some items today at the park. CYCA has some big community painting projects on its agenda, but unfortunately tomorrow's event will have to be canceled due to weather. This will be the fourth time it has been canceled due to rain, but the club already has another date set and are hoping fifth time is a charm!
In Language Arts class, seventh graders practiced their parts of speech and descriptive words by creating menus.
Mum Sale Pick-Up Is TOMORROW !!!! If you pre-ordered mums from a Class of 2023 student, please come from 2-4pm to pick them up! And don't forget payment: $15.00 each! If you didn't pre-order a mum but would like one, we have extras for purchase at $15.00 each! Funds raised will help pay for the 2022 Junior/Senior Prom! Thank you so much!!!
Seniors attended the Shawnee Experience this morning. Students were able to explore the programs that are offered at SCC and also learn about admissions and financial aid.
Here's the first episode of this season's Appleknocker News! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvhI33v3mYk
Beta Club dance-
Junior High Cheer tryouts will be held on Tuesday, October 12. Please meet in the band room at 3:15. Wear shorts and tennis shoes. You must have a current sports physical on file.
SCHOOL WILL BE IN SESSION TOMORROW 10/8. SCHOOL WILL DISMISS AT 2:05.
SCHOOL WILL NOT BE IN SESSION ON MONDAY 10/11.
Family and Consumer Sciences Club members are cutting scent cloths to donate to the NICU at Children’s Hospital. Scent cloths promote bonding between moms and their babies who are staying in the NICU. October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. 👣
Juniors in Mrs. Nash-Mayberry's Career & Consumer Economics have been learning about careers, resumes, cover letters. They are gaining real world experiences while practicing mock job interviews with the Superintendent, Mr. Shoemate, which are conducted in front of the entire class. Second quarter, juniors will learn some basic microeconomics concepts, how to budget their money, check writing, and a unit on media literacy. These real world lessons will then continue when they have Mrs. Engelmann for Adult Living their senior year, and learn about credit, taxes, renting, and the cost of student loans.
Good afternoon. Our annual Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on October 19th and October 21st from 3:30-7:30 each day. Please contact the office or your students teachers to schedule an appointment.
You may call the office or email mgoodman@cusd17.com
Mr. Crawford's industrial design class just finished up some sweet looking cutting boards!
Mum Sale Pick-Up Is This Friday!!!!
If you pre-ordered mums from a Class of 2023 student, please come this Friday from 2-4pm to pick them up! And don't forget payment: $15.00 each!
If you didn't pre-order a mum but would like one, we have extras for purchase at $15.00 each!
Funds raised will help pay for the 2022 Junior/Senior Prom!
Thank you so much!!!
Congratulations to this week’s Seeds of Happiness winners! Thank you for all you do to make our school a great place to work and learn!
Tonight’s high school volleyball game has been postponed to October 8th