Carlyle Jr. High School

The Salem Franklin Park Middle School 8th grade Volleyball Tourney has been rescheduled for Friday, February 23rd. Here is the schedule; times may vary as the tourney goes on. (Bus time 2:45 pm) 4 pm Salem/Carlyle 5 pm Carlyle/Breese 6 pm Breese/Centralia 7 pm Centralia/Carlyle 8 pm Breese/Salem 9 pm Salem/Centralia

Shadows! They are always with us. Some are long and some are short. What causes this occurrence? Hmm… Ask your fifth grader all about it!

Our 7th Grade put on a Hot Chocolate Bar yesterday! Thank you to all the parents who helped contribute.

Congratulations to the 7th and 8th graders who were nominated as a Student of the Month! Kaison Beal-Young Alexa Kleiboeker Autumn Hill Jayden Kueper Wyatt Gebke Autumn Hill Rileigh Blankenship Austin Johnson John Wilkerson Eli Weh Nick Devine Madison Young Cash Waner Keep up the great work!

Tomorrow, February 9th from 2-3pm, Traditions will be at the Junior High taking group photos for the yearbook! The students in the following groups will have their photo taken during this time: Band, Choir, FFA, Scholar Bowl, Brain Games, Peer Helpers, Student Council, and the entire 8th Grade Class.

Happy Tuesday! Students will be sent home with their progress reports today, 2/6!!

Congratulations to our 5th and 6th graders nominated for Student of the Month! Keep up the great work! Logan Gilpin Miley Noffke Krymsen Salyers Lucas Voss Tyler Wesselmann Tatym Diekemper Logan Gessel Rhett Hall Logan Gessel Layna Livingston

What better way to learn about tectonic plate boundaries than with frosting, graham crackers, and fruit strips?! Ms. Evans’s 8th graders were 100% engaged in yesterdays lesson, for obvious reasons!

Parents, please help. The 5Essentials® is a research-based school improvement system that defines, measures, and utilizes the most important organizational conditions, including aspects of a school’s culture and climate, to improve student outcomes. Specifically, the 5Essentials is an improvement framework and diagnostic survey with research-tested scoring and interactive reporting that provides insights into schools’ organizational strengths and areas of opportunity across the five essential factors for school improvement: Effective Leaders, Collaborative Teachers, Involved Families, Supportive Environment, and Ambitious Instruction. Link for parents to take the survey: http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/

Today is the mid-term for 3rd Quarter. 3rd Quarter progress reports will be going home with students on Tuesday. Remember that you can always check your CJHS Indian's grades by going to the Parent Powerschool Login tab at https://www.carlyle.k12.il.us/o/cjhs

Our fifth and sixth graders had a blast at Brain Games today at Rend Lake College!! This year’s theme was rainforest!

Thank you Carlyle Walmart!

Tomorrow, Monday, January 22nd will be an E-Learning Day for all three schools. The current forecast is calling for the freezing rain/ice to arrive about the same time that our buses and students would be on the roads traveling to school. With this being our first E-Learning day of the year, I wanted to share a few important reminders- Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grade please find Day 1 of your E-Learning Day packets. Packets were sent home last week. Grades 3rd-12th will need to log on to Google Classroom. Teachers will be available from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to help assist students with their work. Here is the link to find the complete E-Learning Day plan: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1303392/E-Learning_Plan_-_Carlyle.pdf Stay safe everyone

Happy Friday! Jostens will be at our school on Friday, 1/26 to measure the 8th Graders for their graduation gowns!! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the office at 618-594-8292.

Carlyle Grade School is seeking applicants for a paraprofessional. Please see our website for additional information. https://www.carlyle1.org/page/employment

Carlyle Junior High School will have an E-Learning Day on Monday, January 22nd, as a result of repairs required to a broken water line that will require water to be shut off to the building for the entirety of the day. CJHS teachers will be informing students of steps that they need to take to be prepared for our E-Learning Day tomorrow (Friday). Students who do not have internet/computer access will be able to get all materials in paper form before they leave school tomorrow. On Monday, teachers will be available online to assist students from 9:00 - 1:00. All assignments posted online to Google Classroom will be posted on or before 9:00 AM Monday. Please keep in mind that all assigned work during our E-Learning Day should be completed as instructed and will be counted as a 3rd quarter grade.

Congratulations to all of our 5th and 6th grade students who were nominated to be a Student of the Month for December! Leah Huelskamp Klohe Diekemper Hudson Voss Paisley Lindahl Zoe Stroud Collin Diekemper Ziva Renschen Amberlea Reeves Aften Nordike

Congratulations to all of our 7th and 8th grade students who were nominated to be a Student of the Month at CJHS in December! Nick Gilomen, Dulce Andrade Leyva, Drew Selle, Jorja Beasley, Kiera Vaughn, Carter Nettles, Carter Kleiboeker, Emily Gill, Benson Schmeink, and Matthew Mosley

The CJHS boys basketball games scheduled for today at Patoka have been postponed. The games will be played tomorrow, Wednesday, 1/17 at Patoka starting at 5:30 pm.

We have been monitoring the weather situation throughout the day. The safety of our students and staff is our highest priority. Due to the extreme cold and and forecasted snowfall overnight, Carlyle CUSD #1 will not be in session tomorrow, Tuesday, January 16th. This will be a snow day, not an e-learning day. Stay warm!