
REMINDER:
On days when your child is not physically at school, PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSPORTATION to and from practice (or to the site in which the team will be leaving for a contest).

Game Schedules for the Remainder of the Fall Season:
CROSS COUNTRY:
10/6- AT Excelsior Springs
10/13- AT Cameron
FOOTBALL:
10/13- AT Kirksville
10/20- HOME vs. Maryville (reschedule)
SOFTBALL:
10/5- AT Centralia (reschedule)
10/6- AT Milan
10/8- AT Kirksville
10/12- HOME vs. Trenton
VOLLEYBALL:
10/5- 7th grade vs. Cameron HERE, 8th grade AT Cameron
10/8- 7th grade vs. Maryville HERE, 8th grade AT Maryville
10/12- HERE vs. Richmond
10/13- HERE vs. Hamilton
10/19- 7th grade AT Savannah, 8th grade HERE vs. Savannah

Chillicothe Middle School will be moving to a hybrid learning model starting Monday, October 5th, for a span of 2 weeks. Students with primary parent last name A-K will attend in-person classes on Monday and Thursday. Students with primary parent last name L-Z will attend
in-person classes on Tuesday and Friday. This model will allow us to maintain a distance of 6’ between students in classrooms, helping prevent contact tracing quarantine.
Also, during this time, all sports practices and contests will resume.

Update on CMS FOOTBALL:
Our game with Marshall for TUE, Oct. 6, has been cancelled because of THEIR Covid issues.
Remaining football games include:
@ Kirksville on 10/13
HOME vs. Maryville on 10/20 (this is a reschedule from earlier in the season)

CMS Activities for MONDAY, OCTOBER 5:
Volleyball:
8th grade @ Cameron (A, then B)
7th grade home vs. Cameron (A ONLY due to low numbers for them)
5pm start, bus leaves at 3:30
RESCHEDULED SOFTBALL:
@ Centralia
A, then B
5pm start, bus leaves at 2:15

CMS Activities will resume full tilt boogie on Monday, October 5!!!
Practices will be in person, and scheduled games will happen (fingers crossed). Be looking for communication here and from your coaches
In addition, there have been some contests that have been rescheduled.
Stay tuned for those dates and times.

Hey CMS students, don't forget tomorrow you get the day off from virtual learning! It's a district wide in-service day, you will log back in on Tuesday! Enjoy your day!

Chillicothe Middle School will continue to postpone athletic contests AND in-person practices until at least Monday, October, 5.

CMS- Lunch will be available this week , Monday-Friday, for pick up on the back side of CMS from 11:00-12:00 each day!

Here are the times for classes at CMS:
1st Hour- 7:45-8:37
2nd Hour- 8:42-9:29
3rd Hour- 9:34-10:21
4th Hour- 10:26-11:13
5th Hour- 11:18-12:33
6th Hour- 12:38-1:26
7th Hour- 1:31-2:19
8th Hour- 2:24-2:55
Lunch Times:
8th Grade- 11:18-11:41
6th Grade- 11:42-12:05
7th Grade- 12:10-12:33

There will be no sports contest- Cross Country, Football, Softball & Volleyball, this week, Sept 21-25. Practices for the week will be virtual. If you are quarantined by the Health Department, you must get a doctor's note to participate in the virtual practices. You will receive Virtual Practice information from your Coach.

This weekend Chillicothe Middle School received notice of 3 additional positive student cases and 1 positive staff member. Due to the additional number of students and staff being quarantined, CMS will be starting 100% virtual learning on Monday, September 21, and will remain virtual learning for 2 weeks. During this time students will be expected to login to their classes via google classroom. If you have technology issues pertaining to wifi, please contact the school at 660-646-1916 starting Monday morning.
Additional information pertaining to sports activities and practices will be shared soon.

Due to the amount of positive cases and amount of quarantined students, we are making changes to the CMS Schedule. The changes will start on Monday, September 21.
The days students will be attending school will be based on the PRIMARY PARENT'S LAST NAME, as it is listed in our Student Information System.
Students with PRIMARY PARENTS LAST NAME A-M will attend on Monday and Thursday
Students with PRIMARY PARENTS LAST NAME N-Z will attend on Tuesday and Friday
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work through this!

Attention: CMS Athletics during Hybrid Schedule
CMS Parents/Athletes,
We are transitioning to a hybrid schedule for the next couple of weeks, here are some things to know:
We will plan to practice and have games as scheduled.
Any changes to those plans will be communicated via text caster, facebook, and our school website.
On days when your child is not physically at school, PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSPORTATION to and from practice (or to the site in which the team will be leaving for a contest).
If you have any questions, please reach out to your child's coach or me.
Sincerely,
Michael Creekmore
Assistant Principal/AD
Chillicothe Middle School

REMINDER FOR SPORTING EVENTS: Attendance will be limited to immediate family members of the participants (parents, grandparents, guardians, siblings). Individual students will not be admitted. Fans (including any family members that are students) will be expected to sit with their families and maintain social distancing from other fans. There will be no student section.

CMS Activities
TODAY: PRACTICES RESUME
THURSDAY, September 17:
SOFTBALL vs. Cameron HERE (rescheduled from Tuesday)
5pm, A game first followed by B
VOLLEYBALL AT Trenton
5pm, 7th grade first, followed by 8th
Rules for volleyball games at Trenton:
All spectators will be required to wear masks while in the school building
Bleachers will be limited to every other row (with social distancing encouraged)
Concession stands will be limited to prepackaged items and bottled drinks only
Concession stand lines will be social distanced, and no eating areas will be provided
Any child not in high school must be accompanied by an adult and remain with the adult throughout the game

Due to a large number of student athletes in quarantine at CMS all activities, INCLUDING PRACTICE, for today, 9/14 & tomorrow, 9/15, are postponed. We will be working to reschedule these activities.

If you have a 7th or 8th grade athlete, please fill out this google form so we can generate a pass list for events:
https://forms.gle/TMi3RxTpnXbmHtjm9
Some pass lists turned in by students have unqualified spectators. We need a more accurate, concise list. Thank you!

CMS Cross Country practice is cancelled for today.
Optional run tomorrow at Simpson from 7-8 am.

CMS Softball practice will be at they Y again today.
Pick up at 5.