Attention Wildcat Community: Due to the increase of positive Covid-19 cases in Saline County over the past several weeks, along with the high number of students choosing Remote Learning to start the school year, the start of school will be moved from August 13 to August 24. The teachers will report to school on Monday, August 17, and will receive training for all safety and cleaning procedures along with remote learning training from August 17 to August 21. Although educating all of our students is our highest priority, the students health, safety, and well-being are just as important.
If you have not yet registered your child/young adult for school, please do so as soon as possible. Also, make sure you let us know if you are choosing In-Person Instruction or Remote Learning to start the school year.
Thank you and have a wonderful weekend!
Summer School began on Tuesday, August 4 at the Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School for those students that have yet to complete their E-Learning Packets from the 2019-2020 school year. If your High School student received an INCOMPLETE in any class, they have been scheduled to attend summer school. If you have not heard from the school and your young adult received an INCOMPLETE in one or more classes, please call the school at (618) 994-2392 and we can schedule a time for them to complete their work.
IN-PERSON REGISTRATION THIS WEEK!
We are getting closer to being together again!
The registration times below are for all those who have not turned in completed packets. Remember, if you are doing Remote Learning as a CMSFGS student, you will still need to register.
Tuesday, August 4th
1st & 2nd Grades 7 a.m. - 9 a.m.
3rd & 4th Grades 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
5th & 6th Grades 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Wednesday, August 5th
7th & 8th Grades 9 a.m.- 11:00 a.m.
Open Registration 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
If you are unable to attend the registration times available, please call the office @ 994-2413 to set up an appointment.
Registration fees total $32.00
Attention Parents/Guardians: The beginning of school is right around the corner (August 13 is the first student attendance day). To those of you that have turned in your Registration Forms and your In-Person vs. Remote Learning Form, thank you very much! For those of you that have yet to return your forms, we are setting up appointments for you to come in the week of August 3 to complete your paperwork. If you have yet to turn in your forms, expect a call on Monday, August 3 from the High School. We will give you the date and time of your registration appointment. We look forward to meeting you next week. Have a wonderful weekend!
If you have not turned in your registration or distance learning/in person certification form please do so as soon as possible. There is a drop box located outside the grade school.
$32 Book Fees are due.
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Wildcats community.....
TODAY...
there will be a Fruits and Vegetables Giveaway. (It will be sorted in bags). Beginning at 3:30 PM and run until it runs out (Dont delay).
Free! First Come First Serve! No questions!
Carrier Mills First Baptist Church!
The Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School Back-to-School Plan has now been posted in the documents section of the school website. Please visit cmsfcats.org, click on "Menu," then click on "Documents," and then the "Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School Back-to-School Plan 2020." In this document you will find information about Safety, Entering the Building, Lockers, Registration and Schedules, Outstanding Remote Learning Work, Breakfast, Lunch, Dismissal, Physical Education, the 2020-2021 Schedule, Remote Learning, Semester Exams, and Extra-Curricular Activities.
Please call the High School at (618) 994-2392 if you have any questions.
Attention Carrier Mills-Stonefort School Community:
School registration has already begun at the Grade School and High School. All registration paperwork was mailed home to each family in June of 2020. Please complete the paperwork and either mail it back in or drop it off at the school. Both schools still have a drop box for student work, so you may drop off your registration paperwork in this box.
If you are new to the district or you have not received your registration paperwork, please call the Grade School at (618) 994-2413 or the High School at (618) 994-2392 and we can work out a way to get you the information.
Carrier Mills-Stonefort families, the CMSF School Board approved and Egyptian Health Department approved Return-to-School Plan can now be found on our school website. Please go to cmsfcats.org, click on menu, then go to documents, and then click on CMSF CUSD 2 Return to School Plan 2020-2021. Please contact the Grade School at (618) 994-2413 or the High School at (618) 994-2392 if you have any questions about the document. Stay Safe, Stay Healthy, Keep Learning, Go Wildcats!
The Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School Summer School Program that was scheduled to begin on Monday, July 20 has been rescheduled. If your young adult has not completed all of their E-Learning Packets, they will be scheduled to come to the High School and complete the work starting August 3. We will send out another notification as we get closer to the beginning of summer school.
Online Registration Form::
We are offering an online registration option. Click this link to register your child for Grades 1-8.
There are still signatures and documents required, but this will save time at registration and give the school a count for both distance and in-person learning. If you already sent your form in, you do not need to do another one.
https://forms.gle/nhp2EShNLPzKZMteA
This is just a reminder, but the Class of 2020 Graduation Practice is scheduled for this Friday, July 17 in the CMSF High School at 9:00 am. LifeTouch will be here to take Graduation Pictures, so remember to bring your caps, gowns, and cords with you. We will then take a Senior Group Picture on the baseball field before heading to the softball field to practice for the ceremony.
Class of 2020, remember to bring your caps, gowns, and cords. Valedictorian and Salutatorian, remember to bring your speeches. Students, remember to bring any completed work that you still owe from March 17-May 19 and to bring money if you still owe any school fees.
For everyone's safety, you must wear a mask while you are in the building (you may take it off for your picture since you will be 6 feet away from everyone else). You must wear a mask while you are outside anytime you are not 6 feet away from everyone else. The group picture will be taken on the baseball field, with individual spaces marked for each student (6 feet apart). Graduates, you will be given your four tickets for the event after the practice Friday morning.
The Graduation Ceremony will begin at 8:00 pm on July 17. Graduates, you will need to be at the High School no later than 7:30 pm. You will report to the High School Gym before the ceremony begins.
Please call the school if you have any questions about the Graduation Practice or the Ceremony (618-994-2392).
Attention Seniors: On July 9, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), along with the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), made the following change to the Phase 4 requirements for school districts:
"There must be a strict 50 person limit to all indoor activities, and that would include any spectators (people in those groups should also socially distance)."
Because of this change, we will no longer be able to conduct our Class of 2020 Graduation Ceremony in DeWitt Gymnasium.
After going through several different options, we have decided to make the following announcement:
The Class of 2020 Graduation Ceremony will be held on the CMSF High School Softball Field at 8:00 pm on Friday, July 17. Graduation practice will still be held at 9:00 am on July 17. The practice will begin in the gym for pictures and then will move outside to practice on the softball field. To be eligible to participate in the ceremony, seniors must have all their work completed and must have all of their student fees paid. Masks must be worn while you are inside the building and outside the building when you are not at least 6 feet away from another person.
The Senior Graduates and Junior Marshals will still be issued four tickets for the event. The students, faculty, staff, administration, and school board members will be on the softball field and all guests will be outside of the fence. Some chairs will be placed around the outside of the fence, spaced 6 feet apart for social distancing requirements, but you may bring your own seating.
We realize that this plan will be completely dependent upon two things: The Community and The Weather. We need the community to adhere to the IDPH and ISBE rules and regulations to keep everyone safe before, during, and after the event. We need the weather to cooperate with a nice cool evening and no rain.
We look forward to seeing everyone on Friday, July 17 for this wonderful event!
Stay Safe, Stay Healthy, Keep Learning, Go Wildcats!
Registration:
Mail-in registration forms due 7/31. Drop-off or mail back.
New students: Please call grade school office for information. 994-2413.
Kindergarten Registration will be held at Carrier Mills Grade School by appointment on Tuesday, July 21 from 5:00 pm-7:00 pm and Wednesday, July 22 from 8:00 am-12:00 pm. Please bring with you copy of Birth Certificate and copy of Kindergarten physical with immunizations, vision exam and dental exam. Registration fee is $32. Kindergarten t-shirt $8. Please call the grade school to set up an appointment at 994-2413
Notice of Public Hearing
NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Education of the Carrier Mills-Stonefort Unit District #2 will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, July 20, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. in the Board Room at Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School at 7071 U.S. Highway 45 South, Carrier Mills, Illinois.
The purpose of the hearing will be to receive public comments on a proposed waiver application, which, if approved, would allow the district to apply for a modification to the Illinois School Code. The waiver would permit the district to charge less than 110% of the per capita tuition charge for non-resident children of full time employees of Carrier Mills-Stonefort CUSD #2.
Clay Nolen, Secretary
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Unit #2
Board of Education
Class of 2020: We are excited to announce that we are planning a Graduation Ceremony for you on Friday, July 17 in Dewitt Gymnasium at 7:00 pm. We will continue to work out the details for social distancing purposes, but here are some things that are for sure: You will need to have all of your work turned in and all of your school fees paid to participate, you must wear a mask during practice and the ceremony, you will each be issued four tickets to invite four family members/friends, your four family members/friends will have assigned seats in the gym, all seniors and guests will need to wear masks while inside the building, you will have practice and pictures in the gym on July 17 at 9:00 am, the event will be broadcast on WEBQ Radio, and the event will be televised on Facebook Live. We will continue to update you as we get closer to the event. Please call the school if you have any additional questions.
Parents/Guardians, all of your students E-Learning Packets were due on Friday, May 15. If they are still missing work, please contact the school or your teacher to get all of your work completed as soon as possible. Any student that has not turned in their packets will be given an INCOMPLETE until the work has been turned in. Please contact the Grade School at (618) 994-2413 or the High School at (618) 994-2392 if you have any questions.
Tuesday, May 19 is the final day for the CMSF Breakfast & Lunch Program for this school year. The Carrier Mills Summer Lunch Program is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, May 26. Lunches will be provided each Monday throughout the summer, except for the first week which will be Tuesday, May 26. Students will receive a week’s worth of food when it is distributed each Monday at the First Baptist Church in Carrier Mills. Please call the school if you have any questions about the program.
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Class of 2020, although our Graduation Ceremony for Friday, May 8 has been postponed, we would still like to celebrate your original graduation date with a town wide parade. On Friday, May 8, at 6:00 pm, you will parade down the streets of Carrier Mills in your cars! More information about this event will follow, but for right now, your assignment is to save the date, get your vehicle (one student per car for social distancing), and decorate your vehicle. Graduates, we will see you May 8!