The previously scheduled early dismissal for March 14 has been moved to March 21 as the end of the nine weeks has been changed. School will be dismissed at 3:00 pm on Friday, March 14. School will be dismissed at 1:45 pm on Friday, March 21.
Bus 1 and 2 will be combined this afternoon. Please be patient as drop off times will vary.
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School will host our spring open house tonight. The open house will be from 4:00 pm-7:00 pm and will also include a taco bar for our Wildcats and their families in the cafeteria. The book fair will be open in the library with all proceeds helping fund new books for our school and classroom libraries. Many of you have also reserved spots to view the star lab in the gym. Each classroom teacher will have projects completed by your children in their classrooms. We hope you can join us for our open house tonight!
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School presents “Wonderland” on Thursday, March 27 and Friday, March 28 at 7:00 pm at the George T. Dennis Visual and Performing Arts Center at Southeastern Illinois College. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. You may pre-order tickets or purchase them at the door the night of the show. Please contact Mr. Long at clong@cmsfcats.org for your tickets.
Bus 1 and 2 will be combined this afternoon. Please be patient as drop off times will vary.
Parents/Guardians: This is a reminder that the 2025 Illinois 5Essentials Survey opened on Feb. 18, 2025. The survey window will close on March 28, 2025. This survey will ask questions about the district. If you have a few minutes, your participation is appreciated. Use the following link for access. https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/
Pre-K Screenings will be held on March 19 and 20. Please call Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary school at (618) 994-2413 to schedule an appointment for screening.
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School will host our spring open house on Thursday, March 6. The open house will be from 4:00 pm-7:00 pm and will also include a taco bar for our Wildcats and their families in the cafeteria. The book fair will be open in the library with all proceeds helping fund new books for our school and classroom libraries. Many of you have also reserved spots to view the star lab in the gym. Each classroom teacher will have projects completed by your children in their classrooms. We hope you can join us for our open house!
If your child participated in the Young Author's Contest, on Wednesday, March 5 at 1:30 pm, we would like to invite you to honor the participants of our Young Authors Program. At this time, we will present awards to students who participated in our program, as well as award the 1st-3rd place winners from Kindergarten-2nd grade, 3rd-5th grade, and 6th-8th grade and best illustrations for each grade group. Please join us to honor your child for their accomplishments as a young author!
Due to a large response, all reservations for the Star Lab have been filled. If your child brought back their paper today, their tickets were sent home with them. If there are any questions, contact Mrs. Horn.
Today is the last day to sign your child up for an appointment with Dental Safari. Please call our school nurse, Mrs. Kristina Dunn if you have questions.
The deadline for turning in Young Authors Books has been moved to Tuesday, February 25. The books must be turned into your child's teacher on Tuesday at 8:00 am. We will be judging the books on Tuesday so any book turned in after 8:00 am on Tuesday will not be judged. We hope moving the deadline encourages a few more students to participate in our program.
Due to the extremely cold temperatures and icy road conditions, the Carrier Mills-Stonefort School District will not be in session on Friday, February 21. This will be a Snow Day. All evening events have been canceled. We will try again Monday morning, so stay safe, stay warm, have a great weekend, and we will see you next week!
Due to the snow, extremely cold temperatures, and dangerous road conditions, the Carrier Mills-Stonefort School District will not be in session on Thursday, February 20. This will be a Snow Day. All evening events have been canceled.
Due to the snow, extremely cold temperatures, and dangerous road conditions, the Carrier Mills-Stonefort School District will not be in session on Wednesday, February 19. This will be a Snow Day. All evening events have been canceled.
Due to the potential snow event starting Tuesday afternoon, the Carrier Mills-Stonefort School District will have an early dismissal tomorrow at 1:45 pm. This way our students will be home before the snow event begins.
The CMSF administration will continue to monitor the weather and will provide you with updates as soon as they are available. Specifically the possibility of a snow event of 1-2 inches in the early morning hours.
Again, school will be dismissed tomorrow, February 18 at 1:45 pm, and all evening events will be canceled.
Both the junior high volleyball and 5th/6th grade basketball games have been cancelled for tomorrow night. These will be rescheduled for a later date.
All Young Authors Books must be turned in by Friday, February 21, 2025. Please have students turn these into their teachers by 3:00 pm on Friday. Thank you to all who participated. We are excited to see your creativity shine!!
Recently, one of our Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School seniors was involved in a car accident. Senior Brayden Skaggs is currently recovering from his injuries and we would like to let him know that we are thinking of him and hoping for a speedy recovery. So, on Friday, February 14, all students, faculty, staff, and administration will be asked to wear red and/or a hat in support of Brayden. Also, we are asking that you bring a $1.00 donation to be given to the Skaggs' family. We will see everyone tomorrow dressed in their Red for Brayden!
Just a reminder: Tonight's game is varsity only. The game will start at 5:30 p.m. Also, this is senior night. All Seniors and their parents/guardians should be at the game at 5:00 pm.