Chillicothe City Schools -

Chillicothe Fire Department is hosting a Drive-Thru Food Drive THIS Saturday to help combat food insecurity in our community! Be sure to come out, donate, and help feed your community!

They will be receiving donations at the department, at 54 E Water St, from 9:00AM - 1:00PM.

🕰️ Another fun extension to the grade level Changes study in second grade is our Trek Through Time community experience! 🕰️
Designed using the expertise of our local historical society, this experience takes our students back through time in our historic downtown. You may see us during our travels the next couple of days!

(Thank you to Dard Hunter for greeting us and adding to our info each year, and to the Majestic Theatre for our lunch space each day!)

👀 Be on the lookout for this notebook to come home! If you decide to time travel with your student using the home connection pages included within it, you will earn 1 of the 3 needed credits for the invite to the December Innovators’ Breakfast.🏅🍩

Help us Pack The Bus THIS Thursday, November 6th, from 4-6PM. A Chillicothe City School District school bus will be parked on The west side of Paint Street, outside the jail. Please donate canned goods or non-perishable food items, or make a monetary donation if you can, to support the Cavalier Closet!

MR. CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR 🏆 Give a big round of applause to our guy Cartae Ligon for winning conference player of the year! In only his Sophomore campaign he put up video game numbers 🎮! He had mind-blowing 🤯 performances and amassed over 2200 Rushing yards for 27 TD’s, over 300 receiving yards for 2 TDs, 200 yds kick returns, 80 tackles, 3 interceptions, 4 PBU’s! Congratulations, Cartae, the future is bright for you!

Halloween at CCSD 🎃💙 We hope everyone had an awesome day! We sure did!

We’ve had such a stellar Halloween here at Chillicothe Intermediate School! 💙🎃 More photos here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XMVTDJ3GPHL_dcu3hr_5VZf9QeWTnxEw

Our seniors brought their Halloween Spirit to this year’s costume contest—organized by Student Council and hosted by senior class advisors Mrs. Dana and Ms. Arredondo!

🏆 Winners include:
😂 Funniest Costume: Noah McAdams as Austin Powers
👯 Best Group: Maleah Geise, Kara Loel, Mick Monk & Karissa Umphries as childhood trick-or-treaters
🎨 Most Creative: Elizabeth Miller as a Renaissance Lady
🧵 Best DIY: Brooke Taylor as Strawberry Shortcake
🫶 Best Duo: Reagan Helmick & Layla Reisinger as Elphaba and Dorothy
🦖 Scariest: Alayna Sutherland & AJ Crosby as a brachiosaurus dinosaur

Way to go, Class of 2025—your creativity slayed! 💀✨

Happy Halloween 🎃 We had a very kooky, ooky, spooky parade this morning! Our little Cavaliers had so much fun showing off their costumes and Halloween spirit! 💙 More Halloween parade photos here 📸: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12OZrdWU3JqPa_bHm7XNAZBMOB4kMLoFp

We hope all of our spooky little Cavaliers are excited to Trick or Treat tonight! Please, be smart, safe, and stay warm! 💙👻
*We will update this post and make a new one if Trick or Treat is cancelled or postponed. As of right now, Trick or Treat is still on tonight for the City of Chillicothe!*

🌿🔎3rd graders as field scientists! 👩🏾‍🔬🌱🧑🏻‍🔬 For this Muddy Boots, students advanced their foundational field science skills acquired in their years at Chillicothe Primary, by applying field science processes through a comprehensive botany study.
🌼✍️📐This integrated learning experience combined life science, literacy, and real-world math applications, including perimeter, measurement, and data collection. Utilizing the citizen science app, Seek, students collaborated to identify and document native flora species. They then conducted a comparative study of the Goldenrod species, culminating in official field notes that elevated their scientific drawing skills.
🗒️🌱🙌 We are incredibly proud of our young field scientists! 💙🤍
#chillicothestem
#ExtraordinaryOpportunities

🥾 Muddy Boots 🥾
2nd grade muddy boots is a wrap! Some of these field scientists have been learning at Muddy Boots since their first days in preschool. Every year, twice a year. 💙
We believe in this real world application of classroom learning and the competencies it builds, like compassion, communication and critical thinking. 🤍
We are so grateful for the Ross County Park District for the space and expertise that has helped cultivate these amazing experiences for our students. 🌲
❓Discussion prompts for your 2nd grade field scientist:
- Tell me about the data you documented at Muddy Boots.
- What are differences between cyclical and linear changes? Give an example.
- Tell me about your classroom learning that connected to your experience at Buzzard’s Roost.
- What is your favorite part of being a field scientist? Is this something you would want to be when you grow up?
- Is all change good?
#placebasedlearning #communitypartners #learningisfun #ExtraordinaryOpportunities #fieldscience #chillicothestem

It's always so rewarding to see our alumni doing great things!

Chillicothe City School District is proud to congratulate CHS alumnus Benjamin Yandila for successfully completing the Leadership Launchpad Program through the OHIO Robert D. Walter Center for Strategic Leadership at Ohio University!

Benjamin has shown outstanding commitment, reflection, and growth throughout this multi-workshop leadership journey—culminating in earning his Leadership Challenge Coin, a symbol of integrity, teamwork, and purpose-driven leadership.

The Leadership Launchpad helps Ohio University students explore who they are as leaders, understand how they influence others, and build the foundational skills needed to lead with purpose—on campus, in their careers, and beyond.

Once a Cavalier, Always a Cavalier!

Learn more about the Leadership Launchpad Program here:
🔗https://www.ohio.edu/business/about/centers-institutes/walter-strategic-leadership/leadership-launchpad

Mrs. Stepp’s 8th grade science class used stream tables to observe the effects of erosion and deposition. Students watched as their “streams” carried sediment to a new location, creating a delta at the end of their catch basins. This was a great hands on lab to teach students about water erosion!

Last night, we recognized our Chillicothe Middle School staff for their consistent hard work and dedication, and celebrated their exemplary State Report Card results! We just want to say again how proud we are of these staff members!

With a 3rd Place finish in the Regional Cross Country Meet the Boys XC Team has qualified for the 2025 State Cross Country Championship.
They will run at 2:20PM Saturday, November 1st at The Fortress, Obetz.

Why do some CCSD students attend school outside of the district?

Discover the answer here!

To visit our Levy FAQ Page: https://www.ccsd.us/o/ccs/page/levy-faq
To read previous questions of the week: https://www.ccsd.us/article/2442099

Our monthly Board Meeting is this evening at 5:00PM!

Let's cheer on our Cavaliers as they take on the Jackson Ironmen TONIGHT in the FAC Championship game! The game will be hosted at Jackson, with kickoff at 7:00PM!

Congratulations to the Chillicothe Intermediate School students whose artwork was selected for the Fire Safety Poster Contest!

Addie Seigneur, Emberlynne Runge, Sadie Roark, Hope Ragland, Brandy Chen, Aniyah Jones, Olivia Tackett, Ayden Withrow, Makailee Massie, Gianna Tedesco& Athena Adams
By placing in the top three for their grade levels, these talented artists have earned the exciting opportunity to ride on a fire truck in the Halloween parade.

Way to go, artists!