March is Youth Art Month! Look at our talented artists....thank you to Ms. Overstreet for helping our students create these masterpieces! #WeAreCuCPS
Way to go CuCPS Robotics Team! Update from Coach Giles...Cumberland's FIRST Robotics Competition team #6194, the Aftershocks, finished second this weekend at Blacksburg High School's regional qualifier. After 67 qualification matches, the Aftershocks teamed up with TORCH, from Collegiate School in Richmond, and "That One Team," from Belmont, Michigan, to make up the #3 seed alliance for elimination matches. The #3 seed cruised through the first three rounds of the semi-finals, securing the high score for the entire weekend and a place in the finals. The semi-finals are a double elimination bracket and the #3 seed was able to send the #1 seed to the bottom bracket.
The #1 seed (The Blair Robot Project from Silver Spring, Maryland; KoiBots from Arlington, Virginia; and LYNK from Forest City, North Carolina) fought their way back through the bottom bracket to meet #3 in the finals, a best of 3 matchup. The Aftershocks/TORCH/That One Team alliance experienced mechanical issues in back to back losses to the Blair/KoiBot/LYNK alliance and finished second for the weekend. All students earned medals for being finalists, and the Aftershocks received a trophy and a plaque.
I want to give special shout-outs to the team members who participated this weekend:
Robot Driver and Team Captain, Dominique Holman
Safety Captain, Victor Cruz-Araujo
Robot Manager/Transporter, Brooke DeVore
Lead Robot Technician, Noah Eroh
Apprentice Robot Technicians, Jaiden Ashby and Dominick Childress
Team Scouter, Julia Roberts
and the team is coached by Jack Giles and Evan Jones, with assistance from Margaret Dawson #WeAreCuCPS
Good afternoon. We will need to run a late afternoon bus for Bus #39 today, March 4. The bus will leave campus at 4:15 p.m.
Update from Mr. Cosley--"
"Both our Concert Band and Wind Ensemble delivered incredible performances on Friday at State Concert Assessment- earning them both the highest VBODA rating the state bestows: Superior!" Way to go Dukes! #WeAreCuCPS
Good Morning, CuCPS! Welcome to a new week. Springtime is definitely in the air. So..take a moment and checkout our field trips, shoutouts, assemblies, community support, learning, appreciation days, cooking talents and so much more. Just click https://wakelet.com/wake/53xnfbG0OYpduWYAh3BKA to see how awesome the Dukes are each and every day!
The Dukes are hitting the road to kick off the spring sports season! Go Dukes...#WeAreCuCPS
Carson is on a roll. He made a goal to earn the most Positive Duke Shoutouts early in the year & he’s not stopping! Before I could make 1 call home, he’d earned 4 from 3 different teachers! Way to be a role model, Carson! #GoodNewsCallOfTheDay #ccesdukes #WeAreCUCPS #25Positives
Lucas earned a Positive Duke Shoutout for being Determined and Engaged. His teacher says he’s not only worked hard on his skills in math & Va Studies, but he’s also been sharpening his leadership skills in class! Woohoo!! #ccesdukes #WeAreCUCPS #GoodNewsCallOfTheDay #25Positives
Rebekah earned a Positive Duke Shoutout for being Determined and Engaged. Her teacher says she’s been working hard in reading and has grown 3 levels! Way to go! #ccesdukes #WeAreCUCPS
Kennedi earned a Positive Duke Shoutout for being Kind and Safe. She noticed a teacher with an injury and jumped in to roll her book bag to the classroom. She even wished her well! #ccesdukes #WeAreCUCPS #25Positives #GoodNewsCallOfTheDay
Landon earned a Positive Duke Shoutout for being Determined and Engaged. His teacher says his hard work and determination to use his all of his reading strategies was evident during his last test and she’s super proud of him. #ccesdukes #WeAreCUCPS
We hope you have a great weekend! These CCES team members all had the purple frogs on leap day! We will see you on Monday....#WeAreCuCPS
CHS Nurse Aide students participated in Healthcare Day sponsored by SVCC in Chase City. They were able to experience learning in simulation labs guided by current RN students and their instructors! Dukes on the move...#WeAreCuCPS
Today is National Employee Appreciation Day! Thank you all to all our team members for all they do each and everyday to make #DukePride shine. Go Dukes...#WeAreCuCPS
There is still time to register for the CuCPS Foundation 5K! We are about one week away from the event...#WeAreCuCPS
CMS is hosting an art contest that is open to all CMS students! They look forward to seeing some fantastic entries 😊 #WeAreCuCPS
Good evening friends and families of Cumberland County Schools. This is a reminder that signups for the free tax filing session with the IRS are due tomorrow, Friday, March 1. Signing up early ensures placement in the session. If you need another form, please contact your school's office. Go Dukes!
Update from FFA...Go Dukes! Cumberland HS Duke Nation please help me in congratulating our CHS FFA livestock judging teams. This year we had four teams, 3 senior and 1 Jr team attend the Block and Bridle Club Livestock and Stockman's Contest at Virginia Tech. This year record attendees were present with over 415 teams and 1,200 individuals representing 4-H and FFA from every corner of the state of Virginia. Our CHS Dukes teams finished with respectful team placings of 17th, 24th, 25th, and 43rd out of over 400 teams. Our top three livestock judges were Walker Hearn (416 points), William Fleenor (401 points), and Madilyn Adkins (400 points); a perfect score is 500 points. Our JR Team was 8th overall in the swine category as a team. Mr. Hearn, the top scorer on our team, was competing for the first time and ended up placing 33rd overall individually with only 50 points between him and the 1st place high individual. All together over half of our team members were competing for the first time and I am very proud of each one of these young men and women. looking forward to watching them as they grow more confident, more sure of their abilities, more hungry, and more competitive. If you see any of our livestock team members please congratulate them on their hard work and helping Ag continue to grow in Cumberland County.
Name Total Score out of 500 Rank Individually
Walker Hearn - 416 33
William Fleenor 401 61
Savannah Skeens 303 178
Senior Team Total 1120 Rank 24
Tripp Martin (JR) 372 33
William Long (jr) 340 68
Shawn Price (jr) 329 79
Junior Team Total 1041 Rank 17
Madilyn Adkins 400 62
John Bowman 361 110
Brent Seigel 357 118
Team A Total Score 1118 Rank25
Kaylee Cook 377 89
Cody Dunivan 331 156
Brock Sullivan 302 171
Team C Total Score 1025 Rank 43
Got Beef? Well...the CHS Lady Dukes Softball Team wants you to take a chance or chances....Our Dukes are on the "MOOve!" #WeAreCuCPS
Look at this creative pool float. If you want to know how to make one, just ask Ms. Saxtan's class #WeAreCuCPS
