Cumberland Middle School

🍂🎃 Cumberland County Public Schools invites you to our Annual Fall Festival on Thursday, October 30th, from 5:00–7:00 p.m. at the Cumberland Elementary School bus loop! 🍁✨

Bring the family for a fun-filled evening of games, treats, and community spirit. 🎶🍭 Don’t miss this chance to celebrate the season together. We can’t wait to see you there! 🌟

New safety protocols will occur at events taking place at Cumberland County Public Schools. The document attached outlines the safety measures.

CMS Homecoming Spirit Week 2025 – September 29 to October 3

Get ready to celebrate our Duke pride with a full week of fun!

Monday: Decade Dress – Represent your favorite decade with style.

Tuesday: Tie-Dye Tuesday – Fill the school with color in your brightest tie-dye outfits.

Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday – Mix, match, and show off your silliest look.

Thursday: Teacher–Student Swap – Students dress as teachers, teachers as students!

Friday: Blue & Gold Day – Wear Duke colors from head to toe.

All outfits must follow the school dress code. Let’s show our school spirit and make this Homecoming week unforgettable!

Kids Bowl Free Summer Program! https://www.kidsbowlfree.com/

CuCPS will host the Hampden Sydney College Basketball Camps July 28-31st. See the flyer for more information and to register.

Good evening Cumberland Middle School 8th Grade Families! The following is a message from Cumberland High School: We’re excited to invite you to our Rising 9th Grade Family Night! Transitioning to high school is a big step, and we’re here to help make it a little easier. Join us for an evening of class selection, helpful information, and answers to all your questions. Where: The CMS/CHS Cafetorium When: Thursday, April 24th at 6:000-7:00 PM We can’t wait to see you there and support your family through this exciting journey!

Join us on Tuesday, April 29th @ 7 PM for an evening of wonderful music, brought to you by our talented Cumberland Middle/High School Band and Choir students. You will hear performances from our Jazz Ensemble, Beginning Band, Concert Band, Choir, our Combined Wind Ensemble, and we are excited to introduce our brand new Duke Percussion Ensemble. We hope to see you there!

The CMS/CHS Scholastic Book Fair is still going strong and will run through Friday, April 18th. It’s a great opportunity to pick up a new favorite read from beloved authors. If you can’t make it in person, you can still shop online! All orders ship directly to your home, and shipping is free on book orders over $25. Every purchase—whether in-person or online—helps support our school community. Visit our Book Fair homepage (linked on our school website) to learn more, set up an eWallet, and start shopping.

All CMS students and their families are invited to join us for our final Family Engagement Event of the school year this Thursday, April 17th, from 4:00–6:00 PM. Our amazing fifth-grade team will be hosting a fun-filled SOL Eggstravaganza! Bring your student(s) out for an afternoon of games, prizes, and sweet treats.

Good afternoon CMS Families, We hope you all had a wonderful spring break, and we are excited to welcome back students tomorrow! We have a lot of exciting dates coming up this week. Wednesday, April 9th is “Purple-Up Day”, where we will wear Purple to recognize and celebrate military children and their resilience. Any student with a parent or guardian who is an active or former member of one of the U.S. military branches, is encouraged to stop by the main office to let us know. Also, we have two home Baseball and Softball games this week. Games are on Wednesday the 9th and Thursday the 10th. Both games start at 4:30 and are held at the Cumberland Rec fields. Lastly, the NJHS is sponsoring a 7th and 8th grade dance the evening of Friday, April 11th. The cost is $5 to attend. Signed parent permission slips and money are due no later than Thursday the 10th, and can be turned into either Ms. Wiesner or Ms. Ames. We look forward to a great week. Go Dukes!

Good evening, Elective registration forms for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year were sent home with students today, Thursday, March 27th. Please review and complete these with your child. Completed forms are due no later than April 10th. Forms should be returned to our School Counselor, Ms. Sacra, in the main office. Thank you.

Good evening CMS Families, The 6th grade team will be sponsoring a "Valentine's Day...Observed" family engagement event tomorrow, Tuesday, February 18th from 4 - 6 in the cafetorium. This is to make up for all those who missed out on Valentine’s day due to the storms and power-outages. We will have crafts and light snacks. All middle school students and families are invited. Also, please remember to return any of your completed Remote School Day work. Go Dukes!

Our Cumberland County app keeps getting better and better! Parents/guardians who have already created a Rooms account can now access new app features like chat and class streams via web and in the app. Download for Android http://bit.ly/2UYzX1n Download for iPhone https://apple.co/2PEYeDN

Say “hello” to two-way messaging and classroom announcements in the Cumberland County app! With the addition of Rooms, our district app keeps getting better. Parents/guardians check your text messages or email with instructions to sign up and access new features.

Say “hello” to two-way messaging in the Cumberland County app! The same district app now offers class streams, class announcements, and parent-teacher chat. Look for your personalized invitation to begin using this feature in our app tomorrow! Download for Android http://bit.ly/2UYzX1n Download for iPhone https://apple.co/2PEYeDN

Good evening CMS Families, CMS & CHS 21st Century will be hosting part two of our winter break activities for students and parents. Please join us on Tuesday, December 31st from 9:00am-12:00pm, as we welcome 2025 with some New Year's Eve style activities. The library will also be open for your Duke to check out library books if they wish. We hope to see you there!

CMS/CHS Band and Choir students are excited to present our 2024 Winter Concert! We hope to see all who are able in the Cafetorium on Tuesday, Dec. 10th at 7 PM. Join us for some music that will surely get you in the Holiday/Winter spirit. You will hear from our: Jazz Ensemble, CMS Beginning Band, CHS Beginning Band, CMS Concert Band, Choir, and the Wind Ensemble. Also... a history-making grand finale you won't want to miss!! We hope to see you there!

Good evening CMS Families, We hope you all had a restful and joy filled Thanksgiving. 21st Century after-school tutoring starts back up tomorrow, Monday December 2nd, for all students enrolled in the program. We have home basketball games on Monday, December 2nd, and Tuesday, December 3rd, of this week. Games start at 5:30pm. A calendar with CMS’ 15 Days of Holiday Cheer went home with students before break. We will have a different spirit day each day of the month to celebrate the holiday season. Tomorrow will kick it off with “dress as your favorite holiday.” We look forward to welcoming students back and having a great week. Go Dukes!