Civic Memorial High School

🏈👑 Homecoming Updates! 👑🏈
✨HOMECOMING VOTING: HOCO voting will take place during the first 10 minutes of the second period today.
✨ Homecoming Committee → Meeting Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 2:05 in Room 220. Seniors interested in planning the dance & ceremony are welcome! 🎉
Study Hall:
Please remember that we have a study hall today after the 3rd period. Students must complete the SAEBRS during this time. At 9:45 am, please send the Freshmen to the CMHS Commons for Freshmen Elections.

Student Council Meeting
Interested in joining the Student Council? Our first meeting is this Thursday in Room 215 after school.

📘 Yearbook Info
Forgot to order a 2025 yearbook? We have a limited supply of extras! 🎉
💲 $60 cash or check → Bring to Mrs. Sutton (Room 204).
⚠️ First-come, first-served → Once they’re gone, they’re gone!
🥪 Grab-N-Go Lunch 🥪
Fill out the survey sent to your email by 8:00 AM on Wednesday to reserve a Wednesday lunch.

⚖️ HOCO Eligibility & Discipline ⚖️
All outstanding consequences must be served by Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.
✅ 5 or fewer unexcused absences
✅ No more than 1 failing class
🚫 Students who fight or use illegal substances = Rule of 365 → no extracurriculars, Driver’s Ed, or parking for 1 year.

📚 Academic Warning
Starting after Labor Day →
👉 Freshmen & Sophomores failing 1+ core class OR 2+ non-core classes = assigned to Eagle Lunch Study.

📧 Grade Alerts
Parents/Guardians will begin receiving weekly grade alerts after Labor Day. Stay on top of assignments, Eagles!

🚗 Parking Passes 🚗
Starting Tuesday, Sept. 2 → Students must park in their assigned purchased spot.
All Grades → Thurs, Aug 28 (Before & After School)

📱 Phones & Earbuds Reminder 📱
Keep phones & earbuds put away during class. Stay focused, Eagles!
🔍 Where’s Waldo? 🔍

Where's Waldo
Congrats to Brock for being our 3rd winner! He found Mr. Gruen → His 1st hour class wins donuts, and his teacher Mr. Kalker gets a gift card!

🎶 Fight Song Friday 🎶
This week, we’re featuring the Cross Country Team! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️
Let’s cheer them on & keep the Eagle Spirit alive! 💜💛🦅

🏈👑 Homecoming Updates! 👑🏈
With HOCO voting right around the corner, just a reminder: campaigning for court through posters, social media, or other outlets is not allowed.

✨ Seniors → Please check the list outside Room 220 (Mrs. Wallace’s room) by tomorrow at 2:45 to confirm that your name is correct. This list will be used for the Homecoming ballot.

✨ Freshmen, Sophomores, and Junior Girls → Please also check the list outside Room 220 (Mrs. Wallace’s room) by tomorrow at 2:45 to make sure your name is correct for the Homecoming ballot.

✨ There will be a Homecoming Committee meeting on Tuesday, September 2 at 2:05 in Mrs. Wallace’s room (220). Any Senior interested in helping plan the dance and ceremony is welcome to join! 🎉

🍕 Casey’s Pizza on Wednesday’s PLC Day 🍕
FBLA will be selling Casey’s Breakfast Pizza every Wednesday morning before school in the Commons! Cost is just $3 for one or $4 for two—don’t miss out on this delicious Eagle tradition!

🥪 Grab-N-Go Lunch 🥪
Students who want a Wednesday lunch must complete the survey sent to their email by 8:00 AM on Wednesday.

⚖️ Outstanding Discipline & HOCO Info ⚖️
All outstanding consequences must be served by Friday, October 3, 2025.
To attend HOCO, you must also:
✅ Have 5 or fewer unexcused absences
✅ Have no more than one failing class
🚫 Students who fight or use illegal substances will not be allowed to attend extracurriculars, Drivers Ed, or park on campus for 365 days (Rule of 365).

📚 Academic Warning 📚
Starting after Labor Day → Freshmen & Sophomores who are failing 1 core class or 2+ non-core classes will be assigned to Eagle Lunch Study to get back on track.

📧 Grade Alerts 📧
Also after Labor Day → Parents/Guardians will begin receiving weekly grade alerts. Stay on top of those assignments, Eagles!

🚗 Parking Passes 🚗
Beginning Tuesday, September 2, students must park in their assigned purchased spot.

• Parking apps must be filled out before choosing a spot.

• All previous school fees must be paid.

• Do not bring this year’s payment until it’s posted in MySchoolBucks.

🗓️ Parking Spot Pick-Up Dates:

• Seniors → Monday, Aug 25 (Before & After School)

• Juniors & Seniors → Tuesday, Aug 26 (Before & After School)

• Juniors & Seniors → Wednesday, Aug 27 (Before & After School)

• All Grades → Thursday, Aug 28 (Before & After School)

🎲 Strategy Club 🎲
Love Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, or board games? Then the Strategy Club is for you! First meeting is Monday, August 25th, after school in Room 203 (Mr. C’s English Hallway).

📱 Phones & Earbuds Reminder 📱
Keep phones and earbuds put away during class. Stay focused, Eagles!

🔍 Where’s Waldo? 🔍
This week’s feature teacher is Mr. Gruen! Find him → Your 1st hour class wins donuts 🍩 and your teacher scores a 🎁 gift card!

🎶 Fight Song Friday 🎶
This week, we’re featuring the Cross Country team! Let’s cheer them on and keep the Eagle spirit alive! 💜💛🦅

CMHS Friends,

Our first spirit day of the year was a huge success at Civic! 💜💛 We loved seeing the hallways filled with purple and gold, and the excitement carried right into the Purple and Gold Games. Thank you to everyone who showed up and showed out—our Eagle pride is strong!

The spirit continues this week with our first assembly of the year, where we’ll celebrate together as a school community. Parents, don’t forget—during the assembly, we’ll also be announcing our 2025 Homecoming Court! 🦅✨

Hard Work - Pays Off, Mr. Newell

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We invite you to attend the CMHS Open House/Meet the Teacher Night on Thursday, August 21, 2025.

This event will occur in the CMHS Commons from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm. On this night, you will have the opportunity to meet your child's teachers.

At 5:45 p.m. in the auditorium, CMHS counselors will present to the parents or guardians of 11th and 12th-grade students on how they can support their students as they prepare for post-secondary readiness. 

Subject: Exciting Scholarship Opportunities for CMHS Students!

Dear Families,

We are excited to share an incredible opportunity for our students at Civic Memorial High School! Once again, we are partnering with VU Scholarships, a program designed to connect students’ academic accomplishments with real scholarship opportunities from colleges, universities, and post-secondary institutions across the country.

The VU Scholarships Program helps students discover scholarships they may qualify for—sometimes from schools they had never even considered! From there, it’s up to each student to decide if they’d like to take the next step and apply to a partner institution.

Here’s how it works:
With your consent, CMHS will securely provide student data (such as GPA and ACT scores) to VU Scholarships.
Students will then receive a personalized letter explaining how the program works.
Each letter contains a unique QR code that links directly to the scholarships and schools matched to your student’s academic profile.
You and your student can explore these opportunities together and discuss which options may be the best fit.

Why this matters:
VU Scholarships gives students access to opportunities that may not have been on their radar.
It empowers students to make informed decisions about their future after high school.
It provides a head start in navigating scholarships, admissions, and financial aid.

Please note: these are not direct scholarship awards. Students will still need to meet deadlines and requirements for each institution—but this program makes it much easier to know what’s possible.

We are thrilled for our Eagles to explore what’s out there and take the next step toward building their future! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. To learn more, visit the VU Scholarships parent page at www.vuscholarships.com/parent.

Let’s get excited about the doors this partnership will open for our students!

Hard Work - Pays Off,

Mr. Newell Newell

CLICK HERE TO OPT-IN VU SCHOLARSHIPS

Strategy Club 

Do you like Dungeons & Dragons, Magic The Gathering, Pokémon, or board games of all kinds? Then come be a part of Strategy Club! Our first meeting will be on Monday, August 25th after school in Mr. C’s Room – Room 203 in the English Hallway.

Purple and Gold Friday

Don’t forget that we have our first purple and gold day this Friday. The first hour that is the most spirited wins donuts for breakfast! 

Media Club and The Eaglet:

Media Club and the Eaglet will have our first meeting this Wednesday at 2:05 in Mr. Kalker's room 237.   Anyone interested in video, radio, and media production!  

Do you like tcamera's microphones and editing equipment? 

Want to make content for the district social media pages? Come to our meeting this Wednesday in Kalker's room.

Debate Club:

The Debate Club will have its first meeting this Friday, right after school, in Mr. Kalker's Room 237. 

Do you like to argue, but don't like losing? 

Want to improve those argumentation skills! 

Come to the Debate Club this Friday after school! 

FBLA 

There will be ​​an informational meeting for FBLA this Wednesday at 2:05 in room 216.

Phones and Earbuds:

Please remember to keep phones and earbuds put away.

Class Officers:

Any freshmen interested in running for class officer can pick up an application on the bulletin board outside room 215.  Applications are due Friday, 8/22. If you have any questions, see Mrs. Hawkins in room 215.

Club Fair 

Student Council is hosting a club fair on Friday, 8/22, during lunch hours in the auxiliary gym hallway.  If you are looking for a new activity, want to get involved in high school, and would like to meet new people, then joining a club is a great choice! Stop by during lunch and learn about the many exciting clubs offered.

Hoco T-Shirts 

Have an idea for your HOCO class color day t-shirt?  Ideas are being accepted this week.  Email your ideas to your class officers.  Freshmen email ideas to Mrs. Hawkins @ jhawkins@bethalto.org.

🎶 Fight Song Fun!

Fight Song Friday this week is the football team! 💜💛🦅

What an incredible start to the school year! The halls of Civic Memorial are alive with energy, laughter, and the buzz of learning. It’s truly inspiring to see our students engaged in their classes and reconnecting with friends and teachers.

We’d like to give a big shout-out to our Eagles—they’ve made this first week a success! Please take a moment at home to let your student know how proud you are of the way they’ve started the year.

One of our focus areas this year goes beyond academics—we’re helping students strengthen life skills that will serve them well in school, at home, and in their future careers. This includes simple but powerful habits like greeting others with a friendly “Good morning!” or “Good afternoon!” and practicing other respectful, everyday communication skills.

These small gestures make a big difference in creating a welcoming, connected school community—and we’re excited to see our students rise to the challenge.

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🎮 E-Sports Meeting – Friday!

Check your email 📧 for all the important dates! Don’t miss your chance to join the team and show off your skills! 🏆👾

🔍 Where’s Waldo?

Emeryson Olmstead was the winner of Where’s Waldo! As a result, Mrs. Wallace gets a gift card and her class gets donuts. Mrs. Wallace, please let me know when is best! 

This week’s feature teacher is Mr. Walters! If you find him, your 1st hour class wins 🍩 donuts, and your teacher gets a 🎁 gift card!

🎯 Bethalto Claybuster Trap Team

Interested? Contact SRO Shank to get started! 🎯🔫

🎨 Senior Parking Spot Chalk Night – Sunday, 5:00–8:00 PM!

Before you start:

1️⃣ Sign up for a spot online 🖥️

2️⃣ Pay any past fees 💵

3️⃣ Check in at the back of the Commons 🏫

Then… create your masterpiece! 🎨🖌️

Theater Fest

Anyone interested in the theater fest should go to the meeting on the 19th in the auditorium after school.

Students New To CMHS Today:

If you have a student on their first day, please send them to the commons now to retrieve their laptops from their lockers.

📸 Picture Day – Friday!

Today is picture day! Please do not wear green – the camera crew uses a green screen! 💚🚫

🎶 Fight Song Fun!

Today’s Fight Song Friday is with FreshMentors! 💜💛🦅

CMHS: School picture day is scheduled for Friday! Please avoid wearing green on this day because Jostens uses a green screen. #GoEagles

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🎮 E-Sports Meeting – Friday!

Check your email 📧 for all the important dates! Don’t miss your chance to join the team and show off your skills! 🏆👾

🔍 Where’s Waldo?

This week’s feature teacher is Mr. Walters! If you find him, your 1st hour class wins 🍩 donuts, and your teacher gets a 🎁 gift card!

✅ Turn in your answer to your 1st hour teacher

⏰ You must search on your own time!

🎯 Bethalto Claybuster Trap Team

Interested? Contact SRO Shank to get started! 🎯🔫

🎨 Senior Parking Spot Chalk Night – Sunday, 5:00–8:00 PM!

Before you start:

1️⃣ Sign up for a spot online 🖥️

2️⃣ Pay any past fees 💵

3️⃣ Check in at the back of the Commons 🏫

Then… create your masterpiece! 🎨🖌️

🎶 Fight Song Fun!

Our first fight song of the year will be led by the Freshmentors – watch and learn how it’s done! 💜💛🦅

📸 Picture Day – Friday!

Please do not wear green – the camera crew uses a green screen! 💚🚫