Students in Mrs. Miner’s ELA class working on retelling a story from a different character’s perspective including the character’s thoughts, feels about certain events, and impressions of different characters. Then they are to self-evaluate their writing according to certain criteria and provide their reasoning for the score.


We love it when our Cougs support each other at games!!


Mr. Wurst playing with his students as they are learning new music and how to play together with others in their section.
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Do you enjoy working with and making a difference in the lives of middle school athletes? If yes, you should come join our coaching team at CMS:
Boys Basketball Assistant Coach
Girls Basketball Head & Assistant Coaches
Wrestling Coach
Please apply online at https://www.kelso.wednet.edu/page/job-openings
In remembrance of the lives lost too soon-we will never forget. #CMSCougs

Awesome first day & College Wear Wednesday!!
#CMSFamily #CMSCougs #WeAreKelso #AVID

Thank you to our Leadership students for helping our 6th grade students by handing schedules and find their classes!!

We are so excited to welcome our 6th grade students tomorrow!!

We are excited that volleyball tryouts and cross country practice started today. We appreciate all of the hard work and extra hours all of our coaches put into developing our athletes and programs.
Our volleyball coaching staff from left to right: Coach Teeters, Coach Wishard, and Coach Saccio.
Huntington and Coweeman combine to offer cross country. Our coaches from left to right: Coach Roffler & Coach Olason. (Coach Anderson not pictured).


Our amazing music educators from across the district coming together to plan. Their dedication to helping our students fall in love with music is inspirational.
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Part 2 of our Collective Resumes.




Part 1: This afternoon we had the opportunity to work in groups to create Collective Resumes. We learned that we are bringing 452.5 years of experience, share many strengths, our whys are about helping our students succeed/feel successful/feel valued, and we are ALL about Opening Doors for our students, families, and each other. We are so excited for this year!
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Our teachers working together through the Compass Point Activity to determine their individual and then department strengths and limitations. Thank you Mr. D’Aboy for leading us through this activity.




Thank you Mrs. Teeters, Mr. Wurst, Mr. Prothero, and Mr. D’Aboy for leading professional development sessions for your peers during the opening activities for our district yesterday.
After hearing an incredible message from Jonathan Grant Brown, administration had the opportunity to work with him regarding strategies around building strong relationships and culture in our schools. Mr. Birdsell was his partner during one of the activities.
#CMSCougs #CMSFamily #CMSBelieves #KelsoStrong #WeAreKelso


Our Social Emotional Learning Tier 1 team hard at work to help plan for our students have the best year.
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Need to Update Your Child's Health Plan or Medication?
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We need verification of the Tdap booster for all incoming 7th grade students by September 1st.
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We are excited to see our Leadership students return from camp. They had so much fun and are already peppering Mr. Birdsell and Mrs. Muller with new ideas. This year is going to be AWESOME!
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We are excited to welcome our two new paraeducators, Mrs. Neves (left) and Mrs. Weyl (center), and our new counseling clerk, Mrs. Walter (right) to the Coug Family!

Football starts on Monday--meet your coaches at CMS at 3 pm.
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