Friday, October 2st, 2026
Monday the cafeteria will serve breakfast bake for breakfast and calzones for lunch.
We are running on the school improvement schedule today with classes being dismissed at 12pm. The pep assembly will begin at 11am. There will be NO 6th & 7th hour classes. Everyone will be dismissed by intercom during 5th period.
The Homecoming Parade will run from the old football field down Calumet St. and turn in the east entrance of the school. There will be a shuttle bus in the back parking lot to take parade participants to the old football field starting at 3pm. If you are participating in the parade, park in the back parking lot of the school and ride the shuttle bus to the beginning of the parade. Shuttle buses will stop running at 3:45pm.
The annual Homecoming Tailgate will begin immediately following the parade near the tennis courts. Your entry fee to the game will get you in the tailgate. You MUST have your student ID. NO younger siblings or non-CHS students are allowed in the tailgate. There will be food, games, and prizes.
If you are on the Academic Watch List you are NOT allowed in the tailgate, the game, or at Homecoming.
Saturday is the CHS Homecoming Dance in the Cafeteria from 7:00-10:00pm! All CHS students and guests must have an ID to enter the dance. Non-CHS guest will check in with their approved guest. No guest forms will be accepted on the night of the dance. You should have taken care of this during ticket sales last week.
Tickets at the door will be $20 for CHS students in good standing only! CHS students buying a ticket at the door must have their current student ID.
Doors will close at 8:00 p.m., and no entry will be allowed, regardless of whether a ticket has already been purchased.
Girls interested in basketball can come to open gyms in the Annex on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school until 4:30pm starting October 6th.
Food trucks are coming to CHS today! The Potato Plug, Taco Jo’s, & Wintea Express will be selling food beginning at 12pm in the back parking lot. You are responsible for the cost of your food. Tables & chairs will be set up.
The current Spirit week leader is the Junior class!
Homecoming game participants will be announced by your fourth-hour teacher.
At this time - Teachers: Please choose two best dressed CHS fans and send them to the cafeteria to be judged for the spirit contest!
Events:
Boys’ JV & Varsity Soccer at Altamont – 4pm
Boys’ Varsity Football here vs East Alton Wood River – Senior Night – 7pm
Saturdays Events:
Girls’ Cross Country at Peoria – 9am
Homecoming Dance – CHS Cafetorium – 7pm