Chillicothe City Schools -

It's officially Winter Break! We hope everyone is able to relax, enjoy time with family and friends, and get ready to head into the new year. We'll see you January 7th, 2026!

🧑🏽‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳These lil chefs explored how to use AI to be healthier. Using a limited budget (figured w/ United for ALICE guidelines), students prompted AI to help design a recipe including ingredients chosen using “eating the rainbow” criteria🌈 & a taste test session, of course.👩🏽‍🍳🧑🏼‍🍳

Grateful for the expertise of local caterer/chef/business owner, Maria Cunningham! 💙

Two of our incredible staff members, both Ohio University alumni, Chelsea Herbert and Lindsay Burns, were featured in a great article by Ohio University, commending their work here, at CCSD!

"Gifted Intervention Specialists Chelsea Herbert and Lindsay Burns, both OHIO alumni, lead the Excite Lab, short for Exceptional Creativity and Individual Talent Enrichment, located at Chillicothe Intermediate School. The lab serves more than 300 gifted students across the district, offering experiences that go beyond traditional classroom instruction.
Both educators find the greatest reward in building long-term relationships with the students they teach."

Read the full article at: https://www.ohio.edu/news/2025/12/ohio-university-alumni-bring-innovation-gifted-education-chillicothe?fbclid=IwY2xjawOybBBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFUNXVOWnUzdXFNQjAxR0l4c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHj1Eqt5MccgrvV7Zyrlxp2oUPRPxaxSN8JF4iH5E7-qU_cEAn0kl5uh35pE7_aem_rQSGZqC9Cn4sTU09sZce1A

There will be many opportunities to get out and support our Cavaliers this weekend! Let’s cheer on our student-athletes and show some spirit!

Our elves at Chillicothe STEM Preschool, Chilly and Frosty, have been out and about this week! They seem ready for warmer weather today, hanging out in the pool with their floaties! 🙂🎄🙂

🎄✨ Over the past few weeks, the Keys to Success Ambassadors have been busy spreading holiday cheer by helping Fill A Cruise collect toy donations for children in Ross County. Their hearts for service truly shine this season! 🤍 A huge thank you to Rural King and Dollar General for allowing us to collect donations at your stores—your support made this possible! Today was especially magical as Santa himself stopped by Chillicothe STEM Preschool alongside Keys to Success Ambassadors from Chillicothe High School. 🎅❤️ They visited each classroom, passed out the donated toys, helped with crafts, and filled the school with smiles, laughter, and holiday cheer. 🎨🎁 A special thank you to Santa Nick and our amazing K2S Ambassadors for making today extra special for our littlest Cavs. We are so proud of our Ambassadors for giving back and making a difference in our community! 💙🎄

The Adena Mobile Health Clinic will be stationed outside of Chillicothe High School on January 19th, 2026!

❄️ Snow Much Fun! ❄️

The Future Cavs cheerleaders had a blast matching their teachers and Principals with “Cavs” Santa hats and shirts! Thank you to all the girls and staff that joined us in spreading Cavs Christmas Cheer!!

Happy Holidays to all!❄️

💻Computer Science Week=BIG fun at CPS! 🤖
Our lil Computer Scientists programmed robots, rocked block coding, got hands on with vocabulary through unplugged activities, explored computer, science leaders, studied aeronautics, printing 3D designs, engineering sessions, podcasting and more! We have so much fun learning! 🙌

Chillicothe City School District will be closed on Tuesday, December 16th!

ATTENTION: All last minute Cavalier Christmas shoppers…… Our Huddle Apparel EXCLUSIVE Cavalier gear will be available in time for Christmas, if you place your order by midnight on December 16th. Also, via email to Huddle Apparel, we will arrange school drop off, or pick up if school ends beforehand. A proceed of all of these sales come directly back to the school, and we greatly appreciate your support. Happy shopping! https://huddle-apparel.com/product-category/chillicothe/

There will be no school on Monday, December 15th!

The Chillicothe High School Choir Cookie Walk, and the CHS/CMS Holiday Choir Concert were a huge success! We had a great event full of sweet treats and lovely music! 🍪🎶 The 2025 Cookie Walk Category Winners were…..🥁 🪅A Fortnite Christmas - Best Overall, Best Dessert 💖Christmas In Oz - Best Costumes 💋Mean Girls - Most Original Everyone did a splendid job!

The Chillicothe Middle School and High School Holiday Choir Concert and Cookie Walk is still on for tonight, December 11th! The CMS Choirs begin at 5:00PM!

You may have received a text update saying tonight's event is cancelled. This is an update for Unioto's choir concert, also this evening. We are working on remedying the issue, so our all-text announcements do not get mixed up! Thank you for your patience, and be sure to come out and support our singers this evening!

🩺🎄Mrs. Dawn Wilson celebrated her 10th cohort of the Academy in Medicine (AIM) Program at the annual AIM Holiday Party! AIM is a collaboration between Chillicothe High School and Adena Regional Medical Center! Students include: Sam Byrd, Isaac Crawford, Jake Suwannasing, Thomas Fitton, Triton Alderman, and Darlene Maravilla! 🎄🩺

Credit: Cavs Media

ALL-OHIO 🏅

Congratulations to our Cavaliers who were selected to the OPSMA All-Ohio team!

1st Team:
- Cartae Ligon ‘28 RB

Honorable Mention
- Conner Rutherford ‘27 OL
- Nate Scissum ‘26 DL
- Truitt McGlone ‘26 LB

This weekend, the Keys 2 Success Ambassadors attended a 3-day Leadership Conference at Kalahari Resort, where they put in an incredible amount of work as they developed a project they hoped to bring to their peers. Throughout the conference, they moved through workshops that challenged them to think in new ways, learned about the PRIME model, explored data points that guide real decision-making, gained leadership skills, and practiced creating meaningful content to support them as they prepared to write a grant to bring their idea to life.

It was inspiring to watch these students push themselves. They stepped out of their comfort zones, asked questions, shared ideas, and leaned on one another throughout the process. They also built new friendships, strengthened existing ones, and encouraged each other with kindness and maturity. Seeing their excitement grow as they realized what they were capable of was the highlight of the weekend. We are so proud of this group—their hard work, their heart, and the leadership they've brought back to our school. 💛✨

Thursday, December 11th, our Chillicothe Cavaliers wrestling ladies and gentlemen will be in action at home. Our Cavalier middle school and high school wrestlers will go head-to-head with the Washington Courthouse Blue Lion wrestlers. Start time is 6:00 p.m.

Go Cavs 🤼💙🤼‍♀️