Welcome to Gates Chili Middle School! We are proud of our school and invite you to travel "inside GCMS" to learn more about the quality of our instructional programs, staff commitment, and community partnership. Gates Chili Middle School enjoys a proud tradition of academic excellence. We are an innovative school with an educational program that is challenging, integrated, and standards-based. Our instruction and support is focused specifically on the needs and characteristics of young adolescents. The single mid-level building within the Gates Chili School District, GCMS enrolls 950 students in grades six through eight.
GCMS establishes smaller learning communities by dividing a large school into three separate, small communities (6 – 8). The communities are designated a specific hallway in which the students attend their core, academic classes. For exploratory classes, the students have an opportunity to travel to different parts of the building and mix with other students.
Each community has an administrator, faculty, and 6th - 8th-grade students and teachers, with a student assignment process that ensures equitable distribution of students by race/ethnicity, socio-economic status (SES), language, gender, prior educational achievement, and ability/disability. The grade levels within each community are effectively teamed, creating a small personalized learning environment in which interdisciplinary teams share the same students. The three communities are named: Amerks, Red Wings, and Rhinos. The Assistant Principals are:
Our staff is dedicated to the service of children and their families. Together we teach and inspire excellence for all learners.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lisa C. Buckshaw, Principal
Gates Chili eighth-, ninth- and 10th-graders are invited to attend the Career and Technical Education Expo to learn more about career paths.
Gates Chili Central School District has once again earned the HealthierUS School Challenge Award.
Reporting of scores of ELA and Mathematics for Grades 3-8 and Science for grades 4 and 8, are now available in the School Tool Parent Portal. These reports will no longer be printed and mailed home to all families.
Gates Chili is proud to add seven alumni into the Hall of Fame for 2019. These graduates demonstrate the district’s definition of success and achievement in their contributions within their schools, families, careers and communities.
Donna Smith is a science teacher by day and a rookie firefighter by night. See how she makes a difference inside and outside of the classroom.
Ahead of the grand opening for Spartan Stadium on Sept. 13, Gates Chili High School was featured as the first Friday Morning Lights segment of the season on 13WHAM-TV and Fox Rochester.
The Gates Chili Hall of Fame Committee is pleased to announce its inductees for this year’s Hall of Fame.
