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 900 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
We invite you to learn more about the Child Safety Matters personal safety program at a virtual parent/guardian information meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at 6 p.m. Click above to register for the webinar.
From photography to travel or music to swim, there's something for everyone in the fall offerings from Gates Chili Continuing Education! Register for courses at gateschili.org/ContinuingEd.
The Gates Chili Board of Education has approved an increase in daily rates for instructional substitutes.
Congratulations to: 2022 inductees Mr. David Brugno (‘85), Ms. Gina Capellazzi (’02), Ms. Lori Hosmer (’88), Mr. Thomas Hudak (’79) and Ms. Shannon O'Mara (’89) and 2021 inductees Ms. Lisa LaTrovato (‘94), Mr. Mark Morningstar (‘75) and Mr. Steve Tucciarello (’84).
Learn more about how to become a mentor at an informational meeting on Monday, Sept. 19 at 4 p.m. at the GCMS Library.
Information on available crisis resources is now just a click away under the Quick Links section of the Gates Chili website.
For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Gates Chili Girls Track and Field team brought home a Section V Championship! Their score of 135 points was 56 points more than their second-place competition in the May 28 contest.
A startling revelation in a science class unit spurred Neil Armstrong Elementary School’s fifth-grade classes into action this month, and inspired them to get involved in improving the lives of students halfway around the world.
