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
Six Spartans made their mark this year as inductees into the WEMOCO chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS).
Residents who live in the Gates Chili Central School District are invited to file petitions to be a Board of Education candidate in the upcoming election on May 18. There are three seats up for election this year.
This group will represent various stakeholders in the school community and convene quarterly to build awareness, guide work of the focus areas of improvement and advance the district's mission, vision and goals around culturally-responsive education.
The first week of the registration system will only accept individuals living in specific zips with lower vaccination rates.
There have been several changes to our attendance and daily health screening procedures, and we realize that has led to several questions. We have compiled a list of frequently asked questions pertaining to new attendance procedures.
All eight of the common allergens and safety protocols for each were covered in a recent training for members of each building’s school nutrition staff.
Headlines include: Staying connected while apart; Creating a culture of kindness; Choir commissions “Colorful ” music and lyrics; and much more!
