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
Thank you again to all the families, staff and most of all, our graduates, who took part in this wonderful day. We are so proud to have been able to hold live ceremonies and provide a compilation video for our Class of 2020. OHANA!
Gates Chili CSD has created a brief survey to better understand the perspectives and level of concern our families have regarding the reopening of schools to students and staff this fall.
Gates Chili is pleased to be able to proceed with kindergarten screening for the 2020-21 school year. Guidance from health officials will be followed to ensure a safe and comfortable experience.
Congratulations to the Gates Chili High School Class of 2020 on a history-making year.
Congratulations to these seniors who have demonstrated a high level of proficiency in English plus at least one more world language.
Gates Chili Central School District voters approved the adopted 2020-21 budget and one proposition, in addition to filling three Board of Education seats.
Click the link above for details on summer reading from the public library system.
