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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
The Gates Chili Central School District is now on Facebook and Twitter.
Fifteen members of the Gates Chili High School Class of 2019 are the first in school history to earn the NYS Seal of Biliteracy on their graduation diplomas.
Thirty-nine Gates Chili Middle School were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society on June 6.
Gates Chili High School students were honored for their artistic talents across various mediums during the annual art show and awards.
Volunteers can help during the Summer Meals Program by helping small children carry trays, opening their milk cartons, and even bringing books and reading to groups of children. The Summer Meals Program runs Monday through Friday from July 8 to Aug. 16. Breakfast is served from 7-10 a.m. Lunch is served from 10:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Volunteers can schedule the days of the week/mealtimes that work for them.
High school students were honored for their academic, athletic and community service achievements during the annual Gates Chili High School Awards Ceremony. For a full list of honorees, click the heading.
Students from Gates Chili High School, Middle School, Walt Disney Elementary School and Florence Brasser Elementary School entered a poetry contest for K-12 students sponsored by the Friends of the Gates Public Library.
Gates Chili Central School District voters approved the adopted 2019-20 budget and three propositions, in addition to filling four Board of Education seats.
Congratulations to the students who achieved high honor roll and honor roll for the third marking period at Gates Chili Middle School.
Fifth-grade student Christian Major recently had the spotlight on him after doing the right thing. The Walt Disney Elementary School student was highlighted during a Channel 10 broadcast for earning a Do the Right Thing Award.
The Spartan Eats Mobile Meals Bus is used as part of the USDA Summer Meals Program, but did you know it is also used as a mobile classroom?
The Gates Chili Central School District has been awarded the 2019 Magna Award for equity in education by the National School Boards Association (NSBA). The ARTS Partners program was identified as an exemplar for removing barriers to achievement for vulnerable or underserved children.
Nine teachers and staff members received tenure at the April 23 board meeting.
This year Gates Chili had two students participate, senior Alyssa Sumeriski and junior Anjan Maharjan.
The Gates Chili Board of Education has approved the calendar for the 2019-20 school year.
Two Gates Chili alumni were honored at the Rochester Press-Radio Club’s 70th Annual Day of Champions Dinner on April 3.
The Multicultural International Club (MIC) hosted Diversity Week at Gates Chili High School March 18-22.
Retired Federal Bankruptcy Judge John Ninfo spoke to Gates Chili Middle School students about the importance of financial wellness on March 7.
In the middle of building kindness mobiles, a science surprise happened in Jennifer Christensen’s fourth-grade classroom at Florence Brasser Elementary School.
