One final meeting with our amazing inaugural 2024-25 CES Student Leadership Team!
These student leaders have been instrumental in keeping a student-centered focus at CES. Through their thoughtful ideas and leadership, they’ve helped create meaningful experiences that make our school an even better place to learn and grow.
Kindergarten~Bayler Koenig
1st Grade~Zeke Cady
2nd Grade~Terrell Johnson
3rd Grade~Griffon Cooper
4th Grade~Sophia Hawkins
5th Grade~Nella Beetsma
All CES students use the i-Ready assessment to measure growth in math and reading throughout the year. We are incredibly proud of the progress our Hornets have made!
Congratulations to the students pictured for demonstrating the greatest growth from fall to spring in their entire grade level—what an outstanding achievement!
What better way to spend your summer than with a visit to the Lilliana DesMarias Children’s Library!
Some special library friends stopped by to share exciting events happening this summer—including a foam party, art projects, snakes and spiders, puppets, and even a Chilli Bay Day!
To learn more, call the library at 660-646-0563.
🌟 Exciting news! The last day of the 2024-25 school year for Chillicothe R-II School District is Friday, May 16th! 🎉 We will have an early dismissal. Wishing all our students, staff, and families a fantastic summer ahead! ☀️ #ChillicotheR2 #SummerBreak
Wishing Mrs. Peterson the best retirement! Thank you for your service to our students!!
Chillicothe Elementary School: Partners in Education 2024–25 Chillicothe Elementary School is proud to partner with a variety of local businesses and organizations through our P.I.E. (Partners in Education) program during the 2024–25 school year. These partnerships help strengthen the bridge between school and community, providing students with enriched learning experiences, mentorship, and meaningful support throughout the year. From classroom visits and sponsorships to special events and volunteerism, our community partners play a vital role in helping our students grow. We are deeply grateful for the ongoing connection and partnership between our wonderful hometown and CES! Together, we’re building a brighter future.
Chillicothe Elementary School: Partners in Education 2024–25
Chillicothe Elementary School is proud to partner with a variety of local businesses and organizations through our P.I.E. (Partners in Education) program during the 2024–25 school year. These partnerships help strengthen the bridge between school and community, providing students with enriched learning experiences, mentorship, and meaningful support throughout the year. From classroom visits and sponsorships to special events and volunteerism, our community partners play a vital role in helping our students grow.
We are deeply grateful for the ongoing connection and partnership between our wonderful hometown and CES! Together, we’re building a brighter future.
Chillicothe Elementary School: Partners in Education 2024–25
Chillicothe Elementary School is proud to partner with a variety of local businesses and organizations through our P.I.E. (Partners in Education) program during the 2024–25 school year. These partnerships help strengthen the bridge between school and community, providing students with enriched learning experiences, mentorship, and meaningful support throughout the year. From classroom visits and sponsorships to special events and volunteerism, our community partners play a vital role in helping our students grow.
We are deeply grateful for the ongoing connection and partnership between our wonderful hometown and CES! Together, we’re building a brighter future.
Chillicothe Elementary School: Partners in Education 2024–25
Chillicothe Elementary School is proud to partner with a variety of local businesses and organizations through our P.I.E. (Partners in Education) program during the 2024–25 school year. These partnerships help strengthen the bridge between school and community, providing students with enriched learning experiences, mentorship, and meaningful support throughout the year. From classroom visits and sponsorships to special events and volunteerism, our community partners play a vital role in helping our students grow.
We are deeply grateful for the ongoing connection and partnership between our wonderful hometown and CES! Together, we’re building a brighter future.
What a PERFECT day for Track and Field Day for our Kindergarten through 3rd graders! Huge thanks to Coach Coult, Coach Dixon, and all of our amazing volunteers for making it such a fun and memorable event!
As we celebrated the Class of 2025 with our seniors walking through CES, we culminated the parade with the help of our kindergartners and a special time machine moment—reminding us just how quickly time truly flies. ❤️
We are so proud of our Hornet seniors and wish them all the best in their next chapter. Watching them walk the halls where it all begins reminds us how meaningful these early years are—and inspires us to cherish every step of the journey with our youngest learners.
https://youtu.be/TMXciBe40Rs
On this 5th day of Teacher Appreciation Week, we’re celebrating a special group—our staff members with graduating seniors!
It’s been a joy watching these students grow over the years into the incredible young adults they are today. What a proud moment for both our staff and their families!
Congratulations to all our graduates and the CES team who helped guide them along the way!
We loved welcoming our graduating Hornets to our elementary school!
Today’s senior parade through the hallways brought smiles, cheers, and a few happy tears as our youngest learners celebrated the Class of 2025.
Best of luck, graduates—we’re so proud of you! Once a Hornet, always a Hornet
Nothing says “I appreciate you” like a Sonic drink!
A huge thank-you to the Chillicothe Elks, especially Paula Way and Julie Harper, for delivering over 100 refreshing drinks to our teachers and staff.
Your thoughtful gesture made our day and reminded us just how supportive our community truly is!
Hard work pays off!
After giving their best effort on i-Ready and M.A.P. tests over the last couple of weeks, our K–5th grade students got to enjoy a well-deserved reward.
Today, the CES campus was full of smiles as students bounced their way through inflatable fun! And as an extra treat, our 3rd–5th grade M.A.P. testers cooled off with delicious snow cones. Thank you Chilli MO PTO for your help!
Work hard, play hard—it’s the Hornet way!
At CES, we’re more than just a school—we’re a family.
And on this 4th day of Teacher Appreciation Week, we’re celebrating that in a truly special way!
From sisters and sisters-in-law to mother/daughter, aunt/niece, cousins, and even mother/daughter-in-law pairs, CES is home to several amazing family duos who have the unique opportunity to teach and support students side by side. Their bond adds something extra special to our school community, and we’re so grateful for the love, commitment, and teamwork they bring to CES every day.
Family supporting family—while shaping the future together!
📢 Attention parents! 🌟 Registration for our Summer Journey program is wrapping up for K-9 students! 🚍 Bus routes are finalized, and letters will be sent out soon. GRTS Boot Camp for grades 5-9 is full. For details, visit: https://www.chillicotheschools.org/article/2200543
Every year, the Lillian DesMarias Youth Library graciously allows clerk Maggie Moore to spend a week with our CES and CMS gifted students in an experience we call Spanish Immersion Days.
Throughout the year, these students participate in weekly Spanish lessons with Mrs. Chambers as an added challenge to their curriculum. The learning culminates in an end-of-year immersion day with visiting teacher Señora Moore. The goal isn’t necessarily fluency, but rather to encourage students to step outside their comfort zones, tackle difficult tasks, learn from mistakes, and build resilience.
Señora Moore prepares nine unique sets of lessons tailored to each class. These lessons cover topics such as biomes, body systems, climates, Q&A practice, sentence structure, numbers, animals, foods, and more—all with the added challenge of being taught in Spanish. Students engage in activities involving games, art, music, writing, reading, listening, and speaking to bring the lessons to life.
Spanish Immersion Days have become one of the most talked-about experiences of the WINGS program each year. We want to extend a heartfelt thank-you to the Lillian DesMarias Youth Library for allowing Señora Moore to share her valuable time and talents with our students.
What a great community we live in!
Inside/Out at CES!
A big thank you to Walmart for surprising our CES teachers and staff with a generous spread of lunch and snacks today! They also went above and beyond by donating school supplies for our students in need. We are truly grateful for the incredible community support that surrounds us at CES!
