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🍎 It’s Day 1 of our 2024 Empower General Conference at Indian River High School, and our administrators are gearing up to start the 2024-2025 school year! 🎉 #NextLevelCPS #CPSCelebrates #EmpowerCPS #InspireCPS

Did you know that our interns are working 40 hours and getting paid all with hands-on 👐 experience? Meet Colbert Raleigh! Colbert is a rising junior at Great Bridge High School working with Strategic Planning 📝. Colbert decided to do this internship because he believed it would be a great learning experience with team building👥. He said his experience was amazing and his favorite part was the quiet work environment.

👉Chesapeake Public Schools will offer free physical exams for uninsured CPS students on August 30th at Oscar Smith Middle School from 8:00 am -3:00 pm. Registration is required. 📝 *No Sports Physicals*

Meet Jayla Washington! Jayla is a rising senior at Western Branch working with Family👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 and Community Engagement. Jayla chose to participate in this internship because she had heard about the department before and wanted to get a better and deeper understanding of what they do. During her experience she was just as involved in meetings 🤝 and events as everyone else . She said that this opportunity reminded her how much she loves helping people and planning 📜 events.

🎒🚌✨We had an amazing time at our Get on the Bus event last Thursday! 📚✏️📓 A huge THANK YOU to the Chesapeake Conference Center and all of our incredible volunteers and sponsors who contributed to make this event a success. #CPScelebrates #InspireCPS

Meet Sudiksha Mazumder! Sudiksha is a rising junior at Grassfield working with Strategic 🧩 Planning. Sudiksha said her experience was amazing. She learned a lot about the work that goes into planning 📝and making decisions that help the school district. She said it was wonderful working with everyone in her department and she had a good time working with the other interns. Teamwork and collaboration is a big part in this department and Sudiksha believes that her team has worked really well together to contribute to some projects.

🏥 Have you ever wondered what it would be like to take an ultrasound or even participate in an anatomy lab? Sevaral our students were able to do just that by participating in the 2024 Health Sciences Academy at Eastern Virginia Medical School! 🥼 Our students were joined by students from Portsmouth Public Schools and Northhampton Schools in a 2-week exploratory program that allowed students to learn about the different health sciences occupations and careers. It provided a knowledge of career building and technical skills to understand how to be successful in this industry. Students received hands-on experience through pathology, anatomy, physiology lab work, and suturing, and even traveled to Old Dominion University to practice speech therapy, dental hygiene, nursing, and more! This is our second year participating and our students loved it! 🎉

Meet our College and Career Readiness Interns! 📚 🍎 Ashlynn Calyor, Oscar Smith High 🍎 Layla Baez, Great Bridge High 🍎 Camaire Johnson, Western Branch High They have been working in this summer program by assisting the teachers 👩‍🏫 in their classrooms during CTE electives. They were able to meet amazing teachers, teacher assistants, and other CPS employees who have helped them throughout their experience. Their job was to travel from class to class with one group of students each week allowing them to get to know each student. One of their interns Ashlynn participated in this internship last year and enjoyed it so much that she chose to do it again! 😁

Meet Alison Cruz-Martinez! Alison is a rising senior at Grassfield working with Strategic Planning. Alison expressed that her experience as an intern was incredibly enriching and dynamic. She was involved in a variety of tasks, from researching 📚best practices in educational policy to assisting with the development of strategic initiatives aimed at improving student performance and school efficiency. She had the opportunity to attend meetings 👥where critical policy decisions were made and was able to contribute by preparing reports and analyzing 🧐data related to ongoing projects. Her favorite part of this experience was participating in the strategic planning sessions where new initiatives were discussed and developed.

Our “Grow Our Own” Interns have been up to many things this summer!☀️ Meet Katelynn Diehl! Katelynn is a rising senior at Great Bridge High School working with the Communications Department 👩‍💻. She decided to participate in this internship because she wanted to learn more about the communications field in hopes to pursue a career in Sports Journalism ⚾. Katelynn’s favorite part of her experience was getting to work on all the different kinds of projects like these social media posts.

Did you know that our “Grow Our Own” interns are not only getting hands-on experience and a paycheck 💵 but also take an online course to get high school credit? Meet Rian Windham! Rian is a rising senior at Western Branch working with Student Activities. Rian chose this internship because he loves sports 🏀🏈⚽️⚾️ and wants to learn more about the department and the skills it acquires. His experience was filled with fun as he got to learn more about student activities, VHSL, and mental health. He believes this was a great way to explore future career paths in hopes to one day go into sports management or marketing. 📈

👏 Congratulations to Hickory High School Alumni, Lauren Coughlin for winning her first LPGA tour Title at the 2024 CPKC Women’s Open! ⛳Coughlin was named to the VHSL all-state team in 2010 and was the first girl to play on the HHS golf team! Way to go, Lauren! 🎉#CPSCelebrates

Happy National Intern Day! 🎉 Meet Carly Stevens! Carly is a rising senior at Hickory High working with School Nutrition Services. 🍴 Carly chose this internship because she loves working with Mrs. Clark and helping prep food. 🍎 👩‍🍳 #CPSCelebrates #NationalInternDay

🍎We're Hiring!🍎 ⬆️Level up your career, and join Jessica as part of the School Nutrition Services Team! 🍽️ 📽️Watch Jessica's story: https://youtu.be/3qTVK-z1bP 💻 To apply: http://cpschools.com/jobs #InspireCPS #EmpowerCPS

You are invited to our School Plants Job Fair at Oscar Smith Middle School on August 8, 2024, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. We are hiring! ⏭ HVAC technicians ⏭ Plumbers ⏭ Carpenters ⏭ Electricians ⏭ Groundskeepers ⏭ Painters Or apply directly online: HTTP://cpschools.com/jobs

📢 We're Hiring!! 📢 🌟Join our fun and dedicated School Nutrition Services Team! 🌟 Positions include: 🍎 Warehouse Workers 🍎 School Nutrition workers 🍎 Lunchroom Monitors 🍎 Delivery Drivers 🍎 And More! 📲 Visit http://cpschools.com/jobs to apply

🚚🏫The Administration Building, Instructional Services Center, Teaching and Learning and Edwards-Wilson Center are moving to 1421 Kristina Way, Chesapeake, VA, 23320. 📲During this transition, please call 757-547-0153 before you visit an office to confirm their work location.

🚍 Join us for this free event and let us help you get ready for the 2024-2025 school year 👉 Pre-registration for immunizations and school entry physicals is required 👉Visit https://www.cpschools.com/article/1667336 for more information and to register See you there!

📝Our Grow Our Own student interns Raleigh Colbert, Sudiksha Mazumder, & Alison Cruz-Martinez are working with the Department of Planning, Policy & Research. Their work coincides with Youth in Evaluation Week . 🍎 👉To learn more: https://www.eval4action.org/youthinevalweek24

🏆 We’d also like to congratulate our Family and Community Engagement team on winning the NSPRA’s Golden Achievement Award for their submission, Teen Summit CPS: Molding Leaders and Engaging Parents! 🌟🥇 👉 For more information visit: https://www.nspra.org/Awards/Award-Winners