🏗️💡Are you experienced in Masonry, Carpentry, Electrical work, Plumbing, or maybe all of the above?🪵🪠
🚧The Chesapeake Career Center is hiring a Building Trades Instructor for the 2024-2025 school year! 🛠️
👷🏾♂️If you're ready for a rewarding career shaping the next generation of skilled professionals, this is your chance. 🔌
💻Visit https://cpschools.com/employment-opportunities and click on the Educational Professionals icon for more information and to apply.
Thank you to our incredible community partners for making our Resources Carnival a success! 🎉 Our families gained valuable school and community resources and had a blast enjoying games, crafts, and treats from different food trucks! We also want to give a special shout-out to the Oscar Smith Middle School Chorus for their wonderful performance! 🍴 🎶 #InspireCPS #EmpowerCPS
🏆 October is National High School Activities Month and Chesapeake Middle School League Month. Join us in celebrating our athletic directors, coaches, and club sponsors for their dedication to our students and community!👏 #CPSCelebrates
This Wednesday, the Superintendent held this school year's first Community Engagement Council meeting! School leaders and community partners came together to discuss and share ideas, with a focus on the Modern Classroom Project.
⭐We appreciate the valuable insight we receive from our community partners. Special thanks to Trane for sponsoring the event. #InspireCPS #EmpowerCPS
Join us for a fun-filled night featuring dinner, school and community resources, and a showing of Disney Pixar's Inside Out 2!
Note: Pre-registration is required to participate in our free dinner!
For info & to register, visit: https://www.cpschools.com/events?id=31420459
💵We need your input on the resources needed for our schools. The information you provide will help guide budgetary decisions. The survey closes on October 8th.
💻To complete the survey visit: https://cpschools.com/surveys
Thank you for your participation.
🕸️Join us as we share parenting tips and tricks while featuring the Parent Cafe’s Protective Factors: Parental Resilience & Knowledge of Parenting & Child Development.
🍴FREE dinner and childcare during the event.
💻RSVP by 10/8: https://www.cpschools.com/events?id=33986435
During the month of October, we join schools throughout the Commonwealth and nationwide to celebrate Disability History and Awareness Month. Join us as we celebrate the important contributions of individuals with disabilities to our schools and community. #CPSCelebrates
🗓️Just a reminder that Friday, October 4, 2024, is a Teacher Workday for all Elementary Schools ONLY. There will be no school for students enrolled in grades Pre-K-5.
Visit our full calendar on our website: cpschools.com/calendar
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Together, we can educate others and raise awareness to combat bullying and cyberbullying. We encourage you to use this month to participate in acts of kindness and speak up when someone is being bullied.
🗣️Remember, if you see something, say something.
🎸 ROCK YOUR SCHOOL! 🎉
Today, G.W. Carver Intermediate School joined the global celebration of Rock Your School Day, an initiative by Get Your Teach On designed to inspire excitement in education!
Let’s keep the energy going! ROCK ON! 🤘✨
Due to inclement weather, all after-school and evening activities for today, September 27, 2024, are canceled. YMCA child care and Boys and Girls Club will remain open this afternoon.
📝Join us as we discuss unique aspects that make Chesapeake Public Schools a stand out employer. Participants will gain an understanding of the application process and the opportunity to ask questions.
💻For more info & to register: https://www.cpschools.com/events?id=33982886
🍎September is Attendance Awareness Month! 🍎
FACT: When a student misses 2 days a month, they miss over one year of school by graduation
👉 For more information about our attendance guidelines and policies visit https://www.cpschools.com/article/1749912
Remember: #AttendanceMattersVA!
🎙📴Discover how our "Away for the Day" cell phone policy is reshaping school culture on Amplified: The Chesapeake Public Schools Podcast! Great Bridge High School principal Jeff Johnson, teacher Corey Perillo, and senior Katelynn Diehl share their insights, challenges, and the positive impact of the policy in our schools. Plus, hear practical tips on managing screen time! Listen to the full episode on your favorite podcast platform or visit https://www.cpschools.com/page/amplified! 🎧
💻🔬JOIN US for the Computer Science Lab School Family Nights!💻🔬
The following events are available for all current 5th through 8th graders and their families:
🗓️October 10, 2024, 5-6:30: PM Byte-sized Adventures: Intro to Computer Science
🗓️November 19, 2024, 5-6:30 PM: Bytes of Opportunity: Paths in Computer Science
🗓️December 12, 2024, 5-6:30 PM: Bytes of Inspiration: Make & Take Night
🗓️January 16, 2025, 5-6:30 PM: Family Bytes: Application Session
These events are hosted by the Computer Science Lab School (CSLS) at Oscar Smith Middle which will open for the 2025-26 school year for 6th and 7th grade students. The Lab School will focus on providing innovative learning opportunities in the computer science field.
👉For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.cpschools.com/o/osm/page/computer-science-lab-school
Join us in honoring the International Week of the Deaf! 🌍✨ Each year, the World Federation of the Deaf dedicates this week to celebrating the resilience of the deaf community including our amazing students and their families. This year’s theme is “Sign up for Sign Language Rights.” Let’s raise awareness together! 🤟 #IWDP #CPSCelebrates
👉 Learn more: https://wfdeaf.org/iwdeaf2024/
📸Last week, Deep Creek and Great Bridge High Journalism students attended media day at Harbor Park. Students got hands-on experience practicing their photography skills while taking pictures all around the park. ⚾
✨Big thanks to Jostens for organizing this fun event!✨
🍎September is Attendance Awareness Month! 🍎
FACT: Good attendance opens doors to learning, building connections, and accessing valuable resources and support. 🔗
👉 For more information about our attendance guidelines and policies visit https://www.cpschools.com/article/1749912
Remember: #AttendanceMattersVA
✈️Our students were soaring high at the 2024 NAS Oceana Air Show STEM Day!
Today our 5th graders took to the runway, diving into a wide range of hands-on activities and experiments.
🎉Shout out to our 3 academies for leading some outstanding sessions! #InspireCPS
