Congratulations to the more than 70 students from the Chesapeake Career Center who committed to entering the workforce last night during the annual Career Signing Day at Tidewater Community College! 🎉🖊📝🎈
They were joined by their future employers, instructors, family, and friends to celebrate signing their letters of intent. Employment contracts included 911 dispatchers, firefighters, healthcare providers, cosmetology specialists, and other roles in many careers. We are so proud of our students for choosing to start their careers and make an impact in our community. 🚒👩⚕️💅👨🔧👷♀️
We also recognized seven students, one from each high school, with the J. A. Cotton Career Scholar Award. These students each received $1,000 to help them jumpstart their professional futures. Thank you to the Chesapeake Public Schools Educational Foundation for sponsoring these awards! #InspireCPS #CPSCelebrates
You can view the full photo album here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Y3LgXtjcP9T8N4wD9
🎓 SENIORS ➡ TEACHERS! 🍎
As part of our Teachers for Tomorrow and Early Childhood Education programs, our HR and @Chesapeake_CTE teams surprised 4️⃣2️⃣ seniors at their schools with guaranteed teaching contracts! 🎉 Congratulations to this year’s recipients! 👏 #CPSCelebrates
Tiffany Britt is a WAVY TV 10 Excellent Educator! 🎉
Brett Hall stopped by @wbmbruins to see the great things happening in her science classroom! 🔬🧪 Watch here: www.wavy.com/excellent-educators/excellent-educator-tiffany-britt-embraces-modern-teaching-methods-in-chesapeake/
Multilingual students from @OscarSmithHigh were featured in the book "Growing Language and Literacy." Alongside their teacher, Holly Sawyer, they share their experiences using technology, team-building, and problem-solving as part of English language acquisition. 📚 #InspireCPS
Congratulations to seven of our outstanding seniors, one from each high school, who were presented with $2,000 scholarships from the Cavalier Auto Group last week!
Thank you for supporting our students and for your partnership with the @cpsef. #CPSCelebrates
Students from the @cpkcareercenter Welding and Collision Repair classes presented Dr. Cotton with benches, herons, and a personalized parking sign. 🥽🚘
Their work will be on display outside the new School Administration Building on Kristina Way, scheduled to open this summer.
Congratulations to Western Branch High School senior Analiese Guzman! Analiese's artwork won 1st place in Congressman Bobby Scott's Third Congressional District Art Competition. 🥇 Her winning artwork will be on display for a year at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. 🎨🎉
HAT'S OFF TO YOU! 🎉 #CPSCelebrates
Some of our leadership team stopped by to thank custodial, school plants, school nutrition, warehouse, and bus maintenance staff. Special thanks to the @cpsef and Barnyard Hat Company for helping us recognize these valued employees!
Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in the second and final public forum hosted by the School Safety Taskforce last night! 🛡 We appreciate the community's involvement and support in these critical discussions. Together, we are building a safer environment for our children.🙌
👉 🔗 Community members are always welcome to share their questions or concerns through our “Let’s Talk” platform here: https://www.k12insight.com/Lets-Talk/embed.aspx?k=WN6Z4DLT and be sure to visit https://www.cpschools.com/o/cps/page/safety-and-security for more information and resources regarding school safety and security.
🇺🇸 Join us as we remember and honor our heroes on Memorial Day. ❤🤍💙 #MemorialDay
Our schools and offices will be closed from Friday, May 24, 2024, through Monday, May 27, 2024.
Keira Stewart is graduating from @grassfieldhs next month and wants to be a French interpreter. As a visually impaired student, Kiera and her chorus teacher have worked together so she can also embrace her love of music!
Learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrtBAgLYIkg
We are currently hiring electricians to join our team! 💡
We provide great schedules, competitive salaries, retirement benefits, outstanding insurance, onsite pharmacy access, and employee wellness programs. Apply today: http://cpschools.com/careers
Today, the student councils from our seven high schools enjoyed their end-of-the-year celebration at Chesapeake City Park! 🌏🌲
Over 175 SCA members and their sponsors spent time in the park completing service projects, learning about the value of community service, enjoying a celebratory cookout, and spending time with their friends from across the district.
Thank you to the Youth Volunteer Corps of Hampton Roads for coordinating these projects for our student councils and for their commitment to serving our community and youth. 👏 #CPSCelebrates #InspireCPS #EmpowerCPS
It's a family affair! Danielle Saitta from WTKR News 3 visited our Chesapeake Career Center on Friday to talk to two seniors, Hayden Tayloy and Alexander Hagen, and their grandfathers, Glenn Brown and Robert Head. Both Head and Brown formally served as Assistant Principals at CCC and reflected on the changes to the school and the welding and HVAC industries with their grandsons.
Watch the story: https://www.wtkr.com/news/in-the-community/chesapeake/chesapeake-career-center-students-reflect-on-their-experience-with-their-grandfathers
We wrapped Custodial Appreciation Week with a banquet on Saturday. Congratulations to all our custodians who were recognized for their commitment to excellence and customer service. 🥇
📷 View more pictures from the event here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9vDfD2SbreuCnnLz8
Today, teachers across the district were surprised with gold medals and certificates from Superintendent Dr. Cotton for being champions in teaching! We received over 2,000 messages of appreciation for teachers throughout our district during Teacher Appreciation Week. Ten teachers were randomly selected from these thousands of messages for this special awards ceremony.
We were blown away by the volume and sincerity of the messages our teachers received over the last week. Thank you to everyone who participated in showing love and appreciation for the teachers in our district. It was our honor to award these medals on your behalf!
📣 Kindergarten Registration is Now Open! 📚
Attention parents and guardians: It's time to enroll your little one in the Class of 2037! 🎓 Ensure your child is set to embark on their educational journey this fall by starting today!
🍎 If you live in the City of Chesapeake and your child will be 5 years old on or before September 30, 2024, you can register now! Visit our website to review other enrollment requirements, a kindergarten readiness checklist, and begin the online registration process: http://cpschools.com/kindergarten
Enrolling early helps us prepare to welcome your child on the first day of school!
Grassfield High School has been ranked in the top 100 Best W!se High Schools and 6 for large schools teaching personal finance! 💵
W!se works to improve the lives of young people through developing financial literacy skills: https://wise-ny.org/blog/2024100bestwsehighschools/
Last week, Norfolk Highlands Primary (NHP) celebrated the opening of their brand new playground with an exciting ribbon-cutting ceremony! Students snacked on popsicles with their classmates, enjoyed the debut of their new playspace, and even broke in their new playground equipment.
This project was made possible through the collaboration of two of our departments! Special thanks to Doug Parks and Don Herrera from School Plants as well as Lina Kennedy from Risk Management for bringing this new playground to NHP and their commitment to supporting the needs of the students in our district.
Thank you so much to Walmart Neighborhood Market Chesapeake - Cedar Road for donating $1,000 last week to the Chesapeake Public Schools Educational Foundation as part of their Grand Re-opening celebration! 🎉
We appreciate your support of our schools! #CPSCelebrates
