🌍 Calling all students! Join us for Geographic Information System (GIS) Day with a fun virtual scavenger hunt adventure! Use GIS technology to solve clues and uncover answers along the way. Complete the quest for a chance to win a prize! 🎉
🗓️ The GIS Quest is open now through December 4 and can be accessed using these links:
🔗 Elementary (K-5) Link: https://www.cpschools.com/events?id=35377731
🔗 Middle/High (6-12) Link: https://www.cpschools.com/events?id=35377710
📍 Don’t miss out on this exciting journey—start your quest today! 🗺️✨ #InspireCPS
📣🎨🎨🖼️Today is the last day to order items featuring your child’s original artwork. If you order today, you will have it by Christmas. These would make for great gifts for grandparents, aunts, uncles, and the entire family!!! If you have any questions please reach out to Jessica Brown at
Jessica.brownCHT@cpschools.com 🎨🎨🖼️📣
💻 Military families, join us for a valuable online session covering ways to make college more affordable! We'll discuss financial aid, GI Bill, Post 9/11 GI Bill, scholarships, and more. 💲
👉For more info and to register, visit https://www.cpschools.com/events?id=35542436
🚍 One Stop Job Fair for Bus Drivers 🚍
Join us on November 21 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM at the School Administration Building!
🎉 Turkey Giveaway
🚌 Test Drive a Bus
For more info and to see other job openings, visit: https://www.cpschools.com/o/cps/page/employment-opportunities
📙 The Anxious Generation Book Club 📙
Join us as we dive into “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.”
📅 Pre-register by December 13th. Meetings will begin in January 2025
💻Please complete the questionnaire for your preferred day of the week and meeting style: tinyurl.com/CPSBookClub2025
🏫💬You are invited to attend the Gifted Advisory Committee Meeting to help advocate in the interest of gifted students. These meetings are open to the public. 💻For more information, visit our website: https://www.cpschools.com/o/cps/page/advisory-committees-gifted-education
Upcoming Calendar Reminders:
✔️ Nov. 5: Teacher Workday
✔️ Nov. 11: Veterans Day - Holiday
💻 You can view complete district calendar online: https://cpschools.com/calendar
Does your child have an IEP or a 504 plan? Then SEAC is your voice:
JOIN US:
When: Nov 12
Time: 6:30pm
Where: School Administration Building
TOPIC OF DISCUSSION: IEP ROAD MAP
For more Info: https://www.cpschools.com/o/cps/page/special-education-advisory-committee
🍂 🍂🥫 Starting Monday, November 4th, Chittum's Student Council will be hosting our annual food drive to help those in need during the upcoming holiday season. Please help by sending in non-perishable food, baby products, or personal hygiene items with student(s). Please ensure that all donated items are not expired and in by the morning of November 15th.
Thank you for partnering with us to help make a difference. 🥫🍂 🍂
Our wonderful PTA helped our third grade Chittum bears bring their science lessons to real life by beautifying our planters. They planted bulbs around the school that will bring new blooms in the spring!!! 🌸 💛💙
🎙🎧 In our latest podcast episode, Dr. Jeffrey Faust, our Chief Technology Innovation Officer, explores how we are starting to incorporate artificial intelligence in our schools. He shares AI’s practical applications, addressing how it helps streamline teacher workloads, while also touching on critical considerations such as data privacy and the ethical implications of AI in learning environments. Join us as we explore the evolving landscape of education technology and the importance of equipping students and teachers with the skills and best practices needed to thrive in a future shaped by AI. Listen to the full episode on your favorite podcast platforms or visit https://www.cpschools.com/page/amplified!
🚌🚌shouting THANK YOU to our amazing, reliable bus drivers! 🚌🚌 we literally couldn't do "school" without you! 💛💙🐻
🎭📚✨Families, don't forget to shop our book fair this week! Students can begin purchasing books today! This Thursday is our Masked Reader event, all families are invited to join in on the fun of identifying the MASKED Reader, and shopping the book fair afterwards! Looking forward to seeing you all there!🎭📚✨
📣📣📚📚📚We are so excited about the Scholastic Book Fair coming to Chittum next week! 📚📚📚📣📣
*All classes will preview the book fair on Monday, October 21st, then the fair will be open for students to shop from October 22-25.
*We will also host a family shopping night after the Masked Reader event on Thursday, October 24th at 6:30pm.
Visit the Scholastic website to set up your eWallet now!
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/chittumelementaryschool1
Unity Day! 🧡🐻 Tomorrow come to school looking like you are ready to, Party like a Rockstar! 👩🎤👨🏻🎤
🥗Looking for a rewarding career in school nutrition?🥗
Join us at the School Nutrition Services Job Fair on October 29, 2024, from 3:00PM to 6:00PM at Western Branch Primary School. This event is exclusively for school nutrition workers.
💻 Visit www.cpschools.com/Careers
📢Our test of our Parent Alert System was conducted at 6:23 p.m. this evening.
The TEST message was sent via phone call, email, text message, and mobile app notification. If you did not receive our message via the platform you think you should have, please first verify that your emergency contact information is correct in ParentVue. To get a text message, you must have a cell phone number listed as your primary contact.
We appreciate your partnership in this effort to ensure we are providing effective communication. For more information about our Parent Alert System and safety and security protocols, please visit: cpschools.com/emergency
Homecoming spirit week is this week! The participation for Pink Out day was incredible! Let's continue it tomorrow by wearing orange for Unity Day! 🧡🐻
Our first Masked Reader event is a little over a week away! Join us on October 24th at 6:00pm to guess which staff member is behind the costume. After the Masked Reader hop over to the library to shop the Scholastic Book Fair. 🎭📚✨
REMINDER: In conjunction with Safe Schools Week, we will conduct a test of our Parent Alert System tomorrow, Wednesday, October 16, 2024, after 5:00 p.m. The purpose of this test is to ensure that our families and staff receive important information from both the school and district, including information regarding safety incidents, weather delays or cancellations, and other important reminders.
If you don’t receive our message via the correct platform(s), please first verify that your contact information is correct using our Online Student Verification process through your ParentVue account. If you still need assistance, please contact your school.
Visit our website for additional information: https://www.cpschools.com/article/1818081
