🍂🍂🦃 Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Don't forget, all schools will be closed from 11/27-12/1. Enjoy your break! 🦃🍂🍂
🍂 We are grateful for our amazing students, families, and staff who make our school community so special. Wishing you a joyful and restful Thanksgiving filled with love and laughter! 🦃
Reminder: All schools and offices will be closed November 27 - November 29.
🍂 We are grateful for our amazing students, families, and staff who make our school community so special. Wishing you a joyful and restful Thanksgiving filled with love and laughter! 🦃
🎉 Huge congratulations to our final #CPSTOY25 finalist, E.W. Chittum's Kimberly Holt! 🎉
🎓 With a Master’s in Elementary Education and an endorsement in Library Media from Old Dominion University, Kimberly has dedicated 14 years to inspiring young minds. After nine years as a classroom teacher, she transitioned to being a school librarian, where she has spent the past five years sharing her love of reading with every student in her school. ❤️
🥉A three-time Literacy Teacher of the Year, Kimberly proudly serves as the chair of the @Virginia Reader's Choice Virginia Readers' Choice committee, working to ignite a passion for books across Virginia. Beyond her work with students, she’s a leader in professional growth, creating STEAM-integrated lessons and sharing her expertise at librarian conferences to support educators statewide. 📚
📖 In her free time, Kimberly loves diving into a good book, scrapbooking, and traveling with her husband. ✈️
👏 Her dedication, creativity, and passion make her an invaluable asset to our school community. Congratulations, Mrs. Holt!! #CPSCelebrates
🎙 Explore how artificial intelligence is transforming education with Maria Kainz, a first-year English teacher at Oscar Smith High, and Andrew LeClair, a technology innovation coach from Hickory Middle. Together, they discuss the opportunities and challenges of incorporating AI into classrooms, offering insights on how it can enhance personalized learning and prepare students for a tech-driven world. This episode highlights their dedication to creating thoughtful, ethical approaches to using AI while inspiring meaningful conversations about its role in education. Listen to the full episode on your favorite podcast platform or visit https://www.cpschools.com/page/amplified! 🎧
Now presenting our 2024-2025 Battle of the Books team!!! These girls will be coached by Mrs. Holt and Mrs. L and represent Chittum at the city wide competitions this spring! Let’s bring home the gold girls! 🏆💙💛📚🙌
🌍 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
🍂 🍂🥫 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. 🥫🍂 🍂
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
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
