Day 1 of the 12 Holidays of Cheer...🥁drum rollllllll🥁... Holiday Slipper Day 🥿!
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📢 Attention current 8th graders and families: Applications for our high school academies are NOW OPEN! 🌟
Apply to be considered for the 2025-2026 school year:
🩺 Science & Medicine Academy (SMA): Deep Creek High School
🖥️ Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM): Grassfield High School
🌎 International Baccalaureate (IB): Oscar Smith High School
📅 Deadline to apply: December 18, 2024
👉 For more information and to apply, visit: https://www.cpschools.com/article/1863836
Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 And thank you to the Chesapeake Zeta Phi Beta Chapter for donating gift bags to our teachers and paras.
Also, CHECK OUT Dr. Cheeks as a TURKEY😂! 🦃The seventh grade raised the most money for our Thanksgiving fundraiser.
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🍂 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! 🦃
Start preparing for our 12 Days of Holiday Cheer spirit wear in December! Check out the school calendar on our website for each specific day's spirit wear starting Thursday, December 5th!
Fun Friday! Mr. Boyle's science class made DNA models from CANDY! 🍬 Thank you, families, for donating the supplies!
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🎙 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! 🎧
Mrs. Surratt's Computer Science students celebrated #GISDay2024! Using clues, they explored and identified different geographical locations around the world. 🗺️
Congratulations to all students for earning their GIS Day Participation Certificates! 🚀 #ItsAGreatDayToBeAHornet
🌍 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
Check this out 😎! Ms. Rew, who teaches seventh-grade English, combined guided instruction and station teaching today to help students become better thesis writers! Our future is bright 🕶️🌞
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Our Megablast 🎉 Celebration was a blast! The students got to see Rick Smith, Jr. and his incredible card tricks 🃏. They also got to witness Jd Anderson Iceman 🏋️♂️ bend an iron bar and frying pan! The Kona Ice Truck for our VIPs was sweet, too!
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Our leadership students attended the VSCA Region 2 Workshop at Western Branch High School this past weekend. 👏 They had a blast collaborating with other SCA students from across the district! 🏢
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💻 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
It's World Kindness Day! We celebrated by wearing blue! 💙🌎💜
📙 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
Happening this week❗❗ PTA Fundraiser Night on Thursday, November 14th at MOD Pizza on Battlefield Boulevard or order online. When ordering, please provide the fundraising code MODGIVES25, so that 25% of your purchase can be donated to the Deep Creek Middle School PTA. 💜🍕
As we observe Veterans Day Monday, let us remember all of our friends and family members who have served in our military. We have collected memorabilia of some of our families that have served and have displayed them in our cases.
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🏫💬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
