LAST CHANCE to buy 8th Grade Sneaker Ball tickets! Tickets are available until Match 6!
Tonight our spring sports met for our Parents Meeting to get ready for the season!
Best of luck to all our student-athletes this spring season! ⚽️👟🏑🏐
Shout out to our amazing coaching staff and our trainer, Rachel! #LetsGoHawks
🌼 Spring Picture Day is on its way! Spring individual portraits are a prepay-only event!
Candid encourages families to pre-order as soon as possible, as the online prepay option expires at 7:00 PM the night before (Sunday, March 15th), the photo shoot!
Candid encourages families to pre-order as soon as possible, as the online prepay option expires at 7:00 PM the night before (Sunday, March 15th), the photo shoot!
We had an amazing day at our 4th Annual Teen Summit this past Saturday at Indian River High School! 🙌 We were honored to hear from former James Madison University All-Conference Running Back Dr. Eugene Holloman, who inspired students with a powerful message about perseverance and purpose. From mental health and money management to athletics, college prep, and stress management, our teens gained tools for success now and in the future. Thank you to our Department of Family & Community Engagement for organizing the event, and to our presenters, volunteers, and community members who made it such a success!
Inaugural Reading Rumble! HMS vs GBM: The Wildcats prevailed!
Each school fielded two teams in a battle of the books style competition. Students read and prepared for several months. The emcee was CPS Library Supervisor, Amie Seigel. Coordinated by HMS Librarians, Cathy Timmins and Vicki Mayfield, and GBM Reading Specialist, Alicia Pruitt.
Each school fielded two teams in a battle of the books style competition. Students read and prepared for several months. The emcee was CPS Library Supervisor, Amie Seigel. Coordinated by HMS Librarians, Cathy Timmins and Vicki Mayfield, and GBM Reading Specialist, Alicia Pruitt.
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📚 The reading club, Pages and Projects, will meet on Tuesdays starting March 3 from 3:10 to 4:30 for 5 sessions. The club will offer hands-on, artistic activities—like found poetry, squiggle creations, Socratic discussions, and thumbrint art—to build deeper, creative interactions with texts and peers; the club, sponsored by Mrs. Dekker, is limited to 25 students. Members need to be picked up promptly at 4:30.
📚 The reading club, Pages and Projects, will meet on Tuesdays starting March 3 from 3:10 to 4:30 for 5 sessions. The club will offer hands-on, artistic activities—like found poetry, squiggle creations, Socratic discussions, and thumbrint art—to build deeper, creative interactions with texts and peers; the club, sponsored by Mrs. Dekker, is limited to 25 students. Members need to be picked up promptly at 4:30.
🚨 There is ONE MORE WEEK to buy tickets for the Sneaker Ball. Don't miss out! You can pay online or in person. Questions? Email Ms. Quidley!
✨💡 Math Class Just Got “Glowing”! 💡✨
Mrs. Ehret’s 6th-grade math students lit up the classroom with a “Glow” lesson this week! Using glow-in-the-dark activities, students explored math concepts in a fun, hands-on way that made learning interactive and exciting. 🖤✨📐
It’s amazing to see our students engaged, thinking critically, and having fun while mastering important skills. Who knew math could glow this bright? 🌟
Mrs. Ehret’s 6th-grade math students lit up the classroom with a “Glow” lesson this week! Using glow-in-the-dark activities, students explored math concepts in a fun, hands-on way that made learning interactive and exciting. 🖤✨📐
It’s amazing to see our students engaged, thinking critically, and having fun while mastering important skills. Who knew math could glow this bright? 🌟
Dream Hawks, Thunder Hawks, and Sea Hawks participated in a meaningful and delicious Jewish Food Day this week! 🇮🇱✨
Students had the opportunity to try traditional Jewish foods including challah (a braided bread often enjoyed on Shabbat), babka (a sweet, swirled cake), and apples and honey (a symbol of a sweet new year during Rosh Hashanah), along with other delicious kosher treats.
As students are currently reading Night by Elie Wiesel, this experience helped deepen their understanding of Jewish culture, traditions, and identity. Food is more than nourishment — it carries history, faith, family traditions, and resilience. By learning about cultural traditions alongside literature, students build empathy, global awareness, and a stronger understanding of the world!
We are proud of our Hawks for engaging thoughtfully, asking meaningful questions, and showing respect as they expand their knowledge of diverse cultures.
Learning extends beyond the classroom — and this week was a powerful reminder that understanding others begins with experiencing and honoring their traditions. 💙
Students had the opportunity to try traditional Jewish foods including challah (a braided bread often enjoyed on Shabbat), babka (a sweet, swirled cake), and apples and honey (a symbol of a sweet new year during Rosh Hashanah), along with other delicious kosher treats.
As students are currently reading Night by Elie Wiesel, this experience helped deepen their understanding of Jewish culture, traditions, and identity. Food is more than nourishment — it carries history, faith, family traditions, and resilience. By learning about cultural traditions alongside literature, students build empathy, global awareness, and a stronger understanding of the world!
We are proud of our Hawks for engaging thoughtfully, asking meaningful questions, and showing respect as they expand their knowledge of diverse cultures.
Learning extends beyond the classroom — and this week was a powerful reminder that understanding others begins with experiencing and honoring their traditions. 💙
📲📧 Stay Connected, Stay Informed!
We’re excited to keep our families in the loop with important updates, reminders, and celebrations throughout the year! If you previously opted out of our text or email alerts, now is the perfect time to opt back in so you don’t miss important school and athletics information.
From schedule changes and event reminders to weather updates and big wins — we want to make sure you receive it all in real time!
Staying connected helps us better serve our students and families. Check your settings today and make sure you’re subscribed.
#StayConnected #SchoolUpdates #HawkFamily
We’re excited to keep our families in the loop with important updates, reminders, and celebrations throughout the year! If you previously opted out of our text or email alerts, now is the perfect time to opt back in so you don’t miss important school and athletics information.
From schedule changes and event reminders to weather updates and big wins — we want to make sure you receive it all in real time!
Staying connected helps us better serve our students and families. Check your settings today and make sure you’re subscribed.
#StayConnected #SchoolUpdates #HawkFamily
🧸💙 Making a Difference, One Teddy Bear at a Time 💙🧸
We are incredibly proud of our students, staff, and families for their generous Teddy Bear Donations to support patients at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (CHKD) sponsored by our SCA!
Because of your kindness, children receiving care will have a soft, comforting friend by their side during their hospital stay. These small acts of generosity bring big smiles and remind patients and their families that our community is thinking of them.
Thank you to everyone who donated and helped spread comfort, compassion, and care beyond our school walls. 💕
We are incredibly proud of our students, staff, and families for their generous Teddy Bear Donations to support patients at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (CHKD) sponsored by our SCA!
Because of your kindness, children receiving care will have a soft, comforting friend by their side during their hospital stay. These small acts of generosity bring big smiles and remind patients and their families that our community is thinking of them.
Thank you to everyone who donated and helped spread comfort, compassion, and care beyond our school walls. 💕
📚 Are you a dedicated reader who loves exploring literature, sharing ideas, and being creative? The Enrichment program, Pages and Projects, will meet on Tuesdays starting March 3 from 3:10 to 4:30 for 5 sessions. Members need to be picked up promptly at 4:30.
The club will offer hands-on, artistic activities—like found poetry, squiggle creations, Socratic discussions, and thumbprint art—to build deeper, creative interactions with texts and peers; limited to 25 students, please contact Mrs. Dekker: vivian.dekker@cpschools.com to be added to the roster!
The club will offer hands-on, artistic activities—like found poetry, squiggle creations, Socratic discussions, and thumbprint art—to build deeper, creative interactions with texts and peers; limited to 25 students, please contact Mrs. Dekker: vivian.dekker@cpschools.com to be added to the roster!
In January, our National Junior Honor Society members turned service into action by donating fleece and creating approximately 20 handmade blankets for the children at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (CHKD).
Each blanket was made with care, compassion, and a desire to bring comfort to young patients during their hospital stay. We are so proud of our NJHS students for living out the pillars of scholarship, service, leadership, character, and citizenship.
Each blanket was made with care, compassion, and a desire to bring comfort to young patients during their hospital stay. We are so proud of our NJHS students for living out the pillars of scholarship, service, leadership, character, and citizenship.
We are thrilled to announce that Kari Swain is our February Teacher Wish List Winner! 🍎📚
This special surprise celebrates the dedication, passion, and creativity she brings to her students every single day. With her winnings, she plans to purchase fabric for classroom projects and add a special day of cooking with her 6th graders — creating hands-on learning experiences they won’t forget! 🧵👩🍳
A heartfelt THANK YOU to our generous community partner, Hatcher & Frey Orthodontics, for sponsoring this wonderful giveaway and for continuously supporting our teachers and school community. Your investment in education truly makes a difference! 💙
#TeacherWishList #CommunitySupport #HandsOnLearning #StaffSpotlight
This special surprise celebrates the dedication, passion, and creativity she brings to her students every single day. With her winnings, she plans to purchase fabric for classroom projects and add a special day of cooking with her 6th graders — creating hands-on learning experiences they won’t forget! 🧵👩🍳
A heartfelt THANK YOU to our generous community partner, Hatcher & Frey Orthodontics, for sponsoring this wonderful giveaway and for continuously supporting our teachers and school community. Your investment in education truly makes a difference! 💙
#TeacherWishList #CommunitySupport #HandsOnLearning #StaffSpotlight
🚗 Physical Science in Motion! In our Dream Hawks Physical Science classes, students are diving into our Motion Unit with a hands-on Hot Wheels lab!
Students used Hot Wheels cars and constructed test tracks to investigate motion. They carefully measured distance and time, calculated speed, and then created distance–time graphs to analyze motion over time. To take it a step further, they developed speed–time graphs to explore acceleration and see how speed changes are represented visually.
This activity helped students connect real-world motion to key physics concepts like constant speed, changing velocity, and acceleration — all while strengthening their data collection and graphing skills.
Learning is always more powerful when students can see science in action! 💨📊
#PhysicalScience #MotionUnit #STEM #MiddleSchoolScience #HandsOnLearning
Students used Hot Wheels cars and constructed test tracks to investigate motion. They carefully measured distance and time, calculated speed, and then created distance–time graphs to analyze motion over time. To take it a step further, they developed speed–time graphs to explore acceleration and see how speed changes are represented visually.
This activity helped students connect real-world motion to key physics concepts like constant speed, changing velocity, and acceleration — all while strengthening their data collection and graphing skills.
Learning is always more powerful when students can see science in action! 💨📊
#PhysicalScience #MotionUnit #STEM #MiddleSchoolScience #HandsOnLearning
🌍 Join us for Around the World Family Night on March 5th! This event is a celebration of global cultures, packed with fun for the whole family.
✨ Live Performances
🎨 Hands-on Activities
🍕 FREE Pizza & Ice Cream!
📅 When: March 5, 2026
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
📍 Where: Deep Creek High School
Let’s celebrate our diverse community together! This event is open to everyone.
🔗 RSVP here: https://www.cpschools.com/events?id=51834265
This program is part of our Peake Parent University. For more information, please visit: https://www.cpschools.com/page/family-and-community-engagement/
✨ Live Performances
🎨 Hands-on Activities
🍕 FREE Pizza & Ice Cream!
📅 When: March 5, 2026
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
📍 Where: Deep Creek High School
Let’s celebrate our diverse community together! This event is open to everyone.
🔗 RSVP here: https://www.cpschools.com/events?id=51834265
This program is part of our Peake Parent University. For more information, please visit: https://www.cpschools.com/page/family-and-community-engagement/
❄️ We are so proud of our Winter student-athletes for an incredible season filled with hard work, dedication, and school spirit! 🏆
🏀 Boys Basketball- Intensity, big plays, and teamwork. You left it all on the court!
MVP: Kellen Hunt
🏀 Girls Basketball- Heart, constant hard work, and pride. You made us proud!
MVP: Onnalynn Whitney
📣 Cheer- Pride, high-spirited, and resilient. Way to compete!
MVP: Nalani Moe
🤼 Wrestling- Commitment, discipline, and determination. You set a new standard!
A special congratulations to our wrestling program for an outstanding accomplishment — we are celebrating THREE City Champions this season!
🥇 City Champ: Carter Workman - 92 LBS
🥇City Champ: Jonathan Crouse - 103 LBS
MVW & 🥇City Champ: Miles Bruin - 175 LBS
Congratulations to all our athletes, coaches, and fans! Way to soar, Hawks!
🏀 Boys Basketball- Intensity, big plays, and teamwork. You left it all on the court!
MVP: Kellen Hunt
🏀 Girls Basketball- Heart, constant hard work, and pride. You made us proud!
MVP: Onnalynn Whitney
📣 Cheer- Pride, high-spirited, and resilient. Way to compete!
MVP: Nalani Moe
🤼 Wrestling- Commitment, discipline, and determination. You set a new standard!
A special congratulations to our wrestling program for an outstanding accomplishment — we are celebrating THREE City Champions this season!
🥇 City Champ: Carter Workman - 92 LBS
🥇City Champ: Jonathan Crouse - 103 LBS
MVW & 🥇City Champ: Miles Bruin - 175 LBS
Congratulations to all our athletes, coaches, and fans! Way to soar, Hawks!
Only two more conditioning practices before try-outs! Don't forget that you must have a completed CMSL current physical on file before you participate! Reach out to Coach Weaver if you have any questions!
We are incredibly grateful for the outpouring of generosity and support for the family in need. Because of your kindness, they have received all the items they need at this time.
We will still accept gift cards for any amount during February ❤️
Thank you for showing the heart of our community!
We will still accept gift cards for any amount during February ❤️
Thank you for showing the heart of our community!
🎙️ This Black History Month, we’re proud to share stories rooted right here in Chesapeake. On our latest podcast episode, Dr. Ella Ward, educator, former School Board member, and current Chesapeake City Council Member, reflects on a lifetime of service and the lasting legacy of the historic Cornland School. You’ll also hear from Principal Wade Sloan of Portlock Primary School about how students honor Black History Month in meaningful ways that help them confidently say, “I can.”
🎧 Listen now at cpschools.com/amplified or wherever you get your podcasts. #CPSCelebrates #EmpowerCPS
🎧 Listen now at cpschools.com/amplified or wherever you get your podcasts. #CPSCelebrates #EmpowerCPS
