🎉 RISE Recognition Friday! 🎉

Huge congratulations to our latest group of standout students and the incredible Mrs. Blair! 🌟
We are so proud of your hard work and the positive energy you bring to our hallways.
Way to go, everyone! Keep shining! ✨
4 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
Mrs. Blair with the I RISE sign
Student holding I RISE arrow with Hand in the air celebrating
Student holding up I RISE sign
Way to go! 🎉 These students have already earned their prizes by completing the Computer Science Education Week Challenge activity choice board.💻 There’s still time to turn yours in! #BravesRISE
6 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
student with computer science challenge activity sheet and prize
student with computer science challenge activity sheet and prize
student with computer science challenge activity sheet and prize
We loved celebrating the countdown to winter break with our spirit days, and now it’s time to enjoy the break! ❄️
School is closed and will reopen on Monday, January 5, 2026.
Have a safe and wonderful winter break!
6 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
Hawaiian Holidays theme with students dressed up
teacher and student in Hawaiian shirts
SRI staff in ugly sweaters
students dressed up in holiday gear
students and teacher dressed for favorite holiday character
More staff for Ugly sweater day
Ugly sweaters with staff
Three students for favorite holiday character day
🎶Amazing job by our Strings students tonight at the Pyramid Concert at Indian River High School! 🎻
7 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
strings students on stage
strings students on stage
strings students on stage
✨ Club Wrap-Up! Time Flies When You're Having Fun! ✨
The clock has run out on our short but sweet 4-week club session! ⏳ Here are some snapshots of the RISE and Coding Clubs!
7 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
Three student from RISE Club with posters
RISE poster created eith positive messages
Two students online to code their Ozobot on a computer
Two students using an iPad to code their Sphero.
Students around a paper trying to code their Sphero.
Students watching their Ozobot travel around their maze.
Students coding with color  for Ozobots
🌟RISE Recognition🌟 Congratulations to our students and Mrs. Snow! They were recognized last Friday for going above and beyond! Congrats and keep RISE-ing each day in every way!
9 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
Mrs. Snow with I RISE sign
Student with I RISE sign
Student with I RISE sign
Student with I RISE sign
Student with I RISE sign
🎤 Jr. Braves Shine! ✨
What a fantastic performance by our Singing Jr. Braves this past weekend! 🎶 We are so incredibly proud of all your hard work and talent. A huge thank you to Dr. Ball for providing this wonderful opportunity and for your dedicated support! 🙌 #BravesRISE #BeBRAVE
10 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
Students and other adult singers in the choir performing
From screen to reality! 🤩 In Library, our students designed their own incredible 3D printed "Brag Tags" and here are the awesome results! So proud of their design skills. 👏
10 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
Two girls with brag tags in blue
4 students holding up brag tags
group of 4th graders with brag tags
Tinkercad file and brag tag with student holding it
Tinkercad file and brag tag with student holding it
Tinkercad file and brag tag with student holding it
Tinkercad file and brag tag with student holding it
Student holding up their  brag tag
Student with blue brag tag
Ms. Warner and Mrs. Brittingham's classes are making waves! We used colorful pipe cleaners to model the visible light spectrum, showing how wavelength and frequency change from red light to violet light.
12 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
students making light wavelengths for orange and green.
Student holding up green pipe cleaner for light
Student holding up green pipe cleaner for light
Student holding up violet pipe cleaner
A huge thank you to the students from Mrs. Caswell, Mrs. Snow, Ms. Willam’s, Mrs. Delaney, and Ms. Gallop's classes for collaborating to create the fantastic, book-inspired Fox in Sox tree! We especially want to recognize Mrs. Gallop for planning and decorating the beautiful display and Bella Nichols for creating the sign. You can support their amazing creativity by visiting the Chesapeake Conference Center and voting for our tree between December 9–20!
15 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
Mrs. Gallop and the "Fox in Sox" tree
PBIS Snowman Challenge Part 2 🏆Here's more pictures of our snowmen lining the halls!
15 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
Williams Class  Snowman in the halls
Delaney's Class  Snowman in the halls
Rapier's Class  Snowman in the halls
Warner & Brittingham's Class  Snowman in the halls
Snow's Class  Snowman in the halls
Tynes' & Adams Class  Snowman in the halls
Brennan-Webb's Class  Snowman in the halls
Kirkpatrick, Boyles, Daniels' Class  Snowman in the halls
Gilmore & Adams' Class  Snowman in the halls
Perkins Class  Snowman in the halls
PBIS Snowman Challenge COMPLETE! Our halls are filled with student reflections on being respectful, showing integrity, being safe, and staying engaged in the classroom. Great job, everyone! 👏 Check out the snowmen that line our halls! #BravesRISE
15 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
Golden's Class Snoiwman
Koontz's Class Snowman
Ingalls' Class Snowman
Jeffries' Class Snowman
Clark-Thomas and Coleman's Class Snowman
Hepner's Class Snowman
Clarke's Class Snowman
Pierce's Daniels Class Snowman
Caswell's Class Snowman
Gallop's Class Snowman
✨ RISE Recognition✨ Check out our students and staff that earned our RISE Recognition on Friday! Keep shining, keep inspiring, and keep RISE-ing! 🚀💛
17 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
students with RISE arrow
students with RISE arrow
students with RISE arrow
Ms. Coleman with RISE arrow
Ms. Gallop with RISE arrow
Happy Computer Science Education Spirit Week! 🤖

Today is BINARY DAY! 🖤🤍 Wear black and white to represent the 0s and 1s of binary code. Let's get our CS Spirit on!

Check out all the daily themes here: https://www.cpschools.com/o/sri/events
17 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
Computer Science Education Week graphic with a computer and lightbulb
Our STEAM Night success deserves a second post! We had so many amazing stations-like the Creativity Station, Static Electricity, Build & Beyond, Color Code with Ozobots, and Coding Adventures! A huge thanks to the PTA, staff, and educators who ran them!
22 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
Presenter and student using a balloon to move a can
Using Sphero minis and iPads to travel around a wipe board using code!
Parent and child working on color codes with ozobots
Building with magnatiles
Using a comb to move water coming out of a cup
Using the INDY car with colored tiles to program
Father and daughter building a computer
Student programing the computer he built
Family and teacher using a comb (static electricity) to move water flowing through a cup.

Wow, what an amazing STEAM Night! 📸 We're still buzzing from all the fun and learning last night. A HUGE thank you to all the fantastic partners who made this event a success and helped inspire our future scientists, coders, and engineers! We truly appreciate you all! @norfolkbotanicalgardens @firstlandingstatepark @codeninjaschesapeake @elizabethriverproject @whro @cleanvirginiawaterways @chesapeakepubliclibrary @norfolknavalshipyard

22 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
Students holding snails at the Elizabeth River Project Table
Families at the Clean Virginia Waterways table
NNSY Outreach table with student and crane
Virginia State Parks table with Ranger Manny
Student dissecting "sea turtle tummy" at the Virginia State Parks Table
WHRO kids table with two students and books to give away
Norfolk Botanical Gardens table with students and different leaves
Clean Virginia Waterways Table
Rangers Manny and Hannah at the Virginia State Parks table with sea turtle skulls
Chesapeake Public Schools table with handouts

🚌 Join the Chesapeake Public Schools Team!

We're hiring for multiple classified positions at our ONE STOP Job Fair. Come prepared to interview on the spot!

📅 Wednesday, December 10
⏰ 11 AM - 2 PM
📍 School Administration Building

💼 Now Hiring:
Bus Drivers
School Nutrition Workers
Custodians
Substitute Teachers

📋 Bring With You:
Two forms of ID (all applicants)
Transcript copies (substitute teacher applicants)

❗ This is your chance to become part of the CPS family! We can't wait to meet you.

💻 Learn more and explore additional opportunities at: https://www.cpschools.com/careers

22 days ago, Chesapeake Public Schools
blue graphic with One stop job fair written with event details
Don't forget! Our family STEAM Night is happening TOMORROW, Tuesday, December 2nd, from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM at Sparrow Road Intermediate School!

Join us for fun, hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Mathematics activities with your family!

💡 Featuring Hands-On Activities From: Virginia State Parks, Chesapeake Public Library, Norfolk Naval Shipyard Outreach, WHRO, Norfolk Botanical Gardens,
Clean Virginia Waterways, Code Ninjas.... and much more!

🎉 We'll also have chances to win Raffle Prizes! We can't wait to see you there!
24 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
STEAM NIGHT with decorate STEM items
On Wednesday, Ms. Warner and Mrs. Brittingham's class worked on a turkey trap STEM challenge. Be sure to check out the pictures to see how the designs turned out! Happy Thanksgiving!
28 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
students using popsicle sticks to make their turkey traps
students using popsicle sticks and cups to make their turkey traps
students with their finished turkey traps
students working with popsicles for their traps
students working on their Turkey traps
student with their finished turkey trap
Check out another class, Mrs. Koontz’s class, engineering a turkey cage! They worked hard, got creative, and came up with some impressive designs. You won’t want to miss what they built
29 days ago, Sparrow Road Intermediate School
students working as a group to build a turkey cage
completed turkey cage
students with their turkey cage
student with turkey cage