🎉 STEM Challenge Success! 🧠🔧
Ms. Robinson's class had a blast designing and creating their very own playground equipment! 🛝💡Working in teams, students brainstormed, built, and brought their creative ideas to life using problem-solving, teamwork, and engineering skills. 👏
📚☀️ School’s almost out, but the learning doesn’t have to stop! Our Summer Learning Bags are packed with fun and educational activities to keep young minds engaged all summer long. 🎒✨ Students took them home today—happy learning! #SummerLearning #KeepLearning #SchoolToSummer
What a fantastic way to review! 🎲 Koontz's class absolutely crushed it by creating their own board games, each one packed with math problems from the entire year. Talk about a fun and creative way to master those concepts! #MathGames #StudentCreativity
🎻 Our talented 5th-grade strings students put on a special performance for the 4th graders — and they were amazing! 👏 Their goal? To inspire the next generation of musicians to join the strings program next year. 🎵
Great job, 5th graders! 🎼💫
🌟 May's Character Counts Trait: Perseverance! 🌟 We celebrated the strength, determination, and never-give-up attitude that perseverance represents. Congratulations to our May Junior Braves of the Month!
Way to go, Junior Braves — your perseverance makes us all proud! 💙
Get Ready to Celebrate YOU! 🎉 Student Appreciation Week is Almost Here! We're so excited to dedicate a whole week to our amazing students! Get ready for some fun, laughter, and awesome activities from June 11th to June 17th! We've got something special planned for almost every day:
Wed., June 11th: Tie-Dye Explosion! Wear your most vibrant tie-dye creations!
Thu., June 12th: Future's so Bright, We Need Shades! Grab your coolest sunglasses and rock 'em today!
Fri., June 13th: Team Up & Unite! Get ready for Field Day by sporting your classes color.
Mon., June 16th: Camp-out & Read! Bring in a flashlight and towel to cozy up with a good book and enjoy a relaxed "camp-out" vibe.
Tue., June 17th: Be Brave Day! Wear Jr. Brave gear or blue and white!
Stay tuned for more details on each day's activities! We can't wait to celebrate you!
🎧 As we close out Season 2 of Amplified: The Chesapeake Public Schools Podcast, we highlight three remarkable student-athletes from Grassfield High, Great Bridge High, and Oscar Smith High!🎙 Sophie Rambo, Caleb Neal, and Jaden Dabbs reflect on how they’ve achieved state and national honors in track, wrestling, and football, all while maintaining academic focus and leadership. Their insights into discipline, resilience, and time management offer valuable lessons for educators, families, and future student-athletes. 🔊 Tune in at https://www.cpschools.com/page/amplified or wherever you get your podcasts!
Please join us in celebrating the incredible Ms. Frazier, our 2025 Instructional Assistant of the Year! 🎉🍎 Ms. Frazier's dedication and “all-in” attitude make a difference in the lives of our students and staff every single day. 💛 We are so lucky to have her! 🙌
🎉🏆 Quiz Bowl Champs 🏆🎉
Huge congratulations to our incredible SRI Quiz Bowl Finalists! 📚💡 These young scholars showed off their smarts, teamwork, and quick thinking — and we couldn’t be prouder! We celebrated them on Tuesday with awards, medals, and treats.
🌳 Earlier this month, Sparrow Road Intermediate School visited the Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways History Museum for a day of hands-on learning!
Through their knowledgeable guides, students discovered local history, learned the difference between marshes and swamps, found out how businesses operated back in the 1700s, and much more!
The trip perfectly combined education with enjoyment, proving that learning outside the classroom can be both informative and fun! #InspireCPS
☀️💲The Virginia SUN bucks program assists families with the cost of groceries during summer break when school is not in session. It is a one-time benefit of $120 to each school-age child that meets the program requirements.
To learn more about these benefits or to apply, visit: https://www.cpschools.com/page/ebt
Get ready, SRI! 🎉 Yearbooks go on sale in the Media Center starting this Monday, May 19th! For just $20 (cash or check only), you can snag a yearbook packed with memories. Yearbooks will be distributed on Friday, June 13th. Don't miss out on preserving your amazing school memories!
Feather Friday! Here's our next two students that went above and beyond being brave this week! Congratulations! 🎉
🏆 CONGRATULATIONS to our amazing students from Sparrow Road Intermediate and Great Bridge Intermediate who competed in WHRO's Great Computer Challenge earlier this month! 🏆
These talented young students brought home multiple awards:
Great Bridge Intermediate (GBI) Awards:
1st Place: Level 2 Visual Programming/Block Coding 🥇
2nd Place: Level 2 Desktop Presentation 🥈
2nd Place: Level 2 Video Editing 🥈
Honorable Mention: Level 2 Internet Scavenger Hunt 👏
Sparrow Road Intermediate (SRI) Awards:
2nd Place: Level 2 Visual Programming/Block Coding 🥈
3rd Place: Level 2 Internet Scavenger Hunt 🥉
❤️ Thank you to the dedicated coaches:Mrs. McKown, Miss Molly, Ms. Brannen, Mrs. Davis, Ms. Brennan-Webb, Ms. Gatie, and Ms. Sinclair
We're incredibly proud of all participants who demonstrated creativity, problem-solving skills, and teamwork throughout the competition. Well done! #CPSCelebrates
Last week the YMCA brought in bagels, pastries, K-cups and school supplies for Teacher Appreciation Week. Thank you for thinking of our teachers!
🎉Huge shoutout to our PBIS Bingo Champions! Some classes scored 5 in a row and earned some refreshing popsicles to celebrate their awesome behavior. And an extra special shoutout to our BLACKOUT BOARD winners who earned kickball with Mr. Triolet! Keep up the great work! 🎉
Our amazing Student Council Association has been hard at work spreading positivity! Yesterday, they decorated the sidewalks with encouraging messages to help our students feel confident and supported as testing begins tomorrow. Let’s cheer on our students as they do their best!
The PTA came up with amazing travel themed spirit days this past week for Teacher Appreciation Week.
📣Congratulations to Ms. Brennan-Webb's class and Ms. Warner and Mrs. Brittinghams class! 🎉 Their stellar 5-star behavior in Library earned their classes a trip to the FREE Micro Book Fair! We are so proud of your respect, responsibility, and readiness to learn! Keep shining!
🎉A huge shout out to our PTA for celebrating our teachers and staff this week with a travel-themed adventure with treats from around the globe🌎. From "First Class" snacks to "Destination Dessert" and "Souvenir Sips", the PTA outdid themselves making our staff feel appreciated.
