
☕ Our next Cup of Comfort meeting is next week! All caregivers of CHPS students -- whether you're Dad, Gigi, Auntie, or whomever -- are welcome to join us as we chat raising children in 2025 and how to help them find success at school! 🍵
📅 Tuesday, March 18, 2025
🕜 9:30 - 11:30am
📍CHHS Tech Center (3451 Conduit Road)
📧 dana_barefoot@colonialhts.net



2025-2026 PRE-K APPLICATION NOW OPEN!
We are now accepting applications for our Virginia Preschool Initiative PreK program. Each of our elementary schools has at least one PreK class for 4-year-old students who are eligible for the program. To review eligibility requirements and complete an application, please visit https://www.colonialhts.net/page/early-childhood-program.


Due to the incoming severe weather threat, all after-school activities, including those for Spring sports, are cancelled for today. We will continue to monitor the weather if further adjustments are needed.


The Colonial Heights School Board is scheduled to meet to discuss the qualifications and next steps for the new superintendent search on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 5:30 pm. They will meet at the Colonial Heights Technical Center in the Conference Room. The agenda for the meeting is attached and more meeting information is also available to view on the School Board website at https://go.boarddocs.com/va/chps/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=DE9P8V636DF7.


Join us at our next ☕Cup of Comfort 🍵 event where student caregivers get together to casually talk all things raising children in 2025!
📅 Wednesday, February 26th
📍 3451 Conduit Road (CHHS Tech Center A/V Room)
🕒 5:30 - 7:00pm
📧 Questions? Email dana_barefoot@colonialhts.net



Join us at Colonial Heights High School this evening from 4-6pm for our Community Career Event. Learn about various career paths and even apply for admission on site and learn if you qualify for free tuition!


Jumping into a five day weekend like...
‼️Out of an abundance of caution, Colonial Heights Public Schools will be closed tomorrow, Friday, February 21st. ‼️
All maintenance and custodial staff should report at 10am.


This message is serving as the Public Notification of the upcoming Colonial Heights School Board Meetings including the public hearing on the Superintendent's 2025-2026 budget proposal and the public hearing for Input on the Qualifications for the School Board's Search for a New Superintendent is scheduled for Tuesday, February 25, 2025. The meetings will be held at the Colonial Heights Technical Building, 3451 Conduit Road, Colonial Heights, Virginia 23834.
More meeting information is available to view on the School Board webpage.
Please note that the Budget Work Session is scheduled to begin at 4:00 PM and the Closed meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:30 pm in the Technical Center Conference Room with the Regular Meeting scheduled for 6:30 pm in the Audio Visual Room.

#FebruaryFollies25 has been rescheduled to Next Friday - February 28. Same Time, Same Place, Same Festivities.
Enjoy playing in the snow and then buy your tickets for the Follies
https://donorbox.org/events/731411/steps/choose_tickets


Colonial Heights Public Schools will be closed on Thursday, February 20th, 2025.


Due to incoming winter weather, Colonial Heights Public Schools will be closed for all staff and students tomorrow, February 19th, 2025.


The Colonial Heights School Board announced today that it will begin the process of hiring a new superintendent by seeking public input on qualifications.
The school board has created a survey related to superintendent criteria, which is available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ColonialHeights25 and on the home page of the division web site. Hard copies of the survey will also soon be available at the School Board Administration offices, at each of the schools, Colonial Heights Public Library, and Colonial Heights City Hall Welcome Center.
In addition to the survey, the board will hold a public hearing at the regularly scheduled monthly school board meeting on February 25, 2025 at 6:30pm at the CHHS Tech Center (3451 Conduit Road).
SURVEY DEADLINE: February 27, 2025


Colonial Heights Public Schools will be closed for students and staff tomorrow, Tuesday, February 11, 2025.


Join us at our next ☕Cup of Comfort 🍵 event where student caregivers get together to casually talk all things raising children in 2025!
📅 Thursday, February 13
📍 3451 Conduit Road (CHHS Tech Center A/V Room)
🕒 9:30 - 11:00am
📧 Questions? Email dana_barefoot@colonialhts.net



Our mobile app's icons and menus have an updated look and feel! We hope this improved experience better meets your needs as a parent/guardian.
If you'd like more support, you can check out the YouTube video overviews below:
English: https://youtu.be/zW9d0VzqDFI
Spanish: https://youtu.be/W8Cnu-tgK9M
If you need help getting into Rooms or connecting to your children in the app, please email your child's teacher or techdirector@colonialhts.net.


3 days left to buy! The CHHS AgriProject is selling their student-designed T-shirt as a fundraiser to support their efforts to show students how to grow and harvest vegetables and fruits.
Shirts are $25
Green or pink options
Sizes S - XXXL available
If you'd like to buy a shirt, here's the link: https://www.customink.com/fundraising/agriproject-t-shirt-fundraiser-for-2025?utm_campaign=desktop-campaign-page-share-v3&utm_content=agriproject-t-shirt-fundraiser-for-2025&utm_medium=social&utm_source=copy-link


We hope to see you at our next Cup of Comfort event -- this time during the evening! Join us for a warm drink and warm conversation with other caregivers who are also navigating parenting.
📅 January 30, 2025
🕔 5:00pm to 6:30pm
📍 CHHS Tech Center (3451 Conduit Road)
🚸 Childcare provided
📧 dana_barefoot@colonialhts.net



Colonial Heights Public Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay tomorrow, January 23rd.


Colonial Heights Public Schools will be closed for staff and students tomorrow, January 22, due to winter weather and potentially hazardous road conditions.


It's Virginia School Principals Appreciation Week this week! Our five schools are led by outstanding educators who are dedicated to our community. We thank them for all they do for the students and families of CHPS ❤️
