This year, CHPS joined the Beanstack family! Beanstack is a reading log software that allows all of our students to log their reading minutes, participate in reading challenges, and earn badges and rewards for their reading time. Beanstack has a mobile app that students can use at home from any tablet or phone. All they need is their ClassLink login! And YES, grown-up read-aloud sessions are encouraged and count towards their minutes 😉
Visit our website to download the app, learn how to log in it, and start reading with your child at home: https://www.colonialhts.net/o/chcps/page/beanstack
CHPS is proud to host one of the state's "Commonwealth Conversation on Restoring Childhood Through Common Sense Approaches to Social Media and Cell Phones" events with the First Lady of VA and award-winning social psychologist Dr. Jonathan Haidt. We encourage community members, caregivers, and other stakeholders in student wellness to attend.
📅 September 19
📍CHHS Auditorium
⌚ 7:00-9:00pm
📫RSVP: tinyurl.com/socials-and-cells
🌐 Learn More: https://www.doe.virginia.gov/about-vdoe/cell-phone-free-education-in-virginia-k-12-public-schools/commonwealth-conversation-on-restoring-childhood-through-common-sense-approaches-to-social-media-and-cell-phones
Our Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) will be meeting on September 30th in the Tech Center A/V Room at 5:30pm. Directly after, we'll hold a parent workshop on self-care and wellness. We invite stakeholders in our community to join this committee to help shape the services and supports we provide to our students with disabilities.
THIS YEAR'S MEETING DATES:
- Sep 30, 5:30pm
-Nov 14, 6:00pm
-Feb 13, 5:30pm
-Apr 10, 6:00pm
For more information, contact our Family Resource Coordinator dana_barefoot@colonialhts.net!
You are invited to attend a flu shot clinic put on by the VA Dept. of Health. They'll be in Colonial Heights on October 10th at Saint Michael's Episcopal Church from 12 to 2p.m. Free flu shots will be provided on a walk-in basis to those 18 and older.
👨🏾👩🏼👧🏽👦🏽 COLONIAL PARENT ACADEMY 👨🏾👧🏽
We invite PreK through Grade 3 parents and guardians to learn how to implement helpful classroom accommodations within the context of your home!
SEP. 19: Chunking & Task Analysis (6pm at NES)
Date TBA: Visual Schedules & Positive Praise (6pm, Location TBA)
Date TBA: First/Then & Token Boards (6pm, Location TBA)
Date TBA: Play with Me! (6pm, Location TBA)
If you plan to attend on September 19, please RSVP at this link: tinyurl.com/CHParentAcademy
Look for paper flyers coming home with your child, as well.
Reminder: Staff and students will not attend school in observance of Labor Day this Friday, August 30th and Monday, September 2nd. School will resume on Tuesday, September 3rd.
You are invited to attend our regular monthly school board meeting tomorrow, August 27th, at 6:30pm at the CHHS Tech Center. Agendas, recordings, and more can be found on our website at https://www.colonialhts.net/o/chcps/page/school-board
If you're interested in substituting in CHPS, join us on September 5th for our sub hiring event at the CHHS Tech Center!
📍 3451 Conduit Road (in the A/V Room at the Tech Center)
📆 September 5, 2024
⌚ Come between 4:00 and 6:00pm
👨🏽🏫 Hiring for sub teachers, paras, nurses, food service workers, and drivers
📄 Apply on the spot available! (Bring two forms of ID)
📝 Encouraged preregistration for the event at tinyurl.com/CHPSsubevent
💵 CURRENT SUB RATES 💵
Teacher: $125/day
Paraprofessional: $110/day
Nurse (RN): $125/day
Nurse (LPN): $110/day
Food Service & Transportation: Hourly rate based on experience
Bus routes for the 2024-2025 are now live on our website! View them at https://www.colonialhts.net/o/chcps/page/transportation.
One more week to go! We've put together a back-to-school checklist for our caregivers so that you can have all of your tasks in one place. Click on a task to get started.
VISIT THE CHECKLIST: https://linktr.ee/CHPSbts
Did you know you can already knock out those annual Back to School forms for your students? If you visit Parent Portal on the web or in the app, you can complete these forms digitally!
Some of the best perks of filling them out digitally include being able to submit one form for all of your children at once (assuming they share the same information), immediate data in our system for emergencies, and no risk of a form containing your sensitive data being lost on its way into school.
We've created a guide on exactly how to fill out forms online: https://scribehow.com/page/Updating_Demographics_in_the_PowerSchool_Mobile_App__JjjIaZTVQQWUcKhIXe2jMA
Forgot your password or don't have access to Parent Portal? Please email powerschool@colonialhts.net
The Chesterfield Health District of the Virginia Department of Health will be hosting a vaccination clinic at the CHMS and CHHS Open Houses on Thursday, August 15 from 3:00pm to 6:00pm in order to provide 7th and 12th grade students with their school vaccinations. Visit this link to view the full flyer in English and Spanish: https://5il.co/2t31x
We hope to see you at Orientation / Open House on August 15th!
Kindergarten Orientation - 10am
9th Grade Orientation - 10am
6th Grade Orientation - 1pm
Open House: 3-6pm
If you are unable to attend one or more events, reach out to your child's principal to reschedule a visit.
Virginia's Sales Tax Holiday begins TOMORROW! You can save money when you purchase school supplies and other items this weekend tax-free.
To see what items are eligible and learn more, visit https://www.tax.virginia.gov/virginia-sales-tax-holiday
It is officially August, so that means it is Back to School Month! Our School Board wishes students and staff a wonderful last few weeks of summer and a wonderful school year!
If you live in an apartment complex in CHPS, join us for CHPS on the Road! On August 1st and 2nd, CHPS staff will be venturing out around the city to help you prepare for the school year. See the Facebook events and look out for a dialer call for more details.
This message is serving as Public Notification of the upcoming Colonial Heights School Board Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, July 23, 2024. The meetings will be held at the Colonial Heights Technical Building, 3451 Conduit Road, Colonial Heights, Virginia 23834.
The agendas for the meetings can be found here: https://go.boarddocs.com/va/chps/Board.nsf/vpublic?open
Please note that the Special meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:00 pm in the Technical Center Conference Room with the Regular Meeting scheduled for 6:30 pm in the Audio Visual Room.
We've posted our 2024-2025 school supply lists if you'd like to get an early start! You can find them as well as Amazon lists of example items by visiting our website or the "Documents" section of our Colonial Heights PS app! https://www.colonialhts.net/page/school-supplies
As we move into summer, we still have a handful of job openings in CHPS for next school year. If any of these pique your interest, check out the link below to learn more and apply!
https://www.colonialhts.net/o/chcps/page/working-in-chps
We will be providing free meals to CHPS students and CH residents under 18 years old Monday through Thursday during some of June and July. You can view the schedule, locations, dates, and menus by visiting the URL below.
https://www.colonialhts.net/o/chcps/page/meal-menus
