Hawks Happenings Monthly Newsletter

Hello Hawks families,

As we roll into November, I am so excited to share with you about some of the awesome stuff that is happening in our school and with our students!

At the time of this newsletter, our athletics teams are dominating the SCAC league, with playoffs for football, Cross Country, and Volleyball! We are celebrating #1 seeds in playoffs for both XC and Volleyball with our eyes set on competing at state!

We have wrapped an October that started with Homecoming fun, included parent/teacher conferences, and ended with required state testing. We had Career Speakers coming in to talk to our students and have engaged in school-wide Naviance lessons around exploring post-high school opportunities!

As we now transition into a new month, it is important to remember that November is a time of giving thanks, and I hope you will find time this Thanksgiving season with friends, family, and loved ones to show, in the ways that make sense for your family, how you give thanks.

I am thankful for being a part of an amazing staff and community here in College Place.

One of the new traditions that we have started is in partnership with Walla Walla University's Eden's Pantry. Our CPPS Cares Food Drive brought in thousands of canned and non-perishable food items to the families in our community last year, and we are hoping to continue this legacy tradition for many years to come.

Our staff, student club members, and athletes will be participating and volunteering in this years CPPS Cares Food Drive in the month of November. We have planned for our Food Box Distribution for Wednesday, November 17 from 9:00am - 3:00pm at the Walla Walla University Church. Thank you for being a part of our amazing community!

In this edition of the Hawks Happenings Monthly Newsletter, we will share information with you about J Term, some of the amazing accomplishments of our students, Winter Sports registration information, and much more!

Also, a reminder that Thursday, November 11 is Veteran's Day and a No School day as we honor those who have served our country. We will celebrate Veteran's Day as a school during our Veterans Day assembly on Wednesday, Nov. 10th. Then on Wednesday, Nov. 24th we will run a half day early release bell schedule with both Thursday the 25th and Friday the 26th as No School days for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to me at raguilar@cpps.org

Happy Thanksgiving and Go Hawks!

Robert Aguilar, Principal

Our staff are finding the use of Hawk Time to be very helpful in working with students, serving interventions, and providing opportunities for clubs to meet. As a result, we are adding Hawk Time to Fridays, as we currently have the time only Mondays through Thursdays. We will also move our Character Strong lessons from its current Wednesday Hawk Time slot over to Monday, allowing us to run Hawk Time interventions Tuesday through Friday straight.

Link: 2021-2022 CPHS Bell Schedules

In our June 2021 Hawks Happenings newsletter, we mentioned that College Place High School was going to add a two-week J Term grading period, nestled between first and second semester in the middle of January. As we transitioned away from the trimesters structure to our now semesters structure, the idea of a two-week window of time where we could really look at "doing school differently" appealed to a wide array of stakeholders as we looked into this possibility.

On Tuesday November 2nd during Hawk Time, we will roll-out to our students the J Term registration process, giving students a week to read about the course offerings for J Term and talk to teachers about their courses, before having them choose their top five selections the following week.

We are excited about the possibilities of J Term for planting seeds of potential post high school ambitions, building stronger relationships with our teachers, and getting an opportunity to dig into true project based learning opportunities with these fun and dynamic courses.

Link: J Term Roll-Out Video

Link: J Term Bell Schedule

Link: J Term Course Catalogue

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.

We are looking for ways to incentivize our students and to recognize/reward them for demonstrating excellence in academics, behavior, and attendance.

Our counseling team is asking parents who are willing or able to donate to our "prizes and goodies" in any way that fits with you. That could look like donated foods, candy, drinks, or other trinkets/items that students might find silly or fun. These donations, combined with our school level rewards create a nice option of items for students to choose if selected for various recognition opportunities. You can drop off donations at the main office anytime between 8:00am-4:00pm. Thank you!

--CPHS Counseling Team

From Athletic Director, Kenneth James:

Davis, Sager and CPHS Winter Sports Information

Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Winter Cheer & Wrestling

Winter Student Athlete Registration:

• Update and/or Create your Final Forms Account

  Create or update your account on this link to Final Forms or visit cphawksathletics.com

  Both Parents & Student sections need to be completed. You may need to add your Winter Sport on the student account. If you played Fall sports, you will still need to update your account forms.

  
  

• Pay your ASB Card fee, if you haven’t already! Required for CPHS and Sager only. ASB cards can be paid for online at CPPS.org (Payments tab) or directly to the Sager or CPHS front office.

• Have a current Sports Physical on file.

  Sport Physicals expire after 2 years. Upload it to Final Forms or submit it to the CPHS Athletic Office. Sports physicals are required for any participation at Sager and CPHS, not required for Davis 5th Grade Basketball.

  
  

• New forms are required in the registration process for COVID Testing (more specific news to come very soon), if you have already registered, there are new required forms for you to complete.

WA DOH & WIAA Guidelines will be Followed:

Athletes will be required to bring an approved face covering to all practices and competitions. The scenarios student athletes will wear a face covering will be determined and communicated as the season approaches.

Anticipated Start Dates:

*More information will be shared soon regarding specific locations, times, and coach contacts*

Davis 5th Grade Boys Basketball - November 1

Sager 7/8th Boys Basketball - November 1

Sager 6th Boys Basketball - November 8

CPHS Girls Basketball - November 15

CPHS Boys Basketball - November 15

CPHS Coed Wrestling - November 15

CPHS Winter Cheer - Tryout Dates (required) Nov. 8, 9, 10, 12

Sager 7/8th Coed Wrestling - January 3, 2022 (tentative)

Sager 7/8 Girls Basketball - January 3, 2022 (tentative)

Sager 6th Girls Basketball - TBD (Jan. 10 tentative)

Davis 5th Grade Girls Basketball - TBD (Jan. 10 tentative)

Navigation and Registration Support:

Athletics Registration links & information: cphawksathletics.com (‘MORE’ tab)

Direct Link to Final Forms Registration and Final Forms Parent Playbook English/Spanish

CPHS Athletic Office at 509-522-3312

CPHS Athletic Director - Kenneth James kjames@cpps.org

Sager Athletic Director - Donald Ponds dponds@cpps.org

Follow the Hawks/Raiders:

CPPS Athletics Facebook Page

Instagram @ cphshawks_athletics

In partnership with our local College Place Prevention Coalition, which aims to curb teen substance use throughout our community, there is an Adult Survey that they would love to have people complete.

The community survey asks adults their perception of youth substance use and mental health within the community. The survey takes about 10-15 minutes.

Thank you for your willingness to provide the CP Prevention Coalition some data through this survey:

English survey link- https://bit.ly/CP2021english

Spanish survey link- https://bit.ly/CP2021spanish

College Place High School contact information and ways to reach us.

Email: raguilar@cpps.org
Website: https://www.cpps.org/o/high-school
Location: 1755 South College Avenue, College Place, WA, USA
Phone: (509) 522-3312
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CollegePlaceSchoolDistrict/