Hawks Happenings Monthly Newsletter

Hello Hawks Families,

November is here and with it the start of the holiday season! With Thanksgiving around the corner, it's the time of year to emphasize giving thanks and gratitude. I know how challenging and rewarding being a parent of a teenager can be, and want you all to know how much gratitude and thanks I have for each of you and this entire community! They say it takes a village to raise a kid and the College Place village does an outstanding job of supporting our Hawks, their learning, and overall growth.

This month our focus is on Celebrating Differences. We have a few CP Strong schoolwide lessons designed on identifying our own character strengths and acknowledging how each of us has a value we add to the collective.

November also has a few holidays where school is closed. Here are some dates to remember:

--Friday, Nov. 11; Veteran's Day

--Wed, Nov. 23; Half-Day Early Release

--Thursday, Nov. 24 & Friday, Nov. 25; Thanksgiving Holiday Break

We also have some celebrations to acknowledge with our Cross Country Boys Team taking the SCAC League Title, and our Volleyball Team taking the SCAC League Title as well. Both XC and Volleyball are headed to the post-season and we will be rooting loudly for them in our upcoming contests. We host our district volleyball contests the first week in November and have 11 XC athletes headed to state! Our Football team also has made the playoffs for the second consecutive year! For post season updates please follow our CPHS athletics page on Instagram!

Winter sports is also around the corner and it is not too late to sign-up! Below is the link to our winter sports registration page in Final Forms.

Link: Winter Sports Registration

In this edition of the Hawks Happening newsletter I share information about our upcoming CPHS Learning Community Showcase Event, Drivers Education, Five Star Hawks recognition, and much more.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us.

Thanks and Go Hawks!

Robert Aguilar, Principal

At College Place High School, we make it a point of pride to engage our students in project based learning with visible learning outcomes. We want our kids "learning by doing" and as such we are establishing a tradition of having learning showcase events for our community.

We invite each of you to come by on Wednesday, December 7th from 4:30-6:00pm to see our hallways and classrooms filled with examples and evidence of student learning! Many of teachers and classes are participating, but some will hold their own events or target the second semester showcase. Ask your student what they are working on in their classes towards this showcase and they should be able to answer you!

Academic Lab Success 1.5 Monday-Thursday 3:00-4:30 PM The Academic Lab Success 1.5 continues to grow with an average of 18 students per day that show up voluntarily to improve their grades. Math teacher, Mr. Humbert and Science & STEM teacher Mr. Goeden, provide after school support along with several other tutors to ensure student success. We encourage those students who need to or want to improve their grades to stay after school, snacks and transportation is provided.

eSPORTS: Starting November 14, we will be putting an eSports Team together and compete against other local schools. Training (playing video games) will be required and students must be passing all their classes with a C or better to be able to participate. Students will participate in a safe environment, strategize and develop healthy habits to become successful high school students. Physical team building activities will be part of the program.

Culinary: Starts November 14. Students will learn the basics of cooking, planning and preparing meals on a budget, and shopping. Aquaponics will be part of this program as well. Students will participate in growing vegetables and learn a new system of farming by combining Aquaculture (the growing of fish in a closed environment) and hydroponics (the growing of plants usually in a soil-less environment).

If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to Abel Hernandez at ahernandez@cpps.org

Seniors and their families,

Herf Jones is our partner for graduation announcements and memorabilia. They have launched our CPHS order site which is now open for you to place orders for grad announcements or senior memorabilia.

Our sales representative is Cheri Hoagberg and she can be reached at cmhoagburg@herffjones.com if you have any questions.

Exciting news! Drivers Education is coming back to CPHS!

A few key highlights:

--Former Culinary Teacher, Julie Hill, will be teaching this course, which will have before or after school options as described in the flier below. She can be reached at jhill@cpps.org if you have any questions.

--Students can earn a .25 high school credit.

--The class will be held here on campus using our vehicles and facilities for ease for our students and families.

--The cost is $450 per student, however an application for financial hardship is available for families.

--Courses can fill-up so registration is based on a first come first serve basis.

Again, if you have any questions please feel free to call us at 509-522-3312 or you may email instructor Julie Hill at jhill@cpps.org

For any of our College Place families interested in hosting an international exchange student, please see the attached flier. Thank you!

In our December newsletter we will share more information about our annual CPHS J Term. Students are excited about this unique learning opportunity to foster positive relationships with our staff while also digging into authentic hands on learning in courses and standards that they would otherwise not get to experience.

Students will be able to register for courses of interest later this month and we will share with them a finalized J Term Course Catalogue as well at that time.

Students who are interested in equestrian have an opportunity to join other students in our local high schools and participate in WAHSET. Students from Wa-HI, Desales, Touchet, WWVA, and CPHS are all on the same WAHSET equestrian team. For more information check out the attached flier!

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/