Attention Seniors:
Attention Como-Pickton Graduating Seniors!
Our goal is to still hold a live graduation ceremony for you on May 22nd at 7:30 pm. There is a very good probability that we will not be able to do this, though. Because of this probability, we have hired Chad’s Media to create a video ceremony that we can share with the community on May 22nd instead. Hopefully, we will be able to hold the graduation ceremony and provide you with the video. But, because we are unable to put the video ceremony together at the last minute, we have to begin our planning phase for that project. We will film our video ceremony on the stage of the secondary cafeteria. Please note the following directions for our video ceremony creation.
1. We have each of you scheduled to attend one filming session. We have scheduled you ten minutes in order for Chad’s Media to film your part. The two days that we are planning to film are May 9th and May 15th. We will post the schedule later this week that lets you know which day and time you are to be here.
2. Come ready. Time slots will be posted later this week. When it is your turn, though, you will only have approximately ten minutes to leave your car, film, take pictures, and return to your car….. So, you have to be ready to go when you get here.
3. Park your car in the Junior High parking area.
4. Stay in your car until you are notified that it is your turn. We will have a staff member come out to let you know that it is your turn.
5. Arrive about thirty minutes early in case we are running ahead of schedule. (We have about fifty students and their families to film, so we have to be ready and stay on schedule as much as possible.)
6. When the staff member tells you that it is your turn, please enter the secondary cafeteria by the side doors.
7. You are welcome to bring your immediate family with you, but please do not bring more than 10 family members. (They must enter together with you when you enter and return to their cars with you when you return to yours.)
8. When you exit, you will exit out of the other side of the cafeteria and through the elementary exit. (The next scheduled group will not be able to enter until you are back in your vehicles.)
9. We will provide you with a copy of the video when it is completed as well as an 8.5 x 10 photo. Como-Pickton will be paying for this, so there is no need to make any purchase.
10. Each family will have up to 10 minutes of stage time for family pictures and celebrations. Students with speaking parts will be allotted additional time for obvious reasons.
11. Seniors, if you cannot make your scheduled time slot, please notify Mr. Baird through email as soon as possible. BairdK@cpcisd.net (I know this is obvious, but I wanted to make sure everyone understands. If you are unable to be present to film your part of the video, you will not be in the video.)
12. We will post your time slots in the next couple of days, so stay tuned.
If we are unable to hold a live graduation ceremony, we will reschedule as much as possible. Our latest date for rescheduling will be September 19th, the Saturday after our Homecoming game.
It has been almost one and a half months since we’ve seen you! We look forward to seeing you again on one of those two days!
Elementary new student registration information:
Congratulations to our top 10 graduates!
#EaglePride247 #CPClassof2020
My Eagle Nation Family:
It is with heavy heart that I notify you that Governor Abbott has ordered our schools closed for the remainder of the year. We knew that this might be a possibility, but it is still difficult for us to realize such an awful time in our state and nation. I know that many of you have questions regarding graduation and student scholarships / awards. I do not have any answers for you at this time, but I can tell you that we WILL have some type of senior recognition before the end of the school year. We WILL still announce scholarship winner recipients before the end of the school year. We WILL still announce student award recipients before the end of the school year. It may be an online activity or something that won't violate our social distancing guidelines, but we WILL do something.
Your child's teachers will still continue their efforts in reaching out to your child to whatever extent is comfortable for you and your family. If they are contacting you too much, please just tell them. If they haven't contacted you enough, please let them know that too. As I mentioned before, our goal is to continue instruction as much as possible, but we do not want to make a stressful situation even worse. If all you do is tell your children that you love them and that education is important, you have done enough to satisfy me.
I also assured you that we would not punish your child regarding grades during this unstable time as well. Whatever your child's school average was before we closed school, that will be their average for the remainder of the school year. We understand that being at home instead of at school is less than ideal for your child's educational growth. We will work all the harder next year to recover whatever areas they have fallen behind in. It isn't their fault, and we know it. Every child in the state of Texas is in the same situation. We will get through this together.
We will also continue to feed our students who are in need during the rest of our school year. Last week, our staff and cafeteria workers delivered almost 2,000 meals to the students in our community. That's a lot of work, but we do it because we care.
As always, I encourage you to reach out to me with any questions or concerns. My email address is gbower@cpcisd.net. We miss our students, and we love them. We hope everyone stays healthy during this crazy time.
Your Proud Superintendent - Dr. Greg Bower
Seniors:
The 2020-2021 School Calendar has been approved by the CPCISD school board. Visit our website at www.cpcisd.net to print a copy.
Join the 2020-2021 CPHS Color Guard!
2019-2020 Yearbook needs pictures!
A message from our yearbook coordinator:
Attention students:
JH Cheer Sign-up:
Message from Nurse Holly:
Parents: We have turned off our Parent Portal Access while our school is closed. We have stressed that you should not worry about your child's grades dropping during this time. We will not allow that to happen. Trying to maintain equitable grading in an un-equitable environment is impossible. Therefore, we wanted to remove all stress from parents as well as teachers. If you have any questions about your child's work, or progress, please do not hesitate to contact your child's teacher or principal through email. Work through your child's school assignments in whatever manner is most comfortable for you and your family. Your child's grade will reflect whatever your child's average was prior to our school closing up to the point that we return. As always, stay healthy and safe during this troubling time. Don't hesitate to email me if you have any questions or concerns. Very Truly Yours - Dr. Greg Bower - Superintendent - gbower@cpcisd.net
Parents & Students:
Parents: Many of you are scheduled to pickup your child’s work at school tomorrow. With the new Stay at Home order, we realize that you may have some questions for us. Judge Newsom has stated that picking up your child’s work from school is acceptable as long as you stay in your vehicles to do so. Also, we are planning on continuation of our student meal deliveries to those who are in need. They will continue as they have been. Tomorrow, we will also deliver instructional material to those who can’t make it to school. In our effort to do our part and further reduce our interactions, though, next Thursday will be our last work delivery. We will make sure that we send material home for the remainder of the year. In the event that we are able to come back before then, our teachers will review and reteach as much information as possible. Finally, If you are able to scan your child’s finished work back to your teacher, try to do so. If not, just have your child keep it until he or she sees their teacher again.
We thank you for all that you do for our school, and we want you to know we are here for you in this difficult time.
Students: We miss you, and we love you. See you soon!
Attention Seniors:
Eagle Pride Alert! Congratulations to Caemon Wilburn for earning 2nd Team Academic All-State Team in Basketball. And for Ruben Preciado for earning Academic All-State Honorable Mention! Let these boys know you're proud of them! Post your congratulatory comments below! #EaglePride247
Parents: As we move toward more of our staff working from home and social distancing ourselves, it may be easier contacting each campus through email rather than by phone. To reach each campus, please use the following email addresses:
Elementary - Monica Tapley at
TapleyM@cpcisd.net
Junior High - Julie Baxter at
BaxterJ@cpcisd.net
High School - Alice Bower at
BowerA@cpcisd.net
Spanish Speakers - Patty Pulgarin at
PulgarinP@cpcisd.net
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