Cedar Park’s Staff Appreciation team is back at it this month, with a “Souper Bowl” themed event scheduled for Thursday, 1/24.
Let’s show Cedar Park how SOUPER we think they are! Please consider donating a crock-pot of soup or a large salad to feed the hard-working staff of CPMS. Soups can be homemade or purchased.
The CPMS Student Store is in need of new volunteers in 2019.
Cedar Park's Student Store is open to students before school, Monday through Friday. Student's purchase extra school supplies, PE Shirts, and other favorite items. Volunteer shifts run from 8:45am until about 9:20am.
Shifts can be weekly, every other week, monthly or whatever works best for your schedule. Duties include setting up the student store before school starts, serving student customers who come by, closing the store and securing the money from the sales that day.
There will be a training held Friday, January 25th at 9:15am for interested volunteers. Meet Student Store coordinator, Carrie Fox, in the lobby for a quick run through so you can feel confident that you know where to find what you need and what to do to work the student store. Training not required to sign up.
Feel free to sign-up for a shift by clicking HERE.
The PTC-funded 7th grade experience this year will be a field trip to OMSI this January to explore the King Tut exhibit and view “Egypt: Secrets of Mummies” at the Empircal Theater.
In order to make this field trip happen,parent chaperones are needed to be assigned to a group of around five students. This entire field trip will be paid for, including chaperones.
The group will be leaving Cedar Park around 9:30 am and return around 3:00pm by taking MAX light rail services.
Links to sign-up are below. All chaperones are required to have completed a background check.
Thursday, 1/10: FUJI King Tut at OMSI
Tuesday, 1/22: LOTUS & HURD King Tut at OMSI
Thursday, 1/24: AMBASSADOR King Tut at OMSI
Thank you to the 10 Cedar Park volunteers who staffed the BSD Clothes Closet last week.
The BSD Clothes Closet assigns each school one Wednesday a week to provide volunteers for the sorting room and store.
Cedar Park came through to provide excellent service and customer service, as well as the man power to open, sort, and organize the boxes of donated winter coats that had recently come in.
More information about this vital BSD program can be found here. They are always in need of gently, used clothing, especially winter coats and shoes. New underwear and socks are also high in demand this school year.
Cedar Park 8th graders embraced Art Lit yesterday, learning about Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky. Parent volunteers presented the lesson and then assisted the students in completing a Kandinsky-themed art piece.
Examples of 8th grade art projects. Well done!
The art lit team is still in need of volunteers to assist 6th & 7th grade students through this project.
To find the correct time to assist with your child’s class, please ask your student when they have Humanities on Wednesdays. You can also check Parentvue to view your child’s schedule.
Here is the bell schedule for Wednesdays. Please note: AN MVP PROFILE IS REQUIRED TO VOLUNTEER DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
6th Grade— Wed, 11/28. Times vary based on student schedule.
7th Grade–– Wed, 11/7. Times vary based on student schedule.
Art Lit at CPMS is made possible by your generous 5K donation. Questions can be directed to our CPMS Art Lit Team (cpms.art.lit@gmail.com)
CPMS 8th Graders listening to Kandinsky lesson. Captivated!
(UPDATED 10/18) Cedar Park PTC is fortunate to have so many parents step up and into larger roles. However, we do have several committees that still need additional leadership.
Please contact Jennifer Rafanan if you are interested in keeping Cedar Park awesome through taking on one of these events.
Student Socials Co-Coordinator: JANUARY 2019 & JUNE 2019: Join a team to collaborate with staff to plan student socials at the end of each semester.
OBOB: Assist our Cedar Park librarian with promotion and coordination of this fun literacy program.
A full list of our Cedar Park PTC committees can be found here.
The Cedar Park AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program is seeking volunteers! AVID is a school-wide system that supports students in developing the skills needed to be college/career ready.
The AVID elective classes would love to host guest speakers from the Cedar Park community to talk to students about their college experiences and career paths.
We also have a need for AVID tutors who would help to facilitate tutorials twice a week with a group of 6-7 students. The time commitment is about 45 minutes a day on Tuesdays and Thursdays in one of the AVID elective classes. Tutorials are student-run inquiry circles that help students navigate their core class content. Beaverton School District provides the necessary training and materials to be an AVID tutor.
If you are interested in either opportunity, please contact our AVID coordinator, Rich Feely: Richard_feely@beaverton.k12.or.us.
Want to learn more about AVID? Find out more at www.avid.org.