Copeland Hoofbeat

Copeland families,

Welcome back and Happy New Year! It was so great to welcome all of our Colts back this week! I hope you had a wonderful break. Please remember, the doors to the building open daily at 7:50. Classroom instruction begins promptly at 8:15 each morning, therefore, our staff must come inside to assist with instruction and are not able to stay outside to assist car riders. If your child arrives after 8:15, please be sure to park and enter the building with them to sign them in at the front desk. Also, please adhere to the entry and exit signs in our parking lot at all times throughout the day, including arrival and dismissal. We want to make sure to follow the designated traffic patterns to keep everyone safe. We appreciate your cooperation in these matters.

Thank you so much to our PTO and parent volunteers for all you did to help with our winter parties. They were a success, and our students had a wonderful time! It was a great way to begin our break. We are ready for a fantastic spring semester. There are so many fun events and activities that happen in the spring, so please keep an eye on our calendars that we send home the first Thursday of each month. On February 27, 2025 at 4:00 we will have our public meeting to review campus data. This meeting will be held in the library right before our CPOC meeting.

As we continue to focus on attendance, we want to make sure our students are at school every day they are well. Please watch for the upcoming student holidays and plan trips around those dates to ensure your child will not miss any important instructional days. Remember, when you miss school, you miss out!

As always, we appreciate your continued support. You are part of what makes our school such an amazing place!

Stefanie Berger

Principal

Email: copeland@cfisd.net
Website: Copeland.CFISD.net
Location: 18018 Forest Heights Drive, Houston, TX, USA
Phone: 281-856-1400
Facebook: facebook.com/copelandcfisd
Twitter: @CopelandCFISD

We are so grateful for everything our community does for Copeland!

• Thank you to our amazing and generous PTO for our delicious lunch from Union Kitchen!
• To all the parents who donated gift cards for our staff drawing, we thank you so much! That was such a fun day, and we truly appreciated it!
• Thank you to Mia's Table for the delicious cookies for our staff! We appreciate your thoughtfulness!

On December 9th, our Pre-K classes were introduced to Poppy the bunny and learned about the habitats, diet and body characteristics of rabbits. Our amazing volunteer, Ms. Clark, read our Pre-K classes the book, Rabbits & Raindrops, by Jim Arnosky.

Mark the milksnake, Gary the king snake, Toby the bearded dragon and several box and softshell turtles came to visit our 4th graders on Friday, December 13th. Students learned so much from this interactive learning exhibit!

Fifth graders were given the opportunity to observe and study mammal skulls on December 16th & 17th through an SRC exhibit. Ms. Clark brought skulls from 16 different animals, including beaver, cow, deer, fox and raccoon amoung others. Students observed characterstics from the skulls and guessed which animal they believed it belonged to. Each skull was discussed along with the unique characteristics that helped scientists to identify them and for each animal to thrive in the wild.

Congratulations to Wilson Nguyen, our Copeland Elementary spelling bee champion, and Shaunak Sanil, our runner up! Both students did an outstanding job, and we are so proud of them both!

The Aragon & Copeland choirs teamed up on December 17th to lend their voices for holiday cheer! Students performed many holiday favorites and delighted the audience with their festive spirit!

On Friday, December 6, our Copeland Kindergarteners celebrated Grinch day and our staff joined in the fun! Our hearts all grew three sizes with the cute smiles and fun to be had. The Grinch even made a special appearance during arrival and throughout the day!

Renowned children's author, Steve Swinburne, visited Copeland on December 12th. 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students were given a one hour presentation by Mr. Swinburne, who described his writing process, where his inspiration comes from and even led a few songs with his ukelele! He has written books like, Giraffe Math, Whose Shoes?, Ocean Soup and Big Truck Super Wash. This was such an amazing opportunity for our Colts, and an experience we hope will inspire them to be enthusiastic readers!

Join Copeland PTO. Go to the Copeland website here or return the form sent home with students with your payment.

Copeland PTO Facebook - @CopelandElementaryPTO

Copeland PTO Instagram - @CopelandElementaryPTO

Remind App Copeland PTO Volunteers – Text @2868g4 to 81010

Copeland PTO Events – Text @aeb664 to 81010

Cash or check made out to Copeland PTO must be returned with form.

Yard signs are on sale now on the PTO's website for $15.

Enjoy dinner while you support our school!

THE NEXT GENERATION OF BOX TOPS IS HERE!

Box Tops is changing to fit today's families. The new and improved Box Tops mobile app uses state-of-the-art technology to scan your store receipt, find participating products and instantly add Box Tops to your school's earnings online.

Download the app!

Students in grades K-5 will have four opportunities during the school year to use “credit-by-exam” to accelerate to another grade level. Students will only have one opportunity to test for each grade level considered.

To apply to take the test to skip kindergarten, a student must be 5 by September 1, and registered in a CFISD school. To apply to take the test to skip grade 1, a student must be 6 by September 1, and enrolled in a CFISD school.

Students who earn scores of 80% or better on each component of the credit-by-exam will qualify to advance one grade. Only one grade level may be “skipped” each year. No retests will be given.

If you are interested in getting more information about credit-by-exam, please contact the school counselor.

Please do not send any medication, including cough drops, to school with your child. Per our district policy, all medication must be unopened, unexpired and brought by a parent to the clinic and signed in.

For Pre-K, Kinder & 1st grade students, please send a dry set of clothes daily in your child's backpack. The clinic needs donations of gently used pants in all sizes for girls/ boys and new, unopened underwear in all sizes.

​Lisa Kane RN, BSN

Copeland Elementary School Nurse

18018 Forest Heights Dr.

Houston, TX 77095

clinic: (281) 856-1406

fax: (281) 463-5510

Click the Following Links for Quick Access:

Keeping Sick Children Home LEAD Safely Plan

Medication Policy Health Forms​