CPA Tiger Talk

There is no school on Thursday November 14 for elementary students (PreK-4th Grade) due to elementary conferences. Students in grades 5-12 will have classes as normal on Thursday November 14.

There is no school for any students or staff on Friday November 15.

Fall conferences will take place on Wednesday November 13 and Thursday November 14.

Please reach out to your child's teacher for specific information about your conference. We are looking forward to connecting with you about your child’s progress.

Monday November 11

• Happy Veterans Day!

• K-5 Day 2

• Community Dental will be at CPA today to teach 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade students about dental hygiene!

• HS Girls Basketball practice begins today

• 3pm HS Student Council Meeting in Ms. C-B’s room, 1250

• 6pm Board of Directors Meeting

Tuesday November 12

• K-5 Day 3

• 7:30-8am Elementary School Child Study Team Meeting in the Special Education Conference Room

• 3pm Art Club Open Studio in Ms. Lor’s room, 3360

Wednesday November 13

• K-5 Day 1

• Every Meal distribution will take place today

• 7:30-8am Middle School Child Study Team Meeting in the Special Education Conference Room

• PreK-12th Grade Evening Conferences

Thursday November 14

• K-5 Day 2

• No School for PreK-4th grade students

• PreK-4th Grade Daytime Conferences

• 7:30-8am High School Child Study Team Meeting in the Special Education Conference Room

• 5th-12th Grade Evening conferences (Virtual)

Friday November 15

• There is no school today

• Happy birthday to Jason Wilson, CKC Cafeteria Supervisor! 🎉

• Happy birthday to Enola Davis, Special Education Paraprofessional! 🎉

Saturday November 16

• Happy birthday to Teresa Foley, MS Math Teacher! 🎉

Wednesday November 13: PreK-12th Grade Evening Conferences

Thursday November 14: No School for PreK-4th Grade ONLY Due To Conferences (5-12th grade has a normal school day)

Thursday November 14: PreK-4th Grade Daytime Conferences

Thursday November 14: 5-12th Grade Evening Conferences

Friday November 15: No School

Tuesday November 19: CPA's Multicultural Celebration, 6-7:30pm (see below)

Thursday November 21: Give to the Max Day (see below)

Friday November 22: HS Dance, 6-9pm (see below)

Wednesday Nov 27 - Friday Nov 29: No School (Thanksgiving Break)

For the full 2024-2025 CPA Calendar, please visit the CPA website.

Free Breakfast is available to all students 7:40-8:30am every day.

Please encourage your students to arrive on time and eat a free breakfast!

All Minnesota students are able to receive a free lunch every day. Students who wish to purchase a second lunch may do so. Students or staff can add money to their lunch account using the SchoolPay system.

Current breakfast and lunch menus can be found on the CPA website.

The CPA middle school and high school basketball season is beginning soon!

• HS Girls will have their first official practice November 11. Open gym will take place on Wednesdays from 3:30-5pm in the RGA.

• HS Boys will have their first official practice Nov 18. Open gym will take place on Saturdays from 10am-12pm in the RGA.

• MS Boys will have their first official practice Tuesday Nov 5th. Practices will take place on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 2:45-4:15pm with no practice on non-school days. Games begin the week of Nov 18. There will be 8-9 regular season games with games ending the week of Feb 3, 2025. Playoffs will be from Feb 13 through Feb 23.

• MS Girls will have their first official practice Monday Nov 4th. Practices will take place on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 2:45-4:15pm with no practice on non-school days. Games will begin the week of Dec 2. There will be 8-9 regular season games with games ending the week of Feb 10. Playoffs will be from Feb 20 through March 2.

Students must have a sports physical on file to play on the high school teams. For more information, visit the CPA website or contact CPA's Athletic Director Kenan Moore at kenanm@cpapk12.org or 651-280-4527.

Registration is now open for the Wilder Rec Center basketball teams!

Registration forms are available outside the PreK-8 office. Bring complete forms to the Wilder Rec Center to get signed up! For more information, contact the Wilder Rec Center.

CPA is not in charge of this program, and CPA staff members will not be present. For information about the CPA basketball program, contact CPA's Athletic Director Kenan Moore at kenanm@cpapk12.org or 651-280-4527.

Make sure you are following CPA on social media to see all the amazing things that are happening at our school!

Follow CPATigers on Facebook and Instagram and subscribe to Rusty the CPA Tiger on Youtube!

CPA invites you to our Multicultural Celebration on Tuesday November 19th from 6:00-7:30!

There will be opportunities to connect with members of our community, student performances, and fun for the whole family! In order to help us plan, please RSVP by completing this form.

In honor of CPA's Multicultural Celebration, students and staff are invited to participate in Multicultural Theme Dress Day on Tuesday November 19!

Dress up in clothes that your family or your culture use for celebrations! You can wear just one special piece or a whole outfit. All clothing must still be school appropriate. Students who choose not to dress in cultural attire must come to school in uniform.

For more information, talk to the administration team.

Give to the Max Day is a celebration of generosity all throughout the state of Minnesota on Thursday November 21! You can support CPA by making a donation online at CPA's Give to the Max Day page or by spreading the word to others you know. Thanks for your support!

Do you know a community member who would be interested in getting involved at CPA? Our Board of Directors is currently seeing a Community Member.

A community member representative cannot be a current staff member or parent. Former staff, parents, or students are welcome to apply. Anyone who is interested should contact Sarah Zosel at sarahz.board@cpapk12.org.

Mark your calendars: the CPA Carnival will be on Saturday February 8 from 11am-2pm!

Plans for the CPA Carnival are underway. Anyone who would like to get involved in helping plan the carnival is welcome to participate. Contact Sadie Fischer at sadief@cpapk12.org or 651-280-4564 for more information about how to get involved!

CPA partners with a transportation management company called 4MATIV. Please call or text the transportation hotline at 651-478-2482 if you have any of the following:

• Daily transportation changes (cutoff 12pm)
• Questions about pickup or drop off
• Questions about the current location of your vehicle
• Transportation concerns

If you are planning on picking up your student early from school, you must notify the office by 2:00pm.

• PreK-8th Grade: 651-776-5151
• 9-12th Grade: 651-280-4589

To change your student's bus arrangements (either from bus to pick-up OR from pick-up to bus) you must call 651-280-4588 by 1:30pm.

After 1:30pm, staff are attending to students for end-of-day procedures and are unavailable to deliver messages to students.

We discourage parents from picking up their children ten or fifteen minutes before dismissal time. This is a valuable time when teachers are putting closure to the day and it is very distracting to the children when the classroom is receiving phone calls to have a student sent to the office. We want ALL of our students to receive the optimum learning environment and appreciate your understanding in this matter.

CPA partners with SchoolNow for mass communications. Here's how it works:

• In urgent situations, such as snow days, reminders about planned school closures, and unexpected incidents, we will communicate with phone calls or texts (you can choose your preferred method)

• For general communications, such as the weekly Tiger Talk newsletter and invitations for special events, we will communicate via email (you can choose to opt out of this service)

Visit the SchoolNow page to update your phone number and email address. You will need to log in with the email address or phone number that is on file with the school, because this secure system pulls family information directly from our database. If you are unable to log in, please ensure the school office has your correct contact information.

Please note that we cannot use this system to contact students directly from our database. However, families can add as many additional phone numbers as desired. If students have their own phone and/or email address and wish to receive communications, their families can add those by logging into SchoolNow.

CPA students are expected to in uniform every day for school. Families, please help ensure your children are wearing proper uniform clothing each day.

All students must wear:

• A CPA shirt as the outermost layer
• Blue, Black, Khaki or Gray Solid Color Pants or Shorts
• OR Navy Uniform Jumper, Skirt or Skort (elementary only)

Please review the full uniform policy in our Family Handbook for further details. Thank you!

CPA is again partnering with the Every Meal program to provide free weekend food bags for interested families. Paper registration forms are available in the office. Families can also sign up electronically by completing this form.

To learn more about the Every Meal program or to make a donation to support their work, please visit the Every Meal website.

Please let us know if your child is absent from school. Families can report absences in any of the following ways:

• Elementary School Attendance Line: 651-280-4534
• Middle School Attendance Line: 651-289-3740
• High School Attendance Line: 651-280-4535
• Email: CPAAttendance@cpapk12.org
• Attendance Online Form: Available through the CPA Website

The schoolwide Lost & Found is located in the cafeteria. Please encourage your students to check for any missing items as soon as they are lost. All items that remain in the Lost and Found on the first day of each month will be discarded or donated. Thank you!

This newsletter can be auto-translated using the buttons on the top right of the page.

If you prefer, our liaisons will be happy to translate or explain any announcements in Tiger Talk or answer any questions you have about CPA. Contact Maikao Lee at 651-280-4545 (Hmong), Mariana Majil at 651-289-3742 (Spanish), or Paw Nay Bu at 651-280-4591 (Karen) for support.

Teaching Peace. Building Community. Developing Character.

Website: cpapk12.org
Location: 471 Magnolia Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, USA
Phone: 651-776-5151
Facebook: facebook.com/CPATigers