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Hello, Cocoa Tiger Families!

I hope that you and your Cocoa Tiger are feeling settled into the new school year. It’s hard to believe that we are already approaching the end of the first grading quarter of SY2024. It has been a super busy beginning to the year with much to celebrate, and some things to address and work to improve.

First, we are happy to welcome 30 new teachers since the end of last school year. Some of our new Cocoa Tiger teachers are in newly created positions funded by our Title I budget to assist our students with increasing academic achievement, improving attendance, and reducing behavior referrals.

As a Title I school, we are very intentional about ensuring the extra funds we receive are put to good use hiring staff, providing classroom learning supplies, funding field trips, purchasing textbooks, and providing parent outreach opportunities that help connect our families and our school for the purpose of enriching students’ learning experiences.

Because of the new FAST test introduced last school year, Florida schools will not be receiving school grades for SY2023, however, we have received our State Assessment results from last school year, as well as our PM 1 FAST results for Math and Reading for this year, and we are using these to make informed decisions about school improvement needs. Over summer, we had several teacher leaders come together for our Comprehensive Needs Analysis, which looked at all SY2023 testing and survey data for the purpose of providing our leadership team with suggestions for ways in which we could improve instruction, learning, and culture for all students in SY2024. This information was used to write our School Improvement Plan (SIP) for this school year, which is currently under review by district leadership. Once approved by the BPS School Board, we will be publishing this plan to our school website for your reference.

I look forward to working with our students and families to make SY2024 a great experience for all. I welcome your feedback, and I invite you to check your parent Focus portal and emails, as well as our Cocoa High School (official) Facebook and Instagram pages for weekly newsletters and updates about the great things our students and teachers are doing throughout the year.

TIGER PRIDE

Principal C. Denise Stewart

The Cocoa High School Admin team is excited to welcome students and teachers back to school! From left to right below:

Mrs. Lauren Feronti Williams, AP of Curriculum mailto:feronti.lauren@brevardschools.org

Mrs. Stephanie Booth, AP of 7th Grade mailto:booth.stephanie@brevardschools.org

Mr. Wayne Lawrence, AP of 8th Grade mailto:lawrence.wayne@brevardschools.org

Ms. Denise Stewart, Principal mailto:stewart.catherine@brevardschools.org

Mr. Ivor Mitchell, AP of Operations, 11th & 12th Grades mailto:mitchell.ivor@brevardschools.org

Dr. Rose Harrison, AP of 9th & 10th Grades mailto:harrison.roseanne@brevardschools.org

Parents, beginning on Tuesday, September 19th, you will be able to complete an IMPACT AID SURVEY. The data from this survey helps with funding for our school. It takes 2-5 minutes to complete. This year, we are asking all parents to complete the survey on FOCUS. You should see directions appear as soon as you log in.

If you have not already created a FOCUS account, please do so now:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xpC4J7fqpsHtCwypcrpw0WyKlp1ztdvLA2Z3H9GaCUo/edit#bookmark=id.9qr6aoasnel9

If you are unable to access Focus, please see the Front Office for a paper survey or contact sandra.celesti@brevardschools.org

Please visit the school website for more information. Please be advised that students must have a Parent Permission form on file in order to participate. A copy of the permission form is on our school website, and can also be obtained from any teacher or the front office. For questions, email our Title I contact, Mrs. Sandra Celesti mailto:celesti.sandra@brevardschools.org

If you need to contact your student's school counselor, please refer to the information below:

Seniors Class of 2024 -- Cathryn Fourtney mailto:fourtney.cathryn@brevardschools.org

Juniors Class of 2025 -- Dr. Homer Brown mailto:brown.homer@brevardschools.org

Sophomores Class of 2026 -- Tracey Asby mailto:asby.tracey@brevardschools.org

Freshmen Class of 2027 -- Dr. Mark Mullins mailto:mullins.mark@brevardschools.org

8th Grade Counselor -- Holli Couch mailto:couch.holli@brevardschools.org

7th Grade Counselor -- Vickie Woods mailto:woods.vickie@brevardschools.org

ESE Counselor 7-12 -- Paul Grant mailto:grant.paul@brevardschools.org

To reach any counselor by phone, please call the main office at 321.632.5300 and press 0

Parent Conference Night is Tuesday, October 17, 2023.

Parent Conference Night will be held on October 17th from 6-8 pm. To schedule a conference with your child’s teacher:

1. Go to https://www.schoolbookings.net and enter the event code 3nbds OR
2. Visit https://www.schoolbookings.net/code/3nbds OR
3. Use this QR code:

Tickets are on sale during High School lunch times until October 20th. The cost is only $25 per person. Permission slip must also be filled out and turned in.

All Sports Season update:

1. Varsity football is having a great season thus far. They are 4-1. They are ranked within the top 10 of the State overall.
2. Our Volleyball teams are having a great season by winning some critical match-ups and showing improvement all year. Our Freshmen team had their best seasons ever. Kudos to our players and coaches.
3. Our Boys Golf team is having a stellar season. They are currently 5-1 and they are playing extremely well. Our Girls Golf team is young but are working hard to improve.
4. Our Girls Bowling team is performing well with several wins this season. Our Boys team is young and showing outstanding improvement every week.
5. Our Swim and Cross-Country teams are improving weekly and are competitive.
6. Middle School Boys Basketball is having a good season. They won 3 games and looking to finish the season strong. Our Girls team is working very hard and improving every game, we are very proud of our Middle School athletes.

Winter Sports Season Tryouts:

1. Boys and Girls Soccer tryouts begin on 10/16/2023 at 3:45 located practice fields.
2. Wrestling tryouts begin on 11/06/2023 at 3:45pm in the Wrestling room 4-401.
3. Boys and Girls Basketball tryouts will be 10/30/2023 in the gym at 3:45pm.

As part of our PBIS efforts, teachers and staff reward students for exhibiting TIGER PRIDE (Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Discipline, and Empathy) throughout the school day. These tickets can be turned in for various treats and special events. Our Athletic Director Mark Carstens is allowing students to use some of their tickets for entry to some of our student athletic events.

Tiger Pride Tickets for Sporting Events

Football Home Games - Students with 10 tiger bucks free entry

vs. Seminole 10/6-7:00pm

vs. Astronaut 10/20-7:00pm

vs. Palm Bay 10/27-7:00pm

Varsity Volleyball Home Games - Students with 10 tiger bucks free entry

vs. Odyssey Charter School 10/9-7:00pm

Middle School Basketball Home Games - Students with 10 tiger bucks free entry

vs. Jackson MS 10/5

vs. Emma Jewel 10/12

vs Jefferson 10/19

JV Boys Basketball Home Games - Students with 10 tiger bucks free entry (open to these tickets to be used at concession)

vs. Eustis 11/30-5:00pm

vs. Palm Bay 12/08-5:30pm

vs. Celebration 12/12-6:00pm

vs. Victory Charter School 1/9-5:30pm

vs. Life Christian Academy-1/22-5:30pm

vs. Pathways 1/23-5:30pm

vs. Viera 1/26-5:30pm

Varsity Boys Basketball Home Games - Students with 10 tiger bucks free entry (open to these tickets to be used at concession)

vs. Eustis 11/30-7:00pm

vs. Palm Bay 12/08-7:00pm

vs. Celebration 12/12-7:30pm

vs. Victory Charter School 1/9-7:00pm

vs. Life Christian Academy-1/22-7:00pm

vs. Pathways 1/23-7:00pm

vs. Viera 1/26-7:00pm

vs. Wade Christian Academy 2/1-7:00pm

Test results for FAST PM1 for Reading grades 7-10 as well as Math grades 7-8 are now available. In order to access, parents must obtain their Access Code from the email sent through Focus to the Primary Contact's email address. You can also email our Testing Coordinator Matt Dailey for assistance mailto:dailey.matthew@brevardschools.org .

Parent log in (this is where you will need the Access Code): Login (cambiumast.com)

Understanding state test results: understanding-fast-and-best-eoc-reports-for-families---english.pdf (flfast.org)

Please contact your student's guidance counselor if you have any questions or concerns about the test results.

Middle School SGA met for the first time on Friday 9/29!

L to R Antonio Cabrera, Joslyn Madyun, Zariah Hamilton, Camille Keys, Solanch Jimenez, Khloe-Ann Bryant, Jacob Pierce

Cocoa Choir has a busy month in October!

We will be celebrating Hispanic Heritage month with a concert joining with McNair middle school students on October 13th. Our event will be October 13th in the Cocoa High Auditorium. We will have live performance, flag parade, a haunted house walk through and more! Come out and enjoy festive music and celebrate Hispanic Heritage with the Cocoa High School Art's department this Friday October the 13th starting at 5:30pm.

Round of applause to students Jill Robinson, Madison Wilson and Haylee Fernandez as they represented Cocoa High in this years All State Festival and will be representing us again for Brevard's All County performance in January. Please see Ms. K for more information.

High school choir students will be performing for this year's Night Against Crime in Cocoa. Students will be proudly representing their community and showing their Tiger Pride as they sing the national anthem to honor those who protect our community. Soloists Nick Blue (12th) and Madison Wilson (11th) will be also singing "Won't you be my Neighbor" from the popular children's show Mr. Rodger's neighborhood.

Last but not least, please wish our Advance Choir luck after submitting a tough audition for this year's Disney Candlelight performance at Walt Disney World. No matter the outcome, these students have worked tirelessly and sacrificed lots of time learning and perfecting the music. We are so proud of their dedication!

Rare Essentials - Cocoa Village

B and B Candles and Soaps

As required by the Florida Department of Education, we are notifying you that the following teachers are currently teaching outside of their fields of certification. The teachers are working to become certified in this out-of-field assignment area.

Elizabeth Corwin

Robert Hamlett

Emily Johnson

Robert Kokal

Charles Latherow

John Pavelchik

As required by the Florida Department of Education, we are notifying you that the following teachers are currently teaching English Language Learners English, Language Arts, or Reading as a Second Language (ESOL) strategies otuside of their fields of certification. The teachers are working to become certified in this out-of-field assignment area.

Elizabeth Corwin

Robert Daniels

Ashley Duncan

Patricia Holden

Rosalyn Kriner

Taylor Laird

Nathan Moretto

Lea Ng'saye

John Pavelchik

Website: https://www.brevardschools.org/CocoaJRSR
Location: 2000 Tiger Trail, Cocoa, FL, 32926 USA
Phone: (321)632-5300