Copeland Hoofbeat

Copeland families,

What a fun last two weeks! Thank you to everyone who came out for our Kinder, 1st, and 2nd grade Dance Across Texas performances. They did a wonderful job and were precious. We appreciate the hard work of Coach Linhart, Coach DeLeon, and our PEAM team. The PTO out did themselves with the wonderful decorations once again. It was a huge success!

Today all of our students got to participate in EPIC Play Day, another event put on by our amazing PTO. This was the culminating event for our Spring fundraiser, and our students enjoyed being outside playing on the inflatables. The students reported that it was EPIC! We truly appreciate all the PTO does for our campus. We appreciate your generosity to our fundraisers, as these are the funds we use to pay for things like field trips, the garden, and other amazing events. We love that our PTO is committed to all of our students being able to experience field trips! Without these funds, these trips would not be possible!

We loved being able to celebrate Ms. Rebecca McConnell last night as Copeland's Teacher of the Year. It was a lovely evening to honor someone so deserving. Congratulations again, Ms. McConnell!

I hope everyone has an amazing Spring Break. We look forward to seeing our staff and students back on March 17th. It is hard to believe that we will be in our final stretch to the finish line. We will jump back in and hit the ground running as we give our best efforts for our final push to STAAR testing and finishing up the year. Always remember, "Every Colt counts, every moment matters."

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 so much to our wonderful PTO for the ice cream sundae bar with a side of hot cocoa! 💗 We are so thankful for you all!!
• Thank you to Texas Roadhouse for sending our front office staff a delicious box of warm Texas Roadhouse rolls & butter!
• We are so grateful for every minute of support from our Amazing PTO for Reading is Sweet and Dance Across Texas! Thanks to these amazing ladies, our events always have the loveliest decor, complete with custom balloon arches!
• The family of Farris & Ameer Hishmeh treated our staff to baklava! Thank you so much for the treat!!

3rd grade student, Mateo Grimco, made it to the TOP 200 contest entries for the HLSR Creativity Contest and received a blue ribbon and grounds passes for the Rodeo! The talent of the third graders this round was mind-blowing, but despite such tough competition, Mateo persevered to reach the top. If you go to the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, stop by the Art Exhibit in the NRG Center, where his artwork is on display for every Rodeo attendee to see.

On February 21st, our 3rd graders learned about a wide variety of amphibians and were introduced to live specimens! Our volunteers discussed metapmorphosis, respiration, body structure, food sources and the distinct characteristics of each kind of amphibian.

On February 27th, 4th graders were introduced to some amazing bird bodies! They studied various types of feet, different sizes and shapes of bodies, feathers and skulls. They even discussed what these structural differences indicated for each species.

Our 2nd graders learned about the different types of body coverings on March 6th. They learned how feathers, scales, fur and skin can help the body in important ways, such as temperature regulation and movement.

Our Colts had the best time at Reading is Sweet! There were so many beautiful and creative cakes, and STEAM activities galore! We had pillows to make, pictures to take, frames to decorate and friendship bracelets to create! The bake-off was filled with stiff competition from talented book-lovers!

Our winners from the 2025 Reading is Sweet Bake-off:

Cupcake Cutie: Ethan & Olivia Filkins for Secondhand Dogs

Smart Cookies: Jade Moreno for Love Monster

Takes The Cake!: Bella & Gabi Leal for The Couch Potato

Most Unique: Reese Labonte for Love Monster

Favorite Character: Megan Seenath Galvan for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus

Best Display: Mekaeel Hussain for Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone

Trixie's Pick: Scarlette Ramirez for How Rocket Learned to Read

Our Teachers' Choice winners are...

Teachers' Choice for Best 3D Dessert: Bela Ozarker for New Dragon City

Teacher's Choice for Most Clever: We have a tie between Angela Ramirez for Wings of Fire and Katherine Luis for The OK Book!

Teachers' Choice for Cutest Critter: Owen Shepard for The Wild Robot

Teachers' Choice for Sweetest Sculpture: Lainey Randle for New Dragon City

Best in Show: Charlotte Abrash for The Wild Robot

Our Pre-K students learned about Pointillism, Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art, studying artists like Wassily Kandinsky, Georges Seurat and Andy Warhol. These Colts then held their very own art show for their parents on Thursday, February 13th. We have such a talented group of Pre-K students!

Our Kindergarten through 2nd graders cut a rug on Friday, February 28th for our annual 'Dance Across Texas' event. Each year on 'Go Texan Day', our primary students perform western dances that they have learned in PE class, and it is such a fun experience!

Copeland's book club met on Thursday, February 27th to discuss the graphic novel, Squished! , by Megan Wagner-Loyd. This book is all about life in a big family, and the kids had such interesting observations about character development and the storlyline. We loved Squished!

Our PTO did not disappoint our Colts! Thank you to the PTO for a day of EPIC PLAY! All grade levels enjoyed time on the playground with a variety of activities including slides, carnival games, hula hoops and a wrecking ball pit! The Copeland Colts had so much fun celebrating a successful fundraiser!

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!

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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​