Copeland Hoofbeat

Copeland families,

It is hard to believe we are in our final nine weeks of the school year. There have been so many wonderful things to celebrate recently. Congratulations to Ms. Vigil and our 5th grade Choral Festival students. The concert was amazing! Thank you to our wonderful PTO for the awesome EPIC Play Day right before Spring Break. The kids had so much fun! We appreciate your support of our spring fundraiser and our annual movie night. Both of these events were a huge success.

The week of April 7th-11th, we celebrate our amazing assistant principals, Ms. Cranford and Ms. Willard. We appreciate all they do to support our staff, students, and community. Thank you, Ms. Cranford and Ms. Willard! We love you!

We begin STAAR testing next week for our 3rd-5th graders. Our students will take the reading test on April 8th and the math test on April 29th. Our 5th grade students will take the science test on April 15th. I know our students are ready and will shine! Please know we will have schedule changes on these days and can not allow lunch visitors.

Please remember that we have two student holidays coming up this month on April 18th and April 21st. We hope you enjoy the long weekend!

As always, thank you for your support and partnership of our staff and our school.

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 Bayou City Fellowship for the wonderful clinic supplies! 💗 We are so grateful to partner with you!!
• Thank you, PTO for the fun and delicious popcorn bar! You spoil us!
• What a treat for our staff to enjoy a St. Patrick's Day snack bar from our 3rd Grade, Large Group & Resource teams!!
• Thank you to Mathnasium for sharing the love on your 15th Anniversary and bringing us some cookies!! They were delicious!!

After a year off, the Superintendent's Fun Run has returned, and our Colts were there to join in the fun! There were bounce houses, vendor booths, snacks and both 1 mile and 5k races to test your endurance. Copeland Elementary came in 5th place for participation numbers in elementary schools, and 11th overall from the whole district.

The CFISD Choral Festival was held on April 2nd, and our talented team truly showed us what Copeland is all about! Of the students who auditioned, only nine students were selected from Copeland, and over 300 students from across the district performed. The songs included Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, For Good from the Wicked soundtrack, and How Far I'll Go from the Moana soundtrack, amoung others. We are so very proud of each of you, and we are so thankful to Mrs. Vigil for everything she does each year to get you read and help you grow!

Our 3rd graders performed Music Takes You Places on March 25, and it was truly spectacular! Thank you to Mrs. Vigil and all of our 3rd grade class for your hard work and dedication! We loved every minute of it!

On Tuesday, April 1, CFISD Board Member Christine Kalmbach stopped by to visit the Colts and tour our campus. We love having guests come by to appreciate all of the hard work our students and staff put in to make each year a successful one!

The CFISD Visual & Performing Arts Center hosted the district's Spring Art Show on March 18th. Five Copeland students were selected to have their work displayed; Faith Xu – 2nd grade, Kiley Andres – 3rd grade, Mila Conson – 3rd grade, Eason Hsu – 5th grade, and Railynn Szymczyk – 5th grade. Congratulations to all on your beautiful work and success! We are so proud of you!

We are so proud of Wilson Nguyen for making it through FOUR rounds at the Regional Spelling Bee on March 22nd!! Way to represent Copeland, Wilson!

Copeland's book club met on Friday, March 28th to discuss Iceberg , by Jennifer A. Neilson. This particular book was a historical fiction novel about a girl on board the Titanic when it sunk on it's ill-fated maiden voyage. Students were so excited to talk about the characters and their development throughout the book, the interesting historical tidbits included in the book and the even how the storyline led to a dramatic conclusion with a plot twist!

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!

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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​