Copeland Hoofbeat

Copeland families,

It's hard to believe that we are already in the second nine weeks and that it is November! This year is flying by! Thank you to Coach Linhart, Coach DeLeon, our wonderful PTO, and awesome volunteers for making our field days a success! It was hot, but as I was reminded, it was not May hot! The students had a blast! Thank you!

I am happy to announce that our Copeland Colts hit the 95% attendance goal for the first nine weeks with 96.1% in attendance! Way to go, Colts! Keep up the good work!

As a reminder, all students are off November 4th and 5th. November 5th is also Election Day. Please be sure to exercise your right to vote! We are looking forward to our 5th grade choir performing at Langham Creek's Ace Ladies' Night on Wednesday, November 6th at 6:00. This is always such a fun event, and we love to hear our choir perform. We hope you can join us!

We look forward to celebrating our Veterans on Monday, November 11th at 2:00 pm. If you have served, or have someone in your family who has served, please join us as we celebrate our Veterans!

Lastly, our Thanksgiving break will be the week of November 25th-29th. There is so much to be thankful for this time of year. It is always nice to be able to slow down and spend time with family and friends. I am so thankful for our staff, students, and our wonderful community. I feel truly blessed to be part of such an amazing 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 our PTO for hosting an amazing Trunk or Treat on October 18th! We had so much fun with our community!
• Thank you to CFPD for bringing out your officers and K-9 unit and Cy-Fair VFD for bringing out your truck and fire-fighters so that our Pre-K students could have a fun and interactive week of learning!
• Thank you, PTO, for treating the Copeland staff to a trail mix bar on Tuesday, October 29th. It was absolutely delicious and so fun! 😀
• Thank you to Sniha and Shaunak Sanil for the delicious Diwali treats! We loved them! 😍

Notice to Parents:

In accordance with Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)/PARENTS’ RIGHT-TO-KNOW, this is a notification to every parent of a student in a Title I school that you have the right to request and receive in a timely manner: information regarding the professional qualifications of your student’s classroom teachers and/or paraprofessionals.

On Tuesday, October 15, Fire fighters from Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department Station 8 brought out Heavy Rescue 5 to show our Pre-K students their equipment and talk about safety. Students heard about the safety gear that fire fighters wear to protect themselves, the equipment they used in emergencies and when to call 911. The students were also reminded that fire fighters are safe and that they protect and rescue people, so there is no reason to be afraid of them or hide from them in an emergency.

On Thursday, October 17, K9 Officer Mayo brought Astra to meet our Pre-K students. Astra is an 8 year old female Belgian Malinois who was born in Poland and brought to the United States in 2018 by Pacesetter K-9.

On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, October 23rd - 35th, Coach Linhart and Coach DeLeon led our Colts in a fun athletic competition! We had races, kicked balls, balanced, hopped and spun our way through contest after contest. The winners for each grade level were:

Kindergarten - Ms. Lopez' class

1st - Ms. Duncan's class

2nd - Ms. Dereoun's class

3rd - Ms. Humphrey's class

4th - Ms. Sauceda's class

5th - Ms. Sanders' class

Mother Goose spent the morning with our Pre-K and Kinder students on Friday, October 11.

On October 24th, the Copeland Library hosted the first Book Club of the year! Readers from 3rd, 4th & 5th grades read The International House of Deriliction, by Jacqueline Davies and met together to discuss character, setting, foreshadowing and symbolism. We love showing our emerging readers how much fun it is to immerse themselves in a good story!

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​