CPA Tiger Talk

As a reminder, there is no school on Monday September 2 in honor of Labor Day.

Enjoy your long weekend! We look forward to welcoming students back in the building on Tuesday September 3.

Monday September 2: No school (Labor Day)

Friday September 6: Final day to sign up for fall athletics (see below)

Monday September 9: Board of Directors meeting, 6pm

Tuesday September 10: Virtual Informational Meeting for Spring Break 2026 trip to Washington DC, 6pm (see below)

Wednesday September 18: School Picture Day

Friday September 20: Early Release Day (dismissal at 12:30pm)

Friday September 27: Early Release Day (dismissal at 12:30pm)

Monday September 30: No School for PreK-4th Grade, Digital Learning Day for Grades 5-12

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.

Fall athletics are underway! Middle school and high school students who are interested in joining the volleyball or soccer teams must sign up by Friday September 6.

Stop by the high school office and talk with Mr. Moore to get started! He can also be reached at kenanm@cpapk12.org or 651-280-4527 if families have questions. For additional information, please visit the CPA website.

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 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 students 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.

On Tuesday September 10 at 6pm there will be a virtual Informational meeting about the Washington DC trip that will take place during Spring Break 2026. The trip is open to current 8th-11th grade students. Attend the meeting to learn more about this exciting opportunity!

Sign up to attend the informational meeting using this link, or by scanning the QR code on the handout that was sent home with students. For more information, contact Megan Cina-Bernard at megancb@cpapk12.org or 651-280-4515.

The Music Department is once again offering free piano lessons during lunch! Interested high school students can sign up outside of the music room.

Stop by the music room if you have any questions!

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 will again partner with the Every Meal program to provide free weekend food bags for interested families.

All participants need to re-enroll in the Every Meal program to receive support during the 2024-2025 school year. Students will be bringing home enrollment forms during the initial weeks of the school year. Families can also sign up electronically by completing this form. We will begin distributions later this fall, and we will include updates in the Tiger Talk Newsletter.

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

CPA parents and guardians are encouraged to sign up to be a field trip chaperone or classroom volunteer. Everyone who works in our classrooms must complete an application and background check each year.

If you are interested in getting involved, please read the Volunteer Handbook and complete the application found at the back of it. Turn in your application along with a photo of a federal or state-issued ID to sadief@cpapk12.org or the school office. Paper copies of the Volunteer Handbook are available in the main office.

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