CHS June Newsletter
A way for families to connect with CHS & The Community
Three of our graduating IMP4 seniors are finalists for the 2025 Games for Change Student Competition!
Their submission ‘Project Wasteland’ has been selected as a Finalist for the 2025 G4C Student Challenge competition for the Made with Unity award category!
Their accomplishment will be celebrated at the 2025 G4C Student Challenge Virtual Awards Ceremony on Thursday, June 12th, during which winners and prizes will be announced. All winners will receive prizes, and two Game of the Year winners (one in the Junior/Senior division and one in the University-Age Division) will be awarded a $10,000 scholarship! Great Job Mason, Christopher & George!
Mr. Rothwell's Homeland Security students took their investigative skills outside to the tennis courts to do a field experiment exploring bullet angle trajectory. Homeland Security is one of the many Completer Pathways CHS offers for graduation. The program provides rigorous and relevant instruction of homeland security and criminal justice topics to help students understand how the United States and its interests worldwide are protected against threats to public safety, both natural and manmade through effective communication, preparedness, detection, prevention, response and recovery.
Mrs. Ehrenreich's Art students were able to show off their creativity and skill by working with McFadden's Art Glass on campus to create beautiful glass sculptures. Students got to be hands on throughout the entire process from picking what they wanted to make, to choosing the colors, heating the glass and molding the object. Thank you to our friends at McFadden's Art for bringing all their equipment to CHS to make this happen. Please check them out if you are interested in making some of your own art.
Who is Eligible?
A school-aged child is eligible for benefits under the Maryland SUN Bucks program if they are:
- enrolled in a Maryland School that participates in Free and Reduced-Price School Meals (FARMS)
- aged 5-18 and their household already participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA), or Medical Assistance/Medicaid (MA),
- applied for and was enrolled in Free and Reduced-Price School Meals (FARMS) or School Breakfast Program (SBP) during School Year (SY) 2024-2025,
- in foster care, or homeless, migrant, or runaway,
- not meeting any of the criteria above but apply and are determined eligible for FARMS before August 31, 2025.
Important! Any unused Maryland SUN Bucks benefits that have been issued to you will expire 122 days after the date they were issued. Please check your Maryland SUN Bucks balance and use your benefits before they expire!
No Cost Eye Exams at BCPL locations with Vision to Learn
A comprehensive eye exams will be provided to your child (ages 4-17) per your consent. Your child will have the opportunity to pick out a pair of glasses, at no cost to you, if they receive a prescription. If your child needs further testing, they will receive a referral for follow care.
Please note, if you are booking multiple children, you will have to book an appointment for each child.
If applicable, vision services provided will be billed to your child’s Medicaid benefits. There will be no out-of-pocket cost.
You can contact us at maryland@visiontolearn.org with questions.
Too Book at the Essex (BCPL) Library location, click here.
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Se le realizará un examen ocular completo a su hijo (de 4 a 17 años) con su consentimiento. Su hijo tendrá la oportunidad de elegir un par de anteojos, sin costo para usted, si recibe una receta. Si su hijo necesita más pruebas, se le derivará a un centro de seguimiento.
Tenga en cuenta que si reserva varios niños, deberá reservar una cita para cada niño.
Si corresponde, los servicios de la vista proporcionados se facturarán a los beneficios de Medicaid de su hijo. No habrá ningún costo de bolsillo.
Puede contactarnos en maryland@visiontolearn.org si tiene preguntas.
Only school-issued Caps, Stoles, and Cords may be worn at graduation!
If you choose to decorate your cap, please remember that you can NOT increase the height and/or width of your cap. The only thing hanging off your cap is your tassel. This is a BCPS and Chesapeake HS event, cap decorations must be school appropriate and reflect the seriousness of the occasion.
See below for more guidance on cap decorations:
Please take into consideration the following rules when decorating your graduation cap. Failure to follow these rules will result in the removal of the cap at the ceremony. Students WILL NOT be allowed to participate in the ceremony without a cap and gown.
- Only the flat, top area of the mortar board may be decorated. There may be nothing hanging down from any of the sides of the cap. (Tassel Only)
- Decorations MUST be flat on the surface of the cap. 3D creations are prohibited.
- Contain any advertisement, symbols, abbreviations, initials. words, slogans, patches, or pictures that: refer to drugs, alcohol, or weapons or be of sexual nature.
- Denote an affiliation with gangs or which advocate drug use, violence, illegal activity, or disruptive behavior which is detrimental to the safety and welfare of other students.
- Be obscene, profane, vulgar, or lewd.
- Include numbers other than the graduation year.
- Threaten the safety and welfare of any person.
- Graduation caps will be reviewed and approved in advance of the ceremony.
- Thank a parent, grandparent, guardian, teacher, friend.
- Recognize the university/college you will be attending.
- the graduation year
- the branch of the military they will be joining.
- their home country's flag
Cords and Stoles
Cords and Stoles are issued to students in Honor Societies, AVID, CTE, Valedictorian, Salutatorian, and class officers. Only school-issued cords and stoles may be worn.
Homemade stoles and cords are not permitted at graduation.
Any cap, stole, or cord that is removed will be returned at the conclusion of graduation.
If your child misses a day of school the parent can now upload their note directly into FOCUS. Doctor's notes, personal notes, court summons, whatever proof you would normally send in with your child, can now be directly uploaded for verification. Follow the steps below to learn how
(Visual Steps are also provided below in a PDF).
1. Log into the Focus Parent Portal. Navigate to the Alerts section and click on the “Student’s name has X days with unexcused absences/tardies without a note or reason” link. Note: You can also locate your student’s attendance information by navigating to your student’s name on the left menu. Click the down arrow to expand additional menu options. Select Absences.
2.Scroll down the page. Locate the Date column to find the date you wish to submit the note. Locate the Excuse Note column, hoover over the No Files section, and select Scan, Upload, or Take Photo to upload the note for that day’s absence. Select the file to be added.
3.The file name/image will be displayed in the Excuse Note column if the attendance note has been uploaded successfully.
Free Summer Pass at Planet Fitness for Teens!
School’s out. Now it’s time to crush. Whatever you're into—whether it's a hobby, a passion, or a new pursuit—we're handing you the keys to sprint full tilt at it with a FREE membership to Planet Fitness from June 1 to August 31.
Use your days of freedom to their full potential. No excuses. No holding back. No cost. Teens ages 14-19 can pre-register for High School Summer Pass™ today!
BALTIMORE COUNTY FOOD PANTRY LOCATOR
Baltimore County has a new web tool displaying community partner food distribution sites across the County.
Developed by Baltimore County’s BCSTAT team, the Food Pantry Locator web tool includes detailed information about community food access locations. Residents should enter an address or select "Use my location" and adjust the distance slider to view food pantries near them; selecting a pantry's entry in the list will reveal contact information, hours of operation, and special instructions.
Please read through this article for more information about the program and other food assistance resources: Baltimore County Releases New Food Pantry Locator (baltimorecountymd.gov)
Affordability Connectivity Program
As a result of Baltimore County's participation in the CEP Program, which provides free breakfast and lunch to students, all families are eligible to receive a discount of $30 per month off your internet bill. Please visit GetInternet.Gov to apply and/or ask questions.
Did you know you can get an automated grade report and missing assignments to be sent straight to your email every week so you don't have to remember to go looking for them? It's an amazing way to stay informed about your student's academic performance. If you haven't created an account in Focus, you'll have to do that first. Directions Below.
Join Groups in Schoology to stay up to date on CHS events!
Schoology groups are created to share information outside of courses for specific groupings. AP Students, Graduation Cohorts, CHS Hub (School wide) , and various clubs all have different groups where they share info. To join groups once you have logged into Schoology, click Groups at the top, and then click the My Groups link on the top right corner, on the next page click join group on the right and enter the join code.
The CHS Hub is where all the School wide news, events, and information is posted. To join the CHS HUB on Schoology, use join code WMTMX-CXF6X.
Each Graduating Class also has their own group to discuss class events and class dues and fundraisers, The join codes for those are listed below in bold:
Seniors - Class of 2025: DX56-SDWD-6KQZB
Juniors- Class of 2026: S4HF-SS5W-QF24W
Sophomores - Class of 2027: MWBM-K6TF-HHGZ8
Freshman - Class of 2028: KFN4-4HRS-BVF42
If your child has an issue with their device, such as it is physically broken, won't hold a charge, missing a key...please complete a technology support request by using the student's google log in to be added to the list and our tech liaisons will connect with them as soon as possible. You can also complete the form if your child does not have a device because it is lost or stolen (charges may apply see below for chart).
If your issue is not related to the physical device (like resetting a password or an issue with schoology/microsoft) you must contact the BCPS Help Desk by calling 443-809-4672.
Stay Connected with your child's teachers with Talking Points!
BCPS has purchased a new tool to help connect families and teachers more directly. Teachers can text the primary contact in focus and it will translate to the contact's native language, automatically. We hope this will help increase two way communication with all families and improve student achievement.
Download for Iphone App Store here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/families-talkingpoints/id1320244591
Lockers are not automatically given to students. Any student that would like to be assigned a locker for the school year must request one through this link: Locker Form
The CHS website is a great resource for families. Informational Links about bus stops, the bell schedule, the handbook, monthly engagements calendars, and much more can all be found right on the main page of the website. There is also a tab for department contacts that have email contacts for all teachers and staff.
Check out the Website today: https://chesapeakehs.bcps.org/
