CPA Tiger Talk

On Monday September 30, PreK-4th grade students do not have school; 5th-12th grade students have a Digital Learning Day and will work from home.

Digital Learning Days are school days, and students who do not do their work will be marked absent. Students are expected to attend staff office hours and be engaged with their course work for the entire duration of the school day.

Pre-planned Digital Learning Days have been included in the CPA calendar to allow time for state-mandated staff development. Please visit the CPA website to view the calendar for specific dates of additional pre-planned Digital Learning Days.

5th-12th grade students will follow this schedule for Digital Learning Days:

English: 8:00-9:30am
Math: 9:30-11:00am
Lunch: 11:00-11:30am
Science & Social Studies: 11:30am-1:00pm

Specialists/Electives: 1:00-2:30pm

Staff members will share Google Meet links in Google Classroom. In addition, students will receive physical materials in advance. For questions or support, contact your student's teacher.

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

Monday October 14: Board of Directors Meeting, 6pm

Thursday October 17 & Friday October 18: No School (MEA)

Thursday October 24: CPA's 30th Annual Dedication Day

Friday October 25: Quarter 1 ends

Monday October 28: Quarter 2 begins

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.

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!

School pictures are ready!

To order, log in to your account on mylifetouch.com or create an account using your student's student ID number.

All families can also log on and order a FREE Digital SmileSafe card. Learn more about the Smilesafe program here.

Registration is now open for the Wilder Rec Center basketball team for grades 5 and under!

Registration forms are available outside the PreK-8 office. Bring complete forms to the Wilder Rec Center to get signed up! For more information, contact the Wilder Rec Center.

CPA is not in charge of this program, and CPA staff members will not be present. For information about the CPA basketball program, see Kenan Moore, CPA's Athletic Director.

Wilder Rec Center is offering a free basketball skills clinic with the goal of teaching the basics to help develop basketball skills for young ballers. This is a drop in program; no registration is required!

Where: Wilder Rec Center (958 Jessie St., Saint Paul MN 55130)

When: 6-7:30pm on Mondays, beginning Sep 9 and ending Oct 14

Who: 8-12 year old youth

Cost: FREE!

If you have questions about the program, contact Coach Warren Graves at warren.graves@spps.org or 651-470-7415.

CPA is not in charge of this program, and CPA staff members will not be present.

North Star Promise was created to provide free tuition and fees to make higher education after high school possible for more Minnesota families.

Any age. Any degree program. Any time. Minnesota residents enrolled in a public college, university, or tribal college with an annual income of less than $80K, can have up to 100% of their tuition and required fees covered.

To learn more about this program, please visit the Office of Higher Education website.

The Saint Paul Fire Department invites homeowners in Saint Paul to take part in Project Safe Haven. With this FREE program, you will be able to obtain free smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors, and StoveTop Fire Stops. This program was created to help ensure you have working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in your home. Keep yourself and family safe with early detection of hazards.

Learn more or get signed up by visiting the Project Safe Haven website or calling 651-228-6273.

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.

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 is again partnering 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 should have received a paper registration form from their teacher. Additional paper forms are available in the office. Families can also sign up electronically by completing this form.

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!

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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