Monday, April 19, 2021

Zone PTA Update - 4/19/21

ZONE update:

  • The next Zone PTA meeting is Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 9:15am via Zoom. The Zone PTA Exec Board will be meeting with Dr. Meloche virtually on Tuesday May 4, 2021.  If you have any questions you would like us to ask Dr. Meloche, please reach out to Shazia at vpofwaysandmeans.cooper@gmail.com.


  • Please continue to share the word about Fair Funding! We need to increase awareness regarding Fair Funding for CHPS! Here are some simple actions that can be done to keep the momentum going!

  1. Education on why Fair Funding is so important! Share the Fair Funding for CHPS website & Fair Funding for CHPS Facebook page  

  2. Attend Fair Funding Committee meetings! The committee meets the last Thursday of every month during the school year.  The next meeting  is Thursday April 29th at 7:00pm via Zoom.  

Providing a safe environment is a partnership between parents/guardians and the school district.   Please remind your school communities:

  • To review the Travel Guidelines for Students when traveling out of town.

    • Alert the school nurse about any planned travel to discuss the required post-quarantine guideline, prior to sending student back to school.

  • Use the COVID-19 At Home Screening prior to sending students to school

  • Report to the nurse if student or any household member tests positive for COVID, or if they have an actual or suspected COVID exposure

  • Keep students home when they are sick

  • Promptly pick up students if they become sick at school 


Please share with your school community:


  • SAVE THE DATE: May 6 at 1:30pm for Kwame Alexander’s virtual visit with our middle school communities

    • https://kwamealexander.com/

    • Cherry Hill Education Association is generously sponsoring a middle grade author event, to which we cordially invite you.  As some of you know, we were not able to book our original author, Tiffany Jewell, due to scheduling conflicts. However, we are proud to share that Corretta Scott King Honoree, poet, speaker, author, and educator, Kwame Alexander, will officially be our visiting author this spring.   

    • Kwame is a New York Times Bestselling author of 35 books, including the Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor-winning picture book, The Undefeated,  and his Newberry medal-winning middle grade novel, The Crossover. Kwame opened a library and health clinic in Ghana, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy program he co-founded. Kwame is also the Founding Editor of the printing house Versify, which aims to "Change the World One Word at a Time".

    • This event is generously supported by a CHEA Pride grant

  • The Cherry Hill Public Library is hosting a free virtual program for caregivers on How to Pay for College on May 19 at 7:00pm

  • SAVE THE DATE: May 23, 2021 Dancing with the Cherry Hill  Stars

 

  • As a reminder, all PTA meetings are to be virtual until further notice.


DISTRICT update: 

For CHPS information and resources, please visit  https://www.chclc.org/chclc

  • CHPS Town Hall to Feature Discussion on WE Return to Lean and Plans for Fall 2021

    • Monday, April 19, 2021 from 7-8:30 pm. 

    • To join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83655261204

    •  The topic will be the "Return to Learn" Plan for finishing the 2020-2021 school year and planning for the fall of 2021. 



  • STEP Summer Enrichment Camp June 21 - August 12. Registration is OPEN and is available on a first come, first served basis. Registration closes April 23, 2021. Full information is available online.

  • NJDOE Seeks Input Challenges of Educating in 2021

    • The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE), in a joint venture with GovLab at New York University, is seeking input from New Jersey educators, students and caregivers to share their views on the biggest challenges of educating in 2021. This New Jersey specific questionnaire is one of a series of national, online engagements, focusing on the problems, solutions and challenges facing our education system. 

    • From April 5 – April 30, 2021, the NJDOE encourages all educators, as well as caregivers and students, to take the appropriate survey on the YourEducationYourVoice platform. If possible, the department asks that you please use Google Chrome browser or Mozilla Firefox.

  • Thanks to an extension of federal funds, CHPS distribution of FREE meals to ALL CHERRY HILL STUDENTS (public, private and home-schooled) continues on every Monday. Pick up 7 breakfasts, 7 lunches and 10 snacks per student from noon-2:00pm and 4:00-6:00pm at High School East or High School West -- no income threshold required!  

    • Friendly reminder: Please mask up when picking up FREE meals/snacks! WE want to keep you & the Aramark team safe & healthy as they hand out meals to 1,000+ cars each Monday while being unable to maintain 6 feet of distance. These are state, Cherry Hill, Aramark & CDC guidelines. 


  • Through the summer of 2021: Any family currently receiving free wifi from the District will automatically keep it through the summer, unless their youngest/only child is a high school senior (Class of 2021).

 

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