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We have another huge announcement showcasing academic excellence that we believe our entire school community will want to celebrate! Cape Central seniors Andrew Wilde and Yan Zhang have earned their way into one of the most prestigious academic circles in the United States as National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists! Congratulations on this incredible accomplishment!
Cape Girardeau Public Schools (CGPS) is pleased to announce that two former students have been awarded the rootEd Undergraduate Scholarship. Liliana Correa Salinas and Lupita Correa Salinas, both freshmen at the University of Missouri, will receive up to a total of $60,000 a piece to pursue their undergraduate degrees. The bilingual twins are first-generation college students. Liliana is majoring in mechanical engineering and Lupita is majoring in computer science. We want all of our students, staff, and families in all of our CGPS schools to join us in celebrating this huge accomplishment! Congratulations Liliana and Lupita!
Never forget. Across our school district on 9/11, our staff members are making sure students are educated about the events that happened in 2001. Mrs. Young's 4th grade class at Alma Schrader learned from their classmate, Serenity Johnson, who visited the 9/11 Memorial with her family. Mrs. Young teaches a special lesson focused on the September 11th attacks each year. Students from Cape Central High's Air Force JROTC and Student Senate hosted a special breakfast for local first responders to thank them for keeping our community safe. Through the lessons taught in class and the acts of service and thanks, our Tiger Family is making sure that we never forget.
ROAD CLOSURE FROM THE CITY:
There will be a street closure on Clark Street between Whitener and Themis starting Monday, September 11. Terry W. Kitchen Central Junior High and ECC families will still be able to drive down Whitener. Our faculty and staff will still be able to access the parking lot between the pool and the track. The only street this will impact is Clark, and it's a very small portion of the road. Hopefully, the closure will be wrapped up before the end of next week.
Ms. Stacey Chicora, a Science teacher at Cape Central High, took a group of nine CHS students to Belize in July on a STEM tour. The group worked for two years, raising money to make the trip possible. They learned so many new things on this trip and had a lasting impact on the environment. The students planted trees in a rainforest previously destroyed by a hurricane, participated in a watershed assessment, and helped with a nurdle beach cleanup. They were also able to zipline through the rainforest, snorkel along the second-largest barrier reef in the world, and take drumming lessons.
Food trucks will be on hand at the September 6th softball game against Jackson. The game gets underway at 4:30 p.m. at the CHS Softball Field.
Thank you to Wings Etc. for hosting this week's Tiger Pride Tailgate. The tailgate will begin at 5:45 p.m. Wear your orange and black and be ready to cheer CT to victory!
Do you know what brings lots of smiles the second week of school? Crispitos! These CHS students were happy to strike a pose with their favorite menu item! Thank you to our food and nutrition services staff members for feeding our students nutritious meals every day.
Plate lunches and breakfasts are free for all students in our district. Extra menu items are available for purchase.
#crispitos #itsaCTthing #weareCT
Due to the heat, the football game against St. Charles is moving from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Booster Club's tailgate event will also move back one hour, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
It's Wednesday, which means it is an early-release day! Please be sure to double-check dismissal times and procedures with your child's school.
Our School Resource Officers (SROs) posed for a photo to mark the beginning of a new school year. We are SO excited to have everyone back on campus for the first day of school today! Please post back-to-school pics and use the hashtag #BacktoCT2023 so we can use your pictures today and throughout the school year to celebrate our awesome school district. Welcome back, Tigers! We are so happy you're here! #WeareCT
Terry W. Kitchen Central Junior High will have to cancel Back to School Night due to a power outage. We will reschedule for Monday, August 28th 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. We are very sorry for any inconvenience. Power is expected to be restored this evening and should not impact the first day of school. Thank you for your understanding.
Terry W. Kitchen Central Junior High will have to cancel Back to School Night due to a power outage. We will reschedule for Monday, August 28th 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. We are very sorry for any inconvenience. Power is expected to be restored this evening and should not impact the first day of school. Thank you for your understanding.
We are so thankful for the hard work of the Terry W. Kitchen Central Junior High cheerleaders for volunteering their time to pack backpacks full of school supplies for many of our students! We are also grateful to all of our supportive community partners for giving us the opportunity to provide free school supplies to families in need. Also, a huge thank you to our head social worker, Carolyn Thomas, who works tirelessly to serve our students and families.
We took the opportunity at Opening Day to snap a couple pictures of our Tiger staff members who are also Cape Central High alumni! We are missing a few people but take a look at that group! Wow! #WeareCT
We had the best time at our Opening Day event as we welcomed all of our staff members back to prepare for a new school year. A huge thanks to CTA for leading us in Tiger Feud and to the Cape Girardeau Public Schools Foundation for prizes. MRTA donated three $500 checks to educators in our district today! Our keynote speaker, Tara Martin, gave a very inspiring message to all of us to wrap up our morning.
We are so excited to be closing in on the start of the 2023-2024 school year and cannot wait to welcome our staff members back!
It’s always a great day to be a Tiger! 🐅
We are hiring for a number of positions including Teacher Assistants, Bus Monitors, Custodians, Nutrition Services, Cub Club Site Staff, and Substitute Teachers. Join our Tiger Family! https://capegirardeau.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx
CGPS will be providing school supplies to families in need again this school year. Please fill out the Google Form to sign up for school supplies (one per student). https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrcBHMsOmq9u4T_RJ3YufoPYqxpsa-8herhH2zHBvLakIj2Q/viewform?usp=sf_link
Congratulations to Cape Central High Class of 2023 members Srija Bandyopadhayay and Dylan Dush! They were both winners of the 2023 Procter & Gamble STEM Scholarship.
Are you interested in becoming a substitute teacher for the 2023-2024 school year? Southeast Missouri State University will host training on August 1-3 at the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center.