Clover Hill High School

County libraries will forgive fines Sept. 12-16

Are fines keeping you from fully accessing everything the Chesterfield Public Library has to offer? Read Away Your Fines! Stop by any Chesterfield County library Sept. 12-16, read for 30 minutes and tell a staff member about what you read. It’s that simple, so don't let fines hold you back any longer. This opportunity is open to anyone with an overdue fine with the Chesterfield Public Library. Find your nearest location via this webpage.

Students: Your presence matters

This is Attendance Awareness Month, and we want students to know that their presence matters. When students are in school, they help create a vibrant and complete learning environment. Chesterfield County Public Schools is here to support families and ensure every student is able to show up ready to learn in class.

Registration is open for free PSAT and SAT prep sessions

The PSAT Academy is free and open to Chesterfield County Public Schools high school students who want to prepare for the PSAT exam that high schools administer for free each October. Register here for the Sept. 23-26 PSAT Academy. Registration closes Sept. 18.

The SAT Academy is free and available to Chesterfield County Public Schools high school students who want to prepare for college entrance exams. While there is no cost for the academy, students must purchase this study guide from the store or online site of their choice: Princeton Review Digital SAT Premium Prep, 2025 (ISBN 9780593517529). Register here for the Sept. 23-26 SAT Academy. Registration closes Sept. 18.

More information is available on this webpage.

Summer graduation Almost 100 Chesterfield County Public Schools students who fulfilled high school diploma requirements this summer will graduate during a 6 p.m. ceremony on July 25. The graduation will be livestreamed here: https://www.youtube.com/live/vK_cmx-bvjM?si=InI2UpyGdIFonD_y.

Partnership with police department

Chesterfield County Public Schools and the Chesterfield County Police Department have a close connection, working as partners to protect students and school staff members. A memorandum of understanding, which is updated regularly, provides a framework for the partnership. The Chesterfield County School Board invites public comment on an updated memorandum of understanding.

• To read the draft updated memorandum, click this link or copy the url and paste it into your browser: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LPF2X_l5E4aZPXf7CYW3NLk2W0-XVZdD/view
• Email comments to ccpsinfo@ccpsnet.net before Aug. 4.

Award-winning teachers

Congratulations to CCPS world language Teachers of the Year:

• Jane Baskerville Excellence in Teaching Award: Tessa Wilkey, German teacher at Manchester High
• Jane Crouch-Rieder Excellence in Teaching Award: Amira Moncada-Ossorio, Spanish and heritage teacher at Midlothian High
• Exceptional World Language Leader Award: Kelly Burleson, Latin teacher and world languages department leader at Manchester Middle
• Novice Teacher Award: Nic Barker, Spanish teacher at Clover Hill High

Outstanding teachers

Congratulations to CCPS Visual Arts Teachers of the Year:

• Elementary Visual Art Educator of the Year: Bridget Hendricks of Old Hundred Elementary
• Middle School Visual Art Educator of the Year: Lydia Walters of Elizabeth Davis Middle
• High School Visual Art Educator of the Year: Vicki Kirtley of Clover Hill High

Dear Cavalier Families of Rising Seniors! Clover Hill High School is again partnering with Prestige Portraits for our school photography needs, including senior portraits. Prestige will be on campus this summer on the following dates: July 22, 23, 24, and 25. You must sign up for an appointment. We have typically scheduled an early fall date as another option for students. We will communicate additional dates when we are able to verify. Lastly, the informational flyer from Prestige reads that students must be photographed by Prestige to be included in the yearbook, which is inaccurate. Families can still choose a private vendor and share the file with the school. As always, please let me know if you have any questions. Go Cavs! John Phillips john_phillips@ccpsnet.net

School bus road-e-o

CCPS bus drivers gathered June 3 for a road-e-o, a friendly competition to demonstrate skills needed to safely transport students. The road-e-o included spotting safety problems and navigating an obstacle course. Some school system leaders also tried driving a bus (accompanied by an experienced trainer). School Board Chair Dot Heffron, Chief of Operations Josh Davis and Transportation Director Calvin Frye only knocked over a few cones on the obstacle course!

Retrieve your student’s medication June 3-4
Parents and guardians must pick up their children’s medications from the school clinic, but the medications must be available for student use through the last day of school on May 31. All remaining student medications, including over-the-counter medications, may be picked up from the school clinic during normal school hours June 3-4.
After 4 p.m. June 4, all leftover medications will be packed and turned over to the Chesterfield County Police Department for disposal. Once medications are packed for police collection, they cannot be retrieved so it is important for parents to pick up medications on time. Late pickups are not permitted, and medications cannot be stored at the school during the summer.
All medications must be picked up even if your student will attend summer school. At the beginning of summer school, parents will need to provide children’s medication to the summer school coordinator at your child’s summer site. Please contact your child’s school nurse to request a copy of the medication order for all medications being administered during summer school.

El Librotazo, the big book party, is planned for July 9: During this event, each child in attendance from birth through high school will select 3 to 5 books to keep to add to their home libraries. Additionally, attendees will enjoy activities, cultural performances, a mobile exhibit from the Children’s Museum of Richmond, music, food and more. This free event will be held Tuesday, July 9 from 5-8:30 p.m. at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds. Chesterfield County Public Schools will host the event in partnership with the Chesterfield Education Foundation and Dominion Energy.

Instrument petting zoo

Students in the Tri-M Music Honor Society at Clover Hill High organized an instrument petting zoo for Swift Creek Elementary students. Fourth and fifth graders enjoyed creative and interactive sessions as the older students demonstrated instruments and helped the younger students play them too.

Do you have Cavalier spirit? Would you like to support CHHS Football and Basketball teams from the sidelines for the 2024-2025 school year? If so, please plan to attend the Sideline Cheerleading Interest Meeting on Wednesday, May 1, from 3:00 to 3:45 p.m. in Room 425. Please direct all questions to Coach Castorena at jasmin_castorena@ccpsnet.net Tryouts will be on May 7, 8, and 9 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Prom closet seeks community donations

This video shows how Monacan High is helping trim the cost of prom by offering free dresses, suits and accessories for students. As a service learning project, students run the Chiefs Closet like a boutique — complete with attractive displays, business communications and social media promotions. Community donations to the prom closet are welcome and can be left in the front office of Monacan High (11501 Smoketree Drive). This year’s prom is May 11. If you have questions, please email teacher meredith_shuman@ccpsnet.net.

Spring Into Wellness on April 29

Families are invited to a mental health resource fair organized by Chesterfield County Public Schools. Spring Into Wellness will take place 4:30-7:30 p.m. April 29 at CTC@Hull (13900 Hull Street Road). Registration is required for this free event. In addition to more than 30 wellness vendors, speakers will cover these topics: Motivation and goal setting for tweens and teens; Understanding your child’s nature for happier parenting; and College prep and student wellness. Register at https://bit.ly/48EpdGM.

Clover Hill High School is enjoying the 25th Year as the Sister School to Municipal Urawa High School in Saitama, Japan. Students and their teachers arrived this week for a 10-day stay with host families where they have explored everything Virginia has to offer. This June, Clover Hill students will go to Saitama and Central Tokyo.

United Athletes Track Team - The United Athletes track team is beginning our season on Monday, February 26th. We will meet on Mondays at the track from 3:15-4:15. We are looking for students to volunteer some time to help participate in this inclusive opportunity. Please contact Meaghan Mitchell or Denise Flanagan for information. We have 3 meets on our schedule and are looking to schedule a home meet too!

A virtual Coffee & Conversation discussion will focus on intellectual disabilities. The Family and Community Engagement Office of Chesterfield County Public Schools will host the free webinar 1-2 p.m. Feb. 28, and a representative of Chesterfield Mental Health will be the featured speaker. Click here to register and to see upcoming Coffee & Conversation topics.

CCPSOnline classes are open to students in grades 9-12. With learning available 24/7 in a no-bells, no-limits virtual environment, the flexibility of CCPSOnline classes can help high school students create the schedule they want. Act now to take advantage of this Chesterfield County Public Schools opportunity:

• CCPSOnline registration for summer 2024 and for the 2024-25 school year is open through April 28, and the website offers details including registration form.
• Students and parents are invited to a virtual info session about CCPSOnline at 6:30 p.m. March 4; click this link to join the discussion.

Parents can create list of books their student cannot check out

Chesterfield County Public Schools continues to be at the forefront of ensuring that parents and guardians have transparency about school library books.

The district recently added a feature to the online catalog for school libraries that offers another avenue for families to be involved in what their children read. Starting now, parents can create a list of books that their student will not be allowed to check out. (This new feature is in addition to existing opportunities for parents that provide online access to their student’s school library accounts and the ability to opt in to receive an email when their student checks out a book.)

Follow these steps to take advantage of this new method of overseeing what your child can check out from the school library:

• Look up your public access catalog login ID by going to ParentVUE using a web browser on a computer or mobile device (not using the mobile app). In ParentVUE, go to My Account to find Adult ID#. (Contact your school if you need help accessing your ParentVUE account.) Your public access catalog login ID is your ParentVUE adult ID number with G added to the front. For example, if your ParentVUE adult ID number is 123456, then G123456 is your public access catalog ID.
• Select your child’s campus on the school system’s library catalog page.
• Click My Account on the left side of the screen.
• You will be prompted for a library card number and PIN. Your library card number is your ParentVUE ID number with G added to the front. Your PIN is the last four digits of your ParentVUE ID number.
• Add books you do not want your student to be able to check out to a prohibited resource list. This document provides details about how to build a prohibited resource list for your student.