News and events

September 18, 2026

September 21, 2026 - PTO Meeting, 6:00-7:00 pm

October 9, 2026 - CBPA Fun Run

October 15-16, 2026 - No School, MEA

October 26, 2026 - No School, Staff Development/Conferences

October 26 & 28 - Family/Teacher Conferences

We are off to a great start of the new school year! Students are already becoming re-acclimated to the structures and routines of school, reconnecting with old friends and making new ones as well. Our teachers are working hard to guide, model and practice those important routines. We are so thrilled to have our students back in the building with us!

As you can see from the upcoming events above, family-teacher conferences will be here soon. This is a great time to speak with your child's teacher to learn more about how your child is doing in class, so far, and what s/he will be learning throughout the year. Please sign up here for a time to meet with your child's teacher.

I also wanted to provide a few reminders about transportation and school procedures in order to improve upon our morning and afternoon processes.

• Parents are not allowed to walk their student(s) to their classrooms. Please understand this is for the safety of all of our students and staff. Visitors to the building must enter Door 44 and check in with the office.
• For safety reasons, we appreciate your support in using the pick-up/drop-off loop rather than parking and walking up to the building. This helps to eliminate congestion both in the lot and on the front sidewalk. Please note: Pre-K families have a different pick-up/drop-off procedure than our K-5 students
• If you are dropping off or picking up, please remember to stay in your vehicle and follow the loop of cars. Staff will assist your student out of the vehicle, if needed.
• If all of your CBPA students are in third grade or above, you can utilize the Jackson loop to pick up and drop off.
• For safety reasons, there is NO vehicle drop-off or pick-up in the back of the building. Staff are located outside of Door 33 to supervise and assist walkers. We do not have staff in or around the parking lot, so students should be sure to utilize the sidewalks to approach the building.

Thank you for your support of our school community!

As we work continuously to provide the best learning experience for every student, a strategy we are using to support your child’s learning in reading this year is shared intervention time.

What is shared intervention time?

To maximize our instructional resources and provide targeted, skills-based literacy support, we structure specific times during the school day where students may be grouped by learning goals across grade levels—specifically within Kindergarten–Grade 1 and Grades 2–3.

During these focused sessions, your child may work with their primary classroom teacher, another teacher in the same or adjacent grade level, or one of our specialized support staff. For example, a second-grade student might receive literacy instruction from a third-grade teacher, a second-grade teacher, or an intervention specialist who has expertise in the exact skill your child is working on. While shared intervention within a grade-level has been common practice in many grade levels for several years, we are now expanding the opportunity for skills-based instruction to allow for more flexibility to meet student needs.

Key things to keep in mind:

• Focus on skills, not grade labels: Groupings are flexible and are organized around specific reading skills (such as phonics, fluency or vocabulary). Please do not gauge your child’s skill level based on the teacher they are meeting with. Being placed with a different teacher simply means that staff member is leading the group focused on the exact skill your child is practicing at that time.

• Progress updates and communication: Your child’s home classroom teacher remains your primary contact. They monitor your child’s overall progress toward grade-level benchmarks and intervention goals, and they will continue to communicate with you.

This collaborative approach allows us to make full use of our staff's expertise and meet every student where they are. If you have any questions about our shared intervention time, please feel free to reach out to me or your child's classroom teacher. Thank you for your continued partnership in your child's education.

Hello CBPA families! I hope the first 2 weeks of school have gone well for you and your students!

If you haven't completed your volunteer paperwork for this school year please do so! To be part of the volunteer team at CBPA, please click here to complete your volunteer application. Once you complete your application form, you will receive a link to complete your criminal history release form. Both forms need to be completed each school year and are needed for all volunteer activities (including field trips.). If you have any questions, please let me know!

Thank you to those volunteers who helped us this week with the student id project, the first grade field trip, laminating and lunchroom. We appreciate your support!

Please mark your calendars for our first PTO meeting of the school year. It will be held this Monday, September 21st from 6-7 p.m. in our Nature Center. Free childcare for school age children is provided so parents can attend the meeting and learn more about what is happening at CBPA!

Please see below for upcoming volunteer opportunities:

Fun Run T-shirts-Volunteers are needed on Tuesday, September 22nd from 2-4 p.m. (end of the school day) to help sort fun run t-shirts by grade level and teacher and to deliver the t-shirts to the classroom. We need about 6 volunteers. I just need two more volunteers! Please click on the link below to sign up to volunteer:

Fun Run-T-shirt Organizing Volunteers

September Lunchroom: Volunteers are needed to help with getting the students through the serving line, assisting them while they are eating, helping them during lunch dismissal and wiping down tables. The time is 10:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. However, if you are not able to commit to the entire time - that is ok - we will take whatever time you are willing to offer. Just note in your signup what time you will be volunteering! Please click on the links below to see what days help is needed:

September Lunchroom Volunteers

Culvers Restaurant Night: CBPA's PTO will be hosting its first fundraising restaurant night at Culvers in Champlin on Wednesday, September 30th from 4-8 p.m. Volunteers are needed to help deliver food to tables and the drive through as well as wipe down tables. The PTO will receive 10% of sales during that time period. There are 2 shifts that evening - 3:45-6 p.m. and 5:45-8 p.m. Three volunteers are needed per shift. For more information and to sign up, please click on the link below:

Culvers Restaurant Night Volunteers

If you have any questions about the above mentioned events, please let me know. Thank you for considering!

Watch for more information to come home soon about volunteering for the fun run (day of the event-10/9), adopt a highway, conference meals and book fair!

One more special volunteer request...Is anyone a welder? We are looking for a volunteer with welding experience to reattach a piece to our children statue that sits out in our garden/greenhouse area. If you have experience and are interested please reach out to me!

Cindy

Cindy Dockendorf

Volunteer Services Coordinator

Champlin-Brooklyn Park Academy for Math And Environmental Science

763-506-6030

My office hours: Monday-Thursday-8:15 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Thanks for volunteering!

Please complete your volunteer paperwork so I can contact you when opportunities arise! Please click here to complete your volunteer paperwork.

Current Volunteer Opportunities