CAVALIER Chronicle
WELCOME TO THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR

It's a Great Week to be a Cavalier!
Happy Sunday Cavalier Families!
We hope that you've had a great weekend and were able to do something fun!
We have had a large number of ID violations and tardies lately. Please encourage your student to wear their ID every day while at school and to get to class on time. If they are struggling with a particular class and need strategies to get their quicker, have them stop by the counselors' office and ask! We love to help students find solutions when they are having difficulties.
This week is Red Ribbon spirit week to aims to prevent violence, drug use, tobacco use, smoking/vaping, and alcohol use in young people. We encourage our students to participate in any way that they can. On Tuesday, students will receive a lesson on the dangers of vaping.
Students signed up for a club this past Friday. We will have a club meeting on Thursday during 2nd period. If your student did not sign up for a club in their 2nd period class, we will check in with them on Monday to get it done.
We are looking forward to a Cav-tastic week with your students!
Christina Harris
November Lunch Menu
Family Involvement is Key to Our Students' Success!
Please reach out to our parent liaison, Twila Hill, if you have questions or need assistance. She is here to help our families so that our students are as successful as possible.
Thank you to our Volunteers of the Month for September!
Ezel Pena--Student Volunteer
John Lauck--Family/Adult Volunteer
Dariek Foster II--Staff Volunteer
What's going on at CPMS during the week of Oct. 28th - Nov. 1st:
Bullying Prevention Month
Principal Month
School Safety Week
Red Ribbon Week
Monday, October 28th -
Spirit wear: Match with your friends
Tuesday, October 29th –
Football Playoff
- 8th grade @ Leo Buckley (starts around 6:30ish)
- 7th grade @ HHHS (starts at 5:30PM)
Spirit wear: Sport your favorite team
Wednesday, October30th –
Spirit wear: Nerd out in your favorite glasses, suspenders, and bowties
Thursday, October 31st –
Students are not allowed to wear costumes
Spirit wear: Favorite decade attire or college spirit shirt
Friday, November 1st –
Activity Schedule
Staff vs. Student Volleyball game
Spirit wear: Wear your coziest onesie or CAV Spirit shirt
Counselors' Corner
Capturing Kid's Hearts
This Month's CKH Character Trait: Self Direct - Think, Choose, Act
Monday: There are some values that you should never compromise on to stay true to yourself; you should be brave to stand up for what you truly believe in even if you stand alone.
Tuesday: If you think you can—you can!
Wednesday: Positive self-direction is the action plan that all winners in life use to run imagination into reality, fantasy into fact, and dreams into actual goals.
Thursday: To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.
Friday: We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
College & Career Corner
7th graders traveled to the Career Center to learn about high school options!
Counseling Lunch Groups
The Counseling Office will be doing small group counseling sessions during every grade level lunch on Wednesdays in Room 211. If you would like to your child to participate, please encourage them to get a permission slip from the counseling office or print & fill out the slip below. Our 1st topic on effective communication & conflict resolution will begin October 2nd.
Upcoming Events: Athletics
Lady Cavalier Volleyball finishes their season with a week full of games!
8th grade football finished undefeated! Championship game this week!
AVID hosted an awareness walk to benefit Cancer research!
Transportation
Arrival and Dismissal
Drop-Off & Pick-Up Map for Cars and Buses
Please notice the drop off and pick up areas for cars at CPMS. For the safety of our students, please do not drop off in the bus loop.
Parents/Guardians should only be driving in the yellow area indicated on the map.
The red area is for buses only. Parents who enter the red area are putting students and staff at risk as there is limited visibility when buses are present.
We appreciate your support in enforcing the KISD Student Code of Conduct!
Student Code of Conduct cards were sent home this past week. Please make sure that you have read over the SCOC so that you know the expectations for behavior.
Student Code of Conduct Updates
Electronic Devices and Pouches – Secondary students will maintain their phone, and all communication devices, in a locked pouch during the school day.
E-cigarettes/Cigarettes
1st Offense Violation:
Students will be assigned one day of ISS and one day of Saturday School. Secondary Students will attend at their home campuses (the curriculum will be provided for all students who attend for cigarette/e-cigarette violations).
If the student fails to attend ISS, Saturday Detention and/or complete the lessons, a due process hearing will be held with a recommendation for DAEP placement for 10 days. Students will be allowed one make up opportunity to complete Saturday Detention.
2nd Offense Violation:
A due process hearing will be held with a recommendation for DAEP placement for 20 days.
Consequences for School Bus Violations:
For school bus safety violations, and for serious violations, as defined in this document, that happen on the bus, the 3rd bus offense shall invoke at least a temporary removal (possibly a permanent removal), and the 4th offense will invoke a bus suspension for the rest of the school year. For students attending a DAEP, the 2nd bus offense will result in permanent bus suspension for the time the student is placed in DAEP; any flagrant bus offense prior to the 2nd violation may result in immediate bus suspension. Students who fight on the bus will be suspended for three days. If after a thorough investigation, fighting is confirmed, then the students involved will be removed from the bus for 30 school days. Under severe circumstances the Director for Transportation Services reserves the right to implement temporary or permanent bus suspension at a date earlier than prescribed by this regulation.
Click below to view the 2024-2025 KISD Student Handbook and the 2024-2025 KISD Student Code of Conduct.
School Lunch Information
All students will receive free breakfast!
Families must apply for free or reduced lunch.
Click the photo below to complete your application. Lunch will be $3.00 for secondary students.
Welcome to CAV Nation—where we are Cavalier Strong, there are No Excuses and we are Relentless because our future is Limitless. We will Rise above all challenges and Reach our goals because that's the Cavalier Way! We will strive every day to Do Better and Be Better in order to help our students find Success--Nothing Less. Through our actions and our words, we will Make It Count every day!
