The Howl

CPS College Week!

Monday, October 19:

• Spencer ILT Meeting
• Elementary Girls to Women Field Trip (Mt. Saint Joseph with Ms. Karen)
• CPS College Fair (Withrow University High School 4:00-6:30)

Tuesday, October 20:

• 3rd Grade ELA Ohio State Testing Day 1 (Beginning at 12:30 PM)
• Advisory Day (Spencer Upper School)
• PSAT and NMSQT (Registered Students in grades 10-11), P-ACT (all other 10th and 11th graders)
• Fifth Grade Field Trip to TQL Stadium with FC Cincinnati (Science of Soccer: Kickology)

Wednesday, October 21:

• 3rd Grade ELA Ohio State Testing Day 2 (Beginning at 12:30 PM)
• College Week Field Trip: Student Athletes to University of Cincinnati

Thursday, October 22:

• Spencer and Riverview College Fair (9:30-11:00)
• Basketball Tryouts (Grads 7-12) 4:15, Gymnasium
• PTSO Fall Fest (6:00-7:30)
• PTSO Fall Fest Upper School After Party (7:30-8:30)

• Fall Sports Banquet: November 4
• Picture Retake Day: November 9

Each Spring, most students participate in state testing in Math, English Language Arts, Science and Social Studies. In alignment with the state's Third Grade Reading Guarantee, third graders also participate in a round of fall state testing in the area of English Language Arts. We will be conducting this testing next Tuesday and Wednesday.

On 10/20/26 and 10/21/26, beginning at 12:30 each day, our third graders will participate in their testing and show what they know. Please let your student's teachers know if you anticipate an absence during that time so that we can be sure to schedule their make-up testing.

We are pleased to share that in conjunction with the CPS College Week, we will be hosting our own Spencer and Riverview College Fair on Friday, October 23! Thank you to Ms. Owens, our School Counselor for organizing this event!

Our PTSO is selling shirts to celebrate our tenth anniversary! Click on the shirt to the right to check out the website to purchase yours today!

This month Champions is running a special promotion: Aall new families that sign up for the Champions before and after school program, from now until 10/26, can try Champions absolutely free for one week! Your one free week can be used either the week of 10/19-10/23 or the week of 10/26-10/30. At Champions your child will get to participate in all Champions clubs and activities: D&D, Art, Chess, Insects, Digital Music, and Sewing. Additionally during this special event students get to do a special event involving a Halloween Building project! We hope to see you and your students there! For details call or text Lacey Casey at (513) 658-9198 or email Lacey.Casey@discoverchampions.com.

Our sixth graders will be building a canoe! We had such a wonderful time with this project last year and are thrilled to bring it back again. If you would like to help with a shift to support our young builders, please use the Sign Up Genius linked below to register!

Looking for Support for Your Student? Have Questions? Reach out to a member of our Support PACK:

• School Social Worker: Ms. Regan Kitzmiller (kitzmir@cpsboe.k12.oh.us)
• School Counselor: Ms. Addie Owens (owensad@cpsboe.k12.oh.us)
• School Psychologist: Ms. Myra Thomas (thommyr@cpsboe.k12.oh.us)
• Intervention Specialists: Ms. Erin McGlone and Ms. Krista Fehring-Gustavsson (mcglone@cpsboe.k12.oh.us and gustavk@cpsboe.k12.oh.us)
• 504 Coordinator: Ms. Krista Fehring-Gustavsson (gustavk@cpsboe.k12.oh.us)
• School Based Mental Health Therapist: Ms. Addie Smith (Best Point) (asmith@bestpoint.org or smitade@cpsboe.k12.oh.us)
• Care Coordinator: Ms. Kyndal Scott (Best Point) (Kscott@bestpoint.org)

Our partners at 1N5 are hosting a webinar led by Dr. Stuart Slavin which provides tools and research based practices to help support our young people cope with anxiety and depression and to help spot perfectionism without stifling ambition.

The Wolfpack/Hawk Food & Clothing Pantry welcomes our families! Use this link to review what we have in the food pantry and/or to place an order for a food pick up. We also welcome parent/guardians to shop in person. Let us know if we can support your family at this time.

New Clothing Items: Winter Gloves & Hats, Sports Bras.

New pantry items: Campbell's Tomato Soup, Dawn Dish Soap, TP, Au Gratin Potatoes, Chef Boyardee Spaghetti & Meatballs & more.

Thank you to our families and PTSO for donating fall mums for the main entrance. Special thanks to Amber Brown for volunteering to plant the flowers! We appreciate your partnership in beautifying our entrance for our students and visitors.

We care deeply about our community and want to make sure everyone feels supported this holiday season. Even though the holidays feel far away, we are already preparing our Thanksgiving Baskets, Holiday Giving Tree, and winter coat drives. If your family could use a little extra support this year, please fill out this quick survey to let us know how we can help.

Click below to help make our October 30th Class Parties a success!

Mark your calendars! Our Annual PTSO Fall Fest will be held on Friday October 23. We are so excited for a night of Trunk or Treat and community fun. We need your help to make this event a success. Please click the link below to sign up to volunteer!