Como Park Senior High Newsletter
February 27, 2026
- Students should be in their classes to ensure safety and learning.
- Students who are not in class and caught in a hall sweep will have their cell phone taken for the remainder of the day.
- Cell phones can only be used before and after school, during passing time, and during lunch.
Como Community,
CPHS's Robotics Team BEASTBOT is expanding, improving and getting more and better tools and equipment for its shop. We need some medium to small metal or wooden shelves to store parts on. Imagine a shelf in a car parts store. If you are cleaning out your garage or basement and found the shelves that grandpa stored nuts and bolts on and would like to donate this to Como Robotics please email michael.fischer@spps.org or call 651-744-1919 to arrange for us to pick up the shelves. Looking for smaller shelves not the large shelving to store storage bins. Thank you.
February Question of the Month
What would help your child do better in school? Please help us gather feedback by completing this form: https://forms.gle/9MHGM5VNXArzRQeAA
Looking for a way to give back to our students, staff, and school community? Donate to Donors Choose and help fund some projects for teachers!
https://www.donorschoose.org/donors/search.html?keywords=como%20park%20high%20school
Parent Engagement Meeting
When: Monday March 2nd
Time: 6:00 PM
Where: Como Park Senior High School room 1208
Agenda:
-SCIP (School Continuous Improvement Plan)
-Mutual Aid at Como
-Question of the Month: What can we do to engage more families from our community?
Parent meetings are open to all parents. Please bring any topics, questions, or concerns to the meeting or email Jamie.hoffman@spps.org. Thank you.
Advanced Placement (AP) Exams May 4- May 15
Remember...
Arrive on time
No leaving early
NO PHONES OR YOUR SCORE WILL BE CANCELLED
Direct any questions you have to your student's AP teacher or the AP coordinator (amelia.feest@spps.org)
Let's congratulate the cadets on a solid drill competition finish in the Chicago area. Finishing in the top three out of 11 other nationally ranked All-Service JROTC 's. They have their hearts & minds set next on awaiting the confirmation for MCJROTC Drill Nationals set for Moline, Georgia in April. Good luck to our 31 cadets with that selection. Ooh Rah
MCJROTC National Drill Qualifier Results. It happens . . . Stay Minneswota strong . . . HOPE for it SY26-27. Good luck to our band of brothers, R6-MCJROTC Romeoville Cadets and their Instructors at Nationals in the Peach State. Go get it, Spartans! Thank you, seniors, for our great drill year. We can thrive post-loss by constructively analyzing, turning defeat into resilience, and adopting a growth mindset rather than dwelling on negativity. True strength comes from viewing setbacks as learning opportunities that build future success, transforming, adapting, and growing under pressure rather than merely reacting to disappointment. Resiliency & perseverance a must.
The Como Park Sr. HS Chapter of HOSA-Future Health Professionals thanks our students, staff, and wider community! You all showed an abundance of love for your fellow human beings by gathering a record of 37 units of blood! You were part of relieving what has become a critical blood shortage in recent months in the U.S. and lives will be saved and improved because of your kindness and generosity. If you donated in our drive, be sure to check the email you used to sign up for a link from the American Red Cross or an affiliate that will be sent in the next week for your $20 gift card selection.
Teacher of the Year Semifinalist
Two Saint Paul Public Schools teachers have been named semifinalists for Minnesota Teacher of the Year. Congratulations to Como Park Senior High School’s Eric Erickson and Battle Creek Middle School’s Alli Kildahl, who join 28 other educators as semifinalists for the award. To read this article, click here: https://www.spps.org/news-details/~board/brag-board/post/erickson-kildahl-named-semifinalists-for-teacher-of-the-year
Congrtulations Mr. Erickson!
National Merit Finalist- Aleia Lueck
A National Merit Finalist is one of approximately 15,000 high-achieving high school seniors nationwide who advance from the semifinalist stage in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Selected from over 1.3 million entrants based on top PSAT/NMSQT scores and a detailed application, they represent the top 1% of US seniors and compete for thousands of scholarships.
We are so proud of you! Congratulations Aleia!
Free Summer Camp Program for Children Impacted by a Parent’s Cancer
Our camp will run from August 9th-August 14th. Camp will be held at Camp Koronis (15752 Co Rd 181, Paynesville MN 56362) which is located about an hour and a half northwest of the Twin Cities. Camp is staffed and managed by student volunteers from the University of Minnesota along with nurses, mental health professionals, and a representative from our national organization.
Our camper registration opened to the public on December 16th, and we want to be sure that any families you know of that could benefit from our program have a chance to register. All of our applications are available online, and the instructions on how to sign up for camp can be found below. Please note that our application is available in both English and Spanish, and we would be happy to also provide you with a hard copy paper application if you work with families who prefer that to online.
Registration information:
To apply, families can simply visit our website using this link. There, they can find more information about camp dates, locations, and activities under the University of Minnesota drop down. To apply, they simply need to click the blue “Register for Kesem Programs” button in the top right corner of the drop down and fill out the online form. The form takes about 20 minutes to complete, and must be finished in one sitting. This link will also take you directly to the registration website if there is any trouble with the national website.
Also, we are having an event soon that new/interested families are encouraged to join!
Our Friends and Family day events are an amazing time for new families to come check out University of Minnesota Kesem, see what we are all about, and chat with some of our student leaders to see if Kesem is a good fit for them. This spring, our friends and family day event is being held on February 28th from 1:30-3:30 at Dave and Buster's in Edina. Families are able to register through the same links as camp registration, and if they have any questions or would like more information about this event, please send them our email (minnesota.outreach@kesem.org).
