Copperas Cove Junior High School

Start with Hello Week at CCJHS
September 22-26

Start with Hello is a program created through the Sandy Hook Promise to help students, teachers, parents, and community leaders feel more connected. Start with a Hello is based on three simple steps: see someone alone, reach out and help, and start with Hello. This planned event is to help reduce social isolation and increase connectivity among students, faculty, and staff.

Hey Day! Monday, September 22nd- No School for students. acts of Kindness. Say hello to someone you don't know.

Encourage Everyone! Tuesday, September 23rd- Wear a T-shirt with an encouraging message. Crazy socks to spread kindness, too. (Must BE IN DRESS CODE.) Act of Kindness: Compliment Day- Give one, get one.

Let's Reach Out and Connect! Wednesday, September 24th- Green Out!! Wear Green today! , as it is the symbol for unity and solidarity with the Sandy Hook Promise. Act of Kindness: Hello Greeters- Pass out "Hello Passes" to meet new people.

Look for Ways to Help! Thursday, September 25th- Wear PINK for compassion and care. Act of Kindness: Be the "i" in KIND and write a kindness note to one of your teachers or any staff at CCJHS and let them know how you feel about them.

Own it! Make it your JOB to be the NICE kid! Friday, September 26th- We are ONE team. All students and staff are encouraged to wear our school colors (BLUE and GOLD.) Act of Kindness: What's your HELLO style? Fist Bump, High-Five, Elbow Bump? Share it!

Start with Hello!

Homecoming Spirit Week is in full force at CCJHS. Tuesday's Color War day between grade levels was a great success. 6th grade wore red. 7th grade wore pink and 8th grade wore green. Who knows what Wednesday's mix-and-match day will bring?

Hey CCJHS!! Friday is Homecoming. Let's show our school pride! Wear your BLUE and Gold!! Go Dawgs!

7th-grade students collaborated in their Reading Language Arts classes to create a paper flag. Students and staff across the whole campus signed their names and messages of gratitude for the service of our First Responders provide. Student ambassador Luca Weikum presented it to the Fire Fighter Crew of the Main Street Fire Station. 

Elena Abercrombie's art class practiced their still life drawing skills. They were given a single yellow rose in a glass and asked to interpret it.

CCJHS Art students in Elena Abercrombie's classes have their zentangle city drawings on display at Robert Gray Airport in Killeen.

CCISD's very own Kelly Thompson, former assistant principal at Cove Jr. High and now leading Martin Walker Elementary, has received a regional honor from the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals. Congratulations, Mrs. Thompson!

More --> https://www.ccisd.com/article/2372539

Tech Theatre students did Snowball Introductions. They answered a question on a paper, wadded up the paper and threw it to someone else to answer the next question. After all three questions were answered, snowballs are thrown in a basket and shared with the class.

Tuesday night, the CCISD Board of Trustees approved a policy regarding cell phones and other personal communication devices, in alignment with House Bill 1481. We are encouraging students to put their devices "Away for the Day," to focus on learning.

In this installment of Dawg Tales, CCHS Digital Media teacher Madison Seifert explains the facility challenges students in the district's Career & Technical Education programs face on a daily basis.

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In today's installment of Dawg Tales, CCHS senior Brenna Butler shines a light on the struggles student-athletes at CCHS face on a daily basis with the current facilities.

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Join us tomorrow night for Meet the Teacher Night and enjoy some delicious milk & cookies, courtesy of CCISD's award-winning Child Nutrition team.

An all-new Take 2 with Hawk is now LIVE in your podcast feed & on YouTube! In this edition, Kurtis & Dr. Hawkins discuss what's coming in next week's board meeting, Back to School news & notes, as well as Convocation.

See the full episode on YouTube --> https://youtu.be/86whTkne9Ak
Listen on Apple Podcasts --> https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/take-2-with-hawk/id1811210964?i=1000721317456
Listen on Spotify --> https://open.spotify.com/episode/0C6yskZrmXyCLIeuWcxAxy?si=564a5838648e4f65

Bulldawg family, all 11 of our CCISD campuses are now on Facebook! In an effort to improve our communication with the community, illustrate our program offerings and show the wonderful things happening in CCISD classrooms in a daily basis.

Give your student’s campus a follow!

Thank you, Bulldawg Nation, for an AMAZING first day of this year's Stuff the Bus.

We hope you'll join us this weekend at Walmart Copperas Cove to ensure every student in Copperas Cove ISD starts the year off with the supplies they need.

Saturday: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday: 1-5 p.m.

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Leah Elmore, a member of the Long Range Facilities Planning Committee, helps explain the process the committee went through this summer in this edition of Dawg Tales.

https://youtube.com/shorts/NNjQy7KsSbI

In this edition of Dawg Tales, CCISD Director of Instrumental Music Mario Morales describes the facility challenges affecting students in the Pride of Cove Band & Color Guard on a daily basis.

https://youtube.com/shorts/g4Y5RCo_ksc