Welcome To Our School

 
Chesapeake Public 
Charter School
20945 Great Mills Road, Suite 501
Lexington Park, MD 20653
301-863-9585 phone
301-863-9586 fax
 
Ms. Angela Funya 
Education Director 
 
Welcome to CPCS!  The Chesapeake Public Charter School is a diverse learning community of parents, teachers, staff, students, and local citizens actively collaborating to create a dynamic learning environment. This school provides educational opportunities for developing mind, body, and spirit through an integrated approach to academic excellence, individual expression and character development. Members of this community are compassionate world citizens who embrace lifelong learning.
 

2nd Grade Play

Join us for a student production of "Stone Soup"  on Thursday, May 17th.  The afternoon show is at 1:30 for CPCS students and 6:30 for parents and family.

We are asking an admission of a can of soup or other non-perishable food item.  We will be donating the food to a local charity.

Spring Town Hall Meeting

Town Hall Meeting Info  

Our CPCS families need to understand the challenges we face in the next few years in order to remain a thriving charter school.

Maryland Campaign for Achievement Now who works alongside the Maryland Charter School Network is working on the provisions of House Bill 1218 and the changes needed for the Maryland Charter School Law.  This Bill will have a positive impact on our school and continued support and action needs to be taken to keep it alive.

More info can be found here: 

Education Director, Ange Funya, and Alliance Board Chair, Julia Nichols,  presented an overview of the 3-5 year strategic plan for CPCS and how you can help us achieve our goals. 
Due to the current financial climate, we will be challenged to staff our school as fully as we would like to meet the needs of our students over the next few years. Since the inception of the school, CPCS has had to utilize fundraised monies to pay for physical renovations of the building, insurance, and much needed additional staff. Part of our Town Hall will address the three to five year strategic financial constraints we face if alternative funding cannot be found such as the funding proposed in the original House Bill 1218.

Updated calender for 2011-2012

The last day of school for the Chesapeake Public Charter School will be Monday, June 11, 2012.  June 7, 8, and 11 will be early dismissal days for students attending the Charter School.  June 12, 2012 will be the last day for the teachers at the Charter School.

Download the updated calender HERE.

Book Fair is Here!

Buy one get one free!  CPCS is holding the Spring 2012 Scholastic Book Fair to encourage students to keep their reading up over the summer.   The Book Fair will be held in the Media Center from May 18 through May 25th. Daytime hours for parents will be 8:15 to 3:15.  Thursday and Friday are early dismissal and it will close at 1:15.  Volunteers are needed to help this event.  Please continue reading after the break or contact Kate Sullivan.

Board Nominations

This Spring we are looking for 3 members to join the Chesapeake Charter School Alliance Board.  The board will have up to three positions available.  More information outlining the roles and responsibilities of the board members will be available HERE later this week. 
If you are interested in a position please email a short bio and a paragraph stating why you would like to serve on the board to: mboeke@yahoo.com.
If you have further questions regarding the process or positions, please feel free to contact me.
The call for nominations will close on May 30.
On behalf of the Nominating Committee, thank you for your consideration of service to CPCS.
Maribeth Boeke Ganzell
CCSA Nominating Committee Chair