Cedar Park’s winter band concert has moved to Wed, Feb. 20. Grade 6 and 7 will perform at 6 p.m. Grade 8 and the Jazz Band will perform at 7 p.m. This change will allow 8th grade families to attend the Beaverton & Sunset High School curriculum nights being held on Feb. 21.
Cedar Park Onstage’s One Act Festival has moved to Friday, March 15th due to impending inclement weather. More info to come soon.
The festival was originally going to be funded though the district Fine Arts budget, but due to budget cuts, middle school band programs will have to raise the money on their own with help from the community. BEF (Beaverton Education Foundation) is doing a matching gift challenge for the first 96 hours (will end Saturday at noon). That will make it so even small donations will be impactful.
Attending a band festival is an amazing educational opportunity every music student should experience. Students will hear bands from other schools, be scored on their performance and receive clinics from professional band adjudicators. This experience will motivate students to grow as musicians and will build community through music.
Funding will pay for buses, substitute teachers, and professional band judges and will allow all of our BSD middle school advanced bands to attend.
Buses-$1,000
Teacher Substitutes- $2,000
Festival Judges-$1,000
Total: $4,000
Don’t miss this opportunity to support positive experiences in our middle school.
8th grade Humanities teacher, Trisha Parks, has been diligently sprucing up our schools hallways with college pennants from colleges within Oregon and neighboring states. Post high school success is the overall goal for the Beaverton School District. Students are engaged and curious about the various post-secondary education options available to them.
Ms. Parks has organized most of the pennants by state, creating excellent displays throughout our halls. THANK YOU, Ms. Parks, for keeping Cedar Park awesome!
13 Cedar Park 8th graders participated in the District Honor Band on Jan. 11 and 12. These students were selected through an audition process and got to work with a guest conductor for two days with a culminating performance.
Bravo to our awesome musicians!
Nearly 400 seventh graders discovered the mystery and awe of ancient Egypt, thanks to the fall fundraising effort of the Cedar Park community.
Students and chaperones braved the MAX and headed to OMSI this January for a fun-filled day of science exhibits, OMSI's current Egyptian history exhibit, and a documentary at OMSI's Empirical Theater. These exhibition fit in nicely with the 7th grade ancient civilizations unit.
Massive thanks to all who donated to our 5K effort that made this opportunity possible. Another shout out is due to the over 50 community volunteers that turned out to chaperone our angelic minions.
Cedar Park will host the first of two student socials of the school year on Friday, 2/15. Each grade will have a separate celebration. CPMS staff work hard to plan and organize this event. Past socials have included a DJ, food/snacks, a photo booth, and various stations throughout the building for students to choose from.
Parent involvement is a MUST to ensure a safe, fun, and awesome event. Look for volunteer shifts soon via mVP. This popular event is a perfect way to spy on, errr.... witness your child's social circle.
UPDATED 2/8: CPMS' resident theater company, Cedar Park Onstage, will be presenting a One Act Festival on Friday, 3/15 at 7pm here at CPMS. This event will include two one-act plays– Oz and The Firecracker Incident by Don Zolidis. Don't miss this exciting chance to support Cedar Park students!
Oz
Reeling from her sister's death, Beth suddenly finds herself journeying through a world suspiciously resembling the film The Wizard of Oz. But with the yellow brick road sold to foreign investors after a financial meltdown, the Scarecrow reveling in his ignorant bliss, the Cowardly Lion acting like a paranoid sociopath, and the Tin Man embracing his emotional numbness, Beth wonders what role she plays in this classic story gone awry. A hilarious and heart-wrenching exploration of grief and perseverance on the road to acceptance (via playscripts.com).
The Firecracker Incident
Fourteen-year-old Joe's parents are pretty tough. First, they moved his bedroom into his little sister's closet. Then they took away his door. And then, after he just "happened" to tie one of her Barbie dolls to black cat firecrackers and exploded them in the backyard, they grounded him for the entire summer. But when his only friend breaks him out in the middle of the night, he embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, which may mean the difference between life and death (via dramaticpublishing.com).