Greetings,

I trust this message finds you well and enjoying your summer vacation with families and friends. I hope you have a restful break and come back energized as we continue to implement our district’s strategic plan, and continue on our journey to Destination 2025.  We are proud of the work our students and staff accomplished during the past year, and we’re excited to get the 2023-24 school year underway when Wolf Meadow students return on July 18^th. We will welcome our early college and traditional calendar students back on August 10th.

Cabarrus County is thriving. Our district is growing rapdily with many new families choosing to call Cabarrus County home. Concord was recently named by Fortune Magazine as the nation’s 20^th best city to raise a family.

Access to high-quality education is a key driver in that growth and economic success. Strong communities and strong schools go hand in hand. Based on next year’s enrollment projections, Cabarrus County Schools, the eighth largest district in North Carolina, will exceed the 35,000-student mark for the first time.

This growth is both exciting and challenging. Our school system is diversifying and undergoing an expansion of new demands and innovative ideas.

This year, I have held numerous community meetings, administered surveys, reached out to many members of our school community, and sought your input on many issues affecting our district.  In doing so, we heard your concerns and will take your input to heart as we move forward as a district. Improved communication was one of those issues of importantance to you, and we have implemented several changes to the way we will communicate information with you.

• Our District is implementing ParentSquare as our primary school-to-home communications and parent engagement tool for the 2023-24 school year. It is our hope that you will utilize ParentSquare’s tools to connect with your school community. A key driver in the success of our schools and your students is to have open communications from home-to-school. For more information, you can visit our ParentSquare information page. If you have not yet activated your ParentSquare account, please visit the ParentSquare website and register using the email address or phone number associated with your student in PowerSchool.
• Our transportation department is excited to introduce the Edulog app to our families this fall. Edulog will allow you to track your child’s bus ridership using GPS technology. Be on the lookout for more information to come as we approach the first day of school in August.
• In an effort to make information more accessible, we have launched new district and school websites for the fall.  We hope you find our new webpages more user-friendly, more mobile-friendly, and easier to navigate. Please make sure to click on the “A-Z Index” located at the top of all our webpages, as well as the “I want to” dropdown menu located in the channel bar. We hope these features streamline your search for information.

As a reminder, we continue to enroll students of all ages for the fall.  Any child who is five years old on or before August 31, 2023, is eligible to register for kindergarten. Visit our district enrollment webpage by clicking HERE. Please contact your school directly to schedule an in-person enrollment visit.  You can find your assigned school by clicking on the CCS Find My School link.

Finally, our Back to School webpage is ready for your return. On this page, you can find important information including our Open House schedule.  Open House for middle and high schools will be held on August 7th with elementary schools hosting Open House events on August 8^th. Wolf Meadow will hold it’s Open House on July 13^th.

Safe travels this summer, and I look forward to beginning our year strong upon your return.

Stay Well,

John

John Kopicki, Ed.D.

Superintendent

Greetings,

I hope this message finds you well as our fourth quarter gets underway. Our traditional calendar Spring Break will begin on Friday, April 7^th.  To those going out of town, I wish you safe travels and look forward to your return on Monday, April 17^h.  

This is a busy time of year for our district and several exciting events are coming up this month:

• The district will name its 2023 Teacher of the Year at a Celebration of Excellence on April 20^th. To view the videos of our six finalists, please visit our district’s YouTube page.
• The Cabarrus County Special Olympics will host their annual Spring Games on April 19^th and 20^th at the Cabarrus Arena and Events Center.
• I will begin hosting our Spring 2023 Community Engagement meetings on Tuesday, April 18th at Central Cabarrus High, Tuesday, April 25th at Concord High, and on Thursday, April 27th at Cox Mill High . These meetings will continue into May as I visit all eight of our traditional district high schools. View the complete schedule here.  All meetings will begin at 6:00 P.M. in the high school media center.  Join me as I present our district’s strategic plan, Destination 2025, and share our strategic priorities for the coming years.

Kindergarten registration is under way. Registering your child during our spring registration helps create a smooth transition into kindergarten in the fall. Any child who is five years old on or before August 31, 2023, is eligible to register for kindergarten. Visit our district website at www.cabarrus.k12.nc.us and select the Enrollment icon in the Find it Fast section for additional information. Additionally, applications for Kindergarten Program Choice will be accepted through April 30th. You can find information about Kindergarten Program Choice by selecting the Program Choice icon in the Find it Fast section of our district website.

Finally, congratulations to the Class of 2023. When we return from Spring Break, you will begin the final countdown towards graduation and the culmination of years of hard work to get where you are today.  Please visit our district graduation page where you will find all the important information that you and your family need to make this a successful experience.

Again, safe travels, and I look forwards to finishing our year strong upon your return.

Stay Well,

John

John Kopicki, Ed.D.

Superintendent