Thank you to the Chesapeake Rotary Club for selecting CCC Student Ambassadors to serve as the first group Grand Marshal of the Chesapeake Christmas Parade. We had 44 students and 20 faculty participants. Thank you to our sponsors, Great Bridge Rotary Club and Hackworth for their financial contributions!

Associated Builder and Contractors - Virginia Chapter presented a $10,000 check to the Building Trades, Electricity & HVAC Programs at CCC. The money will be used for scholarships, apprenticeships and the purchase of tools to assist these programs. Incoming Chair, Eric Stichler, (Heartland Construction) and Past Chair, Rhonda Bridgeman, (Comfort Systems) presented the check to CPS Superintendent, Dr. Cotton, Dr. Kitchens, and Mrs. Speelman.

Garth is a senior at Great Bridge High School and a second year Dual Enrollment Welding student. Garth’s cooperative work experience is at Collins Machine Works and upon graduation he wants to continue to full-time employment in their apprentice program. Garth’s employer, Mr. Twine, shares that Garth is a great worker, dependable and trustworthy. His welding instructor, Mr. Sommers, adds that Garth is an out of the box thinker. He has an engineer’s mind and can work through processes in his head before starting. Garth is also a tinkerer and often takes “trash” and turns it into “treasurers”. He is determined and has a can-do attitude.
To learn more about the Welding course, click here.

Jacob B., Mr. Twine, and Garth V. Both students are employees of Collins Machine Works

CCC has partnered with Buffalow Family and Friends to support families in Chesapeake through their charitable works. During the month of November, we held a can food drive and over 2,100 food items and waters were collected from Cyclones. Also, our Cosmetology students offer their services at the Buffalow Family and Friends Community Salon two Saturdays a month. To learn more about Buffalow Family and Friend and how you can also donate, click here.

Celebrate the holidays with us! Participate in the dress up days.

HOSA fundraiser at Bubba's 33.

Cookies with Santa. Santa will travel to CCC to have cookies with Cyclones on the nice list.

Order your CCC Grad Cord and Tassel Keychain. Payment due when order is placed.

Early Release Day - No PM Students

Winter Break

This is an exciting time to be involved in Career and Technical Education! We are preparing today's students for tomorrow's careers. Check out the presentation about the future of CCC by clicking here Career Academies of Chesapeake.

Thank you to our community partner, Hackworth, for their financial investment in our school. Check out their work on our front door, around our main office, picture backdrop, and our program yard signs. Their support has assisted in the branding of the building and increased school recognition and school spirit.

Hackworth was founded in 1991 when it started out printing blue prints and technical documents. Today, they are a full fledged printing, graphics and wide format technology solutions organization, all thanks to the inspiring leadership of Dorothy and Charlie Hackworth and their son, Charles.

Hackworth is a State-Certified, Small Business (SWaM: Small, Women-owned, and Minority-owned Business) in Chesapeake, Virginia that provides a wide range of printing and marketing services, wide format digital imaging and printing systems and supplies, and document management solutions. Although the nature of our core business has somewhat changed over the last two decades, we continue to be committed to provide excellence in our business solutions, and to the communities and families of those with whom we share mutually beneficial partnerships. To find out more about Hackworth, click here.

If you or someone you know would be interested in becoming one of our Community Partners, please let us know. Levels of participation could entail providing guest speakers, mentoring, or making much-needed financial and equipment donations. An explanation of our partnership levels is provided here.

Our Counseling Director, Ms. Brinkley, is available to students by appointment or email. Please stop by the main office, call 547-0134, or email larhonda.brinkley@cpschools.com for assistance.

November is National Scholarship Month and is a time to raise awareness of financial opportunities for future college students. In November, many scholarship providers begin posting new scholarship information for the next academic year. Seniors, now is the perfect time to dedicate time to finding scholarships for your upcoming college year. Be sure to check ScholarshipVue on your home school’s website. Your student ID is your username and password. Sign in today and start applying! See Ms. Brinkley if you have any questions or need assistance.

We are always excited to host tours, but the best guests are future Cyclones. Over the next month, we will welcome students from Chesapeake Center for Student Success and the Freshmen Seminar program from all seven High Schools.

It takes the collective effort of all of us to ensure that we all remain safe. One of the most effective ways to do that is to report anything that could affect the safety of our students and staff. Many threats are dealt with before they can come to fruition because of individuals willing to report directly to a trusted adult. That is strongly encouraged. We also encourage families to have discussions with their children about the seriousness of and consequences for these actions.

There are other ways that these safety concerns can be reported. CPS offers QuickTip, a way to anonymously report any safety concerns. The icon can be found on our webpages. The CrimeLine icon is also available on our webpages and that platform can be used to report concerns directly to the police department. You will also see the K-12 “Let’s Talk” icon on the CPS homepage and on many other CPS webpages. Clicking that will take you to another platform for registering concerns and asking questions. Non-pressing messages can be left here and they will be addressed by appropriate administrators. More information can be found on the CPS website. Of course, in any emergency situation, please call 911.