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Things to Remember in CPS:
The 2019-2020 CPS school year is in session! Here's all the important information you need for a successful school year—from school supplies and enrollment information to lunch menus. Plus, find resources, read FAQs, and much more.
Remember:
The 2019-2020 CPS school year is in session! Here's all the important information you need for a successful school year—from school supplies and enrollment information to lunch menus. Plus, find resources, read FAQs, and much more.
Remember:
- CPS serves free breakfast and lunch to every student all year long.
- CPS students and accompanying adults can get a free ride on CTA buses and trains on the first day of school.
- To check school hours, search for your school using the CPS School Locator.
- Some charter school start dates differ. Find a full charter schedule here.
Welcome to Aspen
Chicago Public Schools launched a new student information management system called Aspen on April 22, 2019, which consolidated information from five data sources into a single system. As a part of this initiative, we rolled out new Student and Parent Portals, which provide all of the same capabilities of the previous system, while adding new features such as historical data, graduation requirements, student fees, and an easy-to-use mobile interface.
Account Registration and Portal AccessStudents
All old Student Portal accounts were automatically transferred to Aspen.
Log in to the Aspen Student Portal at aspen.cps.edu with your CPS username (not email address) and password. Any student having difficulty with login access should contact their teacher or school.
Parents/Guardians
Old Parent Portal accounts could not be automatically transferred to Aspen.
To register for an Aspen Parent Portal account:
Account Registration and Portal AccessStudents
All old Student Portal accounts were automatically transferred to Aspen.
Log in to the Aspen Student Portal at aspen.cps.edu with your CPS username (not email address) and password. Any student having difficulty with login access should contact their teacher or school.
Parents/Guardians
Old Parent Portal accounts could not be automatically transferred to Aspen.
To register for an Aspen Parent Portal account:
- Contact your school to verify your personal information in CPS’ Student Information System is up to date and accurate. You will need to provide your school with an active email address to receive instructions and the validation code required to create an account.
- Follow the email instructions and use the validation code to create a Parent Portal account. We highly recommend completing registration on a desktop or laptop computer as this process is not optimized for mobile.
- You will receive a second email to finalize account registration. Confirm your email credentials and log on to Aspen to link your students to your account. Aspen resources and training videos are available on the Parent Portal page on CPS.edu if you need help in setting up your account or navigating the system.
- Call your school if you do not receive the registration email, your account is locked, or you need assistance correcting profile information or linking student(s) to your account.
8th Grade Students: Important Information about High School
Welcome Back 8th Graders! It’s Almost High School Application Time!
It’s the start of a brand new school year and a whole world of exciting new experiences are just around the corner. For our eighth grade families, this is especially true as you begin the last year of elementary school and start preparing for high school!
From October 1 to December 14, 2018, you will have the opportunity to apply to the high school programs that best meet your needs using our online application platform at GoCPS. The application period begins in less than a month, so now is the time to start getting ready to make these important decisions.
Visit go.cps.edu today to learn about the high school application process!
Activating Your Account
In order to apply using GoCPS, you will need to activate your account, and you can complete this important step any time before the application period begins. This will allow you to:
· Create a username and password
· Create a primary parent/guardian profile
· Create profiles for each high school applicant
· Link student data records for current CPS students to the profile
· View the programs to which students are eligible to apply
· Verify that student records are accurate
· “Favorite” top programs you are considering for applications in October
To begin the account activation process, click below.
Activate Account
Activation Codes
*For CPS students, Activation Codes are required only for students applying to ninth grade.*
In order to activate your account, you will need to use the Activation Code from the letter sent home with your student at the end of the last school year. If you have misplaced or did not receive this code, please contact your child’s school counselor to obtain the code. Alternatively, you can call the Office of Access and Enrollment (OAE) at 773-553-2060 from a telephone number on your student’s CPS student information file. The OAE call center is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Activation Codes will also be distributed to students again shortly after the beginning of school in September 2018.
Application Advice
No matter who is activating the account, be sure to enter the name and address of the parent/guardian with whom the student resides. This address will be used when determining tiers and proximity boundaries, as well as attendance and overlay boundaries.
Web Browsers
GoCPS is optimized for view on Chrome, Safari and Firefox web browsers. We recommend using one of these to access the site.
Need Help?
If you have any questions about the activation process, contact the Office of Access and Enrollment at 773-553-2060 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
gocps@cps.edu
It’s the start of a brand new school year and a whole world of exciting new experiences are just around the corner. For our eighth grade families, this is especially true as you begin the last year of elementary school and start preparing for high school!
From October 1 to December 14, 2018, you will have the opportunity to apply to the high school programs that best meet your needs using our online application platform at GoCPS. The application period begins in less than a month, so now is the time to start getting ready to make these important decisions.
Visit go.cps.edu today to learn about the high school application process!
Activating Your Account
In order to apply using GoCPS, you will need to activate your account, and you can complete this important step any time before the application period begins. This will allow you to:
· Create a username and password
· Create a primary parent/guardian profile
· Create profiles for each high school applicant
· Link student data records for current CPS students to the profile
· View the programs to which students are eligible to apply
· Verify that student records are accurate
· “Favorite” top programs you are considering for applications in October
To begin the account activation process, click below.
Activate Account
Activation Codes
*For CPS students, Activation Codes are required only for students applying to ninth grade.*
In order to activate your account, you will need to use the Activation Code from the letter sent home with your student at the end of the last school year. If you have misplaced or did not receive this code, please contact your child’s school counselor to obtain the code. Alternatively, you can call the Office of Access and Enrollment (OAE) at 773-553-2060 from a telephone number on your student’s CPS student information file. The OAE call center is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Activation Codes will also be distributed to students again shortly after the beginning of school in September 2018.
Application Advice
No matter who is activating the account, be sure to enter the name and address of the parent/guardian with whom the student resides. This address will be used when determining tiers and proximity boundaries, as well as attendance and overlay boundaries.
Web Browsers
GoCPS is optimized for view on Chrome, Safari and Firefox web browsers. We recommend using one of these to access the site.
Need Help?
If you have any questions about the activation process, contact the Office of Access and Enrollment at 773-553-2060 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
gocps@cps.edu
Protecting Chicago's Children
Parent Letter
Dear Parents and Families,
In the past several months, we have been following and building upon our comprehensive Plan of Action to protect our students. And to ensure we leave no stone unturned, we asked Maggie Hickey, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Illinois Executive Inspector General, to identify any gaps and provide recommendations to improve our policies and procedures.
We have taken several major steps to act on Ms. Hickey’s earliest recommendations, including creating the district’s first Office of Student Protections and Title IX (OSP). This 20-member team has a clear mandate to advocate for students, provide supports for survivors, and coordinate the district’s response to any allegation of abuse, which includes referring allegations of adult-on-student abuse to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
Earlier today, Ms. Hickey and her team released a preliminary report which will help us build upon the significant steps we've taken over the summer to strengthen safeguards for students. Our plan of action aligns to Ms. Hickey’s comprehensive roadmap for a safer and stronger school district, and we have implemented many of the recommendations that Ms. Hickey outlined in her preliminary report. In addition to forming OSP, we wanted to highlight additional steps we’ve taken this past summer:
· CPS’ current background check process exceeded the requirements of state law, but we wanted to make sure that we could receive better information on current employees whose conduct might disqualify them after employment. We improved our centralized background check processes by re-checking the backgrounds of the tens of thousands of adults who come into contact with students.
· We’ve formed a new partnership with the Chicago Children's Advocacy Center to re-train employees to identify signs of abuse and ensure survivors receive the supports they need and deserve. Parents and community members will also be able to access these trainings at our 13 Parent University sites later this year.
· We’re updating our sexual education curriculum and educational materials to better educate students on identifying inappropriate relationships and sexual abuse as part of our district-wide education and awareness campaign to help students, staff, and community members identify and report abuse. We are committed to ensuring that CPS is free of sexual discrimination, harassment, and violence. The wellbeing of your children is our highest priority and we thank you for your continued support. education and awareness campaign to help students, staff, and community members identify and report abuse. We are committed to ensuring that CPS is free of sexual discrimination, harassment, and violence. The wellbeing of your children is our highest priority and we thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Frank M. Clark
President
Chicago Board of Education
Janice K. Jackson, Ed.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Public Schools
Estimados padres y familias,
En los últimos meses, hemos seguido y apoyándonos en nuestro Plan de acción integral para proteger a nuestros estudiantes. Y para asegurarnos de no dejar piedra sin mover, le pedimos a Maggie Hickey, ex Fiscal Auxiliar de los EE. UU. E Inspectora General Ejecutiva de Illinois, que identificara las lagunas y proporcionara recomendaciones para mejorar nuestras políticas y procedimientos.
Hemos tomado varias medidas importantes para actuar sobre las primeras recomendaciones de la Sra. Hickey, incluida la creación de la primera Oficina de Protección de Estudiantes del Distrito y el Título IX (OSP). Este equipo de 20 miembros tiene un mandato claro para abogar por los estudiantes, brindar apoyo a los sobrevivientes y coordinar la respuesta del distrito ante cualquier acusación de abuso, lo que incluye referir alegatos de abuso de adultos a la Oficina del Inspector General (OIG) )
El día de hoy, la Sra. Hickey y su equipo presentaron un informe preliminar que nos ayudará a construir sobre los pasos significativos que hemos tomado durante el verano para fortalecer las salvaguardas para los estudiantes. Nuestro plan de acción se alinea con la hoja de ruta integral de la Sra. Hickey para un distrito escolar más seguro y más fuerte, y hemos implementado muchas de las recomendaciones que la Sra. Hickey describió en su informe preliminar.
Además de formar OSP, quisimos resaltar los pasos adicionales que hemos tomado este verano pasado:
· El proceso actual de verificación de antecedentes de CPS excedió los requisitos de la ley estatal, pero queríamos asegurarnos de que pudiéramos recibir mejor información sobre los empleados actuales cuya conducta podría descalificarlos después del empleo. Mejoramos nuestros procesos centralizados de verificación de antecedentes volviendo a verificar los antecedentes de las decenas de miles de adultos que entran en contacto con los estudiantes.
· Hemos formado una nueva asociación con el Chicago Children's Advocacy Center para volver a capacitar a los empleados a fin de que identifiquen señales de abuso y garanticen que los sobrevivientes reciban los apoyos que necesitan y merecen. Los padres y miembros de la comunidad también podrán acceder a estas capacitaciones en nuestros 13 sitios de la Universidad para padres más adelante este año.
· Estamos actualizando nuestro currículo de educación sexual y materiales educativos para educar mejor a los estudiantes sobre la identificación de relaciones inapropiadas y abuso sexual como parte de nuestra campaña de educación y concientización para ayudar a los estudiantes, personal y miembros de la comunidad a identificar e informar abuso.
Nos comprometemos a garantizar que CPS esté libre de discriminación sexual, acoso y violencia. El bienestar de sus hijos es nuestra más alta prioridad y le agradecemos su continuo apoyo.
Sincerely,
Frank M. Clark
President
Chicago Board of Education
Janice K. Jackson, Ed.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Public Schools
Dear Parents and Families,
In the past several months, we have been following and building upon our comprehensive Plan of Action to protect our students. And to ensure we leave no stone unturned, we asked Maggie Hickey, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Illinois Executive Inspector General, to identify any gaps and provide recommendations to improve our policies and procedures.
We have taken several major steps to act on Ms. Hickey’s earliest recommendations, including creating the district’s first Office of Student Protections and Title IX (OSP). This 20-member team has a clear mandate to advocate for students, provide supports for survivors, and coordinate the district’s response to any allegation of abuse, which includes referring allegations of adult-on-student abuse to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
Earlier today, Ms. Hickey and her team released a preliminary report which will help us build upon the significant steps we've taken over the summer to strengthen safeguards for students. Our plan of action aligns to Ms. Hickey’s comprehensive roadmap for a safer and stronger school district, and we have implemented many of the recommendations that Ms. Hickey outlined in her preliminary report. In addition to forming OSP, we wanted to highlight additional steps we’ve taken this past summer:
· CPS’ current background check process exceeded the requirements of state law, but we wanted to make sure that we could receive better information on current employees whose conduct might disqualify them after employment. We improved our centralized background check processes by re-checking the backgrounds of the tens of thousands of adults who come into contact with students.
· We’ve formed a new partnership with the Chicago Children's Advocacy Center to re-train employees to identify signs of abuse and ensure survivors receive the supports they need and deserve. Parents and community members will also be able to access these trainings at our 13 Parent University sites later this year.
· We’re updating our sexual education curriculum and educational materials to better educate students on identifying inappropriate relationships and sexual abuse as part of our district-wide education and awareness campaign to help students, staff, and community members identify and report abuse. We are committed to ensuring that CPS is free of sexual discrimination, harassment, and violence. The wellbeing of your children is our highest priority and we thank you for your continued support. education and awareness campaign to help students, staff, and community members identify and report abuse. We are committed to ensuring that CPS is free of sexual discrimination, harassment, and violence. The wellbeing of your children is our highest priority and we thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Frank M. Clark
President
Chicago Board of Education
Janice K. Jackson, Ed.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Public Schools
Estimados padres y familias,
En los últimos meses, hemos seguido y apoyándonos en nuestro Plan de acción integral para proteger a nuestros estudiantes. Y para asegurarnos de no dejar piedra sin mover, le pedimos a Maggie Hickey, ex Fiscal Auxiliar de los EE. UU. E Inspectora General Ejecutiva de Illinois, que identificara las lagunas y proporcionara recomendaciones para mejorar nuestras políticas y procedimientos.
Hemos tomado varias medidas importantes para actuar sobre las primeras recomendaciones de la Sra. Hickey, incluida la creación de la primera Oficina de Protección de Estudiantes del Distrito y el Título IX (OSP). Este equipo de 20 miembros tiene un mandato claro para abogar por los estudiantes, brindar apoyo a los sobrevivientes y coordinar la respuesta del distrito ante cualquier acusación de abuso, lo que incluye referir alegatos de abuso de adultos a la Oficina del Inspector General (OIG) )
El día de hoy, la Sra. Hickey y su equipo presentaron un informe preliminar que nos ayudará a construir sobre los pasos significativos que hemos tomado durante el verano para fortalecer las salvaguardas para los estudiantes. Nuestro plan de acción se alinea con la hoja de ruta integral de la Sra. Hickey para un distrito escolar más seguro y más fuerte, y hemos implementado muchas de las recomendaciones que la Sra. Hickey describió en su informe preliminar.
Además de formar OSP, quisimos resaltar los pasos adicionales que hemos tomado este verano pasado:
· El proceso actual de verificación de antecedentes de CPS excedió los requisitos de la ley estatal, pero queríamos asegurarnos de que pudiéramos recibir mejor información sobre los empleados actuales cuya conducta podría descalificarlos después del empleo. Mejoramos nuestros procesos centralizados de verificación de antecedentes volviendo a verificar los antecedentes de las decenas de miles de adultos que entran en contacto con los estudiantes.
· Hemos formado una nueva asociación con el Chicago Children's Advocacy Center para volver a capacitar a los empleados a fin de que identifiquen señales de abuso y garanticen que los sobrevivientes reciban los apoyos que necesitan y merecen. Los padres y miembros de la comunidad también podrán acceder a estas capacitaciones en nuestros 13 sitios de la Universidad para padres más adelante este año.
· Estamos actualizando nuestro currículo de educación sexual y materiales educativos para educar mejor a los estudiantes sobre la identificación de relaciones inapropiadas y abuso sexual como parte de nuestra campaña de educación y concientización para ayudar a los estudiantes, personal y miembros de la comunidad a identificar e informar abuso.
Nos comprometemos a garantizar que CPS esté libre de discriminación sexual, acoso y violencia. El bienestar de sus hijos es nuestra más alta prioridad y le agradecemos su continuo apoyo.
Sincerely,
Frank M. Clark
President
Chicago Board of Education
Janice K. Jackson, Ed.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Public Schools
GoCPS Event Calendar & Glossary
10/17/17 GoCPS now has a calendar and glossary for high school applications! Visit go.cps.edu for details. #gocps #CPS
GoCPS launches to make applying to high school simpler
Over the years, we’ve heard from families about the importance of having a choice in selecting which high school provides the best match for their child’s needs. We’ve also heard that applying to high school can be frustrating and confusing. So this year, Chicago Public Schools has completely revamped its high school application process for students that will be freshman in the 2018-19 school year with the launch of GoCPS, a new website where students and families will be able to:
Review school and program options in one place
Rank these school and program choices based on their preferences
Be matched with their highest possible choice for high school
The new application process will feature five key phases, the first of which, “Subscribe,” launched this week.
1. Subscribe (May – June 2017): Sign up to receive important updates and announcements
2. Research (June – July 2017): Conduct detailed research to find the best school for your child
3. Activate (August – September 2017): Create an account and access your student’s eligibility
4. Apply (October – December 2017): Complete applications with one system and one deadline
5. Match (January – June 2018): Get matched and receive high school offers
Each month, CPS is planning to open access to the new features listed in the dates above. This will lead up to August 2017, when families will be able to able to begin using the application functions of the site and October 2017 when high school applications will become available.
But before then, there’s still a lot to do, so current seventh grade families are encouraged to visit Go.CPS.edu as soon as possible to start reading about the new application process and to subscribe to the GoCPS mailing list. This will allow them to receive important instructions, announcements and advance notifications that are critical to completing the application process.
With GoCPS, Chicago Public Schools wants to empower all students to attend the school with the best environment, programs and activities for them while creating an application process is that is more equitable, transparent and simple for everyone. Stay tuned for more updates to come.
Review school and program options in one place
Rank these school and program choices based on their preferences
Be matched with their highest possible choice for high school
The new application process will feature five key phases, the first of which, “Subscribe,” launched this week.
1. Subscribe (May – June 2017): Sign up to receive important updates and announcements
2. Research (June – July 2017): Conduct detailed research to find the best school for your child
3. Activate (August – September 2017): Create an account and access your student’s eligibility
4. Apply (October – December 2017): Complete applications with one system and one deadline
5. Match (January – June 2018): Get matched and receive high school offers
Each month, CPS is planning to open access to the new features listed in the dates above. This will lead up to August 2017, when families will be able to able to begin using the application functions of the site and October 2017 when high school applications will become available.
But before then, there’s still a lot to do, so current seventh grade families are encouraged to visit Go.CPS.edu as soon as possible to start reading about the new application process and to subscribe to the GoCPS mailing list. This will allow them to receive important instructions, announcements and advance notifications that are critical to completing the application process.
With GoCPS, Chicago Public Schools wants to empower all students to attend the school with the best environment, programs and activities for them while creating an application process is that is more equitable, transparent and simple for everyone. Stay tuned for more updates to come.
Welcome School Announcement
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