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2025-26 Back to School Information
Attendance is one of the main factors in a successful education and chronic absenteeism can lead to low grades and test scores or decrease your student’s chances of graduating.
Join CPSD in our battle against chronic absenteeism by helping us meet our goal of seeing each student’s smiling face in our classrooms on time each day. For more resources about how your student can improve their school attendance, visit the Attendance Works website.
Website Update and the New CPSD App
Get ready for the new and improved district and school websites coming soon! CPSD has moved to the ParentSquare web platform and will launch our updated sites very soon.
To stay up-to-date on all the news, alerts and activities at your student’s school, download the ParentSquare App on your mobile device today!
Kindergarten Conferences
Conferences for families of kindergarten students will be held Aug. 27-30, prior to the first day of school. To schedule a conference, you will be contacted by your student’s teacher.
Connection Conferences
Connection conferences will be held between Aug. 27 and 29 for families at Four Heroes, Park Lodge, Tillicum and Tyee Park elementary schools and Lakeview Hope Academy.
Athletics
There is a new sports registration process for the 2025-26 school year. Please visit our website to learn more about the new registration process.
Additionally, the schedule for middle school sports will change for the 2025-26 seasons. Please view the updated schedule.
Bus Stop Information
Bus stop information will be posted online by school on Aug. 22.
School Supply Lists
Ensuring students have the materials they need to succeed in the classroom is an important priority. CPSD schools order and provide general classroom supplies for students and replenish them during the school year as needed. As a resource to families, the district publishes elementary and middle school supply lists if families choose to purchase school supplies to have at home.
The district does not publish a high school supply list for families because supplies needed at home may change depending on the class.
Dress Codes
To facilitate learning, the district requires students dress for a safe, collaborative school environment. The district dress code is available on our website for reference.
School Meals
CPSD will offer free breakfast and lunch for all students for the 2025-26 school year. You can view your school’s breakfast and lunch menus on our Nutrislice website. Schools will update their menus closer to the start of the school year.
School Start and Dismissal Times
To access a full list of start and dismissal times for each district school, please view the General School Information page.
Visitor Entry
School doors will remain locked during instructional hours until dismissal, and all visitors must enter the school using the visitor entry system. At the main entrance of each school, visitors must verify their identity and purpose of the visit. For questions or concerns, please contact your student’s school.
CPSD Computer Assurance Program
The CPSD Assurance Program offers a cost-effective solution for parents or guardians to mitigate financial responsibility in the event of accidental damage, loss or theft involving the school-provided device.
This program is designed to provide families with peace of mind regarding device-related incidents while promoting responsible handling and use of school-provided technology.
Here’s a breakdown of the key points:
- Program Enrollment: Families have the choice to enroll their student or students in the Assurance Program. Payment may be made through the Online Payments portal via the Clover Park School district website or with a check payable to Clover Park SD Schools. If they choose not to enroll, they will be fully liable for any costs associated with damage, loss, or theft of the device.
- Program Coverage: The Assurance Program covers a single device repair or replacement related to accidental damage or theft of the device (with provided police report). Assurance does not cover deliberate vandalism caused by the student.
- Program Enrollment Period: Enrollment in the Assurance Program is valid for the current school year.
- Program Enrollment Deadline: Families must pay for Assurance within four weeks after receiving the device. After this period, enrollment in the program will no longer be available.
- Unreturned Items: If a student does not return the item at the specified time and/or leaves the district without returning the device, they will be fined the full replacement cost. This fine will be recorded on the student’s record and the device will be programmed to become inoperable.
| CPSD Assurance Program Cost per Student | |
| Annual Fee | |
| Full Cost | $30 |
| Free or Reduced Lunch (with Content to Share) | $15 |
| Pay through Online Payments Portal or make checks payable to Clover Park SD Schools | |
| Cost for Device Repairs | |
| Damage | Fee |
| Laptop Replacement | Depreciation value – up to $500 |
| Charger Replacement | $30 |
| Broken Screen | $125 |
| Damaged Port – USB/Charging/Audio | $75 |
| Missing/Damaged Keys | $90 |
| Damaged Camera | $50 |
| Touchpad | $50 |
| Hinge | $50 |
| Frame damage | $25 |
| Lost/Damaged Hotspot | $75 |
**Device replacement costs are prorated based on the item’s original purchase price and its depreciated value. The values above are examples only; actual replacement costs will vary.
Required Annual Student Updates
Instead of completing and returning paper forms, families will use Skyward Family Access each year to complete required annual documents for each student's school.
Please log in to Skyward Family Access before school starts to update your student’s information.
Skyward Family Access is an important tool to help you support your student's academic success. In addition to monitoring your student's assignments and grades, you will now complete the following in Skyward Family Access for each student:
- Review and sign Parent Handbook
- Update contact information
- Military Impact Aid Form and affiliation
- Ethnicity and Race Form
- Consideration for scholarships, free college applications and lower fees
- Health Information Form
Instructions for updating your contact information: Video (English)
Can't remember your password?
Click on Forgot Password link from Skyward Family Access log-in page.
New to Skyward or have never signed in?
Contact your student's school if you need your log-in information.
Required Immunizations
Vaccines and medically-verified records are required for students to participate in the 2025-26 school year. Washington state law requires children enrolling in public schools to present proof of immunity against Hepatitis B, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella.
You can learn more about vaccine records and requirements on the Department of Health website.
Students must receive vaccines prior to the first day of school from their health care provider or one of the free immunization sites found on the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department Immunization page.
Vaccines are also being provided through local partners on the following dates.
Aug. 9 at Harrison Prep through the Caring for Kids Ready to Learn Fair
Aug. 28 at Thomas Middle School