Read Across America Week

To celebrate Read Across America/Dr. Seuss Week we are creating a fun, wacky atmosphere we hope your child will take part in!

• Monday—Crazy Sock Day—roll up your pants and show us what you’ve got!
• Tuesday—Happy Hat Day—Wear your favorite hat
• Wednesday—Wacky Wednesday—Wear Stripes of any colors from the Dr. Seuss Book Collection
• Thursday—OH the Places You’ll Go Day—Dress to represent your favorite career or a character of your choice
• Friday—Read and White Day—Wear read/white to show your Seuss spirit!

 

Parents Night Out!

A Clarksville Academy, Challenge Based Learning group is hosting a “Parents Night Out” on Friday, March 27th, 2015 from 5pm to 10pm. All proceeds raised will benefit Relay for Life. The Parents Night Out is for grades Pre-K through 5th grade and will take place in the Clarksville Academy main gym. The price for this event will be a flat rate of $35 for one child and $50 for two or more children.

During the event we will serve pizza, juice boxes, chips, and fruit snacks and provide have multiple games. We will have a Toy Story marathon playing throughout the event for those children who would like to sit and watch. Adult sponsors will also be present during the event.

Reservations are preferred. Please contact Kaitlyn Halliday at khalliday@clarksvilleacademy.com. Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns. Please provide the name and ages of your children, an emergency contact, name & number and any allergies your child might have.  We look forward to seeing you!

 

1st Grade Pet Show

Due to the recent winter weather we had to postpone the Annual 1st Grade Pet Show last week. The new date for the pet show is now March 6 at 9:00 AM on Procter Court. First grade teachers will email their students soon with more details. Everyone is invited.

 

Steak Dinner

With our recent days out of school and the inability to have weekend rehearsals on campus for this year’s performance at CA’s Annual An Evening with Friends Steak Dinner, the Steak Dinner committee has come to a decision that there is inadequate time for preparation to continue with our original March 7th show date.  Please make note that CA’s Annual An Evening with Friends Steak Dinner will now be on Saturday, April 18, 2015, at 6:00 P.M.  Tickets may be purchased through Mrs. Kari Turner in the front office.

You will receive a new RSVP card in the mail to replace the one you received earlier.  We apologize for any scheduling conflicts that this may have caused your family, but to have a top rate dinner and performance of this caliber, this decision was necessary.

Please mark your calendar and we look forward to seeing you there!

 

PreK Royal Processional

Our PreK students had a wonderful time on their Royal processional around school on Friday.

 

FUSE

FUSE Social Studies enjoyed learning more about our nation’s government in an interactive, hands-on government station. Many students created bills and declarations of their own that they could either approve or veto!

 

Third Grade

Ms. Williams’ class now has 18 new “Egg-cellent” classmates in their classroom. They are hatching baby chicks which should be ready to hatch in 21 days.

 

Re-enrollment

We are currently undergoing re-enrollment here at CA. Families should submit their re-enrollment contracts before March 6. All returning families have their space secured for the 2015-2016 school year until March 6. After this date we will begin open enrollment for any student in our community. If you have questions regarding re-enrollment please see the Business Office.

Grandparents Day

Mark your calendars for this wonderful event! Grandparents Day 2015 has been set. You will receive more information from your child’s teachers as it becomes available.

PreK & 1st Grades—March 25
4th & 5th Grades—March 26
K, 2, & 3rd Grades—March 27

Stay tuned for times and locations!

 

iPad/iPhone App

We encourage you to download our mobile app from the App Store. We are currently only available on Apple products. This app will provide wonderful updates about what is going on at our school.

 

Social Media

Please like us on Facebook—Clarksville Academy; and follow us on Twitter—CACougarsTN.

 

Box Tops & Campbell’s Labels

This is a reminder that CA collects Campbell’s labels and Box Tops through our CAA. The money raised from this project funds various school improvement projects. Last year we raised over $2000 through the Box Tops program alone! Please turn yours into your child’s teacher or Ms. Turnage in the front office.

Intermediate School Winter Dance

The Intermediate School Winter Dance has been rescheduled for this Saturday, March 7 from 6:00-9:00 PM in the Aux Gym.

 

Predators Intro Clinic

The Nashville Predators will be on campus on Wednesday, March 4 to present a short introductory clinic to our 8th grade PE class on a general overview of hockey.

 

Steak Dinner

With our recent days out of school and the inability to have weekend rehearsals on campus for this year’s performance at CA’s Annual An Evening with Friends Steak Dinner, the Steak Dinner committee has come to a decision that there is inadequate time for preparation to continue with our original March 7th show date.  Please make note that CA’s Annual An Evening with Friends Steak Dinner will now be on Saturday, April 18, 2015, at 6:00 P.M.  Tickets may be purchased through Mrs. Kari Turner in the front office.
 
You will receive a new RSVP card in the mail to replace the one you received earlier.  We apologize for any scheduling conflicts that this may have caused your family, but to have a top rate dinner and performance of this caliber, this decision was necessary.
 
Please mark your calendar and we look forward to seeing you there!

 

CBL News

Coach Edlin’s Intermediate Students, under the Colunm of Tribute: Housing, visit Dogwood Bend as they investigate Housing and AARP.
Mrs. Minton and Mrs. McQueen’s CBL group, under the Column of Tribute: Humanities, created cards for Coach Edlin’s group to present to the residents.

 

8th Grade

8th graders spent a wild day learning about robotics, space, and engineering at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville!

 

Intermediate School Basketball Girls

The Intermediate Girl’s basketball team held their end of season banquet on February 24, 2015 in the CA Aux Gym.  Team members were recognized with individual accolades from Coach Steven Kelley, and presented with a medal featuring a Cougar paw on the front and the inscription of “2014-15 Intermediate Lady Cougars, GNAC Runner Up, I Will Fight, and the player’s name on the back.   Coach Kelley also recognized the faithful support of, Jack Deibert, as the team’s statistician for the season.  Coach Cindy Kircher followed with comments on the girl’s success to work as a team, and her pride in their overall sportsmanship and character.  Finally, parents and team members presented Coach Kelley with a signed Cougar jersey that was framed and personalized as a gesture of appreciation for his hard work and support of the team.  

The Intermediate Girl’s ended their season with an overall record of 9-3.  The Cougars persevered, beating Merrill Hyde three games in a row to advance to the GNAC championship game where they finished as Runner Up.  Ashley Roberts and Charlton Kelley were chosen as GNAC All Conference players by the conference coaches. Roberts and Kelley were also chosen to play in the Inaugural KY/TN 8th Grade All Star Game hosted by The Playmakers Basketball Academy.

 

National Honor Society & National Jr Honor Society

We had a wonderful induction ceremony on Thursday, January 26. Students in grades 8 through 12 are eligible for National Honor or Junior National Honor Society. We have 85% of our 8-12th grade students currently serving in one of these honor societies. We are so very proud of our students.

 

Re-enrollment

We are currently undergoing re-enrollment here at CA. Families should submit their re-enrollment contracts before March 6. All returning families have their space secured for the 2015-2016 school year until March 6. After this date we will begin open enrollment for any student in our community. If you have questions regarding re-enrollment please see the Business Office.

 

FCA

FCA will meet each Wednesday at 7:15 in Tecia Hinson’s room. Everyone is invited.

 

Box Tops & Campbell’s Labels

This is a reminder that CA collects Campbell’s labels and Box Tops through our CAA. The money raised from this project funds various school improvement projects. Last year we raised over $2000 through the Box Tops program alone! Please turn yours into your child’s teacher or Ms. Turnage in the front office.

 

iPad/iPhone App

We encourage you to download our mobile app from the App Store. We are currently only available on Apple products. This app will provide wonderful updates about what is going on at our school.

 

Social Media

Please like us on Facebook—Clarksville Academy; and follow us on Twitter—CACougarsTN.

 

CA Sports

Our new sports site www.gocacougars.com has everything you need to make your plans to support our Cougar athletes.  Check it for sports schedules, rosters, and game updates

National Honor Society & National Jr Honor Society

We had a wonderful induction ceremony on Thursday, January 26. Students in grades 8 through 12 are eligible for National Honor or Junior National Honor Society. We have 85% of our 8-12th grade students currently serving in one of these honor societies. We are so very proud of our students.

 

Basketball

Congratulations to our Player of the Month!
Girls Basketball Players of the Month
Dec – Bailey Foote
Jan – Presleigh Sykes
Feb – Abbey Hogan

Boys basketball players of the month.
Dec – Ian Campbell
Jan – Austin Fisher
Feb – Kennie Wade

 

CBL News

Many Challenge Based Learning groups/teams are completing their Challenges/Solutions. Here is a peek at the events some of our CA students (both Upper School students and Intermediate Schools students) completed on the Feb 26th CBL day.

Team Youth Presents donation to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital

Team 4 The Children, facilitated by Coach Burkhart, presented a donation to Gateway Hospital.

Coach Holt’s Team AYDA interviewed Officer Trout, as they finalize their upcoming Solution Event.

Mrs. McGrath and a group of students CONNECTing with the Environment, participated in Trail Maintenance.

Ms. Manning’s team created Bird houses for the trails.

Coach Magrans and Mrs. Pitt’s group CONNECT Globally, SKYPE with Deborah Grossman who works for an organization called Misión México, (they take in children who have been abandoned, neglected, or abused in Chappas, Mexico)

 

Juniors

From Guidance–Dear Clarksville Academy Junior Parents,
Each year we have an informational meeting regarding college planning, college applications, scholarships, and much more for all of our juniors and/or their parents.  We would like to invite you to attend this meeting on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at 5:00 p.m.  The meeting will be held in Clarksville Academy’s Auxiliary gym.  We will have a representative from Austin Peay State University here to discuss Dual Enrollment between 5:00 p.m. and 5:30. The college planning presentation will immediately follow that presentation.

I strongly encourage all parents and students to attend, if possible.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email our Denise Walker at dwalker@clarksvilleacademy.com

 

Re-enrollment

We are currently undergoing re-enrollment here at CA. Families should submit their re-enrollment contracts before March 6. All returning families have their space secured for the 2015-2016 school year until March 6. After this date we will begin open enrollment for any student in our community. If you have questions regarding re-enrollment please see the Business Office.

 

FCA

FCA will meet each Wednesday at 7:15 AM in Coach Chuck Holt’s room. We invite everyone to attend!

 

Box Tops & Campbell’s Labels

This is a reminder that CA collects Campbell’s labels and Box Tops through our CAA. The money raised from this project funds various school improvement projects. Last year we raised over $2000 through the Box Tops program alone! Please turn yours into your child’s teacher or Ms. Turnage in the front office.

 

iPad/iPhone App

We encourage you to download our mobile app from the App Store. We are currently only available on Apple products. This app will provide wonderful updates about what is going on at our school.

 

Social Media

Please like us on Facebook—Clarksville Academy; and follow us on Twitter—CACougarsTN.

Steak Dinner

With our recent days out of school and the inability to have weekend rehearsals on campus for this year’s performance at CA’s Annual An Evening with Friends Steak Dinner, the Steak Dinner committee has come to a decision that there is inadequate time for preparation to continue with our original March 7th show date.  Please make note that CA’s Annual An Evening with Friends Steak Dinner will now be on Saturday, April 18, 2015, at 6:00 P.M.  Tickets may be purchased through Mrs. Kari Turner in the front office.

A new RSVP card has been mailed to replace the one you received earlier.  We apologize for any scheduling conflicts that this may have caused your family, but to have a top rate dinner and performance of this caliber, this decision was necessary.

Please mark your calendar and we look forward to seeing you there!

 

Reenrollment

We are currently undergoing reenrollment here at CA. Families should submit their reenrollment contracts before March 6. All returning families have their space secured for the 2015-2016 school year until March 6. After this date we will begin open enrollment for any student in our community. If you have questions regarding reenrollment please see the Business Office.

 

National Honor Society & National Jr Honor Society

We had a wonderful induction ceremony on Thursday, January 26. Students in grades 8 through 12 are eligible for National Honor or Junior National Honor Society. We have 85% of our 8-12th grade students currently serving in one of these honor societies. We are so very proud of our students.

 

Skating Rescheduled

Due to our recent winter weather break, the PE Department had to push the Skating lesson to March 16-18. This is for grades 3-9th.

 

Intermediate School Winter Dance

The Intermediate School Winter Dance has been rescheduled for this Saturday, March 7 from 6:00-9:00 PM in the Aux Gym.

 

Congratulations

Piper Bell, iInfuser for Intermediate & Upper School at Clarksville Academy was recently certified by Apple as part of the Apple Foundations Trainer Academy.  This week-long academy focuses on training leaders in a variety of advanced apple skills including but not limited to, iOS, OS X, iLIfe, iWorks apps, iBooks Author, and iTunes U.  Acceptance to AFT Academy is highly competitive and requires robust skills in a range of Apple software products.  Mrs. Bell is now fully certified by the AFT Academy to lead professional learning for Apple OS and related iWork and iLife apps here at Clarksville Academy.  We are proud of Mrs. Bell for her hard work in in receiving this honor.  This certification will enhance and strengthen our already stellar Apple 1:1 Program.

 

iCougar App

We encourage everyone with an apple device to download the iCougar app today. This is a great way to stay updated with all the latest in school closings, emergency notifications, etc. If you already have the app, please make sure to go to the app store and update it! A new update was released in January. We are currently investigating the Android market and hope to have it available there soon.

 

Reenrollment

We are currently undergoing reenrollment here at CA. Families should submit their reenrollment contracts before March 6. All returning families have their space secured for the 2015-2016 school year until March 6. After this date we will begin open enrollment for any student in our community. If you have questions regarding reenrollment please see the Business Office.

 

Attendance

Please contact Kristi Truitt at ktruitt@clarksvilleacademy.com when your child is going to be out of school. This helps us to keep our attendance records up to date. If you know your child will be late due to an appointment please let us know that as well. Thank you.

 

Photos

If you take photos at any of our sporting events or campus events and would like to share your shots, please send them to Sally Allen at sallen@clarksvilleacademy.com. These can be used on our website, Facebook page, athletics site or even the yearbook. We ask that you send photos promptly following the activity. Thank you!

 

iCougar App

Download the iCougar App and enjoy updates about our school. Set your notifications so you are notified for snow closings.

 

Cougar Bucks

Cougar Bucks may be added to your Cougar Card any time day or night! We encourage everyone to take advantage of this easy way to pay for lunch, break, or even the Cougar Store! Payments can be made through our online Marketplace at the below link or by visiting Mrs. Kristi Truitt in the Cougar Café.

 

CA Marketplace

To better service our families a new online Marketplace has been developed. You may visit the marketplace at http://marketplace.clarksvilleacademy.com/all-products/. You can pay fees, tuition, Cougar Bucks and more all in one place!

 

FCA

Please join Intermediate School Fellowship of Christian Athletes each Wednesday morning in Mrs. Hinson’s room 128 at 7:15 a.m. Our officers this year are Carson Caudill and Madison Hawkins-Presidents, Charlton Kelly-Vice President, Bailey Coleman-Communication Coordinator, and Addy Means-Recruiter.  Everyone is welcome!

Please join the Upper School Fellowship of Christian Athletes each Wednesday morning at 7:15 in Coach Chuck Holt’s room (under the gym). We invite everyone to attend!

 

Expanding the Experience

Clarksville Academy is still very excited about our expansion plans! As you can see a new expansion is slated to open January 2015 and is adjacent to the main building. This expansion is really booming on the north end of our campus and we are thrilled with the process! In this expanded part of the main building we have the opportunity for a few more classrooms to be named. We have had a few families reserve naming rights on some of the classrooms, but still have a couple left. If you are interested in honoring or memorializing someone in this way, please contact Sally Allen at sallen@clarksvilleacademy.com or 647-6311. These won’t last long.

Our hope is to have the new building shown below completed by 2020. We need your help do this! Contact Sally Allen at sallen@clarksvilleacademy.com to find out what you can do to help us reach our goal.

 

Important Dates

March 6—1st Grade Pet Show
March 13—Teacher In-Service—No Students
March 25-27—Grandparents Day Lower School
April 3-10 Spring Break
April 14-17—Aspire Testing 9-10th Grades
April 18—ACT at CA
April 18—Steak Dinner
April 21-24—Aspire Testing 3rd-8th Grades
May 2—Prom
May 19-21 Exams
May 20 Last Day for Lower School

 

News from the Cougar Café

Please remember to Pre-Order Lunch each week. This is very important even when you are on the annual or bi-annual lunch plan. Clarksville Academy now offers a Cougar Bucks Account option to better assist children with their lunch needs! This convenient option gives families the opportunity to deposit money into an account and this money can be withdrawn for miscellaneous items that are available at the express window or the hot lunch window. Payments can now be made via the new online marketplace!

Pre Order lunch using this link.

If you have any questions please contact Kristi Truitt at lunch@clarksvilleacademy.com.  Thank you!!

 

Box Tops & Campbell’s Labels

This is a reminder that CA collects Campbell’s labels and Box Tops through our CAA. The money raised from this project funds various school improvement projects. Last year we raised over $2000 through the Box Tops program alone! Please turn yours into your child’s teacher or Ms. Turnage in the front office.

 

Social Media

Please like us on Facebook—Clarksville Academy; and follow us on Twitter—CACougarsTN.