Debate Team

Debate Team Interest Meeting for any interested Upper School students and parents on Tuesday, August 25 at 5:30 pm in room 301, downstairs in the new building. Please email Mrs. Bridget Baron (bbaron@clarksvilleacademy.com) with any questions.

Chess Club

We had our first meeting last Friday, August 14. Chess Club is open to anyone in middle school or high school who likes to play chess, or has an interest in learning to play chess. Chess Club meets Fridays from 3:00-4:00 P.M. in Mr. Neitzke’s art room located in the basement of the Fine Arts building.

Photos

Many of you take photos at various events and activities around school. We encourage you to share these with our Marketing/PR office as well as our yearbook staff by using the email photos@clarksvilleacademy.com. This email is designed for students and parents to send pictures taken throughout the school year. We encourage you to caption your photo or to write a sentence or two with the event name, students pictured in the photo and the date it was taken. We do not guarantee that every photo will be used, but we look forward to seeing your pictures.

Back To School Bash

Thank you to our CAA for a wonderful Back to School Bash! We loved seeing everyone for this exciting event and hope you enjoyed it as well.

If you didn’t get your yard sign at the Back To School Bash, please stop by and pick one up from Mrs. Debbie Turnage or Mrs. Sally Allen. We would like for every CA family to have a Cougar Pride in their yard to show their school spirit. Once you have placed your sign, we ask you leave it up until at least Homecoming the week of September 18. We will have dates throughout the year we will ask you to post them! Be sure to take a photo of your children with the sign and send it to us at photos@clarksvilleacademy.com. We will be posting some of our favorites!

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.

Back To School Bash

Thank you to our CAA for a wonderful Back to School Bash! We loved seeing everyone for this exciting event and hope you enjoyed it as well.

If you didn’t get your yard sign at the Back To School Bash, please stop by and pick one up from Mrs. Debbie Turnage or Mrs. Sally Allen. We would like for every CA family to have a Cougar Pride in their yard to show their school spirit. Once you have placed your sign, we ask you leave it up until at least Homecoming the week of September 18. We will have dates throughout the year we will ask you to post them! Be sure to take a photo of your children with the sign and send it to us at photos@clarksvilleacademy.com. We will be posting some of our favorites!

Photos

Many of you take photos at various events and activities around school. We encourage you to share these with our Marketing/PR office as well as our yearbook staff by using the email photos@clarksvilleacademy.com. This email is designed for students and parents to send pictures taken throughout the school year. We encourage you to caption your photo or to write a sentence or two with the event name, students pictured in the photo and the date it was taken. We do not guarantee that every photo will be used, but we look forward to seeing your pictures.

All Sports Season Pass

Each Clarksville Academy student will receive a 2015-2016 All Sports Season Pass for regular season home games. The 2015-2016 All Sports Season Pass is on sale for anyone to purchase that is not a Clarksville Academy student (if a parent, grandparent, friend, etc., would like a pass). When you present your pass at the Cougar Store, you may receive special seasonal discounts and offers. The passes are on sale for $60 from now until September 15, 2015. Passes are regularly $75. Game admissions are typically $5-$6 per game. Please remember if you are season pass holder, please present this pass when entering home games.

If you would like to purchase a season pass, please see the business office.

Smart Cards

The senior class is selling Smart Cards to help pay for their senior trip. The Smart Card is a discount card for many businesses in the Montgomery County area. Each card is $20 and will be available for sale during the month of August. You may get one from a member of the senior class, Mrs. Hollis, or you can see Mrs. Turnage in the foyer! Please help the senior class as they prepare for this exciting trip!

Driver Needed

Our routes have grown and we are seeking an additional morning and afternoon CDL endorsement driver. If you are interested in this position, please contact Sheila Ragsdale at sragsdale@clarksvilleacademy.com or at 931-647-6311.

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.

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!

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 Coach Trent’s room 402 (the new building) at 7:15 a.m. Everyone is welcome!

Please join the Upper School Fellowship of Christian Athletes each Wednesday morning at 7:15. 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 which opened Feb 2015 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

• 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

https://docs.google.com/a/clarksvilleacademy.com/forms/d/1wE7g5P_jJcaWjzahScKxhh5x7xD7Dy1yFhRCACdP8FA/viewform

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.

August 5, 2015

Dear CA Families,

 

Summer 2015 has been filled with summer camps, new family visits, campus updates, and endless preparations for the 2015-2016 academic year.  We are happy to welcome all of our Cougars next week and look forward to another successful school year!

I want to take a moment and reflect on our school and students’ accomplishments.  Each year, our competitive student body and faculty/staff surpasses previous achievements, sets new goals, and new campus highlights are achieved.  In 2015, our graduating class of only 37 reached $4.7 million in scholarship dollars.  This is remarkable!  Our students also receive 100% college acceptance.  With the academic rigor and the related experiences our students are receiving, the possibilities are endless.

 

Listed below are among the many accomplishments CA has recently achieved:

 

• National Merit Qualifier
• Apple Distinguished Educator Selection
• Over 12,000 Hours of Community Service
• CBL Project Success – Outdoor Fitness Additions in the local community and B-Cycle Project
• Athletic Teams State Recognition
• Collegiate Team Athletic Signings
• Clarksville Academy goes Green – Green Certification
• Annual Giving Participation Success
• New Academic Building located adjacent to Cumberland Terrace and facing North Second Street

Thank you for being strong supporters for our school and for teaming with Clarksville Academy in guiding your children through their educational journey.  It is a joy to work with you all and experience firsthand the excitement for learning.  It is going to be a great year!

I look forward to seeing you at orientations on August 11^th!

 

Sincerely,

Kay D. Drew

Head of School

_________________________________________________________________________________

Below, you will find helpful reminders regarding orientations and information for the new school year.

Important Dates

Class Orientation Schedule:

(A member from the business office will be at orientations to collect any payments and fees)

Tuesday, August 11^th

Lower School

1^st Grade                     8:00 A.M.

2^nd Grade                   9:00 A.M.

3^rd Grade                    10:00 A.M.

4^th – 5^th Grades          11:00 A.M.

KDG                             12:00 P.M.

Pre-K                            1:30 P.M.

Intermediate & Upper School

6^th Grade                      3:00 P.M.

7^th – 8^th Grades           4:00 P.M.

9^th – 12^th Grades         5:30 P.M.

 

Thursday, August 13^{th –} Classes are in session.

(Half day for Pre-K and Kindergarten only)

 

Boo Hoo Breakfast

All Parents of Pre-Kindergarten & Kindergarten students are invited to join us Thursday, August 13, at 8:00 A.M. in the Dorothy Martin Library for the Annual Boo Hoo Breakfast, sponsored by the Clarksville Academy Association (Parent Association).  Join us for a time of breakfast, laughter, and tears as we commemorate this special and exciting time in our students’ lives.

Back to School Bash

The Annual Back to School Bash will be held at Clarksville Academy on Thursday, August 13, from 5:30 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.  We encourage all families to come out for food, beverages, and games, and help us celebrate a new school year.  We will be introducing our fall sports teams during this event.  

 

Morning Drop off and Afternoon Pick up

Detailed information and instructions will be given at orientations. 

 

Lunch

At this time, lunch forms are available on our website for August 13 and 14, as well as the following week, August 17 – 21.  Preorders must be submitted by Friday, August 7.  

 

Transportation Request

Information for bus transportation and the downloadable bus service registration form are available at www.clarksvilleacademy.com.

________________________________________________________________________________

2015-2016 CA Families Directory/Emergency Contact Information

PowerSchool Updates:

Directory Information: The 2015-2016 School Directory will be compiled from PowerSchool. Please view your child’s information in PowerSchool and make any updates or corrections, if needed, no later than Thursday, August 13^th. You may find the link to PowerSchool by visiting www.clarksvilleacademy.com. PowerSchool will be located under the Quick Links section. If you have not received log in information for your child’s PowerSchool account, please contact the office at 931-647-6311 or email Kari Turner at kturner@clarksvilleacademy.com, Sheila Ragsdale at sragsdale@clarksvilleacademy.com, or Jessica Peacher Williams at jpeacher@clarksvilleacademy.com.

 

PowerSchool Emergency Form Update: PowerSchool is the CA student database system. This system stores all emergency contact information for each student.  Every student will need an updated Emergency form for the 2015-16 school year. You may access this form by selecting the Demographic/Emergency tab.  Make sure to digitally sign the parent release section at the bottom of that page.  Tennessee State Law states that students should have all emergency contact information submitted by the first day of school.  If you child does not have this on file by the first day of school, you will be notified and asked to come in for completion.  If you need any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the front office at 931-647-6311.  If your child is a first year cougar and you have not received a PowerSchool Login and Password, please contact the front office.  We can provide you with this information.

 

If you need further assistance, please contact the front office at 931-647-6311.  We will be glad to help.