The 4th grade Design Think Lab classes had a fun-filled lesson last week. Students were challenged with a variety of tasks that tested their balance, coordination, fine motor skills, as well as hand eye coordination.
After School Enrichment Program
CA is proud to announce our After School Enrichment Program. Throughout the year we will continue to add a variety of activities to the schedule. These may include (but are not limited to) courses in fitness, cursive writing, music lessons, art, and more. Be sure to bookmark this site and check it often!
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. W 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.
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.
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 News: September 28 – October 4, 2015
6th Grade Science
Students tested how density and diameter determines the size and depth of impact craters on the moon.
Fine Arts Blog
The Fine Arts department has started a weekly blog of their activities! We hope you will check back often to see what your student may be doing in art, music, and drama. Important dates and performance information will also be posted. Bookmark this site for exciting information!
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. W 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.
After School Enrichment Program
CA is proud to announce our After School Enrichment Program. Throughout the year we will continue to add a variety of activities to the schedule. These may include (but are not limited to) courses in fitness, cursive writing, music lessons, art, and more. Be sure to bookmark this site and check it often!
FCA will meet each Wednesday at 7:15 in Coach Trent’s room, 402 of the new building. 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.
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
Upper School News: September 28 – October 4, 2015
CBL Ribbon Cutting
Our CBL Fitness Groups spent their first CBL Day of the year at a ribbon cutting for Rotary Park. Last year’s group secured a grant for $50,000 to place outdoor fitness equipment at both Rotary Park and the Clarksville Greenway. We are very proud of our students and their achievements.
Biology with Mrs. Little
During our enhanced schedule day this week, Mrs. Little’s Honors Biology classes performed a lab to determine the effects of temperature on enzyme activity. Student’s compared the chemical reactions of living tissues and non living tissues with hydrogen peroxide.
Cougar Forensics
The brand new Cougar Forensics team began competing this past weekend at Portland High School’s Speech and Debate Tournament. Tabitha Lee and Christy Zheng competed in Public Forum Debate, Susan Conner competed in Congressional Debate, and Tyler Jones competed in Poetry. None of our students advanced to final rounds in their first tournament, but they learned a lot and had a lot of fun trying a new activity! Mrs. Baron is so proud of her competitors and is looking forward to many more tournaments ahead!
Fine Arts Blog
The Fine Arts department has started a weekly blog of their activities! We hope you will check back often to see what your student may be doing in art, music, and drama. Important dates and performance information will also be posted. Bookmark this site for exciting information!
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. W 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.
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.
The Clarksville Academy Fall Festival is quickly approaching! On October 24 from 10:00 AM-3:00 PM families can participate in variety of fun activities. During this annual event we will have carnival games, a silent auction, vendor booths, food and so much more! If you are interested in being a vendor for this year’s fall festival please contact Candice Wall at candicewall@att.net. These booths are open to outside vendors and we encourage you to participate. Each grade will also have a carnival game booth. Check with your child’s teacher/sponsor to sign up for a time to work. Each class is also assigned a themed basket and we ask that items be donated for these. A complete list of baskets is below.
Fine Arts Blog
The Fine Arts department has started a weekly blog of their activities! We hope you will check back often to see what your student may be doing in art, music, and drama. Important dates and performance information will also be posted. Bookmark this site for exciting information!
Concert and Show Choirs will be kicking off their yearly fundraiser this Wednesday. The group is selling cookie dough, candles, and cakes until October 20th. This fundraiser helps supplement the equipment, props, some costume needs and our trip to Gatlinburg. See any choir member, Mrs. Hollis, or go by Mrs. Turnage’s desk to place an order and support the group! All purchases will be delivered before Thanksgiving!
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. W 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.
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.
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!
Important Dates
Oct 2 Admissions Open House
Oct 9-16 Fall Break—No School
Oct 23 No School Lower School
Oct 24 Fall Festival
Nov 2 Admissions Open House
Nov 4 Photo Retakes for Yearbook
Nov 11 Veteran’s Day No 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!
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.
Clarksville Academy Students Improve the Health and Fitness of Clarksville
Clarksville, Tennessee… Clarksville Academy Challenge Based Learning students continue to work to improve not only the Clarksville community, but also the residents’ lives as well. On Friday, September 25, 2015 CA students will join Montgomery County officials for the official ribbon cutting of the new outdoor fitness center at Rotary Park. The ceremony begins at 9:30 a.m. and is open to the public.
Over the course of the past three years, twenty Clarksville Academy students ages fourteen to eighteen have worked to improve the health and fitness of Clarksville. Students have secured grant funding from the Community Health Foundation to add outdoor fitness equipment to three parks. This equipment is designed for all fitness levels and is free to the public.
Liberty Park was the first park to receive the outdoor equipment. During the year following the installation, students visited the park during various days of the week and times of the day to see what equipment was most used, who was using it, and when it was being used. This fitness area has been so successful that the Greenway and Rotary Park were added.
Clarksville Academy students secured a grant for $51,790, which funded the installation of equipment at both the Greenway and Rotary Park. Greenway had five pieces of equipment installed, including an abs and dip station, arms and back combo station, and a lower body combo station. Rotary Park had nine pieces installed, including a chest press, leg press, up right cycle and a push up station. All equipment is free to use and open to the public.
Montgomery County Government recently received a Local Government Award from the Greater Nashville Regional Council for the fitness area at Rotary Park. Representatives from both Montgomery County and Clarksville Academy were on hand to receive the award.
For more information on Clarksville Academy or the Challenge Based Learning program please visit www.clarksvilleacademy.com.
Clarksville Academy Gives Back
Clarksville Academy celebrated Homecoming this week. During their annual spirit week, the students take part in a variety of activities such as dress up days, spirit competitions between grade levels, and the annual color wars and door design competitions. This year, CA students wanted to enhance their spirit week by adding a new component. Students were asked to incorporate items that could be donated into their color wars or door competition designs. These items would be given to local agencies here in the Clarksville community. The Cougar family embraced this new addition and donated over 1,000 household items such as canned goods and personal hygiene products. Not only did they collect over 1,000 items, but over 70 pairs of shoes were also donated! The Class of 2020 took it a step further and incorporated the American Cancer Society into their pink theme. They collected $250 to be given to the ACS. All items were presented to the local Manna Café & Salvation Army during Friday’s Pep Assembly. A check for $250 was presented to CA’s Student Council President and will be sent to ACS.
All School News: September 21 – September 27, 2015
Homecoming
What an amazing week! Thank you to everyone who donated items, dressed up, decorated doors, decorated color wars & fence designs, bought homecoming shirts, participated in the pep rally, donated time and items to our annual hayride/bonfire and came to the game to cheer on our Homecoming Court and Football team! You all did an amazing job!
Due to your generosity we were able to donate over 1,000 canned goods and household items as well as 25lbs of meat and over 70 pairs of shoes to Manna Café and Salvation Army! We also donated $250 to the American Cancer Society! This was a wonderful thing for our students to participate in. We thank each of you who took part!
Homecoming Court
Congratulations to our Homecoming Court and our new Homecoming Queen, Senior Evelyn Turner.
FCA Invitation to ALL Ages
FCA would like to invite all students, teachers, and parents to join us Wednesday morning, September 23, at 7:15. We will meet at the flagpole in the front of the school for See You At The Pole, which is a global event for students united in prayer.
Player of the Week
Julie Parks, from Heritage Bank, and Head Football Coach Todd Hood present Connor Thomas with the Player of The Week Award based on his outstanding performance in the home game against McEwen High School this past Friday night, September 18th. Connor had his best offensive effort of the year with 16 carries for 143 yards and 3 touchdowns and caught 3 passes for 72 yards and another 2 touchdowns. Connor also had 4 tackles on the defensive side of the ball. The Cougars won the region match up 41 to 6. Coach Hood declared “Connor had his most explosive game yet this year and we are looking for more big nights from our senior.” He ran hard all night long and presented match-up problems for McEwen. The Cougars have a bye this week but will be on the road next week Oct 2 vs. Collinwood at 7pm. Let’s hit the road Cougar fans!!!!!
Fine Arts Blog
The Fine Arts department has started a weekly blog of their activities! We hope you will check back often to see what your student may be doing in art, music, and drama. Important dates and performance information will also be posted. Bookmark this site for exciting information!
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.
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.
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!
Important Dates
Oct 2 Admissions Open House
Oct 9-16 Fall Break—No School
Oct 23 No School Lower School
Oct 24 Fall Festival
Nov 2 Admissions Open House
Nov 4 Photo Retakes for Yearbook
Nov 11 Veteran’s Day No 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!
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.
Upper School News: September 21 – September 27, 2015
Mrs. Stonesifer’s Latin II
Latin II students are making volcanoes as part of their resent study of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii. Stay tune for updates as our projects come together!
Mrs. Moore’s Atom Game
In this game, small groups used colored poker chips to represent electrons, protons, and neutrons. They roll the dice to find the element they will work with and then take a card to find how they need to modify the element. The team to correctly create the most isotopes, ions and neutral atoms by the end of class wins the game. Honors Chemistry used this game to review for an upcoming test.
And hands on Ions
Hands on activity in chemistry this week: Building models of Isotopes and Ions with poker chips
Fine Arts Blog
The Fine Arts department has started a weekly blog of their activities! We hope you will check back often to see what your student may be doing in art, music, and drama. Important dates and performance information will also be posted. Bookmark this site for exciting information!
Congratulations to our Homecoming Court and our new Homecoming Queen, Senior Evelyn Turner.
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 designated 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.
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.
Intermediate School News: September 21 – September 27, 2015
Fine Arts Blog
The Fine Arts department has started a weekly blog of their activities! We hope you will check back often to see what your student may be doing in art, music, and drama. Important dates and performance information will also be posted. Bookmark this site for exciting information!
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.
After School Enrichment Program
CA is proud to announce our After School Enrichment Program. Throughout the year we will continue to add a variety of activities to the schedule. These may include (but are not limited to) courses in fitness, cursive writing, music lessons, art, and more. Be sure to bookmark this site and check it often!
FCA will meet each Wednesday at 7:15 in Coach Trent’s room, 402 of the new building. 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.
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
Lower School News: September 21 – September 27, 2015
Kindergarten
Senior Buddy and Parent Picnic is scheduled for Wednesday, September 23 from 12:00-1:00 on the CA playground. Reminder to parents, the Kindergarten students need to bring a lunch from home and the Seniors are responsible for their own. This week we will apply some of our math skills we have been working on so far. The students will color a sorting mat, sort M & M’s, and place items on a graph and color the graph. This activity is called our M&M math and the children love it each year.
2nd & 3rd Grade
The second & third graders went to Liberty Park to honor the Vietnam Veterans. The parade showcased the veterans, marching bands, city & county officials and others. It was thrilling to see the Ft. Campbell Skydivers jumping with the American Flag, Vietnam Veterans Flag, and the POW Flag. After the parade, the students enjoyed a picnic on this beautiful day.
4th Grade FUSE
FUSE Social Studies students celebrated Constitution Day with a QR Code iPad research activity. Through this activity they learned about the history of the Constitution, and the Government it outlined for America.
After School Enrichment Program
CA is proud to announce our After School Enrichment Program. Throughout the year we will continue to add a variety of activities to the schedule. These may include (but are not limited to) courses in fitness, cursive writing, music lessons, art, and more. Be sure to bookmark this site and check it often!
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 designated 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.
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.
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.
