iLink Mrs. Cawood’s group

The Paw Linkers, Mrs. Cawood’s Intermediate School ILink group, have been working all year making adoption gift bags for the Montgomery County Animal Shelter. We visited the Shelter today and delivered our gift bags. The day was especially memorable with all the fur baby hugs and cuddles we received. Several students brought books and read to the animals as well.

 

Pink Game

The Intermediate School baseball team competed in the annual PINK game against Richview Middle School on Sunday. The boys fought hard, but did not pull out a win. All money raised through this annual game went to cancer research. The IS dance team also joined forces with the Richview team for a special dance. We are proud of our students for participating in this game.

 

Student Council

There will be an open focus group meeting to discuss the Student Council election procedures on Tuesday, April 26 at 7:15 in the gym. This meeting is open to all students, 6-12 grades, who are interested in offering feedback or suggestions regarding the Student Council election process.
 

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.
 

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

FUSE

4th grade FUSE students worked in groups as they researched Lake Baikal. The students then turned their research into visual representations for Lower School’s “7 Wonders of the Underwater World” day on April 29th.

4th grade FUSE students helped Kindergarten students as they completed their Book Fair wish lists.

4th grade students completed the Austin Peay Health and Human Performance Bridge Program this week!

 

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.
 

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.

Honors Ecology

The past two weeks in Honors Ecology students have been studying the factors involved in determining water quality. Activities have included virtual and actual water testing labs in which students tested local fresh water resources for dissolved oxygen, pH level, and nitrate level. During the enhanced schedule day on Thursday, students build a water filtration system using 2 liter bottles and other supplied materials. The students tested how effective the filter was by pouring local pond water through the system.

 

Science Fair Awards

Our Middle Tennessee Science Fair Competitors took home top prizes in many of the categories.  The list of awards and monetary amounts are listed below. We are so proud of our students and their success with this program. The fair was held in Nashville.

Each 1st place got a plaque and $100, 2nd place got a plaque and $75 and 3rd a plaque and $50
Physics and Astronomy

• 1st Place
  Justin Gao
• 2nd Place
  Cody Maxson
• 3rd Place (tie)
  Mitchell Briningstool
  Will Masterlz

Microbiology

• 2nd Place
  Julia Traughber
• 3rd Place
  Hannah Flowers
• Honorable Mention(tie)
  Anne Kimball
  Bradley Burger

Health and Medicine

• 1st Place
  Macy Truitt
• 2nd Place
  Jackson McIntosh
• 3rd Place
  Mimi Strong

Environmental Sciences and Management

• 2nd Place
  Jackson Manning
• 3rd Place
  Gracie Whitlow
• Honorable Mention
  Allie Munroe

Energy and Transportation

• 2nd Place
  Cambree Reed
  Will Renkl

Computer Science

• 3rd Place
  Dawson Bagwell

Biochemistry

• 3rd Place (tie)
  Michaela Dowdy
  Georgia Smith

Behavioral and Social Sciences

• 2nd Place
  Shelby Moore

Animal Science/ Zoology

• 2nd Place
  Abigail Finn

In addition to category winners Jackson Manning won the David J Wilson Award ($125) and Macy Truitt won the Howard J Wayt Biomedical award ($250)

We are so proud of all our students!

 

Congratulations

Congratulations to Michael Conn for being nominated as Athlete of the Year for Clarksville Academy at the Tennessean Middle Tennessee Sports Awards. The awards banquet takes place May 26. Way to go Michael!

 

Varsity Baseball

On Friday night the Varsity Baseball Team held a “Rally For Rhyan” baseball game.  Rhyan Loos is the six-year-old niece of Nikki and Coach Jake Peterson . She is battling Neuroblastoma, which is a rare form of pediatric cancer. She was not able to be with us but the game was live streamed via The CUBE and she and her family was able to watch. The love and support of our C.A. baseball family, along with a donation to the family for over 1,000.00 plus a big win over Northeast made for a great night!!

 

Youth Legislature

From Thursday through Sunday April 14-17, 2016 eight CA students participated in the annual YMCA Youth Legislature conference held in our state capitol in Nashville. These are the students that participated:

Morgan Crowley
Cheyenne Delbert
Josie Foote
Austin Harnage
Owen Johnson
DJ McDonald
Parker Rice
Natalie Yen

This year’s conference was very large, with 850 students from east, west and middle Tennessee. On Thursday students sat in committee meeting until well into the night in which every team’s legislative bill was debated and ranked. The ranking by one’s peers will determine if a bill makes it out of committee and then debated and voted on by either Friday through Sunday delegates are in their component, which means either red or blue house or red or blue senate. Blue House & Senate are for younger delegates and Red House and Senate are for the more seasoned delegates. The Red Senate legislative team of Owen Johnson & Parker Rice was successful in having their bill successfully passed and then forwarded to the Red House. The Blue House legislative team of Cheyenne Delbert, Morgan Crowley and Natalie Yen had the top ranked bill in their committee and thus it also came up for debate on Friday where it was then passed and forwarded to the Blue Senate. After being approved in the Blue Senate their bill was then forward on to the student governor. The youth governor read and signed the bill into law. This is quite an admirable accomplishment to achieve for anyone, but especially for first year delegates!! Their bill promotes earthquake awareness and readiness via earthquake drills in all schools state wide [similar to fire drills & tornado drills]. Cheyenne Delbert was received an Outstanding Delegate award for her work in the Blue House. Congratulations to Cheyenne for her achievement!

 

Student Council

There will be an open focus group meeting to discuss the Student Council election procedures on Tuesday, April 26 at 7:15 in the gym. This meeting is open to all students, 6-12 grades, who are interested in offering feedback or suggestions regarding the Student Council election process.
 

AP History

Mr. Christmas is offering a three-day writing workshop for AP history students (AP US History and AP European History) this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday during Study Hall in his room. Each day will focus on a different element of the AP Exam: the Short Answer Question, the Long Essay Question, and the Document Based Question. The information, ranging from rubrics to best practices, will be beneficial to all students who hope to score well on the May 6 AP exam.
 

Prom Tickets

Prom & After- Prom tickets are on sale with Mrs. Pitt through April 29. Tickets are $10 for Prom and $10 for After-Prom. CA’s Annual Prom will take place on Saturday, April 30.
 

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.
 

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.

Reader’s Choice

The Annual Leaf Chronicle Reader’s Choice awards are underway! Please vote daily for Best Private School, Favorite Principal and Favorite Teacher! We are so pleased to be nominated and hope you will continue to vote for us throughout April.

http://readerschoiceclarksville.com/l/Readers-Choice-2016/Ballot/Schools

 

Book Fair

The Annual Book Fair is going on NOW through Friday! There are so many great things! Come in and shop early before school 7:30 or after pick up until 3:30. Students are welcome to come throughout the day and Mrs. Procter is available to help your child select the perfect book!
 

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.
 

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

April 22-29—Book Fair
April 30—Prom
May 27—Graduation
 

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.

Collegiate Signing

Congratulations to Brayden Batson (Volunteer State), Trevor Mace (Jackson State) and Michael Conn (Jackson State) for signing to play baseball at the collegiate level. We are so proud of our Cougars!

 

Awards

Congratulations to Abby Watson for receiving the Making the Difference Award from the Montgomery County FUEL Program. Abby planned, implemented and hosted a Christian concert back in the early fall in which all proceeds benefited the FUEL Program. We are very proud of Abby and all her hard work!

 

Math Team

Tabitha Lee, a Clarksville Academy high school freshman won 1st place for Geometry, individual category, at the TMTA State Math Contest, held at Austin Peay State University, on April 12, 2016.
The CA high school Geometry team consisting of Tabitha Lee , Christy Zheng , Cheyenne Delbert, Stone Norris, and Bryson Batson (all freshman) also took 3rd place in the Geometry team category.
TMTA (Tennessee Mathematic Teachers Association) State Math Contest is one of the most established, prestigious and competitive Math Contests in the State of Tennessee. TMTA gave its first math contest exam in 1957. Every year, hundreds of middle and high school students from the surrounding counties compete at APSU testing center. This year, the CA Math Team, led by Mr. Corey Boyd, and Coached by Dan Burden came in strong, placing 1st in individual, and 3rd in team for the Geometry category. The students of the Math team worked hard for the competition, and spent many hours outside of normal school hours to prepare for the contest, under Dan Burden’s guidance. We are proud of all who competed in this competition. Great job to these students!

 

 

Spanish Class

Mr. Magrans Spanish classes are doing such exciting things! They are currently in the middle of a Latin American Dance Lesson and visited Dance World (one of the fastest growing dance studios in the country). Students spent the day learning intermediate movements so that they can then take this knowledge to choreograph their own dances for a dance competition here at school! Additionally many students are participating in partnership with a school/orphanage in the Dominican Republic. They have been skyping with these students the past few weeks and will continue to do so until the end of the school year. This helps them to practice their interpretive, interpersonal and language skills.

 

National Latin Exam

Tyler Jones was awarded a “Cum Laude” Certificate of Honorable Merit for Outstanding Performance in the National Latin Exam. Congratulations!

 

Talent Show

The Intermediate and Upper School Talent Show will be during 7th period on April 20th. Student admission is $5.00 at the door. Congrats to the following students who will be competing- Ashley Roberts (10), Alesa Griffy (12), Ben Truex (8), Cassidy Stephenson (11), Chloe Smith (6), Elizabeth Hammond (7), Elizabeth Mabry (11), Hailey Ray (6), Jaelen Washington (9), Parker Rice (11), Rebecca Sheets (7), and Riley Jenkins (8).

 

Prom Tickets

Prom & After- Prom tickets are on sale with Mrs. Pitt through April 29. Tickets are $10 for Prom and $10 for After-Prom. CA’s Annual Prom will take place on Saturday, April 30.

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

7th Grade English

Seventh grade English students wrote their own short story based on Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories and had so much fun reading them to the third grade students last week.

 

Talent Show

The Intermediate and Upper School Talent Show will be during 7th period on April 20th. Student admission is $5.00 at the door. Congrats to the following students who will be competing- Ashley Roberts (10), Alesa Griffy (12), Ben Truex (8), Cassidy Stephenson (11), Chloe Smith (6), Elizabeth Hammond (7), Elizabeth Mabry (11), Hailey Ray (6), Jaelen Washington (9), Parker Rice (11), Rebecca Sheets (7), and Riley Jenkins (8).

 

FCA

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.

 

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

Reader’s Choice

The Annual Leaf Chronicle Reader’s Choice awards are underway! Please vote daily for Best Private School, Favorite Principal and Favorite Teacher! We are so pleased to be nominated and hope you will continue to vote for us throughout April.

http://readerschoiceclarksville.com/l/Readers-Choice-2016/Ballot/Schools

 

Steak Dinner

Thank you to everyone who came and supported our students during the 27th Annual Steak Dinner An Evening with Friends. We had a sold out crowd of 455+, great music provided by our Show, Intermediate, and Cougar Choirs (led by Debbie Hollis & Angelia Thomas), amazing food (provided by Karen Dirksen and her staff and the grill team), and wonderful company (provided by you all). Thank you to all the students who served, staff who helped, parents and grandparents who volunteered, and so many others. We could not have done it without you! This is the best school with the best people!

 

ASPIRE TESTING

ACT ASPIRE testing begins this week. We find that it is important for your child to get plenty of rest and to eat a good breakfast prior to testing. ACT Aspire will give us important information that will allow us to determine how your child is progressing at their current grade level, as well as along their overall path toward future college and career readiness.

ACT Aspire will tell us which important skills, abilities, and knowledge your student has now, and which ones still need to be learned in order to be successful in school in the future. ACT Aspire will help your child’s teacher understand where your child is succeeding, as well as where extra help or academic focus is needed. ACT Aspire will also provide specific suggestions for improving skills.
Your student will be taking the ACT Aspire [English, math, reading, science and writing] assessment during April 18-22. Please be sure that they are well rested and have a good breakfast in order to help them do their best. We encourage you to treat each day this week like any other school day as we want to create as little stress as possible for our students.

Please visit the following links to learn more about this assessment or to download a free copy of Why Take ACT Aspire?

http://actaspire.avocet.pearson.com/actaspire/home#5032

Feel free to direct questions or concerns to Denise Walker,

dwalker@clarksvilleacademy.com

 

Golf Tournament

April 23, 2016 at Swan Lake Golf Course, shot gun start at 8:00 AM
Cost is $75 per golfer, $300 for a 4 man team. This price also includes lunch and prize money for winners.

The tournament is a 4 man scramble with everyone receiving a door prize.  There will be a car for a hole in one on a specified hole.  Also prizes for closest to the hole and longest drive.  There will be a putting contest for an additional $5.

Attached is the registration form.

We are also looking for sponsors for the Cougar Club Golf Classic Golf Tournament.  There are 3 levels of sponsorship, $100 Hole Sponsor, $500 Blue Sponsor and $1000 Gold Sponsor. Contact Theresia Burchett at tburchett@clarksvilleacademy.com.

You can register online at gocacougars.com or by calling Theresia Burchett 931-320-0107 or 931-647-6311.

 

Book Fair

The Annual Book Fair will be held April 22-29! Mark your calendars!

 

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.

 

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

• April 18-22—ASPIRE Testing
• April 30—Prom
• May 27—Graduation

 

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.

Kindergarten

Kindergarten students were able to create a butterfly using symmetry. The students enjoyed this hands-on activity and loved seeing their designs come to life!

 

First Grade

After reading our story of the week, A Butterfly Grows, we responded to literature by making a butterfly life cycle.

 

Third Grade Science Lab

Third graders continue their study of the Atmosphere and Weather.  We constructed barometers to measure air pressure.  We had examples of anemometers, rain gauges, and barometers in class.

 

In Mrs. Williams’ third grade science class, they hatched chickens. This is such a fun lesson for our students and at the end of the lesson, the chickens are offered to the students. Zoe Brooks took one of those chickens and is pictured here with her chicken, Lily helping her to do homework!

 

 

Third grade students having been learning all about clouds this week.  Students designed a Clouds poster and Keynote presentation to identify types of clouds, their appearance, location in the sky and weather associated with each cloud type.

 

4th Grade FUSE

4th grade FUSE Social Studies students wrote and filmed newscasts to share the knowledge they obtained through their CSI Lost Colony of Roanoke investigation.

 

 

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.

 

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.

Piano

After School Enrichment group piano lessons have gone great! These students are making great strides and having fun doing it.

 

Art Competition

Wyatt McQueen & Abby Powers were selected as our school winners in the Queen City Road Race Art Competition. Congratulations!

 

Kindergarten

Kindergarten students worked in pairs to complete a quilt pattern by using 3 patterns.  They could use shapes and colors to create patterns on the quilt.

 

 

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.

 

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.