Billy Frank Smith Award

On Friday night, May 13, the annual Billy Frank Smith Athletic Awards were held. Throughout the night 178 stellar athletes and scholar athletes were honored. The night concluded with the announcement of the Billy Frank Smith Award. There were three nominations this year, Shelby Pendergrast, Michael Conn and Connor Thomas. Michael Conn took home the top prize which is given in honor of the late Billy Frank Smith, father of Shan Smith and a huge Cougar supporter.

Congratulations to all our student athletes and to Michael!

 

Summer Camp

Summer is right around the corner and as you begin making your plans, remember CA has over 30+ summer camp options for your family. We have something for every age this summer and encourage your child to take part! Many camps are close to full and others have just a few spots left. Don’t miss out on your favorite camps!

https://summercamps.clarksvilleacademy.com

 

Cougar Store

Starting today the Cougar Store has everything half off! Stop by today and pick up your favorite Cougar gear!

 

Lower School Field Day

Field Day is on Rain or Shine! We will host our annual Lower School Field on Main Campus, on May 17. Students should come to campus as usual and be prepared for a fun day of indoor activities. We will serve the same field day lunch, so if you pre-ordered for the field you are covered.

 

Upcoming Dates

Next week will be exam week for our Intermediate and Upper School students. (Please see schedule below.) Lower School students will have their last day on Wednesday, May 25. This will be a full day.

Our annual Academic Awards program will be held on Wednesday, May 18 at 9AM in the main gym. That afternoon we will have our annual Yearbook Celebration in the gym at 2PM.

 

Exam Schedule

Attached you will find the 2016 Exam Schedule for Intermediate and Upper School. If you have questions regarding Exams please contact your child’s teacher.

https://clarksvilleacademy.com/academics/exam-schedules/

 

Graduation

Graduation will be held on Friday, May 27 at 6:00 PM. We invite everyone to come for this wonderful celebration.

2016-2017 school year begins on Monday, August 15. Mark your calendars!

 

Lost & Found

The Lost & Found is spread out in the gym for all students/parents to view. This will be donated on May 20. Please visit the gym and the lost and found today!

 

Regional Baseball Tournament

CA will host the Regional Baseball Tournament opening game at the CA Sports Complex tonight! First pitch is at 6:30PM as we take on Eagleville. Come out and support your Cougars tonight!

 

8th Grade Wax Museum

The Annual Wax Museum was held last week and the students truly outdid themselves. Each 8th grade student chose a historical figure to become for the afternoon. A short presentation was given by the students when someone visited their table. Enjoy taking a look at just a few of our special guests!

 

Cougar News

This will be our final installment of the Cougar News for the 2016-2017 school year.

 

Important Dates

• May 18—Academic Awards Program 9AM; Yearbook Celebration 2PM
• May 27—Graduation 6PM

 

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.

Spelling Bee

Congratulations to our two county spelling bee participants. Madisen Bryant (5th Grade) finished in the top 25 and Braeden Parker was the only 2nd grader to compete at the county level and finished 15th. Way to go guys!

FUSE

4th grade FUSE students visited the U.S. Space and Rocket Center!

 

Ned Program

The NED Show® produced by All for KIDZ®, Inc., is an innovative, character education assembly that Clarksville Academy brought to our students on Monday. Using humor, storytelling, audience participation and amazing object lessons, including yo-yo and magic tricks, students learned through the adventures of NED, a character kids can relate to. His name is an acronym for:

Never Give Up, Encourage Others, and Do Your Best®

The NED Program uses a multi-sensory learning model to motivate, encourage and inspire students to become Champions at school and in life.

 

Field Day

Lower School Field Day will be May 12 at the Sports Complex. Students should be dropped off at the Complex. Students should bring a small bag with a towel for sitting on, sunscreen, extra water and can wear a hat/sunglasses. Students can pre-order lunch from the Cougar Café or may bring theirs from home. There will be a concessions stand where additional items may be purchased.

 

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.

6th Grade Scavenger Hunt

6th grade students spent Tuesday, May 2 exploring downtown Clarksville on the annual Scavenger Hunt. Students enjoyed learning more about Clarksville and working in a team to solve the over 100 questions.

 

iLink

The iLink Group Cougar Nation raised and donated more than $400 to the Montgomery County Friends of the Shelter. We are proud of this group and all their hard work.

 

Wax Museum

The Annual 8th Grade Wax Museum will be held on May 11 at 2PM in the main Gym. We invite everyone to come out and view all the hard work put into this wonderful program.

 

iLink

Friday, May 13 will be our final iLink day. It will be held at the Sports Complex and students should be dropped off there at 8AM. Each parent was sent an email regarding the day’s events. Please contact Mrs. Burkhart if you have questions or concerns. tburkhart@clarksvilleacademy.com.

 

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

Sculpture

Since January our Sculpture class, consisting of all seniors, has been creating self-portraits using modeling clay. We started by taking pictures and measurements of our heads/faces. Modeling clay was applied to a Styrofoam armature and students practiced additive and subtractive sculpture techniques to complete their portraits. The finished products are very impressive!

 

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.

Cougar Store

Starting today the Cougar Store has everything half off! Stop by today and pick up your favorite Cougar gear!

 

Lost & Found

The Lost & Found is spread out in the gym for all students/parents to view. This will be donated on May 20. Please visit the gym and the lost and found today!

 

Varsity Sports 2016-2017

Each varsity athlete must have a sports physical on file in order to participate in varsity sports. Physicals will be held on May 14 at Dr. McIntosh’s office. Please contact the athletic office with questions or concerns regarding physicals. jpeterson@clarksvilleacademy.com.

 

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

• 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.

2nd grade Math Lab

Second graders showed off their math skills by cooking chocolate oatmeal drop cookies! We have some talented chefs!

 

1st Grade Mother’s Day Program

Mother’s Day Program
1st grade Moms, we hope you can join us for the 1st grade Mother’s Day program on Friday at 8:30 a.m. You should go directly to the library and grab a seat – you’re in for a treat!
 

3rd Grade

Third grade recently finished up their weather unit.  Some students furthered their knowledge by creating a weather instrument as extra credit.  Students could choose from a weather (wind) vane, windsock, barometer, anemometer, or rain gauge. We are proud of the students and their innovative tools that were designed!!

 

FUSE

4th grade FUSE students practiced their spelling words Michelangelo style!

4th grade FUSE Writing students worked together in peer editing conferences, as they completed their Personal Narrative writing stories.

 

7 Wonders of the Underwater World

On Friday, April 29, 2016 our Lower School hosted it’s third annual Events Day. During this day the lower school hallway was transformed by the students into the world of water. Seven different topics were addressed such as The Great Barrier Reef, Galapagos Islands, the Northern Red Sea and more. Students spent the past few weeks discovering interesting facts and information on their assigned area and creating a spot in the hall to showcase what they learned. This was a wonderful time for our students and guests! We invite you to come visit and see their work.

 

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.

Social studies

As a culminating activity for our study on Ancient Rome, students researched topics and created Roman mosaics to represent important aspects of the history of Rome.  Items included the coliseum, the story of Romulus and Remus, Roman aqueducts, and Roman Gods.  Students learned about the ancient art form of mosaics, and more details of Rome’s History.

 

Choir

The Intermediate choir is learning how to compose, create movement, and keep a steady beat with a creative rhythm using cups.  Their challenge started with 2 moves and each day they had to add an additional move until we get to 5 moves. Teamwork and cooperation is a must in this process. They were rated each time by their peers on difficulty, creativity and performance. They hope to perform their creations.

 

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

Interact Club

Members of the CA Interact Club attended the Sunrise Rotary meeting on Thursday, April 28. The guest speaker was Marla Rye of Workforce Essentials.

Prom

CA Prom 2016 was a great success. Thank you to all of the juniors and their parents for a wonderful, special night! (Photos by Wendy Thomas) Thank you to everyone who donated or helped with Project Prom. The kids had a wonderful time!

Wellness

Coach Hood’s Wellness class learned CPR last week.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Sydney Watts & Parker Rice on being selected for RYLA—the Rotary Summer Leadership Program. This is a great honor for both students.

Congratulations to Brayden Batson for being named as on of the Top Hitters for Montgomery County by The Leaf Chronicle.

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.

7 Wonders of the Underwater World

On Friday, April 29, 2016 our Lower School hosted it’s third annual Events Day. During this day the lower school hallway was transformed by the students into the world of water. Seven different topics were addressed such as The Great Barrier Reef, Galapagos Islands, the Northern Red Sea and more. Students spent the past few weeks discovering interesting facts and information on their assigned area and creating a spot in the hall to showcase what they learned. This was a wonderful time for our students and guests! We invite you to come visit and see their work.

 

Coach Daniels

Carrie Daniels was inducted into the Indiana Hall of Fame this past weekend. We are so proud of Coach Daniels and all accomplishments!

 

CAA

The CAA is looking for someone who is interested in being BoxTop coordinator for our school. This person would be responsible for organizing all BoxTop submissions and preparing them to be mailed off. This coordinator does all the work from home and is not needed for meetings, etc. BoxTops should be submitted a few times a year. Please contact Sally Allen at sallen@clarksvilleacademy.com if you are interested in helping with this project.
 

Pancake Day/Interest Meeting

On Saturday, May 7 the Football team will host their annual Pancake Breakfast. This will be held in the Aux gym from 8-11:30. Tickets can be purchased from any varsity football player or by contacting Coach Hood at thood@clarksvilleacademy.com. There will also be an interest meeting for all Intermediate School students who are interested in playing Intermediate School Football.
 

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

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.

Clarksville Academy was recently featured in the Nashville Business Journal’s education issue. Below you will find how CA ranked among some of Nashville’s top private schools.