Weekly News: April 8 – April 12, 2019

Steak Dinner

The 30th Annual Steak Dinner will be held on April 13, 2019, on Procter Court. Dinner will begin promptly at 6:00 PM. Join us for an evening of delicious food, great entertainment, and friends!

Signature Painting
This year we have had a Rob Hendon original donated to Steak Dinner. For a chance to win this painting, patrons may make a $25 donation and be entered to win. Donations can be made in the front office. You do not have to present to win. Drawing will be made the night of the event. You may also contact Sally Allen to purchase your chance to win.

Steak Dinner Video
Anthony Taylor Productions will record the Steak Dinner performance this year. Flash Drives with the performance on them are available for pre-order at $25 each. Please contact Sally Allen to purchase yours. Please pre-order your video by April 11.

State of the School

Over the course of the next few weeks, we will host “State of the School” addresses for each of our divisions. Beginning April 16 with the Lower School and ending April 30 with Upper School, each divisional Head of School along with Mrs. Hinote will host a town hall meeting revealing our new initiatives for the 2019-2020 school year. This is something everyone will want to attend! We will offer day and evening times. Dates are listed below in the Important Dates section and an invitation will be sent via email very soon!

Teacher Appreciation Week

April 30-May 3 has been named Teacher Appreciation week at CA. The CAPA will host daily meals and more for all our staff at Clarksville Academy. If you are interested in helping with Teacher Appreciation, please contact our Teacher Appreciation Chairs, Melinda Byard at cmbyard@charter.net or Regina Clift at rpclift@gmail.com.

Prom

What a wonderful evening we had on Saturday! Thank you to Prom sponsors, Amanda Pitt & Denise Walker for all their hard work setting up a wonderful evening for our students. Thank you to all the parents who worked so hard to make After Prom such a fun event!

Summer Camp

CA’s summer camp sign-ups will go live this week! Be watching for more information and prepare to spend your summer at CA!

Marketing

CA’s Instagram is now live! Follow us on Instagram at CACougarsTN.

Have you seen our new video? We’d love you to share it on social media or with friends or neighbors you think would be interested in CA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O6sx–YQUs&feature=youtu.be

Engage, Embrace, Empower

Clarksville Academy is blogging! Our new blog launched the week of Thanksgiving and will post twice weekly. The hope of this blog is to offer insights for parents. We will discuss a variety of topics from technology, to parenting ideas, ways to prepare your child for testing, long breaks, etc. We hope you will choose to subscribe and to encourage your friends to do so as well. These blogs will not be CA centered, but will offer insights for any parent at any school. Subscribe at: https://clarksvilleacademy.com/category/engage-embrace-empower/

Giving

Giving is ongoing at CA. This week we will host our 30th Annual Steak Dinner, which will benefit our operating fund. This annual event is much needed to offset the cost of tuition. We encourage you to reach out with questions regarding giving or with ideas on how you can support Clarksville Academy in our giving efforts. Please contact Sally Allen at sallen@clarksvilleacademy.com to find out more about how you can help.

Important Dates

April 13 – Steak Dinner
April 16 – Lower School State of the School 10 AM & 4:30 PM Library
April 19-22 – Easter Break
April 24 – Intermediate School State of the School 11AM & 5PM Library
April 30 – Upper School State of the School 9AM & 5PM Library
April 29-May 3 – ASPIRE TESTING
April 29-May 3 – Teacher Appreciation Week
May 24 – Graduation 7PM

Libraries–Visit One Today

By: Dana Procter, Librarian

Let me be completely honest with you. I have always loved to read. I remember the experience of going to the library as a young child. I was able to check out as many books as I could safely carry. The excitement of taking them home to read was like a trip to Disney World. Books introduced me to people I would not get to meet and took me places I would never get to see. Books piqued my curiosity and just made me want to read and learn more.

When I had children of my own, I had the opportunity to share my love of reading with them. We visited to the library, checked out books, and read them at home. As a classroom teacher I loved sharing my classroom library with my students. Watching the students select books and read them was pure joy to me. I have had the most wonderful opportunity for several years of being our school’s librarian. I am surrounded by books and can share all of them with students. It is a delight to help a student find “just the right book” or a book about a particular topic.

Even though I have a passion for reading and books, I think some students have forgotten about the library. Our library is the hub of our school and has so much to offer students. There are choices of books such as early readers for beginning readers, picture books, young adult novels, graphic novels, biographies, and nonfiction books, to name a few. When you walk into the library, there are so many resources at your fingertips.

I want to help you find the book that will take you to a new place or a book that can teach you a new skill. So come with me to the library instead of googling your subject or reading a book on your Kindle. Let’s start as you enter the library, orient yourself. Look around at what is in the library. Most libraries are arranged in a similar pattern. But all can hold a special place for you, if you let it. Browse the various books available, take time to sit and read in a comfortable spot, or study and research at a table. Take time to stop in and quietly discuss a topic, subject or school project with a friend or group. The library is a welcoming place for all our students to come to.

If you haven’t been to the library in a while, you will notice that our library has changed. Libraries all over the world are changing and are embracing the changes as well. Many new things are going to be happening in our library. Even if you don’t love to read as much as I do, come visit our library or a library near you. You may be surprised at what the library has to offer and you may want to take a book or two home with you.

There’s an App for That!

By: Piper Bell, Technology

In this technology filled world we now live in, we are immersed by many apps that can easily be downloaded onto our mobile devices such as, books, creative art, games, photography, weather, news, shopping, community based GPS navigation and so much more. Looking through the App Store for apps can be pretty overwhelming. One thing that can make your decision a little easier as to what app to download is reading the reviews that are posted on each app page. If it is a paid app it really helps to see what others are saying about the app and if you would like to know a little more you could research the developer.

We are so fortunate to have a plethora of children’s apps to choose from and there are great resources that can select the best top rated apps for kids that are intuitive, helpful and the best priced. Here are twelve of my recommendations from the parents.com article, Best Apps for Families:

PBS Kids Video: Provides a safe, child-friendly viewing experience for all ages.
Starfall Education Series: ABC’s, I’m Reading, Numbers, Learn to Read, It’s Fun to Read and more.
ABC Mouse Education Bundle: ABCmouse.com, Mathematics Animations, ABCmouse Music Videos, Language Arts Animations, ABCmouse Mastering Math, Mastering the Alphabet, ABCmouse Science Animations, Magic Rainbow Traceables and ABCmouse Zoo.
Heads Up!: Trivia on the go.
Hopscotch: Coding for Kids
Swift Playgrounds: Learn real coding the fun way by Apple
Minecraft: Education Edition – the game allows players to build with a variety of different blocks in 3D to create virtual worlds. Families can be in the same game if on shared Wi-Fi.
Mathmateer: Build a rocket and fly to the stars completing 56 different math missions.
Evernote: Record voice notes, digitize documents and share files electronically.
BrainBreak: Brain training exercises to increase motivation and teamwork.
QuizUp: Fun, addictive, challenging trivia.
Waze: Community based navigation app that provides real-time traffic updates and road information.

Technology has brought a great deal of instant information to our fingertips, anywhere at anytime, and it is extremely easy to become addicted to spending way too much time surfing the internet, playing games, watching videos, social media and more with children and adults alike. It is very important for families to be aware of the amount of time that media is being used. With Apple’s Screen Time, you can see how much time you and your children spend on apps, websites and more. Screen Time will let you set limits for what you want to manage. To learn more visit, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208982. Apple also has an app, Apple Support, which is your personal guide to find answers with articles tailored to your devices. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-support/id1130498044?mt=8. What ever you are looking for, more than likely, there’s an app for that! If not…..maybe you might be the next new app developer!

Weekly News: April 1 – April 5, 2019

Steak Dinner

The 30th Annual Steak Dinner will be held on April 13, 2019 on Procter Court. Tickets are $85 and on sale now. Reservations can be made by visiting: https://clarksvilleacademy.com/steak-dinner/. Reservations and tickets can be made online or by contacting Kari Turner in the main office 647-6311. Tickets must be paid in full for reservations to be valid. Tickets must be purchased by Friday, April 5.

Prom

You are invited to attend the Prom Grand March on Saturday, April 6 at 5PM at the Bruce Convention Center, 303 Conference Center Dr., Hopkinsville, KY. This annual tradition is a great way to support our Junior & Seniors on their big night.

Key Club

To begin their spring break, seven officers of the Clarksville Academy Key Club attended the Kentucky- Tennessee District Convention in Franklin, TN on March 22nd – 24th. Those attending were club members: Akanee Angel, Ellyn Darke, Victoria Hilfiker, Jackson Trotter, Hannah Weatherford, Brandon Walker, and Christy Zheng, along with Key Club Advisors, Denise Walker and Lisa Little.

During the convention, club members participated in competitions, a Ronald McDonald House service project, leadership workshops, formal election caucus, and socials events. During the Saturday evening awards ceremony, Brandon Walker received the Ira Gladson Scholarship of Excellence and Christy Zheng won 3rd place in the poster contest. On Sunday Morning during the Governor’s Farewell Brunch, it was announced that Akanee Angel was elected to be the new District Treasurer. Akanee was installed by outgoing District Treasurer and fellow CA club member, Christy Zheng. Additionally, Ellyn Darke was installed as the new Lt. Governor for Division 15 by outgoing Lt. Governor and fellow CA club member Brandon Walker. Our Key Club has been blessed and honored to have wonderful, strong young adults that are willing to take on leadership roles and serve their community through their active involvement in Key Club.

A special thanks goes to Mrs. Amanda Pitt, it was mentioned multiple times throughout the convention by the students that they were well prepared for speeches and presentations due to lessons from her Speech class.

Marketing

CA’s Instagram is now live! Follow us on Instagram at CACougarsTN.

Have you seen our new video? We’d love you to share it on social media or with friends or neighbors you think would be interested in CA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O6sx–YQUs&feature=youtu.be

Engage, Embrace, Empower

Giving

In the last few weeks, Clarksville Academy has received some wonderful gifts from donor families. Dr. George & Katie Lee have graciously purchased a new AED machine for our campus. This device will allow us faster response time if we have a student or staff member in need.

Bill & Kerri Mace donated the materials and labor to build an addition to our baseball facility at the Sports Complex. This new facility will feature a 30X30 foot weight room and a 50X85 foot hitting facility. This will enable us to add 3 full length batting cages, a full weight room and turn our current facility into a pitching lab. The entire project is donated by the Mace family.

Jon & Christina Clark recently donated lights to be used in the hallway of the main building. These lights have already brightened this space so much! CAPA (Clarksville Academy Parent Association) purchased new tiles for the hallway and these were installed prior to break by Lloyd Hinote, Les Allen, WD Henson, and Mike Veitenheimer.

We can’t thank these families enough for their continued support of Clarksville Academy and our programs. If you have an interest in supporting Clarksville Academy, please contact Sally Allen at sallen@clarksvilleacademy.com to find out more about how you can help.

If you are interested in supporting this trip, please contact Sally Allen at sallen@clarksvilleacademy.com.

Important Dates

April 5 – Q & U Wedding
April 6 – Prom
April 13 – Steak Dinner
April 19-22 – Easter Break
May 24 – Graduation **New Time of 7pm