Weekly News: March 31 – April 3, 2020

Clarksville Academy At Home Continues

CA At Home will continue through April 30 per Governor Lee’s and President Trump’s request. The current plan is for students to return to school Friday, May 1. This includes all athletic and after school activities. The athletic complex will remained closed during this time except for maintenance purposes.

Students began their new CA at Home schedule yesterday. For more information on updates to our distance learning program click here.

Download CA – At Home Schedule (PDF)

The Business Office will be open Monday through Friday, from 9:00-11:00 AM.

Town Hall Meetings

Beginning Wednesday, April 1, we will host various town hall meetings via Zoom. These will cover a variety of topics like a Q&A session with Mrs. Hinote, Matt Wallace, and the Heads of Schools, a Tuition Assistance meeting, and one on one 2020-2021 class schedule meetings. Other topics will be added as needs arise. Most of these sessions will take place on Tuesday or Thursday throughout the month of April. More information on these sessions is available by clicking here.

Download Zoom Schedule (PDF)

The first Zoom meeting(s) will take place Wednesday, April 1. This town hall style meeting will take place at 3 different times, one for each divisional school. You are invited to attend the one for your divisional school. While the format will be the same for each meeting, the divisional head of school will join Mrs. Hinote and Mr. Wallace. Participants are asked to submit questions by 3PM today to the meeting. These can be sent to Sally Allen, at sallen@clarksvilleacademy.com.

Spirit Week

We invite you to join us for #CAatHome Spirit Week! Make sure to document your week and send it to us at photos@clarksvilleacademy.com and post them to social media using the Hashtag #CAatHome, and tag us in it!

Cougars Care

Clarksville Academy Cougars Care is a new program which encourages community awareness and community giving. These acts of kindness demonstrate how we can all make a difference in our community. One school, one community, working together to change our world for the better. Please read further to be part of Cougars Care.

Download Cougar Care (PDF)

Marketing Campaign

Recently you received one of our postcards about CA. We encourage you to share this card with a friend or neighbor who might be interested in CA. We invite you to share it digitally (make sure your name or address is visible). If that person shows admissions your card (digital or physical) and they complete the enrollment process for 2020-2021, your family will receive a $250 credit on their fees for next year. The Admissions Office is scheduling virtual school tours and one on one virtual chats with prospective families daily. If you have families you want us to contact about Clarksville Academy, we encourage you to email admissions@clarksvilleacademy.com.

CA Experience

We are hard at work selecting camps for this summer. If you have suggestions or requests for the types of camps you would like to see this summer, please contact our CA Experience Coordinator, Danny Magrans at dmagrans@clarksvilleacademy.com.

Important Dates

Steak Dinner—Due to the new guidelines, we are considering new dates for our Annual Steak Dinner. This will be shared soon.

Prom—We have currently moved Prom to May 16. More details will be sent to Juniors and Seniors regarding this change soon.

Graduation—It is our hope to continue with Graduation on May 20 at 6PM.

**We are currently reviewing all dates and events and making a case by case decision on each one. Please keep up with all date changes or cancellations on our website at: https://clarksvilleacademy.com/natural-disaster-illness-protocol/

Where I find comfort…

I read a funny little quip on social media early into our social distancing period that lamented our human response of ‘being over it’. The post then acknowledged that the only beings in our homes truly happy about everyone being in these close quarters are our pets.

In the Hinote household, we have 3 dogs, yes, three dogs. As someone who didn’t grow up with many pets, and neverhad pets in the house, my dogs are kings of our home. They have the run of the yard and every room, and they couldn’t be happier to have me with them.

As many of you know, I have just finished a weeks-long recovery from surgery, and after a brief stint back at work, like you, I am back at home. I am trying to figure out how to work at a distance from school and how to maintain a schedule. I am also trying to stay healthy, both physically and mentally.

If you have pets at home, I am sure that you feel the same way about yours that I do about the three of mine. In an April 2018 Psychology Today article, the benefits of having pets are outlined. While I am not advocating pet ownership, I do think this is a wonderful time to be reminded that the furry members of our households can help us.

Stress Relief: In a study with college students who had the opportunity to interact with therapy dogs, as many as ten hours later, participants reported less negative emotion and less stress.
Empathy and Comfort: Studies indicate that dogs sense emotions, both good ones and bad ones. They are drawn to us, especially when we need them. Dogs are often reported to remain at the side of a human who might need them.
Decrease Loneliness and Depression: At a time when we are physically distanced from each other, and social media does not replace needed face-to-face interactions, studies also show that pet owners have a lower rate of depression.

My dogs have been by my side these past four weeks and are competing for lap space with my laptop. I am extremely grateful for them, and I do believe they lower my anxiety and help with my overall outlook.

Rely on your pets for these great benefits, and give your fur babies a hug from me!

Fondly, Jennifer

Head of School

COVID-19

March 13, 2020

In a world where there is a run on toilet paper, suspension or cancellation of sporting events, concerts and Broadway have darkened their doors, and Disney has closed its gates, we would like to offer some tips on what to do to not only prepare for COVID-19, but to deal with it, if it hits close to home.

We have all heard the best ways to avoid contracting the virus. WASH YOUR HANDS! Sounds simple, right? But more than that, wash them properly and sing your ABC’s or that really cool song you have seen online to make sure you do it long enough. Cough and sneeze in your elbow and if soap and water is not readily available then grab that hand sanitizer to use throughout the day. Don’t go in public if you are sick or even feel sickness coming on and practice social distancing. Although most adults and children will experience only mild symptoms with COVID-19, there are those who are at high risk and it is important to do what we can do to keep this virus from spreading.

If you or a family member does contract the virus, here are a few helpful items you should have on hand to help with symptoms.

Kleenex—let’s face it, you’ll be using a lot of these.
Acetaminophen (Tylenol) in 350 mg tablets
Ibuprofen (Advil) in 200 mg tablets
Mucinex, Robitussin or DayQuil/NyQuil (whatever your cold/cough medicine of choice is)

Cough Drops
A humidifier is also good, but not a must have, as turning your shower on hot and sitting in a steamy bathroom can open your airways.
Go ahead and prep some sick day foods like a big batch of soup (or stock up on canned ones), crackers, bread for toast or your favorite food when you are feeling under the weather.
If you have a history of asthma make sure you have your inhaler on hand. If you are in need of a refill contact your doctor.

Once your first symptoms start, begin a medicine regime using those listed above. Rotate Tylenol and Advil for fevers, use cough expectorants and suppressants and drink lots and lots of water. Rest. Don’t feel it is necessary to visit the doctor or ER immediately, but if you do feel you have COVID-19 contact your healthcare professional for advice on next steps.

As this virus continues to spread, we urge you to use caution and practice good health. Do not panic! Stay tuned to our website for updates on our school community.

School Nurse

Melinda Parker

Social and Emotional Learning during COVID-19 and Beyond

Clarksville Academy believes in providing support students need in and out of the classroom. According to The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), “Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. The closing of school may trigger some serious emotions in your home, and the implementation of some of these strategies may help your child cope while out of school.

It is important to know how to help your child. Let them know it is okay to be nervous, and you are there to support them. Children look to adults for guidance on how to react to stressful events. Please reassure your child health and school officials are working diligently to ensure that people stay healthy. However, children need factual, age appropriate information about the potential risks and appropriate preventive measures.

Be mindful of what your child is being exposed to on social media, news, and personal conversations. Talking with your child about their fears and giving them a sense of some control can help reduce anxiety. Parents can support their children by being available, remaining calm, and reassuring them. We encourage your child to turn off the television, play a family game, journal, read a book, and monitor technology. Twenty-four hour news coverage feeds anxiety and fear in children.

It is comforting to many children to remain in a routine. Have a family schedule where you carve out time during the day for schoolwork, chores, physical activity, and encourage them to be consistent with the schedule. If you feel you need additional support, please reach out to the counseling office at counseling@clarksvilleacademy.com.

Weeky News: March 9 – March 13, 2020

Book Fair

Join us this week for the Spring Book Fair taking place in the library. The fair will be open 7:30-3:30 through Friday.

Panera Night

Don’t forget! We are hosting a Panera night on March 16-4-8PM. All proceeds benefit CA.

Talent Show

LAST CALL…The Junior Class is excited to announce the annual Clarksville Academy Cougar Talent Show! The show will take place at Clarksville Academy at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 17! Talents can include: Dancing, singing, comedy routines, magic shows, cheer routines, playing an instrument, modeling or other talents! Guests will pay $5 per person at the door, and all funds raised will go to support this year’s Junior- Senior Prom! Students in grades 3-12 are invited to participate! Submit your tryout video on the attached Google. Email Dr. Danica Booth at dbooth@clarksvilleacademy.com with any questions.

To Sign Up:

https://forms.gle/FZR6w8ZhfJEjVtB36

Marketing Campaign

In the coming days, you will receive a postcard mailer for our new enrollment campaign. Each postcard is specially designed for select areas in Montgomery and surrounding counties. We are sending over 6,000 postcards but strategically planned to send one to each of you, as well. We encourage you to pass your copy of the postcard along to a friend or neighbor who may not have received one. If this person brings your postcard to their appointment with Admissions and fully enrolls for the 2020-2021 school year, your family will receive a $250 account credit. This credit can be used toward tuition or fees. You may also see our ads on social media and we encourage you to share them. We hope you will help us spread the word about Clarksville Academy and all the exciting things we have happening!

If you have families you would like us to contact about Clarksville Academy, we encourage you to email admissions@clarksvilleacademy.com.

Athletics

Games this week: We have a full schedule of games this week (weather permitting) so get out and enjoy our Spring sports!

Varsity Baseball – Varsity kicks off tonight with a season opener at APSU’s Joe Maynard field at 5PM. On Tuesday they play Ensworth at home, Thursday they take on Goodpasture at home and Friday they will travel to Goodpasture! Come out and support your Cougars!

IS Baseball — Intermediate School Baseball will travel to Charlotte for a 5PM game on Tuesday, weather permitting.

Softball — Varsity softball will travel to Ezell Harding at 5PM. On Thursday, they will travel to Davidson Academy for a 4:30 game.

Tennis — Tennis will play their season opener at Kenwood Tuesday at 3:30. On Thursday they will play USN at 4PM at Dunbar Cave courts.

Track — Track will travel to USN for their season opener on Wednesday.

Soccer — Soccer will play at Creekwood at 6PM on Thursday.

CA Experience

The CA Experience program is NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION! CA Experience is an after school enrichment program that will focus on activities, classes, artistic lessons, sports training and so much more. Each session will run six weeks and provide a variety of opportunities for our students. These will be titled, CA Winter Experience, CA Spring Experience, CA Summer Experience and CA Fall Experience. CA Winter Experience will begin in January. Please visit our site for more information! https://clarksvilleacademy.com/ca-events/ca-experience/

Important Dates

March 16—Panera Night –Proceeds benefit CA
March 23-27 Spring Break
April 4—Steak Dinner
April 10-13 Easter Break
April 18—Prom
May 20—Graduation at APSU

Giving

By now you’ve probably read about the installation of our security upgrades. We are thankful for your support with this project through the Fun Run. Thank you! If you haven’t yet supported the annual fund, we’ve set aside 4 areas of focus this year and hope you will consider supporting them: New Playground, Updated Security, Library Refresh, Emerging Priorities such as a new PA system. For more information on this and to donate visit: https://marketplace.clarksvilleacademy.com/product/annual-giving/

Amazon

Clarksville Academy is now part of the Amazon Smile program! Simply log on using smile.amazon.com and choose Clarksville Academy as your organization of choice! Every time you make purchase using smile.amazon.com we will receive a portion of your purchase! It’s that easy!

Box Tops

CA has always used the box tops label program to earn extra money for our school. We have been so lucky in the past for all your support for the program. Over the years we have earned thousands of dollars for our school. This year it is even easier! Simply download the Box Tops for Education app from the app store, pick Clarksville Academy as your school and start scanning your receipts! It’s as easy as that! So start scanning!

Publix

Did you know that CA is a Publix Partner? It’s easy to help us raise money for our school by logging your shopping. Visit publix.com/partners and choose Clarksville Academy. Then enter your phone number each time you check out. It’s that easy!

Kroger

Did you know you can register your Kroger Plus for CA? Every time you use your Kroger Plus card a portion of your bill will be credited to CA! It’s that easy! Go online to Kroger.com and register today!

FCA

Fellowship of Christian Athletes is every Wednesday for ALL Intermediate & Upper School students. You do not have to be involved in athletics to attend. Intermediate School will be in Coach Trent’s room. Upper School in Mr. Boyd’s room 117 under the gym.

Marketing

Follow us on Instagram at CACougarsTN, Facebook at Clarksville Academy, SnapChat at CACougarsTN and Twitter at CACougarsTN.

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

Weeky News: March 3 – March 6, 2020

Youth In Government

Clarksville Academy had over 30 students participate in the annual YMCA Youth in Government Conference from Thursday-Sunday of the past week. Students wrote legislative bills on a variety of topics and presented them in either the House or the Senate. Student Congressional members and Senators then voted on the presented bills. If the Senate and House passed a bill, it was sent to the student led Governor’s Cabinet and signed into YIG law by the student Governor. This was a wonderful learning opportunity for our students and CA showed up big. See below for a list of our highlights:

Will Mabry and John Knight served on the Governor’s Cabinet
Bella Allen and Caroline Johnston named to Leadership positions in next year’s Blue Senate—Bella will serve as Sergeant at Arms and Caroline will serve as Chief Clerk.
Caroline Giles and Caroline Pennington passed Legislation in the Red House and were awarded Outstanding Bill in the Red House.
Bella Allen and Caroline Johnston passed Legislation that was signed into law by the YIG Governor and were awarded Outstanding Bill in the Blue Senate.
Zoe Drake was awarded Outstanding Delegate.
Noah Goble and Zoe Drake also passed Legislation that was signed into law by the YIG Governor.
Hailey Ray and Selby Shipley argued cases before the Supreme Court.
Izzy Stapp and Haley Shannon had Legislation passed by the White Senate.
Victoria Hilfiker and Nikki Harnage had Legislation passed by the White Senate.
Jiya Patel, Molly Clark, and Katie Thrash had Legislation passed by the Blue House.

All of our delegates did a great job and represented CA well. Thank you to Mike Trent & Kyle Christmas for leading our students this year!

Literacy Night

Don’t forget! Tonight’s the night! Join us for Literacy Night from 5-6:30.

CAPA

The CA Parent Association will host their first annual Cougar Consignment Sale THIS SATURDAY on March 7 from 9-3PM in the main gym. At this sale CAPA will accept consignments of furniture, formals, maternity, and good/excellent condition clothing and shoes. We ask that no item be over four years old. There is still time to consign! Come and shop this wonderful sale! For full information please see our website: https://clarksvilleacademy.com/cougar-consignment-sale/

Talent Show

The Junior Class is excited to announce the annual Clarksville Academy Cougar Talent Show! The show will take place at Clarksville Academy at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 17! Talents can include: Dancing, singing, comedy routines, magic shows, cheer routines, playing an instrument, modeling or other talents! Guests will pay $5 per person at the door, and all funds raised will go to support this year’s Junior- Senior Prom! Students in grades 3-12 are invited to participate! Submit your tryout video on the attached Google. Email Dr. Danica Booth at dbooth@clarksvilleacademy.com with any questions.

To Sign Up:
https://forms.gle/FZR6w8ZhfJEjVtB36

Panera Night

Don’t forget! We are hosting a Panera night on March 16-4-8PM. All proceeds benefit CA.

Athletics

Games this week:

IS Cheer—Congratulations to our IS Cheer Squad for becoming National Champions over the weekend! The girls competed at the Cheer Derby in Louisville, KY on Saturday and walked away with the grand prize! We are so proud of these girls!

US Basketball— We are so proud of our Varsity Girls for making school history and competing in the elite 8 this season. Their season ended on Friday against Trinity Christian out of Jackson, but these girls have so much to be proud of. A special thanks to Coach Carrie Daniels for all her hard work this season.

IS Baseball—Intermediate School Baseball has two home games this week! Wednesday they play at home against Northeast at 6:30 and Friday they play at home against White House Heritage at 6PM. Join us at Wes Smith Field to cheer on your IS Cougars!

Varsity Soccer, Baseball, Softball and Tennis kick off their season next week!

CA Experience

Important Dates

March 3—NHS & NJHS Induction at 9AM
March 7—CAPA Consignment Sale
March 16—Panera Night –Proceeds benefit CA
March 23-27 Spring Break
April 4—Steak Dinner
April 10-13 Easter Break
April 18—Prom
May 20—Graduation at APSU

Giving

Amazon

Box Tops

Publix

Kroger

FCA

Marketing

Follow us on Instagram at CACougarsTN, Facebook at Clarksville Academy, SnapChat at CACougarsTN and Twitter at CACougarsTN.

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