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Weeky News: February 17 – February 21, 2020

Valedictorian/Salutatorian & Top 10% Announced

On Thursday morning, Mrs. Walker announced the Val, Sal and Top 10% for the Class of 2020. Congratulations to these students on their hard work and dedication!

Valedictorian—Akanee Angel
Salutatorian—Caroline Giles

Top 10%Lily Butler, Ellyn Darke, Brody Woodson, Anna Sawyer (not pictured) Mackenzie Johnson, Caroline Giles & Akanee Angel

National Honor/Junior National Honor Society

Over the weekend invitations were emailed to students who are eligible for the National Honor Society and the National Junior Honor Society. Students invited to this organization must fill out the application no later than February 19. Please see Mrs. Christine Lindsey (NHS) or Mrs. Christie Burger (NJHS) with questions.

National Kindness Week

During the week of February 18-21 Clarksville Academy will participate in National Kindness Week. This week will be dedicated to exploring ways our students can show kindness in their daily lives. Throughout the week, we will host themed days for our staff and students to participate in.

Monday – No School – Winter Break!

Tuesday – “What if we practice positivity? Students wear Pink or Purple for Positivity.

Wednesday – “What if we serve others? Students wear camouflage or superhero capes.

Thursday – “What if we stand up for one another?” Students wear school spirit CA shirts and jeans.

Friday – “What if we remember a gentle legend who taught us all to be neighborly?”  Students will wear a cardigan sweater honoring Mr. Rogers!

CAPA

The CA Parent Association will host their first annual Cougar Consignment Sale on March 7 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. As you continue your winter purge, save these items for this wonderful sale! For full information please see our website: https://clarksvilleacademy.com/cougar-consignment-sale/

Athletics

Games this week:

US Basketball—This weekend was a great one for our basketball teams. The boys finished 3rd in the District tournament with Daniel Loos scoring his 2000th point! He was also named to the All District Tournament team. Boys travel to CPA on Wednesday! We need you there!

Our girls continue to break CA records! They won the district tournament championship! Sydneey Boykin was named District Player of the Year, Diamond Bryant MVP of the Tournament, Sydneey, Diamond, Mackayla Artis and Vana Pridgen all were named to the All District Tournament team. They will play Middle TN Christian at home tonight! Cost is $7. We need your support!!!

Wrestling –  Annalynn Rackett is the first girl in school history to advance to the State Wrestling competition. A Sophomore, Annalynn has been wrestling for two years. She got into the sport after participating in Jiu Jitsu recreationally. Her favorite part about wrestling are the bonds she has made with teammates and all the memories she has made. When asked her thoughts about wrestling, she stated, “As you wrestle, you learn new things about yourself and your limitations, you also get to create amazing bonds with the people you share your time with.” Her record is 24-2 for the season and she is the first Girls Region Champion, and State Qualifier for our school. The state wrestling tournament is different from all other sports in TSSAA. In this sport you compete against all school in Tennessee, public and private. Annalynn will face competition from across the state, many with longstanding programs. We want to wish her the best of luck as she competes Friday and Saturday. Stay tuned to our social media accounts for updates throughout the day.

Cougar Booster Club

The Cougar Booster Club is officially taking members! This organization will benefit ALL SPORTS at Clarksville Academy and streamline our athletics fundraising process. The Cougar Booster Board has been hard at work this fall, talking with coaches, finding out what our sports need to be successful and working with Administration. Below you will find a copy of our flyer and membership levels. Cougar Club is taking both individual/family memberships and corporate memberships. Your Cougar Club Board are as follows: Frazier Allen, President, Cammie Bell, Elizabeth Black, David Harper, Casey Jenkins, Dave Loos, Jr., Courtney Mambourg, Matt Miller, Shan Smith, Brad Suiter, Stewart Sykes and Steve Wilson. Anyone who enrolls by May 1st will receive membership benefits for the remainder of this school year and all of the 2020-2021 school year. Individual/Family memberships are $100. Contact cougarclub@clarksvilleacademy.com to enroll today!

CA Cougar Club Graphic

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

Feb 18-21 National Kindness Week
March 3—NHS & NJHS Induction at 9AM
March 7—CAPA Consignment Sale
March 16—Panera Night –Proceeds benefit CA
March 23-26 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: February 10 – February 14, 2020

Cougar Booster Club

The Cougar Booster Club is officially taking members! This organization will benefit ALL SPORTS at Clarksville Academy and streamline our athletics fundraising process. The Cougar Booster Board has been hard at work this fall, talking with coaches, finding out what our sports need to be successful and working with Administration. Below you will find a copy of our flyer and membership levels. Cougar Club is taking both individual/family memberships and corporate memberships. Your Cougar Club Board are as follows: Frazier Allen, President, Cammie Bell, Elizabeth Black, David Harper, Casey Jenkins, Dave Loos, Jr., Courtney Mambourg, Matt Miller, Shan Smith, Brad Suiter, Stewart Sykes and Steve Wilson. Anyone who enrolls by May 1st will receive membership benefits for the remainder of this school year and all of the 2020-2021 school year. Individual/Family memberships are $100. Contact cougarclub@clarksvilleacademy.com to enroll today!

https://marketplace.clarksvilleacademy.com/product/cougar-club/

CA Cougar Club Graphic

 

Pastries with Parents

CAPA would like to cordially invite all parents to our first Pastries with Parents event on Thursday, February 13 at 7AM in the Aux Gym. RSVP by TODAY here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhHQbRZpuTMEAjBg2hhrIj0gMWi2vXoC6jJG-QAEmEo-aXBA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1

Re-Enrollment

REMINDER–Re-enrollment is now open for all current students. The priority deadline to secure your spot is February 14. February 17 we will open enrollment to new students. All families should have received their personalized re-enrollment packet and PowerSchool snap code for re-enrollment. We look forward to having you continue to be part of the Cougar family in 2020-2021. If you have questions regarding re-enrollment, please contact enrollment@clarkvilleacademy.com

Coming Home Week

THIS WEEK we will celebrate our Basketball teams with a Coming Home Spirit week! We invite all age levels to participate!

Monday: Time-Hop (Decades)
Dress out in your favorite decade attire!

Tuesday: Blue and Gold
Bring your Spirit, we will have a Pep Rally at 2:15!

Wednesday: Rappers v.s Rockstars
Dress like your favorite singer!

Thursday: Athletes v.s Mathletes
You get to choose…are you an athlete or a mathlete?

National Kindness Week

During the week of February 18-21 Clarksville Academy will participate in National Kindness Week. This week will be dedicated to exploring ways our students can show kindness in their daily lives. Throughout the week, we will host themed days for our staff and students to participate in.

  • Monday – No School – Winter Break!
  • Tuesday – “What if we practice positivity? Students wear Pink or Purple for Positivity.
  • Wednesday – “What if we serve others? Students wear camouflage or superhero capes.
  • Thursday – “What if we stand up for one another?” Students wear school spirit CA shirts and jeans.
  • Friday – “What if we remember a gentle legend who taught us all to be neighborly?”  Students will wear a cardigan sweater honoring Mr. Rogers!

CAPA

The CA Parent Association will host their first annual Cougar Consignment Sale on March 7 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. As you continue your winter purge, save these items for this wonderful sale! More details to come soon!

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/

Athletics

Games this week:

US Basketball—Our girls team made CA History Saturday night securing their spot at regular Season District Champions!!!! This week both varsity teams begin District Tournament play. Tuesday night we will host the first round of play for the girls. Our opponent will be decided after their game tonight. Our girls advance as the number 1 seed in the tournament. We need your help! Join us Tuesday night at Procter Court at 6:00 to cheer on our girls!

Boys travel to Nashville Christian for first round play on Wednesday at 6PM.

Please see below brackets for entire listing of games this week.

 

Wrestling The Boys team will compete in their regional tournament on February 14 in Memphis.

Important Dates

Feb 13—Pastries with Parents—RSVP TODAY
Feb 10-13 Coming Home Celebration
Feb 14-17 NO SCHOOL Winter Break
Feb 18-21 National Kindness Week
March 7—CAPA Consignment Sale
March 23-26 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.

Weekly News: February 3 – February 7, 2020

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/

Pastries with Parents

CAPA would like to cordially invite all parents to our first Pastries with Parents event on Thursday, February 13 at 7AM in the Aux Gym. RSVP by Monday, February 10 here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhHQbRZpuTMEAjBg2hhrIj0gMWi2vXoC6jJG-QAEmEo-aXBA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1

Coming Home Week

During the week of February 10-13 we will celebrate our Basketball teams with a Coming Home Spirit week! We invite all age levels to participate!

Monday: Time-Hop (Decades)
Dress out in your favorite decade attire!

Tuesday: Blue and Gold
Bring your Spirit, we will have a Pep Rally at 2:15!

Wednesday: Rappers v.s Rockstars
Dress like your favorite singer!

Thursday: Athletes v.s Mathletes
You get to choose…are you an athlete or a mathlete?

National Kindness Week

During the week of February 18-21 Clarksville Academy will participate in National Kindness Week. This week will be dedicated to exploring ways our students can show kindness in their daily lives. Throughout the week, we will host themed days for our staff and students to participate in.

Monday – No School – Winter Break!

Tuesday – “What if we practice positivity? Students wear Pink or Purple for Positivity.

Wednesday – “What if we serve others? Students wear camouflage or superhero capes.

Thursday – “What if we stand up for one another?” Students wear school spirit CA shirts and jeans.

Friday – “What if we remember a gentle legend who taught us all to be neighborly?”  Students will wear a cardigan sweater honoring Mr. Rogers!

Cougar Booster Club

Did you get a chance to talk with our newly formed Cougar Booster Club at Saturday’s game? We are now enrolling members. Anyone who enrolls by May 1st will receive membership benefits for the remainder of this school year and all of the 2020-2021 school year. Individual/Family memberships are $100. Contact Jake Peterson for more details.

CAPA

The CA Parent Association will host their first annual Cougar Consignment Sale on March 7 in the main gym. At this sale CAPA will accept donations of furniture, formals, maternity, and good/excellent condition clothing and shoes. We ask that no donation be over four years old. As you continue your winter purge, save these items for this wonderful sale! More details to come soon!

Re-Enrollment

Re-enrollment is now open for all current students. All families should have received their personalized re-enrollment packet and PowerSchool snap code for re-enrollment. We look forward to having you continue to be part of the Cougar family in 2020-2021. If you have questions regarding re-enrollment, please contact enrollment@clarkvilleacademy.com

Media Club

CA’s media club has posted new content to their site! We invite you to browse this wonderful student run site for exciting content from upper school students.  castudentlife.com

Athletics

Games this week:

IS Basketball –The IS Basketball season is winding down. Tonight our boys hit the road to Ezell Harding Academy for the first round of tournament play, if they win, they will play again on Thursday. The girls will travel to Goodpasture on Thursday for their first round of tournament play. Let’s Go Cougars!

US Basketball—The Cougars regular season will come to an end this Friday, at Goodpasture Christian. District tournament play will begin next week.

Wrestling had a great showing at the Regional tournament this weekend. Sophomore, Annalynn Rackett finished first in her weight class and will move on to the State Tournament Feb. 21-22. We are so proud of Annalynn. The team travels to the TN School for the Blind on Thursday. The Boys team will compete in their regional tournament on February 14 in Memphis.

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.

Important Dates

Feb 7—NO SCHOOL LS
Feb 13—Pastries with Parents
Feb 10-13 Coming Home Celebration
Feb 14-17 NO SCHOOL Winter Break
Feb 18-21 National Kindness Week
Feb 26 NJHS and NHS Induction Ceremony
March 7—CAPA Consignment Sale
March 23-26 Spring Break
April 4—Steak Dinner
April 10-13 Easter Break
April 18—Prom
May 20—Graduation at APSU

 

Weekly News: January 27 – January 31

Robotics Finish 1st!

Our Lower School Robotics teams competed against 48 teams and finished in 1st Place over the weekend at the First Lego League State Competition at the University of Memphis. The Cyber Cubs (boys) team received 1st Place in Robot Design Strategy & Innovation while the Cougar Cubs (girls) team received 1st Place in Project Innovation Solutions. We are so proud of these students! A HUGE thank you to Mrs. Joanne Askew, Faculty Advisor and Mrs. Julie Catellier, Parent Advisor/Coach. Our teams could not have done it without you both!

Pastries with Parents

CAPA would like to cordially invite all parents to our first Pastries with Parents event on Thursday, February 13 at 7AM in the Aux Gym. RSVP here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhHQbRZpuTMEAjBg2hhrIj0gMWi2vXoC6jJG-QAEmEo-aXBA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1

Cougar Booster Club

On Saturday, February 1 during the home basketball game, the newly formed Cougar Booster Club will begin enrolling new members. Stop by our table to learn more about this wonderful organization and to secure your spot. Anyone who enrolls by May 1st will receive membership benefits for the remainder of this school year and all of the 2020-2021 school year. Individual/Family memberships are $100.

CAPA

The CA Parent Association will host their first annual Cougar Consignment Sale on March 7 in the main gym. At this sale CAPA will accept donations of furniture, formals, maternity, and good/excellent condition clothing and shoes. We ask that no donation be over four years old. As you continue your winter purge, save these items for this wonderful sale! More details to come soon!

Re-Enrollment

Re-enrollment opens on today for all current students. All families should have received their personalized re-enrollment packet on Friday. Be on the lookout for your PowerSchool snap code for re-enrollment. We look forward to having you continue to be part of the Cougar family in 2020-2021.

CA Experience

We are excited to announce our new CA Experience program. 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/

**Class Information now posted! Registration will open soon!

Media Club

CA’s media club has posted new content to their site! We invite you to browse this wonderful student run site for exciting content from upper school students.  castudentlife.com

Athletics

Games this week:

IS Basketball –The IS Basketball season is winding down. Tonight our Cougars hit the road to Donelson Christian Academy. Let’s Go Cougars!

US Basketball—This is a busy week for our Cougars! Tonight our teams travel to McEwen, Tuesday, both teams are at home taking on Donelson Christian, Friday, they travel to Ezell Harding and finally on Saturday they return home for a match-up with Friendship Christian. Saturdays games are early beginning at 2PM and Seniors will be honored between games. Come out and show our teams some Cougar love!

Wrestling has a HOME match on Wednesday and on Saturday will travel for the DII Regional Duals. Good luck to our teams!

Bowling—Bowling had a great showing at State. We are so proud of our teams and students. Leah Hayes finished 5th in the state and was a finalist for Miss Bowler. What a great season!

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.

Important Dates

  • Feb 7—NO SCHOOL LS
  • Feb 13—Pastries with Parents
  • Feb 14-17 NO SCHOOL Winter Break
  • March 7—CAPA Consignment Sale
  • April 4—Steak Dinner
  • April 18—Prom
  • May 20—Graduation at APSU

Weekly News: January 20 – January 24

Pastries with Parents

CAPA would like to cordially invite all parents to our first Pastries with Parents event on Thursday, February 13 at 7AM in the Aux Gym. RSVP here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhHQbRZpuTMEAjBg2hhrIj0gMWi2vXoC6jJG-QAEmEo-aXBA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1

 

Winterim

What an amazing two weeks we have had! We had students travel both near and far, while others explored new, innovative ways to learn on our campus. We also have write ups for all on our campus Winterims including Freshman Seminar and Cougar Connections (Intermediate School) You can learn more about their journeys by visiting: https://clarksvilleacademy.com/category/off-campus-with-ca/

Welcome New Faculty

CA would like to welcome Dr. Rebecca Turney to our staff as a part time Animal Science teacher. Dr. Turney, a local veterinarian will teach Honors Animal Science and Dual Enrollment Animal Animal Science in our Upper School. We are excited about this additional course offering!

CAPA

The CA Parent Association will host their first annual Cougar Consignment Sale on March 7 in the main gym. At this sale CAPA will accept donations of furniture, formals, maternity, and good/excellent condition clothing and shoes. We ask that no donation be over four years old. As you continue your winter purge, save these items for this wonderful sale! More details to come soon!

Parks & Rec

The Montgomery County Parks and Recreation department invite everyone to Youth Glow Night at the New Providence Pool on February 8th 6-8PM

Robotics

On Friday our Robotics team will travel to Memphis to compete in the 2020 First Lego League State Competition. This team has worked hard all year preparing and we know they will do well.

Re-Enrollment

Re-enrollment opens on Monday, January 27 for all current students. All families should receive their re-enrollment packet in the mail later this week. We look forward to having you continue to be part of the Cougar family in 2020-2021.

FCA

Don’t forget Upper School FCA will begin tomorrow, January 22.

CA Experience

We are excited to announce our new CA Experience program. 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/

**Class Information now posted! Registration will open soon!

Media Club

CA’s media club has posted new content to their site! We invite you to browse this wonderful student run site for exciting content from upper school students. castudentlife.com

Athletics

Games this week:

IS Basketball –The IS Cougars will play Harding Academy at home Wednesday, January and travel to Nashville Christian on Thursday. Good luck to our Cougars.

US Basketball—On Tuesday, 1/21 the Varsity Cougars will travel to University School of Nashville and then they return home on Friday, January 24 to take on Nashville Christian at home. We need your help—come cheer on our teams during these District games.

Wrestling will travel to Northeast on Tuesday and Battleground Academy on Thursday.

Bowling—Three bowlers, Leah Hayes, Tyler Lucas and Luke Poston will travel to Smyrna on Thursday to compete as individuals in the State Tournament. On Friday our bowling teams will begin their play in the tournament. WAY TO GO COUGARS!!!

Let’s wish all these teams good luck!!!

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.

Important Dates

Feb 7—NO SCHOOL LS
Feb 13—Pastries with Parents
Feb 14-17 NO SCHOOL Winter Break
March 7—CAPA Consignment Sale
April 4—Steak Dinner
April 18—Prom
May 20—Graduation at APSU

Winterim–Lab Rats Disney

Clarksville Academy Students in the Disney Lab Rats spent the first week of Winterim learning robotics coding and learning the physics principles of roller coasters.

Yesterday, these 16 students traveled to Disney World to see the science behind the park.  Students will take courses in Exploring Careers in Zoological Sciences and Energy and Waves Physics Lab.  Like their Leadership counterparts, students will take course in the mornings and will be asked to document evidence of what they learned as they enjoy the parks in the afternoon.

Day 1: Today students learned about careers in zoological sciences at the Animal Kingdom.  Led by Abby, an educator with expertise in the field, began by telling students about the park and how each part focuses on conservation.  The tree of life is modeled after an oil rig.  We rode Kilimanjaro Safari and learned about the steps taken by Disney to function as a zoo and the many careers involved in the care of animals and development of their habitats. Student played games and participated in demonstrations before heading “off stage”. In this area no cameras are allowed. Students went to the Tembo house, where elephants receive care. We met ectotherm specialist Trevor and his snake, Siba.  Nutrition for the animals was discussed and preparation was observed. We even saw Disney veterinarians operate on an antelope!  Abby described the many careers that play a role in maintaining a zoo and shared her experiences with the students. Tomorrow we will head to the Magic Kingdom to learn about energy and waves, and development of special effects.

Day 2: Today’s lesson focused on energy and waves, and how both are used in the Magic Kingdom.  Our leader, Rusty, discussed types of waves and their properties.  Students created a human circuit to successfully power a light. We rode The Little Mermaid ride to demonstrate the manipulation of sound to enhance rides. Students rode the Haunted Mansion and then were taken underneath the ride! We saw how Disney uses mirrors and scrim to create the Pepper’s ghost illusion used throughout the ride. We were able to watch riders in “doom buggies” from the other side of the dancing figures in the haunted ballroom.  Forced perspective is used all over the park to trick the eye.  Our final stop was Mickey’s Philharmagic.  All of our lessons merged with this attraction that manipulates sound and light, in addition to using other sensory tricks to create a rich experience. For example, over 180 speakers are used in that attraction.  They range in size and direction to create a magical show.

Day 3: Today’s experience focused on the art of Disney.  We participated in two classes at the Contemporary Resort. Our first class taught the history and techniques of cel animation. Artists Gina and Lynn, who worked on “The Princess and the Frog” and “The Little Mermaid ” took students through the steps of creating their own cels. Our creations will be dried and shipped next week. Kevin, one of Disney’s professional photographers, led our second class. Students received a set of lenses to use with their phones. Kevin gave the students five tasks in and around the resort. He proceeded to demonstrate and discuss tips to take great pictures and had students use the tips to redo their tasks. We then compared the images before and after learning professional techniques.  Kevin was adamant that the type of camera is not what makes a great picture. The photographer’s choices are what can make a cell phone picture look professional.  After our classes we visited the Animal Kingdom. Tomorrow we return home.

Winterim–Leadership Disney

Clarksville Academy students in the Disney Global Leaders spent the first week of Winterim identifying their Strengths as Leaders and as Individuals and using these strengths to complete various challenges such as a Marshmallow Paper Bag Challenge and a Robotics Coding Challenge.

19 students  traveled to Disney World to learn even more about leadership as they take courses in Managing Your Personal Brand and the Disney Leadership Strategies. Students will spend the mornings learning the new curriculum and during their afternoons in the park, they will be asked to identify evidence that exemplifies these lessons.

Day 1: On Monday, the Disney Leadership students took a class entitled “Examining Your Personal Brand!” Students had the chance to self-reflect on how they present themselves through everything from dress to what they post on social media. They also set goals for the future! We then turned our perspective outward and evaluated branding and experience through the Disney Corporation in the Rock N Roller Coaster!! We spent the day exploring Magic Kingdom and capped our first day with phenomenal fireworks!

Day 2: On Tuesday, Disney Leadership students spent the day at Epcot! The morning seminar was entitled “Disney Global Leadership Strategies.” Throughout the morning students evaluated three types of a Leadership and how they are actualized in the Disney Corporation. We rode “Soarin’” and learned the history of how one imagineer took on the Leadership to create the physics behind the experience! We spent the afternoon exploring the countries at Epcot and sampling way too many tasty treats! In the evening, students opted to head back to the resort and spend some fun time relaxing at the pool!

Day 3: Today, Disney Leadership has the good fortune to return to Hollywood Studios and to have a second course, from our new favorite instructor, Dave! Through hands on activities and riding a couple more roller coasters, we learned about how rollers coasters manipulate gravity and speed to function!! What better example of both gravity and speed than The Tower of Terror!! We also learned about how the science and set design interact to tell a story!! We are now in Animal Kingdom ready for yet another phenomenal day!!

Disney Leadership Winterim: Day 4

On Thursday, there was no seminar, and it was Hollywood Studios Day!! Half of the students elected to wake in the pre-dawn, to check out of the hotel, and to race with a mass of other Star Wars fanatics for a place in an electronic cue to ride the new Rise of the Resistance!! We were successful!! It was spectacular!! Students rode the Rockin’ Roller Coaster and the Tower of Terror repeatedly until it was time to leave for the airport. We arrived in Nashville at midnight and Clarksville by 1 a.m.! We were exhausted but elated after a 22-hour day!!

Weekly News: January 13 – January 17, 2020

Second Grade

Second graders finished up last semester by learning about many important people from history. As a culminating activity for their Biography project, the second graders presented very eloquent monologues of their chosen person. Dressed in character, they told about the life and times of their person from history. The audience enjoyed monologues from Walt Disney, Dolly Parton, Davy Crockett, Harriet Tubman, Lucille Ball, Jacqueline Kennedy, Julia Child, Neil Armstrong, Joan of Arc, George Washington, Black Beard, Albert Einstein, Selena Quintanilla, Jerry Rice, Clara Barton, Jane Goodall, and Jenny Lind. They did such an AMAZING job on their presentations.

Winterim

We hope you are reading up on our Winterim experiences! We have students all over the globe! Some returned home over the weekend while others left. We also have write ups for all on our campus Winterims including Freshman Seminar and Cougar Connections (Intermediate School) You can follow along on their journeys by visiting: https://clarksvilleacademy.com/category/off-campus-with-ca/

REMINDER

Friday, January 17 is a half-day for teacher in-service. IS & US students will be dismissed at 11AM. LS will follow a staggered dismissal time of 10:40 PK, K and 1st; 10:50 2nd & 3rd and 11:00 FUSE.

CAPA

The CA Parent Association will host their first annual Cougar Consignment Sale on March 7 in the main gym. At this sale CAPA will accept donations of furniture, formals, maternity, and good/excellent condition clothing and shoes. We ask that no donation be over four years old. As you begin your winter purge, save these items for this wonderful sale! More details to come soon!

FCA

Due to Winterim, High School FCA will meet on January 22.
Intermediate FCA began the New Year on January 8.

We welcome and encourage everyone to join us in 2020!

CA Experience

We are excited to announce our new CA Experience program. 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/

**Class Information now posted! Registration will open soon!

Media Club

CA’s media club has posted new content to their site! We invite you to browse this wonderful student run site for exciting content from upper school students.  castudentlife.com

Athletics

Games this week:

6th Grade Basketball begins MTCS Tournament Play.

IS Basketball travels to Friendship Christian tonight and will play Davidson Academy at home Tuesday, 1/14. Games begin at 5.

US Basketball – The Varsity teams have a full week of play! On Tuesday, 1/14 they will travel to Friendship Christian, on Thursday they return to Procter Court to take on Davidson Academy and they end the week on Friday at Mt. Juliet Christian. Games begin at 6.

Wrestling will travel to Kenwood on Thursday.

Let’s wish all these teams good luck!!!

Giving

Annual Giving has kicked off! We hope your family will support this important campaign. Annual Giving is used to offset the overall budget for those things not covered by tuition alone and is also used for focus areas. 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.

Important Dates

Jan 6-17 Winterim for IS & US Students
Jan 17—HALF DAY
Jan 20 NO SCHOOL—MLK Day
Feb 7—NO SCHOOL LS
Feb 14-17 NO SCHOOL Winter Break

Winterim–Freshman Seminar

The Freshman Seminar Winterim is designed to allow them to explore a wider range of subjects and skills. This will be a chance for them to learn in a variety of settings and from a variety of professionals.  They will work in both large and small groups and have a chance to expand their leadership skills. Throughout the two weeks students will visit the Makerspace, Fine Arts, leadership, fitness, learn etiquette, ACT prep work and more.  Winterim encourages deeper faculty-student relationships and reminds us that learning is not restricted to a classroom.  Each day we will post short updates and photos on what our Freshman are experiencing.

In ACT Prep students have been playing Proof, a mental math game.  Using 9 numbers written on their card, students must create equations. If a successful equation is made, they get a point.

During fitness, students have travelled to Skyline Bowling and Rotary Park.  Both off campus experiences were a nice change of pace for the students. 

 

What is your soundtrack of 2020?  From the lyrics of a classic Kenny Chesney song I Go Back, “Everytime I hear that song, I go back. We all have a song that somehow stamped our lives, takes us to another place and time” 


This week Freshman have been thinking about their goals/resolutions for 2020. Students were asked to think of 3 short term goals to finish up freshman year and 3 long term goals to begin Sophomore year. Each student then created a 2020 Playlist of songs that will inspire, remind, and motivate them as they challenge themselves to meet and exceed their goals for the year!

Freshman learned about the brain, how to enhance their memory, and then challenged themselves in some games of the Match Game.

STEM Challenges in the Maynard Makerspace are always fun!

Winterim–Where is Your Next Meal Coming From?

The Winterim course “Where Is Your Next Meal Coming From” will explore where meals “come from” both literally and philosophically. 

 
Day 1:  We spent the day talking about our food experiences and examining ways that food “shapes us into who we are.”  Kenny York, founder of Manna Cafe, and Hope Boyd, volunteer coordinator at Manna Cafe, visited our class and spoke about the work their organization does to nourish the body and soul of people who don’t know “where their next meal is coming from.”  
 

Day 2:  Building on the theme of “where is your next meal coming from,” we explored food etiquette.  Certified etiquette consultant Pat Woods visited and spoke about the evolution of food etiquette and the importance of knowing food etiquette and displaying proper manners at the table.  We then prepared no-bake desserts and our table.  Ladies seated, napkins in lap, proper utensils in hand, we sat down for a mannerly meal together.    

 

Day 3:  On this beautiful January day, we traveled to Manna Cafe’s new building to help with food box distribution day, which occurs from 9:30-4:00 every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.  The day was bright and sunny, but the warehouse was cold!  We worked throughout the day either sorting donations or helping distribute a week’s worth of groceries to clients.  By the end of the day, more than 250 food boxes had been distributed to people in need.  

Day 4: Shanna Lively of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture visited our class today to discuss food safety.  She explained how state and federal laws and regulations safeguard “where our meals come from.”  For lunch, we walked to Johnny’s Big Burger to experience a local favorite since the 1960s.  After eating the “best hamburgers in town,” we went to the Smith-Trahern mansion for another food safety lesson — which led to an impromptu tour of the historic mansion.

Day 5: We spent the day with Joanne Askew, lower school science lab and STEM instructor, and Brandi Phillips’s 4th grade students.  We learned about the importance of the farmer and about growing the food we need whether we live on a farm or in a city.  Mrs. Askew shared her knowledge about farming and about creating a city garden in a downtown Clarksville neighborhood.  She instructed the students on planting vegetable seeds.  Upper school students and the 4th graders planted seeds together, and the 4th graders will continue to watch them grow.

Day 6-7: Heavy rains over the weekend kept us from taking a field trip to Mrs. Askew’s family farm, but CA Alum (and Mrs. Askew’s son) Walt Askew brought the farm to us.  He talked to us about his farm and business, Barker Beef, and enlightened us on how food, especially meat, gets from farm to table.  Mrs. Askew donated and cooked her locally raised beef, which we made into a chili lunch.  CA Director of Marketing and Development, Sally Allen, also visited today to provide her expertise on planning and throwing a tailgating event.

Day 7 : Tasked with throwing an epic tailgating experience to celebrate CA and to support the basketball teams’ games against Friendship Christian, we became full-fledged event planners.  We divided into teams and learned first-hand the intricacies of orchestrating a successful tailgating event.  The logistics team gathered the supplies and planned our overall vision; the decorating team planned the overall look of the event to highlight CA; the caterers coordinated the food and even made festive snacks; the entertainment team planned and set up games and music.  Mr. Christmas fired up his grill and grilled burgers and hot dogs as his Winterim group joined ours for food and fellowship.

Day 8: We volunteered at Manna Cafe again this week.  Last week, Manna Cafe distributed 999 food boxes (274 of which we helped distribute last Wednesday). We not only distributed food boxes again this week but also built USDA food boxes to be distributed to families this Friday.  Building the boxes required a great deal of organization, cooperation, and persistence, so we put our event planning skills to good use and built three pallets of boxes (that’s 108 of boxes of canned goods) in less than two hours.

Day 9: We walked Downtown today.  Teams navigated around Public Square, Strawberry Alley, Franklin Street, and the Downtown Commons on a scavenger hunt to learn about the various places to grab a meal as well as historical points of interest.  After completing their missions, students went to the Blackhorse, one of Downtown’s most popular restaurants, for lunch.
Day 10: We ended this Winterim exploring “where your next meal is coming from” on a college campus.  Despite the freezing temperatures, we took a tour of APSU’s campus and their dining hall.  Corey Choate, Director of Dining at APSU, greeted us, talked to us meal plans for students living on campus, and invited us to eat lunch — all you can eat lunch.  Lunch at “The Caf” was outstanding.
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