Fall Festival

The Annual Fall Festival is right around the corner on October 28!  It will take place from 10AM-3PM on CA’s main campus.  The day is filled with a Fun Run, vendor booths, a silent auction, carnival games and more.  This year we will again have our Scarecrow & Pumpkin decorating contests.  We invite everyone to participate.

Please contact your child’s teacher for more information on your class basket and game.  Each lower school classroom & intermediate/upper school grade has a basket and game at the festival.

 

Fun Run

The annual Fun Run takes place at 9AM on the day of the festival.

Sponsorship form:
https://clarksvilleacademy.com/tcg/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CA-Fun-Run-2017-Sponsorships.pdf

Race Form:
https://clarksvilleacademy.com/tcg/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CA-Fun-Run-2017-Entry-Form.pdf

Scarecrow/Pumpkin Contest—The Annual Scarecrow decorating and Pumpkin decorating contests are back!  We invite everyone to join in the fun and decorate either or both!

More information can be found:
https://clarksvilleacademy.com/ca-events/fall-festival-2017/

 

Fine Arts Night

You are invited to a night filled with the Arts!  Join us at the Roxy Regional Theatre for an exciting night of performances.  On Sunday, October 22 from 5:00-6:30 pm students from the Lower, Intermediate & Upper School Choirs will perform, poetry will be recited by Intermediate Drama students and art will be on display from our Intermediate & Upper School art students.  This is a can’t miss event.

 

CAA

Clarksville Academy Association (CAA) is the parent volunteer association of Clarksville Academy. There are many opportunities throughout the school year for parents, guardians, and grandparents to get involved by volunteering your time and/or contributions. We certainly hope you will join us in making CA an even greater place for our children, faculty and staff!  Please contact Beth Mabry on how to get involved. bethfmabry@gmail.com

 

Teacher Treats

Each grade level will have the opportunity one time during the school year to provide Teacher Treats. You may contribute snacks, treats, drinks or a monetary donation to help purchase treats. Please watch for your grade’s week and contact your representative.

Upcoming Teacher Treat weeks: 

• 11th grade   Oct. 16    Beth Mabry   bethfmabry@gmail.com or 931-216-3088
• 6th grade    Nov. 2     Christina Clark   cclarkdesigns@gmail.com or 931-237-4211
•  2nd grade   Dec. 7     Doug Skaggs   adds06@verizon.net  or 757-268-5172

 

Retake Day

Photo retakes will be held on November 6.

 

Golly G’s

Golly Gs is offering a 10% discount to students who come after Friday night football games. If you tell them “Go Cougars!,” you will get 10% off. After each Friday night, the school with the most tallies will receive 10% off the next Tuesday. At the end of the season, the school with the most participation will have a limited edition ice cream named after their mascot.

  

Box Top Contest

The CAA invites everyone to participate in our Box Tops Contest this year! When you turn in your Box Tops please label the baggie with your student’s name, grade and teacher (Lower School). A tally will be kept of all box top returns and a Pizza party will be awarded to the class with the most labels returned!

 

FCA

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes would like to invite everyone to be a part of FCA this year! High School will meet in room #118 Coach Trent’s Room, Intermediate School will meet in Mrs. Drake’s room. Please make plans to attend Wednesdays at 7:15am, everyone is welcome!

 

Photos

Throughout the year if you take photos at various school events and would like to submit them for possible use in the yearbook or for marketing purposes, please send them to photos@clarksvilleacademy.com.

 

 Important Dates

Oct 20—Lower School Parent Conferences—No School

Oct 27-Nov 3—Book Fair

Oct 28—Fall Festival

Nov 6—Photo Retake Day

 

Box Tops

This is a reminder that CA collects Box Tops through our CAA.  The money raised from this project funds various school improvement projects.  Last year we raised over $3000 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, follow us on Twitter—CACougarsTN, and on our new Sports Information Twitter—CACougarsSports.

Honors Biology

Honors anatomy students began the skeletal system this week.  We are exposing bones to three substances and recording changes in mass and composition over the next week.  The purpose is to model osteoporosis and apply the data to a case study.

 

Math

Mrs. Hardison spoke at the Tennessee Mathematics Teachers Association Annual Conference this past weekend at UT Martin. She presented her research on “How Frequent Quizzes Effect Students”. Her findings were that frequent quizzes were a good predictor on how well a student would do on a unit assessment.  This presentation was given to area TN Math teachers.

 

Fall Festival

The Annual Fall Festival is right around the corner on October 28!  It will take place from 10AM-3PM on CA’s main campus.  The day is filled with a Fun Run, vendor booths, a silent auction, carnival games and more.  This year we will again have our Scarecrow & Pumpkin decorating contests.  We invite everyone to participate.  More information on these 2 events will be sent soon.

 

Retake Day

Photo retakes will be held on November 6.

 

Golly G’s

Golly Gs is offering a 10% discount to students who come after Friday night football games. If you tell them “Go Cougars!,” you will get 10% off. After each Friday night, the school with the most tallies will receive 10% off the next Tuesday. At the end of the season, the school with the most participation will have a limited edition ice cream named after their mascot.

 

Box Top Contest

The CAA invites everyone to participate in our Box Tops Contest this year! When you turn in your Box Tops please label the baggie with your student’s name, grade and teacher (Lower School). A tally will be kept of all box top returns and a Pizza party will be awarded to the class with the most labels returned!

 

FCA

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes would like to invite everyone to be a part of FCA this year! High School will meet in room #118 Coach Trent’s Room, Intermediate School will meet in Mrs. Drake’s room. Please make plans to attend Wednesdays at 7:15am, everyone is welcome!

Spanish Enrichment

During Spanish Class the 6^th & 7^th grade students did a “breakout” of the classroom, where they had to earn “keys” to complete tasks relating to our unit on weather/ the calendar.  This interactive activity was a lot of fun for the students.

 

Robotics Club

In Robotics Club, we have progressed from building mission stations with Lego pieces to programming our robots to complete missions. We use engineering techniques to build our robots, and coding to program the robots. In the process, we learn to work with one another, using one another’s strengths to achieve success.

Fall Festival

The Annual Fall Festival is right around the corner on October 28!  It will take place from 10AM-3PM on CA’s main campus.  The day is filled with a Fun Run, vendor booths, a silent auction, carnival games and more.  This year we will again have our Scarecrow & Pumpkin decorating contests.  We invite everyone to participate.  More information on these 2 events will be sent soon.

 

Retake Day

Photo retakes will be held on November 6.

 

Box Top Contest

The CAA invites everyone to participate in our Box Tops Contest this year! When you turn in your Box Tops please label the baggie with your student’s name, grade and teacher (Lower School). A tally will be kept of all box top returns and a Pizza party will be awarded to the class with the most labels returned!

 

Golly G’s

Golly Gs is offering a 10% discount to students who come after Friday night football games. If you tell them “Go Cougars!,” you will get 10% off. After each Friday night, the school with the most tallies will receive 10% off the next Tuesday. At the end of the season, the school with the most participation will have a limited edition ice cream named after their mascot.

 

FCA

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes would like to invite everyone to be a part of FCA this year! High School will meet in room #118 Coach Trent’s Room, Intermediate School will meet in Mrs. Drake’s room. Please make plans to attend Wednesdays at 7:15am, everyone is welcome!

2^nd Grade

Mrs. Phillips’ class has a first year CA student from Denmark. We wrote Pen Pal letters to her classmates back in Denmark. The teacher in Denmark will be able to translate the letters to the students. We are hoping we will receive letters back from her classmates!

 

 

Art

There is a Landscape exhibit up in the main building, on the walls leading to the library. We have some desert landscapes created by second graders, ‘stamped’ landscapes by the fourth graders and Asian landscapes by the fifth graders. Come see all the wonderful projects being created!

Science

First graders concluded their unit on Plants are Living Things.  We reviewed stems and leaves.  We reviewed our science vocabulary: observe, classify, infer, predict, investigate, graph and record.  We classified seeds in multiple ways- size, color, and shape.

 

Second graders investigate how far things move.  We discussed Force and Motion.  We determined what slows motion down-Friction. We incorporated STEM elements and measured relative distances, engineering our test runs to compare shapes of objects.  We recorded our data to infer distances of comparable objects.

 

 

Third graders reviewed plant life and when it begins.  We dissected Lima bean seeds to observe germination and seed embryos.  We identified seed coats, roots, and leaves.  We reviewed life cycles of plants and noted difference between stages.

 

Spanish

In Spanish Enrichment, 1^st grade students worked on learning their numbers in Spanish.  When a number was called they formed it out of play-doh.

 

FUSE

4th grade FUSE students created 3D cell models for Science class. Students demonstrated their understanding of plant and animal cell parts, as well as their creativity with their finished projects!

 

3^rd grade

Third graders demonstrated their knowledge of plants by creating and presenting plant (parts of a plant) diagrams.  Students also worked in teams to make flowering and conifer plant life cycle displays.

 

In Science, 5th grade FUSE students were treated to a visit by Austin Peay professor, Dr. Chad Brooks. Dr. Brooks spoke to 5th graders about the types of cells and how they work. Students enjoyed the hands-on demonstrations he brought with him as well!

 

2^nd Grade

On Thursday, September 28th, the second graders had a very special visit from author/illustrator, Christie Ray. She introduced the students to her most famous character, Eliza, and she also brought along some new characters that are featured in her new books. She shared how she writes and illustrates each story. What an inspiring visit!

 

Fall Festival

The Annual Fall Festival is right around the corner on October 28!  It will take place from 10AM-3PM on CA’s main campus.  The day is filled with a Fun Run, vendor booths, a silent auction, carnival games and more.  This year we will again have our Scarecrow & Pumpkin decorating contests.  We invite everyone to participate.  More information on these 2 events will be sent soon.

 

Retake Day

Photo retakes will be held on November 6.

 

Golly G’s

Golly Gs is offering a 10% discount to students who come after Friday night football games. If you tell them “Go Cougars!,” you will get 10% off. After each Friday night, the school with the most tallies will receive 10% off the next Tuesday. At the end of the season, the school with the most participation will have a limited edition ice cream named after their mascot.

 

Box Top Contest

The CAA invites everyone to participate in our Box Tops Contest this year! When you turn in your Box Tops please label the baggie with your student’s name, grade and teacher (Lower School). A tally will be kept of all box top returns and a Pizza party will be awarded to the class with the most labels returned!

See You at the Pole

Thank you to everyone who came out to FCA’s See You at the Pole event last Wednesday.

 

Fall Festival

The Annual Fall Festival is right around the corner on October 28!  It will take place from 10AM-3PM on CA’s main campus.  The day is filled with a Fun Run, vendor booths, a silent auction, carnival games and more.  This year we will again have our Scarecrow & Pumpkin decorating contests.  We invite everyone to participate.  More information on these 2 events will be sent soon.

 

Retake Day

Photo retakes will be held on November 6.

 

Golly G’s

Golly Gs is offering a 10% discount to students who come after Friday night football games. If you tell them “Go Cougars!,” you will get 10% off. After each Friday night, the school with the most tallies will receive 10% off the next Tuesday. At the end of the season, the school with the most participation will have a limited edition ice cream named after their mascot.

 

Box Top Contest

The CAA invites everyone to participate in our Box Tops Contest this year! When you turn in your Box Tops please label the baggie with your student’s name, grade and teacher (Lower School). A tally will be kept of all box top returns and a Pizza party will be awarded to the class with the most labels returned!

 

FCA

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes would like to invite everyone to be a part of FCA this year! High School will meet in room #118 Coach Trent’s Room, Intermediate School will meet in Mrs. Drake’s room. Please make plans to attend Wednesdays at 7:15am, everyone is welcome!

 

Photos

Throughout the year if you take photos at various school events and would like to submit them for possible use in the yearbook or for marketing purposes, please send them to photos@clarksvilleacademy.com.

 

Important Dates

Oct 9-13—Fall Break—NO School

Oct 28—Fall Festival

Nov 6—Photo Retake Day

 

Box Tops

This is a reminder that CA collects Box Tops through our CAA.  The money raised from this project funds various school improvement projects.  Last year we raised over $3000 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, follow us on Twitter—CACougarsTN, and on our new Sports Information Twitter—CACougarsSports.

Honors Biology

Students in honors anatomy wrapped up the integumentary system by testing the SPF of different products using UV lights.  Students drew a line with yellow highlighter on black paper.  Using blank microscope slides to represent skin, students put a coat of sunscreens of different SPF values on each slide, in addition to plain hand lotion and shampoo.  The brightness of the yellow line as seen through the slide when the UV light is on corresponds to the SPF value.  Honors biology students are working on taxonomy.  Small groups of students were assigned taxa to research.  Students then compiled the data on 22 total groups and are applying this information in a cumulative project.  Given a list of scientific names, students are discovering the common name and matching the organism to one of the researched taxa. Students will then create a dichotomous key for all 22 groups.

Dual Anatomy

Dual enrollment anatomy and physiology assembled a disarticulated skeleton and examined real human bones in lab at APSU this week. 

FCA

Good morning! Wednesday is See You At The Pole. This event is open to all students, faculty, and parents. We will meet at the Flag Pole in the front of the school starting at 7:15 a.m., for a time of fellowship and prayer. An alternate site will be available if weather becomes a factor.

  

Retake Day

Photo retakes will be held on November 6.

 

Golly G’s

Golly Gs is offering a 10% discount to students who come after Friday night football games. If you tell them “Go Cougars!,” you will get 10% off. After each Friday night, the school with the most tallies will receive 10% off the next Tuesday. At the end of the season, the school with the most participation will have a limited edition ice cream named after their mascot.

  

Box Top Contest

The CAA invites everyone to participate in our Box Tops Contest this year! When you turn in your Box Tops please label the baggie with your student’s name, grade and teacher (Lower School). A tally will be kept of all box top returns and a Pizza party will be awarded to the class with the most labels returned!

 

FCA

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes would like to invite everyone to be a part of FCA this year! High School will meet in room #118 Coach Trent’s Room, Intermediate School will meet in Mrs. Drake’s room. Please make plans to attend Wednesdays at 7:15am, everyone is welcome!

Latin 1

Latin 1 just finished an art project to connect Ancient Rome to modern times, or to take a historical event and make it creative and fun.

FCA

Good morning! Wednesday is See You At The Pole. This event is open to all students, faculty, and parents. We will meet at the Flag Pole in the front of the school starting at 7:15 a.m., for a time of fellowship and prayer. An alternate site will be available if weather becomes a factor.

 

Retake Day

Photo retakes will be held on November 6.

 

Box Top Contest

The CAA invites everyone to participate in our Box Tops Contest this year! When you turn in your Box Tops please label the baggie with your student’s name, grade and teacher (Lower School). A tally will be kept of all box top returns and a Pizza party will be awarded to the class with the most labels returned!

  

Golly G’s

Golly Gs is offering a 10% discount to students who come after Friday night football games. If you tell them “Go Cougars!,” you will get 10% off. After each Friday night, the school with the most tallies will receive 10% off the next Tuesday. At the end of the season, the school with the most participation will have a limited edition ice cream named after their mascot.

  

FCA

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes would like to invite everyone to be a part of FCA this year! High School will meet in room #118 Coach Trent’s Room, Intermediate School will meet in Mrs. Drake’s room. Please make plans to attend Wednesdays at 7:15am, everyone is welcome!

Kindergarten

Kindergarten enjoyed M&M math today. We sorted, graphed, and determined the greatest number and fewest number of M&M candies. Of course we enjoyed eating a few afterwards.

FUSE Math

4th graders in the FUSE program recently enjoyed a presentation from local businesswoman, Casey Jenkins, whose family owns Jenkins and Wynne Ford Lincoln Honda dealership in Clarksville, TN.  Casey shared with students how she uses math in her day-to-day activities in the vehicle business.  She specifically focused on the use of large numbers through the millions place values and the real-world use of ordering, comparing, rounding, estimation, adding, and subtracting of large numbers.  Casey’s presentation coincided with the topics 4th graders have been studying in math in relation to place value through the millions and to kick off the “If I Had a Million Dollars” project.  For this project, students will spend a pretend $1,000,000 on various big ticket items including new vehicles.

Writing

5th grade FUSE Writing students used a scrambled paragraph strategy to practice identifying and organizing structured writing.

 

Social Studies

4th grade FUSE students worked on research projects about their favorite group of Natives from Mesoamerica. Students worked to identify and share their location, clothing, shelter, food, and other interesting facts.

5^th Grade

Clarksville Academy’s 5th graders in the FUSE program were excited recently to present a check for $535 to Pam McCaslin, sister of Dawn Stanfill, to be donated to The Dawn Stanfill Foundation.  The Dawn Stanfill Foundation is a foundation that honors the memory of local teacher, Dawn Stanfill, who passed away from breast cancer.  In her memory and for her love of children, the foundation provides financial and emotional support to local area families and children dealing with childhood cancer.  September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, and the support color for childhood cancer is yellow gold, the 5th grade Color Wars color, which inspired the 5th graders to choose childhood cancer awareness as their community service portion of the Homecoming Door Wars competition.

1^ST Grade

First Grade students sequenced events in a story by telling what they did on their summer vacation.

Science Lab News

1^st grade

First graders reviewed the parts of plants – roots stems and leaves.  We had cornstalks to identify stems and leaves.  We also used the sense of smell to observes a variety of leaves: mint, rosemary, sage, and even chives.

 

2^nd grade

Second graders discussed how things move.  We investigated Force, Motion and Friction by Bowling!  We observed how much force it takes to knock our pins down, and how friction changes the results.

 

3^rd Grade

Third grade observed Ornamental corn and discussed heredity and how characteristics are transmitted to offspring.  We also conducted and experiment to note the flow of water through a variety of stems.  We looked at how celery stalks (stems) transport colored water changing leaves to blue and red.

Retake Day

Photo retakes will be held on November 6.

 

Golly G’s

Golly Gs is offering a 10% discount to students who come after Friday night football games. If you tell them “Go Cougars!,” you will get 10% off. After each Friday night, the school with the most tallies will receive 10% off the next Tuesday. At the end of the season, the school with the most participation will have a limited edition ice cream named after their mascot.

 

Box Top Contest

The CAA invites everyone to participate in our Box Tops Contest this year! When you turn in your Box Tops please label the baggie with your student’s name, grade and teacher (Lower School). A tally will be kept of all box top returns and a Pizza party will be awarded to the class with the most labels returned!

Annual Cougar Classic

The Cougar Classic golf tournament was held on September 16th.  We had 21 teams play at the beautiful Clarksville Country Club.  Of the 84 players, 21 of them were CA Alumni!  Over $14,000 was raised for the Athletic fund!  A big thank you to everyone who played, sponsored the tournament, donated a door prize or helped with the planning of the event.

 

Retake Day

Photo retakes will be held on November 6.

 

FCA

Wednesday is See You At The Pole. This event is open to all students, faculty, and parents. We will meet at the Flag Pole in the front of the school starting at 7:15 a.m., for a time of fellowship and prayer. An alternate site will be available if weather becomes a factor.

 

Golly G’s

Golly Gs is offering a 10% discount to students who come after Friday night football games. If you tell them “Go Cougars!,” you will get 10% off. After each Friday night, the school with the most tallies will receive 10% off the next Tuesday. At the end of the season, the school with the most participation will have a limited edition ice cream named after their mascot.

  

Box Top Contest

The CAA invites everyone to participate in our Box Tops Contest this year! When you turn in your Box Tops please label the baggie with your student’s name, grade and teacher (Lower School). A tally will be kept of all box top returns and a Pizza party will be awarded to the class with the most labels returned!

 

FCA

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes would like to invite everyone to be a part of FCA this year! High School will meet in room #118 Coach Trent’s Room, Intermediate School will meet in Mrs. Drake’s room. Please make plans to attend Wednesdays at 7:15am, everyone is welcome!

 

Photos

Throughout the year if you take photos at various school events and would like to submit them for possible use in the yearbook or for marketing purposes, please send them to photos@clarksvilleacademy.com.

 

Important Dates

Oct 6-13—Fall Break—NO School

Oct 28—Fall Festival

Nov 6—Photo Retake Day

 

Box Tops

This is a reminder that CA collects Box Tops through our CAA.  The money raised from this project funds various school improvement projects.  Last year we raised over $3000 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, follow us on Twitter—CACougarsTN, and on our new Sports Information Twitter—CACougarsSports.