Lower School News: January 11 – January 15, 2016

Lower Music Class

Lower school music classes are learning about different instruments and how to compose and arrange music in a variety of ways. These experiences lead the students to improvise melodies, variations and accompaniments. Fun, fun, fun!!

FUSE

4th grade FUSE Social Studies students visited Córdoba, Spain and the Catedral de Sevilla in Seville, Spain, as they studied about Hernan Cortes’s conquest of the Aztec Empire. Cortes used these places in Spain to help the king envision the size of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan in which he was trying to conquer.

After School Enrichment Program

CA is proud to announce our After School Enrichment Program. Throughout the year we will continue to add a variety of activities to the schedule. These may include (but are not limited to) courses in fitness, cursive writing, music lessons, art, and more. Be sure to bookmark this site and check it often!

Click here for more on After School Enrichment >>

Check the site often as updates happen weekly.

Photos

Many of you take photos at various events and activities around school. We encourage you to share these with our Marketing/PR office as well as our yearbook staff by using the email photos@clarksvilleacademy.com. This email is designated for students and parents to send pictures taken throughout the school year. We encourage you to caption your photo or to write a sentence or two with the event name, students pictured in the photo and the date it was taken. We do not guarantee that every photo will be used, but we look forward to seeing your pictures.

Social Media

Please like us on Facebook—Clarksville Academy; and follow us on Twitter—CACougarsTN.

Box Tops & Campbell’s Labels

This is a reminder that CA collects Campbell’s labels and Box Tops through our CAA. The money raised from this project funds various school improvement projects. Last year we raised over $2000 through the Box Tops program alone! Please turn yours into your child’s teacher or Ms. Turnage in the front office.

Intermediate School News: January 11 – January 15, 2016

Science Class

7th grade students constructed models of DNA in science class this week as they learned all the components that make up DNA.

After School Enrichment Program

Click here for more on After School Enrichment >>

Check the site often as updates happen weekly.

FCA

FCA will meet each Wednesday at 7:15 in Coach Trent’s room, 402 of the new building. Everyone is invited.

Box Tops & Campbell’s Labels

Social Media

Please like us on Facebook—Clarksville Academy; and follow us on Twitter—CACougarsTN.

CA Sports

Our new sports site www.gocacougars.com has everything you need to make your plans to support our Cougar athletes. Check it for sports schedules, rosters, and game updates

Upper School News: January 11 – January 15, 2016

Chemistry

Honors Chemistry classes performed a Molar Ratio Lab this week. Student mixed a solution with solid Iron to produce solid Copper. Students then collected the Copper and compared the results to the expected results that they learned how to calculate. Next week we will research the value of the collected Copper.

FCA

Happy New Year! Upper School FCA would like to thank everyone who participated in our dress down day and thank lower school for decorating the Christmas cards.

This year we were able to reach all of our Christmas goals which included: 367 beautifully decorated Christmas cards along with 300 pounds of fruit to four

Clarksville nursing homes, two Angel Tree families, The Smile Train-surgery for a child, Gospel for Asia-chickens, rabbits, a bio-sand water filter, gospel tracks, and fishing net, Salvation Army- food, clothes and personal items, Donations to: St Jude, Missionaries-Jeff and Mary Beth Meyer, and Manna Café.

Photos

Box Tops & Campbell’s Labels

iPad/iPhone App

We encourage you to download our mobile app from the App Store. We are currently only available on Apple products. This app will provide wonderful updates about what is going on at our school.

Social Media

Please like us on Facebook—Clarksville Academy; and follow us on Twitter—CACougarsTN.

All School News: January 11 – January 15, 2016

Cougar Store Sale

Monday through Wednesday the Cougar Store will run a 25% off sale! Everything in the store is 25%! We have lots of new arrivals so don’t miss out!

After School Enrichment Program

We have new after school enrichment programs! Sign up today!

Click here for more on After School Enrichment >>

Check the site often as updates happen weekly.

Thank you…

On the evening of Friday, December 18, members of the Procter family, friends, and Cougar fans joined together for a spaghetti dinner, a night of basketball, and remembrance of a Clarksville Academy elite athlete from 1974, Mr. Greg Procter. CA’s annual 44’s Night at Procter Court raised over $6,500 to add to the existing total to the Greg Procter Endowment, giving this endowment a total of $21,000. This event was a huge success and truly special to the Procter family and Clarksville Academy. We thank everyone who joined us on the 18th and everyone who contributed to this endowment. The Greg Procter Endowment will assist many students in their educational journey and we look forward to 44’s Night at Procter Court each year. If you would like to make a contribution to the Greg Procter Endowment, please visit Marketplace at www.clarksvilleacademy.com.

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iCougar App

We encourage everyone with an apple device to download the iCougar app today. This is a great way to stay updated with all the latest in school closings, emergency notifications, etc. If you already have the app, please make sure to go to the app store and update it! A new update was released in January. We are currently investigating the Android market and hope to have it available there soon.

Attendance

Please contact Kristi Truitt at ktruitt@clarksvilleacademy.com when your child is going to be out of school. This helps us to keep our attendance records up to date. If you know your child will be late due to an appointment please let us know that as well. Thank you.

Cougar Bucks

Cougar Bucks may be added to your Cougar Card any time day or night! We encourage everyone to take advantage of this easy way to pay for lunch, break, or even the Cougar Store! Payments can be made through our online Marketplace at the below link or by visiting Mrs. Kristi Truitt in the Cougar Café.

CA Marketplace

To better service our families a new online Marketplace has been developed. You may visit the marketplace at http://marketplace.clarksvilleacademy.com/all-products/. You can pay fees, tuition, Cougar Bucks and more all in one place!

FCA

Please join Intermediate School Fellowship of Christian Athletes each Wednesday morning in Coach Trent’s room 402 (the new building) at 7:15 a.m. Everyone is welcome!

Please join the Upper School Fellowship of Christian Athletes each Wednesday morning at 7:15. We invite everyone to attend!

Important Dates

January 15 – Half Day All Students

January 18 – MLK Holiday—No School

February 11-15 – Winter Break—No School

February 17 – 100% in 100 Days Campaign Ends

March 25-April 5 – Spring Break—No School

April 16 – Steak Dinner

April 30 – Prom

May 27 – Graduation

News from the Cougar Café

Please remember to Pre-Order Lunch each week. This is very important even when you are on the annual or bi-annual lunch plan. Clarksville Academy now offers a Cougar Bucks Account option to better assist children with their lunch needs! This convenient option gives families the opportunity to deposit money into an account and this money can be withdrawn for miscellaneous items that are available at the express window or the hot lunch window. Payments can now be made via the new online marketplace!

Pre Order lunch using this link:

https://docs.google.com/a/clarksvilleacademy.com/forms/d/1wE7g5P_jJcaWjzahScKxhh5x7xD7Dy1yFhRCACdP8FA/viewform

If you have any questions please contact Kristi Truitt at lunch@clarksvilleacademy.com. Thank you!!

Box Tops & Campbell’s Labels

Social Media

Please like us on Facebook—Clarksville Academy; and follow us on Twitter—CACougarsTN.

B-cycle is coming to Clarksville

Clarksville, TN…Thanks to a group of Clarksville Academy students, a grant from the Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Health Foundation and a partnership with the city of Clarksville, a bicycle share program will soon come to Liberty and McGregor parks.

The group, comprised of about eight Clarksville Academy students each year, began the project by researching a number of companies over the course of a year. They ultimately chose B-cycle, and then wrote a grant proposal. After receiving a grant from the Community Health Foundation, students then began work with the city to identify locations for the bike stations. Once the program is in place, they’ll continue to monitor how often the bikes are used and study how they are making a difference.

Each station, both located along the Cumberland River, will hold 10 bikes. Bicycles rented from one station can be returned to the other station. Clarksville B-cycle riders must purchase an access pass for $3 that allows riders access to the bike for 24 hours. The first hour is free but then riders must pay $1 for each additional 30 minutes that a bike is out. Individuals can purchase daily passes or memberships, including weekly, monthly, and one-year options.

A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 15 at Liberty Park.

Information courtesy of Clarksville Parks & Recreation Department

About the Clarksville Parks & Recreation Department
The mission of the Clarksville Parks & Recreation Department is to provide a variety of positive recreational experiences to enhance life values for individuals, families, and our diverse culture. To learn more, visit www.cityofclarksville.com, like us on Facebook, or call (931) 645-7476.

Lower School News: December 14 – December 18, 2015

Jingle Bell Parade

The Annual Lower School Christmas Program will be held on Friday, December 18 at 8:30 AM. We invite all parents, grandparents, families and friends to attend.

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Jingle Bell Food Drive

Thank you to our lower school parents and families who particpated in the Jingle Bell Food Drive for the Loaves & Fishes. As you can see we had an abundance of items donated and they could not have been happier!

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Kindergarten

This year the Kindergarten Classes are having fun learning to play hand bells. The Kristal Bell Method has allowed the students to play music chords using a color coded system. What an amazing way to instill the love of music in our students!
You can see the confidence grow as they learn to watch for their color and when to start and stop. Their hard work has paid off and they will be performing in the Lower School Christmas Production an arrangement of Jingle Bells.

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Third Grade

Third graders have been studying food chains, food webs, ecosystems and plant/animal relationships. Students worked in cooperative groups in a game of survival. Students/teams were assigned a predator and had to work in teams to find specific prey (with a certain amount in mind to survive). They had to be stealthy, hunt and capture their prey. After capturing their prey, teams recorded all of their prey, location of prey and how many of each animal was captured. Students collaborated and recorded their findings on a predator data collection log.
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After School Enrichment Addition

Group piano lessons will begin in January. Visit our After School Enrichment page for more information!

https://clarksvilleacademy.com/news-events/after-school-enrichment-program/

After School Enrichment Program

CA is proud to announce our After School Enrichment Program. Throughout the year we will continue to add a variety of activities to the schedule. These may include (but are not limited to) courses in fitness, cursive writing, music lessions, art, and more. Be sure to bookmark this site and check it often!

https://clarksvilleacademy.com/news-events/after-school-enrichment-program/

Check the site often as updates happen weekly.

Photos

Many of you take photos at various events and activities around school. We encourage you to share these with our Marketing/PR office as well as our yearbook staff by using the email photos@clarksvilleacademy.com. This email is designed for students and parents to send pictures taken throughout the school year. We encourage you to caption your photo or to write a sentence or two with the event name, students pictured in the photo and the date it was taken. We do not guarantee that every photo will be used, but we look forward to seeing your pictures.

iPad/iPhone App

We encourage you to download our mobile app from the App Store. We are currently only available on Apple products. This app will provide wonderful updates about what is going on at our school.

Social Media

Please like us on Facebook—Clarksville Academy; and follow us on Twitter—CACougarsTN.

Box Tops & Campbell’s Labels

Intermediate School News: December 14 – December 18, 2015

Exams

Final Exams will be held on December 15, 16, 17. A full exam schedule can be found online, with further instructions. However, we have listed the dates and times below for your convenience.

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After School Enrichment Program

CA is proud to announce our After School Enrichment Program. Throughout the year we will continue to add a variety of activities to the schedule. These may include (but are not limited to) courses in fitness, cursive writing, music lessions, art, and more. Be sure to bookmark this site and check it often!

https://clarksvilleacademy.com/news-events/after-school-enrichment-program/

Check the site often as updates happen weekly.

FCA

FCA will meet each Wednesday at 7:15 in Coach Trent’s room, 402 of the new building. Everyone is invited.

Box Tops & Campbell’s Labels

iPad/iPhone App

We encourage you to download our mobile app from the App Store. We are currently only available on Apple products. This app will provide wonderful updates about what is going on at our school.

Social Media

Please like us on Facebook—Clarksville Academy; and follow us on Twitter—CACougarsTN.

CA Sports

Our new sports site www.gocacougars.com has everything you need to make your plans to support our Cougar athletes. Check it for sports schedules, rosters, and game updates

Upper School News: December 14 – December 18, 2015

Athletics Give Back

Basketball – On Saturday, December 12th, 2015, members of the Clarksville Academy High School Boys Basketball team helped serve 33, four and five year olds, and their families, breakfast. The event was sponsored by the Bridge Church, and was held at Waterstreet Event Center. The four and five year olds are part of the Head Start program on Caldwell Ln. in Clarksville. Each Head Start student received a present from Santa, and a new winter coat, donated by the Bridge Church.

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Football – Our varsity football players brought in $470 for children needing a Christmas present through the Angel Tree Program. They had a great time shopping for each child and truly enjoyed it. It was a pleasure watching our team organize this event and they were eager to help and assist others.
Thanks guys for giving back!! Big thanks to Katherine Watson and Coach Watson for bringing the Angel Tree information for our team!!

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Exams

Final Exams will be held on December 15, 16, 17. A full exam schedule can be found online, with further instructions. However, we have listed the dates and times below for your convenience.
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Lost & Found

The Lost and Found will be donated to a local organization on Wednesday, December 2. Please feel free to come and look through the bin located in the gym. We have asked all students to look this. Thank you.

Photos

Many of you take photos at various events and activities around school. We encourage you to share these with our Marketing/PR office as well as our yearbook staff by using the email photos@clarksvilleacademy.com. This email is designed for students and parents to send pictures taken throughout the school year. We encourage you to caption your photo or to write a sentence or two with the event name, students pictured in the photo and the date it was taken. We do not guarantee that every photo will be used, but we look forward to seeing your pictures.

Box Tops & Campbell’s Labels

iPad/iPhone App

We encourage you to download our mobile app from the App Store. We are currently only available on Apple products. This app will provide wonderful updates about what is going on at our school.

Social Media

Please like us on Facebook—Clarksville Academy; and follow us on Twitter—CACougarsTN.

All School News: December 14 – December 18, 2015

Procter Night

Please join us Friday, December 18, to honor the memory of 1974 elite Clarksville Academy basketball player, Greg Procter, and to support the Greg Procter Endowment Fund. A spaghetti dinner will be held in the Auxiliary Gym from 4:30-7:30 PM during the CA varsity basketball games. Tickets are $4.40 per dinner. Donors who give at the Cougar Club level and above will receive 2 tickets at the door in appreciation for their contribution. To show your support today and to make your contribution, visit CA’s Marketplace at www.clarksvilleacademy.com.

Levels of support:
44 Club $4400 annually ($366.66 monthly)
Gold Club $1444 annually ($120.33 monthly)
Blue Club $440 annually ($36.66 monthly)
Cougar Club $44 annually

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Congratulations Dr. Drew

Dr. Kay D. Drew completed her dissertation for the Ed. Doctoral Program at Lipscomb University. After two and a half years and earning the highest degree in education, Dr. Drew plans to explore her findings deeper and continue building community relationships. Her research on veteran use of their educational benefits at private and public colleges and universities in Tennessee will be published and available by January 2016. Experiencing this rigorous program has been beneficial to her in her profession and leadership.

She will walk at commencement on Saturday, December 19, 2015.

Congratulations to Dr. Drew! We applaud you and this milestone in your life!

School Photo Retake Order

School photo retakes have arrived from Fidelity School Portraits. Please take time to review your student’s proof.
You may purchase your child’s photo by returning the order with payment to school by Tuesday, December 15.

Lower School students return envelope and payment to their classroom teacher. Upper School students return envelope and payment to Mrs. Turnage in the main foyer.

Athletics & Toy Soldier

Deployed soldiers and their families face a tough time during the holiday season. For those with small children, the burden can be even greater. Clarksville Academy is teaming up with Sykes Funeral Home to collect one large and one small toy for each child of these families in need. Toys should be delivered by December 18 and can be dropped off in the main lobby of our gym area. Thank you for your donation to Operation Toy Soldier. You can also visit operationtoysoldier.com for more information.

Exams

Final Exams will be held on December 15, 16, 17. A full exam schedule can be found online, with further instructions. However, we have listed the dates and times below for your convenience.

Tuesday, Dec 15 8:00-9:30 1st Period Exam
9:30-9:45 Break
9:45-11:15 2nd Period Exam

Wednesday, Dec 16 8:00-9:30 3rd Period Exam
9:30-9:45 Break
9:45-11:15 4th Period Exam

Thursday, Dec 17 8:00-9:30 5th Period Exam
9:30-9:45 Break
9:45-11:15 6th Period Exam

Photos

Many of you take photos at various events and activities around school. We encourage you to share these with our Marketing/PR office as well as our yearbook staff by using the email photos@clarksvilleacademy.com. This email is designed for students and parents to send pictures taken throughout the school year. We encourage you to caption your photo or to write a sentence or two with the event name, students pictured in the photo and the date it was taken. We do not guarantee that every photo will be used, but we look forward to seeing your pictures.

iCougar App

Attendance

Cougar Bucks

CA Marketplace

FCA

Please join Intermediate School Fellowship of Christian Athletes each Wednesday morning in Coach Trent’s room 402 (the new building) at 7:15 a.m. Everyone is welcome!

Please join the Upper School Fellowship of Christian Athletes each Wednesday morning at 7:15. We invite everyone to attend!

Important Dates

Dec 12 Tis The Season Fine Arts Production 5:30 Aux Gym
Dec 15-17 EXAMS 6th-12th grade
Dec 18 Lower School Holiday Program & Final Day
Dec19-Jan 5—No school

News from the Cougar Café

Please remember to Pre-Order Lunch each week. This is very important even when you are on the annual or bi-annual lunch plan. Clarksville Academy now offers a Cougar Bucks Account option to better assist children with their lunch needs! This convenient option gives families the opportunity to deposit money into an account and this money can be withdrawn for miscellaneous items that are available at the express window or the hot lunch window. Payments can now be made via the new online marketplace!

Pre Order lunch using this link:

https://docs.google.com/a/clarksvilleacademy.com/forms/d/1wE7g5P_jJcaWjzahScKxhh5x7xD7Dy1yFhRCACdP8FA/viewform

If you have any questions please contact Kristi Truitt at lunch@clarksvilleacademy.com. Thank you!!

Box Tops & Campbell’s Labels

Social Media

Please like us on Facebook—Clarksville Academy; and follow us on Twitter—CACougarsTN.

Lower School News: December 7 – December 11, 2015

FUSE

4th grade FUSE students participating in an International Communications group, read and respond to letters from their pen pals at Grafenwoehr Elementary School in Germany.

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FUSE students collected dry bags of cat food for local cat rescue, Cats-R-Us. The students were so excited to help local animals in need of homes! The cats sent them a special Christmas card as a thank you!

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3rd Grade

The third graders enjoyed a program about our police officers and their canine partners. Officer Will Evans, one of our own CA dads, captivated the students with his informative presentation.
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Science News

This week in Science Lab Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Smith’s classes observed their bread samples that were exposed to bacteria prior to Thanksgiving break. We observed different levels of decomposition. They filled in their conclusions on their lab data sheets, after we compared the samples to the “control sample” that was not exposed to bacteria.
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Choir News

Clarksville Academy Fine Arts presents Tis The Season, on December 12 at 5:30 in the Auxiliary Gym. The Concert, Cougar and Intermediate Choirs as well as the Drama Club will perform in the second annual Christmas concert. We invite everyone to join us at 5:30 for a pre-concert reception. The show will begin promptly at 6:00 p.m. This is a wonderful production that will set the tone for your holidays!

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After School Enrichment Addition

Group piano lessons will begin in January. Visit our After School Enrichment page for more information!

https://clarksvilleacademy.com/news-events/after-school-enrichment-program/

Literacy Day

Please view our Literacy Day information on all the All School News

After School Enrichment Program

CA is proud to announce our After School Enrichment Program. Throughout the year we will continue to add a variety of activities to the schedule. These may include (but are not limited to) courses in fitness, cursive writing, music lessions, art, and more. Be sure to bookmark this site and check it often!

https://clarksvilleacademy.com/news-events/after-school-enrichment-program/

Check the site often as updates happen weekly.

Photos

Many of you take photos at various events and activities around school. We encourage you to share these with our Marketing/PR office as well as our yearbook staff by using the email photos@clarksvilleacademy.com. This email is designed for students and parents to send pictures taken throughout the school year. We encourage you to caption your photo or to write a sentence or two with the event name, students pictured in the photo and the date it was taken. We do not guarantee that every photo will be used, but we look forward to seeing your pictures.

iPad/iPhone App

We encourage you to download our mobile app from the App Store. We are currently only available on Apple products. This app will provide wonderful updates about what is going on at our school.

Social Media

Please like us on Facebook—Clarksville Academy; and follow us on Twitter—CACougarsTN.