Reader’s Choice
The Reader’s Choice is back and we need you! Please vote for Clarksville Academy for Favorite Private School. Then head over to people and cast your vote for Kay Drew for Favorite Principal and check out the list of teachers where you will see a few CA names! Please vote daily through April 28!
http://readerschoiceclarksville.com/l/LeafChronicle-Readers-Choice-2015-/Ballot/Schools
Summer Camp
Summer Camp registration is LIVE online! We are so excited about the wonderful camps being offered this year and can’t wait for you to see them. Registration is NOW open, but spaces are limited. Payments must be made at the time of registration. Camps will run the months of June and July and offer something for each age group. Register today!
Steak Dinner
Thank you to everyone who helped to make Steak Dinner a huge success. This night could not have been possible without the parents and grandparents who came to help set-up, teardown, make costumes, and most of all for supporting our students. Our students from the performers, to the servers, to those who helped with the set, sound, and lights all made this night extremely special. A big thank you to Mrs. Hollis & Mrs. Thomas for all their hardwork creating the show, to Mr. Neitzke for creating an amazingly beautiful set, to Karen Dirksen and her staff for a wonderful meal, to Denise Walker & Amanda Pitt for all their work organizing the servers, to our dads on the grill team, to Mrs. Ray and Mrs. Isaacson for the wonderful job they did on costumes and finally to Beth Mabry and Christina Clark for organizing our parent volunteers. CA Goes Broadway was a huge hit!
Golf Tournament
The 20th Annual Cougar Classic will be held on April 25 at Sawn Lake. For more information or to register or sponsor this event please visit the official page.
ASPIRE Testing
Clarksville Academy’s testing season is nearing! We will be testing through ACT’s assessment system, ACT Aspire, as the summative assessment for 3rd through 10th grades. This assessment has replaced EXPLORE and PLAN tests, as ACT is discontinuing the use of the EXPLORE and PLAN assessments.
ACT Aspire is a digital and longitudinal assessment system that will connect our student’s performance to their college readiness. The Aspire is linked to ACT’s college readiness standards and will serve as an integral part of our student’s success.
During the month of April, Clarksville Academy will administer the ACT Aspire to all students in the 3rd through 10th grade. Students in grades 3rd through 8th will take the paper version of the Aspire test and students in grades 9th and 10th will test using the computer-based version of the Aspire.
The ACT Aspire will be administered during the mornings of the following dates:
3rd – 5th grades Monday, April 20th through Friday, April 24th
6th – 10th grades Monday, April 20th and Friday, April 24th
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.
Photos
If you take photos at any of our sporting events or campus events and would like to share your shots, please send them to Sally Allen at sallen@clarksvilleacademy.com. These can be used on our website, Facebook page, athletics site or even the yearbook. We ask that you send photos promptly following the activity. 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. 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 Mrs. Hinson’s room 128 at 7:15 a.m. Our officers this year are Carson Caudill and Madison Hawkins-Presidents, Charlton Kelly-Vice President, Bailey Coleman-Communication Coordinator, and Addy Means-Recruiter. Everyone is welcome!
Please join the Upper School Fellowship of Christian Athletes each Wednesday morning at 7:15 in Coach Chuck Holt’s room (under the gym). We invite everyone to attend!
Expanding the Experience
Clarksville Academy is still very excited about our expansion plans! As you can see a new expansion which opened Feb 2015 is adjacent to the main building. This expansion is really booming on the north end of our campus and we are thrilled with the process! In this expanded part of the main building we have the opportunity for a few more classrooms to be named. We have had a few families reserve naming rights on some of the classrooms, but still have a couple left. If you are interested in honoring or memorializing someone in this way, please contact Sally Allen at sallen@clarksvilleacademy.com or 647-6311. These won’t last long.
Our hope is to have the new building shown below completed by 2020. We need your help do this! Contact Sally Allen at sallen@clarksvilleacademy.com to find out what you can do to help us reach our goal.
Important Dates
April 21-24—Aspire Testing 3rd-10th Grades
April 23-27—Senior Trip
May 2—Prom
May 19-21 Exams
May 20 Last Day for Lower 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
If you have any questions please contact Kristi Truitt
at lunch@clarksvilleacademy.com. Thank you!!
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.
Social Media
Please like us on Facebook—Clarksville Academy; and follow us on Twitter—CACougarsTN.
