Intermediate School News Jan 12 – Jan 18, 2015

Builder’s Club

Builder’s Club members should wear their club T-shirt Thursday, January 15th.  They will have their yearbook picture after morning assembly that day.

 

Science

Intermediate students explored how extreme temperatures can turn liquid into steam – going directly from a liquid to a gas!

Clarksville Academy Intermediate School Science Experiment on Gas

 

Scholarship Information

MathMovesU Middle School
Scholarship and Grant Program
“Math is in the world all around us. Morning, noon, and night – how does math move you or the world around you?”

MathMovesU invites 6th, 7th and 8th grade students nationwide to answer, “Math is in the world all around us. Morning, noon, and night – how does math move you or the world around you?” Based on a PowerPoint submission, students will be awarded camperships of up to $1,000 or scholarships of $1,000 and their schools will receive matching grants of $1,000 to be used for math-related programs. Students must demonstrate an enthusiasm for math and the ability to illustrate how math moves you or the world around you. Note: Applications are limited to fifty (50) per school.
 
ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must:

  1. Be U.S. citizens or legal residents
  2. Be enrolled in sixth, seventh or eighth (6th, 7th, 8th) grade as of the application deadline date
  3. Create a PowerPoint submission illustrating the importance of math in the world around you. Specifically address 
how math moves you or the world around you
  4. Include representations of actual math equations related to the subject
  5. Provide verification of the submission by a math professional who knows the applicant and can attest that the 
submission is the applicant’s original work
  6. Complete the downloadable application form and submit the hard copy with parent or guardian signature and
  7. Mail a PowerPoint submission via hard copy, CD or flash drive to Scholarship Management Services (The 
submissions become property of Scholarship Management Services and will not be returned.) 
Previous recipients are not eligible.
Note: Applications are limited to fifty (50) per school. 
SELECTION CRITERIA 
Submissions will be evaluated based on creativity, originality, time commitment, the use of math equations to demonstrate how math moves you or the world around you. Specifically, how well the student answers the question: “Math is in the world all around us. Morning, noon, and night – how does math move you or the world around you?”

 

AWARDS 


Up to 150 awards of $1,000 each will be granted to student recipients.

  • Student awards can be used for a “campership” applied to tuition and fees at a science, technology, engineering, or math-related (STEM) summer camp or a traditional scholarship applied to freshman year in post secondary school
  • Camperships will not exceed tuition and fees of up to $1,000
  • Campership checks will be made payable to the eligible summer camp or to the student upon submission of a valid 
receipt of prior payment and a descriptive camp brochure
  • A matching award of $1,000 each will be granted to the recipient’s school to be used for math-related programs
  • Recipients awarded a traditional scholarship will be contacted by Scholarship Management Services on an annual 
basis to ensure they are aware of the postsecondary funds available to them
  • Awards are one-time only and not renewable. Previous recipients are ineligible, however, students may reapply 
to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements
  • Home-schooled students are eligible to apply however, the matching school grant will be forfeited if they become a 
recipient unless they donate the matching grant to a local charitable education organization such as MathCounts
  • Awards will be granted by grade level in proportion to the applications received from each grade

 
DEADLINES

Interested students must complete the application and mail it along with all other required materials to Scholarship Management Services by the postmark deadline date of February 7, 2015. 
Applicants are responsible for gathering and submitting all necessary information. Recipients may be asked to release their names and photos for publication. Raytheon reserves the right to use winning entries in the MathMovesU Program.Interested students must complete the application and mail it along with all other required materials to Scholarship Management Services by the postmark deadline date of February 7, 2015. 
Applicants are responsible for gathering and submitting all necessary information. Recipients may be asked to release their names and photos for publication. Raytheon reserves the right to use winning entries in the MathMovesU Program.

 

FCA

FCA will meet each Wednesday at 7:15 in Tecia Hinson’s room.  Everyone is invited.

 

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.

 

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

 

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