Volume 1, Issue 1 Fall Edition Rampages Words from Jason Gribbins The leaves are changing, the weather is beginning to cool off and the students have wrapped up a successful term. The school year is in full swing and we are having a great year. God is truly blessing the school and the CAL family. We began the school year with the implementation of the newly designated student chapel followed closely by the completion of a new roof for the Elementary and Pre-School wing. We have seen a new Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg sign installed on the front of the building, logo sign on the front of the cafeteria as well and many more positive changes that are ongoing. The most important change is the continued growth we see in our students, faculty, staff and families in their relationship with Christ. God has blessed us with great families, students, teachers, staff, board and community that coupled with the gift of the facilities is truly transforming lives. We are embarking upon a unique and pivotal time in the Christian Academy’s history. As we approach the 20 year anniversary of the Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg’s establishment we have the blessing, opportunity and resources to expand on our successes for the next 20 years. Building on the foundation of Christian values & principles in addition to our academic excellence we will move from 128 students today to 200+ students in the next 3-5 years. Ultimately we will fulfill our strategic vision of reaching our facility’s capacity of 500+ students by school year 2024. One may ask how we plan to reach these goals. First and foremost the Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg will stay true to its foundation to instill and model Christ-like behavior, strive for academic excellence, and prepare our students for life and service. We put God first because through him anything is possible. Second we will invest in our most precious resources that include students, faculty, board, family and community. We will continue to build upon our academic success through professionals, teachers and staff who are grounded in the Christian faith and are subject matter experts within their field. The development of the whole student within a caring and nurturing environment has been essential in our success. We will continue to keep class sizes small with low student to teacher ratios, regardless of school size. In addition, will be intentional in Christian service, servant leadership, outreach and communication efforts. Thirdly we will invest in the facilities God has blessed us with. Throughout the coming months and years we will be seeking to update, integrate and invest in our facilities to ensure it continues its long history of education. During the coming years we will be pursuing our strategic vision of expanding athletics, reestablishment of the football field, gymnasium overhaul, technology upgrade and integration within the classroom as well as efficiency and green updates that will include windows, HVAC systems, lighting and electrical. parent, grandparent, teacher, community member and church throughout the area. Prayer and communication is the way to success. We will ensure everyone knows that the Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg is here for the long term to educate for eternity. We will communicate our spiritual, character and academic success in comparison to national, state, and local schools. I want to close by saying thank you to all the families, students, teachers, staff, churches, community members and everyone that continues to support the Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg. You are all appreciated and valued. We will continue pursuing excellence in Christian education through The comprehensive piece to the home, church and reaching our goals lies with school team. each and every student, Rampages Preschool News Last year in P3 & P4, the students learned about different countries around the world. This year, we are focusing closer to home. Grayson with his favorite President The P2 class has been talking about their community - Lawrenceburg. They’ve discussed where they live, where CAL is located, the library, the courthouse, and stores & restaurants like Kroger, Wal-Mart, McDonald’s & others. The P4 classes are studying a different state each month. For September, the students did a report on Kentucky. Each student brought in 3 facts and various pictures of places, people, activities, the state flag, the state bird, etc. and shared it with the class. The students and their parents are busy finding facts and pictures of Tennessee for their October report. The P3 class is focusing on our state of Kentucky for the whole year. They’re discovering that there are many places to visit and things to do and see in our state. Do you know where the 1st cheeseburger was served, flavored chewing gum was concocted, and the Birthday Song was written by two sisters? In Louisville, KY! The students enjoy going to our new Chapel once a month. Scott Young (father of Eli in 1st Grade) was our first speaker. He shared about Creation. One of our P3 students, Savannah Sea, volunteered to help. Our students learned that we may be able to fashion an animal out of Play-doh, but only God can breathe life into it. Jason using fine motor skills Mr. Jim Sayre, better known as Abe Lincoln around here, was our next Chapel speaker. He shared lots of interesting information about Honest Abe’s life. He encouraged our students to learn their letters & sounds so they can learn to read. He told them that one day they could grow up to become the President of the United States. P4 student Grayson Driskell was another President Lincoln lookalike for Chapel. All of our classes have enjoyed talking about the Earth, the Sun, the Moon, & our Solar System. Emma developing gross motor skills Ellie learning about the five senses Max plays at the water table Jason learning about gross motor skills Page 2 Mr. Gribbins making paper airplanes with the preschool Lucia enjoying the swing Volume 1, Issue 1 Apple Days in K-1 On September 26th Kindergarten and First grade students celebrated the birthday of Johnny Appleseed. We spent the day doing many different apple related activities. We studied the history of Johnny Appleseed, sampled three different kinds of apples, and graphed the results. We ended the day with some apple pie fries dipped in caramel. Money, Money, Money Many believe that learning to manage money should be a part of a formal education. We at CAL agree. In fact, we will be introducing our older elementary students to a week-long money management program produced by Money Bright Kids entitled, “Money Doesn’t Grown On Trees – Helping Kids Learn Financial Skills For Life.” This is a DVD-driven teaching that will last 30 minutes per day for a week. Our students will be learning things like: how money is earned (not grown on trees!), how to keep spending within your earning income, and about lending/borrowing money. You can visit Snippets from Mrs. Slyh This year has been moving right along with many special activities and projects. First period Bible students have written scripts about Nicodemus and his encounter with Jesus in John 3. All did a fabulous job. My 7th period Bible class is learning what it means to become a “Radical” follower of Christ. Part of this is learning to serve others by Reading Buddies every Friday with K1st graders and making baby blankets for Avenues for Women. Sandwiched in between my Bible classes are my science classes. Page 3 Middle school students have been doing an inquiry on flight. They have researched, planned, experimented, made blueprints, and finally built their own gliders. The students really enjoyed it and I learned much from this inquiry myself! To top it all off the Middle school took a field trip to the Dayton Air Force Museum and the 6th grade got to ride in a helicopter. When passing the science room, you will encounter some unusual smells. Biology is working on their insect collections for which we use mothballs and nail polish remover. Chemistry adds to the aromas when doing lab experiments and even more excitement with fires and glue guns. There is never a dull moment in room 7. We have started a Hands-On Science lab for 2nd through 5th graders every Thursday. We are working through the steps of the Scientific Method with songs and experiments in preparation for the Science Fair. Money Bright Kids on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ moneybrightkids for great financial tips! For additional resources on teaching children of all ages about financial responsibility, visit www.daveramsey.com. If you have any questions please contact Brittany Price. Rampages Operation Christmas Child Students and staff in preschool through the twelfth grade gathered for a very special chapel on Monday, October 27th – our kick-off for Operation Christmas Child. Janet Cooper from Ninevah Christian Church and Paula Sawyer from Corinth Christian Church joined Snoopy in sharing more about this special ministry. We learned that a CAL student sent a shoebox and included a personal letter years ago. The shoebox filled with gifts ended up in Kosovo during a time when American Troops were there. An American Marine was patrolling the area and when searching a home he ran across the letter the young CAL student had sent in the Operation Christmas Child box taped to a child’s bedroom wall. The Marine wrote the CAL student a letter letting her know how her card had brought encouragement to him. We never know the impact this ministry may have. Please join us in putting together Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. Filled boxes are due back at school on Monday, November 17th. Preschool through the twelfth grade will join together for a special time of prayer and the dedication of the shoeboxes at 8:30am on Monday, November 17th. Parents are invited and encouraged to join us. Last year CAL sent 99 shoeboxes to children around the world – we are excited to see how many lives we will be able to impact for the LORD this year. For more information and details about packing a Operation Christmas Child Shoebox please visit http://www.samaritanspurse.org/ operation-christmas-child/packa-shoe-box/#boy-girl-labels CAL Welcomes New Board Member Philip Webb is a native of Carlisle County, Kentucky where he was raised in a Christian home by his parents, William and Jane Webb, and worked on the family farm. He attended Bardwell Elementary School and graduated from Carlisle County High School. Upon graduation, he attended Paducah Community College and Murray State University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting. “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,…” Psalm 127:3 Page 4 Upon graduation from Murray State University, Philip Webb was employed as staff accountant for Union Carbide Corporation in Columbia, TN and later returned to Kentucky and accepted employment in State Government as an auditor for the Cabinet for Families and Children- Inspector General Office in Frankfort. He has worked for various State agencies throughout his career in the areas of auditing, accounting and budgeting as well as management and administrative functions over various program areas. His tenure has included the positions of Cabinet for Families and Children Audit Team Leader, Justice Cabinet Investigative Auditor, Department of Corrections Fiscal Manager, Department of Corrections Director of Operations-Adult Institutions, KY Teachers’ Retirement System Director of Internal Audit, and is currently the Director of Investment Accounting at KY Teachers’ Retirement System. Philip also is currently serving as the president of the Frankfort Rotary Youth Fund, Inc. which provides schol- arships to local graduating students. Philip is married to Carolyn Webb (formerly Walker) from Jeffersontown, KY. They have two adult children and two daughters, Mikaela (15) and Catelynn (5), who are attending school at Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg. In addition, they have two granddaughters and are currently foster parents to two young children. Their family attends Hope Community Church. Philip is looking forward to serving on the Board of Directors at the Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg and seeing the school move forward, providing a Christian based strong academic program to our children. Volume 1, Issue 1 Second and Third Grade Is Such A Hoot! Our class has been busy! We spent the day at the Lexington Explorium on Friday, October 10th. Our favorite exhibits were the Bubble Zone, Hold Your Horses, Science Station X, and Brain Bike. Let's Move was a fun exhibit too. We learned about how magnets work and we attended a special class about using magnets to create art. We had a special birthday party for our teacher, Mrs. Bowman. She wouldn’t tell us how old she is. One of us guessed 45 but the rest of the class thinks she is closer to 30. We loved the chocolate cake Ms. Wendi made! There is lots going on in our classroom. We are excited about our music class with Mrs. Flygstad, we are practicing for the Veteran’s Day Program. We also have Spanish each week with Ms. Teri, and hands-on science with Mrs. Slyh. Mrs. Bowman is helping us get ready for the district spelling bee, we will be competing on December 4th. We have been reading and writing about character traits in class and working on math and science. In Bible we memorized the books in the Old Testament! Fourth and Fifth are Fantastic Readers It’s a room full of readers in Mrs. Burton’s Mrs. Burton’s class has also been studying class! This year, the fourth and fifth grade about the Underground Railroad and recently students are reading a minimum of ninety went to Ripley, OH to visit the home of famed minutes abolitionist, John Parker. Parker, a free black per week independently (not counting in-class time) and no less than man, two chapter books per student for each between 500-600 slaves by sneaking into Ken- nine weeks. tucky and “extracting” fugitives. Thus far, students have is believed to have worked to help free logged in over 13 hours each of reading with Rev. John Rankin and hundreds of other and completed multiple chapter books from Ripley residents, are credited with helping to a variety of genres. Our CAL kids rock! make Ripley one of the nation’s hotbeds of Underground Railroad activity. US House of Representative Youth We are proud to announce that two Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg students were accepted by Congressman Andy Barr’s office to be part of the Youth Ambassador Program, Nathan Ward (12th grade) and Chayse Abrams (11th Grade). “I am excited to announce the creation of the non-partisan Sixth Congressional District Youth Ambassador Program for high school students,” said Congressman Barr. “This educational experience will provide students from central and eastern Kentucky the unique opportunity to Page 5 Parker, along learn from leaders from across the Commonwealth while serving as an ambassador for their school.” The Youth Ambassador Program is a non-partisan, educational experience designed for high school students that provides a unique opportunity to learn about leadership from leaders across Kentucky while serving as an ambassador for their school. The program consists of participation and discussions from top Commonwealth leaders in the areas of government, education, military, busi- ness and Congress. Each meeting will include a program consisting of a dynamic panel discussion on leadership and the opportunity to engage with panel members in individual breakout sessions. “Developing solid leadership skills is a fundamental component of a successful career and life,” Barr said in a news release. “I am excited to launch our ambassador program and especially having representation from such bright students from across my district.” Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg Jehovah Jireh - Genesis 22 126 North Main Street Lawrenceburg, KY 40342 502-839-9992 www.christianacademylawrenceburgky.org Student Council 2014-2015 6th Grade: Tristan Gee, Melody Dezarn 7th Grade: Taylor Nevins, Colin Charles 8th Grade: Ty Abrams, Mackenzie Andrade 9th Grade: Chanda Burton, Blaine Carpenter 10th Grade: Nathan Bain, Asa Brown 11th Grade: Brooke Carpenter, Caleb Hatton 12th Grade: Teri Crutcher, Nancy Lee Holt, Nathan Ward, Hunter Wells Officers Historian: Taylor Nevins Treasurers: Blaine Carpenter & Tristan Gee Secretary: Chanda Burton Vice President: Nathan Bain President: Brooke Carpenter
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