Transporting Bob

Bob the bunny, from Mrs. Fussner's kindergarten classroom, spent the weekend with a CCA family and these young lads are making sure that he gets back to his homeroom class for the new week of school.

Is your child's name on everything?

Many items make their way through the lost and found at CCA, so many in fact that if we didn't move them out on a regular basis, we wouldn't have the space to store them all. So after dating items and giving the owner many days to retrieve them, we then send on the items in good condition to the Thrift Store. Don't let this happen to your child's things, please write your child's last name and teacher's name in everything they bring to school.

And if you see Ana Santos (pictured here) around campus, thank her for volunteering her time to regularly go through the lost and found to sort, organize, date and move out items so that it is easier for all of us to find what was lost. Thanks, Ana!

International Day

International Day is the culmination of our Missions Month in elementary chapels. During the month of October, the students are learning about children from other parts of the world and how God is using His people to reach them for Christ. On Friday, October 24th, elementary students come to school dressed as if they lived in another country. This is one of our students’ favorite days, as they enjoy dressing up and celebrating the heritage of the country they are representing.

As they learn from missionary speakers in October, our students gain a new understanding of our friends across the seas and a vision for what God can do with a life that is fully committed to Him. As a special treat in honor of International Day, our students in each chapel will be blessed by a short presentation by our Kindergarten students, and a visit from our CCA missionary to Merida, Mexico. Since this is a half-day CCA, students will not need a change of clothes unless they are staying for aftercare on the 24th.

Bottled Water Anyone?

CCA students needed bottled water today and we deliver. As I am sure you were aware, Fort Lauderdale had some trouble with their water

supply so we had to close down water fountains and drink some higher quality water today. Charlene Boothman, CCA's Director of Campus Safety, in conjunction with the Grill, took care of us by providing bottled water immediately.

One of the things we're working on

We're looking to take Accelerated Reader to the next level this year with greater participation across the elementary student body. Keep a lookout for additional news on this which will be developing over the next several weeks. In the meantime, have your 1st - 5th grade child check out a book that is on the AR list and get to reading. Your child can then take a test on one of the computers in their classroom to earn points for upcoming challenges and prizes that we hope will be just one more incentive to help them want to read even more. Of course, the greatest incentive is the joy of reading itself.

Elementary Back to School Night

Thanks to all the parents who made it out to Back to School Night. It was a great time for parents to connect with their child's teachers and to get more informed about how to have a successful year in elementary. Feel free to leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the event including ways we could better serve families in the future.

Room Mom Team Meeting Major Turn-out

An amazing number of moms showed up this morning for the Room Mom Team Meeting (this photo taken on my phone couldn't capture all of them). Thank you, ladies, for your willingness to play key roles in serving this community, the students, the teachers and the parents.

We encourage all of our parents to get involved in some service to the CCA community. Connect with Pam Sturman at pamelas@ccaeagles.org or your class room mom for ways to get involved.

Morning drop off

In the interest of security and minimizing the traffic inside the building prior to the start of school please note the following. Parents who would like to wait with their child in the morning (as opposed to dropping them off) are encouraged to do so at their child's normal morning drop-off location rather than inside the PassPoint protected area of the elementary building. If you prefer an air conditioned place to spend some morning time with your child prior to saying goodbye and sending them off with their class, feel free to wait in the sanctuary corridor, the Grill, or the east corridor. Please connect your child to their class by the time the teacher arrives to collect the children for class. If for some reason you do need to enter the PassPoint protected area of the building please enter through the south entrance near the fish tank and get a visitor's badge from reception. Thank you for your understanding and your assistance in this manner.

Elementary Back to School Night

We look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday, September 16 at 6:30pm in the sanctuary for the Elementary Back to School Night. Your child's classroom teacher will present to you information on what this year will be like for your child. There are two sessions so that those with multiple elementary children have a better opportunity to visit all of their children's teachers. Parents are encouraged to visit their child's specials teachers as well (music, art, computer, PE, Latin 3rd -5th, science, media, drama, movement, etc.). Please note that childcare is not provided for this event.

Good use of time

After a long day at school, these students make the most of their time at car line with some reading and music practice.

Tell us how your school year is going so far

Just click the comment button and tell us how it's been. We want to be in touch with the experience you are having so that we are more informed and better able to serve the children and parents. Many may prefer to send an e-mail directly to us rather than post their comment here for all to see. If that is the case, please don't hesitate to e-mail us instead at the following e-mail addresses:

Jason Rachels - Elementary Principal - jasonr@ccaeagles.org
Jan Lashbrook - Early Childhood Coordinator (PK, K) - janl@ccaeagles.org
Susan Alexander - Assistant Principal (1st - 5th grade) - susana@ccaeagles.org
Pam Walker - Exceptional Student Education Coordinator - pamw@ccaeagles.org
Lisa Eakins - Cafeteria & Student Drop-off and Pick-up Coordinator - lisae@ccaeagles.org

We want to provide your family with the greatest level of service possible.