Christian Academy Installs New UV Air Purification System to Help Combat COVID-19
Christian Academy School System has just installed pūrGenix’s® advanced ultraviolet air purification systems in both their English Station and New Albany campuses to help fight the spread of germs and create healthier and safer environments for faculty and students to learn, work and collaborate.
Today, more than ever, people have realized that outdated, ill-equipped buildings impact their health and safety. Traditional building air systems were not designed with people’s health and safety in mind, nor were they designed to prevent the spread of germs and disease.
With the help of Lexington-based pūrGenix’s® state-of-the-art ultraviolet light technology, these new systems will purify air, helping kill dangerous germs that are normally left to circulate, untreated, within the schools.
Christian Academy is the first secondary school in the country to install the pūrGenix® technology. With this equipment, Christian Academy will be designated as a pūrBuilding™ – a building with air systems designed to help prevent the spread of germs.
pūrGenix® is one of the nation’s leaders in UV Air Purifcation technology. With over 10 years of experience and more than 600 installations, pūrGenix® has achieved dramatic results in the most demanding environments. Hospitals using the pūrGenix® technology, such as Harrison Memorial in Cynthiana, KY, have risen to be among the nation’s leading hospitals in infection prevention. Since installing the pūrGenix® technology in 2017, Harrison Memorial has seen amazing results, such as zero bloodstream infections, zero surgical site infections and zero cases of hospital-acquired pneumonia.
The key to the pūrGenix® technology is that it helps prevent dangerous germs from circulating throughout the building via the building’s air Handling Systems. Traditional air filtration systems allow germs to pass through – putting everyone at risk. Air handling systems are cool dark, damp places, making them the perfect breeding ground for dangerous germs. Air systems then spread these germs throughout the building, contaminating newly cleaned surfaces.
The pūrGenix® technology uses Ultraviolet C-band energy, which is a high-frequency energy (similar to what protects us in the ozone) that breaks down the DNA or RNA inside germs, killing germs and preventing them from replicating.
With this installation, Christian Academy will provide a safer and healthier environment for students to learn and collaborate.
According to Executive Director Moe Lundrigan, “We’ve always looked at ways to make our physical environment safer, but we did not anticipate this degree of a biological/environmental need. But God did. We hired Steve French as our facilities director, little realizing how important his background would be.”
Steve French brought almost 40 years of facilities management and 30 of those years were in hospitals, including Jewish and St. Mary’s healthcare. With a degree in Biomedical Engineering (from the UofL Speed School), he was indeed in the “right place at the right time.”
“I’ve been familiar with Purgenix’s success in the health field and they became the perfect fit for our larger campuses,” said French. “Combined with personal conduct of our students and staff (masks, social distancing, hand washing and contact tracing), this purification system adds to our levels of safety and precaution necessary in this challenging time. We’re excited and blessed to be able to offer this to our students and staff.”
“At pūrGenix® our mission is to create healthier, places to work, learn, collaborate, and heal. We are excited to help a forward-thinking school like Christian Academy get their students and faculty back in their building safely. Health, mind and soul are important for everyone and Christian Academy made the health and safety of their students and faculty a priority when they invested in becoming a pūrBuilding™” says Sam Perkins, CEO pūrGenix®.
40% OFF Lands’ End School Uniforms, November 20 – December 4
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Final Days – PTO’s Charleston Wrap Fundraiser Ends this Thursday, November 19
Don’t miss out on great gifts for teachers, family and friends for the holidays!
TWO WAYS TO SHOP:
- Use our school-specific link to shop and share with friends and family now.
- For parent incentives, you can register here and use our school ID#20295.
We are so very grateful for your support!
Your CAL-English Station PTO
Priority Admission for Siblings of Currently Enrolled Students for the 2021-2022 School Year
What an unusual year this has been for all of us. We remain thankful that you are a part of the Christian Academy family and we want to continue to serve your family well. Your currently enrolled students will receive instructions regarding reenrollment for the 2021-2022 school year in early January 2021. Additionally, we would like to remind you that if you have a child in your family that is not currently enrolled and will be a new incoming student at Christian Academy for the 2021-2022 school year please submit an online 2021-2022 application as soon as possible. It is always our desire to give siblings of current students priority consideration and now is the time to submit your application for the upcoming school year. If you have already submitted an application, we are thankful you desire to continue our partnership! Also, if your child is currently in our Junior Academy PK4, it is time to submit an application for kindergarten.
Admissions testing for new students who have applied to enter grades 6-12 for the 2021-2022 school year is currently being scheduled. Upon receiving your application, we will contact you to confirm a testing date for your child. Admissions testing for students who have applied to enter kindergarten and grades 1–5 for the 2021-2022 school year will be in January. There will be an additional admissions testing date for students entering grades 6-12 in January as well. We will send scheduling information for January admissions testing dates in early January. Admissions testing is not required to enter our Junior Academy.
We are thankful to already have many new applications on file for the 2021-2022 school year, so it is important for you to move forward with submitting your application if you have a child in your family that is not currently enrolled and attending Christian Academy. You will find application information on our website at caschools.us/application-proce
Thank you for making Christian Academy your school of choice and for entrusting your children to us. Should questions arise, please contact me by email at lbaechtel@caschools.us or phone at (502) 753-4590. It would be my pleasure to serve you.
May you experience the joy and blessing of the upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons in a meaningful way!
Only 7 Days Left to Shop the Charleston Wrap Fundraiser!
Only 7 more days to shop our Charleston Wrap Fundraiser! It ends November 19!
Don’t miss out on great items for teachers, friends and families for the holidays!
Click here for complete details, including important information regarding parent incentives!
2 Ways to Shop:
- Use our school-specific link here to shop and share with friends and family now.
- For parent incentives, you can register here and use our school ID# 20295.
Mr. Wooten is ALL IN!
Thank you for all you do for our school. As you have heard many times, the cost of tuition and fees simply does NOT cover the entire cost to educate our students. That is why we have an annual campaign called our ALL IN! campaign and this year has been like no other in our history. We need your help more than ever before to raise the resources needed to operate our schools. The reason we have a $400,000 need is because we strive to keep tuition costs reasonable and affordable to ALL IN! our community.
As you think about how your family will participate in this year’s ALL IN! campaign, please think about all the great teachers we have across all our campuses. Here is just one example, Matt Wooten, Music Director at our English Station Campus.
“I nominate Matt Wooten for looking out for the musical needs of ALL our students K-12 at the English Station Campus. He designed and implemented a plan so that EVERY music teacher at English Station, K-12, could teach music with social distancing. By moving the rooms for this year, we can all teach our students to be music makers in the best environment. Hats off to Matt!”
You can give online or send in your pledge card when you are ready. Please help us meet the needs of our school. We are asking you to please be “ALL IN!”
Thank you and God bless you and our school!
Ms. Passafiume is ALL IN!
What a year we have had! Thank you for all you do for our Christian Academy family. No matter which campus you call home – English Station, Indiana, Southwest or Rock Creek – we are all truly a family. As families we need each other. We thank you most of all for your prayers! God is in charge, He is always in charge and He will see us through this pandemic.
As you think about how your family will participate in this year’s ALL IN! campaign, please watch the following message about one of our outstanding teachers, Tracy Passafiume, kindergarten teacher at English Station:
“Tracy goes above and beyond for each family. She forms a partnership with families that continues after Kindergarten. She collaborates well with academic support, Occupational Therapy and Speech professionals to support students. She is willing to do whatever it takes in her classroom to make students feel and be successful. Tracy understands that success in kindergarten is vital to the development of the student and is the first place families really see and understand the mission of Christian Academy. No matter the challenge she faces, she always has a positive can-do attitude. We are blessed by her leadership and Christ-like spirit.”
You can give online or send in your pledge card when you are ready. Please help us meet the needs of our school. We are asking you to please be “ALL IN!”
Thank you and God bless you and our school!
Join Us for a Virtual Christmas at CAL, November 7-14
Click here for a printable version of this flyer.
Click here for a direct link (same as the QR code) to the event.
CAL PTO’s Charleston Wrap Fundraiser Officially Starts Today!
Click Here for and overview and step-by-step instructions for getting started. Click here to begin shopping Charleston Wrap and for information regarding parent incentives! On behalf of your English Station PTO, thank you for partnering with us to make this a successful school-wide fundraiser!
Buy a Middle School Yearbook!
This is Amber from the Yearbook Committee. Yearbooks are now for sale – get them now before the price goes up! You can purchase your yearbook at yearbookforever.com.
Here are the easy steps you can take to purchase the yearbook.
- Click on the link above to take you to the website
- Click school name and search “Christian Academy of Louisville 6-8 Middle School”
- Click shop at store and choose what package you want to purchase