CAI Students Support our Community at the Annual Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser!

Today was a fun and (delicious) morning for some of our upper school students. Our development director, Amy Koenig, took a group of students to support our community at the annual Kiwanis pancake breakfast fundraiser. The kids had a great time meeting government officials and community leaders. They did an awesome job representing CAI!

2022-2023 CAI Yearbooks are On Sale Now!

Order your 2022-2023 Christian Academy of Indiana yearbook today! Also available, reserve a space in the yearbook for a special message along with pictures of your child. Click here to order.

If you have any questions, please contact Hayden Casey, Yearbook Sponsor, at hcasey@caschools.us.

Christian Academy Parent Feedback

Raising children in 2022 is not for the faint of heart! We often see the challenges here at school too. As such, we spend a lot of time and resources training teachers on a wide variety of cultural issues and looking at them through a biblical lens. We take our partnership with your family very seriously, which is why we would like to offer some of these trainings to you. While we don’t have all the answers, we know quite a few professionals that can help. In order to provide the best information for you, we need to hear what you most need. Please complete this short survey – it only takes 2 minutes! And be on the lookout for upcoming parent communications about the results and trainings.

Audition Details for the High School Production of Murder on the Orient Express

We are excited to announce the information for this fall’s high school auditions for the performance of “Murder on the Orient Express.” Auditions are for any CAI High School student that would like to try out. Auditions will be held Friday, September 9, and the production dates are November 17-19. Following is all the information you will need to prepare for the auditions.

Hope to see you there!



“Murder on the Orient Express” Audition Information

Who:  ALL CAI High School Students

Date: Friday, September 9

Time: 3:15-6 p.m.

Where: Dr. Jason Branim’s Classroom (Room 280)

What to Expect: Auditions will be on a first come, first served basis! Signups will be outside the classroom right after school. After individual auditions are finished, students are free to leave. Anyone that needs to report to a sports practice at that time, may go first.

What to Bring/Prepare:  

  1. Completed Audition Form
  2. Five minutes (at a maximum) to WOW the judges with the following items and whatever else you choose. Don’t forget the nature of the show you are auditioning for!
    • Minimum of Two Distinctively Different Monologues
    • Minimum of Two of the Accent Statements Provided Below
    • Girls ONLY – Belt a Song Operatically (around 30 seconds)

Accent Pieces – Demonstration Video Links are Below! 

Male Accents – Belgian, Southern, French, Scottish

Female Accents – Russian, Swedish, Hungarian, Minnesota, British

Synopsis of the play, “Murder on the Orient Express”

Famous detective Hercule Poirot is called back from Istanbul to London on urgent business. He intends to book a first-class compartment on the Orient Express, run by his former friend and colleague, Monsieur Bouc. The train is surprisingly full, but Bouc manages to secure Poirot a spot in the first-class cabin. While aboard the Orient Express, Poirot meets a host of peculiar characters: an aging Russian princess, her Swedish companion, a Hungarian countess, a Minnesota housewife, a Scottish colonel, an English governess, a French conductor, a disagreeable American businessman, and his anxious secretary. While aboard the train, the angry businessman, Samuel Ratchett, corners Poirot and demands Poirot to investigate a series of ominous letters that have been sent to Ratchett, threatening his life.

As a snowdrift halts the Orient Express in its tracks, Ratchett is found stabbed multiple times in his locked train compartment. Poirot is tasked by Monsieur Bouc to solve the murder, as the killer could still be in their midst. As Poirot investigates, conflicting clues and convoluted alibis lead him to dead ends. Over the course of 48 hours, will Poirot be able to solve the case of the Murder on the Orient Express?
 

Male Roles (7)

Hercule Poirot – male – mature adult – lead – Belgian accent, detective, celebrity, mustache, short, intelligent, inquisitive, honorable, theatrical, committed, confident, observant

Monsieur Constantine Bouc – male – supporting role – Belgian accent, good humored, friend, businessman

Hector MacQueen – male – young adult – supporting role – stutter, nervous, American accent, secretary, translator, suspect, murderer

Michael the Conductor – male – mature adult – supporting role – French accent, conductor, quiet, serious, suspect, murderer, distraught

Samuel Ratchett/Bruno Cassetti – male – mature adult – supporting role – victim, murderer, threatening, angry, violent, businessman, ruthless, secretive, unforgiving, rage, American Accent, kidnapper, paranoid

Colonel James Arbuthnot – male – mature adult – supporting role – Scottish accent, handsome, matter of fact, soldier, lover, straight forward, friend, standoffish, enraged, suspect, murderer

Head Waiter – male – featured role – any age – French accent – pompous, presumption, waiter, dismissive, elitist

 

Female Roles (5)

Princess Natalya Dragomiroff – female – mature/elderly adult (70s) – supporting role – Russian accent, princess, royalty, lavish, expensive, reluctant, secretive, friend, suspect, murderer

Greta Ohlsson – female – young adult – supporting role – Swedish accent – plain, frightened, sheepish, religious, missionary, companion, suspect, nurse, murderer

Countess Elena Andrenyi – female – late teen/young adult – supporting role – Hungarian accent, American accent, beautiful, intelligent, doctor, countess, royalty, suspect, sister, aunt, murderer

Mrs. Helen Hubbard – female – mature/elderly adult (50s)– supporting role – dancer, singer, Minnesota accent, flamboyant, out spoken, flirtatious, well dressed, passionate, manipulator,  master mind, suspect, murderer

Mary Debenham – female – late teen (young adult) – supporting role – beautiful, British accent, calm, cool, protective, suspect, murderer, manipulative, determined

 

Accent Links (Male and Female)

Male

Belgian –

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rh1WajhoAac

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CD0J-gF_QKs

Southern –

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EzkCOnq4kLU

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CB_nhquynN0

French –

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4YtMC4yUDhc

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LxMmI4lSjp4

Scottish –

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mALkCGVA2BU

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Thk6G9qka4I

Female 

Russian –

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=87GErKAhQSc

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1yufY1fVu9M

Swedish –

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z92-eVfIuGI

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KQb3WbNeDhY

Hungarian –

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qKlxXGAPe-w

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9QUY3uEWUec

Minnesota –

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-S4YQJ9Tx1k

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow8NCzzeFn0

British –

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FyyT2jmVPAk

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp62D6d4GDw

 

 

Care for Your New Chromebook!

Exciting news! All Christian Academy of Louisville – English Station and Christian Academy of Indiana High School (9th-12th) students have been issued brand new Chromebook devices this year! Every student has been personally instructed on the proper care of their device and given an instruction sheet with repair costs in the event that damage does occur to their new Chromebook.

Families ~ Click here for the information sheet so that you, as parents/guardians, also have the proper information to help your student care for their new Chromebook this school year.

Questions? Please feel free to contact support@caschools.us.

Thank you for your partnership!

CAI High School / Middle School – You’re Invited to THE EVENT 2022, August 12

Students in grades 6-12 can purchase tickets for $7 in advance at the following times:
  • Thursday, August 4 – 7:45-8:10 a.m. – Gym Commons/HS Lunch – 11:55 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. – Gym Commons/After School – 3:05-3:30 p.m. – Top of Upper School Staircase
  • Friday, August 5 – 7:45-8:10 a.m. – Gym Commons/HS Lunch – 11:55 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. – Gym Commons/After School – 3:05-3:30 p.m. – Top of Upper School Staircase
  • Monday, August 8 – 7:45-8:10 a.m. – Gym Commons/HS Lunch – 11:55 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. – Gym Commons/After School – 3:05-3:30 p.m. – Top of Upper School Staircase
  • Tuesday, August 9 – 7:45-8:10 a.m. – Gym Commons/HS Lunch – 11:55 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. – Gym Commons/After School – 3:05-3:30 p.m. – Top of Upper School Staircase
Students should wear the following colors for THE EVENT:
  • 6th – Purple
  • 7th– Orange
  • 8th – Green
  • 9th – Red
  • 10th – Yellow
  • 11th – Blue
  • 12th – Black
For questions, please email Kirsti Holloway at kholloway@caschools.us or text (502) 345-0388.

Sixth Grade – Let’s Jump!, July 27

It’s never too early to begin thinking about the students that will be joining our middle school in August! We want to be sure they know how excited we are about their move into middle school and, also, provide a way for them to get to know each other. What better way than to jump around in the air-conditioning!

All 6th graders and their parents are invited to join us July 27, from 12-2 p.m. at Xtremenasium in Clarksville, Indiana. We have rented the entire facility for our CAI 6th grade so there is no cost. Socks will be provided too. Please, no siblings this time. The only thing you will need to bring is the attached waiver (click here) printed, signed and in hand. If you have any questions, please email me at agames@caschools.us or call (502 )753-4561. We’ll be looking for you!