We Want to Hear from You – ParentPulse

At Christian Academy, we are always looking for ways to grow and improve. One of the priorities in our Strategic Plan is to build authentic, two-way communication with our families. Because your perspective is so important, we have partnered with ParentPulse, a company that helps Christian schools gather meaningful parent feedback.

What to Expect

  • Beginning in September, each parent/guardian will receive an invitation every few months to complete a short survey.
  • Invitations will be sent by email or text at different times so not every family will get them at once.
  • Each survey takes about five minutesto complete.

Why Short, Frequent Surveys?
Many schools send one long survey each year. Instead, we want to hear from you more regularly, in smaller, quicker surveys. This allows us to see how things are going throughout the year and adapt as needed.

Your Privacy Matters

  • ParentPulse collects the data only for Christian Academy’s use.
  • Your personal contact information will not be shared.
  • At the end of each survey, you’ll also have the option to submit your feedback anonymously.

Learn More
Here’s a one-minute video overview of ParentPulse.

Please watch for an email or text from ParentPulse (the subject line will identify Christian Academy) and take a few minutes to share your thoughts.

Thank you for partnering with us in your child’s Christian education!

 

Christian Academy Foundations Workshops for New/First Year Families

Christian Academy School System | Christian Academy Foundations | First Year Families | Workshops 2024

Welcome to Christian Academy! 

We trust your start of school went well and your introduction to your campus was positive. 

Not only may our school system be new to you but Christian education as a whole. In order to clarify our mission and vital family/school partnership, we are offering a workshop called Christian Academy Foundations. This will intimately acquaint you with who we are, our philosophies and our deep hope for your child. We believe you will find this time informative, helpful and encouraging as we move forward together in the education and spiritual formation of your child. 

We ask that at least one parent/guardian attend but we’d love for anyone else to come who has influence with or investment in your child (i.e. grandparents, step-parents, aunts/uncles, etc.). The same workshop will be offered four times. You can attend whichever session works best with your schedule.

Date Time Location
September 5 8:30-10 a.m. CAI Elementary Warrior Room
September 10 6:30-8 p.m. CAI HS/MS Media Center
September 19 8:30-10 a.m. CAL HS/MS Media Center
October 15 6:30-8 p.m. CAL HS/MS Media Center

Please click here to register.  

The campus Armory will be open for you and, as a thank you for your attendance, will be offering a discount.   

Please see the following regarding parking and entering the buildings.  

Indiana Campus Morning Session – Please park in the elementary school lot and enter through the elementary school doors. Morning session attendees will stop at the desk to check in with a valid driver’s license or ID. 

Indiana Campus Evening Session – Please park in the high school lot (by the portables) and enter through the high school main doors. 

English Station Morning Session – Please park in the main front visitor lot on the left when facing the school from the main drive. Enter through the main entrance. Morning session attendees will stop at the desk to check in with a valid driver’s license or ID. 

English Station Evening Session – Please park on the high school side of the building and enter through the media center doors by the Armory. 

We are so thankful God has brought your family to Christian Academy and we take that responsibility very seriously. 

We look forward to meeting you!

 

Christian Academy of Indiana Kicks Off the School Year with The Event

Ryan Miller for the News and Tribune

Christian Academy of Indiana The Event 2025 Family

Families gathered Friday night at Sam Peden Community Park in New Albany for The Event.

NEW ALBANY – Going back to school can usually be one of a student’s least favorite parts of the year.

Having to navigate a new schedule, meeting new teachers, and waking up early all lead to students dreading late summer. However, when schools make an effort to welcome students back in a fun environment, it can lessen the blow a little.

Students, families and staff converse during Friday’s festivities.

Christian Academy of Indiana’s version of this event is, fittingly, The Event. The annual celebration sees students get ready for the new year at Sam Peden Park. The festivities include a meet and greet with teachers, a bake sale, and games of all kinds. Not only students find themselves looking forward to the event though. “It’s very exciting, I love seeing my former students and it does make me feel like we are a community not just a school,” said fifth grade teacher Shelly Abbott during Friday’s festivities.

Christian Academy of Indiana The Event 2025 Teacher and Student

These themes of community could be seen echoed throughout the entire event, with students of all grade levels laughing and chatting, parents saying hello to each other after a long summer, and teachers meeting their students for the next year. The students appreciate the fostered sense of togetherness as well.

“Yes, our schools are about community and specifically obviously Christian community because we’re a Christian school, so all the students coming out here and just being able to bond with their grade, playing games, bond with some upper classmen as well; I just think that it’s really important in building friendships and also mentor ships between us,” said senior Claire Trask.

The seniors are especially fond of this event, because all the money goes to the senior class trip. This being their last year, many students and even parents cannot help but feel a little emotional at one of their final CAI events.

“There’s no sweet to it, it is incredibly sad for me thinking that she might leave,” said Mallory Annis, a parent of a senior.

Christian Academy has been growing in enrollment, and is seeing a record high enrollment rate this year (1,258 students). With this amount of growth, many changes are being made to the school. One of these changes is a new building for the middle school, so the high school and junior high will no longer share a space. The two-story building will include 26 classrooms, a room for the choir, art rooms and labs. To add to the changes for middle schoolers in the coming year, CAI is welcoming a new middle school principal: Taylor Jarman. Jarman most recently worked as a principal for an elementary school in Texas, and has worked as a teacher/administrator for 12 years.

“I think one goal is to see all of our students grow and they desire to serve God and their academics and in their relationships and what we do as Christian Academy,” said Jarman. Jarman expressed excitement for this coming school year for myriad reasons, but he like many others are looking forward to the new building being completed. “I am most excited to see us continue to become a solid middle school because this is the first we’re starting a new building it’s going to be Hopefully finish later this year and so we’ll all be coming together for the first time fifth to eighth grade, as one middle school campus, that will be really cool to see,” Jarman said.

With CAI experiencing such a high number of students, it was heartening to the teachers to see such a big turnout to an extra-curricular event.

“It says that we’re all in this together,” said Abbott

 

Join Our Team – Immediate Opportunities Available

Christian Academy School System Featured Career Opportunities for 2025-2026 as of August 2025

Discover the Newest Opportunities for the 2025-2026 School Year Here and Apply Online Here.

Featured Opportunities Include

 

CAI Alumni – You’re Invited to a Baseball Game, September 27

We’re excited to invite you to our Christian Academy Alumni Baseball Game on Saturday, September 27, at 11 a.m.! Whether you want to dust off your glove and step back onto the field or simply come out and cheer from the stands, we’d love to see you there.

Last year’s game was an absolute blast – full of laughter, friendly competition and plenty of great memories. This year promises to be just as fun and it’s the perfect opportunity to reconnect with old friends and teammates.

Please RSVP using this link so we can plan for players and spectators.

We can’t wait to see you out at the ballpark for a day of fellowship, fun and baseball!

Go Warriors!