Save the Date for the CAI Elementary Production of Faith News, September 22-24
Join us at 7 p.m. each evening.
Tickets are $6 for students, $8 for adults and $10 at the door.
Purchase tickets online at cai.booktix.com.
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:
- Completed Audition Form
- 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!
Lands’ End Labor Day Savings – 20% OFF School Uniform Styles, August 25 – September 6
Shop online at here!
High School / Middle School Girls – Join the Teen Girl Squad!
We are excited to host our first Teen Girl Squad event of the year for high school / middle school girls on September 1, from 6-8 p.m. in the CAI Band Room! Register here by August 28!
CAI High School / Middle School – You’re Invited to THE EVENT 2022, August 12
- 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
- 6th – Purple
- 7th– Orange
- 8th – Green
- 9th – Red
- 10th – Yellow
- 11th – Blue
- 12th – Black
Bill McKinley’s Legacy Tribute
It is with a heavy heart that we share that Bill McKinley, former Superintendent for Christian Academy, went home to be with the Lord.
Words can only begin to express what Mr. McKinley meant to many of us by the way he served in different ways. He served as our system visionary, as a kind and compassionate leader, a mentor, mission trip coordinator, substitute teacher, the biggest cheerleader for our students and so much more!
We are comforted to know that he is in the presence of our Lord and Savior! Please keep his family in your prayers.
Mr. McKinley’s legacy tribute can be found here.
Join Our Team! Explore 2022-2023 Christian Academy Career Opportunities
Explore opportunities for the 2022-2023 school year and apply online here!
Lands’ End Back-to-School Savings – Save 20% Off School Uniform Styles July 19-August 24
Shop online at www.landsend.com/cass.