Southwest News

Box Tops for Education is now entirely online! Download their app, scan your receipts with your phone and our school will be credited for your Box Tops eligible items. No more clipping box tops! Visit www.boxtops4education.com for more information and to download the app.

Please make sure that your Kroger Plus Card is registered for Community Rewards for our campus. Each time that you shop at Kroger, a portion of your purchase is donated to our PTO! Enroll your Kroger Plus Card online at www.kroger.com/communityrewards and choose Christian Academy of Louisville-SW PTO or #RP963.

Join the PTO Facebook group! This is a great resource to connect with other CAL-Southwest families and share advice, ask questions and learn more about our campus. This Facebook group is for current parents and grandparents of CAL-Southwest only. Find us on Facebook by searching “CAL-SW PTO.”

Our first PTO meeting will be on Monday, August 30, at 6:30 p.m. in the school library. Join us if you are interested in being a room parent or if you want to be more involved in our campus!

Tie-dye tshirt order forms are due by Friday, August 27! Shirts are $15 each and can be worn on Spirit Wear Fridays.

You can still sign up for the No-Fuss Fundraiser! $150 per family – includes 2 Spirit Tie-Dye T-shirts, 2 dinners for the Fall Family Festival and PTO membership. You may choose this option in lieu of participation in future fundraisers!

As a precautionary measure, we have decided to move K-8 Parent Night to ONLINE ONLY for Tuesday, August 17, instead of in-person. This is a time for parents only (no students) to communicate with your child’s teacher and learn more about what to expect for this new school year. This is also a great time for you to ask any questions that you might have! The times listed below are for the classroom sessions specific for each grade level, so that if you have children in multiple grades, we hope that you have the opportunity to participate in each of their sessions. Each teacher will send the Zoom link to their classroom parents. Please contact the school office at (502) 447-6500 if you have any questions.

Zoom Sessions with Teachers:

• Kindergarten | 6-7 p.m.
• 1st-2nd Grade | 6-6:30 p.m.
• 3rd-5th Grade | 6:40-7:10 p.m.
• 6th-8th Grade | 7:20-7:50 p.m.
  Educational Resource Meetings
• DAP Introduction/Parent Meeting for Middle School Students (as needed) | 6:35-7:15 p.m.

The first day of school is in sight! We want to remind everyone of our upcoming Back-to-School Drop-In on Monday, August 9, between 2-6 p.m. Please come to school anytime during these hours to meet your teachers, receive your student packet including class schedule and locker information (for middle school students), lunch account information, carpool tags, PTO information and everything you need to know for the first day of school. The first day of school will be on Wednesday, August 11, and the day will begin at 8:10 a.m. and end at 3:10 p.m. Kindergarten students will have half-days on August 11, 12, and 13, and will be dismissed at 11:45 a.m. for these three days.

Please bring the following items with you on August 9:

• All kindergarten families and all new 1^st-8^thgrade students must bring the Required Health Documents.
• All 6th grade students (new and returning) must bring the 6th Grade Required Health Documents.
• All school supplies for your grade level as listed on the Class Supply List.
• Completed K-5th grade optional Summer Reading Assignment.
• School Policy Commitment Form signed by parent and student – please thoroughly read the Southwest Elementary Family Handbook and/or read the Southwest Middle School Family Handbook. The handbooks contain valuable information regarding our school policies. The handbooks also contain all dress code requirements. Please note that Chapel Day is on Thursdays. Elementary (K-5th Grade) students will not have chapel on August 12, so chapel uniforms must be worn for the first time on Thursday, August 19. Middle school (6th-8th grade) students will have chapel on August 12, so they should be in chapel uniforms that day.

Please contact the school office at (502) 447-6500 if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you on August 9!

Parent Night for kindergarten-8th grade families will be on Tuesday, August 17, beginning at 6 p.m. This is a time for parents only (no students) to be able to spend time in the classrooms with their child’s teacher and learn more about what to expect for this new school year. This is also a great time for you to ask any questions that you might have! The times listed below are for the classroom sessions specific for each grade level, so that if you have children in multiple grades, we hope that you have the opportunity to visit each of their classrooms. Please contact the school office at (502) 447-6500 if you have any questions.

Times in Classrooms with Teachers

• Kindergarten | 6-7 p.m.
• 1st-2nd Grade | 6-6:30 p.m.
• 3rd-5th Grade | 6:40-7:10 p.m.
• 6th-8th Grade | 7:20-7:50 p.m.

Educational Resource Meetings

• DAP Introduction and Parent Meeting for Middle School Students (as needed) | 6:35-7:15 p.m. in Room 206