Southwest News

We have kicked off our second quarter service project! We will be packing and collecting shoebox gifts for Operation Christmas Child! Your child should have received a brochure with instructions and details for how to pack a shoebox gift. The deadline to turn in these gifts is Thursday, November 15, as part of National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child. Please mark your calendar and plan to join us for a special combined chapel service that day from 9-10 a.m. in our school gym. We will learn more about this ministry and hopefully share the specific countries where our shoebox gifts will be sent. 

Last year, our Southwest campus gave 332 shoebox gifts to this ministry and helped to share the Gospel in 10 different countries! Our goal this year is 350 SHOEBOX GIFTS! Our students have already shown so much excitement about this project and we can’t wait to see how the Lord will work through our efforts. 

NEW THIS YEAR – Every child who donates a shoebox gift will have their name put in a drawing for a free ticket to Newport Aquarium! We will draw winners from junior academy (preschool), elementary and middle school. The number of entries for a child’s name will equal the number of shoeboxes that the child turns in (ex. 3 shoebox gifts equals 3 times entered in the drawing). 

If you have any questions about what can or cannot be included in your shoebox gift, please contact Shannon Wilson at sewilson@caschools.us. 

For more information on Operation Christmas Child, you can visit www.samaritanspurse.org/occ.

Join us for a night of fun for the whole family! Silent auction baskets, photo booth, Scholastic Book Fair, a dunking booth with our teachers and much more! Click here for complete details! Please make sure that reservation forms and payments are turned in by October 10.  

Please click here for details about our free Family Movie Night!

Basketball season is right around the corner! At CAL-Southwest we are excited for our middle school boys basketball team. If your child is interested in playing they will need to do a sports physical. Click here for the form that the physician should fill out. Please turn these forms back into the office (marked to the attention of Jamie Burns, Athletic Director) by Wednesday, October 3. Thank you and Go Saints!

The school photographer will be back on campus on Tuesday, September 25, to photograph any students who were absent on our original picture day or to photograph students whose parents would like for them to have a retake. If you would like for your child to have their picture taken again, please email your child’s teacher by Monday, September 24. Students will not be photographed again without parent permission. 

Heroes Day will be held on Thursday, October 11. We will have a special combined chapel service to honor our grandparents and other heroes (active and retired military, active and retired first responders – police, fire, EMS) from 1-2 p.m. The service will be held in the sanctuary of Southeast Christian Church, next door to our school. Our kindergarten-5th grade students and our middle school Praise Team will be leading the service with patriotic music, testimonies and special recognitions. Following the service, our honored guests will have the opportunity to visit the kindergarten-8th grade classrooms with the students from 2-3 p.m. 

Christian Academy Southwest Campus is selling the Cashbook Savings coupon book this year as our school wide fundraiser. Many parents look forward to purchasing the Cashbook Savings to save money and to give as gifts. Enjoy the savings all year long! Enjoy SAVING $$ at Blaze Pizza, Texas Roadhouse, Dicks Sporting Goods, House of Boom, Firehouse Subs, Del Frisco’s, Mimi’s, The Melting Pot, Aspen Creek, BW3, Bonefish Grill, Wick’s Pizza, Roosters, Zoes Kitchen, DQ, Culver’s, Papa Murphy’s, White Castle, Putt Putt, Renaissance Fun Park, Bluegrass Karting, Malibu Jacks, Oldham County Golf, Eagle Creek Golf, Papa Johns, Car Washes, Valvoline Oil Changes, Lotsa Pasta and many more!

Only $20 per book!

The money raised will go towards our campus activities throughout the year. It would be easy to recoup your $20 investment after using the book a few times! They also make great gifts. 

If you decide to purchase the book, simply return the letter and your payment in the envelope provided to your student’s teacher. Checks should be made payable to Christian Academy.

If you would like additional books, you may write your order, enclose the payment and we will send the additional books home with your student within two days.

If you do not want the book, please sign the letter and return it with the book to your student’s teacher. These coupon books are NOT FREE!

Please turn in your payments or unused coupon books by Wednesday, October 10.