Southwest News

Grandparents Day will be held on Thursday, October 12. We will have a special combined chapel service to honor our grandparents 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 music, testimonies, Scripture recitation and recognition of grandparents. Following the service, grandparents will have the opportunity to visit the kindergarten-8th grade classrooms with their grandchildren from 2-3 p.m. Invitations have been mailed to all grandparent addresses that were received at school. Please contact the school office if you have any questions.

Volunteers are needed to help monitor the lunchroom from 11 a.m. to noon daily and assist younger students with opening small items such as milk, condiment packages, etc. Please consider donating an hour out of your day once a week to help our students and staff. If you are available to assist as a lunchroom monitor, please contact the Cafeteria Manager. At this time our greatest need is for Thursdays. Your service is greatly appreciated.

Chris McIntire

Cafeteria Manager

Christian Academy School System
Southwest Campus
P: (502) 447-6500, ext. 3044
[email protected]

Our first service project for this school year will be Change for Christ Week, September 25-29. During this week, students and staff will get to participate in themed dress days for a donation of $1 per day. All of the funds that we raise will go towards the Jackson Family as they serve God as missionaries in Southeast Asia. Mrs. Jackson is one of our former teachers! We have had Change for Christ Week for the last six years to give to the work of the Jackson Family and our students and families have given over $10,000 towards their ministry! Mark your calendars for the days below and know that your donations will help to share the message of God’s love to people across the world!

• Monday, September 25 – Pajama Day
• Tuesday, September 26 – Tacky Tie Tuesday (crazy neckties and shirts)
• Wednesday, September 27 – Wacky Head Wednesday (crazy hair and crazy hats)
• Thursday, September 28 – Throwback Thursday (dress in your favorite decade)
• Friday, September 29 – Fandom Friday (anything that you’re a fan of)

Our Fine Arts play this year is Madagascar Jr. We will have a parent/student interest meeting for Drama on Tuesday, September 26, at 3:40 p.m. in the Chapel. Students that are in 3rd-8th grades are eligible to be a part of the production. Students in 5th-8th grades can be a part of the stage crew. There will be a required audition workshop on October 3, for anyone auditioning. Auditions will be held on October 10. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Stivers at [email protected].

The school photographer will be back on campus on Friday, September 22, 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 Thursday, September 21. Students will not be photographed again without parent permission.

Join us at the Dixie Highway Chick-fil-A on Thursday, September 14, from 5-8 p.m.! Bring your fliers (click here) and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to our PTO!

All students in kindergarten through 8th grades will not have school on Wednesday, September 20. This is Parent/Teacher Conference Day. Parents of students in kindergarten-5th grades will be contacted by your child's teacher to schedule a conference time for that day. Middle school parents may request conferences with their child's teachers or will be contacted directly by the teachers if a conference is needed.

Christian Academy is committed to being a community that cares for and protects children. In today’s culture, we realize that keeping children safe from sexual abuse is vitally important. Such abuse leaves lasting scars – mental, emotional and spiritual. For these reasons, the Christian Academy Board of Directors has mandated that every child in grades kindergarten-12 receive age-appropriate training on how to protect against unsafe touch.

In the elementary grades, we are providing a Christian program that teaches children about the wonderful way God made our bodies, trains children to distinguish between good, hurtful and confusing touch/circumstances, teaches children about secrets and provides children with tools to know what to do if confronted with an inappropriate situation. This program was presented to and approved by the Board of Directors at their March 17, 2008 meeting.

All kindergarten-5^th grade Christian Academy students will receive this training in October. This curriculum, which comprises two thirty-minute sessions, will be presented to same-gender classroom groups. A copy of the presentation that is used with students is included here for your awareness.

Your questions or concerns are important to us. If you have questions concerning this training, please feel free to call me at (502) 447-6500 ext. 2004 or email at [email protected].

Our Cashbook coupon sale started last week! Cashbook has over $300.00 in local savings and Christian Academy of Louisville – Southwest Campus will profit 60% from every sale made. The cashbook will save you money all year long and they also make great holiday gifts. You can support Christian Academy of Louisville – Southwest Campus for just $20.00 and the cashbook pays for itself. The cashbook is not free. Your child brought home a large white envelope with a cashbook and order form. Please use the cashbook to show family, friends, and relatives the great savings they can enjoy. So flip through the book and notice the discounts! 

If you choose to purchase the cashbook:
Keep the cashbook and send a check for $20.00 made out to Christian Academy in your sealed cashbook envelope.

If you choose to sell additional cashbooks:
Use the envelope provided to keep track of your sales. Please keep your sample cashbook and send a check(s) in for the amount of cashbooks you have sold. Be sure to account for the sample cashbook in your sales. The additional cashbooks will be sent home with your child within one week. 

If you choose not to participate in this fundraiser: 
Return the cashbook inside the sealed envelope with your child’s name on the outside.
This sale ends Monday, September 18. Please make sure the envelope and cashbook are returned. We must have every student’s envelope returned either with payment or the cashbook sample in order to track our sales.

Your support in this endeavor is greatly appreciated! 

All proceeds from the cashbook sales will be used for blessing the Southwest Campus.

Please remember that the deadline to submit grandparent names and addresses for Grandparents Day invitations is Friday, September 1. Please click here to print and complete the form and then return it to school by the deadline. You can also email Shannon Wilson at [email protected] with the following information:

• Your Child’s Name and Grade
• First and Last Names and Complete Mailing Addresses for Grandparents

Invitations will be mailed from the school office next week. Thank you for your assistance.