Southwest News

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.

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.

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!

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.

Just a reminder to continue saving Box Tops and Labels for Education. If you have family, friends or neighbors that will save them too that would be great! It all adds up and is an easy way to earn money for our school. These can be turned in at any time

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 #10375.

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.”

Join our parent prayer group of passionate parents who meet together each week on Fridays to seek God’s heart for CAL-Southwest, as we pray into the life of this school. In the past several years since our group formed, we have seen many prayers answered and God move in powerful ways in the lives of students, teachers and families.

Whatever the need, we bring it to our Heavenly Father. We also praise the Lord for the many ways He is actively at work and already doing far above what we could ever expect. So please join us on Friday mornings in the Media Center from 8:20 – 9:20 a.m. Our desire is to see God glorified!

Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands toward Him for the life of your young children.—Lamentations 2:19

If you are interested, please email Tanya Killion at [email protected].

MIDDLE SCHOOL HANGOUT
Friday, September 8, from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
FREE Event with Snacks/Drinks Provided (Nacho Bar)

Our middle school students are invited to a night of 9-square, gaga ball, music and hanging
out with friends. This will be in the gym and is for CAL-Southwest middle school students
only. Siblings and students from other schools are not allowed to attend.

Permission slips for this event will be sent home with students and must be signed and returned by September 7. Parents will need to come into the school that night to sign their student in, provide emergency contact information and specify who will be picking their student up at 8:30 p.m. This event will be chaperoned by other parents, faculty and staff.

Join us at Valley Dairy Freeze on Thursday, August 31, to support our PTO! From 4-8 p.m., a portion of the proceeds will be donated to our PTO. Present the flier that was sent home with your child when you make your purchase!