Southwest News

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.

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!

Our Fine Arts Department will be selling spirit wear tshirts again this school year. There are two design options. You are able to select the shirt style and color. If you are interested, you can fill out the form online here. Paper order forms are also available for added convenience (click here to download and print). Orders are due by September 8.
Note: Middle school students may wear a Spirit Wear sweatshirt over their uniform shirt throughout the week.

Thank you so much for supporting our CAL-Southwest Fine Arts Department! Please contact Kristi Stivers at [email protected] if you have any questions.

As part of our Counseling Program at Christian Academy, it is our goal to provide resources to parents and staff on a variety of areas that impact our students. On Tuesday, August 29, from 6-7:30 p.m. we will be hosting Dr. Melisa Pope, a specialist in ADHD from Next Step 2MH (to Mental Health), to have a discussion on the topic and answer questions (click here for a printable flier). If you are someone who would like to know more about this diagnosis, strategies in helping your child/student with ADHD or potential treatment options, this would be beneficial for you! This talk is open to all Southwest Junior Academy through 8^th grade parents/guardians and staff. If you are planning to attend, please RSVP to this email by Tuesday morning so we can make sure to get enough materials. Light refreshments will be provided as well. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity!  However, if you can’t make it and want to, there will be another talk at the Rock Creek Campus on September 19, at 6 p.m.

We want to make you aware that Parent Night for kindergarten-8th grade families will be on Thursday, August 17. 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! Our PTO will be on campus that night to share more about volunteer opportunities throughout the year. 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. (Includes Phonemic Awareness)
1st-2nd Grades,  6-6:30 p.m.
3rd-5th Grades, 6:40-7:10 p.m.
6th-8th Grades, 7:20-7:50 p.m.

DC Trip Meeting for 8th Grade Families 
7:50-8:15 p.m. (Room 212)

F&F Briefings for New Families
3rd-8th Grades, 6-6:30 p.m. (Room 214)
1st-2nd Grades, 6:40-7:10 p.m. (Room 118)

Educational Resource Meetings
DAP intro and parent meeting for middle school students (as needed), 6:35-7:15 p.m., in Mrs. Baker’s room.

Campus Safety Briefings in the Media Center with Rob Hough, Director of Security and Technology (Parents May Attend Any Time Slot)
6:00-6:15
6:15-6:30
6:30-6:45
6:45-7:00
7:00-7:15
7:15-7:30
7:30-7:45