September 17, 2021
Chesapeake Academy's mission: to inspire each student to approach learning with 
curiosity and creativity, 
pursue excellence in all endeavors, 
and act with integrity--
so each can make our community and world a better place. 

The Head's Heads UP!

Focused goal setting in a trusting relationship is a powerful combination for students in any circumstance but amid the challenges of safely keeping students in school during a pandemic, these essential relationships provide ballast for students at Chesapeake Academy. Research shows that constructive teacher/student relationships have a very positive impact on students’ academic outcomes.

At Chesapeake Academy, each early childhood and lower school student has a caring teacher determined to know and develop the whole child, and each middle school student has an advisor whose responsibility it is to know and support their academic, athletic, and personal growth--along with a host of subject-specific teachers who work as a team. Together students and teachers will spend this school year discovering the ways each of us can pursue excellence.

This year's theme, pursuing excellence, is a natural outgrowth of the school's mission. Pursuing excellence values contribution vs achievement; it involves being the best that you can be; it requires cultivating a deep love for learning and embracing lifelong learning.

Pursuing excellence asks us to make a difference in the lives of others; to maximize our talents to that end. Pursuing excellence is empowering, it requires us to focus on solutions and opportunities with enthusiasm and optimism. It means you have to stand for something.

Pursuing excellence does not mean you will not fail or struggle, but it does mean you will persevere! Pursuing excellence means seeing the pursuit in others and valuing their contributions.

It is going to be an engaging and challenging journey...drawing on our own excellence...and we will make it together!



Julie
 
Volunteers Needed for Community Oyster Roast!

Yes, the tickets to the upcoming Community Oyster Roast are sold out! However, you can still participate in helping this event be successful! The Oyster Roast is one of two main fundraising events at CA, and it takes many volunteers to make it happen. We need volunteers to work in 2 hour increments at various stations. Unfortunately, with COVID limitations on crowd size, we have to ask our volunteers who do not have tickets not to remain on campus outside their volunteer time. We thank you for your effort to ensure that the Oyster Roast is a big success.

Contact Catherine Emry at cemry@chesapeakeacademy.org or at 804.438.5575 to see how you can help today!
Thank you in advance!
Keep our Community Safe!

  • Remember to turn your car ignition off when you get out so no cars are left running unattended!
  • Don't forget: masks are required in the Gaga pit--even after school!

Thanks!
Class Acts...
Chesapeake Academy 3.0: Blended Learning

Gone to Gemba!

In kindergarten, students come together at a big, blue, oval rug several times a day. This special place is called Gemba. Gemba is a Japanese word meaning where the magic happens. Building community and social skills, kindergarteners know that they are seen from their spot at Gemba. They also know they are heard from their spot at Gemba. They learn that to be seen and heard, they must have open eyes, open ears, and an open heart. This leads to the K motto, "Kind thoughts, kind heart, kind hands." Would you like to join us at Gemba?

In the photo above, Bryce and Atlas greet each other with toe taps.

Literature Opens Door To Character

Second grade is learning about CA’s social and ethical curriculum. Students hear a story about a favorite book character and talk about a positive character trait that the character exhibits. For example, Amelia Bedelia showed constructive problem solving and service. Second grader Weston showed constructive problem solving when he helped his family find the way on a walk through the woods. Curious George wants to learn to read. Noel is intellectually curious about space. 

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N en Español!

Second grade Spanish just finished discussing summer vacation. These enthusiastic kids learned vocabulary related to summer vacation and presented to the class in Spanish what they did!
Water Cycle Boogie!

Evaporation, condensation, precipitation--the majestic water cycle is currently on the minds of fourth grade students! To observe these processes in action, students dyed water blue, sealed it in plastic bags, and then hung the bags in classroom windows so they could observe the changes over two days, recording what they noticed as it happened! Scientists in the making!
Veni, Vidi, Vici!
(I Came, I Saw, I Conquered)

To kick off the school year, sixth grade Latin students sharpened their conversation skills. After creating an interactive notebook flip-note page, practicing with a friend, responding to teacher questions in Latin, and taking a practice quiz, students got competitive with a game of Quizlet Live! Will these discipuli be ready for their first quiz on Friday? Ita!
Gotcha!

Charismatic tricksters abound in literature around the world and through the ages. Sixth grade lit is enjoying the novel Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia. Two of the novel's primary characters engage in creative forms of trickery! Now, it is the students' turn to trick their peers via a game of Twisted Truth, where students think critically in order to guess their peers' partial truth. 
Getting Elbow Deep--In Algebra!

In order to focus on STEM applications across algebra and eighth grade science, eighth graders are taking a supplementary Algebra Lab 4 class periods a week. With Ms. Novak teaching the Algebra class and Ms. Duvall teaching the Algebra Lab, students have multiple ways to work with more complex math concepts. Throughout the algebra course, students think creatively, flexing their critical thinking and math communication skills. The connections with eighth grade physics and chemistry are evident as well. The integrated and project-based approach to math builds strong math students who make connections, approach math with curiosity rather than fear, and who can apply their knowledge in a variety of new scenarios. 
Student Council Scoop

Congratulations to 2021 Student Council officers:

President: Porter Pittman
Vice-President: Sam Antonio
Treasurer: Miles Hollingsworth
Secretary: Thomas Emery
CAPPA News

Your CAPPA Board is excited to have the new school year started and on its way! Our goal continues to be that of safely engaging our community after more than a year of being apart!


We want to thank every single one of our supportive CA parents and patrons, all of the folks who are leading committees, and those who generously volunteered to assist with committee work. Another big thank you goes out to our room parents!

Information about the Apple Sales Fundraiser will be next on the schedule. October follows with the Annual CA Community Oyster Roast. Lots of good things going on right now!

If you have not requested to join the "CAPPA Page for Current CA Families" on Facebook, please do! There is much information shared on the site and a great venue to ask quick questions as well! If you need more specific information about CAPPA or volunteering, please reach out via email to Stacey Carden, CAPPA president, at cstaceycarden@gmail.com.

Wishing all of our Osprey Families a great start to this new year!
Attitude of Gratitude


  • Huge thanks to Scott Keplinger, volunteer JV Soccer Coach, and Frederic Cabocel volunteer tennis coach. And of course, we always love to see Mr. Smith when he can help out!
  • Richard Abbott's steady hand at the helm guided the gym overhaul and campus upgrades through every challenge!
  • Room parents are the best! Thanks to Melissa Burke in PreK; Jamie Crissey in Kindergarten; Charlotte Charlton in first grade; Loraine TroLlip in second grade; Lisa Minor and Jennifer Miller in third grade; Becca Sterrett in fourth grade; Courtney Sisson in fifth grade; Heather Casey in sixth grade; Katie Parker and Wanda Harding in seventh grade; and Phoebe Hollingsworth in eighth grade!
  • Teachers are the most inventive group. And it was so evident as school started that these pros were problem solving, tweaking and making it work!
  • Total gratitude to theThree Rivers Health District!
  • Ms. Calkins sends a shout out to Ms. Manetz for her mentorship and materials.

Save the Date

9/20 Woodberry Forest Admissions Visits for Lunch, seventh and eighth grades
9/21 LS Virtual Back to School Night
9/2/24 Middle School INward Bound
9/29 PALS Presents Geoffrey Marsh, Juggler, all grades
9/29 Tag Day
10/1 CAPPA Meeting, 8:30 a.m.
10/6 Picture Day, Dress Uniform and Shoes
10/9 CA Oyster Roast
10/11 Fall Break
10/25 through 11/5 Virtual Bookfair
10/27 Tag
10/28 ISAC Volleyball Championship