CTA held its annual Family Night on Monday, April 22. Middle school students held a bake sale with games and activities mixed with delicious desserts. Grades K-5 had a variety of projects and activities on display. The Kindergarten space ship was a big attraction. 1st grade displayed their seed growing science project. 2nd graders focused on their reading activities while the 3rd graders were proud of all the things they could make out of recycled or discarded items. Ms. Burton’s 4th graders gave their annual tour of world foods and cultures (passport required) and Mr. Kenemer’s 5th graders presented their annual wax museum.

CTA held its 5th Town Hall Meeting on Monday, April 22 as a part of Family Night activities. It was the most attended Town Hall Meeting since School Leader Dan George initiated the practice in April, 2011.

The meeting began with Mr. George celebrating the good news of CTA’s academic achievements for the year. Other highlights of the evening included:

Dean of Students, David Oldebekking reviewed important end of year dates and activities.

Elementary teachers Lauren Huston and Hannah Barrett reported on K-3 technology initiatives for 2013-14.

Assistant Principal, Carrie Paddock discussed curriculum initiatives for 2013-14.

Mr. George reported plans to have more specials and electives available for 2013-14 and introduced representatives from the YMCA who discussed the after school care initiative for next school year.

Mr. Oldebekking outlined enrollment and marketing plans for next year and distributed handbooks for parents of sophomores and juniors to help them prepare for college.

The evening ended with a question and answer period. CTA thanks all of the families who turned out for the meeting. Your participation is greatly valued!

CTA inducted 14 new members into the CTA chapter of the National Honor Society on Wednesday, April 24. 12 existing members will be graduating in May. Social Studies teacher, Mr. Benjamin Watson is the faculty advisor for NHS. The entire membership list includes: Seniors – Austin Armstrong, Naomi Colburn, Esther Hubbard, Travis Johnson, Skyler Ingersoll, Sage Patchett, Grace VanEnk, Andre Winters, Jeremiah Wortz, Timothy Holmberg, Caitlin Marek, Ashley Marek; Juniors – Dani George, Maria Huizinga, Katie Tow, Michaela Smith, Alicia Beck, Justin Mead, Erin Munger; Sophomores – Emma Bishop, Matthew Wheaton, Hunter George, Dylan Yarrington, Grace Price, Hannah Hubbard, Jonathan Hoops, Rachelle Temple, Derek Winters, Kaitlyn Larsen, Olivia Wortz, Kaylynn Botruff, Brianna Bricker.

As you may have read last month in the Post, CTA’s elementary had a reading contest during the month of March. The first goal was to read 600 books by the end of the month. However, we blew that goal away by March 20th; on that day, we had read over 800 books. Nice Job, CTA Elementary! As a group we decided to push that goal up to 1,000 books by March 27th.  That meant that students had to read over 200 books in a single week. WOW! That was quite a feat, but no one was surprised! The students of CTA Elementary are known for rising to meet the challenges set before them. By the morning of March 27th, the leaves had been counted and we had a total of 1,193! CTA Elementary read 1,193 books during the March is Reading Month initiative. We accomplished not just one goal but two! WOW! We are so proud of all of our K-5 students!

To top off Reading Month, CTA had a visit from our State Representative, Mr. Rob Verheulen, who read to each class in K-5. Thank you, Mr. Verheulen!

May 3 Weather Make Up Day for FlexTrac - School is in session!

3 Traditional K-12 No School for Students and Staff  

3 Prom – “Masquerade Ball” – Boulder Creek 

24-27 No School for Students and Staff – Memorial Recess

29 Graduation – Kent Theater – 7 pm

June 6-7 High School Exams

7 Last Day of School – End of Trimester

10 Teacher work day

On Thursday, February 28, CTA had their second annual Daddy/Daughter Dance.  Over 70 people attended this year’s Hoe Down.  Dads and daughters had an amazing time getting their pictures taken, playing games, dancing, and enjoying desserts.  Senior Austin Armstrong and sophomore Hunter George led the dads and daughters in line dance lessons.

CTA’s fourth grade student, Madelin DeKraker, stated, “I loved it!  The detail and decorations were wonderful.  I also loved spending time with my Dad.  It was fun to dance with him.”  Overall, this dance was a huge success.  “The kids and staff had an incredible time.  It was nice to see families spending time together.  I can’t wait for next year’s dance!” stated the kindergarten teacher, Miss Bostic.

March is Reading Month and our elementary school is celebrating! Grades K-5 set and exceeded their goal of 600 books for the month and met last week to set a new goal. 4th Grader Gillian Crowder gave this report:

“Today at CTA, students are reading like crazy! It’s a reading frenzy! The elementary students had a goal of 600 books, and they have already read 853 books as of last Wednesday, March 20th. With one week left, can the elementary students reach their new goal of 1000 books, or will the frenzy fail? Stay tuned to find out if they’ll meet their goals.”

School Leader, Dan George, reads to the CTA 2nd graders

Middle School

Student Name • Grade • GPA

Armstrong, Dawson 07 4.00

August, Danielle 06 4.00

Beardsley, Grace 07 3.84

Beck, Brandon 08 3.33

Bouma, Jarod 08 3.44

Caldwell, Anna 07 4.00

Calkins, Brianne 06 3.75

Davison, Matthew 06 3.83

Fulkerson, Lily 06 3.92

Grabinski, William 07 3.50

Heydenburg, Emily 08 3.22

Hickox, Annalise 08 3.78

Hofstra, James 07 3.17

Howard, Austin 07 4.00

Ingersoll, Dawson 06 4.00

Jenkins, Derek 08 3.67

Kangas, Kaelen 06 3.67

Knott, Ryan 08 3.22

Konrad, Allen 06 4.00

Konrad, Arabelle 08 4.00

Korody, Michael 07 3.17

Lawson, Tatyanna 08 3.67

Lehman, Ethan 08 4.00

Lovett, Nathan 06 3.08

McKinney, Thomas 08 3.67

Miner, Leslie 07 4.00

Price, Nicholas 07 4.00

Shelagowski, Autumn 08 3.89

Starr, Marjorie 06 3.50

Watson, Autumn 07 3.34

Winters, Logan 06 3.00

Wortz, Charles 06 3.50

High School

Student Name • Grade • GPA

Beck, Alicia 11 4.00

Bishop, Emmalee 11 3.95

Boshoven, Tyler 12 3.07

Botruff, Kaylynn 10 3.22

Bricker, Brianna 10 3.42

Colburn, Lydia 11 3.80

Colburn, Naomi 12 3.97

Cooper, Daniel 12 3.00

Couturier, Esther 12 3.42

Davison, Joshua 09 3.72

Fahling, Adam 12 3.29

George, Dani 11 4.17

George, Jonathan H 10 4.08

Herweyer, Kyle 10 3.17

Hickox, Evan 09 3.56

Holmberg, Timothy 12 3.17

Hoops, Jonathan 10 3.63

Hubbard, Esther 12 3.78

Hubbard, Hannah 10 3.90

Huizinga, Clare 09 3.56

Huizinga, Maria 12 3.08

Ingersoll, Skyler 12 4.09

Johnson, Travis 12 3.67

Keech, Kaleigh 09 3.67

Kibitz, Colton 12 3.00

Knott, Stephen 11 4.25

Kyser, Jordan 09 3.28

Larsen, Kaitlin 10 3.00

Marek, Ashley 12 3.47

Marek, Caitlin 12 3.56

Mead, Justin 11 3.56

Munger, Erin 11 4.06

Ogden, Logan 10 3.33

Patchett, Sage 12 3.50

Price, Grace 10 4.08

Smith, Michaela 11 3.89

Stahle, Jared 09 3.53

Temple, Rachelle 10 3.86

Tow, Kathryn 11 4.17

VanEnk, Annalise 09 3.95

VanEnk, Grace 12 4.17

Wheaton, Matthew 11 3.61

Winters, Andre 12 3.42

Winters, Derek 10 3.92

Wortz, Jeremiah 12 3.61

Yarrington, Dylan 10 4.08

Monday, April 22 – 7 PM

CTA invites all parents and stakeholders to the annual spring Parent/Superintendent Town Hall Meeting on Monday, April 22 at 7 pm in the CTA auditorium. You will hear about new initiatives for 2013-14 in technology, curriculum, specials classes, and before and after school child care. 

All families present will participate in a drawing for a $100 gas card!

March 29 Weather Make Up Day – School is in session!

April 1-5 No School for Students and Staff – Spring Break

April 18 Cedar Springs Community Night @ Cedar Springs High School – Come visit our booth!

April 22 Family Night – 5-7 pm

April 22 Parent / Superintendent Town Hall Meeting – 7-8 pm

April 23-25 K-8 Parent/Teacher Conferences (by appointment)

April 25 9-12 Parent Teacher Conferences (by appointment)

March is Reading Month!

March 5-7 ACT/MME (Regular School Day for all others)

7 End of 2nd Trimester

8 Weather Make Up Day for FlexTrac Students

(FlexTrac students WILL attend School; No School for All

Other Students and Staff

26 State Representative VerHeulen visits K-5 – 12 N – 2pm

29 No School for Students and Staff – Spring Break

April 1-5 No School for Students and Staff – Spring Break

22 Family Night – 5-7 pm

22 Parent / Superintendent Town Hall Meeting – 7-8 pm

23-25 K-8 Parent/Teacher Conferences (by appointment)

25 9-12 Parent Teacher Conferences (by appointment)