Dads and Daughters 80’s Skate Night
The annual daddy daughter event hosted by the Creative Technology Academy Parent Association was a great night for young girls and their fathers to spend a special evening together. The event took on a new look this year as the fathers and daughters took to the floor with roller skates. Girls and their fathers came dressed up in 80’s rockstar attire.
They arrived at Skate Estate in Howard city to be ushered down a “red carpet” aisle to get their pictures taken. Then, the girls were given backstage passes and sent to get their skates.
The evening was filled with food, fun, dancing, and laughter as the guests took the floor to skate, dance, and play games. It was a night to remember.
Basketball Wraps Up and Soccer Kicks Off
The 2018-2019 basketball seasons came to a close with many highlights for CTA. The Lady Chargers ended their season with a record of 7-9 and third in the Great Lakes 6 Conference. Junior Faith Watson was selected as First Team All-Conference. Senior Brin Calkins and Junior Hannah Hofstra were selected as Second Team All-Conference. On the boys’ side, the middle school team finished 6-5 in their first season. The Varsity team finished 15-3, including an undefeated conference schedule. As conference champions, Senior Charles Wortz, Junior Collin Bishop, and Junior Luke Hubbard were named as First Team All-Conference. Freshman Ivan Winters was named as Second Team All-Conference.
The Lady Chargers soccer has started its conditioning sessions in anticipation for its upcoming inaugural season. The Lady Chargers soccer team will open up play after spring break, on April 9, at Barry County Christian, and the first home game on April 11 vs. West Michigan Academy of Environmental Science.
Elementary Showcase Night Partners Parents and Teachers
On March 12, we provided a workshop-style event for our elementary curriculum night. Our hope was to connect with families and to provide insight on the different strategies of teaching and learning of their child’s classroom experiences at CTA.
We provided three 20-minutes sessions on the following topics:
Student Talk: Academically, student talk is proven to increase critical thinking, problem solving, and student ownership of their learning. We demonstrated how we provided this practice in K-5 classrooms and ways to practice at home!
Close Reading: We learned about the K-12 reading strategy that we teach all students for digging deeper into all types of text,
Foundations of Early Literacy: We demonstrated how the K-3 Fundations program looks like in the classroom and provided take-home resources and strategies.
Word Study: We shared the why and how behind a new approach to reading and spelling.
Music: We learned a variety of songs from around the world and practiced rhythm exercises that can be duplicated at home.
Technology: We provided resources for our parents to navigate through the instructional program MobyMax.
We were excited to give our families choice, flexibility, and a customized night of partnership. We had a great time learning together and provided some great techniques to make the most of our families’ time with their children at home!
PA Rolls in the Dough with Pie Sales
The Parent Association (PA) recently hosted their spring fundraiser. They chose to do a pie sale through Great Lakes Fundraising Company. All Students in grades K-12 were encouraged to sell pies to raise funds for field trips and other needs for the school.
They sold Michigan Apple and Michigan Cherry pies. After the sale of the pies, the PA rounded-up volunteers to make the pies that were sold. This was a great experience for both kids and adults. The students sold a total of 335 pies. The PA was very proud of the students’ hard work selling, and they are very grateful for the hard work and involvement of everyone who helped make this sale a success!
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES ACADEMY SCHOOL CALENDAR
SCHOOL HOURS
Grades K-5: 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Grades 6-12: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
March 22 Early Release Day | School Bank
25 PA Meeting
26 Students vs. Staff Basketball Game
28 Early Release Day | Popcorn Day
29 No School – Spring Break Begins
April 1-5 Spring Break
9 Jostens Cap & Gown and Ring Delivery 12 Early Release Day
12-13 Charger Voices Field Trip to Gaylord
16 PA Meeting
19 School Bank
26 Early Release Day | Popcorn Day | Prom
*Early Release Dismissal Schedule
● K-5 Dismissal at 1:00 p.m.
● 6-12 Dismissal at 12:45 p.m.
