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Eighth Grade at

Outward Bound

4/27-29 - FCIS

Accreditation Visit

4/30 - MS Interim

Reports

5/1 - PA Meeting

5/2 - 4th Grade, Mad

Hatter’s Tea Party

5/8 –6:30 - 7:30 - CLA

Spring Musical

5/9 - Relay for Life

5/9– Kindergarten

Mother’s Day Tea

Reminders

Join the

Parents Assn

Contact:

Dee Reilly:

deereilly@bellsouth.net

Don’t forget to check the

school calendar on our

website for all events , updates

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LAST CALL FOR YEARBOOK ORDERS Order your 2014 Full Color Yearbook today!

Yearbook Orders are ONLINE only. Jostens has discontinued the DVD.

http://jostensyearbooks.com?REF=A01275459

CLA’S ART FESTIVAL NEEDS VOLUNTEERS

CLA’s Art Festival is May 23, 2014 from noon - 3 pm. Come share

your talents with our students! Participate in the fun of the day

as a volunteer, please contact

Mr. Benny at jbenny@creativelearningacademy.org.

The Florida Council of Independent Schools (FCIS) visiting team will be at CLA from Sunday April 27- Wed. 30th.

Please give them a warm welcome.

The 8th grade class and

Ms. Hessler, left today for

their Outward Bound ad-

venture. We wish them safe

travels and look forward to

hearing about their experi-

ence.

The Fifth Annual Pensacola Invitational Math Competition

The Fifth Annual Pensacola Invitational Math Competition, sponsored by the Pensacola Post of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), was held on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Ten schools from across the region brought a total of 200 middle school students to com-pete in the competition. Superintendent of Escambia County Schools Malcolm Thomas and Mr. Wes Hamill from SAME attended to help pass out awards to the winners at the end of the day.

There are three levels for competition participants: Math I (6th grade), Math II (7th grade) and Algebra I (8th grade) Competitors take a challenging individual 50 minute test and also participate as a team working against the clock against other teams participating at the same level. Three types of awards are given: 1) Individual Awards are based on performance on the individual test only. 2) Team Awards are based on combining the score of the team round with the scores of the individual tests of the members of that team. 3) Sweepstakes Awards are overall school awards. Our students did an outstanding job at the competition. 8th Grade team took 1st place overall at the Algebra I level. Team members: Kareem Bataineh, Riley Laggan, Cara Kizilbash, and Dina Razek 7th Grade formed two teams and did an excellent job under pressure in the team round. Team 1: Parker Beverly, Wally Odom, Gabe Sarazin, Lisa Tripathy Team 2: Nicole Daley, Katie Fitzgerald, Vanessa Welch 6th Grade formed two teams to compete in the Math I category. Team 1 took 2nd place overall at the Math I level, based on both their team and individual scores. Team members: Luke Beiswenger, Luca Benny, Katherine McCrackin, Nicholas Skoufis Team 2 placed first in the team round, scoring 96 points, higher than any other school competing in the Math I team round. Points for the team round are based on both speed and accuracy. Team members: Alex Atherton, Sami Humeda, Mehul Kapur, Yasmine Kha-bou Creative Learning Academy took home 2nd place in the overall Sweepstakes Award. This award was an average of our partici-pating students. We could not have taken the Sweepstakes without the hard work and contribution of all of our students! Awards were also given for the top 10 individual competitors at each level. Algebra I : Kareem Bataineh – 2nd place Dina Razek – 5th place Riley Laggan – 8th place Math II:: Gabe Sarazin – honorable mention Math I: Luke Beiswenger – 6th place Mehul Kabur – 7th place Nicholis Skoufis – honorable mention Alex Atherton – honorable mention

Congratulations to all!

Florida Math League Contest

The annual Florida Mathematics League contest for 5th graders is given each year in April. The 5th grade contest consists of 30 challenging questions to be answered in 30 minutes. The questions require logical thinking and are word problem based. The top scoring students in each grade are recognized here and will receive Certificates of Merit at our end of the year Awards Ceremony. In addition, the top student in 5th grade is awarded a Florida Math League Contest Book. In 5th grade, our top 3 places go to:

Annie Pratt – 1st place Abigail Asmar– 2nd place Adele Dorion – 3rd place

Tropicana Speech Contest

Mrs. Taylor's sixth grade English students recently participated in the Tropi-

cana Speech Contest. Students were responsible for writing and presenting

their own speeches.

The classroom winners were:

1st place - Lacey Marshall

2nd place - Emma Sontag

3rd place - Yasmine Khabou and Mehul Kapur

1st runner up - Leah Hayes

2nd runner up - Katherine McCrackin

3rd runner up - Luke Beiswenger

Lacey Marshall and Yasmine Khabou will be representing the school in the county competition

on May 5th.

Mission

“CLA nurtures and strengthens each child's foundation of academic excellence, creativity, independence,

and integrity in a culturally enriched community.”

Noor Rifai, 8th Grade

Head of School for the Day

Fares Rifai, 5th Grade

Mrs. Gayle’s Assistant for the Day

This sister and brother duo did a great job helping out in the office!

Our 8th Graders along with Ms. Hessler, ready to begin their

Outward Bound Adventure.

Kindergarten, 1st, and

2nd planted sunflowers and weeded the butterfly garden.

Thank you to George and Ellen Demmy (grandparents of two

CLA students) for donating the milkweed plants for the garden.

And also to Ellen Odom for planting additional plants in the

butterfly garden.

Relay for Life

Mrs. Miller spray painted students

hair purple to raise money for Re-

lay for Life

Big Thanks to

Boy Scout Troop

425 for their

hard work clear-

ing the back

fence. It Looks

great!

Dean Stewart

and his daughter

Claire also

helped out!

Thank You!!

Faces of CLA

Gym Renovation Update

We would like to give a huge Thank You to the donors of our Gym Renovation Campaign.

Our goal is $50,000. To date we have raised $42,130!

We are so close to making this a reality. We have $7,870 to reach our goal so that we can have our new

floor installed over the summer. Please contact Vicky Wonders to donate to this exciting campaign.

Diamond

Steve, Kyla, Kett, and Kendall Homewood and Christine

Riley, In Memory of Kim Homewood

Platinum

Bear Family Foundation

David and Cindi Bear

Silver

The Alsheikh Family

Anonymous

The Cooper-Holmes Family

Kevin and Peggy Hayes

Drs. Jason and Amy Foland

Dr. Brett and Christy Laggan

Halley and Holly Lovato

Dr. Jason and Jennifer Marshall

Dr. Patrick & Dee Reilly

Bronze

Anonymous

Anonymous

Dr. Kevin and Rachel Botts

Chris and Abbie Davidson

Virgil and Anita Decker, In honor of Clare and Erin Reilly

Nathan and Pam Green

Drs. Kevin and Julia Hoffman

Drs. Swafan and Dina Jaalouk

Dr. Zaher and Rana Kalaji

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Lenhart, In Honor of Dr. and Mrs. Aref

Rifai and Family

Beth and Bruce Partington, In honor of Graybill Partington

Andrew and Sara Rothfeder

Debbie Scott

Drs. Davinder and Cici Sekhon

Cameron Smith and Jennifer Walden

Dr. Brian and Melissa Sontag

Dr. Sumit and Shalini Verma

Don and Rhonda Wehrenberg

Mike and Alka Wells

Friends

Anonymous

Wilfred Becker

James and Dana Bledsoe

Dana DeYoung

Brian Hooper

Dr. Mohamed and Nedra Khabou

Mark Kilcawley

Rob and Michelle Lockhart

Wright Moulton

Peter and Shana Neuhaus

Ashley Pennewill

Dr. Janet Pilcher

Drs. Randall and Heather Reese

Gabriel Sarazin

Stephanie Flynn Tilley, In Honor of Mackinnley Milan Tilley

Dr. Amy and Kyle Watson

Mary Lee Porter-Hanson Founding Visionaries Chris and Sloane Cox

Head of School Leadership Circle Anonymous Dr. Brett and Christy Laggan Dr. Jason and Jennifer Marshall Victoria Mullet Kyle and Dr. Amy Watson

Hyde Park Road Part-ners James and Dana Bledsoe Dr. Kevin and Rachel Botts Mason and Pamela Botts Chris and Abbie Davidson Vince and Shawna Fisher Drs. Jason and Amy Foland Dr. Luis and Patricia Ghiglino Drs. Kevin and Julia Hoffman Sanjiv Kapur and Dr. Pardeep Kumari Drs. Ali Kizilbash and Thuy Nguyen Evan and Windy Levin Halley and Holly Lovato Wright Moulton Navarre Pediatrics Dr. Rami and Yasmine Owera Dr. Patrick and Dee Reilly Jeffrey and Mary Sands Drs. Davinder and CiCi Sekhon Annette Smith Joel and Wendy Smith Dean and Dr. Martha Stewart

Blue and Gold Partners Dr. Ismeth and Jeannette Abbas Roger and Kristin Ball Philip and Robin Bates David and Cindi Bear Paul and Karen Bowdich Scott and Mesha Boyle Dr. Quincy and Donna Brown Dr. Luther and Lori Carter Dana DeYoung Matt and Sarah Dimitroff Doug and Jannet Drewry, In honor of Reese Drewry

Dr. Thomas and Deborah Fitzgerald

Gary and Bronwyn Glojek Nathan and Pam Green Kevin and Peggy Hayes Janice Holmes Brian Hooper Drs. Victor and Hillary Hultstrand Drs. Humam Humeda & Joumana Sar-khoche Doug and Beth Jensen Drs. Mohamed and Nedra Khabou Rob and Michelle Lockhart Dr. Clark and Malinda Metzger Jim and Connie Miller Dr. Peter and Shana Neuhaus Bradley and Ellen Odom Wesley and Linda Odom Drs. Ajay and Ritu Pabby Matthew and Sherrod Pair Dr. Robert Patterson and Debbie Cook Ashley Pennewill Dr. Janet Pilcher Drs, Jerry and Megan Pratt Jason and Brandy Rebol Drs. Randy and Heather Reese Andrew and Sara Rothfeder Dr. Elias and Alice Skoufis

George and Calliope Skoufis, In honor of Nich-olas Skoufis Cameron Smith and Jennifer Walden John and Kristine Smith Thomas and Ruby Smith The Chadbourne Foundation, Inc. Drs. Shea and Stephanie Tilley Dr. Ty and Suzanne Turbyfill Don and Rhonda Wehrenberg Dr. Kevin and Capri Welch Sean and Michelle Wilber Ed and Vicky Wonders Friends of CLA Jim and Cindy Adams Greg Allerellie Mary Alonzo Jason and Kelly Anstead Ross and Melissa Atherton Jessica Barclay The Bernhardt Family Richard and Susan Beverly Greg and Tish Boozer Ashley Brown Creative Jim and Ashley Brown

Robin Carlisle Carol Courcy Ken and Darlene Dickey David and Lisa Drasutis Paulette Drasutis Ken and Kingsley Drewry Cathy Duncan Harry and Sue Flanders, In honor of Max & Julia Bear Andy and Faith Flock Johneen Goltermann Gulf Coast School of Music Tina Helms Melissa Hessler Steve Homewood Candy Janson Linda Johnson, In honor of Will Boyle Samantha Johnson Ken Justice and Kelly Meek Mark Kilcawley Robert and Jane Krauss, In honor of Parker Beverly Saralee Lambert, In honor of Lacey Fisher Laura Lazear Joe and Maureen Leccese Maureen Lee Art and Kathryn Merlan Jennifer Mitchell Cathy Niemeyer Bruce and Beth Partington Angela Payne Ed and Gayle Perry Donald and Marilyn Petsinger Michelle Riggins Gretchen Rosenthal Jennifer Russell Darryl and Sharon Strube, In honor of Luke, Drew, & Jackson Beiswenger Tina Taylor Daniel and Kristen Thornburg Mike and Alka Wells Matt and Noelle White Bob and Sheila Wilcox Ken and Elizabeth Woolf Susan Woolf, In honor of Ken & Elizabeth Woolf Paul and Allison Zavada

Thank you to the donors that have supported the Annual Fund.

Our financial strength depends upon participation from the entire community.

Parent participation is at 56%, we need your support to reach 100%!

Please support our most important fundraiser by making your donation today!

We are $ 22,275 away from our goal.