Final week of school events!

Congrats on another wonderful school year!  Here are a few reminders as we wind down this week.  Monday is CIAA field day, so send your kiddos with a good healthy breakfast.  Wednesday will be our final day of school and it will be a half day for students.  Please remember to follow up on returning any supplies or library books that may still be outstanding before Wednesday.  Thank you to all of our parents for being so involved and for supporting your students this year!

Field Day Rescheduled!

Just a quick note to remind parents that our CIAA field day date has been rescheduled to next Friday, May 10th, due to the forecast of inclement weather tomorrow!

Thomas the Train comes to CIAA!

 

Recently, the City of Covington officials toured local schools with Thomas the Trash Train to inspire young children of our community to keep Covington beautiful.  The first graders at Covington Integrated Arts Academy learned the importance of putting trash in its place. They received a demonstration from Covington Public Works about how material is gathered to keep our community clean.  Students and families were encouraged to participate in the annual Clean up Covington campaign which is held from April 6th-13th.  This yearly campaign focuses on keeping our community trash free.

 

 

The Tennessee Magazine Art Contest Winner!

We are so proud to announce that Covington Integrated Arts Academy seventh grader, Elizabeth Pugh, has won FIRST PLACE in her age group in the February Artist's Palette section of The Tennessee Magazine .  The category was "Who is your Hero?" and Elizabeth drew a sketch of Tim McGraw.  Not only was her drawing published in the magazine, but she also received a $50.00 Prize and a award certificate honoring her first place win. Elizabeth is a member of the CIAA Art Club.  Congrats Elizabeth! 

CIAA Wins GCA Award!

 

We would like to offer a huge THANK YOU to our CIAA maintenance crew!  They have worked so hard that our school was awarded the Clean Facility Award for March!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO!

 

Student Council Attends Weather Road Show!

 

The CIAA Student Council, along with several teachers, recently attended the WMC Channel 5 Weather Road Show held at Dyersburg State Community College.  While the students were visiting the Jimmy Naifeh Center at DSCC in Covington, they also enjoyed meeting the television news and weather hosts Justin Hanson and Dave Brown!  They returned with lots of knowledge about storm chasing and other areas of meteorology! 

Piggy Bank Pageant Winner!!!

We would like to thank Mr. Mathew Adams from the Tipton County Extension office, pictured below, who recently came to our school to congratulate 4th grade student, Abigail Gallardo, on her win in the Piggy Bank Pageant.  Abigail placed second in her category in this wonderful program that helps teach children about saving money.  Congrats Abigail!

 

 

SPRING FLING!!!!!

Parents it is that time of year again for a fun and exciting day for your kids as a treat for all of their hard work this year!  Friday, March 22nd, from 9:00AM to 2:30PM  CIAA will be throwing the Annual Spring Fling!   Tickets will be sold at the door and cost $1.00 for each activity.  The times for your student are listed below:

 

          PreK - 1st grade              9:00am - 10am

          2nd grade - 3rd grade     10:15am - 11:15am

 

          4th grade - 5th grade      12:15pm - 1:15pm

 

          6th grade - 8th grade      1:30pm - 2:30pm

 

 

Fashion Board Show!

What is Fashion Board you ask?  Great question!  Our 7th and 8th grade girls who have good grades and conduct are eligible to participate in Fashion Board under the direction of Mrs. Dickerson, 7th and 8th grade teacher and former co-owner of the John Robert Powers Modeling school in Memphis.  This opportunity allows our young ladies at CIAA to learn to dress for success, identify and practice business and social manners, and learn how to runway model the newest fashions.  Mrs. Dickerson has a vision for these young ladies to be able to embrace their inner beauty and intelligence, to present a confident and lady like appearance, and to practice good manners for the betterment of themselves and their future success.  Here is a sneak peek at the last presentation these beautiful young ladies participated in!

BOOK FAIR IS HERE!!!!!

CIAA Book Fair started today!  Parents, come on by for one of our family nights either Tuesday, March 5th or Thursday, March 7th both nights from 4:00-6:00PM and pick out some great books!  The book fair has some wonderful new titles this year and students can purchase their books from March 4th to March 12th from 8:15AM to 3:00PM.  Can't wait to see you!

Little Yellow School Buses are Back!

It's that time of year again when our entire school gets "rolling" in buying Little Yellow School Buses to help raise money for our playground and technology needs for our school.  Students, staff, and teachers all challenge each other with fun at heart to see who can raise the most money. In the end, every year, there is always someone (Mrs. Sara) who gets to show our school how much we mean to her by completing a challenge!  So, parents send your students with $1.00 or more to purchase a Little Yellow School Bus so we all can help Mrs. Sara once again to get the chance to participate in an interesting and fun challenge!!!!  Deadline to purchase is March 7th!

Black History Program is another Great Success!

On February 28th, our school gathered together in honor of Black History Month and teachers and students both participated in a wonderful program that included many amazing performances showing how wonderfully our students integrate arts into their learning!  Here are a few photos from the program in case you missed it!

3rd Graders sing for our program

CIAA Dance Troupe performs

CIAA Band participates as well!

8th grade teacher Sherri Keough sings wind beneath my wings for our students

CIAA choir performance

CONGRATULATIONS DANCE TROUPE!

We want to offer an HUGE Congratulations to our CIAA Dance Troupe who recently traveled to Fort Worth, Texas to participate in the Tremaine Dance Competition.  These amazingly talented students took home the 1st place trophy in their division!  Welcome home and congrats to all of our students who participated!

Baseball Buddies!

CIAA would like to thank our wonderful Baseball Buddies who have come to visit our students.  Recently CHS baseball buddy, Brad Walker came to pay a visit and jumped right in to reading with some of our students!  Thank you to all who have been a part of our CIAA family this year.

 

 

 

 

READERS HIT THE BIG TIME!!!

Our Principal Mrs. Sara Gangaware has challenged our students to reach high in their reading goals by earning 100AR points, reading 100 books, or reading 100 sight words.  Our kids went above and beyond to reach these goals and we are so proud of our top readers this year!  They have worked very hard! Congratulations to each of our students who hit their goal!

Skate Party!

Our students had a fun Saturday on the 23rd at our first skate party! This was a great way for the kids to spend some time with their friends while getting some healthy activity too!  Can't wait until our next one!

Good Luck to our CIAA Dance Troupe!

We hope you will join with us in wishing our CIAA Dance Troupe good luck as they leave tomorrow traveling to Dallas, Texas to compete at the Tremaine Dance Convention!  This is an amazing group of girls led by Mrs. Deborah Walker and we know they will present an excellent performance!  Good Luck!!!

 

CIAA SCIENCE FAIR!

Recently, CIAA participated in the local school-wide and county science fairs.  Our students work incredibly hard on their science fair projects and we are always amazed at the creativity and dedication they put into their science fair projects.  Several of our students received honors this year for their outstanding projects.  We would like to congratulate County level winners including 5th grade student, Harold Goodman for his first place win in physical science and 7th grade student Ross Russell for 3rd place in the same category!  Our school level winners included Xavier Price, Kimberlyn Williams, Raygen Escue, Elizabeth Pugh, Rylie Russell, Ross Russell, Harold Goodman, Chrisyanna Boykin, and George Smith!  Great job for all of our winners this year!

Some quick photos of one of our winners (Ross Russell) accepting his County Science Fair award!

 

UPCOMING EVENTS!!

There are some wonderful and important upcoming events in the next few weeks!  Here is a list of dates to mark in your calendars and highlight!  Pay close attention to tomorrow nights activities for it is going to be a busy and fun packed night!!!! 


Tomorrow Night!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, February 7
Parent-Teacher conferences are from 3:30 - 6:30PM
Science Fair presentations are in the gym from 3:30 - 6:30PM
Our 6th grader's ALL STAR NIGHT will start in the Performing Arts Hall at 6:30PM

Also other important dates include.....


Saturday, February 9
VALENTINE DANCE
Grades 1st-3rd    3:00PM - 5:00PM
Grades 4th-8th    5:30PM - 7:30PM


Wednesday, February 13
VALENTINE PICTURES
will be taken during school
$5 per 5 X 7 print

Thursday, February 28
Black History Program
by Dance & Drama Club
1:00

Check your students class newsletter on our CIAA School Website for more information and individual class events!!!!!  

THE DICTIONARY PROJECT!!

Our 3rd grade students and teachers would like to offer a very big THANK YOU to the Covington Rotary Club and Tipton County Education Association who brought a very wonderful gift of learning to our classrooms today!  They brought each and every 3rd grader their very own dictionary today through The Dictionary Project.  As you can see below, these are some very happy students ready to learn! 

3rd Graders ROCK!

Now if you have not had a chance to attend one of our All Star Nights with our students, you are surely missing out!  So here is your chance!  This Thursday night, January 10th at 6:00PM our third grade students are putting on a show!   They have been practicing hard to get a chance to show you what they know!   It is an opportunity to really see how our can demonstrate what they have learned through arts integration!  Please come and visit and see how our 3rd graders ROCK!

THE ARTISTS ARE COMING!!!! THE ARTISTS ARE COMING!!!!

One of the most exciting learning experiences CIAA offers its students is the opportunities to learn with visiting artists.  We are so blessed to have some amazing artists visiting our school throughout the next two months. 

Starting today we will be seeing Mr. Chuck Parr around at our school as he utilizes his music background and teaches Cuentos lessons to our 6th, 7th, and 8th graders.  He will also be visiting on January 11th, 15th, and 18th.

Misti Rae Warren, teaching from her music and drama background, will be visiting CIAA to work with our 3rd through 5th graders on February 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd.

Another artist with music and drama background, Virginia Ralph, will be visiting CIAA to work with our Kindergarten - 2nd graders.  You be able to spot her at CIAA on February 4th, 6th, 7th, 19th, 21st, and 22nd.

Thanks to the Tipton County Education Foundation, the Student Ticket Subsidiary, and the Tennessee Value Plus Arts Commission, our CIAA students have a VERY exciting event coming up!!!  On February 12th, our entire student body will have the opportunity to visit the Ruffin theater to see legendary storyteller and educational speaker, David Gonzalez.  He will be speaking on both Jazz Orpheus and Cuentos at separate times throughout the day.  We have listed the times that each grade will be attending and which show they will be able to experience below along with a brief description from his website (DavidGonzalez.com) about the material he presents in his show.

 Our K-5th graders will be attending the morning session about Cuentos:

"Cuentos: Tales from the Latino World,  paints a vivid picture of the people and rich cultures of the Spanish-speaking world with colorful tales from the Caribbean, South America, and the Bronx! From the silly antics of the Puerto Rican anti-hero "Juan Bobo" to the mysterious dealings and powers of the Orishas in a suite of Afro-Cuban stories, these tales are filled with memorable characters, fantastic plots and positive messages for children. Spanish language words are sprinkled throughout the stories and songs of "Cuentos: Tales from the Latino World" in such a way that young audiences can repeat and retain their sound and meaning." 

Our 6th-8th graders will be attending the afternoon session to learn about Jazz Orpheus:

   "JAZZ Orpheus is a hip-hoppin', be-boppin' musical version of the classic Greek myth, Orpheus and Euridice. I have always loved this story of courage and adventure and now have made its rich meaning come alive for today's kids."

Thank you to all of our visiting artists and all of those who have contributed to make these arts teachings available to our students!

Did you miss Aladdin????

Right before our Holiday break, many of you were able to see some of the amazingly talented students from CIAA in an outstanding performance of Aladdin.  The students and staff worked unbelievably hard for months to prepare for this year's performance and all their hard work surely paid off!  We wanted to share a few still photos of the performance for some who were unable to attend!  Enjoy!