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—April 27th & 28th Spring Musical

—May 3rd National Day of Prayer

—May 4th TAP Meeting Cafeteria at 8:30 am

—May 4th Dress Down Day Supports Performing Arts Dept. Details inside)

—May 4th Prom

—May 5th SAT Testing

—May 8th Barnes & Noble Night (see inside for details)

—May 11th CSCA Talent Show

—May 14th-17th Senior Exams

—May 18th Kindergarten Graduation Last Day of School for K & Preschool 3’s

—May 21st Last Day of School for Preschool 4’s

Mark YourCalendar

Champions for Christ Grand Prize Winners

Headmaster for the Day!

Michael Malone

Four Upper School students were honored for earning 5 or more gold medals for academics, leadership, and/or service in our Champions for Christ program during the first three quarters of this school year. They were Kent Barnhill, Jessica Bell, Jessica Raspolich, & Nathan Yerby. On Monday, April 23, they were treated to a limousine ride to Aruba's Restaurant, where they enjoyed delicious cuisine, a spectacular ocean view, and Mr. Yerby's humor and antics. Congratulations Champions!

9th GradeNathan Yerby

10th GradeKent BarnhillJessica BellJessica Raspolich

Coral Springs Christian AcademyPerforming Arts Department presents

Friday, April 27Saturday, April 28

at 7:00 pmTickets Available Online!

www.csca.us$15.00 adult •$10.00 student

MusicSoundThe

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Rodgers & Hammerstein’s

Show Times:

Fine Arts Department Events• Friday and Saturday, April 27th and 28th. The Sound of Music, 7:00 pm in the Chapel. Call for the cast is at 5:30.

• Tuesday, May 1st: Auditions for the CSCA Talent show will begin. Be performance ready for the audition. Tues-day will be Middle and High School, Wednesday will be Grades 3-5, Thursday will be Grades K-2. Call backs will be the following week with a dress rehearsal on Thursday and the Finale Performance on Friday, May 11th.

• The CSCA 5th Grade will present “Songs for Life” dur-ing Chapel on Wednesday, May 2nd.

• There will be a Ritter’s (Frozen Custard) fundraiser for the Junior Crusader Chorus on Thursday, May 3rd from 5 to 8 p.m. The Junior Crusader Chorus will be performing at 6:30.

• Friday, May 4th: Dress down day to benefit the Perform-ing Arts Department. Any CSCA Tshirt that promotes the arts is encouraged. If not any CSCA Tshirt and jeans will be allowed for the cost of $2.00. Turn your money into the homeroom teacher.

• On Tuesday, May 8th the Barnes & Noble Spring Extrav-aganza will present performances from all music students from CSCA’s K-12. The event starts at 5 p.m.

• Wednesday, May 9th – the CSCA 4th Grade Music stu-dent’s will have a presentation of their recorder music dur-ing chapel and will be combined with 2nd Grade Praise Music chapel..

• The Annual CSCA 3rd Grade American Heritage play will be presented on Thursday, May 17th at 7:00 pm in the chapel.

CENTERN E W SMEDIA

Annie Sudler Joins 500 Point Club!Annie Sudler is only in the second grade and has already joined our 500 Point Club for Accelerated Reader. An-nie loves to read all types of books and some of her favorites are The Candy-makers, The Thirty- Nine Clues series, The Geronimo Stilton series, and various types of biographies. She likes to dance and is in the Girl Scouts. Annie thinks

she would like to own a pet store when she graduates from college one day. Congratulations, Annie!

Kendall Hendrix Earns a Spot in the 250 Point Club!

Kendall Hendrix came to CSCA in third grade and began taking AR quiz-zes. In third grade, she was a member of our 100 Point Club and has now earned enough quiz points to join the 250 Point Club. Kendall’s favorite books include The Warriors series and the Sammy Keyes’ series. She has three cats and a dog at home as well as one brother.

Kendall takes dance lessons and is taking gymnastics to help her with her dance competitions. Both of Kendall’s parents went to Florida State University and she plans to attend col-lege there as well! Go Noles! We are proud of Kendall!

CSCA Birthday Book Club!It is not too late to celebrate! You can still join the Birth-day Book Club for the 2011-2012 year. We send out let-ters through May, 2012 and resume CSCA Birthday Book Club in August with all summer birthdays: June, July, and August, as well as September. However, if you think you missed your chance this year, no worries! You may join at any time and we will celebrate with you!Our newest members are Joshua Autry, Arianna Rotondo, Abby Pinder, Haley Townsend, Christopher Townsend, Cameron Miedema, Lilly Wiersema, Luca Wiersema, and Dylan Cordoba. Happy Birthday to YOU!

New AR Point Clubs!2500 Points: Kylie Severine500 Points: Annie Sudler & Sean Worsley250 Points: Kendall Hendrix & Rahlyn Ramsaran 100 Points: Donny Gerton, Dominic Javier, Annalise Linton, & Sierra Ramsaran50 Points: Alexandra Espinoza, Jayden Maurrase, Ariyana Richards, Rohith Shibu, & Christopher Townsend25 Points: Giana Gharakhanian, Layla Kessler, Anja McMaster, & Lilly Wiersema

Our Point Club Parties are Coming Up. Please Mark Your Calendars.100 Point Club Pizza Party -10:45 to 11:30 - May 14 250 Point Club Bowling Party -1:00 to 3:00 - May 14500 Point Club Lunch Party -11:15 to 1:30 - May 16 1000 Point Club Party - Rain Forest Café -11:15 to 1:30 Monday, May 211500-2500 Point Club Party—To Be Announced!

Elementary Students Love to Read!

Crusader Excellence in the Junior State of America (JSA)! by Jacqueline Roig

Yet another great year of debates and conventions has come to an end this weekend with Spring State for the Junior Statesmen of America. JSA, a political awareness and de-bate club, offers three conventions each year for the dozens of schools in the Southeast State- Fall State, Winter Con-gress, and Spring State. CSCA’s chapter brought 44 stu-dents to Spring State 2012- by far the biggest chapter there! Each year, Teacher Advisor Pastor Mick Weltin, kicks off the weekend by bringing our group to Disney. The last two days of the trip include stimulating speakers and invigorat-ing debates, which all of our students are excited to observe and participate in. The convention closes with elections for next year’s Southeast State cabinet, after a weekend of cam-paigning and speeches.

CSCA was extremely successful, with five students step-ping up to debate- Austin Cantrell, Kyan Reynolds, Alex Aroyo, Ariel Boliek, and T.J. Littlejohn. Moderators in-cluded Kathryn Edmunds, Anna Park, Natalie Davison, and Jacqueline Roig. Austin Cantrell won a best speaker award, and senior T.J. Littlejohn brought home two from his last convention. This completed his high school JSA career, leaving him with an astounding eight gavels altogether! We are also excited to announce Junior Natalie Davison won the position of SE State Lieutenant Governor, and Kathryn Edmunds was elected SE State Governor! Congratulations to both, and great job to the many students who helped them with their campaigns.

Each year, one senior from one of the many schools in JSA is selected as the Southeast State Junior Statesman of the Year, and this spring Alex Aroyo was chosen for this honor! A successful year culminated this weekend with a exceptional Spring State, and we cannot wait to see what God has in store for our chapter next year in JSA!

Kathryn Edmunds, SE State Governor and Natalie Davison, SE State Lieutenant Governor.

T.J. Littlejohn's eight gavels!

Natalie Davison being sworn in.

Alex Aroyo, Southeast State Junior Statesman of the Year.

Crusader Games

Upcoming Events In CRUSADER SpoRtS

April 23-April 28 - Varsity BaseballDISTRICT TOURNAMENT TBD Westminster

Fri., April 27 - Varsity Track & FieldState Meet at UNF noon Jacksonville

May 3-11 - Varsity BaseballREGIONAL TOURNAMENT TBD TBD

May 17-24 - Varsity BaseballSTATE FINALS TBD Port St. Lucie

Monday, May 14 - Spring Sports Awards6:30 pm - Chapel

On behalf of the 8th grade, a special thank you to the PE Department for our last Crusader (Goofy) Games. Mrs. Thor has been with us from the beginning helping us create memories that will last a lifetime. Mr. Chandler and Coach Groth were a welcome addition this year. To our teachers who were great sports and fierce competitors, we thank you too. Bring on High School!!!

Crusader Games

MENU fOR tHE wEEK Of APRil 30tH-MAY 4tH

Elementary & Middle School

log onto renweb.com forspecific lunch options.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday FridayChicken Tacos Stuffed Shells Open-Faced Turkey

SandwichBaked Chicken

WingsCheese Pizza

2251 Riverside Drive l Coral Springs, FL 33065 l 954-752-2870 l www.csca.us

High School Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Chicken Tacos/Chicken Burritos

Stuffed Shells Open-Faced Turkey Sandwich/Turkey Wrap

Baked Chicken Wings

Cheese Pizza/Chicken Caesar Wrap

Many thanks from the Class of 2014 to Dr. Mazzei for generously sponsoring “Joe-on-the-Go.”

We greatly appreciate your support!The Sophomore Class looks forward to serving coffee and donuts to you each Friday morning

from 7:15 - 8:00. Sponsorships available for only $30 a week!

Contact Mrs. Crowther at 954-840-1204

Joe-on-the-Go!wants to thank this week’s sponsor:

First Presbyterian Church Services

Sunday, April 29-Philippians 1:18b-20Confidence in ChristRev. Drew DiNardo

10:40 a.m.

Evening, April 29-Isaiah 49:13-16Engraved on the

Hands of GodMr. John Moore

6:00 p.m.

954-752-3030 fpcmargate.org

Join Us at the Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Event!Tuesday, May 8th on the Walk, Coral Springs from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Summer Reading Lists will be available!

Performances from every elementary grade level and from our CSCA Choruses and Band.

Support your CSCA Media Center by purchasing books, gifts, & items from the Café.Tell your relatives, friends, and neighbors! Shop from Tuesday through Saturday.