Charleston Bilingual Academy

The CBA Newsletter has been emailed. Please be sure to check your email to see details about Meet the Teacher, First Day of Classes, Afterschool Sports & Clubs, and more!

August 15: EC (5yo) Meet the Teacher @ 9:30am (FBC)
*August 16 is the first day of Kindergarten classes at FBC.

August 16: EC (ages 2-4) Meet the Teacher @ 9:30am (FBC)
*August 17 is the first day of EC (ages 2-4) classes at FBC.

August 21: Grades 1-7 Meet the Teacher @ HABC
*August 22 is the first day of classes for grades 1-7 at HABC.

Holmes Avenue Baptist Church is hosting a Back-to-School Bash for CBA students in Grades 1-7 on August 12! Please see the flyer for details.

Parking: The event is being held at HABC (4602 Durant Ave), but families are invited to park at Charleston Atlantic Presbytery (4701 Park Pl W, North Charleston, SC 29405), and walk down to Holmes.

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Little Mozart at CBA is open for registration! 🎻🎹

Click the link below for more information and to register.
https://www.cimschool.org/little-mozart

We are really excited about our new Elementary/Middle School Campus. And we are beyond grateful for Rawls Construction. They are doing a magnificent job. And now we need your help to do some of the final touches. Holmes is currently an active work site, so only adults are able to come and help us. Please complete the form below to let us know what times you plan on coming so that we can be prepared. Thank you!

We will meet on the days mentioned below at Holmes Avenue Baptist Church. You can park next to the new playground along Holmes Avenue and come to the Fellowship Hall for directions (door near the oak tree). On Saturday, July 29th, we will meet at Armory Park.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2fv3BcrlayHMpzMKB3LGykaK0YNfa-FGimH7v7-ys6zMxJA/viewform

We are excited to announce special summer prices for Youth sizes and to introduce new colors! Please use the form below to order t-shirts for the Elem/MS student PE uniform and the entire family.

Orders placed during the summer through AUGUST 10 will be delivered on Meet the Teacher Day.

Please submit payment via VENMO and write "Summer T-shirt" in the description.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2SLda7JHQNqsVM7TVI6ulnlMWVkaXc_96-Wq-7L8uLtV2DQ/viewform

Be sure to check your email for the CBA Welcome Newsletter. It has all the details for the beginning of the school year!

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The Kindergarten graduation ceremony is about to start.
Join us live @9:00 am

The grade 4 fly up promotion ceremony is about to start.
Join us live @1:30pm

To better align with the CCSD 23 – 24 school year calendar, please note the adjusted CBA calendar.

Click below to see the updated CBA calendar for the 2023-24 school year.

https://charlestonbilingualacademy.org/2023-2024-school-year-calendar/

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The celebration of learning is about to begin.
Come to the Sanctuary! 🤩

** We will be Broadcasting live!!**

In case you missed it...

CBA End of School Activities & Announcements Newsletter link:
https://charlestonbilingualacademy.org/newsletter/cba-end-of-school-activities-for-the-month-of-may/

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We will be broadcasting the Preschool Grandparents day’s concert!! Stay tuned!

May 2023 CBA Security Newsletter

The CBA Security Newsletter is being emailed now!

Please read the entire newsletter for important security updates.

Please see the end of CBA Sports or After-School Activity listed below.

“Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.”
– Proverbs 31:25-28
Happy Mother’s Day!

REMINDER: Today is the LAST DAY to get 20% off of all children's summer Spanish and Mandarin classes!

Register at discounted prices at https://languageonmission.org.

P.S. Don't forget to add your prize packet to give your student something extra special to look forward to in each class!

Dear CBA Volunteers,

You know who you are! We want to thank you for all your help. We couldn't do it without you! We are inviting you to an ice cream social Thursday, May 11 at 11:30 AM in the Kindergarten B pick-up and drop-off area (between the soccer field and Lackawanna Boulevard). Hope to see you there!

As published on our yearly calendar, Friday, May 12, is our last PD Friday of the school year.

*CBA Kindergarten will have regularly scheduled classes from 8:15am – 12:45pm. The CBA 5K Aftercare will still meet from 12:45pm – 3:15pm on Friday, May 12.

❤We want to let CBA teachers know how much they are appreciated! This year, we asked teachers what would be the most meaningful gift to them and the overwhelming response was gift cards. We know from the last two years they also really appreciate meals during that week. If you missed the donation date cutoff of April 21 but you would still like to bless the teachers, please do! 💐

Saturday, May 6: Take us out to the ballgame: CBA's Mother-Son Outing!

UPDATE: Tickets in our section are running low, so if you plan to attend the game please purchase tickets ASAP! We can try to add more tickets to our group, but it will depend on availability; the sooner we know, the better!

Tickets are $8 each and can be purchased here: https://offer.fevo.com/lynchburg-hillcats-mpsis67-30aa972?fevoUri=lynchburg-hillcats-mpsis67-30aa972%2F

We encourage families to get to the game around 5:30 pm, so we can get a group photo before the first pitch.

Any questions, contact Megan Cannon: [email protected]

Friday, May 5: Deadline Extended to order 2022-23 CBA Yearbook

Thanks to CBA photographer Danielle Ward, this year’s CBA Yearbook (2022-2023) is now available to order!

1 yearbook – $28
2 yearbooks – $50

Online ordering ends on May 5. The yearbooks will arrive at CBA and we will send them home with your child.

Click below to order from the Jostens site. If you'd like to order 2 yearbooks for $50, scroll down to the bottom of the homepage to select the deal.

https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/3229173/Charleston-Bilingual-Academy/2023-Yearbook/2023030217150959782/CATALOG_SHOP/

Thursday, May 4: We invite you to have an open chat with Dr. Nate Johnson about “How to Become Confident Communicators." Parents are welcome to enjoy coffee and fellowship.

The CBA End of School Activities & Announcements Newsletter is being emailed now! Please be sure to check your email and mark your calendar for all of the upcoming MAY events and other important information.

CBA End of School Activities & Announcements Newsletter link:
https://charlestonbilingualacademy.org/newsletter/cba-end-of-school-activities-for-the-month-of-may/

Summer Break is coming quickly! That means May is going to be super busy at CBA. Be on the lookout for "CBA End of School Activities & Announcements" newsletter with all of the important activities going on in May!

Strawberry Picking is happening TODAY!

When: TODAY Saturday, April 29 at 9:30 AM, Weather looks good AND there ARE enough strawberries. YAY!

Where: Bugby Plantation, Johns Island.
Here are the directions: https://goo.gl/maps/vKDqbaJuBHUgy8N96

Cost: $25 per bucket and kids can eat all they want from the plants, which are rain-washed.

Payment: Cash, check, or Venmo.

CBA Fun Run was a huge success! We had 205 students raise 939 different donations. We have exceeded the goal of $70,000 and we can buy the playgrounds!

Be sure to pick up your child's Individual Prize! You can also login to mybooster.com & click on "View Rewards" to see your child's prizes.

https://mybooster.com/v3

Dear CBA family!
I would like to echo what my 3-year-old likes to say, “Estoy muy feliz!” This past week was a little taste of heaven. So many different people served according to their giftings for a common goal of loving others with Jesus’ infinite love. As you know, one of my major responsibilities is raising funds for our school. In the past 2 weeks, you have shared that burden with me, and 205 students raised 939 different donations. After our business matches come through we will have exceeded the goal of $70,000!!! In short, we can buy the playgrounds!

I want to thank the fun run committee for their exhaustive work: Will Krause, Nicole Tokarsky, Aaron Holley, and yes, Batman (alias unknown but our two-year-old class thinks it's Lenny). If you would like to help with the committee next year, please let me know. If you already have some good suggestions, please email me at [email protected]

I also want to thank Grace City Church for sponsoring the shirts for every student. WOW!!! And obviously, a big thanks to Friendship Baptist Church for serving us every day. If you do not have Easter worship plans, both of these churches would love to welcome you.

Finally, I am very grateful for Boosterthon’s behind-the-scenes support. From providing the website to the daily data reports and planning the day of the event (all the way to the soundtrack!). Their support was essential!

Finally, I want to share a video of our Good Friday service with our K-6th grade students yesterday as we flowered the cross. We discussed with students how this is both the saddest and happiest week in history and how is the cross both the ugliest and most beautiful symbol in history. What would you say?

Inspiring world changers together!
Nate

Our goal is to fundraise $70K for new playgrounds at CBA Main Campus & Holmes Ave Campus. We are so close! We are currently at $62K. It is not too late to donate or receive donations.

Thank You to all of our raffle entries for the 2-night getaway to Flat Rock, NC !

and the WINNER is...