It was just so great to experience your school this summer.
My son loved the classes and teachers, and his friends.
He said that he could stay for another 3 years !!!
He became more open, more cheerful, and healthier.
As a mother, and as a educator, I can say that your school is one
of the best schools in the world!!!
We need to make one in Japan, too!
We’ll come back soon.
Clearwater Academy Brings Quality Education Amid Florida’s Dwindling School Grades
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Helping in the community is a long-standing tradition at Clearwater Academy International and this week it has continued with a group of students accompanying the Executive Director, Jim Zwers, to Oklahoma. He said, “Helping in these types of disasters is life changing for our students. They experience the difference one individual can make in a time of need, which creates a person who is willing, able and enthusiastic to help in the future.”
All High School students are required to do community work to qualify for graduation from Clearwater Academy International. Every day students are helping in their local community in many different ways and in their areas of interest. However, when a large scale disaster happens, the students are there to help too. This tradition began in 2005 after hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and has continued through the years, including the cleanup in Alabama after the tornadoes.
The team of nine students left for Oklahoma on June 13th for 10 days. Several of them are certified graduates of Clearwater Academy’s CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) program; a national program that educates people about disaster preparedness and trains them in basic disaster response skills.
Clearwater Academy International offers the best of both worlds with our summer program. We provide a great summer adventure while keeping students moving on their academics. We also offer a special Academic Booster program for those students that come just for the summer. Our program runs for 8 weeks; June 3rd through July 26th. Each week is packed with fun indoor and outdoor activities for all our students.
Find out more information about our program on our Summer Adventure 2013 site, just click here. Also view our summer video at the bottom of our home page on the website. Our summer calendars are posted as well, with all the extra activities listed by grade.
Please call 727-446-1722 for more information or to sign up today!
The Clearwater Academy Performing Arts Department showcased their talents in the Spring Musical – Little Shop of Horrors. With a talented cast ranging from 4th grade and up, the students delivered a dynamic and entertaining theater experience. The music and acting were wonderful and they kept the audience on the edge of their seats throughout the performance.
This also marked the debut of CAI’s new stage, sound and light system. After fundraising last year for these upgrades it was a delight to see all the money raised being used to successfully enhance our Performing Arts Department.
Well done Mona Lim, Performing Arts Director and to all the staff and students who contributed to the show.
CLEARWATER COMMUNITY COMMENTS
“I honestly believe that tonight’s show heralds a new age for the performing arts in Clearwater. That was the best school show I have seen on three continents. You are a force to be reckoned with, along with an awesome cast of real pros. I am delighted and proud to know many of them first hand. And honored too!!
Congratulations on an awesome production. My most sincere and heartfelt love.”
“My wife and I saw this show last night and we are so, so impressed with this performance! The entire production is FIRST CLASS! Congratulations to all involved, this is truly a triumphant endeavor for all of you!! You can be proud of what you all created together. Thank you!!”
“This was an incredible theater experience! Thank you!”
“Please let all the students involved in the play know that I loved it! It was very well done and the singing was stellar. I laughed and smiled all during it. Well done to all.”
Clearwater Academy was very excited this year as we were able to send 8 of our students to the Pinellas Regional Science Fair. That excitement continued on awards night when two of our students were honored with specialty awards, and both placed in their divisions.
Ninth grader, Samantha Eck, received a special awards from the Suncoast Chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, which included a $100 cash prize. This award is given to the project that “exemplifies or applies to engineering principles.” Her project, How Do You Build an Underwater Robot?, also placed second in the High School Engineering division.
Zach Odom, ninth grade student, received the Manufacturing Award from the Bay Area Manufacturers Association (BAMA). He also received an invitation to attend BAMA’s Awards Banquet in June to showcase and present his project to their members, and a cash prize of $50. Zach’s project, Parabola Power, also placed first in the High School Computer Science division at the regional fair.
Clearwater Academy is very proud of the work and special acknowledgments that our students have received. It is not only a reflection of their science knowledge but also of their ingenuity. The ability to apply acquired knowledge to the real world and create solutions that can improved our lives is what we strive for in all of our students.
Clearwater Academy is the most amazing school I have ever seen. Kids are the happiest I have seen at a school. The teachers are the nicest. The executives are the nicest, yet effective that I have ever seen.
A true island of sanity. I am so proud my son is a student here.
CAI Parent R.H.
Clearwater Academy students showed their science savvy this year at our 2013 Science Fair. First grade through twelfth grade students applied science to interests in their life with research and experimentation, and then presented their findings at the fair. Presentation boards were created to show their findings and the judges questioned each student about their experiment and knowledge of the subject.
Our students’ wide array of interests were evident; there were projects about collecting water in the wild, hunger’s effect on memory, building an underwater robot, extracting DNA from fruit and the effects of ethanol alcohol on gasoline to name just a few.
Do you want to know how to boost your WiFi signal in your home? Just ask Zach Odom, the Overall School Science Fair Champion, about his project. Zach has a strong interest in computers so he researched a very practical problem of how to increase a WiFi signal.
Ms. Kelly Odom, Group Projects Lead Teacher, was very pleased with the projects this year. She said with the implementation of a new format for the Science Fair, the quality of the students’ projects has reached a new level. This year eight Clearwater Academy students have qualified to participate in the Pinellas Regional Science Fair 2013 being held in February.
Congratulations to all our students who participated in this year’s Science Fair.
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Clearwater Academy International students will be exhibiting their Science Fair projects on Thursday, January 17th. Every year our students impress us with their creativity and imaginative application of science to life.
All students from first grade through twelfth are required to enter a project in the annual fair and they will present their work to the judges earlier in the week. Students will be judged not only on their visual and oral presentation but also on their knowledge and understanding of their experiment. Our older students will have the opportunity to qualify for a place at the Pinellas County Science Fair in February.
Projects will be on display in the gym starting at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday and then awards will be announced at the PTA meeting at 6:00 p.m. This is a great time to come and view the students’ work and see the world through the scientific eyes of our students.
