Students at CPA have numerous opportunities to discover gifts, pursue interests, and develop their unique talents. The Academy offers an extensive athletics program, a comprehensive fine arts department, journalism experience with an award-winning yearbook staff, honor societies, clubs, special-interest groups, service and mission projects...and much more.
Basics
• Founded in 1985
• 1,180+ students enrolled Preschool – 12th grade
• 86 students in class of 2012
• 1:9 staff/student ratio
• 18 students in the average classroom
• 58-acre campus
• 1,000+ alumni
• 191 staff members
• 30+ zip codes represented in student body
Academics
Elementary School Highlights:
• Art, library, music and Spanish offered weekly
• Destination ImagiNation offered with regional and state competitions held in the spring
• Physical Education offered daily
Middle School Highlights:
• Summer scholars enrichment program
• Spanish I and Latin I offered for high school credit
• Students may participate in the statewide math competition; three students placed in top 16 in 2011
• 50 percent of 7th grade students invited to take the ACT through the Duke Talent Identification Program; 18 received state recognition and three received grand recognition in 2011
• Destination ImagiNation offered with regional and state competitions held in the spring
• Students participated in more than 30 service offerings during the 2010-11 school year
High School Highlights:
• 127 high school courses offered in 9 disciplines, including honors and 15 AP options
• 79 percent of seniors and 43 percent of juniors
took at least one AP course during the 2010-11
school year
• 26 average ACT score; 18 students from the Class
of 2011 scored 30+ on the ACT, the equivalent of a 1320 on the SAT
• Students awarded National Merit Scholars, Semifinalists, Finalists and Commended Scholars
• Historically, 100 percent of students accepted into a four-year college or university
• CPA graduates have been accepted to a variety
of highly-rated private schools and public universities including Stanford, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, West Point, The Citadel and The University of North Carolina
• 100 percent of 2010-11 students passed the English Language & Composition, English Literature & Composition, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, U.S. History and Spanish Language: Mechanics AP exams; 88 percent passed the Chemistry AP exam; 86 percent passed the European History AP exam
• Each student is assigned a faculty advisor
• Most recent yearbook awarded 7th Best in Show by the National Scholastic Press Association, Best Overall Yearbook in Tennessee by Tennessee High School Association and Gold Circle Award, with
All American rating by Columbia Scholastic Press
• Entire campus has wireless capability and uses 650 computers to help with class instruction, to develop skills, and to conduct research
• 22,000+ items in three libraries with 40 student computers, 30 databases, and an online virtual
library containing thousands of full text volumes,
1.5 million articles and an extensive reference collection
• Learning Services facilitates enrichment opportunities for academically gifted students
as well as services for students with
learning disabilities
Athletics
• CPA athletes have advanced to play collegiate sports and sign Division 1 scholarships in basketball, football, volleyball, soccer, cross country, track, swimming, baseball, softball and golf
• 50+ athletic teams
• 2 weight rooms, sand fitness-training pit
• Soccer field/track complex
• 2,575-seat athletic stadium
• 1,108-seat Varsity Gymnasium
• Each athlete has a four-year plan outlining in-season and out-of-season development
• 2011 MS HVAC Baseball Champions
• 2011 Girls Basketball District Champions
• 2010 Girls Basketball District, Region, & Sectional Champions
• 2011 Boys Basketball District Champions
• 2010 Boys Soccer District, Region, & Sectional Champions
• 2010 Baseball District Champions
• 2011 & 2010 Girls Tennis District, Region, Sectional & State Champions
• More than 50 athletic championships from 1992 to 2011 including District, Regional and State
Fine Arts
• Fine Arts alumni have achieved successful careers, including winning Emmy awards, appearing in primetime television programs, signing record contracts with major labels, performing on Broadway, working on major motion pictures,
and more.
• 20+ fine arts courses offered
• 10 annual high school and middle school productions/showcases
• Travel opportunities offered each year
• Students have been named to the All-Star Cast at the TN Theatre Association’s Mid-State Regional Competition, and have also received the Best Actor/Best Actress Award
• Theatre productions chosen as feature performances
at the TN State Thespian Conferences
• Studio-recorded a cappella CD by Vision, CPA’s advanced vocal choir
• Numerous CPA students have been selected to perform in TN All-State Choirs
• CPA Band students participate annually in MTSBOA Mid-State Senior and Junior High Jazz Band Competitions
• Broadcasting students learn in a state-of-the-art studio and gain hands-on experience
• Alumni in the arts return to perform with current students at the bi-annual event, ARTworks
Community
• Every year, approximately one-third of high school students serve on mission trips in a variety of locations, including the inner city of Nashville, Africa, Mexico, Southeast Asia, Belize, and the Ukraine
• $20,500 raised in 2010-11 Academy-wide, student-led efforts for local and international outreach
• Foreign exchange program brings international students to study at CPA
• Weekly chapel services with local and national guest speakers, featuring student and alumni-led worship
• More than 600 involvement opportunities for parents and friends of CPA, including Parent Support Fellowship (PSF), Friends of the Arts, Prayer Ministry, and CPA Dads
Accreditation
• SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools)
• ACSI (Association of Christian Schools International)