Creative Technologies Academy

Watch for an email in the coming week regarding sign-ups for this spring's Student Showcase!

Congratulations goes out to our boys' and girls' basketball teams who were both victorious over Libertas tonight at the final game of the season! Girls won 49 to 26 and boys triumphed 59 to 19! Way to go, Chargers!

NO 1ST SESSION KCTC OR KTC BUSES for Thursday, February 21.

All CTA afternoon and evening activities are cancelled for Tuesday, February 12.

CTA Art Club is starting up again! Grades 6-12 can attend for just $3 per session! Art Club will meet from 3:15-4:15 on Wednesdays, starting the first Wednesday in March. Stay tuned for details!

The 9th-12th grade winter dance has been rescheduled for Saturday, February 23.

CTA will be closed Friday, February 1, 2019. Stay safe and warm. Have a good weekend.

CTA will be closed tomorrow 1/31/19. Stay safe and warm!!

Reminder that CTA will be closed Wednesday 1/30/19. Stay safe and warm!

CTA will be closed today 1/29/19 and tomorrow 1/30/19.

CTA will be closed tomorrow 1/28/19.

All CTA evening activities are canceled for tonight 1/25/19.

CTA will be closed today 1/25/19 due to weather.

All after-school athletics for this evening have been cancelled. School IS in session through the end of the day.

Mrs. Marsman's classes worked collaboratively, adding their own inspirational words and phrases, to create these beautiful MLK-inspired collages!

The CTA middle school offers small class size, opportunity for community service and leadership, individualized and advanced learning options, and a staff committed to their students. “Every day that I arrive here at C.T.A., I feel a sense of home. The staff, students, and families that fill our buildings are a daily reminder of how strong a school can be as a result of a shared vision, passion, intentionality, and support; every person here, from our staff to our students to our families to our administration, serves as leader for others--not solely in academics but also in personal growth. I take great pride in being a part of CTA through working with our middle school population; it is my honor to work alongside my colleagues and our students every day. The relationships that we have built truly make us more than a community; we are a family!” -Jenny Bangma MS ELA teacher. To schedule a tour, please contact: Autumn Mattson, Elementary Principal: amattson@ctachargers.org Jennifer Colin, Secondary Principal jcolin@ctachargers.org Or call: 616-696-490

8th grade celebrating Friday with a STEAM activity: Who can build the highest free-standing tower?

CTA Elementary WIN Time: We have strategically organized our schedule in K-5th grade to better support teachers and students so that our intervention time no longer only applies to just our below grade level learners but to ALL students. Hence the title, WIN which stands for “Whatever I Need.” We have arranged our elementary schedules with two 30-minute blocks on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. During this time our grade level teachers, special education teacher, instructional coach, two interventionists and two teacher’s aides all go into classrooms to support small group instruction. Having three staff members in each classroom allows us to support our below grade level learners with the growth instruction that they need, push our on-grade level students and extend the learning of our above grade level students. Our student data is being tracked weekly and we have weekly team meetings with our instructional coach, special education and general education teachers. These meetings allow our staff to dialogue around student data and plan our instructional strategies that will best support all students during our W.I.N. time. To schedule a tour, please contact: Autumn Mattson, Elementary Principal: amattson@ctachargers.org Jennifer Colin, Secondary Principal jcolin@ctachargers.org Or call: 616-696-490

Congratulations to our 2019 Spelling Bee champions--First Place Winner Logan Magoon (3rd grade) and Runner Up Isaac Bucholtz (5th grade). Both students will advance to the regional competition!

Our CTA Elementary offers small class sizes, hands on learning experiences, individualized small group instruction and an energetic staff. “CTA is a family. All staff, students and families have become a second family to me; through good and bad we stick together! I love watching our students grow and flourish! We encourage and inspire each other to live like a CHARGER!” Miss Lauren Bostic, CTA kindergarten teacher. FYI: Open Enrollment for the 2019-20 school year begins January 15, 2019. Please share this information with friends and family that may be interested. To schedule a tour and pick up a registration packet, please contact: Autumn Mattson, Elementary Principal: amattson@ctachargers.org Jennifer Colin, Secondary Principal jcolin@ctachargers.org Or call: 616-696-4905