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Happy Birthday Davidson Academy! Watch Video |
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Spiritual Emphasis Week at the Upper School. Brent Gambrell will be leading chapel each day.
"Brent’s life is a testimony of what God can do in a life that is surrendered. It is in our weakness that He is strong. Embracing this truth, Brent travels the country telling people about the transforming truths of the Bible. When people are taught the acceptance of Christ, their identity and freedom in Him, they respond by following Jesus, not simply out of duty but out of pure joy. People will never change their behavior until they change their minds first." |
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New Applicant Open House
is scheduled for
Sunday, February 21, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Contact Darlyne Kent for more information. |
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Don’t forget to order your 2009-2010 Yearbook! The “Early
Bird” special will end February 28th. Yearbooks must be ordered this year. You will not be
billed automatically and you will not receive a yearbook
if you do not place an order. There are two ways to order. Complete an order form (available
in the office of either building), or order online.
To order the Lower School yearbook online:
Lower School Online Order.
To order the Upper School yearbook online:
Upper School online order. |
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 January 21, 2010 - Davidson Academy’s head football coach and a senior player were recently recognized with honors given by the Nashville Civitan.
Paul Wade of Hendersonville, in his sixth year at DA as head coach, was named Coach of the Year at the annual Nipper-Hancock Sportsmanship Awards. Spencer Goodwin, son of Pam and Gary Goodwin, was the school’s winner.
Wade guided the school’s team to the state semifinals this past November after winning state championship titles the last three out of four years before.
Goodwin, a strong safety and tight end for the Bears, has played throughout his high school career. However, football is not is only sport. He also plays varsity basketball and baseball. |
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January 13, 2010 - Congratulations to the winners of the 2010 Davidson Academy
Spelling Bee. Primary (Grades 1-2): 1st – Kevin Canas
2nd – Clare Jones 3rd – Elizabeth Huber.
Elementary (Grades 3-4): 1st – Emily Baker
2nd – Christian Weathers 3rd – Santia Boykins.
A special note regarding the Primary and Elementary Bees:
Before it was over, students were spelling sixth grade
words!
Middle School (Grades 5-8): 1st – Matthew Hardee
2nd – Mason Manos 3rd – Mason Abbott. Matthew Hardee and Mason
Manos received a free one-year subscription to Britannica
Online Student Edition and will continue in the Davidson
County Bee on February 4, 2010. We would like to see them go all the way
to the national competition in Washington, D.C. in May.
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 January 2010 - Upper School English teacher and poet Kevin Marshall
Chopson ended 2009 with 13 new poems published in eight
different publications. In addition, work has already been scheduled to appear in 2010
editions of the Tennessee English Journal, Concho River Review
(Angelo State University in Texas), Birmingham Arts Journal, Black
Magnolias Literary Journal (Mississippi), and Tipton Poetry Journal
(Indiana). Chopson has also been asked to give a reading as part
of the Poetry on Brick Street series in Zionsville, Indiana, this July.
Congratulations on these honors, Mr. Chopson! |
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 December 13, 2009 - Beverly Blomquist was chosen as the
Titans Tennessee Teacher of the Week as
announced on the Titans Radio Network on
Sunday, December 13. Davidson Academy
will receive $400 for her recognition. Mrs.
Blomquist wishes to spend her winnings on Science Department
supplies. The weekly recognition is
sponsored by American Paper and Twine and the Titans
football team. Congratulations Mrs. Blomquist! |
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 December 2009 - Drew Jordan, a sophomore at Centre College in Danville,
Kentucky, recently received 2nd place in the “Flo Gault Student
Poetry Competition.” The competition is sponsored by
Sarabande Books, a leading publisher in the field of poetry.
Drew, along with his poem entitled “Waking Up,” will be recognized
at a party on January 30, 2010, in Louisville, Kentucky.
He will also receive a $200 cash prize. Drew is a DA graduate,
class of 2008, was Poet Laureate in 2008, and is the son of kindergarten teacher, Paula
Jordan, and her husband, Jaime. |
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 On December 12, 2009 hundreds of students auditioned for the Junior High (7-9 grade) Midstate Honor Bands. Three of our students were chosen for the three bands at midstate. Lee Rice (9th grade) received second chair percussionist in the gold band. Justin Kilmarx (9th grade) received fourth chair percussionist in the silver band. Amirah Tayyun (8th grade) received seventh chair clarinet in the 7th and 8th grade band. The students will spend a weekend rehearsing and will put on a performance with their honor band on January 7-8, 2010 in Murfreesboro. Times are to be announced. |
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 December 2, 2009 - Geography Bee Winners -
Congratulations to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of DA’s
school-level National Geographic Bee: Matthew Hardee,
Jacob Whitman, and Sterling Bishir. Students answered
questions relating to geography, climate, cities, and cultures
all around the world. DAA provided a $25 Best Buy gift card
to our 1st place winner and $10 movie gift cards for 2nd &
3rd place winners. Matthew Hardee will continue preparing
to take a written test in January to qualify for competition
in April’s state bee along with up to 100 of the top scorers
across the state. |
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 View charts of the 2009 Stanford Achievement Test, the TCAP Writing Assessment, and the ACT Composite Scores |
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 Class of 2009 College Acceptances Click Here
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 Scrip Card Order form 1/11/2010. Contact: Julie Whittington |
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