Classical Educators Training
August 8-9
Please plan to attend the Classical Educators Training on August 8-9, 2006 – 9am-4pm at The Rock in Carrollton.  This conference is designed to assist attendees in the understanding and application of a classical education.  The fee has been waived for parents of CDA.  You may register on line at the CDA website.  We look forward to seeing you there.

Parent Orientations
August 14 and 15
August 14th is for parents who have enrolled their students for M/W.  August 15th is for parents who have enrolled their students for T/Th.  During the orientation, the parents will follow their student’s schedule.  The orientation will be the same on both days. During the Orientations the teachers will present an overview of their course, their procedures and expectations.  Seventh and Eighth grade teachers may ask for supplies directly relating to their classes.  It is important that at least one parent attend the Orientation for each student.  Students do not attend the orientations because of space limitations in the classrooms.

New Family Fellowship
August 3  (5th -12th grades)
If this is your first year at CDA or you are a current family who has enrolled a new student then you are a “New Family”.  We would love to invite you and the student enrolled to the New Family Fellowship on August 3rd, 1-3pm.  Don’t forget to bring your favorite finger food.  We will be gathering in the auditorium.  We are looking forward to meeting you.

Uniforms for the Logic School
The uniforms for the Logic School will remain unchanged.  The 5th and 6th graders will be wearing the Grammar School uniform.  The 7th and 8th graders will need the Upper School uniform.

DATES TO REMEMBER

August 1: Fall Sports Parent Meeting with Coach Brake at 7:30 pm (Flower Mound Campus)

August 3: New Family Fellowship (1-3 pm) at the Flower Mound Campus. New families of 5th - 12th graders will join some of the teachers and administrators for an introduction to 2006-2007 school year. We look forward to meeting you.

August 8-9: (CET) Classical Educators Training (9am-4pm) at the CDA Carrollton campus, The Rock. Directions to The Rock can be found on the website. The fee has been waived for parents of CDA. Please join us.

August 14: 5th -8th grade Parent Orientation for M/W classes (1pm-4pm) at the Flower Mound campus

August 15: 5th -8th grade Parent Orientation for T/Th classes (1pm-4pm) at the Flower Mound campus.
Parents will follow their students’ schedule and meet the teachers.  In each class, the teacher will present an overview of the course and answer questions.  We look forward to seeing everyone.

August 16:  First day of school for M/W students – 8:00 am – 2:30 pm

August 17:  First day of school for T/Th students  - 8:00 am– 2:30 pm
School will begin at the Flower Mound campus for grades 5th through 8th.
If you have students in both the Grammar and Logic Schools there are plans in place to keep Logic School students in their classrooms until the Grammar School releases.

School Supplies 
Pre-paid school supplies for 5th and 6th graders will be available to parents at the Parent Orientation.  Families who didn’t order supplies can view the list below.
5th grade:
1 zippered pencil pouch
 1 – 2” three ring binder for quarterly portfolio
 1 – 90 page spiral notebook
 1 pkg. 6 or more dividers, not pockets
 white, wide-ruled notebook paper 200 count
 graph paper
 mechanical pencils (.7 lead)
 or #2 pencils
 pencil sharpener with cover
 Pink pearl erasers
 3 –pens (1-red, 1-black, 1-blue)
 1 black sharpie marker – fine
 1 pair 5” Fiskars scissors, sharp point
 1- 12” ruler, with metric and standard markings
 1 protractor
 1 compass
 1 box colored pencils, sharpened, 24 count
 1 box 8-count Crayola Classic Markers, thin (washable)
 1 box 8-count Crayola Classic Markers, thick (washable)
 1 - glue sticks or Elmer’s glue
 3x5 cards, ruled
 1 –blue vinyl pocket folder

6th grade:
 1 – 2” 3-ring binder
 1 – 1” 3-ring binder (art class)
 30 clear sheet protectors (art class)
 white, wide-ruled notebook paper – general use
 mechanical pencils (.7 lead)
 or #2 pencils
 pencil sharpener with cover
 4 –pens (3-red, 1-black or blue)
 1 pair scissors, sharp point (art, math, and home)
 12” ruler, with metric and standard markings (math)
 3x5 cards – unruled (Latin)
 1 compass
 1 protractor
 1 pkg. graph paper
 1 - blue plastic folder with brads and pockets
 1 dry erase marker (math)
 Student will need markers and glue at home

7th and 8th grades:
 paper
 pencils
 pens (red, black and blue)
 
Teachers needing specific supplies will inform parents during orientation.
 

Students in the Spotlight
Along with their parents, Flower Mound Coram Deo Academy students Joshua (7th grade), Jacob (5th grade), and Jonathan (2nd grade) recently returned from a mission trip to work in a children's camp near Tver, Russia.  As guests of Moscow Bible Church, the McAlisters served as emissaries of Christ for a week in the camp.  The American team assisted the camp staff with over sixty 7-12 years olds.  The McAlisters arrived back exhausted after the long flight back from Moscow, but enriched, engaged, and enabled to share with family and friends about this life changing experience serving Christ on the other side of the world. 

The Bowen family will be performing in The Actors Conservatory Theatre in the classic story of "Pinocchio" for one more weekend!  Congratulations for a job well done.

If you have been on a mission trip this summer, performing in an event, or enjoying the talents God provided you in a way that could benefit others, please send me the information so I can spotlight your accomplishments too.

For almost two thousand years, Christians have been using “poems set to music” to teach our beliefs to the church body. These “poems set to music” are called hymns today. Hymnody or hymnology is the “study of hymns”. The great hymns of faith express Biblical truths, lessons in faith and our history, and the struggle with sin. Hymns are a powerful tool used by many in their homes and churches to teach their children about God, His mighty works, man’s utter dependence upon Him, and Christ’s sacrifice. The poems and music are often written by different people sometimes centuries apart. Many times, the original music is unknown and an ancient poem will be set to current music. One example is Clement’s poem. Clement, a young man in 170 AD, desiring knowledge, arrived in the great city of Alexandria. Alexandria was known for its libraries. He learned about the Christian faith and later became the headmaster of the Christian School. The early church father, Origen Alexander, was one of his students. Clements wrote a book called “The Tutor” in which he concludes with a poem called “A Hymn of the Savior”. It is considered by many to be the oldest Christian hymn not taken directly from scripture. The hymns sung to the psalms would, of course, be the oldest. (Scroll down to the bottom for the “rest of the story.”)

Summer Reading
Don’t forget to read your summer reading books. A complete list and the report forms can be found at the CDA website.

Classical Educators Training
Please plan to attend the Classical Educators Training on August 8-9, 2006 – 9AM-4PM at The Rock in Carrollton. This conference is designed to assist attendees in the understanding and application of a classical education. The fee has been waived for parents of CDA. You may register on line at the CDA website. We look forward to seeing you there.

School Supplies

5th grade
1 zippered pencil pouch
1 – 2” three ring binder for quarterly portfolio
1 – 90 page spiral notebook
1 pkg. 6 or more dividers, not pockets
white, wide-ruled notebook paper 200 count
graph paper
mechanical pencils (.7 lead)
or #2 pencils
pencil sharpener with cover
Pink pearl erasers
3 –pens (1-red, 1-black, 1-blue)
1 black sharpie marker – fine
1 pair 5” Fiskars scissors, sharp point
1- 12” ruler, with metric and standard markings
1 protractor
1 compass
1 box colored pencils, sharpened, 24 count
1 box 8-count Crayola Classic Markers, thin (washable)
1 box 8-count Crayola Classic Markers, thick (washable)
1 - glue sticks or Elmer’s glue
3x5 cards, ruled
1 –blue vinyl pocket folder

6th grade
1 – 2” 3-ring binder
1 – 1” 3-ring binder (art class)
30 clear sheet protectors (art class)
white, wide-ruled notebook paper – general use
mechanical pencils (.7 lead)
or #2 pencils
pencil sharpener with cover
4 –pens (3-red, 1-black or blue)
1 pair scissors, sharp point (art, math, and home)
12” ruler, with metric and standard markings (math)
3x5 cards – unruled (Latin)
1 compass
1 protractor
1 pkg. graph paper
1 - blue plastic folder with brads and pockets
1 dry erase marker (math)
Student will need markers and glue at home

7th and 8th grades
paper
pencils
pens (red, black and blue)

Teachers needing specific supplies will inform parents during orientation.

DATES TO REMEMBER
August 2006

August 3: New Family Fellowship (1-3 pm) at the Flower Mound Campus. New families of 5th - 12th graders will join some of the teachers and administrators for an introduction to 2006-2007 school year. We look forward to meeting you.

August 8-9: (CET) Classical Educators Training (9am-4pm) at the CDA Carrollton campus, The Rock. Directions to The Rock can be found on the website. The fee has been waived for parents of CDA. Please join us.

August 14 and 15: 5th -8th grade orientation (1-4pm) at the Flower Mound campus. Parents will follow their students’ schedule and meet the teachers. In each class, the teacher will present an overview of the course and answer questions. We look forward to seeing everyone.

August 16 and 17: First day of school! School will begin at the Flower Mound campus for grades 5th through 8th.

STUDENTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
The Bowen family will be performing in The Actors Conservatory Theatre in the classic story of "Pinocchio.

If you have been on a mission trip this summer, performing in an event, or enjoying the talents God provided you in a way that could benefit others, please send me the information so I can spotlight your accomplishments too.

“The Instructional Value of Hymns” continued
Henry Martyn Dexter, an American, translated Clement’s poem in 1846. The music changed many times throughout the years. Today the poem is found in a few hymnals under the title of “Shepherd of Tender Youth” (with music by Ronald Matthews in 1985). (In 1990 – the words “Thee” and “Thou”, etc., were modified to reflect the changes in our spoken language)

Shepherd of Tender Youth
Guiding in love and truth
Through winding ways
Christ, our triumphant King,
We come Thy Name to sing
Here we our children bring
To shout Thy praise.

You have to wonder about the last line “to shout Thy praise” as persecution of the Christians resumed in AD 202 in Egypt. Many Christians became martyrs during that time and Clements had to flee Alexandria. His journey after that and how his life ended is unclear but by 215, Origen Alexander now in prison, receives a letter that speaks of Clement as “one then dead”.  Many Christians used the early hymns as a way to encourage each other during the persecutions even singing them in chorus on the way to their deaths.

Thou art our holy Lord,
The all-subduing Word.
Healer of Strife:
Thou didst Thyself abase,
That from sin’s deep disgrace
Thou mightest save our race,
And give us life

Thou are the Great High Priest,
Thou hast prepared a feast
Of heav’nly love-
While in our mortal pain
None call on Thee in vain
Help thou dost not disdain
Help from above

In these lines you can hear the pain of the persecutions and yet the utter dependence upon Christ’s sacrifice.

Ever be thou our Guide,
Our Shepherd and our Pride,
Our Staff and Song:
Jesus, thou Christ of God
By Thy perennial Word
Lead us where thou hast trod
Make our faith strong

So now and till we die,
Sound we thy praises high,
And joyful sing:
Infants, and the glad throng
Who to thy church belong,
Unite to swell the song
To Christ our King.

If hymns are new or too “old” for you, or if you are intimated by the singing of anything, I hope you will take another look at them. Since many hymns can be first-hand accounts of the time, read and enjoy them for the lessons in theology and history that they so succinctly teach. (Note of Credit: Some of the information about Clements is found in the Accidental Voyage by Douglas Bond)

“He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those that have young. Is. 40:11

Welcome to the Logic School site of Coram Deo Academy, Flower Mound!
Coram Deo Academy is poised for continued growth. Developing a Logic School for CDA is an important step in meeting the needs of parents and students in grades 5th through 8th. I look forward to working with you as we continue the task of educating our children Coram Deo.

SUMMER READING
Don’t forget to your summer reading books. So far, with my own children, I have enjoyed the adventures of the great Robin Hood, the pirates of the high seas in Treasure Island, the quiet world in the Secret Garden, the sweet hopeful fantasy of the toys in the Velveteen Rabbit, the world of Augustus Caesar, and the kind heart of Charlotte in Charlotte’s Web. For a complete list of books and report forms for your grade level, please visit the CDA website. Read and have a great adventure this summer!

DATES TO REMEMBER
August 2006

August 3: New Family Fellowship (1-3 pm) at the Flower Mound Campus. New families of 5th - 12th graders will join Rodney Marshall, Bill Rector, and Polly Dwyer for an introduction to 2006-2007 school year. We look forward to meeting you.

August 8-9: (CET) Christian Educators Training (9am-4pm) at the CDA Carrollton campus, The Rock. Directions to The Rock can be found on the website. The fee has been waived for parents of CDA. Please join us.

August 14 and 15: 5th -8th grade orientation (1-4pm) at the Flower Mound campus. Parents will follow their students’ schedule and meet the teachers. In each class, the teacher will present an overview of the course and answer questions. We look forward to seeing everyone.

August 16 and 17: First day of school! School begins at 8:00am at the Flower Mound campus for grades 5th through 8th.

STUDENTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
The Bowen family will be performing in The Actors Conservatory Theatre in the classic story of "Pinocchio. John (Dad) will be playing the part of "Geppetto", Hannah – 13, will play the bad boy "Beeswax", Angela – 11, will be a "goodie, goodie girl" singer and dancer, and Nathan – 6, will be in the puppet show singing and dancing - his is a "clown boy puppet". Elizabeth (Mom) is "behind the scenes".
Performance times are:
July 21 7:00pm
July 22 2:00pm and 7:00pm
July 23 2:00pm
July 28 7:00pm (most of the family will not be in this show)
July 29 2:00pm and 7:00pm
July 30 2:00pm

If you have been on a mission trip this summer, performing in an event, or enjoying the talents God provided you in a way that could benefit others, please send me the information so I can spotlight your accomplishments too.

AN INTERESTING HYMN

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY
Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the Morning our song shall rise to Thee.
Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and Mighty!
God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

Holy, Holy, Holy! All the saints adore Thee!
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea.
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,
Which wert and art, and evermore shalt be.

Holy Holy, Holy! Tho’ the darkness hide Thee,
Tho’ the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see.
Only Thou art holy – there is none beside Thee,
Perfect in power, in love, and purity.

Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!
All Thy works shall praise Thy Name, in earth and sky and sea;
Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and Mighty!
God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

Written by Reginald Heber (a preacher and missionary), this theologically sound poem invites us to extol God as holy, almighty, and merciful. Those in heaven and on earth are to cast their crowns upon the glassy sea and fall down in worship of the God who created our universe. There is a conflict of attributes (mighty and merciful) in the poem that causes the thoughtful person to realize both the complexity and simplicity of God’s plan. With His might, God has destroyed many nations and defeated sin. With His mercy, He saves us from certain wrath.

The poem was written for one Trinity Sunday at Heber’s parish in Shropshire, England.
Considered controversial to change something in the service, the poem almost passed into obscurity. When he was 40, he traveled to India to serve the Calcutta Region. At the time of his service, the Calcutta Region comprised all the lands between India and Australia. The date attributed to the poem is actually the date of his sudden death at the age of 43 in 1826. His death is said to have been caused by his relentless efforts to preach to and take on the responsibilities for the whole of India. As a missionary, he saw the value of rising early in the morning to praise God’s name and firmly re-establish God’s attributes in his mind so that his burdens of the day would be dealt with in a way that would bring glory to God. With his busy schedule, he probably found, just as we do, that once the day begins, it is difficult to find quiet time to praise God.

The music was written by John B. Dykes in 1861 for the wonderful poem. He titled the tune “Nicaea” giving reference to the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, a date and event that many of our students already know. While not sung often in the 19th century church as it was considered inappropriate for the service, today it is one of the best-known hymns worldwide. While Heber died exhausting himself doing God’s work, God never tires. God has used this hymn to not only reach the Calcutta Region but every country in the world. God is mighty and God is merciful! This hymn reminds us to praise God.