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Going to Dollywood this summer? 🎢 Last month, HS Strings saw Dolly Parton’s From The Heart, learned about her rise to fame, and met the musicians, music director, and show director. What a fun look at professional music! 🎻✨

🏎️⚡ Way to go, Greenpower Racing! This year, our high school engineers moved up to the Advanced Modified division and finished 6th overall out of 29 teams at Talladega! 🏁 The team is proud of all they learned—especially about gear ratios—and excited to keep improving next year.

Thank you to everyone who helped make the 25th Annual Clayton Golf Tournament a success! ⛳️👏 It was a rainy day 🌧️, but that did not stop our golfers from having fun and supporting a great cause. 💙 Together, we raised nearly $120,000 for CBA’s scholarship fund! 🎉

🎤✨ Way to go, 4th grade poets! Students wrote original poems and performed memorized poems on stage for peers and parents—with costumes, props, and extra courage. What a fun celebration of learning! 📚👏🎭

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🎓🐛 Today we celebrated Preschool Graduation! Our students sang, acted out The Very Hungry Caterpillar, showed off adorable costumes, and proudly led Family Gathering after waiting all year. Congrats to our rising Kindergarteners! 💛👏

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Congratulations to CBA’s 9th graduating class! 🎓 On Friday, we welcomed 20 new alums. Some began with us in Kindergarten, and others joined along the way—each one adding to the personality, skill, and success of this class. We can’t wait to hear what’s next for these graduates.

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🐟 Ms. Ogle’s 1st graders released the trout they raised in class into the Little River in Townsend! What a great hands-on way to learn about life cycles, ecosystems, and stewardship. Thank you, Trout Unlimited! ⛰️

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🚀 5th grade launched rockets today! After learning about the 1960s space race and gravity, students worked in teams to name, design, and paint their rockets. The Lower School gathered on the playground and field to cheer on the launches! 🌎

🎓 Today was our Senior Walk! Seniors walked back through CBA's cottages, reflecting on their education journey. Along the way, students filled the campus with posters, cheers, and celebration! 👏

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🐝 Preschoolers explored the 🌿 Knoxville Botanical Garden with special adults by their side! From pollinators and plants to muddy play, watering flowers, and story time, it was a beautiful morning. 🌼

📺 Tune in tonight to catch CBA’s own Nicole Whitecotton on WVLT sharing about National History Day and her 2026 Tennessee History Day Educator of the Year award! 🏆🇺🇸 Preview airs at 6 PM and the full story at 11 PM! ✨📚

✨ Prom 2026 was one for the books! Students enjoyed a beautiful night at Clayton Lodge with warm weather, a huge turnout, incredible outfits, and a packed dance floor all night long. 🕺💃🔥 Check out these stunning looks. What a night! ✨

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🐣🥚 Preschool students kicked off their studies on birds and life cycles by getting up close with some amusing chickens and passing around real eggs in class! Students loved watching the birds eat, especially when they fed them worms. Big curiosity starts with little moments.🪱

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What does a $200M project look like up close? 🚧✈️ Students toured the airport parking garage under construction at TYS—meeting engineers and leaders, and watching crews make it happen. Real work, real problems, real careers. This is how imagination grows. 🔧💡

🎻🎶 CBA middle school musicians made their mark at Festivals in the Park at Six Flags Over Georgia this weekend! Blazer Beat Chorus earned 2nd place with a Superior rating, while middle school strings brought home 1st place with an Excellent rating 🏆👏

“Does anybody know what day it is?” “Guacamole Day!” 😄 Close—Cinco de Mayo! 🇲🇽 2nd grade celebrated with a visit from Family Meal Knoxville—learning to make fresh guacamole 🥑 and enjoying chips & salsa 🎉 Thank you, Chef David! 🙌

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Update: guess who won… 👀🏆 Jude Clark-Heinrich took 1st place at the Dogwood Arts Epiphone Guitar Show!! 🎸🔥 Way to go, Jude! 🚀👏

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4th-grade scientists explored animal structures today! 🐢🐍 With visitors from Ijams Nature Center, students met a box turtle and corn snake up close—touching a turtle shell and snakeskin while discovering how animal structures help them survive. What a great day of learning! 🌿

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Sometimes a CBA student is on a roll—and senior Jude Clark-Heinrich is having that moment. 🎨🎸 His guitar was selected for the Dogwood Arts show, he earned a full-ride to SCAD Summer Seminars, and he’s in Texas for USA Climbing nationals! 🧗‍♂️🚀 Way to go, Jude!

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Middle school teams earned Honorable Mention in the Toshiba Exploravision Competition, placing in the top 10% in North America! 🌎 Students researched real technology, imagined future solutions, and presented bold ideas. Real problems. Real innovation. 💡👏