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Important Dates
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March 15- Students Begin Registering for the CBA Fun Run
March 15-
Pizza Friday for K5- Grade 7
March 15-
Professional Development/Grades 1-7 Early Release
March 16- Family Field Trip: Mace Brown Museum of Natural History @ 10:00 am

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BE SURE TO CLICK the yellow links to take you directly to the event articles so you don't miss important details about each event!

March 21- Moms Night Out
March 22-29- CBA Fun Run Spirit Week
March 28-
Generations Gathering @ HABC
March 29-
  Kindergarten - Grade 7 Half Day and CBA Fun Run
April 1-5- Spring Break: School CLOSED
April 10- Headmaster's Chat/Parent Connect @ FBC
April 11-12- Grandparents/"Framily" Days for 2yo-Kindergarten
April 12- Pizza Friday for K5- Grade 7
April 19- PTF Meeting @ HABC
April 20- Mother-Son Outing to the Charleston River Dogs Game
April 25- Generations Gathering @ HABC
April 26- Pizza Friday for K5- Grade 7
April TBD- CBA Family Field Trip- Strawberry Picking

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Quick Reference

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FBC Campus (2yo-5yo)- 5032 Lackawanna Blvd
843-779-2472

HABC Campus (grades 1-7)- 4602 Durant Ave
843-779-2411

2023-2024 School Calendar
2024-2025 School Calendar

2024-25 Tuition and Costs

FACTS Family Portal, District Code: CB-SC

2023-24 Parent Directory- Resource Documents section

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CBA Fun Run

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March 15: Students Begin Registering for the 3rd Annual CBA Fun Run

March 29: 3rd Annual CBA Fun Run
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The CBA FUN RUN is March 23! Register your child for the run starting March 15 and then share your personalized link with friends and family. We are raising money to be able to provide salary and benefits for teachers next year, which include Neighbor's Med subscriptions and retirement matches. Our goal is $100,000. It’s a fun-filled day where each student runs, skips, and dances their way around a track to raise money for CBA. Superheroes join the students on the track while parents and teachers cheer and motivate the students to keep running! 

Click here to learn more about the Fun Run.

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Charleston Bilingual Academy News

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Dismissal will begin at 1:15 for students with last names A-J and 1:25 for K-Z. 

*All after-school activities are canceled on ER days including Kindergarten Afternoon Mandarin.


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CBA notified parents of the soft lockdown on Thursday, March 7 via CBA Chat Bot and ClassDojo. Dr. Nathan Johnson recommends parents save the Chat Bot number, 843-371-3855, and assign a different text and call tone for this number so that you receive important messages and updates.

Click here to watch Dr. Johnson & Mr. Lenny Johnson as they speak about security at CBA.

March 15: Pizza Friday for K5- MS

‌ Pizza Friday for K5- Middle School (Semester 2)

Pizza Friday is sponsored by the PTF and our largest fundraiser of the year. $5 gets your student two slices of cheese pizza, delivered during their lunch. This happens twice per month on Friday’s listed below.

Click here for more details, to register & signup to deliver pizzas.

March 16: Mace Brown Museum of Natural History at CofC

‌ March 16: Mace Brown Museum of Natural History at CofC

Make plans to meet CBA at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History on Saturday, March 16 @ 10:00am. Dr. Scott Persons, curator, will speak to our group.

The museum is located on the 2nd floor of the School of Science and Math at the College of Charleston (202 Calhoun St). The surrounding streets have metered parking and there is also a paid parking garage a few blocks away at 89 St. Philip Street.

March 23: Join Team CBA to Walk for Water

‌ March 23: Join Team CBA to Walk for Water

Join CBA’s Walk-for-Water Team on March 23! Use the QR code above to sign up your family to join CBA at Water Mission’s Walk-for-Water event and make sure to join the “CBA- Mighty Oak World Changers” team. You can also click here to learn more about Water Mission’s Walk-for-Water, register to walk, sponsorship information or to donate. Click here for pictures of last year's walk. CBA students are excited to collect change as we partner with this humble mission!

In case you missed it...Director's Chat/Parent Connect

‌ In case you missed it...Director's Chat/Parent Connect: “The Importance of Reading to Our Children/How to Pronounce Spanish So Well You Can Fool Anyone"

In case you missed “The Importance of Reading to Your Children”, Maestra Margarita’s husband, Roger Hart, was the guest speaker and conducted a simple and fun training with parents on Spanish pronunciation to feel better equipped to read to our children in Spanish. Mr. Hart holds a Master’s in Linguistics and is also a physician assistant and a former Wycliffe Bible Translators missionary.

Click here to watch the video & print the handouts.

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Upcoming Events

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March 21: CBA Mom's Night Out at Paradiso Restaurant

‌ March 21: CBA Mom's Night Out at Paradiso Restaurant

Mom’s Night Out is back!

Let’s kick off Spring with a touch of the tropics! March 21st: 6 pm at Paradiso restaurant. located inside Paradiso Pool Club  (4401 McCarthy Street, North Charleston, SC, United States, South Carolina)

*Indoor and outdoor seating is available.

March 28: Grade 4 Students Host Generations Gatherings

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At their Generations Gatherings each month, Grade 4 welcomes, befriends, and learns from the older generation!

At their last Gathering, students served snacks, interviewed their guests about the different ways they have been studying, shared what they have been learning about the science of sound, read their poems and shared Valentines with their guests. 

Click here to read more and see photos from previous Generations Gatherings. Please spread the word about the next gathering amoung CBA family members and neighbors!

April 11-12: Grandparents/"Framily" Days for 2yo-Kindergarten

‌ April 11-12-Grandparents/"Framily" Days for 2yo-Kindergarten


Grandparents/“Framily” Days

You are invited to see your student’s learning and classroom! 

(Framily means family and/or friends you have chosen to represent the family.)

Please reserve your spot so we can make chairs available.

Click here for all of the information and to register.

April 20: Mother-Son Outing

‌ April 20: Mother/Son Outing

Take us out to the ballgame! 

CBA's annual Mother-Son Outing is scheduled for April 20, at the 6:05 pm Charleston Riverdogs  game. We have secured a seat block and tickets can be purchased here for $8.

Contact Megan Cannon with any questions: meganmoyer.cannon@gmail.com

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Other CBA News

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We Need You!

‌ Parent Volunteer Opportunity- Morning Playground Monitors Needed

We are also looking for volunteers to monitor students from 7:50 - 8:15 a.m at the HABC campus!  We need Playground Monitors for both playgrounds - Grades 1-2 and Grades 3-7 (Oak side).
Coach Lenny and Coach Myers are also stationed on the playgrounds at this time. Having additional monitors will allow teachers to participate in daily devotionals to start their day!

Please use this form to indicate which days you are available, and we will contact you to confirm. 

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Language on Mission

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It's Not Too Late to Sign Up!

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It’s not too late to sign up to learn Spanish in either a group or private online Spanish class with Language on Mission (LOM)! Our group Spanish Bible Study will give intermediate/advanced Spanish speakers great practice discussing Spanish straight from the Bible, while our Private Adult Classes will provide learners of any language level with a personalized plan to help reach their goals. Find all the details on our website or reach out to Christian at christian@languageonmission.org.

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News from Friendship Baptist & Holmes Avenue Baptist Churches

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You are invited!

Friendship Baptist Church
Pastors Mark Timmons and John Lane welcome you to Friendship Baptist Church (FBC) and invite you to worship with them each Sunday at 11 am. Bilingual services are held in English and Spanish on the 1st and 3rd Sunday every month. On all other Sundays, Pastor Mark Timmons leads the English-language service and Pastor Luis Carreon leads a Spanish-language service.  A fun and engaging children's program is held during the service.  Find out more by emailing Pastor Mark directly (mtimmons@friendshiptoday.org) or Pastor John (jlane@friendshiptoday.org) calling FBC (843-225-1434), or visiting the FBC website, where you can also listen to past sermons. Visit the FBC FB page for birthday celebration photos.

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Holmes Avenue Baptist Church
Pastor Bryan Ayer welcomes you to visit Holmes Avenue Baptist Church (HABC) to worship with them on Sundays at 11 am. Holmes Kids gather during the worship time for age-appropriate worship and teaching from newborn through grade 4. You can learn more about HABC at holmesavenue.com or email Pastor Bryan directly at: bryan@holmesavenue.com. Each weekly worship service is also streamed on their Facebook page.

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Women After God: Women's Ministry Gathering

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Church Events In Our Community

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AWARE Conference: How to Parent and Lead the Rising Generation @ East Cooper Baptist Church

‌ AWARE Conference: How to Parent and Lead the Rising Generation @ East Cooper Baptist Church

Wed April 24, 2024 @ 6:00pm

East Cooper Baptist Church

The Aware Conference will feature Dr. Tim Elmore, a leading researcher and effective communicator. He will share about how to best lead, love, teach, and parent Gen Z and Gen Alpha. 

All attendees must register using the link below.

https://eastcooperbaptist.com/event/252/aware-conference


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Harris Teeter: Together in Education

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These are just a few of the questions CBA parents, may have. Click "Learn More" to see all of the answers!

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