News
What is happening at the Academy
A record of the school year as the school itself has recorded it — lessons taught, virtues recognised, meals served, and the business of the board.
01 — The Year So Far
Since the first day of school
These are counts from the school's own systems, covering 10 August to 14 October 2026.
- 2,819
- lessons planned — and every one of them taught
- 517
- distinct Tennessee academic standards covered
- 525
- student wins logged by teachers
- 256
- different children named in one of them
- 2,898
- breakfasts and lunches served
- 451
- physical education sessions logged
A student win is what a teacher logs when a child does something worth noticing. Five hundred and twenty-five of them have been recorded since August, naming 256 different children — well over half the school. The virtues behind them, most often recognised first: courage, 139 times; responsibility, 118; moderation, 77; wisdom, 72; prudence, 62; friendship, 54; and justice, 3.
Grade 2 currently leads the Virtue Cup with 137.
In the kitchen, breakfast and lunch service has roughly doubled since the second week of August. It now runs between 125 and 135 meals on a normal school day.
Lessons, standards, student wins and fitness sessions read from the school's lesson planner on 14 October 2026; meals read from The ACAR Account on the same day. The meal total counts the days the till recorded, which is fewer than the days the school has been open.
02 — Recent News
Lately
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October 2026
Every board agenda and set of minutes since the school opened is now online, and searchable
The board's public record now runs back to the Academy's founding: agendas, minutes and board packets in one place, searchable word by word rather than only by filename. Seventeen of the documents were scans that no search could previously read inside; those were read by optical character recognition so that they can be.
Three agendas from the spring of 2025 are still outstanding and are being tracked down. They will be added as they are found.
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October 2026
You can now sign up to speak at a board meeting before you arrive
Public comment has always been an item on every board agenda. Until now the only way onto the list was the paper sheet in the room, which meant deciding to speak required already being there.
The board page now carries a form. Any member of the public can put their name down in advance and say what they would like to speak about. You are sent a confirmation, and a link to withdraw if your plans change. The paper sheet stays where it is for anyone who would rather use it.
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1 October 2026
The ACAR Account reaches every family
An invitation to The ACAR Account went out to 441 families on 1 October, and every one of them was delivered.
Families use the Account to keep their child's photograph current, to manage the list of adults authorised to collect them, to arrange a carpool for a single afternoon, and to pay for meals. The dismissal screens at the curb and in the classrooms read from it, which is why a photograph kept up to date there is a child handed to the right car.
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September 2026
Four hundred and nine students, in twenty classrooms, kindergarten through seventh grade
The Academy is fully enrolled across every grade it serves, with twenty classroom teachers. Kindergarten filled across all three of its classes.
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