Parent & Student Resources
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Please allow 24 hours for processing by the Headmaster. If you do not receive a response after 24 hours, please email the front office (office@knoxchesterton.com).
Please see the handbook for a list of excused absence.
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Do you have idea for an upcoming event? We want to hear from you! Please submit the details here.
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Student Packet: Each Friday, your student will bring home a clear folder (called their “Friday Folder”) that may consist of graded homework, tests, or forms that need to be reviewed. Students are to return the packets on Monday with work signed work that was under a grade of 70 any signed forms.
Weekly Newsletter: A weekly email will be sent each Friday outlining upcoming events and important updates. Once a month this newsletter will also have a letter from the Headmaster and other various submissions.
Missing and Incomplete Grades: An automated email will be sent to a student’s parent when an assignment is marked as incomplete or missing in Educate.
Parent-Teacher Conferences: An invitation will be sent to parents at the end of the first and third quarters to discuss a child’s progress in Chesterton Academy. At the end of the conference a physical and email copy of the results of the discussion will be shared with the parents.
Social Media: Regular posts about school life are added to our Instagram and Facebook pages.
School Calendar: Check our school calendar frequently to see upcoming events. school calendar. We update it at a minimum of once a week.
Other: If you ever have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us!
865-247-6838
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Students: The assignments are posted at the end of each class and/or by end-of-school day to the homework board (white board to the left of the chalkboard).
Students/Parents: This board is posted each day after school to Google Classroom.
Checking Status of Submission: Check your student's grade book via EDUCATE after the submission date to see if it's submitted, missing (M), incomplete (I), excused (E), or absent (A).
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Our school uses TADS to manage our student’s grades. Each parent should have their own credentials to login to the family account. Here you can monitor your student’s grades.
Navigate to the TADS Educate portal.
Enter your email and password. If you do not have a password, contact us at office@knoxchesterton.com to get started.
After you login, select the School, the Students from the left sideboard.
From there, select Grades under the Academic tab on the main screen.
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A - Absent: Can be made up. Counts neither for/against the student's grade.
E - Excused: Cannot be made up. Counts neither for/against the student's grade.
M - Missing: Past due but has not been received by the teacher. Counts as a zero in the student's grade until submitted.*
I - Incomplete: Has been submitted but missing necessary components to be accept by the teacher. Place into the incomplete bin at school.*
LS - Low Score: The student has earned a 79 or less.
*An email is automatically sent to the parents after the teacher has entered in the gradebook.
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Here is a list of actions or omissions which could earn students a demerit: TADS Educate Portal
To view your student’s demerits:
Login to the TADS Educate Portal
In the left-hand navigation bar, select School —> Students
In the main section, select your student’s name.
Under your student’s name, select ‘Demographic’
In the Demographic section, select ‘Conduct’
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Item description
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Please complete summer reading by the first day of school.
It is an expectation of families to purchase the summer reading.
Chesterton Academy students are required to read an assigned book over the summer. Students are expected to carefully read their assigned books before the start of the year. Please bring the book to school when you bring your school supplies at the beginning of the year. There will be discussions and a quiz on the summer reading assignment early in the school year in literature class.
The assigned book will be the first topic for discussion and study once classes begin, so be sure to work through the study guide as you read. The study guide is not required, but will facilitate success!
9th Grade - Mythology
Hamilton, Edith
ISBN 978-0316223331
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Study GuideEdith Hamilton’s classic retelling of all the primary Greek myths serves as a great introduction to the Greek world that is the backdrop to the freshman literature sequence. Students will learn the Greek origin myth and several memorable cautionary tales. Also, these short stories introduce the Greek gods as well as all the major Greek heroes, such as Hercules, Pericles, Theseus and Jason. This is a must-read for students to prepare for the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid and Greek dramas covered in the freshman literature curriculum.
Note: Read Parts I-III of the Hamilton book only. Reading further actually begins to preclude the subject matter of the Iliad and Odyssey which we read during the year.
9th Grade - The Life of Chesterton
Lee, Holly Geiger
ISBN 978-1944435448
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Study GuideMeet Gilbert Keith Chesterton, our patron, who stood strong for the truths of Christianity at a time when skeptics began turning away from faith in God. Undaunted by unbelievers, Chesterton insisted that the right way was the Christian way. This work introduces readers to his life, from his childhood and school days in London to his adulthood as a world-traveling author and speaker.
10th Grade - Myths of the Norsemen
Green, Roger Lancelyn
ISBN 978-0141345253
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Study GuideWith the slow fall of Rome that is covered in the sophomore history sequence, the gravitational center of the Christian world shifts northward, and the original Christian themes and ideals of the ancient word are retold against a new Germanic cultural backdrop. Roger Lancelyn Green's retelling of these Norse myths sets the stage for Beowulf, the Song of Roland and the Arthurian legends that are studied in the 10th grade.
11th Grade - The Screwtape Letters
C.S. Lewis
ISBN 978-0060652937
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Study GuideAs our juniors prepare to study moral theology, Lewis’ book will prepare their minds and hearts to better appreciate the deep impact of original sin and how the forces of darkness try to undermine joy and truth. In this book, the cunning plans of the adversary are not centered around obvious sins. Instead, the tempters focus on subtle forms of sin (e.g., vanity, pride, distraction, insincerity, forgetting God), and show how these can achieve the same effect as more obvious sins, that is, to lead us away from God. Ultimately, the tempters in this story do not care what sins are committed by their subjects - so long as they accomplish their goal of separating people from God. The case can be made that The Screwtape Letters is the most engaging and humorous account of temptation - and triumph over it - ever written.
12th Grade - Frankenstein
Shelley, Mary
ISBN 978-0486282114
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Study GuideOne of the most fundamental works of modern literature, Mary Shelley’s novella is a thoughtful study of the limits of human capacity in a scientific age that was quickly casting away old revealed truths. It is a work that could not have been written in any other moment in history, and the archetype of the creature that is sentient but not created by God is one that endures into our own day. Certainly vampires, werewolves, and even aliens partake of this theme; yet so does mankind when reduced to mere materialism.
Note: Please be sure to read the original 1818 version, not the later 1831 text.
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