Clear Water Academy
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Clear Water Academy is a private university preparatory school located in Calgary, Alberta. It is one of the few private Catholic schools in Alberta, and is dedicated to its four pillars for Catholic formation: Intellectual Formation, Character Formation, Apostolic Formation, and Spiritual Formation. Clear Water runs from Pre-Kindergarten to Grade Twelve, with Grades 4 through 9 being gender separated for all classes. High school is gender separated for selected classes, such as religion and physical education.
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[edit] History
Clear Water Academy opened its doors in 1995 with a mere 24 students and two teachers, located in a rented downtown office. From there, Clear Water Academy continued to grow steadily. At the present, Clear Water houses over 400 students and 42 staff in three buildings located in CFB Calgary.
[edit] Academics
Clear Water Academy offers all regular classes taught at most schools, from science, to English, to social studies. Options include art, drama, and choir, and, in grade 11-12, the option of either Physical Education 20 and 30, or Physics 20 and 30. This past year, Clear Water Academy was ranked number one in Alberta in academics based on Provincial Achievement Test(PAT) scores in grades 3 and 6.
[edit] Athletics
Clear Water Academy competes with other private schools in the City of Calgary in most major sports, including volleyball, basketball, soccer, and badminton. The Clear Water basketball teams were very successful in the past year, with the 7/8 boys winning two tournaments, and the 8/9 boys placing third in the south-central zone of Alberta. Just this year, many teams originally unavailable to high school students have been offered, such as Basketball and Volleyball. Grade nine students have also been accepted onto these high school teams, with excellent results.
Outdoor Education is a course offered at Clear Water from grades 7-10, which allows for students in these grades to participate weekly in various activities that are too time-consuming or difficult to cover in a normal physical education class. Some examples of typical activities include: golfing, water polo, backpacking, mountain biking, rowing, and rock climbing.
[edit] Religion
The Catholic theme is very apparent at Clear Water Academy, with a Prayer to the Bishop and decade of the rosary every morning, a prayer before every class, the Angelus before lunchtime, and weekly mass (Catholic Church) every Friday afternoon. There is a weekly apostolic course for most grades, which involves either some apostolic activity around the city (ex. raking leaves to benefit single, lower-class mothers), a discussion on the Virtue of the Month, or creating a presentation for a younger grade. Also offered is a religion course, where students learn about Catholic church history and teachings, and how to be a better Catholic.
