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Christ Presbyterian Academy Location Nashville, TN, USA Coordinates 36°03′01″N 86°52′42″W / 36.05028°N 86.87833°WCoordinates: 36°03′01″N 86°52′42″W / 36.05028°N 86.87833°W Information Type Private Motto "Soli Deo Gloria" Religious affiliation(s) Presbyterian (PCA) Established 1985 Headmaster Richard Anderson Enrollment 1000+ Color(s) Purple and Gold Athletics conference TSSAA - Division I Mascot Lions Accreditation(s) SACS, ACSI Website cpalions.org Christ Presbyterian Academy (often referred to as CPA) is a parochial, coeducational, college preparatory school for students in grades K-12 in Nashville, Tennessee. CPA is affiliated with Christ Presbyterian Church, a congregation of the Presbyterian Church of America.[1]
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History
CPA was founded in 1985[1] as a K-6 school and has seen steady growth over its first 25 years. CPA graduated its first senior class (of eight students) in 1992. CPA currently enrolls just over 1,000 students.[2]
The academy, which shares a 57 acre campus in Davidson and Williamson Counties with the church,[1] began in a single building. In the 1994, CPA moved its high school into a new building adjacent to the original school. In 2010, CPA began construction on a new 85,000-square-foot (7,900 m2) high school facility (on the same campus) that opened in the fall of 2011.[2][3]
Athletics
The CPA mascot is a Lion. The school colors are purple and gold. CPA has won state championships in football, boys' soccer, boys' golf, and girls' tennis.[4]
In the school's early years, CPA's football team played home games at Bellevue Middle School. In the late 1990s, the school constructed an on-campus stadium to house the football program as well as boys' and girls' soccer. The stadium has been given the nickname "the Den."
The football program is headed by former Montgomery Bell Academy, University of Florida, and Furman University standout Ingle Martin.[5][6] The boys' basketball program is led by former Goodpasture Christian School and Vanderbilt star Drew Maddux.[7]
Notable Alumni
- Landon Pigg (singer-songwriter and actor)[citation needed]
- Brooklyn Sudano (actress)[citation needed]
- Jon Haire (former bassist in contemporary Christian band MIKESCHAIR)[citation needed]
- Chad Speck (sports agent for Albert Haynesworth, Eric Berry, and others)[citation needed]
- Cooper Wallace (NFL tight end)[citation needed]
- Emily Chapman Richards (Steven Curtis Chapman's birth daughter)[citation needed]
- Caleb Chapman (Steven Curtis Chapmans's oldest son)[citation needed]
- Will Franklin Chapman (Steven Curtis Chapman's youngest son)[citation needed]
- Trent Fisher (son of former Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher and current football player at Auburn)
- Brandon Fisher (son of former Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher and former football player at the University of Montana. Currently an assistant to the defensive coaching staff for the Detroit Lions)
- Bob Hooper (Punter for Samford University; only punter in college football history to win the Heisman Trophy
Current Students
- Ben Hooper (nominated for best body in Nashville 3 consectuative years, younger brother of Bob Hooper)
- James Elliott (Represented Nashville as he travelled to compete in the International Whale Spooning Convention 2003-2007)
- Shaohannah Hope Yan Chapman (Steven Curtis Chapman's oldest adopted daughter)[citation needed]
- Stevey Joy Ru Chapman (Steven Curtis Chapman's middle adopted daughter.)[citation needed] *Note*: Steven Curtis Chapman's yougest adopted daughter Maria Sue Chunxi Chapman was going to start Kindergarten at Christ Presbyterian Academy with Stevey Joy during the 2008 - 2009 School Year, but she never got to because she died in a tragic accident when she was 5. Every year on Maria's Birthday Mary Beth comes to Stevey Joy's class so that they can celebrate her little sister's birthday in some small way.
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References
- ^ a b c Christ Presbyterian Church > Academy
- ^ a b Next Up: Matt Moore | The Tennessean | tennessean.com
- ^ Equip a Classroom | Christ Presbyterian Academy
- ^ CPA captures golf title | Nashville City Paper
- ^ Football | Christ Presbyterian Academy
- ^ MBA great Ingle Martin named CPA head football coach | Nashville City Paper
- ^ About Coach Maddox | Christ Presbyterian Academy
External links
Categories:- Schools in Nashville, Tennessee
- Educational institutions established in 1985
- Elementary schools in Tennessee
- High schools in Tennessee
- Middle schools in Tennessee
- Presbyterian schools in the United States
- Private schools in Tennessee
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