Awards Ceremony 2022

Student’s have been looking forward to this day all year! The Awards Ceremony is a special event where students are acknowledged for their accomplishments and improvements in academics and enrichment classes. Check out the photos below to see how excited CLA students were!

Timothy Award

This is a very special award given by grade. In each class, students choose a classmate who they believe best exemplified Christ-like character throughout the year. At CLA we call this being a Timothy!

Principal’s Award

Every year the teachers of Christian Life Academy nominate a student for the Principal’s Award. This award is given to the student who has most consistently exemplified Christian character throughout the school year. This year was a special year because two students were given the Principal’s Award!

Congratulations to Nicholas and Noah, both second graders who went out of their way this year to include a brand new classmate and make him feel welcome. We are so proud of you!

Summer Reading 2022

CLA’s 2022 Summer Reading List

We hope you’ve had a fantastic start to your summer, CLA! If you didn’t check out the summer reading letters sent home in this year’s final Friday folder, please check out the lists below.

We can’t wait to see you at the end of the summer!

Summer Reading Logs – K-8th

Elementary School

Middle School


Needs ideas? Check out Justin Taylor’s A Christian Classical Reading List for grades 1-8.

Grades 1-3

Grades 4 & 5

Grades 6-8

Or download this list by Calvary Classical School in Hampton, Virginia.

PDF with Links


Chapter Book Suggestions:

  • A to Z Mysteries Series by Ron Roy
  • American Girl Series by Porter, Shaw, and Tripp
  • Boxcar Children Series by Gertrude Warner
  • Dog Man Series by Dav Pilkey
  • Cam Jansen Mysteries Series by David Adler
  • Cul-de-Sac Kids Series by Beverly Lewis
  • Encyclopedia Brown Series by Donald J. Sobol
  • Geronimo Stilton Series by Elisabetta Dami
  • Hopscotch Hill School Series by Valerie Tripp
  • The Imagination Station Series by Marianne Hering
  • Judy Moody Series by Megan McDonald
  • Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osbourne
  • Nate the Great Series by Marjorie W. Sharmat
  • The Sugar Creek Gang Series by Paul Hutchens
  • Who Was…? Series (Non-fiction)
  • What Was…? Series (Non-fiction)
  • Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
  • How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
  • The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
  • New Shoes by Susan Lynn Meyer
  • Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina
  • Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
  • Any book by Beverly Cleary
  • Any book by Lee Roddy
  • Stuart Little by E. B. White
  • The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
  • Journey to America Sonia Levitin
  • Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia Machlachlan
  • Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • The Summer of Swans by Betsy Byars
  • Books by Andrew Clements