FALL 2024
WELCOME!
Hello, and welcome to this year’s first Alumni Newsletter! We are excited to offer this e-newsletter to keep you informed and provide ways you can be involved at your alma mater. Inside this edition, you’ll find:
- Highlights of what’s happening on CVCA’s campus, including Homecoming festivities
- The new October Giving Month initiative
- Information about upcoming alumni events
- Ways to get involved with the CVCA community
- The latest Trumpeter Alumni Magazine
Join us for Homecoming on Friday, October 4!
Don’t miss this year’s Homecoming Tailgate Party on Friday, October 4 at Royals Stadium. Bring the whole family to enjoy food trucks, an exclusive alumni end zone party area, Royals football, kids activities, sweet treats, campus tours, and more! This is a great time to reconnect with other alumni and rekindle friendships from years gone by.
Please let us know you’re coming by registering today!
Class Reunions
CLASSES OF 2004, 2014, AND 2019: Are you ready to plan your class reunion and reconnect with classmates? Check out our Reunion Planning Guide HERE for all the details you need to make your event unforgettable. Start planning today and share the details with us by emailing alumni@cvcaroyals.org to let us know the when, where, and what of your gathering so we can help spread the word and ensure that as many of your classmates as possible can join the fun.
CLASS OF 1994 REUNION: On Friday, October 4, we will meet up for the Homecoming Game at CVCA, then on October 5, we’ll meet at Missing Falls Brewery in Akron at 7:oo p.m. RSVP for dinner on the 5th by Friday, September 26 to april@gracefuldance.com. Dinner is adults only and alumni are welcome to bring a guest. Everyone will be responsible for their own dinner costs the night of the event.
The Trumpeter Magazine
If you don’t receive the CVCA magazine by mail but would like to, please let us know. Or, if you do receive a printed publication but would prefer a digital version instead, please email us at advancement@cvcaroyals.org.
To submit updates for The Echoes class notes, please contact us HERE.
Past issues of The Trumpeter are available on our Publications and Videos page, or access the most current issue HERE.
What’s Happening on Campus
We recentely completed a new wing of the campus as part of our Campaign for Mission Advancement. The new space provides:
- Additional Pick-up & Drop-off Entrance
- Ten New Classrooms
- Additional Science Lab
- Unique Student Collaboration Areas
- Faculty Planning Areas
- Courtyard with Outdoor
Open House and Family Preview Nights
Do you have a student that you would like to attend CVCA next fall? Or do you know someone who may be interested in CVCA? Please invite them to one of our Fall Admissions Events:
Open House
October 24, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
October Family Preview Night
November 7 and 12, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Applications Open October 1
We are expecting a large volume of applications, so we encourage interested families to apply soon!
Get Involved at CVCA…
We value our alumni and hope you’ll decide to stay involved at your alma mater. Listed here are just a few of the many ways you can make a difference at CVCA. (Click on the arrow for more information.)
- Speakers come into the school and share with students about their career, what educational paths they took to get there, and advice or stories about their career.
- Guests speak to students during their lunch period for 15 minutes followed by ten minutes for questions.
- Career and Calling is a small group guided study program.
- Students are matched with advisors who lead conversations on spiritual gifts, education, professionalism, faith, accountability, and ethics.
- Advisors share real-life experiences as they relate to session topics, and offer guidance on college/major selections and career goal planning.
- CLASP is an immersive one-on-one learning (co-op or internship style) curriculum supervised by CVCA community professional mentors designed for the highly motivated, career-focused School of Distinction students wanting to independently study a specific career path.
- CLASP students meet with mentors 1-2 times per month, complete monthly CLASP assignments, and participate in shadowing experiences.
Do you enjoy helping others? Want to get involved with CVCA but don’t know where to start? Please complete THIS FORM to let us know what you’re interested in and where you believe your God-given talents can best be used. Thank you in advance for wanting to help serve the CVCA community!
Are you 70 or older? Here’s a unique way to make a meaningful impact while benefiting from tax advantages – the Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) Program.
At CVCA, we’re dedicated to nurturing the next generation with faith, education, and character. Now, you can support our mission in a way that maximizes your giving power and minimizes your tax burden!
Why Consider a Qualified Charitable Distribution?
- Tax Efficiency: Directly transfer funds from your IRA to CVCA and reduce your taxable income for the year.
- No RMD Impact: Your Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) can be fulfilled without increasing your taxable income.
- Meaningful Contribution: Make a significant impact on the lives of students while supporting a cause you believe in.
How it Works:
- Contact your IRA Custodian and inform them of your intention to make a Qualified Charitable Distribution to CVCA.
- Complete the transfer. The funds are sent directly from your IRA to CVCA, ensuring you benefit from the tax advantage.
- Enjoy the satisfaction. Know that your gift is making a difference in providing quality education and fostering a Christian environment at CVCA.
Don’t miss this chance to make a difference while benefiting from tax savings. For more information on how to make a Qualified Charitable Distribution to CVCA, please contact our Development Office at advancement@cvcaroyals.org.
Have you heard the exciting news about Ohio’s state tax credit for taxpayers who make a contribution to CVCA through a Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO)? That’s right- if you donate to CVCA via an SGO, the state will give you full credit for the donation on your next tax statement- resulting in absolutely no cost to you! And best of all, your donation will be provide financial assistance for students to attend CVCA.
- Married couples can donate up to $1,500 and single taxpayers up to $750 – every year!
- Donations for 2024 can be made through April 15, 2025.
- All Ohio taxpayers can contribute regardless of whether or not they have a student attending CVCA, so please share this opportunity with your friends and family!
Want more information? Check out this informational video or email our Director of Development, John Harabedian, for more information. You can contribute HERE!
- Sponsorship: Consider becoming a Royals Sponsor. Details are available HERE.
- Alumni in Sports: Help us track CVCA alumni as they continue their careers in sports. Complete THIS FORM below for alumni participating in sports during the 2024-2025 school year.
- Come Watch the Royals: Find full athletics schedules on our website HERE.
- Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, X – @cvcaathletics
- Check out our website at cvcaroyals.org for a complete compilation of all things CVCA, including access to the CVCA Alumni Page.
- Follow CVCA’s Instagram HERE.
- Follow CVCA’s Alumni Instagram HERE.
- Watch the latest videos on YouTube page HERE.
- Visit our Facebook pages HERE.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Enjoy Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing by The Royal Theatre on November 13, 15, 16. Watch for tickets to go on sale in October.
Join us on December 20 in the Rasnick Center/Gym from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. More details coming soon!
ON THE CVCA CALENDAR
ON THE CVCA CALENDAR
Please mark your calendar for Saturday, March 8, 2025, for the next Royal Evening! All are encouraged to join us for an evening of fellowship, food, and fun as we celebrate our Lord’s blessings and raise funds to elevate the CVCA experience for our students.
More information will be coming soon. We hope to see you there!
Educating and Cultivating Servants for Christ