Nate Morrow, assistant headmaster and high school principal, welcomes students at CPA dedication.

More than 1,000 K-12 students begin year in new and renovated buildings

CPA dedicated its new high school building on Aug. 14.

CPA faculty is photographed outside the new high school facility.

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About 700 students, parents and friends gathered at Christ Presbyterian Academy, 2323-A Old Hickory Boulevard, recently to celebrate the dedication of its new high school building.

The Aug. 14 dedication included a brief ceremony, music led by Steven Curtis Chapman and tours of the three-story, 85,000-square-foot building.

In addition to the new, 35-classroom facility — which includes dedicated Fine Arts and Science areas and a 250-seat dining hall — CPA also renovated its two other primary academic buildings, effectively creating a “new” look and feel throughout its 58-acre campus.

Founded in 1985, CPA has now surpassed 1,000 students in K-12 for the first time in its history. Also for the first time in its 26 years as a school, each of the school’s levels — elementary (K-5), middle (6-8) and high (9-12) — is housed in separate buildings.

A fourth building is home to CPA Preschool, serving 140 children from age 1 through Pre-K.

CPA, the home of the Lions, is a ministry of Christ Presbyterian Church, which was founded in 1981. In May, the Academy celebrated its 20th graduating class and its 1,086th graduate.

Students celebrate the dedication.	Steven Curtis Chapman performs.
From left: high school principal Nate Morrow; student body president Mark Kuhn; alumnus Matt Logan; board member Llew Ann King; Christ Presbyterian Church pastor Dr. Wilson Benton; headmaster Richard A. Anderson; board chair Jay Clarke; and campaign co-chairs Matt Kingand Bruce Williams.	Prayer is said during Christ Presbyterian Academy's ceremony to dedicate the new high school building.