Tensas Academy welcomed students back with the time honored tradition of prayer around the flag pole this morning.

We are looking forward to an outstanding school-year.

On Friday, April 20, 2018, Tensas Academy’s Pre-Kindergarten through Second-grade classes took a field trip to the Mississippi Children’s Museum in Jackson, Mississippi. The students and their parents were able to visit each of the museum's exhibits and actively participate and learn something at each station. After several hours of going through all three floors of this educational and fun museum, the students had worked up an appetite. The parents and students enjoyed a picnic lunch at LeFleur's Bluff State Park and some playtime before returning home.​

Tensas Academy’s Fifth Grade had an educational and fun trip to Ruston, Louisiana on Thursday, September 28. They attended Waterfest at the Lincoln State Park and learned about water quality and conservation. The Sparta Aquifer is depended upon by fifteen parishes in north Louisiana, and the water supply is gradually disappearing. The t-shirts students obtained during the trip pictured sayings such as, “Reduce your use” and, “Every drop counts.”

Students learned that an aquifer is a thick underground layer of material that holds water replenished by rain. The Sparta Aquifer is 40 million years old and three-hundred feet below the ground. Students discussed all of the ways they use water, drinking, bathing, cleaning, washing, cooking, swimming, gardening and feeding pets and livestock. They also learned ways they can conserve water, such as washing dishes in a washing machine instead of hand-washing, turning the water off while brushing your teeth, and taking a quick shower instead of a bath.

The group went through a maze, representing the traveling water. Every object they passed represented another piece of litter our water has to go through before it gets to the aquifer. They learned not littering plays a significant role in water conservation as well. 

The students played a final relay game where they had fifteen minutes to fill a 100-gallon container with lake water one bucket at a time. They got exercise and learned to appreciate their water sources and were thankful they did not have to carry water in buckets.

The group traveled back to Tensas Academy in the cars of gracious parents and grandparents of the fifth grade, Amy VandeVen, Bill Crigler, and Mary Nell Rushing. It was a water-filled fun day for all!

This is your student council reporter signing off,

Anna VandeVen
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Photos courtesy of Amy VandeVen

Just as Christmas, New Years, Valentines, etc., rolls around each year … the time for one of our favorite annual events has arrived – The Tensas Academy Spring Carnival! On Saturday, March 19th, you can start your day off by purchasing tickets and challenging your kids at some fun Midway Games on the TA Football Field. Shoppe our Gourmet Shoppe, fill your freezer, and have something easy to prepare on those evenings when you are rushing the door to support our Chief’s at one of their many athletic endeavors. You can graze on many other tasty treats while you and your friends visit and compete for all of the beautiful items displayed at our Silent Auction. Reserve a spot for your children at Kids Camp, grab a plate from the BBQ Babes, and dine to the melody of the auctioneer’s voice during the Grand Auction. It will be hard to decide what is more fun – eating all the great food or out bidding your friends for one of the many handmade, one of a kind items. There is something for everyone – food, fun and unique items! You only this this chance once a year, so come with your check book, debit card or cold hard cash and help support a really great school. All proceeds go to Tensas Academy and we thank you in advance for your loyal support.  

Schedule of Events 
9:30 am - 11:00 am- Kids Midway Games on the Football Field. Children of all ages will enjoy a variety of games hosted by the TA Teachers and their classes.
10:00 am - Items Sell Out Gourmet Shoppe opens. Come and purchase some of the best home cooking around. Casseroles, Cakes, Pies, Jams, BBQ Sauce, Breads, and many other items available.

10:00 am - 12:00 pm Silent Auction - Come bid on a number of items. Handmade children's clothes, plants, books, artwork, too many things to list. Many one of a kind items.

11:00 am - Kids Camp for small fee. Drop your child off at the cafetorium and enjoy shopping child-free! Bring the kids and let them play.

12:15 pm - Grand Auction Begins - Larger items. Trips, dinners, lawn and garden, antiques, artwork, many handmade and one of a kind items. Make sure to sign up for a bidder number.