Thank you House Audacia for continued acts of kindness:

• Two Members exemplified INITIATIVE and SERVICE in Chemistry class by taking out the trash for Mrs. Quillen.
• One Member helped to keep CHIVALRY alive on Friday morning when he came to a teacher’s aid by helping her carry a case of water into her classroom.
• One Member exhibited SELF-CONTROL and KINDNESS during her Socratic Seminar.
• One Member displayed EXCELLENCE in his questions asked while reading The Aeneid.
• One Member demonstrated DILIGENCE in keeping up with her Commonplace Book.
• One Member displayed HELPFULNESS in Art class on Wednesday by running to re-fill the water jugs for his classmates.
• One Member displayed SERVICE by taking out Mr. Wilmoth’s trash.

Thank you House Fides for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member exhibited SERVICE by taking out the trash for Mrs. Wilmoth.
• One Member exhibited KINDNESS by engaging in conversation with a visiting student.
• One Member consistently demonstrates SERVICE by offering to help keep the trash levels from overflowing.
• One Member demonstrated DILIGENCE and HARD WORK on her Senior Thesis.
• One Member displayed EXCELLENCE in the ideas that he is crafting for his semester paper.
• One Member displayed KINDNESS and a heart of SERVICE when he took the trash out for Miss Leland.
• One Member displayed SERVICE by taking out Mrs. Sneed’s trash.

Thank you House Sapientia for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member exhibited SELF-CONTROL and KINDNESS during her Socratic Seminar.
• One Member displayed HELPFULNESS in Art class on Wednesday by running to re-fill the water jugs for his classmates.
• One Member showed KINDNESS to the grammar school students during pick-up.  One even wanted to give her a hug good-bye.
• One Member exhibited SERVICE by cleaning Mrs. Sneed’s board.

The House Fides DEN Party was a big success!!  Over 60% of the Upper School students attended and approximately $200 was raised for a GaGa Ball Pit for CCS.  (Just need a little bit more $$ and the plan/hope is to build the pit in April.     
All sorts of fun and creative games were played.  Here is Mr. Leland leading an RPG game.

And Congratulations goes to Mr. Russell’s team, who were the the RPG game winners!

Screens were set up for XBOX and WiiU game fun!  And one can’t forget the Super Smash Bros. tournament!

Other board, video, and/or card games included Forbidden Desert, Dread, FIFA, Poker, Guitar Hero, Clue, and King Mao, just to name a few.
 
And to blow off some steam, the other half of the gym offered the chance to shoot some hoops or joust with pool noodles on Hoverboards.

A BIG THANK YOU to Mr. Leland, Mr. Morton and Mr. Haycox for chaperoning the evening and having just as much fun as the students were having!!
DEN party attendance points: Audacia 16pts, Fides 32pts, Sapientia 22pts

Chick-fila Spirit Night – Sapientia 6pts

Student Ambassadors – Open House tours:
Audacia 6pts, Fides 12pts, Sapientia 6pts

Basketball Game attendance on 2/17
Audacia 2pts, Fides 22pts, Sapientia 22pts

Current Standings:

678 pts            654 pts             556 pts

Thank you House Audacia for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member exemplified INITIATIVE and SERVANT LEADERSHIP on Wednesday morning when he set up the display tables needed for the Open House.
• One Member demonstrated SERVICE by picking up and taking out the trash for Mr. Morton on Thursday.
• Two Members were enthusiastically HELPFUL when they offered to SERVE Miss Leland by carrying loads of books and classroom items into the gym for the Open House on Wednesday.
• Two Members demonstrated DILIGENCE for practicing and performing “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” for the Medieval Feast.
• Three Members demonstrated SERVICE for delivering Warrior Grams to classmates.

Thank you House Fides for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member exemplified INITIATIVE and SERVANT LEADERSHIP on Wednesday morning when he set up the display tables needed for the Open House.
• One Member demonstrated SERVICE by picking up and taking out the trash for Mr. Morton on Thursday.
• Two Members displayed KINDNESS by writing an encouraging note to Mrs. Gasparrini.
• One Member demonstrated SERVICE by cleaning the white board and taking out the trash in Mrs. Bingham’s room.
• Three Members demonstrated DILIGENCE for practicing and performing “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” for the Medieval Feast.
• Four Members demonstrated SERVICE for delivering Warrior Grams to classmates.

Thank you House Sapientia for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member displayed SERVICE when he vacuumed part of Mr. Morton”s room on Tuesday.
• Two Members demonstrated SERVICE by cleaning the white board and taking out the trash in Mrs. Bingham’s room.
• One Member exemplified INITIATIVE and SERVANT LEADERSHIP on Wednesday morning when he set up the display tables needed for the Open House.
• One Member was enthusiastically HELPFUL when he offered to SERVE Miss Leland by carrying loads of books and classroom items into the gym for the Open House on Wednesday.
• Three Members demonstrated DILIGENCE for practicing and performing “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” for the Medieval Feast.
• ALL the Sapientia guys demonstrated SERVICE by helping Mr. Morton clean up his classroom before the CCS Open House.
• Two Members demonstrated SERVICE for coming after school to work on Warrior Grams.
• Four Members demonstrated SERVICE for delivering Warrior Grams to classmates.

Thank you House Audacia for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member demonstrated SERVICE by taking out Mr. Wilmoth’s trash.
• One Member displayed KINDNESS and a heart of SERVICE when he offered to clean a teacher’s white board for her.
• One Member displayed thoughtful DILIGENCE in class readings and discussions in Mr. Leland’s class.
• One Member exhibited academic EXCELLENCE for her keen insights in class discussions.
• One Member exhibited WISDOM for her desire to apply discussions of Virtue to her actual life, instead of just talking about it.
• Two Members took INITIATIVE to vacuum and clean the entire classroom for Mrs. Wilmoth.

Thank you House Fides for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member demonstrated INITIATIVE and school SPIRIT for asking permission of the Admin Team to wear House shirts on Wednesday for House meetings.
• One Member demonstrated SERVICE when he volunteered to empty the trash after the Student Government meeting.
• One Member displayed PERSEVERANCE and school SPIRIT by his willingness to stand in the cold and serenade the school on a Friday morning.
• One Member demonstrated EXCELLENCE in her Philosophical analysis of popular music, which generated a good class discussion.
• One Member demonstrated INITIATIVE by asking to be the leader for the Spiritual Formation team.
• One Member displayed COURAGE for his willingness to speak up in Mr. Leland’s class and tackle tough questions.
• One Member displayed DILIGENCE for her good work on her senior thesis.
• One Member exhibited SERVICE by taking out Mrs. Wilmoth’s trash.
• Four Members took INITIATIVE to vacuum and clean the entire classroom for Mrs. Wilmoth.
• One Member ENCOURAGED to Mrs. Herrin by writing a very creative letter to her on behalf of the whole House and making her smile.

Thank you House Sapientia for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member displayed fantastic LEADERSHIP skills and school SPIRIT when she organized a rock painting party for House Sapientia.
• One Member demonstrated KINDNESS and a heart of SERVICE when she offered to clean a teacher’s white board for her.
• One Member displayed KINDNESS and CONSIDERATION when he jumped up to open the door for a teacher with her hands full.
• One Member displayed SERVICE by making signs for the medieval feast.
• One Member displayed academic EXCELLENCE for his keen insights and suggestions to his classmates during peer revisions of their papers.
• One Member displayed DILIGENCE for his good work on his senior thesis.
• One Member exhibited SERVICE by offering to take out Mrs. Wilmoth’s trash.
• Four Members took INITIATIVE to vacuum and clean the entire classroom for Mrs. Wilmoth.
• One Member showed LOVE to Mrs. Cross by writing a sweet letter to her on behalf of the whole House and making her smile.

Pastor’s Luncheon – On January 28th Covenant Classical School had the privilege of hosting over 50 area pastors at our Pastor’s Luncheon. After the luncheon, students were able to gather around their pastor for a special time of prayer.

Audacia and Sapientia tied for having the most pastors present at the luncheon that werer invited by members in their house.  (15pts each)  (Fides 5pts)

Spelling Bee Finalists – Congratulations to Parker Rose, grade 6, who took FIRST PLACE in the Cabarrus County Independent Schools Spelling Bee at Cannon School. Parker will go on to compete in the Charlotte Regional Spelling Bee. Great job Parker!

Congratulations also to Sydney Himpel – of House Audacia (grade 8) who placed 3rd, and Ryan Gasparrini of House Sapientia (grade 7), who placed 4th!

Community Service –
From House Fides Becca Reece babysat during the parent’s meeting. (6pts)

From House Sapientia – Ashley Nault served at Hind’s Feet Farm, Mason babysat during the parent’s meeting, and Addison and Bailey served at the check-in for a recent basketball game. (27pts)

Experiencing the “Arts” – Sapientia’s Ashley Nault visited the Museum of Cherokee recently

Spiritual Formation  –  CCS’s Spiritual Formation team has a new leader – Daniel Haycox of House Fides

Attendance points for SF meetings on 1/14, 1/21, 2/4, and 2/11
Audacia – 51pts
Fides – 60pts
Sapientia -15pts

Home Game Attendance points – Thanks for coming out to cheer on our MS and Varsity teams!  GO WARRIORS!

Audacia 110pts
Fides 110pts
Sapientia 98pts

Sapientia’s Sydney Campanella had a fantastic performance on February 5th … with .2 seconds left on the clock, Sydney was fouled and got to shoot three free throws.  She made all three and won the game for the CCS Warriors!  Way to go, Sydney! (3pts)

House Spirit – On February 10th, Sapientia had an impressive display of spirit by painting the rock and having more than 75% of their house wearing their House shirt.  (30pts)  Now if they can only learn how to spell their name correctly! HA!

Grace abounds (despite calls from the other houses to deduct academic points, haha) as it was very cold when they were painting it and so in their rush, they left out the last “i”…however Cameron creatively used his leg to cover the mistake for the picture.

Well done!