The CCS Covenant Cup winner is determined a bit differently than the quarter winners.  It is not a sum of points accumulated over each quarter that determines the winner, but rather the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd placement that each House has in the quarters as well as the placement in the Fall and Spring House Games.  It is not only important to have the most 1st place wins, but equally important is to not have too many 3rd place finishes.

And so as you can see from the table above, the House with the most 1st place wins and fewer 2nd and 3rd place positions, and therefore the 2014-15 Covenant Cup Winner is…HOUSE FIDES!

Their crest will be framed and hung in the lobby for all of the 2016-17 school year until the next Covenant Cup winner is determined.

The Spring House Games (aka Upper School field day) were all about FUN and flexibility.  With the on and off rain showers, the games and their locations had to be switched around a bit, but all worked out well and the competition was on!

Below are pictures from the various events:

Word Puzzle – One purpose of the CCS House System is…

Ping Pong Relay with Tilt-a-cup challenge

Blind Man Snake

Three Legged Race

Yank Me and Blow Me Down

Baton Race

Spaghetti and Coke Relay

Bite Me

Table Top

Tug-a-War

And the Winner of Spring House Games was ….

HOUSE FIDES! Congratulations!

House Fides – 50 pts
House Sapientia – 60 pts
House Audacia – 64 pts
(Lowest score wins – like in golf – meaning that the House had the most first place finishes)

Fides “kept the faith” and came out on top!

House Sapientia!

Final Point Totals for 4th quarter:

Thank you House Audacia for continued acts of kindness:

• Two Members demonstrated PERSERVERANCE and DILIGENCE by working hard to develop a great demonstration for their group projects in Mrs. Bingham’s class.
• One Member displayed SERVICE by changing out the lettering on the marquee sign in the hot weather for Mrs. Kuhn.
• One Member demonstrated GRATEFULNESS and APPRECIATION by bringing cookies to the teachers in the teacher’s lounge.
• One Member displayed DILIGENCE by working hard to catch up on work after being out sick so as not to get behind on assignments.
• One Member displayed PERSERVERANCE in her academics by asking good questions when she did not understand in math and thus improved her grade.
• One Member demonstrated DILIGENCE and EXCELLENCE in their research papers for her decade project.

Thank you House Fides for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member displayed SERVICE by taking out Mrs. Bingham’s trash.
• One Member demonstrated HONESTY and INTEGRITY to her class by pointing out that Mrs. Oliver had inadvertently left answers to math problems on the board.
• One Member exhibited SERVICE by setting up Mr. Leland’s chairs again after the house games.
• Two Members exhibited ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE when they scheduled a meeting with Miss Leland in order to practice for their oral exam.
• One Member demonstrated DILIGENCE and EXCELLENCE in their research papers for her decade project.

Thank you House Sapientia for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member demonstrated PERSERVERANCE and DILIGENCE by working hard to develop a great demonstration for his group project in Mrs. Bingham’s class.
• Two Members exhibited SERVICE by taking out Mrs. Wilmoth’s trash.
• Two Members exhibited ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE when they scheduled a meeting with Miss Leland in order to practice for their oral exam.
• Three Members demonstrated DILIGENCE and EXCELLENCE in their research papers for their decade project.

Why is it that the end of the year is packed full of all sorts of fun events?  All that fun makes for all the points to be entered to stack up and blog postings to get behind schedule.  Below are more points accrued during April and May.

Girl’s Movie Night – Student Government hosted a girl’s movie night for the 7th-12th grade girls. Audacia 6pts, Fides10pts, Sapientia 10pts

Winter Sports Awards – Audacia 20pts, Fides 20pts, Sapientia 20pts

Spring Sports Awards – Audacia 5pts, Fides 10pts, Sapientia 15pts

Art Show – Students and parents were invited to the 2016 CCS Upper School  Art Show and reception!  They enjoyed  refreshments and chatted with the young artists while they viewed their Art in the gallery at the Cabarrus Art Guild.  House Sapientia hosted a social at Cabarrus Creamery for those that came out to support CCS artists! Audacia 4pts, Fides 6pts, Sapientia 16pts

Student Government completed its election season with the election for class representatives.  All students that ran for a leadership position were awarded points.  Audacia 18pts, Fides 15pts, Sapientia 21pts

Open House tours – Audacia 18pts, Fides 18pts, Sapientia 15pts

House Surveys – Audacia 5pts, Fides 10pts, Sapientia 15pts

Theatre Attendance points – Audacia 22pts plus 10pts for serving as a House on Saturday night, Fides 22pts plus 10pts for serving as a House on Friday night, Sapientia 30pts

CCS Community Service Day – Audacia 81pts, Fides 135pts, Sapientia 108pts

Audacia showed their school spirit by hosting a tailgate before the last soccer game of the year! – 20pts

Did you know that Mason’s golf gallery wish came true?  Several students came out to cheer on the CCS golf team in their last match.

Fides had two consecutive Fridays with impressive House spirit by having at least 75% of the members in House spirit wear!  15pts for 4/29 and 15pts on 5/6

Mr. and Mrs. Wilmoth Baby Shower – The faculty and students celebrated the Wilmoth’s new baby due in June with an Upper Schol baby shower during Chapel time.  Each class presented them with gifts like diapers, wipes, pacifiers, onesies, and baby toys.

Sapientia displayed great school spirit by praying for all the Upper School students and letting them know by placing a note on a card on the student’s locker. 

Attendance at the Spring House Games (Upper School field day)  – Audacia 44pts, Fides 46pts, Sapientia 36pts

Sapientia members volunteered for to paint Mrs. Harris art room – 54 community service points.

Sapientia’s Co-Captain Ashley Nault turned in 23.25 hours of community service hours for points.

Current Standings for 4th Qtr:

       970pts            931pts              780pts