On Monday, December 7th, House Fides joined with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive. Thanks to our CCS parents, grandparents, faculty, alumni, and students CCS donated 30 pints of blood, exceeding our goal of 25 pints! The blood donated has the potential to save over 90 lives!

House Fides advisor Dr. Williamsen checking Mrs. Gantz in to give blood!

Mrs. Faircloth donating blood!

Thank you to all of the Grammar School parents who donated blood!

Mrs. Dearing donating blood!

House Fides Captain, Maggie Faircloth giving blood for the first time!

Thank you to everyone who came out to donate blood, you not only blessed our school with your support, but also our local community!

The pandemic was not going to stop the Christmas spirit at CCS. In fact we had a fun filled week of celebration. Below are some pictures of the fun and festivities.

The tradition of door decorating for a class competition continued. The creativity of each class is always fun to see, as is their ability to coordinate and communicate with each other to accomplish the task in a short amount of time.

Dr Williamsen in her Christmas sweater by the 12th grade door!

11th grade door!

10th grade door! – 2nd PLACE WINNER

9th grade door!

8th grade door! – 1st PLACE WINNER

7th grade door!

Christmas sweater WINNERS!

Who doesn’t find a little joy in an ugly Christmas sweater? We love all the giggles that these uniquely crafted festive sweaters (or in some cases – jackets) can bring.

Rachel Strader – 10th Grade

Andrew Lechner – 9th Grade

Harlow Allen and Annabella Dancy- 7th Grade

Seniors all dressed in their Christmas sweaters! Lee Williamsen, Maggie Faircloth, and Ryan Gasparrini.

Mackenzie Deane 11th Grade

Christmas Colors and Christmas Jammies

Mother daughter duo- Mrs Shuping and Gabby Brewton in their Christmas colors.

Parker Mahaley in his Christmas PJs.

Aval Holton in her Christmas jammies.

Pancake Breakfast

Christmas spirit week ended with a pancake breakfast hosted Student Government. The seniors were so excited to be the pancake chefs!

The Seniors hard at work cooking pancakes!

One of the many pancake deliver carts the members of SG made to deliver pancakes directly to the classrooms.

Gingerbread House Contest

Traditionally a House competition, this year we turned the gingerbread house competition into a class/grade competition. Each grade was given the same box of pre-made gingerbread house parts and then the students were to bring in the additional “sweet” items to craft a “masterpiece”!

The 9th grades chose to go with a math themed gingerbread house.

Will Hassenfritz and JoHannah Maurer working on the 9th grade house.

The Junior class made a car for their gingerbread man to travel in style!

The 8th grade house had so many details. The 8th graders worked diligently making stained glass windows for their house.

Avery Odom working on the 7th grade house.

9th graders Lauren Hood and Robert Brown working together to craft their gingerbread house.

7th grade House

8th grade House

Freshmen House

Sophomore House

Junior House

Senior House

Thankful for CCS and all the fun ways to celebrate the end of the semester and the coming celebration of Christ’s birth.

Serving at the Operation Christmas Child shoebox processing center in Charlotte is one of our most loved Upper School service events! This year was no exception. Over 50 members of our CCS community volunteered to help process shoeboxes.

The senior girls serving together!