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!

Thank you House Audacia for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member demonstrated SERVICE and KINDNESS by continually picking up items Mrs. Wilmoth drops.

Thank you House Fides for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member demonstrated SERVICE for her work on the Medieval Feast play.
• One Member demonstrated SERVICE by taking out Mr. Morton’s trash on Tuesday and Wednesday.
• One Member demonstrated INITIATIVE and KINDNESS by taking out the trash for Mr Wilmoth without being asked.

Thank you House Sapientia for continued acts of kindness:

• Two Members exhibited SERVICE and HONOR of property by reorganizing the class textbooks on the bookshelf.
• One Member demonstrated SERVICE by taking out the trash for Mrs. Wilmoth.
• One Member displayed a COMPASSIONATE heart and spiritual LEADERSHIP in Armor Time when she led her classmates in a time of prayer.

Covenant Classical hosted its 1st Open House of 2016, and the following students served as Student Ambassadors by giving prospective families tours of the school.
For Audacia – Kim A., Bella C., Kady K., Emma S., and Kirby T. – 15pts
For Fides – Chloe G., Daniel H., Chandler L., and Katie T. – 12pts
For Sapientia – Rebekah A., Mason C. and Anna J. – 9pts

Community Service points based on number of tours given:
Audacia 39pts
Fides 24pts
Sapientia 9pts

For the first House Meetings of the 3rd Quarter, the Houses reflected on their 1st semester performance as well as brainstormed on some “Winter Slump” activities.

Reviewing the Covenant Cup standings to date, the Houses realized that they are all tied, and so it is still anyone’s game to reach the prize.

For the last 20 minutes of the meeting, the Houses participated in the Marshmallow Challenge.  http://marshmallowchallenge.com/Welcome.html

Each House was given 20 pieces of uncooked spaghetti,1 yard of string, 1 yard of tape, and 1 marshmallow.  The challenge was to build the tallest free standing structure measured from table top to the top of the marshmallow using only the materials provided.  The Houses split into guy and girl teams, so that the boys in each House competed against each other and the girls in each House competed against each other.

Unable to see what the other Houses were creating, the teams each brainstormed to create unique and creative structures.

Sapientia planning…

Fides researching…

Audacia building…

Results

1st Place – Fides Girls – 24″ (15pts)  and Audacia Guys – 23 1/2″ (15pts)

2nd place – Sapientia Girls – 20 3/4″ (10pts) and Fides Guys – 22″ (10pts)

3rd place – Audacia Girls – 19″ (5pts) and Sapientia Guys – 0″ (5pts) (their tower collapsed before it could be measured)

This activity was also used to challenge the Captain and Prefect leaders in each House to observe their House members to see who took charge, had great ideas, participated, collaborated well, or just observed the task.

Homecoming Dance attendance points
Audacia 32pts, Fides 36pts, Sapientia 24pts

Homecoming Basketball Game attendance points
Audacia 24pts, Fides 36pts, Sapientia 26pts

Current Standings for 3rd Quarter:

      111pts               114pts               97pts