House Audacia!

Final Point Totals:

1st place – Audacia with 885 points

2nd place – Sapientia with 769 points

3rd place – Fides with 728 points

Congratulations House Audacia for a job well done! 

Continue to “Live Courageously” and keep up the good work!

House Description:   Audacia – Latin for Boldness, Daring
Motto – “Viva audace” (Live courageously)
Colors – Red and Gold
Mascot – Lion
Core Values – Chivalry, Service, Leadership/Authority, Bravery, Courage, Nobility, Initiative

(To see the other house descriptions, click the link in the menu bar.)

Before the 2nd quarter winner is announced on Thursday morning, there are still some points to post, and GPA’s still have to be factored in to the final points.

Fides‘ captain, Daniel H., spearheaded and provided guitar accompaniment to a group of students and faculty carolers each morning before school started during the month of December.  All Houses that had members join him in song received points for their Christmas and School spirit.

Audacia 14pts, Fides 56pts, Sapientia 26pts

The CCS monologue competition was a lovely evening event where our Theater students were able to present monologues they had been working on all semester. A challenging panel of adjudicators–Caroline Kraehe, Arts Director from Cary Christian School, and our own Joshua Leland and Andrew Morton–graded the students on their efforts.
There were 3 prizes awarded:
First Place Dramatic Monologue: Kirby Thigpen performing Anthony’s Funeral Oration from Julius Caesar (Audacia 5pts)
First Place Comedic Monologue: Erin Davis performing Julia’s monologue from Mugged in Metropolis (Sapientia 5pts)
Audience Choice Award: Bryson Rose performing Ferris Bueller’s monologue from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Audacia 5pts)
After the performance, everyone gathered for a reception of delicious homemade desserts and hot chocolate.

Continuing with Points for the Arts:
Sydney H. performed at the Daniel Stowe Botantical Gardens on December 5th.  And Bryson R. visited the Festival of Trees on December 11th.  (Audacia 6pts)

The “Force” is strong at CCS…so strong that it drew several students out before the last day of mid-terms to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens on opening night.

And don’t forget to come out and support all the CCS basketball teams this week and in the weeks ahead.  Make sure to sign in so that your house gets points!

Keep the Faith! Pursue Wisdom! Live Courageously!

Due to some scheduling difficulties, the 2nd Annual Fall House Games Competition wrapped up the week of mid-term exams – right before students were leaving for Christmas break.  Attendance was down but all 3 houses had around 50% or more of their members in attendance.  Despite being somewhat tired from a week of studying, the competition was still fierce but filled with laughter and sportsmanship.  A last minute decision was made not to split up each house into two teams like was done last year; however, the number of games each participated in stayed the same.  Each game had the 1st place winners received 1 point, 2nd place winners received 2pts, and 3rd place winners received 3pts.  The “Ultimate Winner of the House Games” was the House with the lowest number of points.

The points were extremely close between the three Houses with only 2 points separating them.  At the end of the day, Sapientia was announced the winner!
Congratulations Sapientia!  Well Done!

Final Scores:
Sapientia – 28 points
Fides  30 points
Audacia  32 points

Below are some of the pictures from the fun afternoon!

House Chant Competition

Balloon Stomp

Oven Mitt Kisses

Cookie Face

Santa’s Sleigh Ride

Wreath Relay

Christmas Ball and Cup Tree

Santa’s Beard for the House Captains

Buddy the Elf’s favorite meal challenge

Mid-term exams are around the corner, but there are still plenty of points to post and accrue.  The point race has been tight this quarter which means that grades are probably going to be the deciding factor in who wins 2nd Quarter…so study hard!!

Santa Scramble –
Audacia 2pts, Fides 8pts, Sapientia 6pts

CCS Dance attendance – Audacia 34pts, Fides 18pts, Sapientia 24pts

Spiritual Formation (11/24 and 12/3) –
Audacia – 24pts, Fides 30pts, Sapientia 6pts

Community Service – Ashley N. served for 3hrs at Hinds Feet Farms – Sapientia 6pts

Warrior Basketball – Come out and cheer them on to victory! Team schedules can be found on the CCS website.
MS boys – Audacia 12pts, Fides 12pts, Sapientia 3pts
Varsity boys – Audacia 3pts, Fides 9pts, Sapientia 9pts

MS girls – Audacia 6pts, Fides- not submitted, Sapientia 15pts
Varsity girls – Audacia 9pts, Fides – not submitted, Sapientia 3pts

Spelling Bee – Congratulations to our Spelling Bee winners!!
1st Place – Sydney H. – Audacia 15pts
2nd Place – Ryan G – Sapientia 10pts
3rd Place – Parker R – 6th grader

Over Thanksgiving Break, House Audacia led by their Captain, Joe Mulligan, blessed CCS by replacing the railings of the boardwalk! 
Before Pictures:

After Pictures

Here’s the small but mighty construction crew!  Well done! It looks great and all who walk along the boardwalk are so thankful! (Audacia receives – 5pts Admin Leadership, 20pts for Impressive Display of School Spirit, 30pts for Community Service)

Winners of the Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest
Laura S – Fides 5pts
Wesley R – Audacia 5pts

Remember to send in pictures when you attend community events, symphonies, plays, or anything else in the Arts!

Thanks to those House members that came out to see and serve at the Grammar School Christmas program.  Audacia 8pts, Fides 10pts, Sapientia 8pts

Lastly, in anticipation of the Dec. 18th release of the new Star Wars movie, Sapientia organized and hosted a Star Wars Movie marathon on 12/5 for the upper school.  Impressive House Spirit you have!  (15pts)

Current House Standings:

         495pts            465pts              518pts

REMEMBER THAT FALL HOUSE GAMES ARE FRIDAY DECEMBER 18TH FROM 12:00-3:30.  LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED COURTESY OF SG!  SEE YOU THERE!

Before we all go on Thanksgiving break, an update on the points accumulated thus far is in order.

Nov. 10th – Sapientia’s prefect, Ashley N, organized a very successful “Comfy Day” to raise money for the Prom in the spring!  (Sapientia – 5pt for leadership, initiative, and follow through)

Nov. 16th – Congratulations to all the athletes in our House System that were honored and recognized at the Fall Sports Banquet!

Middle School Soccer:
Sapientia – 3pts – Jordan D. – Warrior Award

Cross Country HS:
Sapientia – 3pts – Ashley N – MVP Award
Audacia – 3pts – Bryson R – Most Improved Award

Cross Country MS girls:
Fides – 3pts – Katie D – MVP Award

Volleyball:
Audacia – 3pts – Emma S – Warrior Award
Audacia – 3pts – Sydney H – Most Improved Award
Audacia – 3pts – Kady K. – All Conference Player

Nov. 17th – The first Chick-fil-a spirit night of the Fall Semester was a big success.  Audacia’s advisor, Mrs. Bingham, was all business as she battled the cow in a serious game of arm wrestling.  No reports on who won, but she helped Audacia secure some House points by coming and showing her CCS spirit! (Audacia 2pts, Fides 8pts, Sapientia 4pts)

Congratulations Spelling Bee Winners!  The following 7th and 8th graders will represent their classes in our school-wide spelling bee on December 9th.
7th grade: Ryan G (Sapientia 5pts) and Luke H (Sapientia 5pts)
8th grade: Sydney C (Sapientia 5pts) and Sydney H (Audacia 5pts)
And since they were mentioned in the CCS E-news news they get additional 2pts each for their House!

Prior to the House Meetings on Nov. 18th the House Dean Team performed a surprise challenge for the houses to see who read their emails and followed directions the quickest in the first ever Email Test.  Surprisingly, just when you think the students don’t read their emails, all three Houses performed well.
Fides had 19 members respond taking 1st place (15pts)
Audacia and Sapientia tied for 2nd with each having 17 members respond. (10pts each)

Audacia’s prefect, Kirby T, leading her portion of the House meeting.

Fides’ captain, Daniel H, encouraging his house members.
At the end of the day, all three Houses came together to surprise and celebrate Mr. Morton on his birthday! We are all so grateful that he joined the CCS family this year!

Current Standings:

        276pts             296pts            302pts