Congratulations to House Fides for winning the 3rd Quarter!

1st place Fides with 1067 points

2nd place Audacia with 1027 points
3rd place Sapientia with 882 points

Total Point Breakdown averaged over the 3 houses:
40% of the points are from Academics (GPA and Leadership points)
18% of the points are from Athletics (Homecoming and basketball game attendance increased this number from previous quarters)
16% of the points are from Community Service
13% of the points are from Core Values and Dean Team Leadership
13% of the points are from Spirit/Social

House Blog Updates:

• Calendar Updates for each House are now listed on the blog in the side bar on the right.  Please check them out!  AND Captains please keep them updated!
• Make sure to check out the latest CCS News video by clicking the CCS News link in the menu above.

Service:
All of the Houses have shown their hearts to SERVE OTHERS this quarter in many ways.  For example… Volunteering to be the “horses” for the chariots at the Greek Festival…


Making Warrior Grams for Valentines…Collecting “Jeans 4 Teens” for a local ministry…

Serving concessions at CCS basketball games… and Creating amazing baskets for the silent auction at the Founder’s Day Gala!  And speaking of the Gala, House Fides earned 30 bonus points for bringing in the most money ($290) for CCS from their combined items.  We are so proud of all three houses for their participation, creativity, spirit, and heart to serve CCS and the community.

Academic:
There has been an increase in the submissions for Personal Enrichment points.  Several students have shown their love for the Arts by attending local shows like The Phantom of the Opera, Annie Get Your Gun, and Bring It On.

Admin leadership points (5pts) for Sapientia for taking the initiative and being the first to post their House Meeting notes on their House bulletin board!  Way to go!

Logic and Rhetoric School News:

• CCS Speaker Series “God’s Heart for Israel” – March 12 at 7pm (students receive 5pts each for attending)
• Run down on Logic, March 13 at 8am – for students and parents in grades 8-11
• Open House for prospective parents, March 17th from 7pm-8:30 – tell your friends!
• Upper School GLOW DANCE, March 21st from 7pm-11 at Kannapolis First Wesleyan Church Youth Center.  Wear your neon!
• Passover Seder, March 26 at 8am – Scott Volk from Together For Israel will be the guest speaker during Chapel.  Parents are WELCOME!
• Bryan College Worldview Initiative, March 27th all day
• ACT Prep Workshop, March 28th from 9am-3pm for grades 9-12.  Space is limited.  Cost is $90 and includes lunch and materials.  SIGN UP NOW!
• A Touch of Class Prom, April 25th at 6pm

Update on House Points


      742pts              482pts               652pts

3rd Quarter Winner to be announced Monday, March 16th!

And check out this CCS ALL House Spirit from Andrew N. and family! That cake looks delicious.

Snow days allow for creative displays of House spirit! 
Whoooooo is very creative?

Sapientia House is…that’s whoooooo!

Audacia girls showing their spirit! 2/27

On Wednesday, the 25th, each house met for their monthly House Meeting.

Sapientia busy making plans…

Audacia having some team building fun that included sharing their hobbies “snowball” style!

Fides worked on their battle cry…

The end of the quarter is coming soon!  GPA’s, service hours, and the Gala silent auction returns are yet to be added into the points.
671pts              428pts              603pts

Who are these “masked” men?

Anyone ready for spring yet?

Fides cleaned up the CCS Back lot – 10 members received 30 community service points. And the House “Dean” team added an additional 5pts for leadership and coordination of the event.  Plus members of both Audacia and Sapientia earned Core Value points for their TEAMWORK and SERVICE alongside Fides members. Thank you all so much for getting your hands dirty and serving your school by working to keep the grounds looking their best.

Spiritual Formation meeting points:

Audacia 9pts, Fides 15pts, Sapientia 6pts

Basketball Home Games 1/20, 1/23, 1/29 – Show your Spirit! Keep coming out to support our WARRIORS!  Audacia 40pts, Fides 56pts, Sapientia 58pts

Sapientia House had 75% of members in their House shirt on 1/27 (15pts).

Audacia was the first house to post upcoming information and announcements on their bulletin board!  (5 Admin Leadership points!)  Way to go!  Keeping your board updated is another tool to keeping your House informed!

Audacia showed their servant leadership by volunteering to babysit during the Parent’s Meeting on 2/5 (5 Admin Leadership Points plus 12 community service points)

Chick-fil-a Spirit Night 2/3 – Thanks for coming out and supporting your school! (Fides 2pts, Sapientia 4pts)

Other point-worthy mentions…

Pastor’s Luncheon – 80 points for Fides for submitting a list of 16 student names that invited their pastors to attend the luncheon.

Since 10/31, 10 more house members have signed up to receive the blog postings via email.  Audacia 8pts, Fides 8pts, Sapientia 4 pts.

Two of our three houses have created House Cheers for Spirit Points. Love their spirit!!

Please forgive the video quality.  These were recorded on student cell phones.

Audacia Chant/Cheer:
Red team coming for ya,
Can’t do nothing for ya,
Run, hide, LION pride,
We’ll take you for a wild ride!
Roar!!!!

Sapientia Cheer/Chant:
Sapientia!  Who are you?
We are owls coming for you!
Sapientia!  What are you?
We are hearts of gray and blue!
Sapientia! Where are you?
We’re right here… now, hear our hoo!!!