Thank you House Audacia for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member displayed SERVICE by taking out Mrs. Bingham’s trash today.
• One Member displayed SERVICE by helping Mrs. Sneed with the prom centerpieces.
• One Member exhibited SERVICE by helping Mr. Wilmoth.
• Three Members demonstrated SERVICE by cleaning Mrs. Bingham’s room, which by her own admission was a very large endeavor.
• One Member displays LEADERSHIP in RPG club.
• One Member displayed COURAGE for his willingness to step up and lead the class in reading for Mr. Leland.
• One Member displays a CHEERFUL and KIND character every day in Mr. Leland’s class.
• One Member displayed EXCELLENCE for her consistent hard work in class and a powerful recitation.
• One Member displayed EXCELLENCE for her insightful comments and engagement during Mr. Leland’s class discussions.

Thank you House Fides for continued acts of kindness:

• Two Members displayed SERVICE by helping Mrs. Sneed with the prom centerpieces.
• One Member showed KINDNESS by being Mrs. Sneed’s water bearer and taking out her trash.
• One Member demonstrated SERVICE by cleaning Mrs. Bingham’s room, which by her own admission was a very large endeavor.
• One Member consistently shows KINDNESS by offering to take out Mr. Leland’s trash.
• One Member demonstrates LEADERSHIP in RPG club.
• One Member displayed EXCELLENCE with his thoughtful questions and comments in Mr. Leland’s class.
• One Member exhibited DILIGENCE for her work on her senior thesis.
• One Member demonstrated EXCELLENCE with his insightful comments and engagement during Mr. Leland’s class discussions.
• One Member demonstrated SERVICE by taking the trash (filled with empty paint cans) to the dumpster after SG meeting and then retrieving a new bag from the kitchen.
• One Member demonstrated INITIATIVE with the process of signing up for the House Blog.

Thank you House Sapientia for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member displayed SERVICE by helping Mrs. Sneed with the prom centerpieces.
• Two Members demonstrated SERVICE by cleaning Mrs. Bingham’s room, which by her own admission was a very large endeavor.
• One Member demonstrated EXCELLENCE for his engagement in class discussions in Philosophy class.
• One Member displayed EXCELLENCE for his work on his fallacy quiz.
• One Member displayed DILIGENCE for always putting hard work into her assignments.
• One Member displayed CHIVALRY by opening the door for Mrs. Haycox.

My name is Joe Mulligan, I am a junior, and the House Captain of Audacia. Before I begin I want to share a few statistics with you.

If we spend approximately 7 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 30 weeks every year for 12
years in school, we spend roughly 12,600 hours in school. That means we spend 525 days worth of time in school. We, as students will sit through roughly 13,745 class periods. We will spend 756,000 minutes in class or 45,360,000 seconds.  If I sleep from 10pm- 6am every day during the school year, I spend less waking hours within my house than I do within my school. If you define your home as where you spend most your time, CCS is my home.

What does that all mean? It means CCS is important to me. CCS, in a lot of ways in my
home, and its occupants are my family. My day at CCS is spent in the presence of my brothers and sisters, in Christ, and in spirit. I firmly believe, if we accept this mentality, we will treat each other with kindness, respect, and honesty. If the students of CCS really are my family, than I ought to treat them better than I do.

If I had a message to share with you today, it is simply this. In the words of Ellen “Be kind to one another.” Treat each other with respect. Value others above yourself. This message is not new, but it certainly is important. I would like to challenge myself along with the Upper School students at CCS to fight against the temptation to complain. Less complaining, less saying “I’m tired.” (Seriously, it gets annoying after a while, but don’t misunderstand, I say it all the time too.)

CCS is a great school, full of talented exceptional people. If we all daily sought to practice the faith we hear every week and talk about every day to its full potential, our school will be an atmosphere full of kindness, of diligence, and of respect. It will increase its worth for those attending, and those who are going to attend. The Bible is literally carved into our school’s foundation, so let’s continue to build upon it.

Let’s work. Let’s work hard. Let’s practice our faith when we think, when we speak, when
we do. Let’s go out there and be a light in the darkness. Only together can we accomplish what we are called to do.
Thank you for everything,
JOE

Thank you House Audacia for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member displayed SERVICE and DILIGENCE in her handling of the ticket sales for prom.
• One Member demonstrated INITIATIVE and KINDNESS when she volunteered to clean up Mr. Wilmoth’s classroom during her study hall.

Thank you House Fides for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member displayed INITIATIVE and HELPFULNESS when he asked to take out Mrs. Cross’ trash.
• Two Members exhibited SERVICE by carrying some large items off the stage for Mrs. Wilmoth.
• One Member displayed SERVICE and DILIGENCE as she worked on the prom decorations.
• One Member demonstrated INITIATIVE and KINDNESS when she volunteered to clean up Mr. Wilmoth’s classroom during her study hall.
• One Member demonstrated SERVICE by volunteering to take out Mr. Wilmoth’s trash.

Thank you House Sapientia for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member exhibited SERVICE by carrying some large items off the stage for Mrs. Wilmoth.
• One Member displayed HELPFULNESS when seeing that Mrs. Kuhn’s hands were full of testing materials asked to help her get the materials to where she was going.
• One Member demonstrated CONSCIENTIOUS DILIGENCE by sending Mrs. Dearing a digital copy of his take home test when he was unable to come to school.

Thank you House Audacia for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member was KIND to offer his service to Miss Leland when she needed help unpacking classroom supplies on Wednesday.
• Three Members were very HELPFUL as they unloaded Mrs. Gasparrini’s car on Monday after the Gala.
• One Member exhibited DILIGENCE in her preparations for the Mock Trial.
• One Member displayed a heart of SERVICE when she cleaned a very dirty white board in the Spanish classroom.

Thank you House Fides for continued acts of kindness:

• Three Members were very HELPFUL as they unloaded Mrs. Gasparrini’s car on Monday after the Gala.
• Three Members displayed a heart of SERVICE when they cleaned a very dirty white board in the Spanish classroom.
• One Member displayed a heart of SERVICE when he took out the trash on Tuesday in the Spanish room.

Thank you House Sapientia for continued acts of kindness:

• One Member displayed INITIATIVE and EXCELLENCE in his school work.
• Two Members were very HELPFUL as they unloaded Mrs. Gasparrini’s car on Monday after the Gala.

CCS Student Government has been having some fun fundraisers lately.  For Leap Day they raised $1 for every student that wore spirit wear on that day.  And on “National Pi Day” (3.14 – March 14th) they sold slices of pie during lunch.

To celebrate the “National Pi Day” the House System held a pie eating contest during lunch.  The Captain and Prefects of each House gobbled up as fast as they could a “delicious” chocolate pudding pie.

House Fides wasted no time and devoured the pie in minutes!

With the race for second place very close, House Sapientia was having a hard time and ultimately forfeited to Audacia,  leaving plenty of pie left in their pan.

Audacia was happy not to have to swallow down the rest of the pie and still secure 2nd place.

1st Place – Fides
2nd Place – Audacia
3rd Place – Sapientia

During the March House meetings, there was a very quick game of 3-way Tic Tac Toe.  Since we didn’t get to play multiple rounds due to time, Houses will not be surprised to see this game again in the future.

1st Place – Fides
2nd Place – Sapientia
3rd Place – Audacia

The Houses also participated in the CCS Gala’s silent auction as a contest.  The House whose pillow and/or gift basket sold for the most would receive 30pts.  But first we must thank everyone who came out to the CCS Gala!  It was a fabulous event with a wonderful dinner and auction, and we were all moved and challenged by Alex Kendrick as he spoke of God’s provision and faithfulness. Many thanks to Bruce Lawing, who was our Master of Ceremonies for the evening. Thank you to our fabulous Gala committee– Melissa Barnhardt, Deborah Derrick, Jeanine Deutsch, Joanna Douglass, Cindy Gann, Lori Gasparrini, Christi Gromis, Betsy Handler, Teri Hood, Bruce Lawing, Russ LeJeune, and Lauren Lewis. Our school was blessed by all of your hard work!

And a big thank you to the videographer and photographer Jennings Burchfield. A copy of the video that Jennings put together about CCS will soon be available on our website and social media.  Make sure you check it out!

House Basket Competition:
1st place – Fides
2nd place – Sapientia
3rd place – Audacia

House Pillow Competition:
1st place – Audacia
2nd place – Sapientia
3rd place – Fides

And lastly, I wanted to post this picture from the Charlotte Checkers game of the CCS choir singing the National Anthem.  They sang beautifully and made us all proud.  And the game was super fun to watch as well!

Current Standings:

95pts              75pts               60pts