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!

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Congratulations House Audacia for all your commendable efforts in semester one:

• One Member showed KINDNESS and a HEART of SERVICE toward his fellow classmates by holding the door for the entire student body after morning assembly on Monday morning.
• One Members demonstrated EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP by  initiating a school service project idea, getting approval, coordinating with the staff, and carrying it out.
• Five Members demonstrated SERVICE by working diligently on candy grams.

Congratulations House Fides for all your commendable efforts in semester one:

• One Members demonstrated SERVICE by working diligently on candy grams.

Congratulations House Sapientia for all your commendable efforts in semester one:

• Three members demonstrated SERVICE by working diligently on candy grams.

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

Extraordinary News for Ordinary People!

 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.  An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.  But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.  Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.  This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven
    and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

Congratulations are in order to House Audacia for consistently serving CCS:

• One Member exhibited SERVICE by taking out the trash for Mrs. Wilmoth.
• Six Members displayed INITIATIVE, CREATIVITY, and SERVICE when they thoroughly cleaned Mrs. Dearing’s room, above and beyond the normal, and decorated the room for Christmas.
• One Member demonstrated excellent rhetorical LEADERSHIP to a group of pagans crashed on a mysterious island via Mr. Leland’s class.
• One Member demonstrated EXCELLENT WORK on her semester-long paper dealing with keen insights on the serious problems of the Modern Mythos.
• One Member demonstrated HONESTY by telling Mrs. Dearing about the test information which was visible on a poster in the classroom.
• One Member demonstrated GALLANTRY and KINDNESS in giving up his seat for a classmate during English class on Friday.

Congratulations are in order to House Fides for consistently serving CCS:

• One Member displayed ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE via his class participation in Mr. Wilmoth’s class.
• Five Members displayed INITIATIVE, CREATIVITY, and SERVICE when they thoroughly cleaned Mrs. Dearing’s room, above and beyond the normal, and decorated the room for Christmas.
• One Member demonstrates CONSISTENT, CHEERFUL, SERVICE by recognizing Mr. Leland’s trash can is often overflowing.
• One Member demonstrates HONESTY by her willingness to engage in frank exchanges with Mr. Leland.

Congratulations are in order to House Sapientia for  consistently serving CCS:

• One Member exhibited SERVICE by offering to assist Mrs. Russell in transporting some items.
• Four Members displayed INITIATIVE, CREATIVITY, and SERVICE when they thoroughly cleaned Mrs. Dearing’s room, above and beyond the normal, and decorated the room for Christmas.
• One Member demonstrated COMMENDABLE SERVICE when she volunteered to clean Mr. Leland’s entire room when she saw the desperate need for it.
• One Member exhibited DILIGENCE in his work on his semester-long paper by his drive to make it as strong as possible.
• One Member showed KINDNESS and CONSIDERATION by pausing to hold the door for Miss Leland.