This year we are piloting a change to our Student Government. Instead of having one Student Body President for the duration of the school year, each House Captain is leading the student body for one quarter.
Our second quarter Student Body President was House Audacia Captain, Anna Cooper! Anna blew the school away with her excellent leadership. Anna is humble, strong, and organized!
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At the end of second quarter it was time for Anna to step down and hand the job of SG President over to our next Captain! Per our CCS tradition, Anna signed our CCS sword!
Welcome Lee Williamsen as our third quarter Student Body President!
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Lee has served House Sapientia as Captain for the past two years! She is a senior who faithfully uses her gifts to serve the Lord!
Congratulations Constantia!! All those points for Core Values just put you over the top! Keep setting the example for all and reminding others of the Hope we have in Christ!
Final Point Totals for 2nd quarter:
1st place – Constantia with 1,561 points
2nd Place – House Fides with 1479 points
3rd Place – House Audacia with 1208 points
4th Place – House Sapientia with 1031 points
House President – Ryan Gasparrini House Prefects – Anna Davidson and Miriam Arensman House Advisors – Mr. Morton and Mrs. Trapp
In the Fall we typically hold Fall Games; however this year, as a safety precaution we did not have Fall Games. To keep with our traditional House scoring we used the students’ second quarter grade to award points, in lieu of the Fall Games points!
And so the winner of FALL GRADES is……
HOUSE FIDES!
Final Point Totals for Fall Grades quarter:
1st place – Fides with 325 points!
2nd Place – Tie between House Sapientia and House Constantia with 325 points each
4th Place – Audacia with 225 points
House President – Maggie Faircloth House Prefects – Eli Hudson and Sophie Gantz House Advisors – Mr. Leland and Dr. Williamsen
Congratulations House Fides for a job well done!
Continue to “Keep the Faith” and keep up the good work!
House Fides – Faith, Loyalty
Motto – “Pactum serva” (Keep the Faith) Colors – black and yellow
On Monday, December 7th, House Fides joined with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive. Thanks to our CCS parents, grandparents, faculty, alumni, and students CCS donated 30 pints of blood, exceeding our goal of 25 pints! The blood donated has the potential to save over 90 lives!
House Fides advisor Dr. Williamsen checking Mrs. Gantz in to give blood!
Mrs. Faircloth donating blood!
Thank you to all of the Grammar School parents who donated blood!
Mrs. Dearing donating blood!
House Fides Captain, Maggie Faircloth giving blood for the first time!
Thank you to everyone who came out to donate blood, you not only blessed our school with your support, but also our local community!
The pandemic was not going to stop the Christmas spirit at CCS. In fact we had a fun filled week of celebration. Below are some pictures of the fun and festivities.
The tradition of door decorating for a class competition continued. The creativity of each class is always fun to see, as is their ability to coordinate and communicate with each other to accomplish the task in a short amount of time.
Dr Williamsen in her Christmas sweater by the 12th grade door!
11th grade door!
10th grade door! – 2nd PLACE WINNER
9th grade door!
8th grade door! – 1st PLACE WINNER
7th grade door!
Christmas sweater WINNERS!
Who doesn’t find a little joy in an ugly Christmas sweater? We love all the giggles that these uniquely crafted festive sweaters (or in some cases – jackets) can bring.
Rachel Strader – 10th Grade
Andrew Lechner – 9th Grade
Harlow Allen and Annabella Dancy- 7th Grade
Seniors all dressed in their Christmas sweaters! Lee Williamsen, Maggie Faircloth, and Ryan Gasparrini.
Mackenzie Deane 11th Grade
Christmas Colors and Christmas Jammies
Mother daughter duo- Mrs Shuping and Gabby Brewton in their Christmas colors.
Parker Mahaley in his Christmas PJs.
Aval Holton in her Christmas jammies.
Pancake Breakfast
Christmas spirit week ended with a pancake breakfast hosted Student Government. The seniors were so excited to be the pancake chefs!
The Seniors hard at work cooking pancakes!
One of the many pancake deliver carts the members of SG made to deliver pancakes directly to the classrooms.
Gingerbread House Contest
Traditionally a House competition, this year we turned the gingerbread house competition into a class/grade competition. Each grade was given the same box of pre-made gingerbread house parts and then the students were to bring in the additional “sweet” items to craft a “masterpiece”!
The 9th grades chose to go with a math themed gingerbread house.
Will Hassenfritz and JoHannah Maurer working on the 9th grade house.
The Junior class made a car for their gingerbread man to travel in style!
The 8th grade house had so many details. The 8th graders worked diligently making stained glass windows for their house.
Avery Odom working on the 7th grade house.
9th graders Lauren Hood and Robert Brown working together to craft their gingerbread house.
7th grade House
8th grade House
Freshmen House
Sophomore House
Junior House
Senior House
Thankful for CCS and all the fun ways to celebrate the end of the semester and the coming celebration of Christ’s birth.
Serving at the Operation Christmas Child shoebox processing center in Charlotte is one of our most loved Upper School service events! This year was no exception. Over 50 members of our CCS community volunteered to help process shoeboxes.
Logan and Parker Mahaley scanning boxes.Daniel McCurdy taping up boxes to load.Ryan Gasparrini taping boxes, ready to be loaded.Tabitha, Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong, Julia Jones and Will Hassenfritz.This “mom”table may have had the most fun processing shoeboxes!Julia Kirwin, Ava Holton, and Grace Odom working as a team!Peyton McClellan hard at work.Roxanna, Evie, Jack, and Zach packaging shoeboxes.
The senior girls serving together!
Mrs. Kuhn and Mrs. Thigpen joined the fun!Mr. Thigpen and Mr. Kuhn served as well! Oksana taping up shoeboxes.Paula Jones working the scanner!Levi and Lauren checking shoeboxes!Thomas and Ethan sorting boxes.Claire Lawing, Mrs. Way, Sophie Gantz, and Adriella Way working together to process shoeboxes.Parker Rose and Griffin Wong- these boys worked very hard.
