At the beginning of the year, we kick off our first semester with WARRIOR CAMP!  It is a great time to make new friends, strengthen existing friendships, learn to work together as a House, and to fellowship with classmates. Warrior Camp was held at the US National Whitewater Center where each House was broken into groups to compete in an Adventure Race!

After everyone checked in, they gathered under the tent to receive instructions and safety training to prepare for the events of the day.

Every house then gathered together to form teams and prepare to begin the race. The teams worked together to form a plan on how to fit in the most activities to earn points for their houses.

LET THE ADVENTURES BEGIN!

Once the race was over, everyone gathered under the tent to have lunch together…

It was a fun filled day; thank you to all of the parents and Advisors who worked to make Warrior Camp a success!

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The first day of school was spent in a Foundations seminar filled with informative speakers, review of the CCS Honor Code and handbook, reminders about the dress code, etc. and recognition of our Seniors. Before the students were dismissed, the new students participated in the House Induction Ceremony.

The House leaders and advisors came forward to introduce themselves and share their House fable of origin. (You can read about each House by clicking “House Descriptions” in the black menu bar above. That assumes you are on the blog http://covenantclassicalhouseblog.org/and not reading this via email.)

Jack Henry read Audacia’s House Fable and Christian Coan read Constantia’s

Andrew Lechner read Fides’s House Fable and Levi Richardson and Tyler Ramsden shared in the reading of Sapientia’s.

LET THE INDUCTIONS BEGIN!

House Inductions are always an exciting time with rising seventh graders and new students anxiously awaiting the announcement to what house they will belong.

All the students gathered in their Houses forming either a circle or tunnel in which to receive their new inductee, while the new students sat in their chairs waiting for their names to be called to come forward. Each house was excited to see who would be joining them and received their new members with great enthusiasm and House spirit.

After the inductions were complete, we played a game called Apple/Orange/Banana where each house formed a closed circle and when Mrs. Hudson announced “Apple”, everyone hopped forward / “Orange”, everyone hopped backward / “Banana”, everyone turned the other direction.

The houses were complete, fun was already beginning and everyone looked forward to getting to know their new House family members better over the coming year.

Live Courageously! Keep the Faith! Pursue Wisdom! And Constantly Remember! 

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Committed to preparing your leaders for the upcoming school year, CCS hosted an all day student leadership retreat on August 12th at Lake Tillery. Jack Henry, our Student Body President, kicked off the meeting with prayer. After going over some communication expectations with Jack, the leaders played a quick icebreaker game to get to know one another.

What do you liike / not like? Each team member wrote down something he/she liked and something he/she did not like on pieces of paper that were then put into a basket. Each member drew out a piece of paper to read aloud and guessed who wrote what.

Leaders then had to put team work and problem solving skills into practice by standing in groups on a towel and turning it over without stepping off the towel.

After their meeting, your CCS leaders took some time to complete the Wall of Leaders posters, generously provided by House Audacia!

Before lunch, leaders participated in a Twister Game with the condiments: ketchup, mustard, mayo and relish being added to the twister circles to make it even more challenging and….shall we say….gross!

The rest of the afternoon was spent having fun on the lake…swimming, wrestling, jumping, kayaking and paddle boarding.

Your leaders are ready for an awesome 2022-2023 school year!

We have an amazing group of leaders for our 2022-2023 school year! House leaders went through an application and interview process back in the spring. They were each interviewed by a panel made up of their House Advisors and a member of the Admin team.

Class representatives were chosen by their classmates by ballot. Each class representative submitted an application and gave a speech in front of their classmates. We are so blessed to have all of these leaders serving our school!

Audacia House Captain, Jack Henry from class of 2023, will serve as our Student Body President.

Junior Captains: Levi Richardson, Christian Coan and Andrew Lechner will each serve as Student Body Vice President for a third of the year.

House Audacia Leadership

Audacia House President – Jack Henry

Audacia Social Prefect – Claire Lawing

Audacia Community Service Prefect – Will Hassenfritz

House Fides Leadership

Fides House President – Andrew Lechner

Fides Community Service Prefect – Hannah Gromis

Fides Social Prefect – Julia Kirwin

House Sapientia Leadership

Sapientia House President – Levi Richardson

Sapientia Social Prefect – Rachel Strader

Sapientia Community Service Prefect – Tyler Ramsden

House Constantia Leadership

Constantia House President – Christian Coan

Constantia Social Prefect – Cody Arensman

Constantia Community Service Prefect – Ethan Mathes

Student Government Officers and Class Reps

Student Government Spirit Prefect – Sophie Gantz

Sophie is reigniting the position of Student Government Spirit Prefect this year. Her responsibilities will be to promote school spirit by planning and organizing pep rallies, spirit weeks, pancake breakfasts and other student government social activities that involve the whole school.

7th Grade Class Reps- Claire Bridenstine and Ethan Strader

8th Grade Class Reps- Ava Gromis and Mathias Way

9th Grade Class Reps- Jamie Kirwin and Ryan Kerzner

10th Grade Class Rep – Thomas Way

11th Grade Class Rep – Lauren Hood

12th Grade Class Rep – Aiden Wong

Congratulations to all of our 2022-23 leaders!

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4th quarter was full of fun and fellowship! Please see our past blogs with details on many of the 4th quarter events and activities.

In 4th Quarter…

The House with the most Core Values was – House Fides

The House with the most Leadership points was – House Sapientia

The House with the most Academic points was – House Fides

The House with the most Spirit was- House Constantia

The House with the most Service was- House Audacia

But in the end it was House Fides who claimed the victory for 4th quarter! Congratulations House Fides!!!

House Fides 3225 pts

House Audacia 2968 pts

House Sapientia 2858 pts

House Constantia 2677 pts

Now for the 2021-22 Covenant Cup Winner…

The CCS Covenant Cup winner is determined a bit differently than the quarter winners.  It is not a sum of points accumulated over each quarter that determines the winner, but rather the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th placement that each House has in the quarters as well as the placement in the Fall and Spring House Games.  It is not only important to try to secure some 1st place wins, but equally important is to not place 3rd or 4th in any of the qtrs.

As you can see from the chart above, to win the Covenant Cup a House does not have to win each quarter, but it needs to have the least 3rd and 4th place finishes each quarter. However this year, we had a TIE between House Constantia and House Fides, who both ended the year with 13 points.

The tie breaker is determined by which House has the most over all Core Value points from all 4 quarters.

And therefore with a combined total of 40 more Core Value points over the year, the 2021-22 Covenant Cup Winner is… HOUSE FIDES!

The Fides flag will fly and their crest will be framed and hung in the lobby for all of the 2022-23 school year until the next Covenant Cup winner is determined.