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Covenant Christian Academy Normal Business Hours:
Monday–Friday, 7:30am–5:30pm
The Official School Calendar can be found on our website. To automatically have school events added to your personal online calendar, click the green “Subscribe” button at the bottom of the page! Check back weekly for date change notifications.
THIS WEEK:
Tuesday, January 2nd:
Classes resume
COMING UP:
Wednesday, January 10th-Friday, January 12th:
5th & 6th Grades to Camp Berea
Monday, January 15th:
NO SCHOOL: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Thursday, January 18th:
StepUP to Rhetoric School, 6:00pm
Friday, January 19th:
StepUP to Logic School, 8:15am
Friday, January 26th:
International Festival, 6:00pm
2023-2024 School One page calendar.
Important Schedule Update to The Current E-newsletter
The CCA community has grown; thus, updates and engagement opportunities have increased. Beginning in mid-January, we will send The Current on Thursday evenings to help inform and prepare the community earlier for the upcoming week, and share the outcome of weekend games and events via social media and in the following issue of The Current.
If you prefer to continue to receive The Current on Sunday, we will send a reminder email on Sunday evening to all who do not open the issue on Thursday.
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Project BethlehemThank you to all who so generously contributed to Project Bethlehem. We know that your generosity brought joy to four deserving families in need this Christmas. Thank you also to all the parents who joined the Parent Connection wrapping party and delivered the gifts to Lawrence. We are so grateful for your time and efforts. |
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Save the Date for CCA’s International Festival on Friday, January 26th!We are looking forward to hosting CCA’s largest celebration of the many cultures and traditions represented within our incredible Covenant community! Join us for an evening of food, fun, and celebration in the PAAC from 6-8 pm.
The International Festival is an evening where families can represent their heritage and culture by sharing food, drinks, art, music, decorations, etc., with the CCA community. We will line the PAAC with tables from different countries and have an open house atmosphere where you can walk around to sample different food, talk with parents and students, and learn about different cultures that make up our incredible CCA community.
If you are interested in being part of a table and providing some food to share, please sign up here. If you have any questions or ideas, please contact the Global Community Council Student Prefect William at william.wei.2024@ccamail.org. |
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Covenant Wish ListCovenant appreciates any way that you can offer support through your time, talent or treasure. Click here to view a Wish List of items we could use to keep Covenant running smoothly and efficiently. If you are able to purchase or make a contribution towards purchasing an item on our list, please connect with Nicole Wise Williams at nicole.williams@ccamail.com. |
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CCA is Hiring: Athletic DirectorThe Covenant community has always been at the heart of the school’s success, and many of our hires come from within our Covenant community! Your referrals have been instrumental in bringing the right people into our school, and we would be so grateful for your help as we search for the right candidate to serve as Athletic Director at CCA.
We’re seeking an individual who embodies our cherished values: a mature Christian faith, a passion for service, and exceptional relationship-building skills. If you know someone who fits this description, please point them in our direction and have them apply here. |
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StepUP to Rhetoric School:Thursday, January 18th | 6:00-7:30pm Current 8th students and their parents who are looking ahead to Rhetoric School–join us for an informative evening designed specifically for YOU! See email sent on December 13th for more information. |
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StepUP to Logic School:Friday, January 19th | 8:15-9:15am Parents of current 5th and 6th grade students who are looking ahead to Logic School (grades 7-8)–join us for an informative morning designed specifically for YOU! See email sent on December 13th for more information. |
This Week in Grammar School:
3rd Grade Chapel:
The Third Grade Class presented the Christmas Story during Chapel this past Thursday morning. They worked diligently to prepare for their presentation: learning individual parts, when to come out to perform and learning lyrics to familiar Christmas carols, and it all paid off as their performance was flawless! Their message of a Savior being born in Bethlehem came through with excitement and joy! Great job students!
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PreK and Kindergarten Christmas Pajama Day:
PreK and Kindergarten classes enjoyed being comfy and cozy in Christmas pajamas. Mrs. Tammaro’s preschool class had a special visit with Miss Jill and Radar in their matching Christmas sweaters.
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Library:
The Kindergarteners’ gingerbread men went missing and they sent their Kindergarten friends on a hunt to go find them. The students had to follow clues that led them around the building until they found their gingerbread men in Mrs. Favini’s classroom with a special sweet treat!
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Mrs. Pawlyk to Coordinate New GS Afterschool Singing Club!Mrs. Pawlyk will offer a six-week “Singing Club” to boys and girls in grades 2-6. Sessions will take place once a week from January through February. Students will enjoy working on songs of their choice and some duet or group songs while learning more about stage presence and performance techniques.
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Ugly Christmas Lab Coat Contest – Winners Revealed!
It was an incredibly challenging task for our USLR Lab Assistants to pick only one favorite lab coat each! They were all excellent – thank you to everyone who participated.
The winners are… (Drumroll):
Grade 6: Charlotte L, Kennlee, Kendell, Eva C, Noah, Delilah, Ariana, Lucy, Luma, Jayden
Grade 5: George, Laura, Miles, Benjamin
Grade 4: Mason
After Christmas Break the winners will have a wild science party in the lab to celebrate!
This Week in Upper School:
7th Grade Blackout Poetry:
The 7th graders created Blackout Poetry, a form of found poetry, using words from pages in used books. They were so creative!
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Deck the Halls
USLR students had fun “Decking the Halls” – each grade was given a hallway and a theme (Winter Wonderland, Elf on the Shelf, Polar Express, Gingerbread House, Baby Shower for Jesus, and Santa’s Workshop), then votes were cast by grammar school teachers and students.
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Living the Christian Faith in the Real World Series
The Prefect Program is our student senior leadership group charged with overseeing critical areas of student life at CCA. Prefects have been reading and discussing Lead Like Jesus Revisited by Ken Blanchard during lunch on Thursdays during the fall. We want to invite our community members who serve in leadership roles to join one of our lunch discussions to talk about living out the Christian faith in the real world. If you would like to invest your experience and tell your story to an engaging group of students, please send an email to Jim MacDonald at jim.macdonald@ccamail.org, and we will try to arrange for you to join us.
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Classical Roots Substack is Now Online!Taproot, Alex Miller’s weekly blog for the Classical Roots Program, has recently become a substack! You can now subscribe to receive his posts via email every week, and keep track of CCA’s home-grown gardening and student leadership program right from your inbox! Click here to subscribe!
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Christmas Concerts
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MS Boys & Girls Basketball begins on January 2nd at 3:30pm in the PAAC.
Be sure to check the Athletics calendar or Team Pages for practice and game schedules.
Questions about Athletics can be directed to the Athletic Director, Mr. Marc Gorgenyi:
ALL-NEPSAC Award winners for Soccer and Volleyball
Coach G is pleased to announce this year’s ALL-NEPSAC Selections for Soccer and Volleyball. Congratulations to all the recipients!
Each year coaches have the honor of selecting their athletes for this recognition. Here are this year’s recipients:
All-NEPSAC Selections:
Boy’s Soccer: Bennett Plosker and Jacob Libby
Girl’s Soccer: Liza Minogue and Greta Baird
Girl’s Volleyball: Riley Baird
NEPSAC Honorable Mention Selections:
Boy’s Soccer: Dylan Curtis and Isaac Portugal
Girl’s Soccer: Evie Hammond and Ellie Landymore
Girl’s Volleyball: Leanna Rothier
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Basketball Games this Week
Thursday, January 4th:
Friday, January 5th:
3:30pm B/GMSBB VS NORTHSHORE CHRISTIAN
Cougars Round Up
Boys Varsity Basketball:
12/11: CCA 66, ISB 36
The final score of the Boys Varsity Basketball game before break was 66 to 36 in favor of a Covenant Cougars win. Althought the game started off slow, the boys were able to heat up in the second half. CCA’s highest scorers were Junior Bennett Plosker (38 points) and Junior Isaac Portugal (14 points). Defensively Junior Theo Ostrowski put up crucial defense with a total of 9 rebounds. Overall, great Cougar win!
Girls JV Basketball:
12/12: CCA 43, CSW 11
Covenant Christian Academy’s girl’s JV basketball team beat Cambridge School of Weston with a score of 43-11. The CCA girls started with strong offense and defense and kept up the good work until the very end. Marie M (’28) and Novalee J (’27) assisted in many rebounds and were also Covenant’s top scorers with Marie scoring 12 points and Novalee scoring 13 points. Caroline P (’27) played very well on defense. Great start to the season!
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