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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:
Wednesday, December 13th:
GS Christmas Concert REQUIRED EVENT 6:00pm
Thursday, December 14th:
US Christmas Concert 6:30pm
Friday, December 15th:
All School Christmas Chapel 8:15am; Early Dismissal 11:30am
COMING UP:
Monday, December 18th – Monday, January 1st:
NO SCHOOL: Christmas Break
Tuesday, January 2nd:
Classes resume
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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Pray for Tyler:Tyler Simoes is a seventh grader at CCA who is in the hospital battling an infection. He’s been in ICU in critical condition but has been making significant and “unheard of” improvements this past week. We thank you for joining us in prayer for Tyler and his family this past week and ask that you continue to keep them all in prayer. God truly does hear our prayers. Join our Covenant Prays group on the Echo app for updates and to petition on behalf of him and the requests of others in our community. To join the Covenant Prays initiative: 1) Download the free Echo Prayer app in the App Store and the Google Play Store. 2) Sign up for a free account using the first and last name you use in FACTS. 3) Search for the “Covenant PRAYS” in Feeds (located under the three bars on the top left side of the app page). Or click here for a direct link (must have Echo Prayer app to follow). 4) Request to follow the feed. If you have questions about Covenant Prays, please feel free to reach out to Nicole Williams, Chief Advancement Officer, at nicole.williams@ccamail.org or Allison Worthington, Covenant Prays Lead, at allison.worthington@ccamail.org. |
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CCA is Hiring: Part-time Main Office ManagerThe 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 part-time Main Office Manager 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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Project BethlehemThanks to everyone who contributed gift cards and presents to our 4 families from Lazarus House. We look forward to delivering these gifts on Monday. Thanks to members of the Parent Connection who will sort, wrap, and deliver these blessings to desiring families in Lawrence on Monday. |
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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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Sibling Applications:If you have a 3-year-old or 4-year-old child that you plan to enroll in Covenant’s program next year, we strongly encourage you to apply by December 11th. Questions? Please contact our Director of Admissions, Michelle Perrotta, at michelle.perrotta@ccamail.org or 978-535-7100 x511. |
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Did you know that if you make FACTS payments directly from your bank account by entering your routing and bank account numbers, you can avoid monthly fees? If you enter a debit number or a credit card number, you will be charged a fee with every transaction. Log into your FACTS account to check or change your payment method if you would like. FACTS offers safe and secure online payments ensuring your transactions are protected through encryption technology and security measures. If you have any questions, please contact Rita Detwiler at rita.detwiler@ccamail.org. |
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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.
Space will be limited! See info in the next issue of The Current. |
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Christmas Spirit Week:To celebrate the season and build our school spirit in the USLR, we will have the following dress down days this week: Monday, December 11th: Red and Green Day Tuesday, December 12th: Holiday Cheer Day (wear your favorite holiday attire/accessories – fun socks, hats, etc.) Wednesday, December 13th: Christmas Movie Day (dress like any character from your favorite Christmas movie) Thursday, December 14th: Ugly Christmas Sweater Day Friday, December 15th: Christmas Pajama Day Jeans and sweatpants are allowed all days. Pajamas are only allowed on Friday. |
This Week in Upper School:
The Sine
USLR math and science teachers just dropped the ultimate parody video! Watch as they blend equations with beats and dissect the funniest formulas.
PreCal
December has come and Precalculus students are finishing up their Trigonometry Unit ringing in the Christmas Season with the TrigonomeTREE. Students created ornaments with all of their Trig Identities from the unit as well as Trigonometry rules and laws they have learned this year. Finally, the tree topper features the famous Unit Circle. AP Calculus students also created ornaments of the Trigonometric Derivatives.
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Second Annual Ugly Christmas Lab Coat Decorating Contest
All students are welcome to participate in our Second Annual Ugly Christmas Lab Coat Decorating Contest!
Decorate the front of the lab coat, don’t forget to neatly write your name and grade on the name tag , and bring it to the USLR Science Lab on or before December 11th for your chance to win a Science Party in the Lab with the Lab Assistants in the New Year!
Click here to print the lab coat. Winners will be announced on December 14th.
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! |
Christmas Concerts
Mrs. Coleman emailed information about the GS and USLR Christmas Concerts to households. You can find all of the information here.
Grammar School Concert Wednesday, December 13th at 6:00pm |
Upper School Concert Thursday, December 14th at 6:30pm |
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30 Reasons NOT to be in a PlayCongratulations to the cast and crew of “30 reasons NOT to be in a Play” on three fantastic performances this weekend! A huge thank you to Mr. Hoover for all of his work the past few months! Bravo! Click here to view more pictures of the play. |
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:
Basketball Games this Week
Monday, December 11th:
4:00pm BVBB @ INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BOSTON
Tuesday, December 12th:
4:00pm GJVBB @ CSW
Cougars Round Up
Boys Varsity Basketball:
12/4: CCA 37, Landmark 32
The Cougars improved to 2-1 with the non-league win at Landmark. Leading the visitors was junior guard Bennet Plosker, who netted 21 points. Also contributing offensively was junior guard Isaac Portugal (6) points and eighth grader Jacob Chewning, whose two free throws in the final minute sealed the win. Juniors Jacob Libby and Theo Ostrowski both played stellar all-around defense.
12/6: CCA 62, BISB 47
The Cougars improved to 3-1 (2-0 in the MBIL), coming back from a four-point deficit on the back of junior guard Bennett Plosker’s 28 points. Also contributing offensively for the visitors were freshman Dimitrie Farcas, junior Theo Ostrowski, junior Isaac Portugal and eighth-grader Jacob Chewning. Matt Stuart, Jacob Libby, Solomon Ngethe and Tim Soria all played solid defense.
12/8: Charlie A Tournament
First Game: CCA 47, Bancroft 80
The Varsity boys went up against a much more talented team – the best team they will play all season. They did everything they could possibly do, but for the second time this season Bancroft simply had too much.
Here’s what Coach Bradford had to say:
“Please read and understand. That is not the story of Friday night.
As I was walking across the court after the game on the way to our locker room, a nice lady intercepted me on the court. She introduced herself as a mother of one of the players on the Watkinson girls team, which was playing after us. She explained how she played professionally, herself, with her other daughter currently playing for the Baylor University women’s team, coaching many of her daughters’ teams along the way. This is what she said:
“In all my years of watching basketball I have never seen a team play like yours did. You guys had more grit and teamwork than anybody I have ever seen. I was so inspired. I was in awe!”
She went on to say how not only did she share these sentiments, but so did the people around her. She passed along the admiration of how every last person on our team – whether on the floor or on the bench – poured their hearts out until the final buzzer. For us, it’s an attitude we might take for granted. But hearing it from somebody who has obviously seen A LOT of basketball, it was powerful.
I asked her if she would be willing to come into our locker room to tell the guys what she had just told me, which she was happy to do. She went around the room and highlighted every single player and how impressed she was. Every. Single. Player.
“Nobody is going to remember the score tonight, but they will remember how you guys played.”
I hope it resonated with the players, because of all the years I have coached this moment certainly will forever stand out. This is a credit to the players. This is a credit to the parents who have raised them. This is a credit to the assistant coaches who pour in so much of their time. And this is a credit to the CCA community’s mindset.”
Girls Varsity Basketball:
12/4: CCA 64, BCA 28
The CCA GVBB team defeated Bradford Christian Academy by the final score of 64-28. Liza Minogue led the scoring with 18 while Julia Ray chipped in 14. Nine players tallied points in a balanced attack.
12/8-12/9: Tournament
First Game: CCA 39, Bancroft 32
The CCA GVBB team defeated Bancroft in the first round of the Charlie A Tournament in Worcester on Friday afternoon. Featuring a balanced scoring sheet with 3 players each having 10 points the Lady Cougars improved to 4-0 on the season. The final score was 39-32 in this strong team effort.
Second Game: CCA 25, Watkinson 64
The CCA GVBB team lost to a very strong Watkinson team in the final game of the Charlie A Tournament at Bancroft School. The final score was 64-25. Liza Minogue led the CCA scoring with 10.
Boys JV Basketball:
12/4: CCA 16, Landmark 35
The JV boys came out ready to play and battle a tough Landmark Team. The first half was low-scoring for both sides. CCA’s zone defense was on point as they stifled Landmark’s offense. Nick, Zeke, and Wes anchored the backline for defense while Spencer and Jacob shut down Landmark’s guards. Offensively, strong drives by Spencer and Nate created some fouls and scoring opportunities. Nick and Wes also battled Landmark’s big men hard and did a great job getting rebounds preventing Landmark from getting 2nd chance opportunities. Andrew, Arman, and Kaden all came into the game and kept up the stellar defensive effort. Going into halftime the Cougars were down by just one point. CCA took the lead (12-10) a few minutes into the 2nd half. Unfortunately, that was followed by a 26-4 Landmark run to end the game. THe boys showed great effort and enthusiasm. It always hurts to lose but in life, losses are always the greatest teachers.
12/6: CCA 21, Pingree 56
The JV boys had their last game before Christmas break and had to face a next-level opponent in Pingree. Although they did not win on the scoreboard, they did honor God with their enthusiasm, their effort and their respect for others. Notable mentions for the game are Spencer who led in scoring, Wes who was able to score and rebound well against much larger opponents, Nate who handled the ball well and hit a three-pointer, Tristan who showed toughness and hustle up and down the court and Kaden who also drained a three-pointer.
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