As we each prepare our hearts and households for a season of expressing gratitude for God’s love and faithfulness, Covenant is encouraging students, families, and members of our community to consider stewarding their God-given gifts of time, talent, and treasure – on Giving Tuesday on November 28th and beyond – to reflect His love and advance His Kingdom.

CCA is Hiring: Facilities Manager and a part-time Main Office Manager

The 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 candidates to serve two open positions: Facilities Manager and a part-time Main Office Manager at CCA.

We’re seeking individuals who embody our cherished values: a mature Christian faith, a passion for service, and exceptional relationship-building skills. If you know someone who fits either of these descriptions, please point them in our direction and have them apply here. 

School Picture Retake Day

Tuesday, November 28th

Retake day is for new students and staff members, transfer students, anyone who may have missed the initial picture day, and anyone unhappy with their original picture. If a student would like the retake photo to replace the original photo, please have the student return the original picture package to the photographer on picture day. We will replace the original package at no additional cost.

Thanksgiving Meal Drive

Thanks to all the students who made holiday cards and faculty and staff who helped Mr. Anastasi cook turkeys and stuffing to help our school neighbor Gina Goodwin and her efforts through “Gina’s Giving Back” and her annual Thanksgiving Meal Drive. For the past 10 years, Gina, her husband Ed,  their 7 adopted children, and an army of friends and volunteers, have been helping provide North Shore residents with turkey meals and groceries for the holiday. 

This year, her efforts extended even further to reach sober and recovery houses, homeless veterans, housing developments in Lynn and Salem, domestic abuse shelters, group and independent living homes, and as far as Lewiston, Maine for shooting victims’ families. Her final meal count this year reached an astounding 15,311 meals!  

SCRIP Gift Cards Make Christmas Shopping Easier and BONUS – Earn Money for CCA!

Shop the brands you love > earn money for the school you love! Select from 750+ popular brands, with options for eGift cards, physical gift cards, and reloadable gift cards. No extra money spent. No wasted value. You pay $50 for a $50 gift card.

Use gift cards to pay for everyday purchases like groceries, gas, dining out, that morning coffee addiction, or even your family’s summer vacation. Or, give them as a gift!

For every gift card purchased, CCA receives earnings of up to 20%. The earnings come from the gift card brand purchased —their way of supporting Covenant! Orders due on Tuesday, December 5th. Click here for more info.

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.

Health Forms for Camp Berea

If you have a student in 5th or 6th grade, please log in to your student’s Magnus Health account and complete the health forms ASAP for the upcoming trip to Camp Berea. All Berea health forms are due by December 11, 2023. (Even if your student will not attend Berea, please still log into Magnus and select “no” for the conditional questions.)

Please contact school.nurse@ccamail.org if you have any questions.

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Dear Grammar School Parents:                     

Teachers and Administrators are looking forward to seeing you on Friday, December 8th, for our annual parent-teacher conferences.  We will be scheduling conferences throughout the day beginning at 8:00am and all conferences will be in-person at Covenant.  We are providing you with plenty of notice as we recognize that some may need to secure time off from work.  These conferences are a required check-in at this point in the school year.  If you are unable to make an in-person conference work on this day, please contact your child’s classroom teacher to make alternate arrangements. This year we will once again be using an online registration sign up program called PTCFast.

Remember: there is no school for students on this day (Friday, December 9th).

Registration will be open at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, November 27th and will remain open through Wednesday, December 6th.  Parents will use our online conference scheduler (PTCFast) to choose conference times. I believe you will find this scheduler to be user-friendly.  If you have difficulty scheduling your conferences or need to schedule a conference after December 6th, please contact Lisa Coleman at lisa.coleman@ccamail.org . 

Parents of students in grades 5 and 6 MUST sign up for a 10 minute conference with each grade level teacher (Rebecca Clifford and Amy Prichard for Grade 5, Brooke Baker and Kelly Christensen for Grade 6).

All other teachers will be offering 20 minute conferences. 

Instructions for using PTCFast:

1. Go to https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Covenant_Christian_Academy
2. On the Covenant Christian Academy Scheduler home page you will see a list of teachers.  Select the teacher(s) you want to schedule and click  “Continue.”
3. The next page shows you how many conferences you have selected and asks you to choose whether it’s for one or more than one student.
   • One student:  the next page is Student Sign-up.  Fill in required information and Submit.
   • More than one student:  list which student each conference is for, click “done with names/proceed with registration.”  Fill in required information and  Student Sign-up page and Submit.

1. You will be sent an email with the subject line “Select Date/Time for Teacher Conference Now.”  In the email select “click here to select conference time.”
2. This will take you to the time selection page.  Each teacher has a column with a list of available time slots.  Click the times you want and scroll down to the bottom of the page to “Confirm selections.”  You will not need to reenter student and parent names here.
3. You will be sent an email confirmation listing all your conferences and a reminder, along with the link that you may use if you need to change or cancel your appointment.  IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION EMAIL, PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER.

Xander and Knox shaking up the butter in a jar!

Students tasting the butter on crackers and giving their approval!

Eighth Grade: When life puts you in a locker, just make sure to bring snacks and a good book! 

Classical Roots Taproot Blog: New Post 

Click here to read Garlic, the latest Classical Roots Taproot blog post.

Christmas Concerts

Mrs. Coleman emailed information about the GS and USLR Christmas Concerts to households. You can find all of the information here.

30 Reasons Not to be in a Play

Tickets to the Logic School play, 30 Reasons NOT to be in a Play are now on sale! Please click here for more information.