The Knightly News: August 31, 2023

Contents Featured Items School Closed for Labor DaySeptember 4 Midterm Reports in Parent PortalSeptember 6 College Visits in Commons AreaSeptember 6 & 7 A Prayer for Labor Day Lord, on this Labor Day, We thank you for the blessing of work. We ask for strength to complete each day. We ask for rest for when…

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The Knightly News: August 24, 2023

Contents Featured Items GoPlaySaveKick-off August 28 SchoolPicture DaysAugust 30 & 31 Golf ClassicRegistration OpensAugust 28 Let Us Pray   Dear Lord, We pray for our 2023 graduates who are stepping into a new season on a college campus this year. Help them with all of the logistics of finding their classes, meeting professors, and getting moved into…

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The Knightly News: August 17, 2023

Contents Featured Items 11th Grade College CounselingMeeting – August 21 GoPlaySave Kick-off August 28 School Picture DaysAugust 30 & 31 Let Us Pray   We received news of a tragic wakeboarding/boating accident involving Wiley Sloan, a St. David’s 8th Grade student. He has undergone organ and limb surgeries. We ask our CCS community to lift him and…

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The Knightly News: August 3, 2023

Contents Featured Items Fall SportsPicture DayAugust 14 Rhetoric School RetreatCamp SeagullAugust 16 – 18 8th Grade RetreatCamp AgapeAugust 21 We are overjoyed to welcome 100 new students and their families into our school community! Let’s pray for them to feel welcome and at home: “Lord, you have brought a new set of families into this…

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The Knightly News: July 27, 2023

Contents Featured Items Family FestivalMonday, July 316:00 – 8:00 P.M. Meet the Teacher DayTuesday, August 18:00 – 11:00 A.M. Download Our NewCommunication App,ParentSquare!   As we begin a new school year, let us pray for: Our Students –  “Lord, give our children a thirst for knowledge, understanding, and wisdom.” Our Teachers – “We thank you…

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Grit, Part 3

I think I mentioned to you all that I am engrossed in the Fox reality series Special Forces (Wednesday nights). As one more week on grit, I thought you might find value in these quotes from the first two episodes. “Deep inside everyone wants to know if they have the courage to be a hero” “If you take it seriously you will find out what your true limits are.” “Do you trust the person next to you to fight for…

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The Knightly News: July 13, 2023

Contents Featured Items Family FestivalMonday, July 316:00 – 8:00 P.M. Meet the Teacher DayTuesday, August 18:00 – 11:00 A.M. Download Our NewCommunication App,Parent Square! A Letter from the Headmaster Dear Cary Christian School Family, As a close friend of mine prayed for our school, he thanked God for “this sweet island of God’s grace and…

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Grit, Part 2

Here is the promised continuation of comments from the book Grit by Angela Duckworth. *Teachers and coaches that assign values to players without a system of drills to show improvement are fixed mindset and create an environment where the player feels hopeless because they feel they have no control over their fate. *A fixed mindset about ability leads to pessimistic explanations of adversity, and that, in turn, leads to both giving up on challenges and avoiding them in the first…

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The Knightly News: July 13, 2023

Featured Items Join Us at the Family Festival; July 31 from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. Meet the Teacher Day Tuesday, August 1   Download Our New Communication App Parent Square! A Letter from the Headmaster (Click Here) Dear Cary Christian School Family, As a close friend of mine prayed for our school, he thanked God…

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