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Play Festival
6:30 p.m.
February 22

Spring Sports
Picture Day
February 26

Pizza. Tasty fresh italian pizza with bacon cihili pepper spinach and onion served on old wooden table.

All-School Spirit
Night at Brixx
February 26

A Prayer for the Fine Arts

Father, you have wired us to create, to dream and design, to innovate and invent, to discover, to lead with new ideas, to set the trends and even blaze a new path. May we, through our artistic expressions, creatively communicate Your heart of love, mercy, and grace to a world that needs You. Thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to participate in Your divine plan. Whether it be story-telling on stage, screen or page, if it be dance, painting, sculpting, music, accounting or agriculture, I pray that You breathe on our works of love. May they bless and bring vibrance to our community. We call out to You for vision and revelation of Your plan for the arts and that which entertains. Father, let us not be satisfied with earth-bound ideas of arts and entertainment, limited by the voices of our culture, but instead, Father, that we would reach for what eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man what You have prepared for those that love You. (I Corinthians 2:9)

– Suzanne Rhoten, Life Lessons from the Stage

School-Wide Information

– IMPORTANT DATES –

Saturday, February 22 – 24-Hour Play Festival – Student-directed one-act plays will be produced in a mere 24 hours and presented to an audience and panel of adjudicators. Everyone is invited, and admission is free. For event details, click here.
    • Where: Theater
    • When: 6:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6:15 p.m.)
RESCHEDULED! – Wednesday, February 26 – All-School Spirit Night at Brixx Wood Fired Pizza – Let’s raise some “dough!” Order to-go or in-person at the Bradford location in Cary and Brixx will donate $4 from every adult entree and $2 from every kid’s meal to CCS! All money raised helps pay for Teacher Appreciation efforts like quarterly take home meals, all-staff parties and dinners, stocking the teachers’ lounge with drinks and the ever-so-popular Starbucks coffee machine! 
 
Thursday, February 27 – First Grade Preview Day (9:00-10:15 a.m.) – Share your love of CCS with prospective families, especially those eligible for first grade next school year! This day is designed to give prospective parents and rising first grade students a taste of life at CCS. New families must register using this link.
 
Wednesday-Thursday, March 5-6 – Logic School Drama Production: MacBeth – Reserve your seats, click here, for this kid’s cautionary tale concerning greed, power, mayhem, and other current events. Share this link to invite guests. 
    • Where: Theater
    • When: 6:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6:00 p.m.) 
 

– ANNOUNCEMENTS –     

“Raising Sturdy Kids” with Keith McCurdy Survey – Feedback from this event is most valuable for administration to consider future opportunities for our school. If you were able to attend, can you respond to this quick survey? 

Lower School (K-5th)

– IMPORTANT DATES –

Tuesday, February 25 – Grade 4 – Renaissance Fair – Students will be celebrating a Renaissance Fair! Decked in costumes, students will dance, feast, make a leather-working craft, shoot bows and arrows, and attend a museum of Renaissance masterpiece recreations made by them.  

NEW DATE AND TIME! – Thursday, February 27 – Grade 1 Assembly – This is a special time for our first graders to take the stage and share what they have been learning. Parents are invited to join us for a reception after the assembly. Early dismissal for first graders will occur after the reception.
  • Where: Theater
  • When: 10:00 a.m.

SAVE THE DATE! – Friday, April 25 – Grandparents’ Day – We look forward to welcoming Lower School grandparents and special guests to our campus to share a glimpse of our excellent classical education founded upon a biblical worldview.

– ANNOUNCEMENTS –

– K-5 ATHLETICS –

Spring Sports Clinics for Grades 4-5 – To learn more and register, click here.

  • Girls Volleyball – Thursdays, February 27 – April 17 (2:30-4:00 p.m.)
  • Boys Basketball – Mondays, March 3-April 28 – (2:30-4:00 p.m.)
  • Girls Basketball – Wednesdays, March 5 – April 30 (2:45-4:00 p.m.)
  • Girls Field Hockey – Tuesdays, March 25 – April 29 (2:30-4:00 p.m.)

Upper School (6th-12th)

– IMPORTANT DATES –       

TOMORROW! – Friday, February 21 – Grade 8 – Science Fair – Students will showcase their innovative experiments and projects. Parents of 8th grade students are encouraged to come explore and learn from a variety of fascinating experiments. It’s a wonderful opportunity to see science in action and celebrate the hard work of our young scientists!

    • Where: Gym
    • When: 8:15-10:15 a.m.

– ANNOUNCEMENTS –

Logic/Rhetoric School Parents – Check with your child to assess whether or not he/she is coming to school every day with a healthy substantial lunch, nutritious morning/afternoon snacks, and a water bottle. We have a growing number of requests for food and water. Being hydrated and not hungry helps students focus and operate with maximum brain power! Thank you for making sure your child has the nutrition his/her body needs to operate optimally in the classroom all day long.

College Counseling

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– ANNOUNCEMENTS –  

National Merit Finalists – Congratulations to Isaac Young and Jeffrey Yu for receiving the designation of National Merit Finalist. They were among 1.3 million juniors who took the PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) in October 2023. They scored in the top 16,000 students nationwide, which is the top 1%. In North Carolina, they are among the top 518 students from 250 schools. Since taking the test as Juniors, they have fully met all the qualifications to be a finalist including continuing in good academic standing, taking a SAT or ACT with a score that supports their PSAT/NMSQT, completing the application, and having Ms. Smith complete the school/counselor recommendation. Congratulations Isaac and Jeffrey! We are proud of you!
 
Junior Individual Meetings – It’s time for Juniors and their parents to book their individual meetings with Ms. Smith. Use this link to select a time. Meetings are scheduled during the school day and are held in Ms. Smith’s office. Parents can join in person or via the Zoom link. In preparation for these meetings, students must complete the Rising Senior Survey and Principles You in Scoir and parents must complete the Parent Brag Sheet.  
 
Seniors – If you need to meet with Ms. Smith to discuss college admission decisions or do a practice interview for a scholarship, use this link to schedule.

Co-Curriculars

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– UPPER SCHOOL ATHLETICS –

Wednesday, February 26 – Spring Sports Picture Day

Wednesdays, March 5-April 30 – Spring Sports Clinic – Grades 6-7 Girls Basketball (2:45-4:00 p.m.) – To learn more and register, click here.

Coaching Needs – We are currently looking for coaches to lead programs for the following sports: 

  • Varsity Football – Assistant Coach (Fall)
  • Junior Varsity Football – Assistant Coach (Fall)
  • Varsity Girls Tennis (Fall)
  • Varsity Cross Country (Fall)
  • Blue (Logic School) Girls Volleyball (Fall)
  • Gold (Logic School) Girls Field Hockey (Fall)
  • Blue (Logic School) Boys Basketball (Winter)

For more information, contact  Jeff Poore, Athletic Director. 

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