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CCA motto: To share the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, preparing hearts and minds to impact the world for Him.

CCA Guiding Principles: We teach 1) Christian Principles and Character, through 2) Christ Centered Academic Excellence, while promoting 3) American Patriotism.

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We are now in our Second Semester of the 2023-2024 School Year, which means the Publications class has grown from 3 to 6 students. These young ladies will be creating your weekly Patriot Press Newsletters, as-well-as completing this year's CCA yearbook. Pictured left to right is: Vivian, Emma, Maggie, Kennedy, Audrey & Carissa.

April 15

• 2nd Grade Service Project to the Benson Center & McDonald's

• K4 & K5 Service Project from 9am-2pm

• 7th Grade to Creation Experience Museum from 7:30am-5pm
• 8th Grade to Sagrada Camp for Service Project 7:30am-3:15pm
• 5th Grade to MOPS from 8:45am-10:45am

• P-Pac Practice on the gym stage from 3:15-4pm for 1st-12th grades

• 5/6 StuCo Meeting in Mrs. Jones's room from 7:15-7:45am
• 6th-12th Grade Wounded Tiger Assembly by Jeff Ferguson 11:20am-12:05pm
• P-Pac Practice on the gym stage from 3:15-4pm for 1st-12th grades
  

CCA will host a Band/Fine Arts Concert on Thursday, April 25th at 6pm in the CCA Gym. The concert will showcase 6th-11th grade art, photography and science projects that were judged in competition on April 12th at Calvary University, as-well-as vocal and instrumental performances by 6th-11th grade CCA students.

Beginning Band and Concert Band will perform. Aric & Parker will give sermons. Allie and Vivian will sing their solos. Mackenzie J will play piano. Carissa will play her clarinet solo. The girl's small ensemble (Mayme, Ilaina, Caroline, Arianna, Lexi, Katie & Allie) will sing. The HS trio (Mason, Matthew, Logan) will play. Instrumental duets will perform (Hadley & Kennedy on Saxophone and Emma & Carissa on Clarinet). Last, but not least, the HS small ensemble will play (Logan, Mason, Kennedy, Matthew, Carissa, Emma, & Clark).

All parents and grandparents are welcome to attend. Beginning Band Students should arrive by 5:30pm. Concert Band Students should arrive by 5:45pm. Vocal students not in band should arrive by 5:50. Students should wear the same attire that they wore to competition on Friday, April 12th.

High school Art 1 and 2 just started new assignments. Students must make 3 pieces of artwork that represents their own unique styles. Weaving projects have also began and students will be making aluminum sculptures. The projects will take time; therefore, this will be the final projects of the school year. --Vivian

This week’s survey says question is, "Would you rather go scuba diving or skydiving? Scuba diving won with a total of 28 votes; however, it was close as skydiving received 27 votes. According to skydivecarolina.com, "Statistically speaking, SCUBA diving is more dangerous than skydiving. While SCUBA diving is also highly regulated and there are extensive training opportunities, the environmental variables make diving into the water a bit more dangerous than diving into the sky." --Maggie

According to science.NASA.gov, on April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse moved across North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun. The sky will darken as if it were dawn or dusk.

CCA students enjoyed viewing the eclipse, even though there wasn't a total solar eclipse in Clinton, MO. Third grade students said it was cool and neat, but not as awesome as the pictures they saw online, so some were disappointed.

A total solar eclipse is a rare sight. The next one is supposed to happen again on August 23, 2044. We know that only the Lord knows that for sure, so we hope that you got to experience the one on Monday!

Senior, Glenn Bellamy has attended CCA for three years. He is especially looking forward to graduating. His parents are Bruce and Renee. He has four older brothers: Luke, Nathaniel, Seth, and Gabriel, as-well-as an older sister, Emma. After high school, he plans on continuing studying industrial engineering at UCM. His favorite CCA memory is winning soccer state his Junior year. His favorite Bible verse is James 2:18: ”Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.“ A CCA teacher that has had a positive impact on his life is Ms. Jackie. He says that she was a great motivator through track. In his free time he enjoys playing music, gaming, and fencing. --Kennedy

CCA had 43 students compete at the Midwest Academic and Fine Arts Festival at Calvary University on Friday, April 12th. Students in grades 6-11 competed in Math, Science, Speech, Music, Band, Art & Photography events. Here are the results from that competition.

Math Results: 7th Grade Individual testing was Lily, Kalynn & Avery. Lily & Kalynn received good ratings, while Avery received honorable mention. Allie tested in 8th grade math; she received an excellent rating. Carissa, Vivian and David tested in Algebra I; Carissa received an excellent rating, while Vivian & David received superior ratings. Dakoda tested in Algebra II and received honorable mention. CCA students also tested in 7th Grade, 8th Grade, Algebra I and Algebra II team events. Kalynn, Avery and Lily received a good rating for 7th grade math. Allie, Katie & Kynlee received an excellent rating for 8th grade math. Vivian, Maggie, Carissa & David received an excellent rating for Algebra I. Clara & Dakoda received honorable mention for Algebra II.

Science Results: Arianna, Caroline, Kaitlyn, Carissa & Mason entered Experimental and Demonstrative Science projects. All students received IV ratings.

Photography Results: Jacob and Emma received a II rating for their photography, while Braelyn and Clara received a I rating.

Art Results: Colten entered 3 pieces of art and received a I, II and III rating. Audrey entered 2 pieces of art and received III ratings for both. Vivian received a IV rating on her painting. Clara received a II rating for her sculpture, but her printmaking piece received a I rating and she medaled. Hannah entered 4 pieces and received a I, II and 2-III ratings. Allie and Paytyn were the only Middle School entries; Paytyn received a II rating and Allie a III rating.

Music Results: I Ratings were Allie's vocal solo and the HS Instrumental Ensemble (Clark, Logan, Matthew, Mason, Carissa, Emma & Kennedy). II Ratings were Mackenzie's piano solo, Clarinet Duet (Carissa & Emma), Saxophone Duet (Kennedy & Hadley), Vivian's vocal solo, Band, the Instrumental Trio (Mason, Matthew & Logan), Carissa's clarinet solo and the MS small vocal ensemble (Mayme, Arianna, Caroline, Ilaina, Lexi, Allie & Katie).

Congratulations to all students on a job well done. Thank you for sharing your talents!

The CCA 5th grade class presented chapel this past Friday. If you were unable to attend, you can view it on our CCA Facebook page. They did a fantastic job!

The Varsity girls soccer team played Heritage Christian Academy at home on Tuesday, April 9th. They won 5-2. Brynn had 2 goals. Vivian, Emma, & Hannah all scored one. Great job ladies!

The high school group talked about the NCAA tournament, specifically about North Carolina's RJ Davis' performance during their game vs. Alabama. CCA students were reminded no matter the circumstance encourage your teammates, even when they are having a rough game.

• Next JH Meeting is April 19

The next meeting will be Tuesday, April 30th from 6-7:15pm in the CCA Cafeteria.

StuCo will have a meeting soon. Details to come.

CCA's performing arts club is working on a song that they will be singing at the spring concert in May. They are also working on songs for a production of the Musical "Annie"; performance dates and times are TBD. P-PAC has practices on Thursdays and Fridays from 3:15-4:00 and is for any students interested in grades 1-12. --Vivian

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