The Patriot Press

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.

If anyone has photos or information they would like published in the weekly Patriot Press newsletter, please email stownsend@clintonacademy.org with details. Thank you!

May 20th will be our last Patriot Press newsletter for the school year, which has really flown by! Thank you for your support and for sharing photos with us throughout the year. We appreciate you!

May 13

• Book fees are due for the 2024-25 school year.
• Soccer Awards Night at 6pm in the CCA gym

• Senior Service Project at Life Change Camp from 8am-2:45pm
• Sophomores to Camp Galilee in Eldorado from 8:15am Tuesday-5pm Wednesday
• Freshmen to Hannibal from 8am Tuesday-8pm Wednesday
• K4 Promotion from 6:30-7:30pm

• Sophomores & Freshmen out, see May 14
• Senior Service Project at Clinton Samaritan Center from 8:45am-2:45pm
• 5th Grade to MOPS from 8:45-10:45am
• 5th/6th Grade StuCo Ice Cream Party from 3:15-4pm on the CCA playground

• 2024 Senior Walk, Roast, Wills, Prophecies & Prayer from 10:05-10:50 in the gym
• Spring Music Concert for 3rd, 4th & 5th Grades plus P-PAC at 6pm in the CCA Gym.

• Track and Field Awards Night, Time TBD

• High School Graduation from 2-3:30pm in the CCA Gym. Come celebrate with Jared, Kade, Levi, Glenn, Marlee, Priscilla & Taylor; photo below courtesy of Matilda McIntyre Photography!

This month’s Senior Spotlight is shining bright on Senior, Levi Robinette. Levi is the son of Anita Hill and he has one older sister. Levi has attended CCA since the 4th grade. What he has liked most about CCA is his fun and creative teachers. After high school Levi plans on going into the workforce to be a General Contract Surveyor.

His favorite Bible verse is Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” When asked what CCA teacher has made the biggest impact on his life Levi said it was Mrs. Olson; she always made learning fun and interesting and she taught Levi how to be caring towards others. Levi loves to play soccer, and his favorite sport to watch is football. In his free time he loves to go fishing, hang out with friends, eat bacon wrapped pickles and watch Duck Dynasty. --Audrey

The character trait for the month of May is Self-Control. It is based on Bible verse Galatians 5:22-23 which says, "But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control."
We asked three students how they would described self-control and here's what they had to say: Oakleigh (1st Grade) responded, “It’s not being mean and not getting mad.” Liam (2nd Grade) said, “It’s like if someone hits you and you don’t hit them back you have self-control.” Tenley (5th Grade) answered, “If something’s hard or upsetting, staying calm and not getting angry is having self-control.” -Vivian

On May 4th, the Lego Robotics team attended the First Lego League's showcase event at KC STEM Alliance in Kansas City. They met with over 30 other teams in the region to show off and present their creations and have fun participating in fun STEM activities. At the end of the day they were awarded the Coding Award for how they gave effective explanations about how they programmed their team model to move and interact with the world and for showing good communication skills. We are very proud of them!

On Thursday, May 16th at 6pm in the CCA Gym, 3rd, 4th & 5th Grades will present the Spring Music Concert. Students will sing and play recorders then P-PAC will perform. Details are on the CCA Google calendar. The concert is worth 100 points; therefore, if a student has to miss they must contact Mrs. Townsend to get information on how to make up the grade. Hope to see you there!

Students in Spanish I and Spanish II picked up trash on Earth Day, which was on April 22. The point of earth day is to advocate for the health of our planet. The very first earth day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. This year's theme was Planet vs. Plastics. Thank you Mrs. Ramirez for encouraging students to recycle, pick up trash and be aware of what plastics are doing to God's creation.

This week's survey says questions is would you rather have a water balloon fight or play on a slip and slide? This was a close vote with 38 votes for water balloons and slip and slide right behind with 31 votes. Over the summer, 1.6 billion water balloons are used each year. --Carissa

CCA Chapel was blessed by 1st Grade on Friday, May 3rd and recently on May 10th the 2nd grade class presented a Mother's Day themed chapel. If you missed them, the videos are posted on our CCA Facebook page.

The varsity track team traveled to Joplin Mo. May 10-11 for the MCSAA state track meet. The boys and girls both came home with a 1st place trophy in division 2! Everyone did really well! Here are the places:

Girls 4x100 meter relay- 2nd place

Girls 4x200 meter relay- 2nd place

Girls 4x800 meter relay- 2nd place

Boys 4x200 meter relay- 5th place

Boys 4x200 meter relay- 6th place

Boys 4x400 meter relay- 3rd place

Carson Wisniewski: 1600 meter run- 4th place; 800 meter run- 3rd place

Mason Plumb: 1600 meter run- 6th place; 300 meter hurdles- 2nd place

Brooklyn Wisniewski: 200 meter- 4th place

Jared Wisniewski: 200 meter- 3rd place

Carissa Compton: 100 meter hurdles- 2nd place

Miyah Carmichael: 100 meter hurdles- 8th place

Leo Prus: 110 meter hurdles- 3rd place; 300 meter hurdles- 1st place

Emma Hansen: 800 meter run- 3rd place

Katie Largent: 3200 meter run- 4th place

Oliver Mosley: 3200 meter run- 4th place

Clara Hyke: shot put- 1st place; discuss- 1st place; javelin- 2nd place

Mayme Hyke: shot put- 6th place

Timothy Neal: shot put- 7th place

Hadley Hyke: discuss- 6th place

Mason Plumb: javelin- 6th place; triple jump- 6th place

Leo Prus: high jump- 2nd place; long jump- 7th place

Jared Wisniewski- long jump- 8th place; triple jump- 4th place

Carissa Compton- triple jump- 4th place

Miyah Carmichael- triple jump- 7th place

Mackenzie Jones- triple jump- 8th place

Collin Higgins- triple jump- 5th place

• Volleyball open gym for 4th-11th grade girls from 6:30-7:30am
• Strength & Conditioning for boys/girls in 6th-12th grades from 3:15-4:15pm
• MOKAN Varsity Track Meet from 5:30-9pm in Eldorado Springs.

• Strength & Conditioning for boys/girls in 6th-12th grades from 3:15-4:15pm

• Strength & Conditioning for boys/girls in 6th-12th grades from 3:15-4:15pm

• Volleyball open gym for 4th-11th grade girls from 6:30-7:30am
• Strength & Conditioning for boys/girls in 6th-12th grades from 3:15-4:15pm

• May 3rd was the last FCA for JH and HS students this school year.

The next meeting is May 23rd from 3:15-4:30pm in the CCA Cafeteria.

StuCo plans to host a mini field day for high school soon. Details to come.

CCA's performing arts club is working hard to put on a production for you on May 16th. P-PAC has practices on Thursdays and Fridays from 3:15-4:00 and is for any students interested in grades 1-12.

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