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Christ Covenant School is a community that loves, educates, and equips our students to transform the world for Jesus Christ.
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Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
2 Corinthians 9:6
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Straight from the Head
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Sometimes we get it all wrong. We think the more we have, the more we amass, the more power, money, and fame we accumulate, the happier we are. The kingdom of God runs on a different currency, and we sometimes need to have our minds renewed to see what God is actually doing in our midst.
Over the past year our school has prioritized outreach and service, and I see our students beginning to "get it" when they are given the opportunity to give and serve others. Several such opportunities are coming up, and I wanted to give you the information so you, too, can share in this joy of giving away.
The first is the upcoming blood drive organized by the students in the National Honor Society at Christ Covenant. You may have seen them bouncing around the parking lot with flyers or dressing up like platelets in chapel, but they are very serious about this opportunity to save lives. A link has been set up on
Facebook and at the Red Cross
website where you can sign up to give blood on April 28th at the upper school campus. Please support this effort by giving the gift of life.
Another upcoming opportunity to give will be the National Day of Prayer on May 3rd. Christ Covenant School will be hosting a special prayer service at our lower school at 8:00 in the morning for students and families, and you are welcome to attend. We are also spearheading the event at the Pitt County Courthouse on the same day, Thursday, May 3rd at noon. Both of these events highlight our call to be a community that transforms the world for Jesus Christ, beginning with prayer. Please come out to join either of these services.
We are also are excited to have families in our school who understand the value of giving and sowing back into the next generation. Basil's restaurant will be hosting another day to give back a significant part of their proceeds to the school from all sales on Monday, April 30th. Come out, have pizza, or order in that night to support the school.
We cannot underestimate how giving through the blood drive, through praying together, or just by spending a night in fellowship with others can help to grow the kingdom. Whatever we choose to do, our prayer is that our students and families learn the words of the Lord Jesus that Paul repeated in his farewell in Ephesus in Acts 20:35, "I have shown you in every way by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said,
"It is more blessed to give than to receive."
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Calendar
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Monday
Apr. 23
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Chapel - LS 8:00 a.m. speaker:
Paula Clark-
recycling
Zaxby's Fellowship (5-8 p.m. Zaxby's on Firetower)
***Sports***
Varsity Golf (CPIC match) at Goldsboro Golf Course
Varsity Girls Soccer (AWAY) vs. Kerr Vance Academy
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Tuesday
Apr. 24
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Senior Pinnacle Presentation - William Snowden (6:00 p.m. Upper School)
***Sports***
JV Boys Baseball (AWAY) vs. Wayne Country Day
Varsity Boys Tennis & DTT (HOME) vs. Wayne Country Day
Varsity Girls Soccer (AWAY) vs. Wayne Country Day
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Wednesday
Apr. 25
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3rd Grade Field Trip to Bath, NC
9th Grade Field Trip
Young Actors Workshop 3:15 p.m. Lower School
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Thursday
Apr. 26
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11th grade DC Trip
4th Grade Field Trip
Cancelled due to field trip (Crazy 8's Math Club (for 4th graders))
***Sports***
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Friday
Apr. 27
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LS Hot Lunch - Michaelangelos
US Hot Lunch - Dominoes
***Sports***
Varsity Boys Tennis (HOME) vs. Greenfield
Varsity Girls Soccer (HOME) vs. Greenfield
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Saturday
April 28
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NHS Blood Drive (see info below)
11th grade DC Trip
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| Field Day - Lower School |
It's time for
Field
Day; here's the scoop:
This year, Field
Day is a
1/2 day event. This is a 1/2 day of school for both Upper and Lower Schools with release at 11:45.
Field Day is a very active day for the kids. Lower School students in grades K through 6 are divided into 9 teams and will compete in various physical events. While our new Junior Kindergarten classes won't participate in the official field day events with the older kids, we have an exciting day planned for them. The K-6 field day event will conclude with an awards ceremony.
- Field Day will be held on Friday, May 18.
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Students shall wear a t-shirt in the color of their assigned team with pe shorts, shoes and socks.
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Team colors:
Click here for the list students with their assigned team/color.
Click here if you'd like to place an order for a sale priced CCS logo t-shirt in your child's team color. In order to guarantee delivery by field day, the deadline for t-shirt orders is Friday April 27. As an added bonus, we've reduced the price of our short sleeve logo t-shirts to $11.
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Volunteers: Field Day has grown into the most loved Lower School event, requiring many parent volunteers.
Links for volunteer sign ups will be provided soon but please consider reserving this date on your calendar to volunteer and join in on the fun.
If you have any questions please contact our lower school PE teacher Mr. Ange;
[email protected].
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| Monday Night - April 23 Zaxby's Fellowship/Fundraisers! |
Join us Monday, April 23 from 5-8 pm at Zaxby's on Memorial for great food, fellowship and to support CCS Athletics. Zaxby's owners have graciously offered to donate 15% of total sales between 5-8pm to CCS. Drive up business counts too! As an added bonus, Zaxby's offers
$.99 kids meals (3 max with the purchase of 1 adult meal)!
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| Upper School Class Pictures |
Upper School class pictures were sent home a few weeks ago. If you ordered a picture ($10) of your child's class and didn't receive it, please contact Cindy Suter, [email protected]
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| CCS Logo Shirt - SALE PRICE! |
Christ Covenant logo t-shirts are on sale for $11 (regular price is $15) through Friday, April 27. Place your orders by Friday, April 27 if you need your shirt to be here by field day. Visit our website or click here to order your shirt(s).
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| Congratulations - Elizabeth Furlough |
We are so proud of 6th grade student, Elizabeth Furlough, who recently placed third in the Middle School division of East Carolina University's 14th annual Community Arts Festival! Way to go Elizabeth! We are so proud of you as well as
Anna Marie Pope and Mia Seyler whose work was recognized as honorable mention.
We also have several students whose work will be exhibited
this Sunday at the Youth Arts festival in the Greenville Town Commons
10am-4pm.
Drop by and see the talent on display from these students:
 Karson Crabtree
Trinity Scheel
Mary Helen Singleton
Kate Keesler
Mia Seyler
Rylan Moore
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| Spotlight |
MJ McBride, 6th grade, redently participated in the 2018 4H Livestock Show on April 10, 2018.
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| Community Support |
As a part of senior Laney Rivera's senior pinnacle project and her ongoing efforts to facilitate community support opportunities, we're excited to promote this month's event to support the group Young Lives. Young Lives is a subgroup of Young Life to support young mothers in our area.
The event is Tuesday May 8 from 7:15 pm - 8:30 pm at Jarvis Memorial United Methodist Church. Volunteers will be assisting with childcare (infants - 5 years). For more information and to sign up,
click here
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| Order for NEW Hot Lunch Day |
We've added a hot lunch for TUESDAY, MAY 8. We'll be serving Basil's Cheese Pizza! Each student will receive 2 slices.
Due to the January snow day where school and hot-lunch were cancelled, we've added an extra hot lunch day to provide lunch for those pre-paid cancelled lunches.
The students who paid for lunch on the snow day will automatically receive pizza on 5/8. No further action is needed for these students (
click here
to access the list of paid lunches).
If your child is not on the list and would like pizza on May 8, please log on to RenWeb to place your order.
We still need a few more volunteers to help with pick up on Tuesday, May 8.
Please sign up below:
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| Yearbooks Last Call |
 The deadline for online orders is May 1. We have a few yearbooks remaining for sale. While the date has past for a guaranteed copy, we still have a few more available on a first come first served basis. To reserve your copy, log on to
www.balfour.com. The online store will close on May 1.
Click this link to see the orders for reserved yearbooks we've received as of 4/9/2018.
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Reminders
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Monday, April 30
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Athletic Fundraiser!!! - Monday, April 30th...keep it on your radar
Why not plan a meal at Basil's (either lunch or dinner) on Monday, April 30th to support Spartan Athletics. We have the potential of this to be a very nice fundraiser just for showing up and having a nice meal at a local restarant.
Christ Covenant parents and owners, Jeremy and Jennifer Spengeman, been kind enough to donate 10% of the daily proceeds to Spartan Athletics for all business at Basil's on Monday, April 30th! What could be easier? If you are a business owner, why not consider placing a lunch order for your employees? Basil's will gladly take your order and efficiently have it ready at your specified pick up time.
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JK Sneak Peak
Fri. May 4
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
for prospective
Junior Kindergarten
Students
2018-19
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NHS Blood Drive
Saturday April 28
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The Lower School reading challenge ends May 9.
Prizes!
Rewards!
There's still time!
Click here for more information and to print the at home reading log.
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Two Christ Covenant School alumni, Heather Snowden and Josey Parker, now undergraduates studying Classics at the Universities of Virginia and Cambridge, are excited to host a summer Latin camp at the Christ Covenant Upper school. The camp will take place Monday through Saturday, July 9 through 14, and the cost to join is $200. The program is open to rising sixth graders through adults. They will teach from a beginners' level for those new to Latin or who would like to consolidate knowledge from previous study.
If you are interested in participating in this camp or would like more information, click here to access their website or contact Heather at (252) 414-1074 or Josey at [email protected].
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Student Tutors. If you are in need of a tutor for your student, here are a list of National Honor Society students who are willing to tutor younger students. Details are provided here.
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Christ Covenant parents meet and regularly pray for our school. The parent prayer meetings will be held on Fridays after drop off at the Lower School. Please contact Amy Lee for details, 617-510-7506.
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Prayer Requests & Praise
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Prayers are requested for the following families:
- Please pray for the Hazelwood family as Corey (dad of Lily, JK, and Charlotte, gr.1) leaves this week for a 10 month overseas deployment. Bless you Mr. Hazelwood!
- Please continue to pray for Christ Covenant Teacher Jennifer Greenland as she enters the last few weeks of her pregnancy on bedrest.
- Please pray for Mrs. Flanagan's (JK teacher) son, Jase, who is having outpatient dental surgery next Friday April 27th at 7:15am. Please pray for a smooth surgery and quick recovery.
- Pray for all of our students and the upcoming field trips. Prayers go out for safe travels and for our students to have enjoyable and rewarding end of year activities.
- Please call, e-mail or use this easy online form linked here to share your prayer requests. We regularly pray for our school community and would like to include your prayer requests. Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
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Board of Directors & Advisory Council
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2017-2018 School Year
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Darren Anderson, President
Ben Crabtree, Vice-President
Katie McKinney, Secretary
Kevin O'Sullivan, Treasurer
Kelmira Latham
Tim Odom
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ADVISORY COUNCIL
Trip Teaney, Christ Presbyterian Church
Mike Aldridge, Covenant Methodist Church
Mike Meshaw, Grace Church (Senior Pastor)
Dr. Dick Douglas, Jarvis Methodist Church
Skip Cummings, Christ Presbyterian Church
Herb Ormond, Covenant Methodist Church
Ben Irons, Christ Presbyterian Church
Billy Parker, Parker's Chapel
Sheri Winslow, Christ Presbyterian Church
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