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.

Welcome to the Patriot Press Newsletter. This weekly publication is created by the CCA High School Publication class; it will contain vital information for you as you navigate the 2024-25 CCA school year. If you would like something published in the newsletter, please email stownsend@clintonacademy.org and we will add it. Newsletters will go out every Monday, unless CCA is out of school on Monday, and then it will go out on Tuesday.

If you have photos of field trips, club events, or class activities, please share those pictures with us so we can include them in this year's yearbook. Publication students are pictured left to right is:

March 4

• Global Day of Prayer

March 5

• Midterms go home with students in 2nd-12th grades; sign and return by Friday

March 6

• 5th Grade to School of Economics from 8am-3pm

March 7

• Signed midterms should be returned to classroom teachers
• Lumberjack Club Pancake Breakfast 7:30-8am; cost is $3
• CCA Trivia Night 6:30-9pm in the CCA Gym

March 10

• Get Real Spiritual Parent Seminar from 6:30-8:30pm at First Baptist Church on Vansant Rd.

Due to the MCSAA State Soccer Tournament on Thursday, May 8th, the CCA Spring Concert for K4, K5, 1st and 2nd Grades has been changed to Tuesday, May 6th. It will be at the same time, which is 6pm.

March 3rd is World Wildlife Day & National Anthem Day. Did you know that our National Anthem was composed by John Stafford Smith?

• In 2024, Caitlyn Clark became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA basketball.

• In 1931, the Star Spangled Banner, written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, was officially adopted as the national anthem of the United States by act of Congress.

• In 1923, the first issue of Time magazine was published. --Sophia

The March character trait of the month at CCA is faithfulness. I asked three students what faithfulness means to them, and here is what they said. Xander from 3rd grade said, “Faith means believing in something even though you can’t see it.” Liam from 7th grade said, “If you have faith in someone, someone will have faith in you.” Ethan from 2nd grade said, “It means to have faith in others.” God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. 1 Corinthians 10:13 -Jacob

Parents, Grandparents, and Staff, we thought you might like this devotion from “Praise.com: The Faithfulness of God,” which is based off of Bible verse Hebrews 10:23, “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.”

Click on the link to read more.

https://www.praise.com/devotional/the-faithfulness-of-god-2 --Jacob

Happy birthday to Kent, an 8th grader. He celebrates today! Peyton in K-4 has a birthday on March 7th and Mr. See has a birthday on March 8th. --Lilly

CCA’s worship team opened chapel on Friday, Feb. 28th, by singing three songs. After singing, 7th grade led pledges to the American flag, Christian flag and Bible before a prayer was said. Chris Ruhnke from Show Me Christian Youth Home brought the message. We learned how worry is something that affects us all. It keeps us from doing things. We worry about how we look, what we are going to wear and even what we are going to eat. Worry was even a concern in Bible days.

There will come a time in your life when you ask yourself if you trust in God. If you believe He is going to take care of you? If you believe in God at all. Scripture is like ammo; it's a way to fight back. It's easy to think about our mistakes. We know who we really are. 1 John 4:4 helped Mr. Ruhnke through his times of worry growing up. He had CCA students say, "The power that is in you is stronger than the challenges of this world." Let's not worry about what's going to happen tomorrow or down the line. God is in control, we just have to be obedient of Him and take each day one step at a time. --Sophia

This week Kynlee surveyed 93 students and teachers to see if they would rather run or jump in a track meet. Running won with 59 votes, while jumping had 34. Fun fact: the men's world record for the fastest marathon is 2:01:39 and is held by Eliud Kichoge. The women’s is 2:15:25 and is held by Brigid Kosgei.

Mrs Huisman grew up in Cazenovia, New York. In the summers she would spend time in Florida with her dad. She has been married to Marshall Huisman for 10 years. Together they have 3 girls: Haylee, Josephine, and Aspen and 3 dogs: a Irish setter, dachshund, and yellow lab. She likes to exercise, go on walks and spend time with her family in her spare time. In high school Keri ran cross country, indoor track, outdoor track, played soccer and volleyball. Her favorite Bible verse is Philippians 4:13, "I can do things through Christ who strengthens me." The person she looks up to the most is Jesus, her Lord and Savior. --Lilly

On Tuesday, February 25th, CCA celebrated the varsity girls and boys basketball teams for winning the MCSAA State Tournament, with a whole school pep rally. It began with the announcing of all the boys and girls teams, including 5/6th grade, junior high, and varsity girls and boys. The cheerleaders performed some of their cheers along with their dance.

The varsity girls team then played the 7-12th grade basketball boys in a game of knockout. The game was exciting and competitive; however, the boys won. Each grade then participated in yelling for the spirit stick awards, which are broken up into K4-6th grade category and 7-12th grade category. In the younger group, the 6th graders won and in the older group the Sophomores won! Congratulations to the State Basketball Varsity Champions!! –Carissa

March 3

• Girl Soccer Parent Meeting 4:30-5pm at the soccer field

March 6

• Girl Basketball Awards 6:30-8pm

Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a once a month meeting for all upper school students. Jeff Adams leads both the High School & Junior High FCA groups at CCA. FCA provides all students and coaches the opportunity to reach their God-given potential by offering comprehensive athletic, spiritual and leadership training in a small group setting. Here are the dates for the February Meetings:

• March 7...HS FCA from 8:30-9am
• March 28...JH FCA from 8:30-9am

On Friday, February 28th, upper school students at Clinton Christian Academy had a speaker during a special lunch assembly in the school gym. Scott Aston, with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes organization, visited CCA to talk with 7-12 graders about their faith and the foundation their faith is built on.

He asked this question, “What are you building your life on?” He talked to us about having our own faith and not just relying on our parent’s faith. He read from Matthew 27:24-26, which talks about the wise man building his house upon a rock. He told us that no matter how good our faith in the Lord is, we will always experience hard times. However, if we have a good foundation of faith then the Lord is providing protection for us. Having a weak foundation can cause you to fall when you get hit with hard times.

Christianity is about grace, which is an undeserved merit that comes from Jesus Christ. God will save us and protect us if we lean on Him during challenging times. God will not let us down, it is not in His nature to do that to His followers. We should be like the wise man who built his life on a strong and firm foundation, and not like the foolish man who built his house on the sand. We should make our own faith with the Lord and rely on Him to help us and protect us through the hard times in life. –Carissa

The next 4H meeting is March 28th from 3:15-4:15pm in the CCA Cafeteria.

FBLA is the largest business Career and Technical Student organization in the world. Each year FBLA helps members prepare for careers in business and business-related fields through leadership development, academic competitions and educational programs. All high school students have the opportunity to participate in FBLA. CCA advisor is Tara Dull.

FBLA stands for Future Business Leaders of America. CCA high school students at CCA have registered for competition. All students will have the opportunity to compete at the district competition in February at UCM. Each person that competes can only compete in 3 events. Two different types of events are available: Objective Assessments or tests and presentation. Each competitor can only compete in two presentation events. FBLA Officers this year are: Hannah-President, Colten-Vice President, Logan-Chaplain, Parker-Co Chaplain, Clara-Treasurer and Kennedy-Secretary.

• State Leadership Conference to be held on April 13-15th in Springfield.

Student Council is offered at CCA for 5th & 6th grades, Junior High and High School students. High School members are: Clara, Audrey, Kennedy, Colten, Hannah, Maggie, Emma, Carissa, Brooklyn & Allie. Junior High members are: Brynn, Kalynn, Kaitlyn, Micah, Caroline, Mayme & Carson.

CCA's performing arts club is sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Neal. It was first started in the 2023-24 school year and was a big hit among CCA students! Practices are now on Mondays and Tuesdays, from 3:15-4pm for 5th-12th grade students (second semester only) in Mrs. Neal's Room. There is no cost. Members are working on a Spring musical called, "Never a Truer Tale" that will be performed on May 6th.

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