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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, Carissa, Audrey, Emma, Kennedy & Maggie.

Clinton Christian Academy 2024 Senior Class GARAGE SALE

Friday (2:00pm-7:00pm) and Saturday (8:00am-5:00pm), March 8-9, 2024

AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH DOWNTOWN GYM

East Jefferson Street, Clinton, MO

Proceeds go to the Class of 2024 Senior Trip

Any CCA family may donate items Thursday from 3pm-7pm or Friday from 2pm-7pm by dropping them off at the Church

March 4th

• Girl Basketball Awards Ceremony at 6pm in the CCA Gym

• K4-2nd Grade Muffins with Mom from 7:25-7:55am in the CCA Cafeteria
• Boy Basketball Awards Ceremony at 6pm in the CCA Gym

• 3rd-6th Grade Muffins with Mom from 7:25-7:55am in the CCA Cafeteria

• 5th Grade Field Trip to School of Economics in Blue Springs from 8am-3pm
• P-Pac Practice for 1st-12th grades from 3:15-4pm

• CCA Senior Class Garage Sale from 2-7pm at 209 E Jefferson Street
• P-Pac Practice for 1st-12th grades from 3:15-4pm

• CCA Senior Class Garage Sale from 8am-5pm at 209 E Jefferson Street

This month CCA students are focusing on the character trait of Faithfulness. This was also the ACSI national day of prayer theme for this year. Psalm 119:90 says, "Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures." We asked three students what faithfulness means to them, and here is what they said. Collin from 8th grade said, “Faithfulness is believing in God and knowing that He will take care of you.” Kimber in 3rd grade said, “Faithfulness is being truthful and trusting in God.” Isabella W in 5th grade said, “Faithfulness means being faithful to God, believing in Him, and reading the Bible.” --Emma

This week's devotion on Faithfulness comes from Love Worth Finding Ministries. According to Adrian Rogers, "Faithfulness is integrity, trustworthiness, and loyalty; it means people can count on us. It is a quality we all admire, and it is what God requires of His children." Click on the following link to read or play the audio version of his sermon, which is based on Galatians 5:22. https://www.lwf.org/sermons/audio/faithfulness-1444

This week's Survey Say’s question was, "Would you rather play an instrument or sing?" It was a hard question for some, but 55 votes went for playing an instrument, while singing received 39 votes. According to aswltd.com, more than one-half (52%) of U. S. households have at least one person, age 5 or older, who is currently playing a musical instrument, as compared to 37% in the U. K. and 36% in Australia. – Carissa

Teresa Heckenlively, Economic Development Director for the Quad-Lakes Waste Management District J, visited Clinton Christian Academy on Wednesday, Feb. 28 to present an assembly to students in grades 3-12 about recycling. Missouri averages 11,000 tons of trash a day. Households average 5 and 1/2 lbs of trash daily. Landfills are filling up. Ms. Heckenlively went through a trash bag that she brought to show us and went through the bag item by item to determine if its contents were recyclable. Things like milk cartons, plastic cups, soda cans, boxes, paper rolls, old eggs and carrots, glass and even magazines can be recycled. Sadly, 80% of recyclable items get contaminated before they can be recycled. By the end of Ms. Heckenlively's demonstration, the 5 1/2 pounds of trash she began with, was decreased to only 14 ounces with everything recyclable removed from the bag! Ms. Heckenlively also talked about the natural resources that were used to make products for humans, emphasizing that recycling is important in order to preserve the wonderful world that God created for us to enjoy! One must never forget that we have been charged with a great responsibility in caring for God's creation. The assembly concluded with a brief video demonstrating how aluminum cans (recyclable products) are produced beginning with mining bauxite from the earth until the finished product! This video was a great example of how recycling can help preserve our natural resources!

Special thanks to Quad-Lakes Waste Management Office for their support of CCA. This assembly was part of the two grants CCA recently received to replace the pea gravel on our playground with pour-in-place surfacing (made from recycled tires). One grant in the amount of $38,035 was awarded by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. DNR provides a range of services to help Missouri citizens, communities and businesses protect and improve the air, land and water resources that we all share. The department also provides opportunities to learn more about Missouri's natural and cultural history at our state parks and historic sites. Another grant in the amount of $25,000 was awarded by Quad-Lakes Waste Management District J office. Both grant projects were completed by Taylormade Company in December 2023. Approximately two-thirds of the CCA playground now has the pour-in-place surfacing. CCA plans to continue pursuing grant opportunities in the future until the total area of the playground has the pour-in-place surfacing, which will provide a safer and cleaner playground for our students! Vivian & Mrs. Ritchie

On Friday, 4th grade presented chapel for CCA. If you missed it, you can watch it on our CCA Facebook page. Noah (Jared) and his 4th graders helped build the ark, complete with real goats and all!

The HS had their meeting on Friday, March 1st, and it was led by Jeff Lowe. Mr. Lowe spoke on going through a slump. He shared that when we are going through a slump, we should remember that God is our number 1. He spoke on how we shouldn't worry about what people think of us, and our focus should not be to impress people, but in everything that we do, we should do it for the Lord.

• Next JH meeting is March 15th

The next meeting will be March 22nd from 3:15-4:30pm in the CCA Cafeteria.

Lumberjack Club

The High School Student Council hosts a Lumberjack Club pancake breakfast monthly. They provide regular or chocolate chip pancakes that can be customized with sprinkles and whipped cream! Drinks, consisting of orange juice, chocolate milk or white milk are also available. Cost for this breakfast is $3. Lumberjack Club is the main fundraiser for StuCo. Our next Lumberjack Club will be in March, with St. Patrick's Day-themed decorations and food.

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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