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HPCA YEAR-END GIFT As we near the end of 2014, many families and businesses take this opportunity to more generously support a non-profit organization to bless the lives of others. Please consider a year-end gift to High Point Christian Academy, which you can designate to be used in the area you desire. Whether in technology, fine arts, athletics, or other areas, every gift is a blessing to our program and strengthens Kingdom Education for many students. Thank you for all you do for HPCA!

ANNUAL FUND – FRUIT SALE GOAL MET On December 4th, at the Fine Arts Assembly, the TK-12th grade students and faculty will celebrate the success of our annual Fruit Sale. Thank you to every student and family member who helped us reach our goal and supported our K.M. Vestal Annual Fund. We had numerous high-selling families and great participation. We look forward to celebrating this wonderful achievement with cash prizes, iPad give-aways, and announcing our December 19th extra day of Christmas vacation!

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

HPCA and the Sunshine Club of Green Street Baptist Church recently teamed up to collect shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Billed as the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind, OCC is operating through Samaritan’s Purse which since 1993 has collected and delivered more than 113 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 150 countries. HPCA and GSBC efforts resulted in over 950 shoeboxes ready to ship to Samaritan’s Purse to brighten the lives of children around the world at Chirstmas.

SAVE THE DATE - AUCTION The HPCA Auction will be held on campus on Friday evening, March 27th at 6:00pm with the theme “An

Evening of Southern Blessings”. Consider what you or your business can donate and contact Glenna Dysinger

at glennadysinger@gmail.com to volunteer.

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE and KIDS, CANS, CA$H RECYCLE CHALLENGE

SERVICE HOURS

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Academy .. Arts .. Athletics .. Alumni Academics .. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY & BETA CLUB INDUCTIONS HPCA was pleased to induct students into the National Honor Society and Beta Club. The 93 members of the Beta Club are in grades 10-12 and meet the qualification of 3.87 GPA or higher. For the National Honor Society, the 37 members in grades 11-12 meet the qualification of 4.37 GPA or higher. Link to see a list of current and newly inducted members.

TEACHERS ATTEND IPAD CONVENTION Learning to leverage new technology from a Christ-centered view to the advantage of our students is a constant challenge and our continued commitment at HPCA. We sent eight elementary and middle school teachers to the “Teaching & Learning with iPad” conference in Raleigh. The workshops ranged from managing iPads in the classroom to using iPads in every subject area. Teachers and students demonstrated the iPad as a tool for learning more about geography, social studies, and developing critical thinking with "Mystery Skype." Some of the apps demonstrated can help middle school

students with vocabulary and grammar, and others allow students to creatively give book reports through book trailers made in iMovie. Math and science tools can help students understand basics and explore areas of interest. Approximately 15 different workshops were attended, and our teachers were able to interact directly with veteran users.

PRESCHOOL HPCA Preschool completed their cookie dough fundraiser and the overall winner was Kennedi Hayes. Preschool celebrated fall with our Harvest Day activites, such as sack races, pumpkin toss, and alphabet relay. Students came dressed as farmers, scarecrows, and farm animals. See Harvest Day photo gallery. Our focus of study this month has been on Thanksgiving and thankful hearts. We celebrated Thanksgiving with feasts and

programs by each individual class.

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION HPCA Senior, Stephanie Clark, was awarded the “Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award,” being one of only seven students from the area's high schools selected by DAR. The award recognizes high school seniors who demonstrate the qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism in their homes, schools, and

communities. Pictured is Head of School Keith Curlee, mom Janet Clark, Stephanie Clark, dad Richard Clark, and College and Career Counselor Yuvonda Hendricks.

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HONORS BAND PERFORMS Several HPCA Band members were chosen to perform with other top student musicians at an honors band clinic for area private schools. Dr. Brian Meixner, Director of Bands at High Point University, was the clinician who worked with the ensemble, which included HPCA students Jacob Akes, Grayson Holland, Courtland Starr, Jonanthan Loy, Joshua Beane, Hunter Curlee, and Jeremy Le. They worked Friday afternoon, evening, and Saturday morning on three pieces of music they had never seen, then presented a concert on Saturday. photo gallery

HPCA WEATHER ARTISTS FOR HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE The High Point Enterprise newspaper recently highlighted HPCA elementary student artists in their front page weather artist section. HPCA TK-6 Art teacher Abby Lewallen directed the students in creating the artwork and submitting it to the newspaper. photo gallery

ELEMENTARY EXHIBITION AT THEATRE ARTS GALLERY Triad Elementary School Art Exhibition, presented by Theatre Art Galleries, has selected artwork from nine of our elementary student artists. A reception honoring the student artists was held Friday, November 21st, at Theatre Art Galleries in downtown High Point. All artwork will remain on exhibition at Theatre Art Galleries through January 3, 2015. The following HPCA student artists have artwork exhibited: 3rd graders Sophie Braetzkus and Grace Reaves; 4th grader Caleb Ferguson; and 5th graders Mitch Adams, Mercy Angel, Sarah Parker Harris, Ashley Karpovich, Liza Kearns, and Mackenzie Turney.

COUGAR ART FACEBOOK PAGE – see artwork in MS and HS classes

ELEMENTARY ART FACEBOOK PAGE – see artwork in Elementary classes

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T W O L A D Y C O U G A R S S I G N T O P L A Y I N C O L L E G E Hailey Riffe has committed to play basketball for Queens University in Charlotte. Queens Royals are Division 2 in the South Atlantic Conference. At HPCA, Hailey has played Varsity Basketball since 8th grade. She was named PACIS All-Conference in 2013 and 2014, and the team played in the State quarter-finals in 2012. Hailey reached the 1,000 points mark at HPCA last week, setting a new girl’s basketball record. Lindsay Cecil has committed to play softball for Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee. LMU Railsplitters are Division 2 in the South Atlantic Conference. At HPCA, Lindsay plays shortstop and has been named PACIS All-Conference since 7th grade, and

was Co-Conference Player of the Year in 2013. She was named All-State (NCISAA) in 2013 and 2014. The HPCA Cougars were State Champions in 2013, and runner-up in 2011, 2012, 2014.

A L U M N I F A I T H J O H N S O N I S R A N K E D # 1 UNC hosted the 2014 Nike Cup swim meet last week and 2012 HPCA alumni Faith Johnson broke two meet records and finished first place in three events. Faith swims for the Tennessee Volunteers. In the 50 free, she broke the Nike Cup record in 22.02 and is currently ranked #1 in college swimming. She swam the last leg of the women's 200 medley relay team and broke the Nike Cup record in 1:37.95. Faith also had an impressive swim in the 100 free, going 48.58 for the title. She swam the last leg of the women’s 400 free relay and they just missed the win by 2/10 of a second.

W I N T E R T E A M S B E G I N S E A S O N BASKETBALL: The MS Boys ‘B’ team, MS Girls team, and MS Boys ‘A’ team opened their season with a sweep of Westchester and have been playing well since then. The JV Boys basketball team remains undefeated with a 4-0 record. The Varsity Girls team competed in scrimmages at Starmount HS and was part of our sweep of New Garden Friends. The Varsity Boys team started their season at a showcase at Forsyth Country Day. The Cougars have played a few of the top teams in the country, including Oak Hill Academy and Huntington Prep. They attended a Hoopsgiving tournament in Atlanta over Thanksgiving and finished 2-0, beating the back-to-back Utah state champions. CHEERLEADING: Middle School and Varsity Cheerleaders are back for their second season of the year. They cheered for football games and now move on to basketball. MS will cheer at all home games, and Varsity will cheer at home and Triad area games. SWIMMING: The Cougars swim team has one senior and is young this year, with half from middle school and half from high school. The energetic team has competed in multi-team meets at Forsyth Country Day and Cannon School. SCHEDULE FOR ALL WINTER TEAMS ROSTERS FOR ALL WINTER TEAMS

SOPHOMORE GARRETT FOSTER PUBLISHES ARTICLE FOR HPCA BASKETBALL

CURRENT COUGAR ATHLETIC NEWS, including Joe Severs’ Senior Excellence Award

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S H O U T O U T T O A L U M N I We are in search of alumni HPCA Senior Class Student Government Officers and Representatives. Please send us an email at advancement@hpcacougars.org. We would like all alumni to complete the online info form.

LINK TO READ ABOUT THESE AND OTHER ALUMNI A L U M N I C O N N E C T I O N S

Anna and Ellen Gay, sisters from the classes of 2006 and 2010

Anna Gay (2006) graduated cum laude from Appalachian State University with a B.S. in English, Secondary Education, and a minor in Spanish. She then attended graduate school at North Carolina State University and graduated summa cum laude with a Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with a literacy and technology focus. She has worked the last three years as an English teacher and volleyball coach at Knightdale High School in Wake County. She just recently accepted a new position at the same school as the Testing Coordinator and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Program Coordinator. Last year she ran her first 1/2 marathon in Raleigh and plans to do another one this spring in Wrightsville Beach.

Ellen Gay (2010) graduated magna cum laude from North Carolina State University this year and received a B.S. in Business Administration with a double concentration in Supply Chain Management and Marketing. She interned with Penske Corporation her junior and senior year and was offered a full time position upon graduation. Ellen works as a sales and operations management trainee in Wilmington, NC.

Bradley Griffin (2006) lives in Abingdon, VA. If you are in the area, stop by The Harvest Table, a farm-to-table restaurant in Meadowview, VA, where Bradley is a sous chef. Previously, Bradley has worked at Blowing Rock Alehouse, Smokey's Smokehouse, Green Park Inn, and The Omni Grove Park Inn.

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Fruit Pick Up

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2nd Gr Field Trip TK-8 Lunch in Rooms 1st Gr Field Trip

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FUNDRAISERS:Little Caesars Pizza Kits: ends Tue, Dec 2Christmas Trees: ends Sat, Dec 6

UPCOMING EVENTS:Jan 5 - Lunch Ordering opensJan 9 - Spelling Bee 5th-8thJan 12 - HS Open House for current familiesJan 16 - Spelling Bee 1st-4thJan 19 - No School, MLK HolidayJan 20 - Reenrollment begins, through Feb 20

DECEMBER 2014

HIGH POINT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

HS Band/Choir Little Caesars Sale

GSBC in "Christmas for the City" at First Wesleyan Church

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Christmas Tree Sale - Softball team