The Cavalier Chronicle New Covenant School Newsletter March 2018

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Sports Highlights

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March 2018

NCS Basketball: STATE CHAMPS!

Clearly this year’s Lady Cavs team

was fueled for success. After

dropping their first game of the

season, the Lady Cavs ripped off 9

wins in a row before a disappointing

mid-season loss to Hampton Park.

The New Covenant girls responded

quickly as they rolled off another 9

consecutive wins including two

victories in the SCACS State

Tournament to finish 18-2 overall

and 6-0 in their conference.

Overcoming obstacles became the theme

of the season for the Cavalier boys. The

first obstacle, and arguably the biggest

obstacle the boys teams has faced since

its inception three years ago was when

Coach Miller ruptured his Achilles

tendon during mid-season practice.

So it was no surprise to anyone that

when they were down 14-2 early against

Foothills Christian School in the SCACS

State Championship game they did not

panic. They did what their coach had

taught them to do. They fought and

clawed their way back into the game and

ultimately came out on top to secure

their second straight SCACS 1A State

Championship.

March 2018

Alumni Spotlight

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Alumni Spotlight NCS Alumni hit the big screen!…

… the jumbotron at Clemson’s Littlejohn

Colosseum that is. Clemson University

hosted its annual Campus Movie Fest on

Wednesday, February 21st. The festival is

a free event open to everyone and

showcases the 16 best of all the short-film

entries. The entrants are photographed on

the red carpet, able to win various prizes,

and are treated with cookies, popcorn and

refreshments throughout the evening. The

entrants do not know if they were chosen

until their video is shown on the screen

(or not).

On the Red Carpet (L-R) Chase

Harmon, Rebecca Lamb, Will Phillips,

Anna Milford, Adam Mortenson, Taylor

Skipper

This year, NCS 2017 alums Chase

Harmon, Rebecca Lamb, Anna

Milford, Adam Mortenson,

Will Phillips and Taylor Skipper

entered the contest and were of the

16 chosen from 86 entries.

What an accomplishment for a first-

time freshman group! The short-

film, which had to be less than 5

minutes, titled, “Make A Friend”,

was written, directed, filmed and

edited by Adam Mortenson, who

came to enjoy film-making through,

of all things, NCS Spanish class.

Spanish teacher, Sra. Kelly

Wickiser encourages students to do

a semester project, with a video

(spoken in Spanish of course) as

one option. Adam and his star

actors, mentioned above, were so

elated to have been chosen and

were encouraged by the crowds

comments, cheering and clapping.

Fellow alums and former Spanish

video comrades, Brooke Carver and

Maddie Smith, were in attendance

as well and were able to share the

joyous moment. Who knows what

big screen you’ll find these alums

on next?

NCS Events

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March 2018

Spring 2018 Play The Importance of Being Earnest

The NCS Drama program was

rebuilt in 2014 and has been a

booming success ever since.

Everyone involved in the

production becomes a part of the

drama family.

Those familiar with previous

productions may remember that

seven wonderful seniors

graduated last year. These seniors

had been a vital part of the NCS

drama family.

This year’s cast is a mixture of

familiar and new faces. James

Curnow will be returning to the

stage. Curnow has been involved

in six drama productions. The

audience will also be delighted to

welcome new actors, such as John

Michael O’Neal, to the stage for

the first time.

Students have been hard at work

on this year’s spring production of

The Importance Of being

Earnest by Oscar Wilde. The play

will be preformed April 26, 27,

and 28. Mark your Calendar! We

hope to see you there.

Mark Your Calendars….

3/9 End of 3rd Quarter

3/27 T-Shirt Tuesday

3/29 All School Chapel

3/30 Good Friday (No School)

4/2 - 4/6 Easter Break

Pre-K News PRE-K UPDATE Bailey Rountree, Preschool Director

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In preschool, we learn letter

recognition, letter sounds, and how to

write letters. Then we start learning to

put those letters into words and we start

learning how to read those words. By

the end of K4, many of our students are

starting to read. Dr. Seuss books are

helpful to our students in helping them

to see that reading is fun! From

February 26 to March 2 we celebrate

Dr. Seuss week by dressing up and

reading the stories Dr. Seuss wrote. It

makes for fun school days, which brings

such joy and delight to our students.

“A joyful heart makes a cheerful

face, but when the heart is sad, the

spirit is broken.” Proverbs 15:13

March 2018

Mrs. Bruynell’s K3 class during Dr. Seuss week

Our ultimate desire is for our students to be

able to read the Bible and all of the things

we learn in preschool are helping and

guiding our students in that direction.

For our preschool chapel time, we are

working on learning many songs and verses

about the Gospel. We talk about how we do

not have any good in us (ref. Romans 3:12)

and that we need Jesus to give us a new heart

so we can have the Holy Spirit in us to do

the things God wants us to do. We are

learning Proverbs 15:13, “A joyful heart

makes a cheerful face, but when the heart is

sad, the spirit is broken.” God tells us to be

joyful always, and a smiling face is a way

for us to know when someone has a joyful

heart. To go along with the Proverbs verse

we sing “If You’re Happy and You Know

It.” We truly desire that our students never

know a day without Jesus and that they see

Christ in all things. What a blessing to have

a school where this is top priority!

NCS LIFE

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Grandparents &

Loved Ones Day

March 2018

This year, we celebrated our fourth annual

Grandparents and Loved Ones’ Day on February

9. We had over 300 guests come for this special

day. Our guests had a morning packed with

many fun activities, which included classroom

visits, cookie decorating with loved ones, book

fair shopping, live music to listen to while

enjoying coffee and muffins, art show for

viewing, and a performance by our preschoolers

to 5th graders.

Caroline (1st) and Caleb (3rd) Byce

with their grandparents

Our Grammar School classes welcomed our

guests in their classrooms first thing that

morning and decorated cookies together.

Preschool classrooms were visited following the

performance. Our Book Fair was hosted by Alex

Alford, an Usborne Book Representative. The art

show and the live music was coordinated by Mrs.

Marie Wright, NCS Art Teacher and Librarian.

The art show was a display of artwork by our

kindergarteners to 5th graders.

The live music was performed by Noah Van

Wieren (10th), Olivia Burdette (8th), John

Michael O’Neal (12th), Elliott Wright

(10th), Kaitlin Curnow (10th), Zoe Wickiser

(11th) and Lily Wickiser (8th). Casey Keese

and Jenny McMahan and many other moms

worked very hard in decorating and

organizing the cookie decorating time. For

the performance, the preschoolers recited

Matthew 22:37-39 and sang several songs

about God’s love. The Grammar School

students shared many things they learn

during their Memory Meeting and shared

“Cookies: Bite-Sized Life Lessons” from

the books written by Amy Krouse

Rosenthal. Our students 5th grade and

younger were dismissed from school at

11:30 so they were able to spend more time

with their loved ones. The morning was

such a sweet time of fellowship! We are

always delighted to have our loved ones

here on our campus to share with them all

we are learning and the many ways God is

growing and blessing our school!

Blaine Hege, K2, decorating cookies

with his grandmothers

March 2018

Senior Spotlight

Senior Spotlight

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I have been a student at New

Covenant School since K-4. I am

very thankful to have been given the

opportunity to grow up in a school

that puts God first in everything they

do. Perhaps the most important

aspect of my education from New

Covenant was learning how to think

for myself and not just take

someone’s word for something. This

is a very important skill to have as I

move on to college next year where

not everyone will have the same

beliefs as me. The past three years I

have been able to play on the school

basketball team. Being on this team

has taught me things that could never

be learned in a classroom such as the

ability to follow and trust somebody

else’s leading and how to be a good

leader. Also, being able to say that I

won back to back state

championships in high school is a

pretty cool accomplishment.

After I graduate, I plan on attending

Clemson University and studying

Animal and Veterinary Sciences. The

education that I have received at New

Covenant will not only help me excel

in the classroom but also in almost

any other activity that I might choose

to do. I am confident that as I prepare

to move on from high school, I have

received the best possible education

as well as a strong rooting in my

faith.

Grayson Hardy

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