December

Birthdays!

Jadyn Willey 12/01

Jedidiah Swayze 12/02

Chloe Burhans 12/21

Ryleigh Burnett 12/25

Elizabeth Betters 12/28

Zahara Petrella 12/30

School will be closed from

Wednesday, December

23rd through January 3rd

for Christmas break.

Classes will resume on

January 4th as shown on

our yearly calendar.

Our Annual

Christmas

Concert ♦December 17, 2009

at

♦7:00 PM in the

Church Auditorium

♦High School Choir

♦Elementary Classes

presenting Christmas

selections

♦Special Music

♦Instrumental

Ensemble

December Newsletter ortland

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On October 28th we sent in a total of 1,985 BOX TOPS for a total of $198.50. GOOD JOB! Please be sure to check all your household items since you can find “Box Tops” on everything from tissues to cereal to snacks to paper towels. You can now find them on Avery school supplies. We get ten cents cash for every “Box Top” and they add up quickly! Be sure to ask neighbors, grand-parents, friends and church members to save them for you! Keep saving so

we can earn some more money this spring!!

Remember for “Soup Labels” we just need the bar code. I am noticing we

are still getting some label fronts and we have to throw them away as the bar code is not included. We would like to see more labels, so ask everyone you can think of to save them! We will be sending off our soup labels the first

of the year.

Please feel free to send all empty inkjet cartridges and we will check to see if we can redeem them for cash. Tell everyone, including people at your work. We

can collect a lot of these if companies will save them for us!

Box Tops Update Yearbook Senior pictures and Per-

sonal Display Advertise-

ments need to be in by

February 15 to the year-

book staff. Seniors, if

you don’t give us a stu-

dio picture we will be

using the one from the

school student picture

day. Parents of seniors if

you plan to have an ad,

make sure it is on time

because it is time con-

suming to make all the

ads fit nicely.

Teachers' Conference

The teachers recently went to Sturbridge, Massa-

chusetts to this year's teachers' conference. It

was a great experience all the way around. The

main speakers were inspirational, reminding us

why we are teachers and why children's educa-

tion is important. The individual seminars which

the teachers attended offered great teaching tips,

techniques, and ideas which we all hope to bring

back to our classrooms to put into use. Also, the

musical entertainment was absolutely amazing.

The Annie Moses Band are a family of extremely

talented stringed instrument musicians who

blended music with testimony and lyrics to move

an entire room of educators. We also enjoyed

some time of wonderful fellowship with one an-

other. The CCA staff are very grateful for the op-

portunity to have attended the conference. We

came back truly enriched and blessed by our time

there. - Melissa Sweeney

THANK YOU TO ALL C.C.A. FAMILIES!

Cortland Christian Academy’s Sports News - Leah Sweeney

goals Saturday, while Hannah McGowan and Larissa Miller each added two in the victory. The final tally of the game was 8-3. This was the first Championship win for the Lady Saints since 1995. Boys Valley Heights Despite the eleven saves in goal by Tyler Stauber, the boys did not pull out a victory over Norwich in Saturday’s match. Caleb Kinney had the lone goal, with the game

ending at 7-1.

All-Stars, All-League, NY-Penn 11/6/09- 11/7/09 Leah Sweeney, Cai t l yn Blanchard , Hannah McGowan, Kristen Miller, and Larissa Miller were the slected All-Stars for the girls. Nathan Ploss, Kody Hatch, Caleb Kinney, Nick Rofe, and Landon Morey were the selected All-Stars for the guys’ team. Kristen Miller, Hannah McGowan, and Caitlyn Blanchard received All-League honors, and Larissa Miller received the League MVP award. Nathan Ploss, and Caleb Kinney both received All-League honors. On Sat-urday, November 7, a group of both

our guys and girls’ players, along with some other players from ESCAL, traveled to play in a tournament against the NY-Penn All-Star team. The final tally of the guys game was 6-3 NY-Penn. The final tally of the girls’ game was 2-1 NY-Penn. Nathan Ploss, Tieler Sweeney, Caleb Kinney, Nick Rofe, and Kody Hatch went for the guys’ team. Leah Sweeney, Dan-ielle Kinney, Kristen Miller, Diane Horton, Larissa Miller, Hannah McGowan, Caitlyn Blanchard, Rachael Dec, and Rachel Hicks all

went for the girls’ team.

Save the Date!!

Soccer Awards Night

December 3, 2009

6:30—8:30

(Check memo that was

handed out for

details)

10/20/09 Finger Lakes Girls After leading 6-0 at the half, the Lady Saints managed a 11-0 shutout on Tuesday night. Hannah McGowan had three goals with Diane Horton, Danielle Kinney, Rachael Dec, Kris-ten Miller, Alainey Sweeney, Mariah Ploss, Linnea Sweeney, and Charity Nelson each adding one goal. Beth Rofe had three assists. Boys Tyler Stauber had four saves in the goal for the Saints tight game which ended 1-1. Kody Hatch had the only goal for the boys match. Caleb Kinney had

one assist.

10/27/09 Oswego Semi-Finals Girls Hannah McGowan had two goals in the girls victory Tuesday, with Dan-ielle Kinney adding one goal. The Saints led 3-0 at the half and finished the game that way. Boys Caleb Kinney had the lone goal for the boys’ match. Tyler Stauber had eight saves in the goal. *Both victories ad-

vancing the Saints to the Finals*

10/31/09 ESCAL Finals Girls Bald-

winsville Leah Sweeney had four

Page 2 December Newsletter

Autumn is a busy time of year here at Cortland Christian Academy. It seems like there is much to accom-

plish and many projects to complete. The student body would like to thank all the families that participated

in “Operation Christmas Child” again this year. Many items were brought in along with money to help ship

the necessary packages. C.C.A. families have been more than generous and we are sure that God will richly

bless you for your sacrificial giving.

Another note of praise and thanksgiving is from the Class of 2010. Many were asked to bake pies, cookies,

cakes, breads, etc. for the Annual Senior Bake Sale which was set up in the Pyramid Mall in Ithaca. Seniors

and their parents worked hard on Friday and Saturday, November 20 & 21 to man the tables and set up bake

goods. We would especially like to thank Linda Hatch for her hard work in all aspects of the process that

made the sale a success. Our school has had a good testimony at the mall in previous years and was pleased

that the mall in Ithaca was gracious enough to let us set up again. Many schools have been denied these

privileges but when we say who we are, the comment is “ Cortland Christian Academy, yes by all means.”

We are grateful for the way in which students and parents have represented the school and we are thankful

for all who participated to make this sale a success.

engine. This may not seem like a

very large sum, but it does help.

Keep up the good work and share

these money saving ideas with all

your friends.

First Term Honor Rolls

Be sure to tell your children that

when they purchase these items from

the lunch room or if they bring them

in a lunch from home that they are

not to throw away the bag.

There will be a box in the cafeteria

where children may place these

items. You may also send extra

empty bags from home. Every little

bit helps.

Just a note: We just received a check

from Good Search for over $70 for

folks using Goodserch as their search

You Can Help! Beginning December 1, Cortland

Christian Academy will be collecting

Frito Lay Snack Bags along with Ca-

pri Sun juice drink packets. We will

collect the following Frito Lay bags:

Cheetos, Fritos, Doritos, and Lays

Chips.

We will receive $.02 per bag for each

of these items. The Capri Sun juice

packs will also net us $.02 per bag.

This is a good way to not only raise

some extra funds but also to recycle.

Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 3

Grade Student

01 Jocelyn Cobb

01 Wesley DeHart

01 Chloe Burhans

01 Jedidiah Swayze

01 Abigale Marsh

02 Nathan Reese

02 Joshua Anecelle

02 Hannah Morris

03 Ian DeHart

05 Michael Anecelle

05 Nicholas Anecelle

06 Nathan Burroughs

06 Brandon Nelson

07 Charlie Cheema

07 Jenna Stupke

08 Sarina Sweeney

10 Brianna Harvey

10 Kristen Miller

10 Charity Nelson

10 Elizabeth Rofe

12 Kody Hatch

12 Diane Horton

12 Larissa Miller

12 Keegan Nichols

12 Nicholas Rofe

12 Joseph Stupke

12 Leah Sweeney

Honor Roll Grade Student

01 Hannah Gibbs

02 Caleb Nelson

03 Jonathan Oliver

03 Lucas VanAuken

05 Evelyn RIpley

06 Linnea Sweeney

07 Matthew Anecelle

07 Korissa Kinney

09 Alexis Flach

10 Caitlyn Blanchard

10 Hannah McGowan

10 Hannah Stupke

10 Alainey Sweeney

11 Rachael Dec

11 Landon Morey

12 Myles Gaines

12 Amber Jenne

Highest Honors

Grade Student

03 Reese Sweeney

04 Isac Burroughs

04 Tarra Kinney

04 Emily Nelson

05 Amery Jenne

06 Brandon Buchanan

07 Mariah Ploss

08 Esther Ripley

11 Caleb Kinney

12 Danielle Kinney

12 Tyler Stauber

Honorable Mention

The Class of 2011 are selling

Christmas Wreaths—$15.

See display on school door.

Wreaths are available on

December 4. See a member

of the Junior Class to place

your order.

We now have Tops and Price Chopper

Cards in $50 amounts. These make

great Christmas presents for the eld-

erly, pastors, teachers, and those “hard

to buy for” people in your life. Just

stop by the school office any school

day and purchase your cards. C.C.A.

receives a portion of amount spent to

help our expenses here at school.

The Grouch What good did it do to be

grouchy today? Did you cover

more ground than you usually

do, because of the grouch carried

around with you? If not, what’s

the use of being so cross when in

the end…it creates such a loss?

If it doesn’t assist you, it isn’t

worthwhile. Your work may be

hard, but just do it—and smile.

— Unknown

On Wednesday, November 18th, the fourth and fifth grade classes participated in our Annual Mancala Tour-

nament. Mancala is a simple but strategic game that originated in Africa. It is played on the ground with

small pebbles.

We enjoyed our tournament play in the comfort of our classroom using wooden bins and gemstones. Many

practice sessions were conducted throughout September until tournament day. Fifth graders led the way hav-

ing a year of experience under their belts; however, fourth graders were not to be outdone. They made a terri-

fic show of effort and in one case of success.

Finishing in first place was Keresten Sweeney with nine wins. Breaking a tie was necessary to determine

second and third places. Finishing second with eight wins was Micah Ploss, while Michael Anecelle brought

up third place with seven wins.

In addition, fourth and fifth graders have been learning to count change. Thanks to Tops Market for the loan

of a real till that we filled with real money as we counted our way to mathematical success. Fifth graders re-

membered the lesson learned last year, and fourth graders were very quick to find success with this task as

well. Change, anyone?

Finally, to cap our unit on rocks we ate “rocks.” The metamorphic marble was most favored; however, igne-

ous, sedimentary, metamorphic… whoever knew science could be so tasty?

MANCALA MANIA

“ Frogs have it easy;

they eat what bugs them!”