KNIGHTLINE January 20, 2017

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1 Covenant Christian High School KNIGHTLINE January 20, 2017 Weekly Calendar TONIGHT TOMORROW January 23 January 23 January 24 January 26 January 27 Looking Ahead January 28 G/B Heritage Christian ;GJV 4:30/GV 6:00/BV 7:30pm Yellow bus w/ girls and fans leaves at 3 pm; activity bus with boys Varsity 5:30pm. Boys home b-ball v. Tri-County (rescheduled from Dec. 17), 5/6:30pm Re-scheduled graduation gown measuring for seniors Girls home v. Culver Community, 5:00/6:30pm - SENIOR NIGHT! Boys home v. Washington Township, 5:30/7:00pm Girls Lake Station, 5:30/7pm (bus 4pm) Enrollment Forms due for returning students (form available at cchrhs.org, home page, lower left side) Junior/senior field trip money is due. ISSMA KVMS Boys home v. Faith Christian, 5:00/6:30pm January 31 Girls Basketball Sectional game #1 v. N. White North White (Activity bus 4:15) February 1 Yearbook price increases to $27! (see last page for order form & details) February 2 Boys home v. LaCrosse, 5:30/7:00pm February 4 ISSMA vocal/piano Boys JV b-ball Clinton Christian February 6 DMC v. Crown Point Christian b-ball here; Open House for prospective students, 3:30-6:30pm (info on pg. 8!) Feb. 6, 21. & 27 SCRIP dates February 9 Boys Victory Christian, 5:30/7pm (bus 4:15pm) February 11 Boys home b-ball v. River Forest, 5:30/7:00pm Military Recognition Night (information to follow) February 14 Boys Hammond Academy, 5:30/7:00pm (bus February 16 DMC Open House see pg. 8 for details February 17 Service Dinner ticket money due! Teacher In-Service Day (no school unless a third make-up day is needed, see below) February 18 Boys home b-ball v. Frontier Christian, 5:30/7:00pm - SENIOR NIGHT! February 20 President s Day (no school unless make-up day is needed.; see below for details) February 21 Boys Rochester, 5:30/7pm (bus leaves at 3:30pm) February 23 Boys W. Central, 5:00/6:30pm (bus 3:30 pm) February 25 STUCO Winter Banquet, 5:30 pm February 27 CCHS Information Night for prospective students Feb. 28- March 4 Boys basketball Caston time TBA March 10 End of 3 rd quarter Service Dinner, 6:30pm Marrch 15 Report cards March 16 PIE Spring Fundraiser Dinner SEE IMPORTANT NOTE ON PAGE 8! March 17 Juniors & Seniors Field Trip to the Art Institute of Chicago March Spring Break Apr. 7&8 CCHS presents Fiddler on the Roof (7:30pm both evenings) April 11 Annual Society Meeting (CCHS cafeteria) 7:00pm April 22 Spring Rummage Sale April Service Week February 20 Make-Up Day April 14 Good Friday/Make-Up Day February 17 Teacher In-Service/Make-Up Day May 1 Make-Up Day (CCHS ONLY) May 30 Make-Up Day June 1,2, etc. Make-Up Days as needed **PLEASE ADD THE ABOVE MAKE-UP DAYS TO YOUR CALENDAR; they will be used in this order** HOT LUNCH Date/Entree Helper January 24 Homemade Pizza Patti DeBoer January 31 Chicken Tender Wraps Jill Heerema February 7- Mini Corn Dogs Stacey Tolkamp February 14- Pizza Puffs Jennie Terpstra February 21- French Toast Sticks Lisa Heerema February 28- Walking Tacos Patti DeBoer

2 Guidance Office News: Good to Know Right Now: ISTEP+ TESTING: Date range is February 27-March 10. More information will be sent home when our dates are selected. (This will be for freshmen who will take the Biology portion, and the sophomores who will take the English and Math portions.) Don t forget to keep an eye on scholarship deadlines! Keep a schedule and start early! Many have a due date in January 2017! The deadline for our local ones through the Jasper Foundation is in just 2 months! DO NOT DELAY! ATTENTION ALL JUNIORS AND THEIR FAMILIES: This spring is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for Juniors to take ACT date Registration Date April 8 March 3 June 10 (@CCHS) May 5 SAT Date March 11 February 10 May 6 April 7 June 3 May 9 1 SAT and 1 ACT test. Students are also encouraged to retake the tests this coming summer and beginning of next fall as their best scores are very useful for scholarship consideration starting in September! Free study guides are available on the Guidance Bulletin board! REMINDER: Juniors and Seniors have 4 college visits EACH year available as excused absences. Make sure you use them wisely! A completed form is due to the office 2 days before your absence. Forms can be found on the Resource Wall next to the Guidance Bulletin Board. Keep an eye on the Google classroom! Added this week: Ivy Tech s array of Healthcare Specialty Programs, Abbott and Fenner Scholarship, and tips on choosing which colleges to visit! Code: 1xdn11 For Your Information: Saint Joseph s College will be visiting Monday, February 27! American Honors Program will be returning to meet with our Juniors on April 20 during activity period! Updated resources and information for grabs by the Guidance Bulletin Board! The service hours board in the back hall has ideas for your 2 nd semester 6 hour requirement! Check out the Cycling to End Poverty opportunity for this summer! New on the Service Hours Bulletin Board in the back hall: Indiana Wesleyan is a hosting a High School Conference April 7 & 8. (Musical weekend, I know.) Info is posted just in case! Relient K, Nicole Reyes, Zealand, pizza, dorm rooms, game show, fun! Cool Opportunity Alert: Interested in pursuing Education? Check out what 4H is offering February 10-12: a way for teens to learn about and get experience in teaching! Education areas they re covering: Healthy Living, Animal Biosecurity, and Biotechnology! Andrean High School is hosting a High School College Fair on Thursday, March 9! Great opportunity for all! Juniors- seriously consider going and start your research! FAFSA: The deadline for filing your FAFSA is March 10, 2017 It is not recommended that you wait. The Guidance page on the CCHS website has details on this year s changes! Need help filing your FAFSA? There s also a help number of FEDAID ( ). Completed your FAFSA? Students don t forget to create your login at to make sure there s no errors. It s incredibly important to complete this part of the process! Registration Date

3 National Honor Society- Knights Chapter Parents of Inductees: the KV Post newspaper will be uploading ALL Induction Ceremony pictures to their website in an album. Please remember to submit your $20 dues to Mrs. Rodriquez by February 6. Our first NHS meeting was this past week! Election for our officers will be next week! We re thrilled to have this awesome opportunity in full swing! Webinars available to members: Early Planning for College Affordability: Feb pm ET, Choosing the College That s Best For You: March 22, 7-8 ET, and First Steps In Your College Search: April ET. Contact Mrs. Rodriquez for more info! Sign up and register at Indiana Scholastic recognizes Brenna Tolkamp (11) as one of 137 students who received a Gold Key award out of 1293 writing submissions. Her personal essay, "Everything's Different," details the effects of dementia on a close-knit family. She wrote it for her grandparents. Congratulations, Brenna!

4 SPORTS NEWS Our first-ever Coaches vs. Cancer event was held on Saturday, January 14, and $350 was collected for the American Cancer Society! Thanks to all who gave. If you missed it and would still like to contribute, please send donations to the school office by January 31 (make checks payable to the American Cancer Society). Many thanks to the coaches, officials and fans who made this event such a success! The Covenant Christian Athletic Department is seeking applications for a Head Varsity Volleyball Coach or a Head JV Volleyball Coach. If you are interested in either of these positions, or know of someone who would be interested, please contact the school office by Friday, January 27 at or contact Athletic Director Dennis Lins at Basketball results: Girls vs. Gary 21 st Century, (JV) won Varsity won vs. South Bend Career Academy, Varsity won vs. North White, (JV) Lost Varsity Lost Boys vs. South Bend Career Academy, JV won Varsity won ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Attn. Parents of Spring Athletes: If your student has not yet had a sports physical for the school year, now is the time! He or she will not be permitted to practice without one. Forms may be downloaded & printed from our school website ( click on the Athletics tab and select IHSAA Athletic Physical and Parent Consent Form ). Also Be sure to check out our spring sports conditioning schedules, which follow!

5 TRACK & FIELD CONDITIONING ( OPEN TRACK ) o Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday - 4:30-6:00. We will not have Open Track on the following days: Boys basketball home games: o Tuesday, January 24 o Thursday, February 2 Girls basketball home game: o Monday January 23 We will not have Open Track on any night the girls basketball team has a sectional game - TBD We also won't have any OFFICIAL Track Practice on any night the boys basketball team has a sectional game - TBD. We will, however, have Track Practice when the boys have a regular basketball game, including home games. OFFICIAL Track Practice schedule (starting February 13!) will be: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 4:30-6:30; Wednesday 4-5:30. No Practice Dates March 10th -Service Dinner April Service Week

6 Knights 2017 Baseball Open Gym Dates from 6:45 AM to 7:30 AM: Monday, Jan 23 Friday, Jan 27 Monday, Jan 30 Friday, Feb 3 Monday, Feb 6 Friday, Feb 10 Monday, Feb 13 Friday, Feb 24 Monday, Feb 27 Friday, March 3 Monday, March 6 **No Open Gym if school is delayed or cancelled** First Official Baseball Practice is Monday, March 13 th! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Girls Softball will hold open gyms on the following dates in January: Saturday, Jan 21-10:00am-noon (gym) Thursday, Jan 26-3:00-4:30pm (cafeteria) Saturday, Jan 28-8:00-10:00am (gym) Saturday, Feb. 4 10:00am-noon (gym) Tuesday, Feb. 7 3:00-4:30pm (cafeteria) Saturday, Feb :00am-noon (gym) Tuesday, Feb. 14 3:00-4:30pm (gym) Thursday, Feb. 16 3:00-4:30pm (cafeteria) Saturday, Feb :00am-noon (gym) Tuesday, Feb. 21 3:00-4:30pm (gym) Saturday, Feb :00am-noon (gym) Saturday, March 4 10:00am-noon (gym)

7 Gate Workers Covenant Home Basketball January/February 2017 Date Team Opponent Game Time Workers Sat. Jan. 21 Boys Tri-County (JV) 5:00 pm Wendy Kickert **(Games rescheduled from 12/17 cancellation)** (V) 7:00 pm Herrema Mon. Jan. 23 Girls Culver Academy (JV) 5:00 pm McDaniel (Senior Night) (V) 6:30 pm Gayle Zeldenrust Tues. Jan. 24 Boys Washington Township (JV) 5:30 pm Marla Vander Molen (V) 7:00 pm Jan Terpstra Sat. Jan. 28 Boys Faith Christian (JV) 5:00 pm Kopka (V) 6:30pm Shannon Williams Thurs. Feb. 2 Boys LaCrosse (JV) 5:30 pm Holmes (V) 7:00 pm Jan Terpstra Sat. Feb. 11 Boys River Forest (JV) 5:30 pm D. Herrema (V) 7:00 pm L. Herrema Sat. Feb. 18 Boys Frontier (JV) 5:30 pm Kopka (Senior Night) (V) 7:00 pm Gayle Zeldenrust

8 Concessions Covenant Home Basketball January/February 2017 Date Team Opponent Game Time Workers Sat. Jan. 21 Boys Tri-County (JV) 5:00 pm Kopka / **(Games rescheduled from 12/17 cancellation)** (V) 6:30 pm Shari/Randy Williams Mon. Jan. 23 Girls Culver Academy (JV) 5:00 pm Chris/Karen Ingram (V) 6:30 pm Walstra/Walstra (Senior Night) Tues. Jan. 24 Boys Washington Township (JV) 5:30 pm Steve/Doreen Beezhold (V) 7:00 pm Shari Williams/Suzie Ablas Sat. Jan. 28 Boys Faith Christian (JV) 5:00 pm Terpstra/Terpstra (V) 6:30pm / Thurs. Feb. 2 Boys LaCrosse (JV) 5:30 pm Devin Flores /Tawnya R. (V) 7:00 pm Marla VDM/ Robin McDaniel Sat. Feb. 11 Boys River Forest (JV) 5:30 pm Terpstra/Jen Holmes (V) 7:00 pm / Sat. Feb. 18 Boys Frontier (JV) 5:30 pm Devin Flores_/ (V) 7:00 pm Jenny VDM / (Senior Night)

9 More News HAVE YOU BEEN LOOKING FOR A WAY TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN THE DMCS COMMUNITY? The PIE Spring Pork Chop Dinner may be the answer! We have an immediate need for two more committee members to help plan and run this event. It s not a huge time commitment - a few meetings and one day of preparation/supervising on the day of the dinner are what s involved. Please call the school office ( ) or (secretary@dmcs-in.org) to volunteer! Covenant Christian High School Open House - February 6 Do you know someone that is interested in what Covenant has to offer? Are they wondering if CCHS could be a good fit for their family? Invite them to come for a visit! Covenant will be having an informal Open House on Monday, February 6 from 3:30-6:30 p.m. (This is the same night as the 8th grade CPCS vs. DMC basketball games.) At this event they will be able to tour the school, learn about a faith-based education, and receive academic and extracurricular information. All 8th graders in attendance will receive a coupon for the concession stand. Questions? Please call us at or visit our website at DeMotte Christian School Open House - February 16 Maybe you have a friend, neighbor, co-worker or family member who is interested in DMC for their children. What s the best way for them to find out if it s right for their family? Invite them to come for a visit! DMC will be having Open Houses on Thursday, February 16, from 8:30-10 a.m. and from 6:30-8 p.m. At these events you will be able to tour the school, learn about a faith-based education, receive academic and extracurricular information and have an opportunity to meet Mr. Brinks. HAVE YOU ORDERED YOUR Tickets for the 2017 Women s Retreat yet? Join us on February 18 th at Community Church in Roselawn, Indiana, and let God s light shine on your life in a special way for a little while. English breakfast tea, lunch, with chocolate fountain desserts, inspiring music, and guest speaker, Jane Rubietta will be the highlights of the day. Tickets are $ More information is available by calling (219) , or visit our website at Don t forget the Crown Point Christian School Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser tonight, January 20 th! Dinner will be served from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM. A minimum donation of $8 (12 years-adults) or $5 (5-11 years) is requested at the door. Children under 5 are free!

10 IT S YEARBOOK TIME AGAIN! The CCHS Yearbook Committee is working hard on the new yearbook, and they re taking pre-orders now. They ve done a great job getting sponsors, so this year s book will be a bargain only $22 if you order by January 31, or $27 after Feb. 1. (Use the order form found below). Print, cut here, and return with your payment Yearbook Student Name: # If purchased by Tuesday, January 31, price is $22. (After February 1, price is $27). Payment is due with order form. Please check one: Cash Check # dated - payable to DeMotte Christian Schools, Inc. (DMCS)