Last Thursday night was a very special time for HCCSA. The School Preview for grades 5th - 12th took place. The excitement was palpable and contagious. We had parents who gave of their time to prepare delicious desserts, host a table for our guests, give tours, and just make this night a true community effort. There were teachers who were teaching in their classrooms to a sampling of their class as prospective and current paretns came through touring each class, each laboratory, and watching our teachers and students i n action. Initially, the parents heard from our head master, Mr. Bill McGee about what makes this school, HCCSA, a special place. We heard from Dr. Mo Yazdi, our chemistry and sciences instructor share about why this school is a holy place. We heard from Mrs. Erin Valdez, our upper school Latin instructor, about the new upper school Classical and Contemporary Academies providing our students more academic options for next year. We heard from two of our students, Justin Andrews and Caroline Janssen, juniors who shared with us about their experiences and successes. Both mentioned the challenge of preparing their Junior Thesis and how it has grown them in the process. We would like to extend our thanks to all of the parents, teachers and students who helped us showcase this spcial school. We thank our guests for their interest and attendance. We thank our Lord for His blessing on our school. This was truly a night of Community Success.
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Congratulations to Bailey Barnes on our HCCSA Swim Team who competed in the State Championships in San Antonio last weekend. Bailey placed 16th out of the entire State in the 200 freestyle. Great Job, Bailey. We are proud of you!
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Congratulations to Coach Derek Banks and the varsity girls basketball team who have made it to the Playoffs. They play their first round playoff game on Friday night, Februaray 13th at 7:30 p.m. vs. Bracken Christian in Bulverde.
GO KNIGHTS
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: Lia Mote
lmote@hccsa.org
Hill Country Christian School of Austin
(512) 331-7036
Fax: (512) 257-4190
WWW.HCCSA.ORG
January 7, 2009
Austin, Texas
Fish, Levers, Pulleys, and Shakespeare:
Hill Country Christian School of Austin 4th and 5th Graders Take On the D.I. Challenge
Hill Country Christian School of Austin proudly announces its participation in Destination Imagination (DI). Destination Imagination Teams often face unique challenges to solve. DI teams could very likely choose to create a machine using levers and pulleys to gather fish while quoting or acting out Shakespeare or an interesting combination thereof. The team members make all the challenge decisions with parent coaches offering minimal input in the process. Students will be challenged to use creative and critical thinking, develop teamwork, collaboration and leadership skills while improving research and inquiry skills where both creative exploration and attention to detail count.
Mrs. Melanie Cravey, faculty advisor and member of the Capital Area DI Board of Directors says “In bringing the DI program experience to Hill Country, I sought an opportunity to expand our school’s non-athletic extracurricular offerings with a program that encourages critical thinking, creativity and thinking outside the box skills that are complementary to our schools’ classical orientation.” She wasn’t prepared for the enthusiastic response. Out of 101 4th and 5th graders at Hill Country 21 have volunteered to be on DI Teams representing the school this February in regional DI competitions.
Terri Alvarez, Capital Area DI Director said, “I am so thrilled Hill Country’s pilot year has had such and overwhelming response. I look forward to partnering with Mrs. Cravey as the teams prepare for our regional competition in February.”
Destination Imagination is a community-based, non-profit, volunteer-driven educational organization that teaches young people from Kindergarten through University-level the critical and creative thinking skills needed for success in the 21st Century.
ABOUT HCCSA:
Hill Country Christian School of Austin provides a Christ-centered, classical, college- preparatory education for students in grades Pre-K through 12. The school is located at 12124 RR 620 North Austin, TX 78750 and is a ministry of Hill Country Bible Church NW. For more information, please see www.hccsa.org.
a little something for your child’s stocking? Why not give them memories from their school year? This week only, the 2008 - 2009 HCCSA Yearbooks are on sale for $40 each. They return to their normal price of $55 each after January 1, 2009.
Order forms were sent home with your child last week or you can pick them up at the front desk in the Northwest Lobby or download and print out the attached form.Yearbook Stocking Stuffer Special Form
Don’t miss this opportunity to buy our yearbooks at a great price!
CROSS COUNTRY TRACK TEAM: MIDDLE SCHOOL: Last week at Wimberley High School Cross Country Meet 7th grader Carissa Sato won the entire middle school division including 8th graders in the girls’ division. The previous week Carissa came in 9th place out of 350 middle school runners in 7th and 8th grade at the McNeil High School meet in Round Rock. This is the largest meet in the State with almost every middle school in the state competing.
CC VARSITY BOYS: The boys team walked away with the championship trophy! Graham Bremer came in 2nd place over all, followed by Kyle Sullivan in 3rd place with less than half a second behind. Josh Achors finished out of the top 10 in 10th place. Stephen Webster was 15th and Freshman Patrick Sullivan came in 22nd.
CC VARSITY GIRLS: Caroline Janssen began her season with a first place finish. Our team has officially made it to the State Cross Country Meet in Waco the weekend of October 18th. Let’s support our Knights! Go see them. Details will be coming your way!
FOOTBALL: Our Knights football team is looking good this season with wins the last three weeks in a row with our team scoring 67 unanswered points against Tomball Rosehill increasing a 27-8 second quarter deficit to win 75-27.
MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Our 11 man middle school team is currently 2 - 0 having defeated Regents and Austin Trinity.
VOLLEYBALL: Last week our volleyball team defeated Waldorf and holds the sole possession of first place in District 6-2A. Our Middle School team defeated Brentwood in an exciting three game battle.
