Boys Team Spotlight The Varsity Boys Team is off to a

phenomenal start to their season. Key

players this season have been Stuart

Marshburn, Grayson Hardy, James Curnow,

Daniel Graves, Houston Funk and Miles

Miller.

Certainly, some of their success can be

contributed to Coach Miller who has been

coaching for 27 years – 3 of those with the

Cavaliers.

Coach Miller says that he tries to instill in

his team the values of hard work and

applying your best effort. His moto for the

team is "Every effort is my best effort". This

means that continual improvement is a

lifelong goal.

Coach Miller states that he is particularly

excited about seeing this group of boys find

their own identity as a family and see that

translate into on court success.

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Sports Highlights

Girls Team Spotlight The Varsity Girls Team is beginning their

season with an impressive 5-1 record. Key

players to keep an eye on this season include

Captain Molly Landis as well as Carrigan

Hovey, Caroline Lamb, and Zoe Wickiser.

Coach Canney brings to the team over 15

years coaching experience. In addition to

coaching Basketball he has coached

Baseball, Track, and Cross Country. He

enjoys coaching because it is an opportunity

to help students accomplish the mission of

NCS which is “to present our students

complete in Christ”.

The thing that makes the Cavaliers an

excellent team is that these girls work on

their game year round. Plus they love the

Lord and love each other.

Varsity Boys Team Current Record 7-1

Varsity Girls Team Current Record 7-1

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How can you support the Cavalier Varsity Teams?

Come out to the games and CHEER! LOUD!

January 2018

Pre-K News

And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God

with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your

mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. The

second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

On these two commandments depend the whole Law and

the Prophets.” (Matthew 22:37-40)

God’s faithfulness and hand of blessing

continues to be very evident each day. The fall

semester has flown by like it normally does. It

was filled with lots of fun and sweet memories.

Here is a recap of what our preschoolers were

up to during the Fall months:

September: This is the month where the

routine starts to settle in and we all get into the

school groove. We had a visit from a

Beekeeper, Mr. James Ott. The students love

this visit because Mr. Ott brings all of his

equipment, honey for us to taste and a bee hive

filled with bees. This is the month we get

to show our school

spirit by dressing

up for Spirit Week;

pajama day is

always a favorite!

October: We hosted our first Safety

Awareness Day in October this year. It was a

wonderful hands-on learning experience. We

had visits from the ambulance, police car

and helicopter! Yes, the helicopter landed in

the front yard of the school!!!

For Reformation Day,

we ministered to our

neighbors at Brookdale

(Assisted Living

Facility beside our

school). We did a

costume parade with

our book buddy classes

in the halls at

Brookdale. Such a

sweet time of

encouragement to give

smiles to the residents

at Brookdale!

November: We are a people who are

abundantly blessed because of our Redeemer

and the salvation He has given to us! Our

annual Thanksgiving Program was a sweet

time of giving thanks to our Lord. Our

Preschoolers sang a medley of Thanksgiving

Songs and one of them was a song of Psalm

105:1-3. God desires for us to make His

name known and for us to find our joy in

Him. Hearing the students sing these praises

to God brings tears to my eyes every time.

December: CHRISTMAS!!!!

Such a fun time of year! And

we have the greatest thing to

celebrate - Jesus’ birth! Our

almighty God humbled

Himself by coming in the

form of a baby to then many

years later die on the cross

and take the punishment for

our sins. What a delight to be

in a school where we get to

teach the real meaning of

Christmas!!

PRE-K UPDATE Bailey Rountree, Preschool Director

Kenya, K3, with Mrs.

Kristen, Director at

Brookdale on our Day

of Service

The K4 and K5 classes on our Safety Awareness Day

Book buddies

Jackson, K4,

and Townes,

5th grade,

ready for the

Costume

Parade to

Brookdale

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January 2018

NCS EVENTS

SOIL Campaign

Preschool Our preschoolers actually worked hard the

whole week to prepare for this special day. We

painted flower pots, planted succulent plants

in them and then delivered the plants to our

neighbors at Brookdale. We also sang

Christmas songs to the residents as well. What

a delight to bring such JOY to the residents

and staff during this joyous time of year. The

smiles on the faces of the residents was a

priceless gift! And through our Day of Service

our young students were able to learn that you

can minister to others no matter your age.

We are grateful for how the Lord has provided

for our school through our SOIL project this

year. We appreciate all who contributed time,

service, and your financial resources to make

this Mission project/fundraiser a success!

December 8 was our SOIL (Serve Others

In Love) Day of Service. It was a very

cold and the forecast said snow was on it's

way, but that didn't stop a morning full of

service.

Upper School All upper school classes served in local

organizations in Anderson including

Lights of Hope, AIM, and Meals on

Wheels. One group of students prepared

and delivered freezer meals to our

widows.

Grammar School Our grammar school classes also

ministered to widows and shut ins, and

packed emergency meals for Meals on

Wheels to deliver when hot meals cannot

be prepared. Our Kindergarten class

visited the fire station and shared some

Christmas cheer with them.

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January 2018

NCS LIFE Senior Spotlight

James Curnow

2018 is upon us and with it comes the promise

of great academic and spiritual growth and

change both personally and within New

Covenant School family as a whole. In order to

celebrate these changes we’ve re-launched the

New Covenant School Newsletter – the

Cavalier Chronicle.

Each month of the remainder of our school year

you will find a senior spotlight and highlights

from the previous month. The newsletter will

also spotlight families, upcoming events, and

alumi updates.

This is an exciting time for New Covenant as

we continue to live our mission:

“Presenting every student complete in Christ”

(Colossians 1:28).

Joining Our Staff Amanda Nelson, M.Ed. will be joining our staff

as the copywriter for the Cavalier Chronicle.

Amanda has over 15 years experience in the

field of education and has written articles for

Anderson Magazine as well as Newsletters for

Anderson University. She and her husband

Danny live in Anderson and homeschool their

four children.

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Amanda and Danny Nelson with their 4

children Stryder (9) Elanor (7) Thomas (5)

and Rosie (2)

I first attended New Covenant School in

kindergarten and part of first grade and after

being homeschooled I returned for my eighth

grade year. The past five years at New Covenant

have been an amazing opportunity to grow in

both my education and my faith. I feel that my

classes have instilled the necessary skills for

college life both in academics and in the ability

to think for myself and be firm in my doctrine

and faith. One particular class that I enjoyed

taking was Omnibus. This class was a

combination of class discussion and lecture,

and it allowed me to debate and defend what I

believe. While I did not necessarily enjoy the

work load, the Omnibus class gave me life skills

that will help me when I am no longer in the

Christian environment which I am in right now.

While attending New Covenant I’ve been given

the ability to enjoy many extracurricular

activities. I was in the dramatic productions

Arsenic and Old Lace, Death by Design, Wait

until Dark, and Harvey. I was also involved

in sports including a year of Cross

Country and three years of varsity basketball. I

hope to attend Clemson University in the fall. I

pray that I will be able to use the knowledge and

Biblical teachings which I received while

attending New Covenant to further the kingdom

of Christ in both my words and actions.