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Volume 3, Issue 3 November 2011
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New Elective Offered at CCA Mrs. Kreamalmeyer is the cooking class teacher for the second and third quarters this year. She teaches during second period every day of the week with only five students this quarter and nine students next quarter. This year is the first time Mrs. Kreamalmeyer has ever taught here. Lead Story Headline
So far, there have been no accidents involving bodily harm, but there were a few spilled pots and dishes. Mrs. Kreamalmeyer grades her students both by their performance or participation and also by giving them
quizzes on food terms. One of the challenges she faces in the class is trying to cook within the time frame she has. She cannot cook food that take a long time, like breads. She gets some of her recipes from cooking shows and online recipes from allrecipes.com. Mrs. Kreamalmeyer likes this school and she says, “I believe the students are enjoying the class so far.” Dyllan Schwend, senior and cooking class student says, “It’s an easy class to take.” She enjoys learning new foods to cook like toffee crescent
By Austin Schwend, junior
that hard and loves Mrs. Kreamalmeyer as a teacher. Kourtney Fraiser, sophomore and also a cooking class student, likes the cooking class teacher Mrs. Kreamalmeyer. He says he “sort of likes the food” they make in the class. Kourtney looks forward to eating the food he and the other students make. One of his favorite foods they made
Testimony by Destiny Holmes
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Kansas City Trip
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Lady Warriors Basketball
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Senior Profile: Kent Luster
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Warriors Basketball
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November Birthdays
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Fall Sports Banquet By JJ Russell, junior
rolls, barbeque chicken pizza, and many other recipes. Dyllan likes how the tests are not The Warriors had their annual fall sports banquet in November. Both teams had ended their seasons with good records. The Lady Warriors JV finished 6-2 and Varsity 13-8. The soccer Warriors ended 14-5. There were many awards giving out at the sports banquet. The Lady Warriors Most Determined Award went to Kaitlyn Gibbs and Micaela
Improved players were Chrissy Woods and Sharnece Latham, and the MVP’s of the season went to Kaylee McSpadden and Varsity captain Jerrica Russell.
MVPs and they were junior captains, Jaather Adams and JJ Russell. The soccer teams’ MVP went to senior Ryan Lane.
The Warriors soccer team had many award winners. The Christian Attitude award went to Jake Rogier and the Warrior Pride award went to Luke Adams. Most Improved player went to junior Ryle Caler. Defensive MVP went to Austin Fogg (Foggy). The Lady Warrior Volleyball Warriors had two OffenVarsity Squad
Congratulations to both soccer and volleyball teams on their outstanding seasons. We look forward to next year. Lady Warrior Volleyball JV Squad
Warrior Soccer Team
A Hunger for God By Destiny Holmes, guest writer
All my life, I have considered myself a Christian. I always understood the Bible, and the gospel and the story of what God did for us. I went to church and knew all the stories, but I never actually pursued God. I thought that as long as I knew I was forgiven and going to heaven, I didn’t need to do anything else or know God as a personal friend. I realized that I didn’t actually have a real love or hunger for God. This disturbed me; I didn’t know where to go from there. I finally found out that if I want a real relationship with Him, I had to pursue Him. You can’t just expect someone to Page 2
become your best friend without putting any effort into the relationship. So I decided I would pursue Him with my thoughts, my worship, and my actions. When I did this, really cool things started to happen. I developed a
in my own bedroom, just worshiping God and reading my Bible. Now I feel like I have an amazing relationship with Him and new experiences keep coming my way. I feel like a lot of kids think the way that I used to, that God is only good for letting
I developed a hunger for God and His will.
hunger for God and His will. I had several amazing experiences, not only in church services, like in my youth group, the Eddie James night, and a prayer night at Son-Life where a woman spoke words of God’s love over me, but
us into heaven. That
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Kansas City Basketball Trip By Ryle Caler, junior
On November 10-12, both the Lady Warriors and Warriors basketball teams went to Kansas City, Missouri to compete in a local tournament there. Sixteen teams showed up for this tournament; eight girls’ teams and eight boys’ teams. Everyday, both Warrior teams faced one team. Although the Lady Warriors put up a good fight, they lost all three of their games, coming in 8th. The Warriors had a bit more luck, winning their season opener 64 to 57 against Centerplace. The Warriors, coming off their first game win, played hard against Kansas East 1, but lost the game 73 to 43. The third game came down to a last second three point shot by junior JJ Russell, who celebrated a little bit too hard and gave himself a buttocks contusion and strained groin. Although he won’t be able to play for the next two weeks,
his sacrifice gave his team the 3rd place trophy. When freshman Alyssa Galloway and senior Belle Granados walked onto the court to begin their high school basketball careers, they were very happy to not recognize anyone. For freshman Jerrica Russell and her junior brother JJ, it was just the opposite. However, both Russells put aside their fears for the good of the team. “At first I had a little fear, but I knew that if my team saw me scared, then they would be really terrified. I had to show confidence so we could win,” were JJ’s words on the subject. Off of the court, both basketball teams enjoyed some downtime, a chance to hang out with their teammates, and a chance to enjoy Kansas City. For the boys, there seemed to be too much downtime, but for the girls, there wasn’t enough.
November Spirit Rally Student of the month: Elementary: Erika Gimber Middle School: Kaitlyn Gibbs High School: Lydia Stark Warrior Pride Award: Brenda Noeltner Spirit Stick Recipients: 7th & 8th Grades
Lady Warriors Basketball By JJ Russell, junior
The CCA Lady Warriors are starting off a new season. In previous seasons the girls have struggled to find success and become a real team. This year they look to turn things around. They have a new coach, new equipment, and new team members. The Lady Warriors’ new coach this year is Randy Roderick. Coach Roderick taught at Plaza Heights Christian Academy in Blue Springs, MO, and coached their girls’ basketball team. The reason he was led to CCA was because his wife got a job offer in St. Louis, so they moved here from Kansas City, MO. He wants his team to be committed to each other. He said his goals for the team are to “get better everyday, beat teams that play like us and surprise the better teams.” The team consists of senior Belle Granados, junior Jessi Roche, sophomores Claire Corpus and Chrissy Woods, freshmen Jerrica Russell, Anna Mitchell, Alyssa Galloway and Leann House, eighth grader Kaitlyn Gibbs, Volume 3, Issue 3
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Senior Profile: Kent Luster
By Ryle Caler, junior
Who is Kent Luster? Most of the students at CCA would answer that question by pointing or shrugging. Does anyone really know Kent? Kent came to CCA five years ago, brought by his parents and Jesus. That moment when he first stepped through the doors has remained in his mind as his favorite memory. Whether in or out of school, Kent’s favorite thing to do is to talk with his friends. When he munches on fried chicken, his favorite food, he likes to listen to his favorite song, “How He Loves” by the David Crowder Band. Kent’s favorite colors are purple, black, and green, and his favorite sports are volleyball and track. Biology is Kent’s favorite subject, so it comes as no surprise that he plans to attend SLU as a pre-med student. He will miss his friends and chapels the most, and to all the students he will be leaving behind, he left this quote: “If you can dream it, you can do it.” Boys’ Basketball By Austin Schwend, sophomore
The boys’ basketball team this year is being coached by Tim Gallion. Coach Gallion is from Robinson, IL, but is now liv- Warriors in action ing in Columbia, IL. When Tim is at home, he passes time by either playing with his dog or lifting weights. BePage 4
fore he started coaching for our school, he coached for the Hudsonville High School team. Tim says “We are gonna be a running team this year, so we work them hard,” so the boys’ team will practice on weekdays for two hours from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., except on Wednesdays for only one hour from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. “The boys will practice on Saturdays, if they don’t work hard The AccLaIM
enough on Fridays,” says Coach Gallion. They will have twenty-five games this year, including games for a tournament in Kansas City, Missouri. The boys’ team consists of juniors JJ Russell, Terrence Gambrell, and Corey Gray; sophomores Jake Rogier, and Troy Tapp; freshman Brett Tapp; eighth-graders: Terry Gambrell, Xavier Ellis, and Latrell Burns; seventhgraders Ryan Luster and Yolandis Gambrell; and
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20– Michael Stark 21– Emorje’ McCaleb
November Birthdays We’re on the web! istianacademy. Www.collinsvillechr org
15– Hope Mager
20– Destiny Holmes
16– Cole Mager
23– Demi Williams
20– Isabelle Stark 25– Matthew Bowen 27– Kobe Partee 13– Ms Hotson
Upcoming Events Dec 15– Christmas Concert. 8:00 P.M. Dec 20-21– First Semester Finals– 8:00 A.M.– Noon Dec 22-Jan 2– Christmas Break