Coastal Christian Preparatory School

After collecting stuffed animals, coloring books, crayons, and activity books, Student Council members traveled downtown to the MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital to deliver items to the Child Life Development Center yesterday. This service project was in conjunction with the “Maggie Lee for Good Day”, a day dedicated to finding a way to do something good for others! We are proud of these students and their hearts to serve others! ❤️ 🖍️ 🧸

We finished out Spirit Week with Decades Day on Thursday and Favorite Sports Team Day today! We love seeing your creativity, and it’s been a fun week, Cougars! 🐾 💙

Students enjoyed “Hat Day” today, and it was so fun to see all of the unique hats! 🎩 🧢 👒 Spirit Week has brought a lot of joy and laughter to our campus!

Today was “All Dressed Up Day”, and students were invited to wear their fanciest attire! We loved seeing all of those outfits today, Cougars! 👔👗🕶️👠🎩

Today’s campus was full of color on our first day of Spirit Week for Tie-Dye Day! 🩵💚🧡💛💜 It was a fun way to start the week!

We are getting so excited about Spirit Week and our I:55 Book Fair that starts tomorrow! The Book Fair is set up and ready for student shoppers! The selection is incredible, and we are exited to share how we transformed our Lunchroom into an “Ocean Expedition” for the week! 📚 🐙 🎣 🦈 Check out the link in our bio to preview I:55 or shop!

Recently our 6th Grade students learned about the Mesopotamian Civilization and finished up their unit with a fun project. Each student hand made an item to sell in their class “Farmer’s Market”. We love this type of hands-on learning and our students do, too!

🍂 🍁We are enjoying the beautiful fall days and cooler temperatures. Many classes have taken advantage of our outdoor spaces, and 4th Grade enjoyed working on their descriptive writing assignments outside today! Teachers and students are looking forward to more days like this! 🍁🍂

Believe it or not, the planning process for the 2024-2025 season has already begun! Interested families should reach out now to begin the Admissions Process. Campus Visits have already begun for potential new families. Come see and hear all about CCPS! 🏫

Coastal Christian Preparatory School Preparing Students for Life: Emotionally, Spiritually, Academically, and Physically (K2-8th grade)

This was an exciting week for our Cougar Athletes! Our Cross Country team participated in an annual Beach Run with several other area schools, and CCPS took 1st place in the 2K race! 🏃‍♀️ This is our first year participating in SCISA swim, and our relay team took 1st place in their heat! 🏊‍♀️ We are so proud of the hard work these athletes have poured into the season! 🥇

Despite a rainy morning, our students were able to participate in See You at the Pole, a global day of student prayer! It is such a blessing to begin the day worshipping and praying for each other and our community! 🇺🇸 🙏🏼 ❤️

Mrs. Arvizu’s 2nd Graders have been studying what the Bible says about love recently! Students identified practical ways to show their friends love and have been challenged to put those into action around campus! We LOVE this! 💗 ❤️ “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” - 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

We are incredibly proud of our Student Council officers who traveled to the State House in Columbia today with Mrs. Loyd! They wrote a bill, presented it, and answered questions before the vote, and it passed! We love presenting our students with hands-on learning opportunities! 🇺🇸 🗳️

📣 🐾 Today was an exciting day for our first PEP RALLY of the school year! We introduced and cheered on our Cougar Athletes for Volleyball, Cross Country, and Swimming! We are so proud of these students and the hard work they have put into practices. It’s going to be a great season! 🏐 🏃‍♂️ 🏊‍♀️

🍏 It is Apple Week in 3K! Students in Mrs. Arbelaez and Ms. Sapienza’s class have been busy learning all about apples and how they grow. They have painted with apples, had an apple tasting, and even made their own applesauce! 🍎

Last week, Mrs. Gilliland’s middle school science students did an introductory lesson on Bioblitz. A Bioblitz is also known as a biological census, and the goal is to collect an overall count of animals, fungi, and organisms that live in a selected environment. Students began this process by making observations and taking measurements. We are looking forward to hearing what they find! 👩🏻‍🔬 🧑🏼‍🔬

Mrs. Godwin and Mrs. Harrell’s 3rd Graders love 🔦 Flashlight Fridays 🔦! They have an opportunity to read chapter books by flashlight, and they look forward to it each week!

Our 5th Grade students love having Media Class in our “Digital Den” 🐾 with Ms. Lively! This week, they were presented with the 4 major components of a traditional computer system. They learned all of the steps of connecting the pieces and powering on, and did a great job at comparing them to touchscreen devices. They were proud of their success, and we are excited to see all they learn this year! 💻 🖥️

Mrs. Reif’s first graders have been busy studying the book of Genesis and the story of creation! After listening to the story, they read aloud from the Bible together. We love the opportunity to share the Gospel with our students! ✝️🤍

The First Day of School has come and gone, and it was so much fun! It was great to fill the building with learning and laughter after a great summer. Welcome back, Cougars! We can’t wait to see you tomorrow!

Students were back on campus for Meet The Teacher this morning! It was great to see old old friends and meet new ones, too! We are looking forward to greeting students bright and early tomorrow for the First Day of School! 🏫 🍎 ☀️

It’s Back-to-School time, and our teachers are so excited! This week has been busy as we prepare our classrooms, hallways, and our hearts for a new school year. We are looking forward to greeting parents and students next week at our Back-to-School events! 🍎

📣 We are hiring for the 2023-2024 school year! We are seeking qualified candidates that are committed to teaching from a Biblical worldview. We would love to hear from you!

The 2022-2023 yearbook made its debut this week, and we absolutely love it! Our students have poured through each page remembering all of the wonderful memories from this year and have enjoyed having their friends sign them. We love the cover that reminds us to stay “Rooted in Christ” 🌳!

🍎 It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, and we have a lot to be thankful for! We are blessed the best teachers in the world here at CCPS. Our students showered their teachers with flowers today, and Cougar Fellowship has treats lined up all week to make them feel loved and appreciated! 💐 🍎

What better way to end a fun day than a visit from the ice cream truck! Thank you for such a fun afternoon! 🍦🍭

Water Day/Field Day was by far one of the best days of the school year! A big thanks to Coach Zisa and all of our parent volunteers for leading our students through so many fun outdoor activities. You can see the joy on our student’s faces! 💦 🏅

Last night’s performance of Charlotte’s Web was AMAZING! It was incredible to see our students shine with their God-given abilities to make us all laugh, cry, and smile! We are so very thankful for the time and energy our teachers poured into this process, and we are already looking forward to next year’s play!🕷️ 🐷

This week some of our Cougars started off their school day with some extra fun! Last month at the FBC-CCPS Silent Auction, a bus ride to school was one of many experiences auctioned off. Thank you to the Little Family for supporting our school. We hope you had a fun ride to school! 🐾 🚌

Our campus had a week full of Easter parties, egg hunts, parent visitors, and Spring crafts as we counted down the days to Easter and Spring Break. Most importantly, we focused on the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection! Wishing all of our Coastal Family a safe and happy week off! 🐣 ✝️ 🐰

Today our 5th Graders participated in a a fun “Egg Drop Challenge” and put their creations to the test. This was a great way to practice their problem-solving skills! 🥚

We are so proud of our Coastal Christian Walk for Water team! As a team, we were able to walk in the shoes of our global neighbors who do not have access to safe water. It was a beautiful day! ☀️ 💦 👟

Over the last week, our campus has been buzzing with excitement over our “Penny Wars” benefitting Walk for Water! Coins are positive points and dollar bills are negative points. The competition got pretty fierce with each grade level competing against the others. Over $1700 was raised, and the grade-level winner will be announced tomorrow! This is a great mission project leading up to Saturday’s Walk for Water event! 💦 💧

Last week’s STEAM Night was a huge success! Families and students of all ages came together for a fun evening full of exciting challenges, learning opportunities, engaging activities, and a pizza dinner! We love all things around Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math! A big thank you to our teachers and community partners!

Mrs. Tyler’s Middle School Math students certainly enjoyed celebrating Pi Day today! 🥧 🧮 In what they called “Moon Pi Day” students used sweet treats to cover the area and outline the circumference of a Moon Pie. They also marked the center and created a radius and diameter before enjoying their creations!

Today we celebrated an amazing basketball season with a Faculty-Staff vs. Students game! It was entertaining and exciting, and both the boys and girls teams walked away with WINS! 🏀 🏆 Go Cougars! 🐾

Spring is in the air, and Ms. Book’s 4K students are thrilled to see that their garden box is full of carrots and radishes! After picking their vegetables today, they even got to taste them! 🥕 🪴 👩🏼‍🌾

Recently our Middle School students had the opportunity to dissect frogs in Mrs. Cardwell’s science class l! This engaging and hands-on activity was certainly something to talk about! 🐸

Another huge congratulations goes to 5th Grader, Scarlett Tuvek for representing CCPS in last week’s SCISA Dance Competition. She brought home 1st Place in the Jazz Solo category for the Elementary division and was awarded the Overall Grand Champion in the Solo performance category! We are so proud of you, Scarlett! 🏆

We want to offer a big congratulations to 8th Grader, Natalie Loftin for her 1st Place winning essay and to 7th Grader, Izzy Coeyman for her Overall winning essay in the Fleet Reserve Association’s Annual Americanism Essay Contest! Last week they had the opportunity to read their winning essays to the Association, cheered along by Mrs. Loyd and their families! Thank you for representing CCPS so well, ladies! ✍🏼 📝 🏆