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The CA ice rink is open! While we do have a number of helmets and pairs of skates available to borrow, the need is currently greater than the supply. If you have skates or helmets at home that are not being used, please consider donating them. Bike, hockey, lacrosse, football, ski, etc. helmets are all welcome. Donations can be dropped off in the box outside the bathrooms by the Stu-Fac. Thank you!

We are off to a great start this new year at CA. Enjoy some photos from January (and a few left over from the end of December)!

• Campus scene, including this past weekend’s Yale Model UN trip, Admad cookie baking, a French Club event, HMart trip, Phelps baking, and more!
• Griffin Museum Secondary School Photography Exhibit
• Winter athletic photos (basketball, wrestling, squash)

As always, you may find photos from the entire year in the main CA parents folder.

The entire Concord community is looking forward to cheering on our four basketball teams and the wrestling squad as they take on Lexington Christian Academy in the Battle of Lexington and Concord on Friday, January 25. This is the 16th edition of “the battle.” CA will win back the Red Drum trophy if we prevail in at least three of the five scheduled contests. All games will be played at LCA. The boys JV basketball game will start at 3:30 p.m., girls JV basketball at 4:45 p.m., coed varsity wrestling at 5 p.m., boys varsity basketball at 6 p.m., and girls varsity basketball at 7:15 p.m. Go Green!

Please note that classes will end at 11:50 a.m. on Friday, March 8, for spring break and will resume on Monday, March 24. Houses will close at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 8, and reopen at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 23.

The class of 2020 (juniors) will depart on Friday, March 29 at 2:30 for Prindle Pond Conference Center in Charlton, MA where they will take part in a leadership retreat. They will return Saturday, March 30 by 5 p.m. This is an annual event that helps to prepare the rising senior class for leadership positions they may take on in the coming year, and initiatives they may wish to begin. The class of 2019 (seniors) will take part in a senior transition seminar on Friday, March 29 from 3:00-8:00 p.m. located on campus.

Please join us for the next PIN meeting on Wednesday, January 16, at Dexter Southfield from 9 to 11:15 a.m. The topic will be “Civic Engagement: Inspiring Our Children to Lifelong Community Participation” with the following heads of school: Kerry Brennan, Headmaster, The Roxbury Latin School, Tamara Schurdak, Head of School, The Chestnut Hill School, and Todd Vincent, Head of School, Dexter Southfield School.

CA Parents will be hosting an International Potluck for all students on Saturday, January 26, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Stu-Fac. This annual event is an opportunity for CA families to share and celebrate their cultural and family traditions. For some, the meal is an introduction to dishes from other regions of the world, while for others it provides comfort, as students enjoy the cooking they miss from home. Most importantly, this event is about bringing people together to share in the gift of food.

A charismatic opera singer and Boston University graduate student, Tai Oney became CA’s choral director in September 2018. It’s a role that represents a change for the award-winning countertenor, who has performed around the world and spent much of the last decade based in London. But it’s a role that allows him to combine his own artistic pursuits with his desire to give to others what a dynamic teacher once provided him.

CA English teacher Nick Hiebert will be leading a discussion of No Ashes in the Fire by Darnell Moore on Wednesday, January 30, at 6 p.m at a parent’s home in Concord. The CA faculty book group read this book last month in the context of ongoing discussions about inclusion at CA. Nick will bridge their discussions to ours as we reflect upon the relevance of the issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the CA community, as well as other topics raised by the book. If you plan to attend, please contact Judy Osher P’17 ’19 (ja.os@verizon.net) or Frank Craig P’14 ’17 (fpcraig404@gmail.com) for location details.