Christ Church, home of the cavaliers. There’s not really any one particular way to describe CCES. Some opt to use words such as, “Character. Community. Excellence. Service” while others simply call it a Church School. However you describe Christ Church, if you were a Cavalier then you know these 24 things to be true.
1. You love blue and white
They’re beautiful colors and something about wearing them makes you proud to be a Cavalier.
2. On Wednesday’s, you dress up
The entire first month of me being away at college, I would think to myself, “Perfect, I have just enough shirts to get me through the week - I only need 6 because Wednesday I have to wear a dress.” Wednesday Chapel days are instilled so deeply in your mind that even long after you leave CCES you still feel the need to dress up on Wednesdays.
3. No one really knows what Reggie Titmas’ job is, but he always seems to be there
Is the the Anderson bus driver? An administrator? A teacher? All three? No one really knows, but he is almost always at school.
4. You can write a thesis paper in a matter of minutes
You are no stranger to being a signed a five page paper due in three days. It’s second nature to you. Writing comes easily and MLA format is even easier.
5. Barbara Carter haunts your dreams
Your RRJ due almost every other day, her impossible quizzes, her strict nature and never ending assignments . . . She scares you, but she prepares you well.
6. Triba’s cookies are to die for
I NEED HER RECIPE! These cookies were the most amazing thing in the world. If you were there during 2013-2014, you know how devastating it was when she stopped making them because some mom said the cookies were, “Making her kid fat.”
7. Wes Clarke’s dad jokes actually make you laugh
They shouldn’t, but they do.
8. No one actually calls Wes Clarke “Mr. Clarke” when he’s not around
I can’t explain it, but you just don’t do it.
9. Same with Pistol Pete
Mr. Sanders, even though he is leaving, is for some reason known as Pistol Pete.
10. The college counselors are your favorite and best resource
You’re applying to 15+ schools? They got you. You have no earthly idea where you want to go? They got you. You’re in tears because they stress is getting to you? They got you.
11. You don’t realize how tiny your class size is until you hear someone say, “There were 1000+ kids in my grade.”
You probably graduated with less than 100 kids in your grade. The largest academic class you were in had a maximum of 20 people. You knew everyone by first and last name along with a detailed description of their life story.
12. Dropping out is unheard of
When your parents are paying thousands of dollars for you to be there, you don’t drop out. No one ever drops out. They may transfer, but they don’t drop out of school.
13. Ditching class is unheard of
You may be able to get away with leaving early/not coming to school, but you can’t just not show up for one class.
14. Miss Allison’s announcements are a product of God’s divinity himself
Hearing her make an announcement is the highlight of your day.
15. When you heard Pistol Pete was leaving to go to another school, you shed a little tear
He is a great principal and will be missed!
16. No one uses the proper title for anything
It’s not high school, it’s upper school. It’s not principal, it’s director. If you’re a cavalier, you don’t use the proper terminology for anything.
17. Getting to take Zebell’s psych fills you with excitement
Whether you’ve heard about his cockroach experiments or his projects where you must break a social norm, you know that you’re in for a treat if you get to take his class.
18. You’re constantly wondering if the school could make up dumber rules... and then they do.
First it was no leggings, then you were forced to leave your cell phone in a shoe holder, then they had forced advisee bonding time.
19. Prom is a legitimate gala
It’s high school prom, but Cavaliers tend to go all out. It is a beautiful occasion that you look forward to all year.
20. You just want to wear leggings, but Molly Miller will snatch you up before you can even cross the threshold of the school
Rules are rules, she’s just doing her job. No one knows why leggings were banned, but you just want them back. If you’re thinking about slacking off on Friday and wearing leggings, don’t. You will be sent home before you can even enter the building. #BringLeggingsBack
21.When you needed medicine, you contemplated dying instead because it was less painful than walking to the middle school health room
The Upper School “health room” consists of some advil in a drawer. Anything else, you must trudge across campus to get to the middle school. Whoever decided to replace the health room with a security room did not think some things through.
22. Your lost and found looks like a Patagonia store
Anytime you go to the lost and found you’re bound to find some treasures. The lost and found table is filled with forgotten name brand clothes.
23. You forgot your calculator the day of a math test? Head to the lost and found
Going along with #22, your lost and found has EVERYTHING.
24. 555 Cavalier Drive will always hold a special place in your heart.
