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2010 Elementary Tribal Competition

May 10, 2010

Elementary Tribal Competition at Cypress Christian School is similar to Field Day at other schools. It is run as both an individual and team event. This is done to promote inter-grade camaraderie and to develop an awareness of what it is like to be part of a team, as well as to develop good sportsmanship in competition. Each child is assigned a tribe (team) when they first enter school at CCS. They remain with that team until they move on to the next grade. The teams are divided into the tribes (sons) of Israel. Each tribe member competes to earn individual awards and team points. As a finale to the competition, each tribe competes in the ultimate tribal event - tug of war. The tribe competes together and includes all kindergarteners through fifth graders at the same time. Throughout the competition and during our school year, we encourage students to be happy for their teammates and classmates - no matter how well they perform themselves. We would like all of our students to win with humility and lose with dignity, showing Christ’s love in all they do, even competition. They only truly lose if we do not take the opportunity to help them learn this important lesson.

2010 Elementary Tribal Competition
God blessed us with perfect weather for our day and great volunteers who worked hard and helped the events of the day run smoothly and joyfully. Our tribal leaders (please see names of secondary students below) served as buddies to elementary students and helped wherever needed. They were enthusiastic, energetic, and endearing. They prayed with our students, encouraged them, and led by example. Our National Junior Honor Society students timed the events for us. We could not have made it without their dedication and flexibility. Our photographers captured great shots of our students enjoying the events, their buddies, and their teams.

Thanks!
Thanks to the following groups for making the 2010 Elementary Tribal Competition an organized, fun, and blessed event!

Volunteers: Thanks to each and every volunteer who helped before, during, and after the event. We could not have done it without you!

Donor: N.D. Chandler Air Conditioning for supplying the inflatable obstacle course and feeding our student leaders.

Photographers: Mrs. Muehlenbrock for being in charge of the photographers. Mrs. Braun, Mrs. Byrne, Mrs. Ramsey, Mrs. Shanks, Mrs. Velez, Mrs. Wahmhoff, and Mrs. Welch for the wonderful pictures you took of all of our students.

Concessions: Debbie Stowell for keeping us supplied with food and drinks. Also, thanks to Coach Martin and Cindy Wilhite for helping stock the concession stand!

Coordinator: Angie Wiley for all her help prior to and throughout the entire event.

Secondary Student Tribal Leaders: Thanks to all of our secondary student tribal leaders who gave their time and talents to minister to our elementary students with love and encouragement. Our buddies loved the time they were able to spend with their leaders: Brandon Galloway, Ana Tallackson, Michael Teague, Kyle Francis, Joshua Martinez, Jonathan Mason, Usman Mohammed, Natalie Moore, Daniel Rodriguez, Lexus Van Pelt, Chelsea Vincent, Amanda Wilhite, Anne Yalamanchili, Abbie Grosskopf, Troy Mason, Connor Sparks, Nikki Vance, Alyssa Beach, Hayley Landry, Shannen Longridge, Travis Wilhite, Cody Callahan, Calvin Novotny, Reagen Wiley, and Andrew Wilson.