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2024

  • September

    CDA Dallas Varsity Volleyball Team with the 1st place tournament trophy.

    CDA Dallas Varsity Volleyball Team Sweeps at Lakewood Presbyterian Tournament

    Katie Beth Pelley
    Over the weekend, the CDA Dallas Varsity Volleyball Team competed in their first volleyball tournament and took home first place! 
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  • LLC Students playing team building games.

    Dallas Lion Leadership Club Kick Off at Group Dynamix

    Katie Beth Pelley
    The Dallas Lion Leadership Club started the school year with many fun team-building activities at Group Dynamix. 94 students participated in the high ropes course, 9 square, archery, black light dodgeball, and more! The Lion Leadership Club is an excellent opportunity for CDA Logic School students to gain experience in community service and leadership.  

    The LLC’s first service project will be held on October 7, and we will partner with Human Impact to make "Bags of Blessing" to hand out to those in need. Human Impact is a local ministry that works with people experiencing homelessness.  
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  • August

    5th grade students building silver chairs.

    CDA Dallas 5th Graders Celebrate Great Literature

    Katie Beth Pelley
    Last week, 5th graders celebrated with a party to kick off the school year after reading The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. 
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  • The Class of 2025 at the Senior Retreat

    CDA Dallas Senior Retreat Weekend

    Katie Beth Pelley
    The weekend before the 2024- 2025 school year, 11 seniors shared a Senior Retreat at Lake Athens accompanied by several Rhetoric School faculty and staff. During the weekend, seniors participated in formative, bonding experiences to help develop leadership for their final year at CDA Dallas!
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  • The CDA Dallas Class of 2024 with Ms. McClure

    Rhetoric School Traditions with Ms. McClure

    Katie Beth Pelley
    Over the summer, Rhetoric and Logic School English teacher, Ms. McClure, hosted two special traditions for Rhetoric students. The purpose of these events was to build community and strengthen friendships. 
    For the class of 2024, she hosted a senior send-off, and for the upcoming seniors she hosted a rising senior tea at Lavendou Bistro. At the rising senior tea, the students enjoyed fellowship with one another as Ms. McClure set the tone for a beautiful year of literature! 
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  • May

    Rylan Lonergan with three first-place wins!

    Dallas Sophomore, Rylan Lonergan, Wins High School Track State Champion

    Katie Beth Pelley
    Last weekend at the TAPPS Track State Championship Meet, Dallas Sophomore, Rylan Lonergan, took home three first-place wins! 
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  • Top: Jared and Katie Beth Pelley and Andrew and Ana Bobo. Bottom Left: Jared and Andrew at Grace Prep's Class of 2008 Graduation Ceremony. Bottom Right: Andrew Bobo, Salutatorian and Ana Bobo, Valedictorian.

    Christian, Collaborative Education, A Model That Endures to the Next Generation

    Katie Beth Pelley
    For many CDA Dallas parents, classical, Christian, collaborative education is entirely new. My first real exposure to a University-Model® education was through my husband, Jared. For Jared, and two other CDA Dallas parents, Andrew and Ana Bobo, the University-Model® was not a new concept. It was a concept that profoundly impacted their education and spiritual formation. These three parents graduated in 2008 from the first University-Model® school in the country, Grace Preparatory Academy. 
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  • April

    Dallas Class of 2025- Capstone in Christian Wisdom

    CDA Dallas Capstone in Christian Wisdom

    Katie Beth Pelley
    On Wednesday, CDA Dallas Class of 2025 Juniors presented their Capstone in Christian Wisdom. The Capstone project and course demanded that they read, think, and write wisely. 
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  • CDA Dallas Rhetoric Students on the 2024 College Tour

    Touring Three Out of State Universities: Coram Deo Dallas’s Second Annual Rhetoric School College Tour

    Katie Beth Pelley
    Earlier this month Mr. Garrett Smith, College Guidance, accompanied a group of CDA Dallas Rhetoric Students on the second CDA Dallas College Tour. The group visited The University of Arkansas, John Brown University, and Oklahoma University.  
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  • March

    Noonday Prayer - Joining Christians Around the World to Celebrate Maundy Thursday

    Katie Beth Pelley
    This week in Noonday Prayer, we join Christians worldwide to celebrate and remember Holy Week - the week Jesus spent leading up to His Resurrection. 
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  • Dallas’s Lion Leadership Club Supports Our Community With a Carwash

    Katie Beth Pelley
    Recently, Logic School students in the Lion Leadership Club had the opportunity to serve our local Dallas Police Department substation. 
     
    Students hosted a car wash for the Dallas Police. 
    They dried off the exterior of the cars, vacuumed the inside, and wiped the windows and the exterior of the vehicles. 
     
    The students and the Dallas Police loved being together and the Dallas Police even asked the LLC to come back again. 
     
    We are grateful for how the LLC serves our community! 
     
    Thank you, Dallas Police Department, for working hard to keep us safe!
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  • Collin County Symphonic & Intermediate Band competes at TPSMEA Solo & Ensemble concert

    This past weekend, members of the CDA Collin County Symphonic and Intermediate Bands competed at TPSMEA Solo & Ensemble competition. We had 13 soloists participating, and EACH performer made a superior rating, which is the highest rating possible.  In addition, we had several soloists who performed class 1 (difficult level) literature advance to the State Solo and Ensemble Competition, which takes place May 25!  
     
    Students advance to state when they make a superior rating on a class 1 solo that is on the (UIL) Prescribed Music List. 
    * denotes students advancing to state 
     
    The following students received the highest score, Superior (1 rating):
    Brayden Axford
    Seth Bell*
    Joseph Bell*
    MuAnna Chien*
    Henry Colby
    Ray Kim
    Avery Meazell*
    Thomas Myslak*
    Giada Pangborn*
    Benjamin Pruski
    Abraham Watkinson
    Jasmine Yeh*
    Jedidiah Yeh*
     
    Congrats to ALL of our amazing soloists on their excellent work! Mrs. Clements is so proud of everyone who participated!
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  • Second Grade Festival - Greek and Roman Time Period

    Grammar School Festivals- A Vital Piece of the Grammar School Foundation

    Katie Beth Pelley
    At CDA, Grammar School Festivals are a vital component of the Grammar School foundation. Each Grammar School student participates in a grade-level festival presentation. Not only do festivals give students time to celebrate the history they learned in their grade, but they also develop their presentation skills before entering Logic school.  
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  • February

    Senior Jacob Turner Sets A TAPPS State Record

    CDA Dallas Swimmers Finish Strong at the TAPPS State Meet

    Katie Beth Pelley
    Earlier this month, Senior Jacob Turner and Freshmen, Luke Hulme and Koert Bouma represented CDA Dallas at the TAPPS Swimming State Championships in San Antonio. 
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  • CDA Band Performs at the North TPSMEA All Region Honor Band Clinic

    The CDA band participated in the north TPSMEA All Region Honor Band clinic and concert this past weekend. Our CDA students performed well, were a blessing and a light to those at the event, and they rose to the top of the region band competition!
    At the TPSMEA All Region Honor Band clinic and concert, there were over 20 private schools, some of whom meet several times a week for band class. The CDA Collin County Band Program had 5 rhetoric students and 8 logic students audition and make the All Region Honor Bands. Among the highlights of the weekend, CDA band had 2 students make 1st chair in their section! Congratulations, CDA band students!!!
    Middle School All Region students: Joshua Chua (flute), Thomas Myslak (bassoon- 1st chair), Taylor Smith and Jessica Mullins (clarinet), MuAnna Chien (alto saxophone- 1st chair), Zachary Goh (trumpet), Brian Berggren (trombone) and Ray Kim (percussion)
    High School All Region students: Giada Pangborn and Jasmine Yeh (clarinet), Seth Bell (bass clarinet), Avery Meazell (trumpet) and Caleb Hsiao (euphonium)
     
    Mrs. Clements would like to extend special recognition to Brian Berggren of our Dallas Campus for being a part of the CDA CC Band and representing CDA Dallas so well!
     
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  • All Things Bright and Beautiful: PreK Learns About God’s Creation Up Close

    Katie Beth Pelley
    This week, with the help of the 4th graders, PreK students made bird feeders to hang on a branch outside to view the winter birds in the area.
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  • Pictured: Jacob Turner, Koert Bouma and Luke Hulme.

    CDA Dallas Swimmers Qualify for TAPPS State Meet

    Katie Beth Pelley
    Congratulations Koert Bouma, Luke Hulme, and Jacob Turner for outstanding scores at last week's TAPPS Regional Meet!
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  • January

    Students pictured: Eleanor Freeman, Emma Rice, Mason Wille, Jack Norfleet, Asher Pirtle, Piper Gorrod, Merritt Morgenstern, London Corbin, Eden Freije, Claire Lehmann, Caroline Purser, Halle Stewart, Laura Nicholls, Emilie Kate Rhoades, and Ashlynn Sangenito. 

    Logic Students Receive One Act Festival All-Star Cast Awards

    Katie Beth Pelley
    Over the weekend, CDA Dallas students from the Logic School Musical Theatre elective performed, “A Little Princess” at the second annual, Classics One Act Festival hosted by The Covenant School. 

     
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  • A New Year in D.C.: CDA Dallas 8th Graders Take a Trip to Our Nation's Capitol

    Katie Beth Pelley
    January 4-7, 8th grade CDA Dallas students traveled to Washington D.C. to extend their learning far beyond the classroom walls. Students enjoyed sightseeing with tours of the White House, the Capitol, Museum of the Bible, and National Archives - just to name a few!  
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