about school organizations and events they can join. At the beginning of the school year, GRACE organized a new Student Mentoring Program to help ease the transition of our new students. GRACE develops projects to help bridge the connections between student groups, while encouraging and proclaiming the message of Christ and God’s love. This year GRACE also introduced the first ever school chapter of NOMORE. The NOMORE Club focuses on the coremission of NOMOREwhich is NOMORE slavery, poverty, orphans, and hopeless. The club is educating and creating service opportunities for the student body to get involved. GRACE Council hopes to create a safe environment for students to come together to discuss inclusion fromaBiblical perspective. It is student led, which means it’s a work in progress. However, Dr. La Brant and Mrs. Gibson are guiding the effort of these student leaders. GRACE is just getting started andwe look forward to seeing how it continues to develop over time. SLi Campus Connections OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY Last year at the Student Leadership Institute retreat, students were asked to think of an opportunity where they could serve others in or out of the Cambridge community. Then junior, Blake McCoy, birthed a campus connectionwiththepurposeofmentoringstudentsat aneighboringelementary school. After a number ofmeetingswith local community leaders, background checks, and trainings, the Oak Grove Elementary Mentorship Campus Connection was born. Partnering with a local elementary school to provide mentorship opportunities to their students has been a passion for Blake since he went on a mission trip to Costa Rica. Every other week this school year, a group of Cambridge Christian high school seniors give up their afternoons to travel to Oak Grove Elementary School and tutor 1st – 5th grade students in English and Math. The Guidance Counselor at Oak Grove hand selected a group of students that she felt would benefit fromone-on-one timewith a high school student. Our students spend their time working on homework, preparing for upcoming tests, or simply reinforcing the material learned in class. However, the most important time they have together is often spent playing games, coloring, or chatting about life. This laid-back time when our students simply listen and encourage is often where the true mentoring takes place. It is in these brief moments where we are able to show the students at Oak Grove the love and heart hof Jesus. AMBASSADORS OF CAMBRIDGE TheAmbassadors of Cambridge Christian School are the spiritual leaders of the school. We begin the year attending a retreat where the students are trained in leadingmiddle school small groups. The students are also reminded of the importance of spending time daily with God growing in their own personal relationshipwithHim. TheAmbassadors serve inmanyways: leading middleschool small groups, hostingBiblestudies for freshmanandsophomores, helping lead retreats, guiding tours during the school open houses, and serving during the Hall of Fame breakfast. We create a devotion book comprised of devotions written by each Ambassador to use during middle school small groups. Ambassadors are trained to be servant leaders.
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