Canongate Catholic High School

PSAT Testing: 9-11th Grades
2023-10-18 00:00 - 23:59 UTC | Canongate Catholic High School, 109 Crescent Hill Rd., Arden, NC, 28704

Fall Student Retreat - Charleston, SC
2023-10-06 08:00 - 2023-10-08 17:00 | Canongate Catholic High School, 109 Crescent Hill Rd., Arden, NC, 28704
The Fall Student Retreat will take place in Charleston, SC this year.

On Friday October 6th – Sunday October 8th, Canongate will be traveling down to historic, and hopefully very sunny, Charleston, South Carolina. We will begin our time together at the oldest Catholic parish in the city, St. Mary of the Annunciation, and finish with Sunday Mass at the very grand Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Below is a schedule of what to expect during our three days together:

Friday, October 6

7:00 am Depart Canongate

12:00 noon Arrive in Charleston / Lunch

2:00 pm Kick-off with retreat missionary Molly Pereda at St. Mary’s

3:45 pm The Citadel College Parade of Troops

5:30 pm Check-in & Dinner

7:00 pm City Market Shopping / Ice Cream / Charleston Night Walk

9:30 pm Return to Lodging

Saturday, October 7

7:30 am Morning Prayer & Breakfast at Lodging

9:00 am Historic Fort Sumter Tour (includes 30 minute Ferry)

12:00 noon Lunch

2:00 pm Isle of Palm Beach

6:00 pm Dinner / Lectio Divina / Movie

Sunday, October 8

8:30 am Breakfast at Lodging / Pack Vans

11:15 am Solemn Mass at Cathedral

1:00 pm Depart and Lunch

6:30 pm Arrive back at Canongate for pick-up

Our goal has been to arrange a packed, meaningful trip at an affordable price. Thankfully, a Charlestonian with a unique, newly renovated property was happy to work with us to provide affordable lodging for our whole group. This conveniently-located inn, available through Airbnb, is divided into two sections, one for the guys and one for the gals, and each section, able to sleep up to 16 people in multiple bedrooms, has a separate entrance. This was a great discovery, and I think it will suit our retreat purpose really well.

So, the trip this year cost $120.00 per student. [That’s $85.00 for lodging for two nights, $25.00 for visiting Fort Sumter, and a $10.00 transportation fee.] Please make your payment to the office, either to Mr. Allen or to Mrs. Hungerford.

Additionally, students will need to bring money for 5 meals. [That’s 3 lunches and 2 dinners.] Please note that students will also have the opportunity to shop at Charleston’s famous City Market for souvenirs and ice cream. On Sunday, we will be returning in time for students to eat dinner with their families.

PSAT Digital Readiness Testing: 9-11th Grades
2023-10-04 10:00 - 11:00 | Canongate Catholic High School, 109 Crescent Hill Rd., Arden, NC, 28704
To ensure that the digital administration of the PSAT runs smoothly, please have your 9th,10th, and 11th graders bring in their personal devices on Wednesday, October 4th. We will be ensuring connectivity and running some readiness assessments at 10:00 a.m. that day.

Approved devices include Apple and Windows laptops and Apple iPads with detached keyboards.

Please note that personal Chromebooks are not approved.

Christmount Park in Black Mountain: Orienteering
2023-09-13 08:00 - 15:00 | Canongate Catholic High School, 109 Crescent Hill Rd., Arden, NC, 28704
Canongate’s first immersion day of the year will be at Christmount Park in Black Mountain: Orienteering, led by Chris Gkikas with the WNC Orienteering Club.

This international sport combines basic navigational skills with outdoor adventure. Our goal will be to learn the fundamentals during this guided session in order to participate in some future competitions.

Schedule:

9:00 am Arrival to Canongate / Morning Prayer

9:20 am Depart

10:00 am Introduction to Orienteering

12 noon Lunch (Bring a bag lunch)

2:00 pm Depart

2:45 pm Dismissal from Canongate

Be sure to bring a bag lunch, a water bottle, and appropriate outdoor clothes and shoes.

Labor Day: No School
2023-09-04 08:00 - 15:00 | Canongate Catholic High School, 109 Crescent Hill Rd., Arden, NC, 28704

First Day of the 23-24 School Year - Thérèse Term
2023-08-30 08:00 - 15:00 | Canongate Catholic High School, 109 Crescent Hill Rd., Arden, NC, 28704

Student Science Symposium
2023-05-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Canongate Catholic High School, 109 Crescent Hill Rd., Arden, NC, 28704
2023 Science Symposium

Join our students and Guest Speaker Father Peter Ascik, Chemist and Priest of St. Mary Help of Christians in Shelby, NC. He will discuss science and religion and then you will have the honor of viewing student demonstrations and viewing their science presentations.

The Vintage Canonball
2023-05-05 19:00 - 21:30 | The Oaks at Daniel Ridge, 818 Monte Vista Road, Candler, North Carolina, 28715
Join us for our 10 year celebration, icon commemoration, live music and dancing!

This year, we invite you to join us to celebrate 10 years of Catholic, classical education in WNC. We will start out with line dancing lessons, live music, drinks and food as well as the first look at our newly commissioned icon of St. Margaret. The event is free but RSVP’s are appreciated. RSVP here: www.vintagecanonball.rsvpify.com.

Canongate Spring Musical Toad of Toad Hall - Final Showing
2023-04-29 13:00 - 16:00 | MACS Fine Arts Center, 7702 Pineville-Matthews Rd, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28226, United States
Join us for our final showing of Toad of Toad Hall, the Musical!

This is the classic children’s story, ‘Wind in the Willows’, adapted by A A Milne. It tells the story of Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and Toad, and takes place along a peaceful riverbank surrounded by lush meadows. Mole is originally from a neighboring meadow, but one fine spring day he ventures away from his home and finds the magical life of the river awaiting him. General Admission is free.

Canongate Spring Musical Toad of Toad Hall - Matinee
2023-03-26 15:00 - 16:30 | Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old US Highway, Fairview, North Carolina, 28730
Reserve Your Seat Today!

Join us for our matinee showing of Toad of Toad Hall the Musical!

This is the classic children’s story, ‘Wind in the Willows’, adapted by A A Milne. It tells the story of Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and Toad, and takes place along a peaceful riverbank surrounded by lush meadows. Mole is originally from a neighboring meadow, but one fine spring day he ventures away from his home and finds the magical life of the river awaiting him.

Canongate Spring Musical Toad of Toad Hall - Second Showing
2023-03-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old US Highway, Fairview, North Carolina, 28730
Reserve Your Seat Today!

Join us for our second showing of Toad of Toad Hall the Musical!

This is the classic children’s story, ‘Wind in the Willows’, adapted by A A Milne. It tells the story of Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and Toad, and takes place along a peaceful riverbank surrounded by lush meadows. Mole is originally from a neighboring meadow, but one fine spring day he ventures away from his home and finds the magical life of the river awaiting him.

Canongate Spring Musical Toad of Toad Hall - First Showing
2023-03-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old US Highway, Fairview, North Carolina, 28730
Reserve Your Seat Today!

Join us for our first showing of Toad of Toad Hall – the Musical with the Canongate Catholic students!

This is the classic children’s story, ‘Wind in the Willows’, adapted by A A Milne. It tells the story of Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and Toad, and takes place along a peaceful riverbank surrounded by lush meadows. Mole is originally from a neighboring meadow, but one fine spring day he ventures away from his home and finds the magical life of the river awaiting him.

Great Conversation Presents| Good Money: 7 Rules for Spending like a Saint with New Polity
2023-02-18 14:00 - 16:00 | The Oaks at Daniel Ridge, 818 Monte Vista Road, Candler, North Carolina, 28715
Join Canongate’s Great Conversation Series for an afternoon with New Polity, a Catholic political think tank, to help us uncover the wisdom of the Christian tradition as it pertains to money. You should leave the conversation ready to spend like a saint.

Refreshments and Mass to follow with St. Edmund Campion Catholic Church.

RSVP’s are welcome. You can RSVP here.

New Polity aims to investigate and construct a Christian postliberal worldview, recognizing that the defining characteristic of human societies is their fundamental orientation towards or away from God.

Jacob Imam, one of our guest speakers is the Executive Director of New Polity. He is a prize scholar and Marshall Scholar from the University of Oxford working on a Theology of Money. He lives in Steubenville with his wife, Alice, and sons, Blaise and Leo.

Our second guest speaker, Marc Barnes holds a PhD in Theology from St. Mary’s University Twickenham. He is a father of two, the editor of New Polity magazine, and the president of The Harmonium Project, a nonprofit dedicated to urban revitalization and transformation in Steubenville, Ohio.

O Antiphons: Lessons and Carols Concert with Canongate Schola
2022-12-18 09:45 - 10:45 | Canongate Catholic High School, 109 Crescent Hill Rd., Arden, NC, 28704
Join us for a beautiful Advent concert presented by the incredible Canongate Schola. The students will present O Antiphons: Lessons and Carols, an original creation of director Jennifer Murrey. Based on the O Antiphons (also known as the Great Advent Antiphons or Great Os) which are taken from vespers of the week leading up to Christmas, this is an interactive program of music, scripture and poetry for the Advent season. Please join them for this lovely presentation between the morning Masses at St. Barnabas Catholic Church, December 18, from 9:45AM – 10:45AM. This will be a beautiful event for the whole family to pause, reflect, and enter more fully into the Advent season in anticipation of Our Savior’s birth.

Tour and Ice Skating with pizza lunch at the Pavilion Indoor Rink in Taylors, SC
2022-12-07 08:15 - 15:15 | Canongate Catholic High School, 109 Crescent Hill Rd., Arden, NC, 28704
Canongate students will get an inside look into what it takes to maintain an ice skating rink and tour the facilities at the Pavilion Indoor Rink in Taylors, SC.

BMW Factory Tour Immersion Day
2022-11-30 08:15 - 15:15 | Canongate Catholic High School, 109 Crescent Hill Rd., Arden, NC, 28704
Students will walk along BMW’s assembly line and see for themselves how a car is built from beginning to end. This tour begins with the painted body of the vehicle and ends with the completed vehicle driving out of the plant.

Currently, BMW Manufacturing produces more than 1,400 vehicles each day. The factory is the global producer of BMW X3, X4, X5 and X6 Sports Activity Vehicles and Coupes (and their variants) to more than 140 global markets.

St. Margaret of Scotland Feast Celebration
2022-11-16 08:15 - 15:15 | St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, 102 Andrews Pl, Swannanoa, NC, 28778
To celebrate Canongate’s patron saint, Saint Margaret of Scotland, we will be hosting a Feast Celebration with the students on November 16th at Saint Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Swannanoa with Fr. Becker. We will start with Mass at 10AM followed by a luncheon feast for the students at 11:30AM at Stillpoint Contemplative Ministries Event Hall (818 Monte Vista Rd, Candler, NC 28715).

Canongate Schola to sing at 9AM Mass
2022-10-14 09:00 - 09:45 | Canongate Catholic High School, 109 Crescent Hill Rd., Arden, NC, 28704
Join us for Friday morning Mass at St. Barnabas at 9AM on October 14th. The Canongate Schola will be blessing us with beautiful music for the Mass.

Adoration & School Blessing with Fr. Porras
2022-09-08 12:20 - 13:20 | Canongate Catholic High School, 109 Crescent Hill Rd., Arden, NC, 28704
Join us for Adoration and a special blessing of the school from Canongate’s Spiritual Director, Fr. Porras at St. Barnabas Catholic Church.

First Day of the 2022-2023 School Year
2022-09-01 08:15 - 15:15 | Canongate Catholic High School, 109 Crescent Hill Rd., Arden, NC, 28704

Parent Orientation
2022-08-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Canongate Catholic High School, 109 Crescent Hill Rd., Arden, NC, 28704
Join the Canongate faculty and staff to discuss the upcoming school year and meet incoming students and families! We will meet at the Canongate Pavilion. In case of rain, we will meet inside the St. Barnabas Fellowship Hall. The school supply list and class schedule will be distributed at this time.

Canongate students (but not younger siblings) are welcome to attend the meeting, or come for a game of soccer. We will conclude the evening with ice cream!

Class of 2021-2022 Graduation Ceremony and Reception
2022-06-04 11:00 - 13:00 | Canongate Catholic High School, 109 Crescent Hill Rd., Arden, NC, 28704
Join us for our 2022 graduation ceremony and reception as we celebrate the achievements of our seniors, Stella Garner, Mariana MacDonald, Lesly Hernandez and Jerusalem Garcia. We will have Mass along with the graduation ceremony and a luncheon reception in the pavilion.

Canonical Ceremony, Mass and Reception with the Diocese of Charlotte
2022-05-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Canongate Catholic High School, 109 Crescent Hill Rd., Arden, NC, 28704
To celebrate and welcome Canongate as one of the diocese’s 20 official Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Charlotte, we invite you to join us on May 25th at 6:30 pm at St. Barnabas for Mass and the official canonical ceremony installing Canongate Catholic High School as an affiliate, private Catholic High School of the Diocese of Charlotte.

The ceremony will include the presentation of an official certificate of affiliation and recognition, a few words from your school leaders and our Diocesan leadership, and a reception to follow.

The raffle winner of the Guardian Campaign’s $500 VRBO gift card will be announced at the reception. To learn more about how to participate in the Guardian Campaign, click here!

To read the full letter from the Diocese, click here!

Canongate Spring Play Second Showing - Macbeth
2022-05-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 2840 Hendersonville Rd, Fletcher, NC, 28732, United States
Join us for our second showing of MacBeth with the Canongate Catholic students!
The Tragedy of Macbeth, commonly called Macbeth or The Scottish Play in popular culture, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare; it is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake.
Over the course of many centuries, the play has attracted some of the most renowned actors to the roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. It has been adapted to film, television, opera, novels, comics, and other media.

Canongate Spring Play - Macbeth
2022-05-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 2840 Hendersonville Rd, Fletcher, NC, 28732, United States
Join us for our first showing of MacBeth with the Canongate Catholic students!
The Tragedy of Macbeth, commonly called Macbeth or The Scottish Play in popular culture, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare; it is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake.
Over the course of many centuries, the play has attracted some of the most renowned actors to the roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. It has been adapted to film, television, opera, novels, comics, and other media.

CLT Exam for 11th Grade Students
2022-05-14 | Canongate Catholic High School, 109 Crescent Hill Rd., Arden, NC, 28704
The Classical Learning test (CLT) will be offered for 11th graders who are preparing for this exam.
The CLT exists to reconnect knowledge and virtue by providing meaningful assessments and connections to seekers of truth, goodness, and beauty.
CLT offers the only standardized tests that complement a liberal arts education, are 100{e3fc0e52215daf1ccf00d0007050fbfc613d30487630e082e2ca8d8e3fe70097} online, and provide a comprehensive measure of achievement and aptitude.
The CLT is a college entrance exam that can be taken online, lasts only 2 hours, and provides a better test experience than the SAT®. CLT scores are published within 2 weeks of taking the test and can be sent to an unlimited amount of colleges. Plus, over 200 colleges provide scholarships tied directly to your CLT score.

Canongate Officially Recognized as an Affiliate Catholic High School by Bishop Jugis
2022-05-01 00:00 - 23:30
“This affiliate status recognizes the good and faithful work of Canongate’s leadership and faculty in providing an authentically Catholic, integrated and robust curriculum that allows for the proper formation of students towards salvation and sainthood.”

Inspired by the Church’s call to engage in the New Evangelization, a small group of lay Catholics in 2013 opened the doors of Canongate to support and expand Catholic education in the western part of the Diocese of Charlotte. Now, after nine years of growth, prayer, and dialogue with priests and Diocesan leadership, Canongate Catholic High School will pursue its mission with the formal blessing of Bishop Jugis.
Please take a moment to read the letter which is linked here. We appreciate your faithful support and hope this news will encourage you as much as it has encouraged us. You will see in the letter an invitation from the Diocese to attend a Ceremony at St. Barnabas on Wednesday, May 25th. We too wish to express our desire for you come and celebrate with us. Your presence would be an honor.
Since Canongate will remain administratively and financially independent of the Diocese, we request that you continue to support the bishop’s newest school regularly. The scholarships we offer and the growth we are pursuing will still be based in the generosity of the community. Canongate’s current matching fundraising campaign extends through May 25th.st.

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What a joy it is to share this news with you, especially during the 50th anniversary year of the Diocese of Charlotte. Please read through our new website to learn more about the classical education and spiritual formation at Canongate Catholic High School.

Sincerely,

Mr. Sedrick Dellinger, M.Th.

Principal

Mr. R. Trent Codd, Jr.

Co-Founder

4th Annual Guardian Campaign
2022-05-01 00:00 - 23:30
Become a Guardian between March 19th and May 25th, and you will be eligible to win a $500 VRBO gift card.
The drawing will be after the Installation Mass and Ceremony Wednesday, May 25th at 6:30 pm at St. Barnabas to commemorate Canongate Catholic High School’s official recognition as an affiliate Catholic High School by the Diocese of Charlotte. Everyone is invited to join us to celebrate!

With each donor referral you will be given an extra entry into the raffle. Please tell your friends and family to enter your name on the referral line on the online form.
Canongate Guardians support the growth of the school with recurring monthly donations. This faithful giving is instrumental in our efforts to establish Catholic high school education in Western North Carolina for years to come.

Our goal this year is 50 new Guardians!

To become a Guardian and to enter this year’s raffle, begin giving $10.00 or more per month. If you are already a Guardian, you can participate in the raffle by increasing your monthly giving by at least $10.00.
The easiest way to get started is to set up your recurring donations through the Donate button at the top of this page. You’ll select the “2022 St. Joseph’s Guardian Campaign”, select your amount, select “Recurring”, and push Submit to set up your account.

All participants, both new and existing Guardians, are strongly encouraged to email office@canongatecatholic.org or call 828.712.8924 to confirm your involvement. This is especially recommended for anyone who wants to participate offline by sending monthly donations by mail.
Once again, with each donor referral you will be given an extra entry into the raffle.
The donations received through this campaign will be used to create at least 5 scholarships for incoming students next year. On behalf of these deserving families, I thank you for supporting their decision to attend Canongate.

Additional details to keep in mind:
1. If you personally can’t take advantage of the vacation opportunity, consider becoming a Guardian and gifting this vacation to a friend if you win.
2. For this year’s raffle, giving more than $10.00 per month – though much appreciated – does not result in a greater number of raffle tickets. All contributors will be represented by one ticket (except for referrals as noted above).
3. Please contact the school office at office@canongatecatholic.org or 828.712.8924 if you have additional questions.

A heart-felt thank you to all Canongate’s friends! St. Joseph, Pray for us.
