The Chronicum, Volume IV

Volume IV, January 2022

Lower School hosts first production in Two years since the beginning the first phase of the Foundation Hall project in the summer of 2020, it was fully ready for use after the completion of Phase II in August 2021.

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On the Cover: Lower School Christmas Production, December 2021 Inside Cover: Veritas students praying during See You at the Pole, September 2021

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Volume IV • January 2022

What’s Inside?

COVER STORY The Completion of Foundation Hall: Ushering New Fine Arts Experiences

Back on the Road: Cultural Expeditions Program goes back to full travel for Middle School Students

David Hao is appointed as Veritas’ fourth Head of School beginning the 2022-2023 Academic Year

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From the Head of School A message from Interim Head of School, Lina Delgado

Collages of this Academic Year’s Christmas at Veritas includes Early Education & Lower School Christmas Productions and Middle School Christmas Concert

Veritas Athletics Update A message from Interim Head of School, Lina Delgado

From the Medical Team A message of gratitude and a few key reminders

Remaining Events All Remaining Events for the 2021-2022 Academic Year

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From the Head of School

Dear Veritas Community,

Happy New Year to you all and a very warm welcome to 2022, which I believe will be a year of increased blessings for all of us. I begin this year by being thankful for all the blessings we’ve had. Semester one has swiftly passed, ushering us into a new year, a year that will bring challenges which we will, no doubt, rise above and blessings we will be grateful for. This year has offered solid proof that, with the Lord’s guidance and strength, we are resilient despite the challenges faced.

I am excited to start the second half of the academic year alongside all of you. The holiday recess was a welcomed break for our school community, and I hope it offered all a chance to relax and rejuvenate. While the 202122 academic year has not been a complete return to normalcy and has had its challenges, we are grateful for the opportunities that we’ve had to resume many of the events and functions we enjoyed pre-pandemic. Our Annual Chili Cook-Off was a tremendous success, and we had the opportunity to spend time with both current families and students and many of our alumni! We had a fantastic Book Fair with our new partner, Orchard Books.

In addition, we had a tremendously successful Annual Fund with 99% participation raising $178,000, breaking

5 the Veritas record! We could not have done this without your support. Thank you for your participation and generous giving.

This year middle school students have been able to travel to Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, as well as San Antonio, Fredericksburg, and Austin. They also had the opportunity to serve on those trips as part of our Core Value of Intentional Engagement. It was a joy to watch our Country Christmas-themed Lower School and Early Education Christmas Productions, as well as our very first Middle School Christmas Concert! Finally, we hosted our second ever alumni event and our current middle school students spent time with our alumni.

It is with the renewed hope and optimism of a new year that I invite you to look ahead to all the wonderful things upcoming in our community. Our auction committee continues to work hard on the “Secret Garden” themed auction event. The funds raised will be used to enhance our outdoor learning spaces with an improved playground, reimagined playcourt, outdoor classrooms, prayer garden, and more! We are also looking forward to our History Fair, Fine Arts Night, a new partnership with A.D. Players providing a summer theater camp, and several other events that will allow us to come together as a community.

May these days be filled with joy, peace, and hope for the New Year!

With sincere gratitude, Lina Delgado Interim Head of School

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Back on the Road: Cultural Expeditions Program goes back to full travel for Middle School Students Philadelphia, New York, and

The next day began with a ferry ride to

Boston (7th Grade): October

Liberty Island and a visit to the iconic

2021 - A group of Veritas seventh

Statue of Liberty. They even had the

grade students meet at the lobby of

opportunity to scale the 215 steps

Hobby Airport early on a Sunday

of the Pedestal and see the interior

morning ready to embark on their tri-

framing, designed and built by Gustav

city tour of the eastern seaboard of

Eiffel, which holds the pennies-

the United States. With excitement,

thick outer shell of the statue. After

packed luggage, and snacks in tow,

Liberty Island, the students visited

the Cultural Expeditions Program (CEP) at Veritas Christian

Ellis Island, the gateway that many immigrants of our great

Academy began for the 2021-2022 Academic Year. Due to the

nation entered into the land of the free.

pandemic, these seventh grade students had not been able to go a their CEP Trip since their fifth grade Texas History CEP

After returning to Manhattan Island, the students took a

Trip to San Antonio, Fredericksburg, and Austin.

walking tour of New Amsterdam, today’s Wall Street area, on the Founding Fathers tour. They learned about the creation

As they board the flight, the students were excited since as

of America’s current financial structure, the brainchild of

they would be the first class at Veritas to visit Philadelphia,

Alexander Hamilton, and stood at the spot where the nation’s

New York, and Boston. Many great

first president, George Washington,

historical sites awaited them. Visiting

was inaugurated.

Independence Hall in Philadelphia,

with a brisk stroll halfway through

they were able to walk into the

the Brooklyn Bridge, and then a

room where the founding document

quick subway ride to Grand Central

of our nation, The Declaration of

Terminal for a tour and dinner.

Independence, enacted.

was

signed

The day ended

and

They walked the very

The next day, the seventh graders took

Belgian block streets that many of

a Gilded Age Tour on the east side

our founding fathers, from Benajmin Franklin, Thomas

of Central Park, seeing many of the Gilded Age mansions,

Jefferson, George Washington, and Alexander Hamilton,

homes to many wealthy families, such as the Vanderbilts,

among others, also walked. Visiting and seeing some of the

the Astors, the Dukes, the Schwabs, and Andrew Carnegie.

oldest buildings in our nation, the students were in awe at

The walking tour also afforded our students a view of the

the history that they had the opportunity to view.

exteriors of the Guggenheim Museum and the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art, better known as The Met.

Moving from Philadelphia to New York, the students began with feet on the ground as soon as the bus pulled up to the

Midday gave way to a bus ride up to Boston, where the

hotel. Our seventh graders visited the

evening presented the opportunity to

hallowed site of the 9/11 Memorial

visit Cambridge for dinner and a sight

and Museum, and ended the night

of the prestigious Harvard University,

taking a walking tour of the always

currently closed to outside visitors.

bright and bustling Times Square, visiting Rockefeller Plaza, Radio City

In Boston, a new component of

Music Hall, and catching a glimpse of

the CEP, serving the cities we visit,

Broadway.

commenced.

Our seventh graders

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area in the eighteenth century. They

included a razor, shaving cream, a

understand the start of the missions

$5 Dunkin Donuts gift card, and a

and how the indigenous peoples of

hand written thank you note. The kits

the area were converted by the early

were dropped off at the New England

Spanish settlers in the area.

Center and Home for Veterans by Mr. Villafuerte and the Seventh Grade

After Mission San Jose, the group

Class Representative, David Tsang.

moves into the heart of San Antonio.

Later that morning the class visited

After a quick bite, they visit St. Joseph

the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, had lunch at the

Parish which is tucked into a small strip of land surrounded

historic Quincy Market, took a partial tour of the Freedom

by The Shops at Rivercenter Shopping Mall.

Trail, before ending the day with a Boston Duck Tour which

followed by an in-depth tour of the Alamo, the most famous

included a land tour of Boston and a boat ride through the

of sites in Texas, which is credited with the spark needed for

Charles River.

the Texas Revolution, which would give birth to the Republic

This was

of Texas, won from the hands of Antonio Lopez de Santa The Freedom Trail afforded our students the opportunity to

Anna. After the Alamo, the group walks to San Fernando

walk through the streets which helped to spur the American

Cathedral before taking a long elevator trip in the Tower of

Revolution - the streets where the

the Americas to get a birds-eye view

Boston Massacre took place, the grave

of the city. The day ends with a fun

sites of Samuel Adams and Crispus

and often funny Riverwalk Boat Tour

Attucks, the Boston Commons -

around the Riverwalk area of San

America’s first public park - Old

Antonio.

South Meeting House, and the storied Faneuil Hall. The trip ends with our

The next day, both 5th and 6th

students excited for the spring to

graders serve at a local non-profit

make up their missed CEP Trip to

which

Washington DC.

underprivileged population of San

serves

Antonio San Antonio, Fredericksburg,

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Ministry.

and Austin (5th and 6th Grades): December 2021 - Late fall, as a

After serving, the group boards the

large group of students board two

buses to have lunch before reaching

charter buses idling in the parking lot of the Veritas campus

Fredericksburg, where they visit St. Mary’s Church. They

in Bellaire.

A mixture of excitement, anticipation, and

also visit the National Museum of the Pacific War while in

nervousness lay in the air, as all the students who set foot

Fredericksburg before hitting the road to check into their

on the buses embark on their first CEP Trip. The entry point

hotel in Austin.

into the program is a quick bus ride into the Hill Country of Texas to visit

After breakfast the next morning, the

some of the most historic sights of our

group takes a tour of the State Capitol

state and former republic.

Building and Visitor Center, where they see both state chambers of the

The first stop was one of the five

House and the Senate. The trip ends

missions peppered throughout San

with lunch at the University of Texas

Antonio - Mission San Jose.

at Austin Student Union and a quick

The

students get a glimpse into life in that

walkthrough of part of the campus.

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David Hao is appointed as Veritas’ fourth Head of School beginning the 2022-2023 Academic Year October 2020 - Chris Dewhurst, the previous Chair of the

and they appointed Middle School Principal and Director of

Veritas Board of Trustees, released a statement on behalf

Fine Arts, Lina Delgado, as Veritas’ Interim Head of School

of the Board informing the Veritas community that Brad

for the 2021-2022 Academic Year.

Sewell would be departing at the conclusion of the 20202021 Academic Year. It was at this time that the Board began the diligent work of finding the school’s next head of school.

A

Search Committee was created that

In the the fall of 2021, after much vetting, the Board released three finalists for the head of school search. These candidates visited the campus, met with faculty and

encompassed a group of people

administration, and then spoke with

who are intricately involved in the

parents in a town hall style meeting.

Veritas community - these members

Veritas constituents also had the

included board members, parents,

opportunity to share their personal

faculty, and

thoughts on each of the finalists by

staff.

A consulting

firm, The Education Group, who specializes

in

filling

way of a survey.

leadership

positions within independent schools, was also employed by the Board to ensure success in choosing the next head of school.

After a year of the Head of School search process, the Veritas Board of Trustees appointed David Hao as the new head of school at Veritas Christian Academy of Houston beginning

The job statement was released in the early winter and

the 2022-2023 Academic Year. In the process, Lina Delgado

potential candidates began to apply. After a few rounds of

will shift into a new role at Veritas as the Associate Head of

vetting various candidates, it was determined by the Board of

School for Curriculum and Instructional Excellence.

Trustees that the timeline for the search would be extended

Design Thinking Lab, a new creative space for Veritas To begin the 2021-2022 Academic Year, Veritas created a

both explorers of opportunities and builders of solutions.

new creative space to enhance the learning environment for

Part of the implementation is to strategically enhance our

our students. The new space, deemed The Design Thinking

academic programs and curriculum to continue being

Lab, provides a space for students to become immersed into

classical and innovative. Students dove “head first” into

the process of design thinking - a multi-step process that

the Design Thinking Lab, and embraced the space and the

encourages creative thinking and challenges students to be

learning enthusiastically.

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Chili Cook Off

Alumni Day

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Veritas Athletic Update Veritas is currently in the winter season of Athletics, which

Volleyball had the opportunity to field two teams - a Junior

means only one thing, basketball.

Varsity and a Varsity squad. The JV, stacked with 5th graders, had the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of the sport

Boys Varsity Basketball has seen the most success it has ever

from their coaches. From serving, to bumping, passing,

seen in the past few years. With many

and hitting, the girls truly grew

returning starters in both eighth and

throughout the season, both in their

seventh grades, the Basketball Team

abilities and in their cameraderie.

is currently second in their division.

The JV is continuing to see success

The Varsity Volleyball team, led

as the boys are growing in their

by

knowledge and the fundamentals of

had a relatively successful season.

the sport.

Continued

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The Girls Basketball Teams, both JV

Volleyball Program at Veritas will

and Varsity, are also seeing continued

continue to improve from this year to

growth.

the next coming years.

Looking back into the fall season,

Spring season makes way for two co-

success was evident in each of the teams. Although there

ed sports in Tennis and Track & Field. Both will begin in

were no championships won in the fall with Girls Volleyball

February. Coaches for both teams are looking forward to

and Boys Flag Football, much growth took place for both

growth, development, and are hopeful for successful seasons.

programs. Both Volleyball and Flag Football would welcome new and quality coaching staff this year.

The Eighth Grade Annual Production

The Fine Arts Department presents

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From the Medical Team

The Veritas Medical Team, comprised of Grace Chace, our School Nurse; Danielle Breitenwischer, our Administrativie Assistant; and Zachary Villafuerte, our Campus Administrator and the Veritas COVID Point of Contact, are grateful to all Veritas families who have shown tremendous understanding, patience, cooperation, and grace during the ever changing environment that encompasses not only the pandemic but all forms of illnesses as well. They work tirelessly to ensure that Veritas students have a safe and healthy learning environment with limited disruptions to in-person learning. Thank you!

A Few Key Reminders: • Continue communicating with the Veritas Medical Team regarding any illnesses that students may have, including COVID (positivity or exposure).

• Keep students who have a fever, have vomited, or had diarrhea home at least 24 hours and symptom-free without the aid of medication.

• Students should remain home if any member of the household has a pending COVID testing result (exceptions may apply - please contact The Medical Team for questions).

• Send a refillable water bottle with your child to school daily dehydration often leads to illnesses that may cause students to be picked up.

• Continue teaching your children proper handwashing techniques and encourage them to consistently wash their hands prior to touching their eyes, nose, and/or mouth.

• Continue following health and safety protocols outlined by the school on the Health and Safety Guidelines webpage.

In light of normal seasonal illnesses along with COVID, the Veritas Medical Team thought that the following chart could offer some insight on symptoms and their related illnesses.

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Parent Information Standardized Testing

April 4, 2022 - April 14, 2022 (window for testing) Kindergarten through Eighth Grade In preparation for standardized testing, please ensure that your child: • does not have any appointments during scheduled testing times, • has a good night’s sleep, • eats a healthy breakfast daily, and • arrives to school on-time daily.

Parent Teacher Conferences Parent Teacher Conferences strengthens the communication between parents and teachers, as both share the common bond of the success of the student. This time is set apart to provide a dedicated meeting time for deeper discussion regarding student progress, observations within the classroom, addressing any potential issues, and providing encouragement for continued student growth and success. See division specific dates below to schedule your conference.

Early Education PreK3 and PreK4 Early Education Parent Teacher Conferences are mandatory and are available throughout the month of March. Please wait for your child’s teacher to reach out to you regarding a conference.

Lower School First through Fourth Grades (with K) March 28, 2022 - April 8, 2022

Lower School Parent Teacher Conferences (including Kindergarten) are optional. Your child’s teacher will reach out with an opportunity to schedule a conference, should you choose.

Middle School Fifth through Eighth Grades March 28, 2022 - April 8, 2022

Middle School Parent Teacher Conferences are optional. Your child’s teacher will reach out with an opportunity to schedule a conference, should you choose.

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Academic Competitions Dates, times, and locations are subject to change. Further information will be provided to parents of participating students for confirmation.

Spelling Bee

Tuesday, February 1, 2022 In-house Event 3rd - 8th grades

Speech Meets

Lower School Virtual Event - recorded 1st - 6th grades

Creative Writing

Friday, February 18, 2022 Virtural Event 4th - 8th grades

Middle School Virtual Event - recorded 7th - 8th grades

Math Olympics In-house Event 3rd - 8th grades

Music Festival - Choir Virtual - Recorded 1st - 8th grades

Art Festival

Virtual 3rd - 8th grades

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Early Education Session at 8 a.m. (PreK3-K) Ages & Stages: Nurturing Your Children’s Independence

Lower School Session at 8 a.m. (1st-4th)

Raising Up a Child: Nurturing Your Children’s Independence

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School Closures JAN

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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day President’s Day Early Dismissal at 11 a.m.

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Spring Break Easter Break

Last Day of School - Early Dismissal at 11 a.m.

Annual Auction Event from 7-10 p.m.

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“Secret Garden” hosted at Evelyn’s Park

Go Texan Day Veritas Spirit Night

Location and Times TBA

History & Science Fair at 6 p.m.

Parent Appreciation Breakfast at 7:30 a.m.

APR

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Fine Arts Week - Art Galleries

Athletic Awards Ceremony at 9 a.m.

Veritas Spirit Night

Location and Times TBA

Fine Arts Performance Night at 6 p.m.

National Day of Prayer Early Education End of Year Chapel at 8:15 a.m.

Lower School End of Year Chapel at 8:15 a.m.

Middle School End of Year Chapel at 8:15 a.m.

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International Thespian Society & National Honor Society Inductions at 8:15 a.m.

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8th Grade CEP Trip New England (Boston)

Career Day at 8:05 a.m.

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Middle School Retreat

Carolina Creek Christian Camp

6th & 7th Grade CEP Trip Washington DC

Eighth Grade Graduation

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March

T

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Event

No School

First/ Last Day

No School - Professional Development

Half -Day - Teacher Prep

30

Dates and Events August 12

17

New Parent Orientation

November 11

Annual Campaign Ends

3

No School - Teacher In-Service

EE/LS Back to School Conf.

14-18 Book Fair

17

No School - Martin Luther King Day

MS Back to School Night

21-25 No School - Thanksgiving Break

25

Open House

First Day of School

December September 5

Spirit Night No School - Labor Day

28

See You at the Pole

MS Retreat (Carolina Creek) October 3-4 No School - Fall Break 13

Open House

14

School Pictures

February

No School - Easter Break

14

Parent Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast

21

Athletic Awards Ceremony

24-28 Fine Arts Week

No School - President's Day

28

Fine Arts Performance Night

9-15 Middle School Midterms

24

Annual Auction Event

28

Spirit Night

9

Lower School Christmas Production

13

Early Education Christmas Production

14

Middle School Midterms

15 Alumni Day 19-3 No School - Christmas Break

March 1

History & Science Fair

1

Spirit Night 3-9 CEP - London/Oxford Trip 10

Faculty PD / Early Dismissal

13-17 No School - Spring Break

Annual Campaign Begins

May 2-6

CEP - Washington DC Trip

8-12

8th Grade Finals

17-23 7th Grade Finals

22

School Yearbook Pictures

18

8th Grade Production

29

School Yearbook Pictures

19

EE End of Year Chapel

22

LS End of Year Chapel

23

MS End of Year Chapel

23

8th Grade Graduation

24

Last Day of School / Early Dismissal

Chili Cook Off

Grading Periods

7-10

11-21 Standardized Testing Window

20

24-28 Spirit Week 29

April

1-3 CEP - Texas History Trip

17-22 CEP - Phila/NY/Bos Trip 24

January

Progress Reports

Report Cards

Q1 August 17 - September 30

Q1 September 14

Q1 October 6

Q2 October 5 - December 16

Q2 November 9

Q2 January 5

Q3 January 4 - March 10

Q3 February 8

Q3 March 24

Q4 March 20 - May 24

Q4 April 19

Q4 May 31

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