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Students from Classical Charter Schools of America (CCS-A) are earning recognition at both the state and national levels in the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) youth history contests.
The SAR is a non-profit organization with the mission of promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and educating future generations. Each year, it holds student contests open to the community, including poster and brochure contests. The poster contest is for elementary schoolers, while the brochure contest is designed for middle schoolers.
Students across all four CCS-A campuses were invited to participate, choosing from a list of Revolutionary War topics that were to be judged based on content, creativity, and accuracy. Dozens of CCS-A of fourth and seventh graders submitted entries. In the end, fifteen brochures and twenty-three posters were selected to be submitted to the local Lower Cape Fear SAR chapter.
The Lower Cape Fear chapter awarded cash prizes to the top three winners from each campus and selected the winners of their chapter’s regional competition, where two CCS-America students came out on top. Jordyn Ernstes, a fourth grader from CCS-Southport, won first place in the poster contest, while Ella Norris, a seventh grader from CCS-Leland, won first in the brochure contest.
Their entries moved up to the state level, where they continued to shine as Jordyn placed second and Ella placed first. Ella’s entry, which discusses the importance of the Constitution, is now advancing to the SAR national competition later this month.
“I am honored to be given this award for my high achievements in the Sons of the American Revolution contest,” said Ella. “I am proud to represent North Carolina in the national brochure contest.”
“We are so proud of our students and the hard work they put into these entries,” said Jessica Lopez, Dean of Classical Humanities at CCS-America. “Even though it is our first year participating, our students produced fantastic work. We are thrilled to see them get the recognition they deserve and wish Ella the best of luck in the national competition.”
Classical Charter Schools of America is a non-profit organization founded in 1999 as a single school (then named Charter Day School) with 72 students in Leland, NC. CCS-America now controls four schools—in Leland, Southport, Whiteville and Wilmington, NC—serving more than 2,500 students. All four schools are classified as Title I schools and are managed by The Roger Bacon Academy. All campuses are now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 school year in grades K through 8. Interested parents can visit EnrollRBA.com.
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