CCES Alumni

Cassie Webber & Bibby Sierra ’83, had a blast this morning at Convocation ✨
Tucker Hendrix ’25, gave a stellar speech encouraging the CCES student body to be gracious and love others well as we enter in to the new school year! 🎉

What is your favorite CCES Convocation memory? 🩵

HEY COLA 👋🏼
We’re headed your way next Friday 🎉
Join us for a CCES Alumni Tailgate before the game!
Meals & tickets to the game will be provided to CCES Alumni & their families! Link in bio to RSVP!
Can’t wait to see you there! 💙🩵

Hey Class of ‘19 👋🏼
We can’t wait to celebrate with y’all! 🤠
Save the date for your 5 year reunion! *link in bio to RSVP!

*also can we give a shoutout for this iconic photo 🎉

We had a great time catching up with Louise Martin ‘24, before she heads off to college! To all of our recent Alumni, we’re wishing you all the best as you begin a new year!! 🩵

Recent alum, Jordan Butler '23 is coming back home to play for South Carolina 👏🏼🎉

Check out his interview with 7NEWS discussing his upcoming transfer to play basketball at the University of South Carolina.

CCES alum & Missouri transfer Jordan Butler talks about coming home to play for South Carolina this season CCES alum & Missouri transfer Jordan Butler talks about coming home to play for South Carolina this season

We 💙 seeing CCES alumni!
We had a great time in Chicago visiting with Kendra Abercrombie ’07 and Laurel Gower Wolf ‘10!

*we’re on the move! Where should we visit next? 🎉

Meet Cassie Webber! Cassie is the new Director of Young Alumni Relations and Communications at CCES! She was born and raised in California and has recently joined us after working the past three years at Anderson University. She is looking forward to getting to know, and serve, CCES families and alumni! 💙
Be sure to say "hey" to Cassie the next time you’re on campus! 👋

We had a blast celebrating our seniors (now CCES alums!!) at our annual Head of School Dinner! 🎉

Rivers Hughes ‘12, spoke to our newest alumni, sharing memories of his time at CCES and highlighting the invaluable support of the CCES Alumni network. Congratulations to our CCES Class of 2024 💙

It was great seeing some familiar faces on campus yesterday! Graham Malo, Jaya Chandler, Yasmene Clark, Patrick Champion, and Ashley Deliberto, all CCES Class of 2023, participated in our Transitions to College Alumni Panel yesterday afternoon. They talked about their experiences in college this year and shared words of advice for our soon-to-be newest alums 💙

Last night was our last Alumni Association meeting of the school year where they presented Head of School, David Padilla, a check for the funds raised (over $20,000). Big thank you to this group and all they do to serve our alumni and school communities 💙

We had the best time last weekend at our annual Alumni Cavalier Bash! We loved celebrating our reunion classes and we owe a special shout out to the Class of 1974 who celebrated their 50th Reunion this year! Thank you to all who came out! 💙💙💙 Link in bio for full SmugMug📸

The CCES College Roadshow at the University of South Carolina was a great success! The room was filled with laughter, conversation, and great food, as students caught up with some familiar faces. David Padilla, Father Wallace, Linda Schulz, Matt Jacobsson, and Aaron Whited graciously gave their time to the event. Thank you to all who stopped by - we loved seeing you! 💙

Only a few months left as for these seniors, so we decided to have donuts to celebrate the soon-to-be alums! Spring break is around the corner and graduation will be here in a flash. Here’s to finishing strong! 🤩🍩💙

Artist and entrepreneur, Dorothy Shain '08, met Upper School students last week with a warm smile and generous spirit. During assembly, she shared the profound impact of nurturing relationships, embracing opportunities, and embodying the values one preaches. We are so grateful to her for giving her time and talents back to the CCES community! Link in Bio for full blog! 🎨💙

We had so much fun at our Alumni Parent Breakfast this morning! Donuts and chicken biscuits started our day on a high note and we loved reminiscing about how things have changed and how so many things have stayed the same! 💙

Check out our newest reunion spotlight - Kelly Gavron Scoggins '99! Motivated by her experience raising her daughter, Kit, she and her husband opened a branch of Bitty and Beau’s Coffee in Houston, Texas. Bitty and Beau’s Coffee aims to provide employment opportunities, challenge stereotypes, and create a welcoming environment for customers to interact with individuals with disabilities who work at the coffee shop. The cafe, now celebrating its one-year anniversary, has successfully retained all 26 original employees, showing what Kit and people like her can offer the world, one customer at a time. ☕️❤️ Link in Bio to read more!

Our Alumni & Parents of Alumni Service Day on Saturday was a great success! We worked up a sweat packing 640 food boxes for seniors facing food insecurity throughout the Upstate. There’s no better way to spend a rainy day than serving the Greenville community with our fellow Cavaliers! 🤗💙

Before our college-aged alumni headed back to school for their spring semester, we invited them to join us on campus for an all faculty and staff lunch last week! Our teachers love seeing their old students and look forward to this event every year. With nearly 30 alumni in attendance from the classes of 2019 to 2023, this year did not disappoint! Thank you to all who came out – you made your teacher’s day! 💙

We loved seeing everyone at our annual Alumni Christmas Party!❤️ The celebration was one to remember and we are already counting down the days until we get to do it again next year!🤩

“‘Man makes plans, and God laughs,’ Alison Bressler ‘09 quipped. Though her plans for the future might be ambiguous, her goals are clear – Alison wants to help the environment, challenge herself, and continually learn every day. Thus far, she is well on her way to achieving those goals.” Check out our newest Reunion Spotlight on the blog - link in bio!! 🤩

We love it when our alumni come back to support their teams! 💙 The Upper State Championship brought out a huge group last week, and we can’t wait to keep this excitement going as CCES Football heads to the State Championship tomorrow against Johnsonville! Link in bio for more info and tickets🤩

The Class of 2018 celebrated their 5-year reunion last week with over 50 of their oldest friends! We had so much fun catching up and loved seeing everyone back together again. Feeling extra thankful for the long-lasting alumni community at CCES💙

In observance of Veterans Day, Jack Sterling '04 spoke to the Upper School this morning about his time as a Navy SEAL and lessons learned during his military career. Thank you Jack (pictured with his dad, John Sterling ‘79 and sweet pup, Echo) and all the other veterans in our CCES community - we are so grateful for the many sacrifices you’ve made to serve our country! 🇺🇸

We had so much fun at our first CCES College Roadshow stop at Clemson this week! We enjoyed a great BBQ meal and loved seeing all of the familiar faces thriving in Tigertown! Special thank you to David Padilla, Linda Schulz, Father Wallace, and Aaron Whited for taking time to be there! 💙🧡

Happy Halloween from your Advancement and Alumni Relations team! 🎃 Hope you’re having a spooktacular day! 💙

Cavalier Classics had a blast at our pickleball lesson this morning! Beautiful fall weather, new friends, and we stayed out of the kitchen 😉🏓 Stayed tuned for more fun events like this in the coming months!

On your mark, get set, GO! 💙 We had so much fun at the inaugural Cavalier 5K raising money for financial aid! Huge shoutout to the Alumni Association for a fantastic event and big thank you to our sponsors for making it happen! We can’t wait to do it again next year! Full album link in bio! 📸

We are kicking off a new monthly Reunion Spotlight series as we countdown to reunion weekend on April 6, 2023! First off, Caroline Vaughan Gross from the Class of 2014🤩 Caroline has lots of CCES connections in her life including being married to alum Will Gross '14, working with Alexis Hinton Furman '10, serving as an occupational therapist at CCES, and volunteering as a member of this year’s Alumni Association Board! Swipe to see a cute then and now of Caroline and Will at graduation and then at their wedding walking through the doors of Christ Church Episcopal 💙 Link in bio for full interview!

Congrats to Katie Shaw Howell '92 and Barbara Carter for receiving our 2023 Alumni Service Awards! Katie was awarded the Marguerite Ramage Wyche Alumni Service Award as someone who embodies the CCES value of service to her school and community. Barbara received the Mary B. Roper Distinguished Teacher Award which honors a faculty member who impacts the alumni community and exemplifies a sincere love for the school. Thank you for all you do, and congratulations! 💙 Blog link in bio!

We celebrated our 2023 CCES Sports Hall of Fame inductees - Caroline Jennings ‘13, Jay Jackson ‘05, Sam Outten ‘78, and Coach Bobby Austell - last week on campus during Homecoming Week! Congratulations to these Cavaliers on all they have accomplished during their careers and we are thankful for the many ways they continue to impact their communities 💙