CCN is Corpus Christi's Video and News network. The club is run by students and films Showcases, News, Open Nights, Special Events, and Projects. The group votes on roles for leaders of CCN, CCN News, and Head of Promotions. The Current CCN Leaders are;
President - Addisyn McCrudden
Addisyn has been a member of CCN since 2022. Addisyn was voted in as President after holding the position of Co-News Director with Isabella in 2023. Addisyn has been a reporter as well as knows the technical back end of how CCN equipment works.
Quote: "In CCN you get Industry Experience at a High School Level - Jack Hahn"
Interests: Photography, Competitive swimming, Surfing & Music
Vice President - Isabella De Santus
Isabella joined CCN in Year 7 and, for the past two years been the News Director.
Quote: "If you try to do your best, there is no failure"
Interests: Dance, Speech and Drama, and Music
Contact: ccn@dowstu.catholic.edu.au
2025 - Addisyn McCrudden and Isabella De Santus - While outside factors impacted a vote for new leaders in 2024, Addisyn and Lincoln maintained leadership until 2025, when Lincoln was unable to run again, being in Year 11. Isabella was voted in as Vice President and stepped up from the News Director position.
2023 - Addisyn McCrudden and Lincoln Spencer - Addisyn has managed to jump from temporary Co-News Director and was voted in as President, while Lincoln has made a tradition of the Spencers being part of the CCN Leadership team by being voted in as Vice President.
2022 - Zahra Whitley & Ben Whission - With things starting to get back to normal, COVID-19 still limited some activities at the start of the year; however, by the end of the year, the CCN team was in full swing.
2021* - Zahra Whitley & Mitchell Thomas - *Voting for new leaders was changed from the start of Term 4 to the end of Term 2. This meant that Mitchell could no longer serve a leadership role so his term as Vice President was cut short.
2021 - Mitchell Thomas & Connor Curran - 2020 was a very strange year, with COVID-19 having an effect on the way things are done. This also included CCN with things they have done in the past, the school was ready to live-stream events and was in a great position to support the school. Term 4 is when voting is held for positions in CCN, also in line with Ben Spencer starting his last year at school, so he was unable to be elected due to club rules. Mitchell was re-elected as President, and Connor, who ran for vice president in 2020, was able to get enough votes this year.
2020 - Mitchell Thomas & Ben Spencer - After Ben reached year 11 one of the club rules is that you can't be President if you're in Year 11 so Ben decided to run for Vice President with a close result between Ben and Jackson, with Ben being successful by 2 votes. Mitchell was a clear winner for President and has been a keen member since he was in Year 7. Jackson has started a new area of CCN called Promotions allowing him to continue creating advertisements for CCN and promote different areas of the school.
2019 - Ben Spencer & Jackson Reale - 2019 was the busiest year CCN have seen to date with special projects such as going to the Campbelltown Catholic Club to do a live show and present to 16 other dioceses. The club also did a live cross to the CeDow from the STEM fair at Corpus allowing those at the CeDOW being able to see not only what CCN do but also showcase the work the students have been doing in STEM. "CCN News" was halted to establish a better format with the intention to launch again in 2020.
2018 - Ben Spencer & Jackson Reale - Jackson was voted in as Vice President while he had been a member since 2015 members could see how keen Jackson was to be a leader. Ben was voted in as President as the spot was vacated by Jack allowing Jack more time to concentrate on a new project. The project Jack worked on was to establish after a lot of research in the previous year, a news program called "CCN News". Even the name took a lot of research. The first news program was aired at a showcase to great success with following showcases getting the news aired and students looking forward to the news program, especially the Batman segment which brought some comedy to a current news item.
2017 - Jack Hahn & Ben Spencer - While it was business as usual with activities such as filming showcases etc. One such expansion idea was Jack Hahn wanted to create a news program so he researched a format that would work with a lot of things learnt that year the News program did not make it to air that year.
2016 - Jack Hahn & Ben Spencer - Patrik Perkovic, Adam Sarin being the founding members they finished schooling that year so they didn't get to see much of the club they established. CCN however was left in good hands with Jack who started in the club in 2015 when he was in year 7 and Ben in 2016 when he was in year 7 have continued to improve and expand the club's activities.
2015 - Patrik Perkovic, Adam Sarin & Jack Hahn - The video club was given the green light by the then Principal Mrs Piatek and equipment was purchased later that year. The students established the club rules and the club name. Corpus Christi Network or CCN for short was born.
2014 - Patrik Perkovic - Patrik was responsible for the establishment of a video club. Patrik spent almost a year learning to write a business proposal and researching the equipment required to get the club up and running.
Vice President - Lincoln Spencer
Lincoln has been a member of CCN since 2021. Lincoln has spent most of his time with CCN being in charge of Audio and getting back-of-house setup.
Quote: "Nothing is impossible to him who will try"
Interests: Swimming, Gaming, & Cooking
President / News Director - Zahra Whitley (2020 - 2023)
Zahra has been a member of CCN since 2019. In 2020, she was voted news director and continued that until mid-2021, when Zahra was elected CCN President. Zahra is keen to report for CCN News and wants to go on to be an actor.
Quote: "CCN has not only helped me with my confidence but it's made me better at improvising, speaking well and managing both my time and the people I work with."
Interests: Music, Drama, History and Watching TikToks
Vice President - Ben Whission (2022-2023)
Ben has been a member of CCN since joining in 2020 first on screen as a reporter and now taking more interest in what goes on behind the scenes.
Quote: "Have fun and get the job done"
Interests: Gaming, cooking, tennis, drums, anime
President / Vice President (2018 - 2020) - Mitchell Thomas
Mitchell has been a member of CCN since joining in 2018 and has been a very active member showing interest in all areas of CCN. 2020 Mitchell was voted in by members of CCN as President.
Quote: "Skills I've learnt in CCN have helped me in class"
Interests: Music, Gaming, New Technology, Hockey
Vice President (2020 - 2021) - Connor Curran
Connor has been a member of CCN since joining in 2019. Connor has been very keen from the start and wanted to be involved with every aspect of CCN both in front and behind the cameras. Connor is currently the lead person when it comes to MimoLive (our control video software)
Quote: "CCN has one of the best hands-on learning experiences in school"
Interests: Gaming, Musical Theatre, Technology, Cooking
President / Vice President (2019 - 2020) - Ben Spencer
Ben has been a member of CCN since joining in 2016 and was voted in as Vice President that year. In 2017 Ben was voted in as President and he continued successfully to be voted in each year until 2020 when he had to step aside as President due to a rule we have that seniors are not allowed to be President. This year Ben was voted in as Vice President and will continue to support Mitchell and mentor him.
Quote: "Live broadcasts in CCN have helped me with time management skills"
Interests: Swimming, Music, Gaming, Football