Students in the 7th grade class recently initiated a service project to help address the needs of the homeless in Atlantic City and they put that project into action over the past week. Last Friday, the 7th grade students made some 60 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and wrote encouraging messages on note cards. Several students reached out to local businesses and filled 30 Sak bags with toiletries, snacks, and water. On Monday, April 3, two students, George Harmon and JP Harris, hand-delivered the sandwiches with notes from the students and the toiletry/snack bags to homeless people in Atlantic City near the Atlantic City Library. ACS parent Kim Harris served as the chaperone, along with an Atlantic City police officer who joined the students after seeing t
hem interacting with the homeless.
The students’ enthusiasm for the homeless project has grown into the establishment this week of a new club for middle school students called “The World Changers Club.” Resource Room Specialist and ACS parent Kelly Schlundt has volunteered to serve as the Club Advisor, with assistance from 6th grade teacher Casey Hopwood. “I’m so excited about working with these students and seeing their passion for wanting to serve God by helping the homeless and doing other service projects both here at school and in the community,” Mrs. Schlundt said. The Club, which is open to all students in grades 6-8, will meet twice a month on Wednesdays during lunch in Room 132. Future plans include returning to Atlantic City on April 14 with more sandwiches and toiletry/snack bags for the homeless and doing projects to benefit the Community Food Bank, Sister Jean’s Soup Kitchen, and area nursing homes.