Over 450 grandparents visited the ACS campus on Friday, November 16 for our annual Grandparents’ Appreciation Day. The PreK4 students warmly welcomed the grandparents as they sang “Happy Grandparents Day” to open the all-school chapel. The chapel program continued with students from elementary through high school praising God through musical presentations, scripture recitation, and prayer. There were also some humorous highlights, including a student in a turkey gobbler costume running around the stage as the kindergartners sang “Turkey Time,” under the direction of Mrs. Shirlene Perini.
The keynote speaker, Mr. Greg Loomer, shared some light-hearted anecdotes about his four grandchildren who attend ACS — Cole, Cruz, Jayson, and Reyna Lewis — describing the joy he and his wife, Juanita, get from spending time with and investing in the lives their grandchildren. “Grandchildren are our crown and it is so important for us as grandparents to love them and support them at every opportunity we are given,” Loomer said. He also said he was grateful for a school like Atlantic Christian and its faculty and staff who are investing in each student and training them up in God’s Word.
The chapel program included several student musical groups performing for the first time in this school year. The high school “Take Note Choral Ensemble,” under the direction of Mr. Jaron Beadle, made its debut performing “What a Beautiful Name It Is,” and a new Middle School Worship Team sang “O Come to the Altar,” showcasing Tommy Ellison and Yariah Wilkins as soloists. Before the close of the program, the grandparents got a sneak preview of that night’s upcoming show, “Elf the Musical, Jr.,” with the cast performing one of the lively numbers entitled “Sparklejollytwinklejingley.” Senior Class Vice-President Solomon Griffith closed the program in prayer.
After the chapel program, the grandparents visited various classrooms where their grandchildren proudly shared examples of their classroom projects and gave them hand-made gifts. The grandparents also had the opportunity to visit the Scholastic Book Fair in the school library and see the Shoreline Model Railroad Club’s model train Christmas display.
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