Preschool students jumped for joy and waved colorful ribbons as they sang and danced on stage for family members and friends at our Early Education Christmas Concert on December 9. The students wore their best Christmas outfits as they performed songs that celebrated the birth of Jesus, interspersed with scenes from a video entitled “The Christmas Promise” that featured the students acting out the Christmas story, dressed as angels, shepherds, the wise men, Mary, Joseph, and more.
The concert began with Miss Cookie’s PK2 class performing “Feeling Like Christmas,” followed by six preschool classes from PreK2 to PreK4 singing and doing choreography to a variety of Christmas songs, including “Light of the World,” “Oh What a Glorious Night,” “Born is the King,” “Christ the King of Christmas,” “Wrap It Up,” and “Jump for Joy.”
Between each class performance, portions of “The Christmas Promise” video were shown to trace the birth of Jesus from the announcement of the angels to the shepherds to the visit of the wise men in Nazareth. Excerpts of performances by students from preschool to high school during the Christmas season are also featured in a special video series — the 12 Days of Christmas Countdown — that ran from December 14-25 and can be viewed on the ACS YouTube channel. CLICK HERE to view the video series.
School parent and board member Alisun Klingert thanked parents for choosing Atlantic Christian to be the place for their children’s education and asked them to considering giving a special love offering to bless the teachers and staff at Christmas. ACS staff member Kelly Flynn performed a heart-felt rendition of “Christmas Hallelujah” during the love offering. Some 40 PreK4 students filled the stage to conclude the program singing “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and Assistant Director of Education Education, Teresa Bird, closed the program in prayer.
Thank you to the outstanding team of Early Education teachers and aides, who did a great job preparing our students for the concert — teachers Michelle Wheeler (PK2A), Madeline “Cookie” Chambers (PK2B), Ruby Lewis (PK3A), Heather Aspenberg (PK3B), Jennifer Kelley (PK4A), Jessica Samuels (PK4B), and Robin Genter (PK4C), and aides Chanta Fernandez, Yomayra Gaffney, Ashley Gonzalez, Chloe Griffith, Lesli Lopez, Jessica Matos, Alyda McKee, Grace Staples, and Sierra Thomas.
