ACS students in grades PreK-5 had a blast celebrating the end of the school year at our annual Field Day event on June 14. The beautiful weather held out just long enough for the students to enjoy relay races, GaGa ball, our new “Big Kahuna” water slide, and much more. On June 15, Middle School and High School students celebrated the last day of school with a variety of fun, outdoor activities at “The End” event, including a dunk tank, volleyball, and the “Big Kahuna,” and enjoyed grilled hot dogs, hamburgers, and ice cream from Ken’s Ice Cream truck.
In Nashville, the ACS team, under the direction of the Center for Student Ministries, spent four days serving at the Fish and Loaves Soup Kitchen, harvesting kale and planting vegetables at an urban garden, packaging sweet potatoes at the Second Harvest Food Bank, and working at a warehouse that provides furniture and household goods to the needy. They also cleaned and helped with painting at a local church.
In Kentucky, during their tour of the Creation Museum, the students met and spoke with Ken Hamm, the founder of the museum and the “Answers in Genesis” website (pictured at top). “The most important lesson we learned at the museum is that the truth claims of Christianity about creation do not rival the facts of science and are not mutually exclusive,” Mr. Rowell said. The students and adult chaperones who participated in the trip were: Steven Chirinos, Rudy Dalinger, Jasmine Davis (chaperone), Zengheng (Constantine) Jiang, Jay Lee, Brianna Lomangino, Joshua Mizrahi, and Joe Rowell (chaperone).