The Atlantic Christian School campus is available year-round for use by community organizations who apply for and obtain a usage permit from the school’s Business Office. (For more information on obtaining a facility usage permit, please refer to the information under the “About Us” link on this website).
Following is a partial list of organizations who offer a variety of extracurricular activities at ACS – athletic, civic, and educational. Participation in any of the activities of these organizations is open to the ACS family and the community at large. To obtain additional information on any of these activities, please refer to the contact information provided below.
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Atlantic Huaxia Chinese School
The Atlantic Huaxia Chinese School offers classes in Mandarin and Chinese culture from 1:00-4:00 p.m. on Saturdays from September to June. The school also offers English-language classes for native Chinese speakers. For more information, contact Dr. Peter Liu, the school’s principal, at: peterliu@comcast.net.
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Baseball
Several local youth baseball teams use the ACS campus for practices and games throughout the year. The teams active in 2020 are:
- Muckdogs Baseball Club — The Muckdogs baseball club is a travel baseball organization that offers experienced coaches giving excellent instruction to above average players throughout Atlantic county and beyond. The Club fields teams at 8u, 9u, 12u, 13u, and 14u age levels. Each team is operated by an individual head coach to best meet the needs of his/her players. Many of the teams engage in community service projects to give back to their community. Last year alone Muckdogs teams did beach cleanups in Ventnor and created meal bags for the homeless.
- New Jersey Baseball — New Jersey Baseball is a baseball travel organization that focuses on player development for college. The program is open to boys ages 9 to 17. For more information, contact Michael Lahoud at 609-374-4477 or mjlahoud@comcast.net
Football
Flag Football University is a flag football league for ages 5-14, co-ed and all ability levels. It is organized by a former NFL wide receiver whose goal when he left the NFL was to teach the game of flag football to everyone at a young age because of how much fun it is while being safe and learning all the proper concepts of the game. Flag Football University is the premier organization in flag football in the area and the first with live streaming games and play-by-play announcing. You just can’t beat the excitement Flag Football University has to offer! For more information, contact Coach David Klemic at dklemic_05@yahoo.com
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Scouting
Boy Scout Troop 389 and Cub Scout Pack 389 meet at Atlantic Christian School on Monday nights. The goal of scouting is to train youth in responsible citizenship, character development, personal fitness, and self-reliance through participation in a wide range of outdoor activities, educational programs, and community service. Hiking, camping, and rock climbing are a regular part of the scouting program. Community-service projects have included doing a reenactment of Iwo Jima as part of the Longport Memorial Day parade, serving at a local food pantry to distribute Thanksgiving food baskets, collecting and donating gift boxes to U.S. troops serving overseas, and doing litter clean-up along Zion Road in Egg Harbor Township. The scouts also expand their knowledge on various topics by inviting guest speakers to their weekly meetings, such as Egg Harbor Township Mayor Paul Hodson, who spoke on the importance of public service.
The Troop and Pack have participated in the annual Scout Show and have won Best of Show or taken first place more than 10 times. The Scout leadership is focused on encouraging and mentoring the scouts to excel and achieve special distinctions, such as the Arrow of Light and Eagle Scout. Since the establishment of the Troop and Pack in 2004, fifteen scouts have earned the rank of Eagle Scout, an 85% achievement rate and the highest of any troop in southern New Jersey. The Scouts who have earned Eagle rank are: Asher Nothaft (2012), Victor Logan IV (2012), Ryan Goukler (2012), Miles Clark (2012), Michael Winder (2012), Christopher Hoffman (2012), Vincent Varallo (2012), Samuel Karabashian (2013), Tyler Newman (2013), Ian Gabrielle (2015), Robert Thomas Dillard (2016), William Cincotti (2016), Brendan Crawford (2018), Bradford Fauntleroy (2018), and Matt Sawyer (2018).
Cub Scouts is for boys from 1st -5th grades and is led by Cubmaster Carrie Jorgenson. Boy Scouts is for boys from 6th grade until 18 years old and is led by Scoutmaster Mike Jorgenson. CLICK HERE to follow the exciting events and activities of the scouts and cubs on their Facebook page — Boy Scout Troop 389.
For more information, contact Troop Committee Chair Peter Karabashian at ppknj@comcast.net.
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Soccer
Prestige Soccer Training offers a professional soccer training program year-round on the ACS campus for boys and girls from 8 to 15 years old. The PST coaching staff is USSF licensed.
For more information, visit www.prestigesoccertraining.net or contact Nenad Gorgiev at 609-287-5378 or prestigesoccertraining2015@gmail.com