PTF Philly Pretzel Mondays and Popcorn Wednesdays are back! This coming Monday, September 13, the Parent-Teacher Fellowship will be selling Philly Pretzel Factory Soft Pretzels during lunch for $1, and on Wednesday, September 15, will be selling bags of popcorn for $1. Pretzels and popcorn cannot be purchased online through lunch ordering on RenWeb.
Pretzel and popcorn lunchtime sales will continue weekly throughout the school year. Please know that the funds raised by the PTF go to support student scholarships and awards and teacher equipment and supplies.
Thank you for supporting our school!
Our Summer Camp and Early Education Center are in the Top 5 to win a Best of the Press Award, but we need your votes. Vote once a day from now through September 19 and help us collect as many votes as possible. Only the top 3 vote-getters will win a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Medal. Thank you to everyone who voted during the nominating round last month.
Important updates to the new ACS Family App for mobile phones went into effect last week so anyone who has already downloaded the app to their Android or iPhone mobile phones needs to update the app or delete it and reload the app from the app store as soon as possible. If you not have the ACS App yet, you will automatically receive the updated version when you download the app.
Calling All Actors! — The adventure-filled musical, Peter Pan Jr., is coming to ACS this November. Auditions are open to ACS students in grades 3-12 and will held be on September 8 and 9. Please register online to select your audition time slot. Students can also select the specific role for which they would like to audition.
Calling all middle school boys and girls to put on their cleats and come out for soccer tryouts on Thursday, September 9, starting at 3:30 p.m. Our middle school teams will be playing against public and non-public schools in the competitive Atlantic Cape Junior High League. Come on out and be a part of a program that focuses on teamwork, building skills, and learning the importance of good sportsmanship.
The ACS Lunch Program will be available to students starting on the first day of school, Wednesday, September 8. Our delicious, healthy hot and cold catered lunches, which include a fruit and beverage, are once again being provided by Towne & Country Cafe, owned by ACS alumni parent Steve Thomas. Lunches must be ordered online through RenWeb by 3 p.m. on the day prior.
ACS staff members, contractors, and a number of volunteers worked diligently over the summer to accomplish important facility improvements on our school campus. The largest project involved renovating seven classrooms in modular buildings across from the main school building. Parents and students had a chance to tour the new classrooms on September 2 as part of New Family Orientation.
An enthusiastic team of some 30 student and parent volunteers turned out for our two Back-to-School Work Days on August 26 and 30. Faculty, staff, and volunteers worked side-by-side and helped relocated six classrooms to our newly renovated modular buildings. They also built health and safety shields to place on the cafeteria tables, helped with cleaning, and much more. Thank you for your hearts to serve. Your help really made a difference.
10th grader Evangelina Kim knows her way around the softball field and in late July the talented shortstop helped her team — the NJ Firecrackers — excel at the USSSA softball league’s Northeast Regional National Championships held in Salisbury, Maryland. The NJ Firecrackers placed 3rd out of 48 teams from North Carolina to Maine that competed in the week-long tournament. Even more impressive is that Eva’s team was comprised of 14- and 15-year-olds who played up in the 16- to 17-year-old division.
The tournament concluded the season for the NJ Firecrackers, who are based out of Mays Landing and played year-round. The team, coached by John D’Agostino, opened each game with prayer in the huddle.
The ACS campus was buzzing with activity all summer long as children from preschool to the sixth grade attended our popular, award-winning Cougar Camp and Early Education summer program. Faculty member Eric Tardif, in his second year as Cougar Camp Director, put together an exciting schedule of weekly-themed activities for nearly 90 campers who attended two or more days a week. “It was a summer filled with laughter, joy, and making memories,” said Tardif on the final day of camp on August 27. Early Education Director and Elementary Principal Gail Alford oversaw the Early Ed summer camp program for nearly 100 preschool and kindergarten-aged children.
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ACS SpiritWear is now on sale, sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Fellowship (PTF), featuring a variety of hoodies and sweatshirts and a new personalized water bottle. Your purchase of ACS SpiritWear promotes school spirit and raises funds for the school. SpiritWear is for ACS families, with sizes available from preschool to adult. SpiritWear is also approved apparel that can be worn by students during the school day. The deadline to place your order is Friday, September 10.
The ACS Administration will be finalizing and distributing the school’s COVID-19 Mask Policy for the 2021-2022 school year to school families next week. The policy will incorporate the unanimous decision by the ACS Board of Directors at its regular August 16, 2021 meeting to give parents the ability to choose, through the use of an informed consent form, whether or not their children will be wearing a mask during school hours.
Our high school soccer pre-season will get underway next week — on Monday, August 23 — and will run for two weeks for the Varsity Boys’ and Girls’ Soccer Teams. Middle School Boys’ and Girls’ Soccer Try-outs will be on Thursday, September 9, starting at 3:30 p.m. Come on out and be a part of our outstanding and competitive soccer programs.
We need volunteers to serve lunch and help with light clean-up. Volunteers can be parents, grandparents, and other friends of ACS. Services Coordinator Anne Block is now putting together her fall schedule so please contact her as soon as possible if you are able to serve our school and students in this way.
Volunteers are needed on Thursday, August 26 to help us get ready for the new school as we relocate some classrooms and open new classrooms in our modular buildings. We’re excited about the way God is growing our school and we welcome our school families to help us get ready for the new year. There are two 3-hour shifts for volunteers to choose from — 9 a.m. to Noon and Noon to 3 p.m.
Are you looking to join a carpool to bring your children to ACS? Join our Facebook group for school parents — the Atlantic Christian School – Stronger Together group — and connect with other school families. Post a message about your interest in carpooling and list your city/area so that fellow parents can reach out to tell you if they are interested.
Congratulations to the 236 students in the 1st to 12th grades who were academic achievers during the 2020-2021 school year and earned a place on the year-end Honor Roll.
Atlantic Christian School is pleased to release its 2020-2021 Annual Report, which was mailed in early August to school families, donors, and other community supporters, including area churches, nonprofits, foundations, and businesses. The report provides a snapshot of school life for our students from preschool to the 12th grade — from service projects and spiritual development to fine arts, athletics, and outstanding achievement in various writing, design, and spelling contests.
Students in our summer Cougar Camp harvested fresh produce from our school garden in August that was twice donated to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, Southern Branch, in Egg Harbor Township. The donations totaled 28 pounds of organically grown vegetables, including green beans, banana peppers, green peppers, snap peas, tomatoes, and zucchini.
Thank you to everyone who donated blood at our American Cross Blood Drive on August 9 and helped make the life-saving event a success. We collected 25 units of blood — which will provide critical aid for up to 75 area hospital patients.
Donate blood and help save a life. Make an appointment to donate blood on Monday, August 9 from 2:00-7:00 p.m. at the American Red Cross Blood Drive at Atlantic Christian School. All donors will receive a coupon from Dunkin Donuts for a free medium iced coffee and donut while supplies last.
We’re hiring! We’re excited about growing and adding new classes this fall. We have several openings for new elementary teachers for the 2021-2022 school year and we are also seeking an Early Education Teacher Aide, and an Event Coordinator to oversee our exciting school activities. Apply now and join the award-winning team at ACS — voted one of the best places to work in the 2020 Best of the Press Reader’s Choice Awards!
Voting is now open through August 8 to nominate ACS for Best Summer Camp and Best Child Daycare Center in the 2021 Best of the Press Awards. Help us make it to the winners circle again. Only the top 5 nominees in each category will advance to the final voting round.