The Race for Education is just three weeks away and we need every student and teacher from PreK3 to the 12th grade to reach out to family members and friends to ask them to be a Race sponsor. Over $35,000 could be raised if every student and teacher received just $50 from their sponsors and if everyone raised $100 from sponsors that would total over $70,000! Please find time over this holiday weekend to send some emails or share the ACS Race flyer on Facebook and help us reach and exceed our $40,000 goal.
To date, ACS has received over $12,000 in donations and pledges from sponsors. Thank you to everyone who has already donated or reached out to prospective sponsors. Let’s keep pressing on over the next three weeks and encouraging others to come on board as sponsors.
Giving to the Race for Education is easy — just go to our Race website — www.race4ed.com/aceht.
An email was sent to every parent and staff member on Monday, October 4 encouraging everyone to participate in the Race fundraiser. The email included an email template that can be easily forwarded to family and friends. Just click the email’s “Forward” button, remove the message in the email and add your own, add your email addresses in the TO: field and hit send.
Sponsors can give any amount, but if they donate $50 or more, a special Race sneaker sign with the sponsor’s name and the name of the student they are sponsoring will be posted on a school hallway wall or in a classroom as a sign of support. Donors can also be a “Classroom Sponsor” (for a gift of $200) or an “Event Sponsor” (for a gift of $400). Individual yard signs with the names/logos of Classroom and Event sponsors will be placed around the edge of the track on Race Day to encourage all of our runners. In addition, the names/logos of our “Event Sponsors” will go on a banner hung at the school for the week prior to and on Race Day.
CLICK ON the flyer below to go to the Race donation website.
Congratulations to the 46 students from elementary to high school who were selected for the cast of our November 19-20 production of the musical “Peter Pan Jr.” Show Director Genevieve Huff got rehearsals underway in mid-September and she is very excited to see the students working hard at their weekly Wednesday rehearsals on perfecting their singing and choreography. Two performances of Peter Pan, Jr. will be held on Friday, November 19 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, November 20 at 2 p.m. Show tickets and ads will go on sale on Sunday, October 17 on the ACS website.
ACS students and staff will have the opportunity to show their school spirit on Green-and-White Day next Friday, October 15. Students from the 6th-12th grades will also gather for Pep Rallies to get our Varsity and Middle School Soccer teams fired up for their home games later in the day. The Middle School Boys’ Soccer team will play Margate at 3:45 p.m. and the Varsity teams will face off against Pilgrim Academy in the evening. Students and staff may wear green and white clothing with jeans to school on October 15. No holey jeans or leggings are permissible.
The first Parent-Teacher Conferences of this school year for parents with students in Kindergarten to the 12th grade will be on Wednesday, October 13 from 1:00-6:00 p.m. A Parent-Teacher conference is not mandatory, but is recommended if your child is not performing well academically (a grade of 70 or below in any subject) or is having trouble acclimating to the new school year. Scheduling an in-person conference with a teacher is done using an on-line scheduling tool called Sign Up Genius and time slots are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Boscov’s “Friends Helping Friends” charitable shopping event is just 12 days away — on Wednesday, October 20. Did you buy your special shopping pass yet that will entitle you to a 25% discount for all in-store purchases that day? If not, you can get your discount pass from the ACS office for just $5 and ACS keeps 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the passes.
The American Red Cross Blood Drive scheduled for Friday, October 22 at the ACS campus has been rescheduled to Wednesday, December 1 from 3:30-8:30 p.m. Make your appointment to donate blood on the Red Cross website — redcrossblood.org OR call 1-800-REDCROSS.
Want to spread the inspiring Biblical message of our 2021 Spiritual Development Theme in our community? ACS is now offering a new T-shirt featuring our “Deeply Rooted: Fearless and Blessed” logo image for purchase for a limited time by parents and supporters of ACS. All proceeds will benefit the Parent-Teacher Fellowship.
Volunteers are an important part of school life at ACS and we are blessed each year to see the servant hearts of our parents, guardians, grandparents, and friends in the community who are willing to give of their time and talents to make the school day experience at ACS the best it can be. As this school year gets underway, we are in need of volunteers to help in a variety of areas, which are described below. Please consider how you can be involved in the ACS Family by serving as a volunteer.
Our Varsity and Middle School Boys’ and Girls’ soccer seasons are off to a great start this fall. The Varsity Boys are 7-1 and the Varsity Girls are 6-1, playing strong in the Tri-State Christian Athletic Conference and also against a number of area public school teams. The Middle School Boys are 3-0 in the Atlantic Cape Junior High League and the Middle School Girls are 1-2. Check out the Athletic Calendar on the ACS website for upcoming game information. Come on out and cheer on our Cougars to victory!
Join us! ACS Spirit Day at Texas Roadhouse in Egg Harbor Township will be on Friday, October 22 from 4 p.m. to closing. Enjoy hand-cut steaks, fall-off-the-bone ribs, made-from-scratch sides, and fresh-baked bread and help raise funds for ACS Athletics. Please mention “Atlantic Christian School” when you order. The restaurant is located at 6801 E. Black Horse Pike in Egg Harbor Township. Hope to see you there!
The ACS school family, alumni, family members, and friends are invited to Homecoming 2021 on Saturday, October 23, with our Varsity Soccer Teams facing off against ACS Alumni Boys’ and Girls’ Teams. Our Varsity Girls vs Alumni Girls game will begin at noon and the Varsity Boys vs Alumni Boys game will kick off at 2:00 p.m. The Homecoming Court Presentation will be held between the games, from 1:30-2:00 p.m. Any alumnus who wants to play in the Homecoming Games, please contact Athletic Director Pam Hitchner by October 16, by text at 609-412-7735 or by email at phitchner@acseht.org.
Our 19th annual Race for Education fall fundraiser, to be held on Friday, October 29, kicked off the week of September 20 and donations are already coming in. Please make a gift online today and help us reach and exceed our goal of $40,000 to support our educational programs and activities this year.
Our annual Back-to-School BBQ on September 17 was a great night of fellowship and a time to grow closer together as a school family. It was our biggest BBQ ever as we welcomed over 850 new and returning parents, students, staff, grandparents, and alumni for an enjoyable evening of good food and lots of games and activities for students of every age.
Several dozen students, faculty, staff, and family members gathered for a time of prayer around the ACS flagpoles as part of the annual national “See You At the Pole” event on Wednesday, September 22. The morning gathering before the start of school began with singing led by staff member Kelly Flynn. Students and adults then took turns leading out in prayer as the the group lifted up our school, community, and nation.
A number of interesting and enriching after-school classes are starting over the next two weeks. Soccer led by Prestige Soccer will begin on September 29 and Gymnastics, Art Studio, Art Workshop, and Intro to Sign Language will begin the week of October 4. A packet with the Fall Class Schedule and Registration Forms was sent home this week with PreK2-8th grade students. The schedule and registration forms are also posted on the ACS website and on the ACS Family App under “Calendars.”
Donate blood and help save a life. Make an appointment to donate blood at the American Red Cross Blood Drive on Friday, October 22 from 3:30 – 8:30 p.m. in the ACS Gym.
We’re hiring! ACS is now accepting applications and interviewing qualified candidates for substitute teachers for K-12th grade classes and for Flex Aides to work in our award-winning Early Education Center.
Do you have a musical instrument gathering dust in a closet that you are not playing any more? Our Music Department is seeking to acquire additional woodwind and brass instruments as well as several string instruments for use by our 4th and 5th grade students in Elementary Band as well as by students in the Middle School-High School Band.
The ACS SpiritWear sale has been extended to Monday, September 27. Place your order today online and help promote school spirit while raising funds for our school.
Students and parents were welcomed with smiles and hi-fives by faculty, staff, and Corgy the Cougar, our school mascot, as they arrived by car and school bus on the first day of school on Wednesday, September 8. Our 2021-2022 school year is off to a great start, and we can’t wait to see what’s in store! Students in Kindergarten and in the Senior Class posed for special pictures to mark the day as a milestone in their lives.
What does it mean to be “Deeply Rooted”? Students began exploring the answer to that question during the first Thursday chapels of the school year on September 9. Elementary Principal Gail Alford and Upper School Principal Meg McHale spoke during the Elementary and Middle School/High School Chapels about the meaning of our 2021-2022 Spiritual Development Theme drawn from Jeremiah 17:7-8. The theme was also introduced during the devotional at the Early Ed and Kindergarten Chapel on September 10.
“As young people, you are surrounded by so much pressure to conform to what society says is normal or true, but society’s norms do not line up with the truth in the Word of God,” said Mrs. McHale, pictured below left, during the Upper School Chapel. “We have to study and know what God wants us to be, the way He designed us, and stand firm with deep roots in that knowledge.”
ACS teachers worked hard preparing their classrooms to be a warm, loving, and welcoming place for their students as the school year got underway on September 8. In late August, teachers and staff attended In-Service training and workshops where they had an opportunity to get acquainted, review school policies and procedures, and focus on this year’s spiritual development theme — “Deeply Rooted” — based on Jeremiah 17:7-8.
Parents and guardians are encouraged to attend our upcoming Back-to-School Nights on Tuesday, September 14, and Tuesday, September 21. The September 14 event is for parents and guardians of children in kindergarten to the 5th grade and the September 21 event is for parents and guardians of students in the 6th-12th grades. Both events will begin at 6:30 p.m. and masks will be required to be worn when indoors.
We invite all of our ACS families, faculty, and staff to make plans to attend our 17th annual family Back-to-School BBQ on Friday, September 17, from 5:00-8:00 p.m. The BBQ menu will include hamburgers, hot dogs, pulled BBQ pork, a variety of salads, Kona water ice, and much more, with games and activities for our students to enjoy. The BBQ is a great way to meet new families, see old friends, and get better acquainted with each other as a school family.