The final results are in and the Race for Education raised $36,000 for our Annual Fund, exceeding our goal by 33% and raising $11,000 more than last year’s Race. Thank you to all our donors, student and teacher participants, and volunteers for making our 2019 race a success.
4th grader Liam Larkin, pictured above, was recognized during our January 3rd Elementary Chapel for being the Student Grand Prize Winner, raising $2,080 through gifts from his sponsors. Mrs. Hoover’s 4th grade class, pictured below, was recognized as the Early Ed/Elementary Class Grand Prize Winner for raising $4,004, the most in donations overall.
Student Grand Prize Winner Larkin is pictured with Assistant Director of Development and Communication, Mrs. PJ Santos, and Chief School Administrator, Mrs. Karen Oblen. Larkin received a special certificate redeemable for an Apple Watch Series 3, Beats Wireless Headphones or 4 Theme Park Tickets.
Mrs. Hoover’s class is receiving an outing to either the Get Air Trampoline Park or the Playland Castaway Cove as their prize. Mrs. Coates’ 6th grade class received the Middle School Class Grand Prize for raising $3,016. The students are receiving an outing to the Get Air Trampoline Park as their prize.
Additional prizes were also awarded for class, student, and teacher/staff participation:
Dress Down Day or Snack Pass Prize
Awarded to students who brought in 10 or more address labels. Teachers will distributed the passes on Monday to the winning students in their classrooms. This year, 218 students turned in at least 10 or more labels.
Teacher Prizes for Class Participation
$50 Gift Certificate
A $50 gift certificate to use toward purchasing classroom supplies or equipment was awarded to the following teachers who had at least 75% of their students turn in 10 or more address labels:
• 1A – Mrs. Mindy Capito
• 2A – Ms. Amy Williams
• 3 – Mrs. Karen Fosbenner
• 4A – Mrs. Sherree Hoover
• 5A – Mr. Grant Miller
• 5B – Mrs. Bethany Kiefer
• 6A – Mrs. Sara Coates
$100 Gift Certificate
A $100 gift certificate to use toward purchasing classroom supplies or equipment was awarded to the following teachers who had 100% of their students turn in 10 or more address:
• KA – Ms. Hayley Price
• 2B – Mrs. Laura McCarthy
• 4B – Mr. Eric Tardif
Teacher Gift Certificates
The following teachers submitted labels and raised money through their sponsors. During chapel, these teachers received gift certificates equal to the value of the total amount that they raised to use for classroom supplies or equipment:
• $1,145.00 – Ms. Amy Williams (02A)
• $375.00 – Mrs. Bethany Kiefer (05B)
• $250.00 – Ms. Hayley Price (KA)
• $175.00 – Melinda Capito (01A)
Five Below $10 Gift Card Prize
The one student in each class that had the most sponsors received a Five Below $10 Gift Card. Those students recognized during chapel on Friday were:
• PK3A – Bennett Smith
• PK3B – Kannon Cummings
• PK4A – Brooklyn Smith
• PK4B – Jadyn Piccinio
• KA – Madeleine Sawyer
• KB – Nathan Frye
• 1A – Selah Melody
• 1B – Alana Rosie
• 2A – Jonathan Ireland
• 2B – Gabriella Santos
• 3 – Peyton Hiller
• 4A – Liam Larkin
• 4B –Matthew Schlundt
• 5A – Thomas Potenski
• 5B – Garrett Martin
• 6A – Paityn Kates
• 6B – Calvin Costello
• 7A – Aine Dorsey
• 7B – Seth Philips
• 8 – Zachary Fosbenner
Lap Winners
The boy and girl in each class that ran the most laps during the Race received a certificate of achievement and a Race Baton courtesy of Chick-fil-A. The class lap winners were:
- PK3A 9 Laps – Colton Costello
- PK3A 9 Laps – Bennett Smith
- PK3A 8 Laps – Annabelle Frye
- PK3A 8 Laps – Gia Jacobus
- PK3A 8 Laps – Skylar Moyer
- PK3B 6 Laps – Kannon Cummings
- PK3B 6 Laps – Ben Mail
- PK3B 6 Laps – Kinsley Meyer
- PK3B 6 Laps – Alysha Bien-Aime
- PK3B 6 Laps – Audrey Gray
- PK3B 6 Laps – Rosalie Nhan
- PK3B 6 Laps – Roselyn Vega
- PK4A 14 Laps – Jayce Bird
- PK4A 9 Laps – Addison Figueroa
- PK4A 9 Laps – Abigail Hornbaker
- PK4A 9 Laps – Brooklynn Smith
- PK4B 17 Laps – Jayden Bien-Aime
- PK4B 12 Laps – Annalise Gaffney
- KA 18 Laps – Barrett Woods
- KA 13 Laps – Alba Reed
- KB 14 Laps – Joshua Alford
- KB 14 Laps – Brady Dye
- KB 13 Laps – Emma Dunson
- 1A 18 Laps – Hunter Cross
- 1A 18 Laps – Jackson Schwenker
- 1A 15 Laps – Devyn Piccinino
- 1B 19 Laps – Jayden Bird
- 1B 12 Laps – Caitlin Doucett
- 2A 22 Laps – Jeremy Morillo
- 2A 19 Laps – Eve Gibbs
- 2B 22 Laps – Anthem Correa
- 2B 17 Laps – Gabriella Santos
- 3 23 Laps – Gabriel Hudec
- 3 13 Laps – Mia Flores
- 3 13 Laps – Mia Gaffney
- 4A 22 Laps – Liam Larkin
- 4A 22 Laps – Elliot Norris
- 4A 18 Laps – Raquel Mitchell
- 4A 18 Laps – Chelsie Richards
- 4B 25 Laps – Jason Remlein
- 4B 22 Laps – Zoey Holmstrom
- 5A 31 Laps – Ethan Costello
- 5A 25 Laps – Kalee Tardif
- 5B 20 Laps – Micah D’Anna
- 5B 20 Laps – Caedyn Hahn-Chaney
- 5B 20 Laps – Jason Kelley
- 5B 20 Laps – Nathanael Thompson
- 5B 21 Laps – Keira Frontino
- 6A 21 Laps – John Cook
- 6A 21 Laps – Paityn Kates
- 6B 28 Laps – Calvin Costello
- 6B 17 Laps – Stephanie Valdes
- 7A 16 Laps – Judah Dawkins
- 7A 23 Laps – Isabell Alford
- 7B 21 Laps – Adam Schlundt
- 7B 13 Laps – Grace Johnson
- 8 28 Laps – Michaela Schlemo
- 8 15 Laps – Gary Wyckoff
This week, the students in Mrs. McCarthy’s class ended a month-long service project and presented “Mr. Juan,” as he is lovingly called by the students, with a monetary gift. The students also made handmade encouragement cards to give him.
Intramural basketball for students in grades 2 through 8 begins Saturday, January 5. The program, led by Girls’ Varsity Coach Kaylee Breunig, will feature 5 weekly sessions of skills development and game play.
Last week, twelve ACS high school students attended ACSI’s Leadership Conference called “Re:Purpose” in Washington, D.C. Our students worshipped and learned with close to 1,000 other student leaders from Christian Schools along the Eastern Seaboard. The students learned from 8 different speakers on topics about God’s purpose as it relates to identity, learning, service, work and beauty and how it applies to the students’ present situations as well as their future. They also had an excursion to the Holocaust Museum in D.C.
MS/HS Spanish Teacher Mrs. Dena Johnson gave her honors Spanish class students a cooking video project where they will have to teach how to cook a dessert dish using only the Spanish language.
