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2023-2024 Student Council Members Elected

Congratulations to the middle school and high school students who were recently elected to the 2023-2024 Student Council. The election, overseen by Faculty Advisor Audra Williams, was held on October 31 and council members have been meeting to discuss their agenda for this school year.

Williams said the council members will help plan school and community service activities, strive to enrich the spiritual atmosphere of the school, and spearhead at least one all-school fundraiser to benefit a community organization or charity.

Following is a list of the officers and students who were elected to those positions:

6th Grade
Maddie Petrinec, President; Bo Altier, Vice President; Max Ramos, Secretary/Treasurer; Gabrielle Disciascio, Chaplain; and Ella Henigan & Parker Maxwell, Class Representatives

7th Grade
Brody Panetta, President; Chase Hagel, Vice President; Malani Christmon, Secretary/Treasurer; Noah Smith & Rosalie Campbell, Chaplains; Joie Aspenberg & Gaebriel Hahn-Chaney, Class Representatives and Natalie Dickson, Class Overseer

8th Grade
Grace Lushina, President; Matthew Coates, Vice President; Lexi Wyckoff, Secretary/Treasurer and Malena Meyer, Chaplain

9th Grade
Mackenzie Flynn, President; Isabella Santos, Vice President; Yuyu Choi, Secretary/Treasurer; Ashlee Alford, Chaplain; and Tanner Koob, Class Representative

10th Grade
Gabriella Goodwin, President; Justin Basso, Vice President; Angela Awad, Secretary/Treasurer; Gianna Flynn, Chaplain; and Tara McCorkle, Class Representative

11th Grade
Sophia Johnson, President; Autumn Loo, Vice President; Isabell Alford, Secretary/Treasurer; and Josh Merlino, Chaplain

12th Grade
Haven Sanchez, President; Noelle Thompson, Vice President; Ryleigh Martin, Secretary/Treasurer; and Evangelina Kim, Chaplain

ACS Presents Rescue Mission With $1,517 from Bowls of Hope Benefit; Williams’ 5th Grade Class Wins Bowls of Hope Contest

ACS presented the Atlantic City Rescue Mission with a check for $1,517 on March 9 from the proceeds of the February 4 Bowls of Hope Soup Cook-Off to help fund the Mission’s important work meeting the needs of the homeless in Atlantic City and surrounding communities. Accepting the check on behalf of the Rescue Mission were Pastor Bill Warner, Vice President of Biblical Education and Policy, and Sara Franklin, Chair of the Mission’s Board of Trustees.

The high school students who helped present the check are members of the Student Council who volunteered at the Bowls of Hope fundraiser. Also participating in the check presentation were Chief School Administrator Karen Oblen, Upper School Principal Meg McHale, and Event Coordinator Christian Delacruz. The Student Council members pictured in the photo are: Isabell Alford, Sophia Costello, Rebecca DiMaio, Zachary Fosbenner, Noah Gibbs, Caden Kim, Evangelina Kim, Autumn Loo, Alli Lushina, Ryleigh Martin, David O’Donnell, Haven Sanchez, Allison Schlundt, Nathan Stein, and Noelle Thompson.

Ms. Williams’ 5th grade class won the Bowls of Hope Classroom Fundraising Contest.

In a separate presentation, Ms. Amy Williams’ 5th grade class was recognized for winning first place in the Bowls of Hope classroom fundraising contest, raising the most funds from ticket sales and sponsorships. The class received a pizza party as its prize.

Thank you to our students, school families, faculty and staff, and friends in the community for helping make our Bowls of Hope Soup Cook-Off a success.

ACS Donates Over 300 Hats to Ellie’s Hats Charity to Benefit Children Receiving Cancer Treatment

ACS collected over 300 hats during a December Hat Drive that were donated to the non-profit, Ellie’s Hats, on January 6.  Members of the Student Council, who organized the hat drive, presented Shanice Beltran, an Ambassador for Ellie’s Hats, with three big boxes filled with hats that will be donated to children undergoing cancer treatment. Beltan plans to deliver the hats sometime this month to the Pediatric Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia specialty care unit of hematology and oncology in Voorhees.

“I am so grateful to see the outcome of this hat drive,” said Beltran, who is also an ACS parent and works in the ACS Early Education Center. “These hats are going to be a blessing to so many kids. I never expected to receive such a large number of  hats.” Beltran’s daughter, Emma, underwent cancer treatment for a tumor in her kidney in 2018 and received hats to wear from the Maryland-based Ellie’s Hats, during her treatment.

“When children are going through chemo and experiencing hair loss, having a hat to wear gives them some comfort and helps them not think about the ugly side of cancer,” Beltran said. She said the children at the Voorhees clinic will get to choose which of the donated hats they would like to have, helping them reflect their creative and expressive side.

ACS families with students from kindergarten to the 12th grade donated to the Hat Drive, which ran from November 29 to December 20. Student Council Advisor Dave Genter said a total of 306 new hats were collected, in sizes ranging from babies to teenagers.

“The Student Council members were excited to organize this hat drive for Ellie’s Hats and we’re very pleased with the enthusiastic response from our school families,” Genter said.

 

Student Council Kicks Off Bowls of Hope Food Drive

Student Council members kicked off the Bowls of Hope Food Drive this week, making presentations to students in various classrooms on Friday morning and distributing white plastic grocery bags to take home for families to begin collecting canned soup and other non-perishable food for the Community FoodBank of NJ, Southern Branch. Please return the Food Drive bags to ACS by Friday, February 4, or bring them with you to the February 5 Bowls of Hope event. Families can also bring donations to ACS during Parent-Teacher Conferences to be held the last week of January.

Student Council is running a contest for the Food Drive. The class that collects the most amount of food by weight will win a pizza party.  Last year, ACS set a new food drive record, collecting over 4 tons of food. Let’s beat that record this year!

Here are some important guidelines for the Food Drive:

  • Please check the food labels and do not donate any food with expired labels; they cannot be donated to the FoodBank.
  • Please be sure to write your child’s name and teacher’s name on any bag you send in with donated food. This will make sure your donation gets to your child’s class and can be part of the overall amount that each class is collecting.

Over 1,000 grocery bags were donated by the English Creek ShopRite to use for our Food Drive. Collection boxes for donations are now located in the school foyer and in the hallways next to each classroom.

We are encouraging every family to participate in our Food Drive to give a helping hand to those in need in our community. Thank you for your participation.

Student Council Officers Recently Elected; Organize Christmas Hat Drive Service Project

Thirty-one students from the 6th-12th grades were recently elected to serve on the 2021-2022 Student Council and the week of November 15 they visited various classrooms to launch their first service project — a Christmas hat drive to collect and donate children’s hats to raise awareness for childhood cancer and benefit the nonprofit, Ellie’s Hats.

Elections for the Student Council were held on September 17 and the officers began meeting with Student Council Advisor Dave Genter on October 8 to plan their community service activities and to identify ways they can enrich the spiritual life of the school.

One leadership activity includes Student Council members offering the prayer during the daily morning announcements. Student Council officers also represented their fellow students at the Veterans Appreciation Breakfast on November 11, welcoming and engaging with the veterans as they sat at various tables and shared breakfast together before the Veterans Chapel.

Genter said the students also plan to lead a school-wide community service project in the spring that will benefit the school. Congratulations to the following Student Council officers:

12th Grade Officers –Angela Eggie, President; Amber Ramos, Vice President; Mia Liggins, Secrectary/Treasurer; Quinn Schrag, Chaplin

11th Grade Officers — Reyna Lewis, President; Allison Schlundt, Vice President; Daniella Ajayi, Secretary/Treasurer; Tommy Ellison, Chaplin

10th Grade Officers — Haven Sanchez, President; Rebecca Kelley, Vice President; Vera Huff, Secretary/Treasurer; Evangelina Kim, Chaplin; Ryleigh Martin, Alicia O’Donnell, Noelle Thompson, Representatives

9th Grade Officers — Autumn Loo, President; Rebecca DiMaio, Vice President; Isabell Alford, Secretary/Treasurer; Sophia Johnson, Chaplin

8th Grade Officers — David O’Donnell, President; Sophia Costello, Vice President; Caden Kim, Secretary/Treasurer; Ava Barberio, Chaplin

7th Grade Officers — Mackenzie Flynn, President; Annalena DiMaio, Vice President; Gerliana Merette, Secretary/Treasurer; Kiara Loo, Chaplin; Lucy Huff, Representative

6th Grade Officers — Matthew Coates, President; Grace Lushina, Vice President; Bezute Ngwabi, Secretary/Treasurer

ACS Holds Successful February Blood Drive

Thank you to everyone who donated blood at our American Cross Blood Drive on February 27 and helped make the event a success. The Blood Drive is a service project of the ACS Student Council, overseen by faculty member Dave Genter.

During the blood drive, held in the Multi-Purpose Room, volunteers donated 31 units of blood that will be able to provide for 93 hospital patients in our area

Genter said ACS is planning to host the next American Red Cross Blood Drive on August 9, 2021. Mark your calendar to participate. Details will be posted on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Give blood. Help save lives.

Bowls of Hope Food Drive Sets New School Record – Collecting 4,655 Pounds of Food for Community FoodBank of NJ

Our Bowls of Hope Food Drive set an exciting new school record this year, collecting a whopping 4,655 pounds of food for the Community FoodBank of NJ, Southern Branch.  Middle school and high school students on the Student Council, who helped organize the school-wide event, helped pack up and load the over two tons of donations onto wooden pallets for pickup by a FoodBank truck on Thursday, March 4. Congratulations to Mrs. Capito’s 1st grade class for winning first place among all PreK-12th grade classes for collecting the most non-perishable food by weight — 442.4 pounds.

The food drive was held during the month of February, concluding on March 1. In early February, hundreds of paper grocery bags donated by the English Creek Shoprite in Egg Harbor Township were sent home with students for families to fill with their food  donations.

Mrs. Capito’s 1st grade class came in first place in a schoolwide contest by collecting the most non-perishable food donations by weight — 442.4 pounds.

“Thank you to all our school families and friends who brought in food to make this an overwhelming success,” said faculty member Dave Genter, who oversaw the drive as the Student Council advisor. “You were Jesus’ hands and your donations are helping out many families in our community.”  Genter said that ACS collected over four times more donations this year than last year, when ACS had collected 1,021 pounds of non-perishable food.

Kathy Steinman, transportation supervisor at the FoodBank, thanked and congratulated ACS for its efforts. “Wow, you guys and gals did an amazing job,” Steinman said. “Thank you all for everything you did to help so many in need.”

Mrs. Capito’s 1st grade class will be enjoying a pizza party next week for collecting the most donations by weight. Two other classes were also recognized for their efforts — in second place, Mrs. Lewis’ PreK2A class, which collected 419.8 pounds of food, and in 3rd place, Mrs. Brossman’s 1st grade class, which collected 385 pounds of food.

 

2020-2021 Student Council Members Elected

Congratulations to the 17 middle school and high school students who were recently elected to the 2020-2021 Student Council. The election, overseen by faculty Advisor Dave Genter, was held on December 4 and council members will begin meeting in January to discuss their agenda for this school year.

Genter said the council members will help plan school and community service activities, strive to enrich the spiritual atmosphere of the school, and spearhead at least one all-school fundraiser to benefit a community organization or charity.

Following is a list of the officers and students who were elected to those positions:

12th Grade Officers –Sydney Pearson, President; Chloe Vogel, Vice President

10th Grade Officers — Cruz Lewis, President; Reyna Lewis, Vice President; Moges Johnson, Secretary/Treasurer (not pictured); Tommy Ellison, Chaplain

9th Grade Officers — Ryleigh Martin, President; Noelle Thompson, Vice President; Haven Sanchez, Secretary/Treasurer; Evangelina Kim, Chaplain

8th Grade Officers — Isabell Alford, President; Taylor Murphy, Secretary/Treasurer; Sophia Johnson, Chaplain

6th Grade Officers — Mackenzie Flynn, President; Isabella Santos, Vice President; Kiara Loo, Secretary/Treasurer; Annalena DiMaio, Chaplain

ACS Holds Successful February Blood Drive

Thank you to everyone who donated blood at our American Cross Blood Drive on February 12 and helped make the event a success. The Blood Drive is a service project of the ACS Student Council, overseen by faculty member Dave Genter.

During the five hours of the blood drive, held in the Multi-Purpose Room, volunteers donated 26 units of blood, just shy of the 31 pints collected at our August blood drive. One unit/pint of blood helps save 3 lives and will benefit patients at 78 area hospitals in Atlantic County and across South Jersey.

Genter said ACS is planning to host the next American Red Cross Blood Drive on August 10 from 2:00-7:00 p.m. Mark your calendar to participate. Details will be posted on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Give blood. Help save lives.

February 12: Red Cross Blood Drive at ACS

Donate blood and help save a life. Make an appointment today to donate blood at the American Red Cross Blood Drive at Atlantic Christian School on Wednesday, February 12 from 3:00-8:00 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room. Since 2008, ACS has hosted American Red Cross blood drives to help meet the urgent needs of patients at hospitals in Atlantic County and our surrounding community. To donate, please make an appointment on the Red Cross website. Any questions? Contact high school faculty member and Student Council Advisor Dave Genter at dgenter@acseht.org.

To make an appointment, go to: www.redcrossblood.org
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Red Cross Blood Drive at ACS – February 12

Donate blood and help save a life. Make an appointment today to donate blood at the American Red Cross Blood Drive at Atlantic Christian School on Wednesday, February 12 from 3:00-8:00 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room. Since 2008, ACS has hosted American Red Cross blood drives to help meet the urgent needs of patients at hospitals in Atlantic Coutny and our surrounding community. To donate, please make an appointment on the Red Cross website. Any questions? Contact high school faculty member and Student Council Advisor Dave Genter at dgenter@acseht.org.

To make an appointment, go to: www.redcrossblood.org
Use Sponsor Code: atlanticchristiansch

Student Council Kicks Off Bowls of Hope Food Drive

Student Council members kicked off the Bowls of Hope Food Drive this week, making presentations to students in various classrooms on Tuesday morning and distributing brown grocery bags to take home for families to begin collecting canned soup and other non-perishable food for the Community FoodBank of NJ, Southern Branch. Please return the Food Drive bags to ACS by Friday, January 31, or bring them with you to the Bowls of Hope event.

Six hundred brown grocery bags were donated by the English Creek ShopRite to use for our Food Drive. Collection boxes for donations are now located in the school foyer and next to the offices of our Elementary and Upper School Principals. We are encouraging every family to participate in our Food Drive to give a helping hand to those in need in our community. Thank you for your participation.