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Dear Parents,

TOMORROW! Friday, November 15th - Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes are due back to school!

Friday, November 22nd - Spirit Wear Day & HS Bake Sale

    The HS dual enrollment English students are having a bake sale to raise funds for a class trip they are taking. The bake sale will take place during MDB. If you would like your child to participate, please send them in with cash to make a purchase. Thanks!

Tuesday, November 26th - ACA Annual Thanksgiving Breakfast 

    Each year, Chef Tina and a crew of helpers, gift the ACA students and staff with a Thanksgiving breakfast. If you able to contribute food for this endeavor, please click this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4AA8AA2BA1FCCE9-52881028-thanksgiving

    Thank you in advance for your help with this. Also, please note dismissal this day will be immediately following the breakfast at 11:00a.m.

Other items to note…

  1. Report Cards. The link to report cards was sent to your email. It remains live for two weeks.

  2. PTF. Last call for parents who want to join our Parent Teacher Fellowship(PTF)! Please complete the attached form and send it to the main office. 

  3. DATE CHANGE!! Friday, December 13th - Christmas Concerts

  4. College Visits. High school students are allowed three excused absences college visits a year, but they must communicate with their teachers and the main office ahead of time. They must also bring back something from the college verifying their visit.

  5. STEM UPDATE

  • STEM kits and supplies have been ordered with state funds for each class that requested them.

  • Second grade students went to the Info Age Science & History Museum. The museum bills itself as a Unique and Fascinating Journey Through the Progressions of Science and Technology. Their trip included a STEM project.

  • Various STEM activities have been completed as part of our science curriculum

  • Mr. Roche from the Delaware Valley Science Fair made a presentation to all 6-8 grade students about creating a science or engineering project to enter into the local science fair here in NJ. He highlighted two students from Pennsylvania that went on to win national awards for their projects. Mr. Roche will be back at ACA on November 19th, to meet with the students who expressed an interest in creating a project. Mr. Roche has had a number of former students who went on to place nationally and at ISEF (International Science & Engineering Fair) competitions. He is the retired head of the research program at High Technology High School.

  • ACA has registered to participate in the International Christian STEM Competition to take place at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona on April 4 & 5. Teams are in the process of being chosen to compete in one of the four competition categories. The students will be part of a team that has to create their project and document everything in an Engineering Design Notebook. 

  • We are also working with a team of students from Stevens Institute of Technology who are planning to come and present their senior design project on robotics.

Blessings,