Hello ACS Families!
Week 2 is behind us and though we had a bit of flooding in the CEL from the rain, it was a good week all in all. The junior high volleyball team hosted a tournament on Saturday at the ROC. The junior high team (7th & 8th) came away with second place, while the 5th & 6th grade team was awarded the Spirit Award for the Christlike behavior. Great job girls!
There is only one more week of our fund raiser. Our school organization number for on line sales is 877571. It is our desire to keep our afternoon secretary, she has been a tremendous assett to the students, teachers, and administration. Students do your best to help your school!
Parents, we all know how important a healthy diet is to learning. The type of sugar we find in soda and candy does not have any nutritional value. It is very good at giving us a quick burst of energy but just as quickly, leaves us tired and irritable. Please do not send your students into school with soda or energy drinks. Milk, juice, gatorade, or water is what we prefer. If the student wants to bring in soda for after school that is fine, but not during or before school. Also, Elementary students that have a morning recess are welcome to bring a healthy snack to eat during that time. Older students that do not have a recess in the morning but need a snack to get through until lunch, are welcome to eat a quick healthy snack in the 5 minutes between classes. They are not to eat during class. Help us help your students to do their best.
A letter went home last week about an elementary field trip. There was a question asking whether or not your student was going to attend the field trip. ACS Rules on field trips is that all students in the assigned classes are required to attend scheduled field trips. There are two reasons for this. One is that ACS believes that there are other ways to learning and we hope that the field trip will be a fun way for the students to learn about something new in an environement outside of school. Also, the homework is modified so that the student can take advantage of this special time of learning. If your student is unable to attend the field trip for any reason, parents are asked to call the office as their student will be assigned additional homework. Our field trip coordinators will be arranging 2 field trips (for each grade) during the school year.
There is still time to order Applewood t-shirts, etc (ACS Gear) in the new or classic design. Additional order sheets are in the office. Deadline for ordering is Friday, Sept. 26. They make great Christmas gifts for grandparents!
Correction to the School Calendar - School Board meetings are the third Tuesday of each month. Everyone is welcome to attend. The next meeting will be Sept. 23. An agenda of the topics of the meeting will be emailed to every family prior to the meeting.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Young