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The pre-k class started off their year by listening to the story "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" and doing an art activity. They made their own Chicka Chicka Boom Boom trees and used letter stickers to practice spelling their names.

We are all excited to have students back in our classrooms and hallways filling them with energy and enthusiasm for learning.

The vision of the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops over a half century ago led to the establishment of Assumption Catholic School in Perth Amboy NJ that currently is the largest elementary Ukrainian Catholic School in America. Over the years, thousands of students have called the school their second home and with their parents, created many positive memories. Among the many gratifying moments are when alumni return to register their own children to give them the Assumption Catholic experience.

ACS is a small parochial school administered by the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. AdvancEd accredited, the school provides a Christ-centered, Catholic environment to a diverse population of pre-kindergarten (age 4) through 8th-grade students. Before Care and After Care are available. The school is entering its 54th year of operation and is situated in a middle class residential neighborhood. The building and parking lot (playground) constitute about half a city block, with the balance of the block being the church, rectory, and convent. To receive more information about the school, call 732-826-8721 or visit www.assumptioncatholicschool.net

While students are on summer vacation, the school administration have been busy this summer making improvements to school building. Our maintenance staff under the direction of a new genitor Mrs. Lesya Androshchuk spent the part of the summer scrubbing, waxing floors and repairing broken or damaged items in order to get our school ready for students. This summer, we have upgraded our school with new tables for the school auditorium and new tables and chairs for the cafeteria. The doors of the cleanest and most welcoming school are open. Parents, we know you want the best for your children! So do we! If you are interested in a school tour during the summer, just give us a call 732-826-8721 and we will arrange a date and time for the visit.

Back to School already? No, not yet, just a webinar and some discussion to shake things up in language arts for the upcoming school year! Our new teachers joined in and great planning took place! Stay tuned, September is around the corner.

Great News! We are very pleased to welcome two new teachers to our school community. Miss Aleksandra Hucul (grade 2) and Mrs. Corey Billy (grade 3) come to us with state certifications, impressive credentials and unbounded enthusiasm.

Miss Hucul holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ramapo College and a Master of Education degree from Montclair State University. She has experience in both public and non-public settings.

Mrs. Billy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Special Education from Rowan University. She has 14 years experience in a special education classroom. Mrs. Billy is also the mother of a current fifth grader in our school.

Please join me and the ACS staff in extending a heartfelt welcome to both of our new educators!

Parents of the Family-School Association (FSA) is sponsoring a “New Parent Orientation” session to ease the transition to their new school. This orientation session will be held on Tuesday evening, July 19, at 7:00pm. A power point presentation by volunteer parents will address various points that may be unique to our school. The session will also be open to parents that have not registered yet, but are interested in enrolling their children in our school.

The school bell rang for the last time on June 14, 2016  at ACS for  a very special veteran teacher. After 26 years of teaching at ACS, our 3rd grade teacher Mrs.  Halyna Lojko  will be retiring at the end of this school year. Thank you Mrs. Loijko for the many years of your dedicated and  faith-filled service. You have been a gift to the children and to us over the years! You will be missed and we wish you the best as you move on to a new chapter in our life!

Assumption Catholic School always celebrates and takes pride in the success of its graduates. So it is even more meaningful when that graduate is also a teacher at ACS.  Mrs. Lissette Shumny sixth grade homeroom and middle school language arts teacher has been appointed Language Arts Curriculum Supervisor for the 2016-2017 school year.  She brings to the position her enthusiastic approach to education and experience in identifying areas of concern in the learning process. With a school year just ended, Mrs. Shumny and the teachers have already spent a morning analyzing terra nova data for the purpose of planning for future success.

This year, the Sodalists from Assumption Catholic School decided to dedicate their fundraisers specifically for the needs of a seminarian Bohdan Vasyliv from at St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Seminary in Washington D.C.  All of our Sodality girls worked diligently in selling raffle tickets to family and friends.  They sold the tickets for Holiday baskets at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter – realizing the amount of $550.  The gift was sent out on June 14th.  We know that this will help defray some expenses, and help in the seminarian’s needs in his journey to become a priest.

On June 13, the FSA held the end of the school year picnic at Warren Park in Woodbridge and it was a great success! The weather was gorgeous, the food was delecious and everyone had a lot of fun. It was especially nice to see graduates of 2016 there, the children always enjoy a visit from their former schoolmates! We are particularly greatful to the Family School Association for sponsoring and organizing this event, and to all the parent volunteers who jumped on board!