The world spiritual father of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk visited ACS for the first time and gave his blessing to all teachers and students. During the visit to the school, Shevchuk was presented with traditional bread and salt by students dressed in traditional garb. Members of the after-school  drama clubs did a montage of the history of the school. The students grilled him on a variety of topics in English, Spanish and Ukrainian.