How excited are ACS teachers? THRILLED! Five LEGO Mindstorms arrived today for use in our Coding and STEM clubs. We are excited to incorporate these new resources into our 21CCLC after school program!
Have you seen our window?!
New windows for ACS! After many estimates and patiently waiting, our new windows are installed. We are extremely grateful for all of God’s gifts and blessings. With our Security funds for this school year, we were able to replace our main entrance large window and our first floor bathroom windows. We have been able to assess our school’s needs and work diligently to allocate our funding to improve the building to better serve our students. What’s our next project?…..stayed tuned.
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On Sunday, January 26, 2020 His Eminence Archbishop Metropolitan Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia made his first archpastoral visit to Assumption Catholic Church and School in Perth Amboy, NJ. As His Eminence arrived to celebrate the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, he was warmly greeted by the parish financial officers Michael Raab Jr and Michael Lawrence with the traditional bread and salt and by the parish and ACS children presenting him flowers. Then Rev. Ivan Turyk, pastor of Assumption Parish welcomed the Archbishop and presented a Cross asking him to lead the parish family in the Divine Liturgy. The parish’s choir “Boyan” prayerfully chanted the liturgical responses.
Archbishop Gudziak delivered an inspiring homily which touched the hearts of all present and at the conclusion of the Liturgy presented two Assumption Catholic School students with one year free tuition scholarship from the Scholarship Raffle the Archeparchy conducted for the parish schools. These two hard working and dedicated students were selected for being a living models of our school’s vision To Know, To Love, To Serve God.
The Liturgy was beautiful and Archbishop Borys was particularly impressed by the beauty of the church masterpieces, including extensive mosaic iconography and a rare painted biblical mural iconography by Jacques Hnizdovsky. Following the Divine Liturgy the parish provided a bountiful meal in honor of Archbishop.
At the reception His Eminence took the time to personally greet and bless many people, emulating the love of the Gospel through his words and actions. He was especially engaging with the youth, and encouraged them to remain close to the Church and to stay strong in their faith.
This special visit from Archbishop to the parish during Catholic Schools Week, was a special treat for students of Assumption Catholic School, who enthusiastically greeted the Archdiocesan shepherd as he was escorted through the school by the Principal Mrs. Lissette Shumny, pastor and members of the Family School Association.
It was a blessing and honor for the faithful of Assumption Community in Perth Amboy, NJ have His Eminence Archbishop Borys visit us within such a short time following his Enthronement in June. Thank you Vladyko and May God bless You in your ministry!
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Catholic School Week – OPEN HOUSE.
Registration is now open for the 2020-2021 school year. We gladly accept those coming from a public or charter school. Give us a call at 732-826-8721 to schedule a tour. You can find the registration information and tuition on our website https://assumptioncatholicschool.net/tuition
Don’t delay your visit. Call us.
JANUARY 26th – OPEN HOUSE. 12:30-3:30 p.m. Tell Your Friends.
Feast of Theophany
While not all students who come to Assumption School are Catholic, all share experiences of faith and values. Today, after celebration of the Liturgy for the Feast of Theophany, Fr. Ivan walked around the Assumption Catholic school in Perth Amboy, NJ with a small group of students and blessed each classroom with holy water and offered a blessing to students and staff. Fr. Ivan explained to children that Christ’s baptism in the river Jordan was a manifestation of the Holy Trinity to the world, it was also the beginning of our Lord’s public ministry. He also asked students various questions about Feasts of Christmas and Theophany and was very pleased by their answers.
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Our ACS Annual Christmas Concert was wonderful! Titled: The Sounds of Christmas, the concert was beautiful and really inspired the essence of Christmas! The auditorium was filled with families and friends and students sang and performed their hearts out. We wish you a Merry Christmas and hope you enjoyed the show!
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Barnes & Noble Night
ACS was invited to Barnes & Noble last night AND WHAT A NIGHT! Our two Chimes groups performed beautiful Christmas melodies and our Show Choir sang Christmas Carols in English and Ukrainian. Some of our teachers were also guest story tellers and what a great crowd of ACS students and friends. We are so blessed to have so many talented students and dedicated teachers who support our Music Program and each other!!
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It has become a long tradition here at ACS for our sixth through eighth graders to research and report on the many Christmas traditions that have been brought to our country from around the world. They recently became travel agents and put together the selling points for visiting their assigned country during the Christmas season. Teachers and students listened to each team of travel agents talk about songs, traditions, and foods that would make their country THE place to visit for the Christmas season. Their day culminated with a luncheon in which they tasted Christmas foods from around the world. They discovered that many foods are part of many different cultures, just served a little differently. It was a fun, delicious learning day for all.
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To Know, To Love, To Serve God…words that are in our mission statement and woven into our identity and instilled in everyone of our students. During the season of advent we want to make note of our blessings in working on these terrific projects. So far this year we have served our community in the following ways:
Orphanage in Ukraine – each class was assigned a child to purchase small gifts, school supplies and write letters and cards to.
Purple Heart Project – we created ornaments in honor of Veterans who have received a Purple Heart of Valor. The ornaments are sold and the proceeds go to train Service Dogs.
Nursing Home – Penny Wars: Each class had a competition against each other where they collected pennies and change for the elderly. We collected over $350.
Veteren’s Cards Part I: Each student, under the leadership of our ACS Service Club created Veteren’s Day cards.
Veteren’s Cards Part II: we created over 150 Christmas cards for Veterans.
Kindness Rock Project: Each student created two rocks with a kind message – one for our garden and one for the Community.
Christmas Food Drive for needy families in Perth Amboy area.
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