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ACS congratulates Nathaniel
ACS congratulates Nathaniel, an 8th grader, for being recognized by the League of Ukrainian Catholics of America. Nate was selected by his teachers and principal as an exemplary student who works hard and lives his faith. He is a young man who always goes above and beyond to help others and a true team player. Nathaniel received an award and a monetary gift because he is a student who truly represents Assumption Catholic School’s mission; to know, love and serve God.
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In late November members of St. Mary’s Ukrainian Parish of Carteret suffered the unthinkable loss of their beautiful church. Many of our older ACS students are from Carteret, so word traveled quickly through the classes. Students are also familiar with Father Vladyka, the pastor of St Mary’s, since he has given his time to our students for confessions.
The Class of 2019 discussed what might be done to show support for St.Mary’s parishioners. It was decided that they and their fellow middle school friends would take up a collection. Since it was right before St.Nicholas Day, they decided to collect nickels for St. Nicholas. They donated their own money as they arrived in science class each day,giving a nickel here, a dime there. Soon their nickels added up! The Classes of 2019,2020, and 2021 presented Father Ivan a heavy box of change. Over three weeks they had collected over $100. Father Ivan in turn presented the money to Father Vladyka on Christmas day. Students hope that Father Vladyka will be able to use their donations for something that will lift the spirits of his parish family.
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ACS’S Catholic Schools Week Activities – January 27th to February 1st
Monday: School Spirit Dress Down Day – Wear your blue and yellow!
All week – PK – 8th grade – Annual Pro – Life Poster & Our ACS Cultural Traditions Project
PK – 2nd grade – Read-a-Thon (sponsored by Student Council)
Kinder and 1st grade – Science Project and Journal
2nd grade-5th grade – Yeast Science Lab Experiment
2nd grade-5th grade – Baking Prosfora bread with classroom teachers and Sister Yosaphata
6th grade – 8th grade – Escape Room Activity
Evening Buffalo Wild Wings (Iselin) School Fundraiser – we get 10% of total bill goes to ACS
Tuesday:
PK – Tooty Ta Tuesday-prek will be coming to classrooms to do Tooty Ta with the classes.
K – 5th grade – Academic Friendly Competitions!
Class Spelling Bee, Math Fact Race, Continent Identification and Phonics Match-up
3, 4, 5 grades – Catholic Schools Week Bingo
7th grade – 8th grade – Pierogi making with Sister Yosaphata
6th grade – 8th grade – Jeopardy Round 1
Wednesday: Jersey Dress Down Day – Wear your favorite Team Jersey or shirt!
PK – 2nd grade – Sharing Day!
3-5th grades – Craft Day
6th grade – 8th grade – Jeopardy Round 2
6th grade – 8th grade – Father Ivan: Review liturgical meaning of priest’s vestments and a special service of Proskomedia (Every time the Divine Liturgy is served, priest stand before the small Table and prepare the bread and the wine for the coming Eucharist.)
8th graders are teaching one class in Pre-K to 7th grade!
Thursday: Physical Education Day – Don’t forget your gym clothes!
1st and 2nd Grades – ACS Special Craft Day!
Kinder -1st grade – Angel Project
K – 8th grade- Present our Cultural Projects in class!
8 Cross Stitching with Sister Yosaphata
PEP RALLY: Eighth Grade vs Teachers/Faculty Basketball Game!
Evening Grades 4-8 Winter Dance Social 6:30-8:30pm (tickets $7) Student Council Sponsored Activity
Friday: Heritage Day – Dress in attire from your family’s country.
Faith – Family – Fun Day – A Celebration of all our ACS Culture
WHOLE SCHOOL: Bring a Special Person for the Day to celebrate our ACS Cultures!
*Bishop Andriy Rabiy will be visiting from Philadelphia, we are not sure which day but hoping for Friday 🙂
A Big Thank You to FSA!
Assumption Catholic School has a very active FSA which gives tremendous support to the school by arranging social functions for children and parents, and a wide range of fund-raising events for the benefit of the school. Tonight we had a very long 7-10 pm meeting and discussed the final report of our Christmas Bazaar and plans for our future school’s events. Thank you to all the members of the FSA board who worked so extremely hard to organize the Bazaar. This would not have been possible without your support. The accounts for the Christmas Bazaar are now finalized and we are very pleased to announce that we made ……… Come to the next FSA meeting in February to find out how much we made.
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The Feast of the Holy Theophany is celebrated each year on January 6 and commemorates the Baptism of Christ and the divine revelation of the Holy Trinity at the river Jordan. On this very special feast, people traditionally attend a prayer service where the priest blesses regular water into holy water during the “Blessing of the Water” ceremony. This year, after morning Liturgy Fr. Ivan walked around the school and blessed each room with a sprinkle of the newly blessed holy water. He was accompanied by a small choral group lead by 8 grade students who beautifully sang a Theophany hymn. In each class, Fr. Ivan asked students various questions about the feast and was very pleased by their answers. The pre-k students papered a special art work depicting the scene of Christ’s Baptism. Some of the kindergarteners had a chance to use Fr. Ivan’ sprinkler and bless their classmates with holy water.
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Student Council News
It was a busy week before Christmas for members of ACS Student Council. The group sponsored a coloring contest as well as an ugly sweater contest. So many students wore their craziest hat and ugliest sweaters that it was almost too hard to choose a winner! In the end Blake S. of grade 3 and Kiera O. grade 5 stood out among the rest!
Congratulations to all participating students.
Choosing a winner among the pictures entered for the coloring contest was a little easier. One student from each class was chosen as the outstanding entry for their class. Student Council is already making plans for Catholic Schools Week fun. So watch for reports on future activities.
Multiplication Project!
Over Christmas break, the fifth graders used their knowledge of multiplication and division to help create and run their own movie theaters. Today, they presented their projects and shared their creativity and hard work! Way to go grade 5!
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To know, to love, to serve God …. when our mission began. The purpose of ACS is to help children to know God, to create a community of students who love God and each other, and to put all this into action through service.
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