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Principal’s Newsletter – October 5, 2023
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Principal’s Newsletter – September 22, 2023
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20th Ordination Anniversary Liturgy and Celebration
On Sunday, September 24, 2023 we joyfully celebrated the 20th Anniversary of Fr. Ivan Turyk’s Ordination to the Holy Priesthood. The Church was packed with well-wishers and Fr. Ivan was joined at the Holy Altar by his longtime friend Fr. Mykola Buryadnyk from St. Joseph the Betrothed Ukrainian Catholic Church in Chicago, IL who offered an outstanding sermon, and Rev. Robert Hitchens, Rector of St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Seminary in Washington DC, who was the main speaker at the banquet and who read the greeting letter from Fr. Ivan’s ordaining bishop, + Stefan Soroka, Metropolitan-Archbishop Emeritus.
After the Liturgy, the beautiful Anniversary Banquet, followed at the packed hall, with almost four hundred guests. The banquet included a delightful meal prepared by the parish volunteers and very nice program. Following the dinner, the parish children, altar servers, choir “Boyan”, Assumption Catholic School, Sodality girls and Sisters Servants of the Lord the Virgin of Matará entertained the guests with a beautiful concert. The highlight of the Banquet (and there were many) was Fr. Ivan’s parents Vasyl and Olga Turyk, who arrived from Ukraine, addressing the parish with a special greeting. Looking out on the crowd, you could see the tearful expression on many faces that showed the love and appreciation they have for their son.
Vitaliy Kutnyy, President/CEO from Chicago and representatives of Selfreliance Federal Credit Union’s New Jersey branch office joined the parishioners at the Liturgy and the banquet and presented a check of $5,000 for the Assumption Parish on the occasion of their Pastor’s celebration.
Fr. Ivan then came to the podium and thanked those who organized the event and his brother priests for their continued friendship and priestly fraternity. He continued with humble comments including knowing that even though all parish gathered to celebrate his anniversary, but it is really Jesus the Great High Priest who was honored, for he is the one who called Father to the Holy Priesthood and brought all together.
ACS welcomed our Pre-Kindergarten to 4th graders
Today, Assumption Catholic School welcomed our Pre-Kindergarten to 4th graders and it was a terrific first day. Tomorrow is our first day full day of school and our first day with PK to 8th grade all together!
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FIRST DAY of SCHOOL for grades 5-8!!
Welcome Middle School!
Grades 5 through 8 started their day in prayer and in gratitude this morning. The first day was always full of excitement! After getting settled in their classrooms and going over procedures and classroom schedules, they all gathered in the cafeteria for their first middle school meeting. They discused expectations for this year, and how to have a positive year.
The Classes of 2024, 2025, and 2026 also played a few ice breakers to meet new classmates and reconnect with old friends. They put themselves in birthday order without talking. It was pretty hilarious to watch! Yes, they could not talk. They played a game of This Or That, and finally, Find a Friend Who.. This was a great way to celebrate the start of our school year!
Looking forward to a fantastic year!
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Assumption School 21CCLC Summer Program Underway
Students just finished their regular school year and already they have jumped into four weeks of Language Arts and Math Camp to keep up with their skills. In addition to all of their hard academic work, for the next 4 weeks they are playing hard in recreation, creating in arts and crafts, learning new recipes in culinary and building, testing, and observing in STEAM activities.
Among many other fun activities students learned a fun dice game called SKUNK, where you have to avoid rolling the number 1, or lose points! Our middle school boys were the winners. Students in higher grades spent their afternoon designing games that students in the lower grades will be able to play on rainy days. Each group first decided on a topic of either math or science. Next, they brainstormed to determine the goal of the game and tools that would be needed to play. This amazing group finished one magic tree house book already and started their cereal box projects! AND Culinary and building class was so awesome!!!
Also, what artists we have at our ACS Summer Camp! Multiplication cup stacking challenge! 8th graders competing against each other for 1st place on the IXL leaderboard! Everyone, including the teachers, looks forward to this Friday’s field trip to the Liberty Science Center.
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Tonight, the Knights of Columbus San Salvador Council # 299 presented their annual Shield Awards during a ceremony in the school auditorium. Each year, the Council honors a firefighter, an EMT, a police office, a Senior Citizen and a good local hero who have performed exceptional service during this year. This year, Assumption Catholic School is proud to announce that our 5th Grade teacher Miss Samantha Shumny has been named the 2022-23 Catholic School Teacher of the Year. This prestigious award recognizes Miss Shumny outstanding dedication to her students and her school community. Congratulations, we appreciate you Miss Shumny.
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