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As our science lesson we learned about the five senses and related them to the season of Fall. The students had fun coming up as a class with different ideas to compete this mini project. They are very proud of their work!

Thanks to everyone that attended our first FSA Meeting tonight. It was great to see a lot of new faces mixed in with some familiar ones. We had a lot of business to take care of and we appreciate your contribution in getting it all done! At our first meeting, Mrs. Shumny spoke about the new Language Arts program being successfully implemented at ACS. The FSA President Mr. Daly spoke about the upcoming Christmas Bazaar and many other activities sponsored by FSA this year. We look forward to seeing more parents at our future meetings and continuing our mission of providing a wonderful environment and a fun educational experience for our students!

The 7th graders worked together with both the 1st and 2nd graders on their first Buddy Projects of the year titled, "Getting to Know You." The students spent time completing a stained glass crucifix project and getting to know one another in hopes to build a community of friendship between the lower school and middle school students. See you next month Buddies!

On September 24, nearly 100 ACS parents, students and siblings gathered for the school’s first Back to School Movie Night Under the Stars. The crisp autumn air was a little bit chilly, but the sun was warm today and everyone enjoyed the movie Finding Nemo. Thanks to all teachers who sponsored this event, all the parents and FSA volunteers who worked to set-up, prepared hotdogs, hamburgers, popcorn, baked goods, soft drinks and helped to clean-up. What a wonderful way to strengthen our ACS Community.

The third grade presented a readers theater of this wonderful book about Monarch butterflies by Sam Swope this afternoon.  Afterwards the Kindergarten, first, second, and fourth graders also got to see the third graders release their monarch to go to Mexico!

The sixth grade class gained a better understanding of geography terms using Google Maps. Analyzing satellite photographs of different places around the world gave each student the opportunity to see the meaning or aerial photographs and observe mapping terms. Sixth grade student selected a location of their choice, gathered information and compared different photographs.  They enjoyed sharing their findings with the whole class.

As the first full week of school came to a close, so did the seventh and eighth graders Summer Reading Projects. The students shared their choice of a  non-fiction novel and presented what they learned in a video or PowerPoint format. Topics ranged from sports figures to historical events and showed student’s vast interests.  All scholars put worth a tremendous amount of effort and did an outstanding job!

Most kids love animals, but not all kids are aware of the horrors that elephants and other animals in circuses face, so PETA’s new walking, talking 6.5-foot-tall robot elephant named Ellie decided to come to Assumption School and tell students what goes on behind the big walls of many circuses and zoo. Elle has taught kids that elephants belong in the wild, with their families, and that they suffer in captivity, where they’re subjected to abuse and unable to engage in natural behavior. Ellie’s visit was a huge hit with children and they all appreciated the educational message.

God made all creatures big and small. The third grade is learning all about the life cycle of the monarch butterfly. This activity will culminate with a butterfly release.

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.