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The forth  annual Trick-or-Trunk Halloween celebration on the Assumption Catholic School parking lot was a huge success this past Saturday!   The parents of our students decorated the trunks of their cars in a myriad of ways. Families hand out treats while the kids parade around in their costumes. The members of the school FSA also prepared hot chocolate for all kids and their parents. After saying a prayer together,  Fr. Ivan gave signal and all children present began their trick-or-treat journey from car to car gathering candies. The event provided a safe family environment for trick or treaters. Thanks go to FSA for sponsoring and organizing the event.

For two years, the teachers led our school community through the arduous process of AdvancED accreditation. Based on the visiting team's review of the Diocese of Metuchen’s schools, they have recommended that the Diocese of Metuchen receive international accreditation from AdvancEd for the next 5 years. The overall score of our Diocese was 295.43 compared to an AdvancEd average of 282.45. As you can see, our overall score, which includes ACS, exceeded the AdvancEd average. Thank you to the teachers, parents, and parishioners who were part of this process and worked so hard. We are now in the process of implementing recommended changes to make our schools an even better place for our students! Congratulation to the ACS on a successful result!

Students from the Classes of 2015 and 2016 represented ACS recently in the annual Eagle Challenge hosted by Cardinal Mc Carrick High School. They participated in a Jeopardy style competition. While they did not win the actual competition, they came away winners because of their team effort. Parents that were present were impressed with the unity of the team and their ability to meet the challenge of the questions given them. Members from the Class of 2015 were: Carlos C, Steven M, team captain, Katherine P, and Elena Z. Representing the Class of 2016 were Jillian P and Andrea V.

In observance of Columbus Day, October 13, students learned about Christopher Columbus' voyage on the three ships that changed the world. They got to imagine that they too, were explorers and wrote about what they would like to explore. There are many interesting voyages ahead for the students, from the exploration of the popular technology game Mine Craft to Arendal- the land from Disney's famous movie, Frozen!
Each first grader also made their own Christopher Columbus puppets and wish everyone a Happy Columbus Day!

The classes of 2019 and 2020 have just completed their twelfth and final session with students from Rutgers University. The program is entitled Turning the Tides. Turning the Tides is a program that utilizes movement, music, and silent storytelling to reduce traumatic stress reactions. A favorite of the students was using the parachute as they played and built community with one another.

by Mrs. Bernstein’s Terrific Third Grade The Terrific.
Third started backed to school with an art project that was anything but ordinary! A glyph is defined as a symbolic figure or picture. Students were tasked to create individual glyphs using symbols that represented answers to a set of questions. The questions included: How many children are in your family? What is your favorite subject? What is your favorite free time activity? How many pets do you have? Once the glyphs were completed each one was framed. Next, the students became super sleuths as they tried to discover the glyph’s true identity!

The Terrific Third Class of 2020 started the year by creating newspaper articles about themselves. With five new students to ACS, the articles gave students the opportunity to share with their classmates and build community.

Ms G’s second graders recently read the story Luka’s Quilt by Georgia Guback. After reading the story they showed their understanding of story elements by creating their very own quilt. The quilt highlighted story elements such as title, author, characters, setting, and plot. Students did a great job developing their knowledge of story elements. Each quilt was unique in color, representing each student’s favorite color.