SERVING ASHEVILLE CITY SCHOOLS SINCE 1988
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Boomers, Gen X, Millennials or Gen Z? ACSF board and staff Tik Tok battle
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Our end of year board meeting was the first in-person meeting we've had in 16 months! While getting a chance to see each other in person on the AHS cafeteria patio, members were also led in a dance by students from the IRL TikTok club. Watch the video and you can decide who were the best dancers! Additional thanks to board member, Dr. Mark Dickerson for serving up some tunes as our DJ!
During our meeting, we celebrated 8 amazing individuals as they came to the end of their service on the ACSF board. We are grateful to Shavonne Darity, Elinor Earle, Cindy McMillan, Kate Shem, Nikita Smart, Rebecca Strimer, Kate Buys, and Seth Bellamy for their years of service in support of the Asheville City Schools Foundation. Thank you!!!!
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Congratulations to the 2021 scholarship recipients!!
The Asheville City Schools Foundation was honored to award over $212,000 in college scholarships to 36 outstanding young leaders this spring. We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the 2021 scholarship committee for their time and service this year.
To read more about our scholarship recipients' passions and intended fields of study, please click here. Congratulations again to all of these incredible students. ACSF has never been more confident that our future is in great hands!
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Teacher Appreciation Week? Try Teacher Appreciation Month! ACSF celebrated the incredible dedication of our teachers and staff in May by sponsoring a wellness retreat, supporting teacher gifts at the high schools, hosting a district-wide raffle with incredible local prizes, and our annual Celebration event at Salvage Station. Thank you ACS teachers and staff for going above and beyond! |
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ACS families LOVE our teachers!
We had over 350 entries to our teacher nomination raffle by students, parents, community members, and fellow staff. Congratulations to the following raffle winners:
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These teachers won raffle gifts that included movie tickets, restaurant gift certificates, gardening items, chocolates, coffee, Biltmore gardens tickets, Asheville Bee Charmer items, and even a 2 night stay at the Omni Grove Park Inn. Thank you to the following businesses for their donation to the raffle in support of ACS teachers!
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It was a beautiful day to show appreciation to ACS teachers & staff at our Celebration event! With representation from all our schools, it was a great turnout and fun occasion to kick back and enjoy the afternoon! *Special thanks to Salvage Station and Poppy Popcorn for their support.
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Racial Equity Ambassadors |
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Congratulations Racial Equity Ambassadors for your delivery of the Asheville 6 - six strategies for creating culturally competent classrooms. The Ambassadors completed sessions with the entire AHS and SILSA faculties from November through May. One veteran teacher deemed the sessions as, “The best professional development that I have experienced in years.”
Members of the REAP team will be applying their strategies in the AMS Successful Summer program and presenting to staff from Dogwood Health Trust this month. They will be back in action on their campus and throughout ACS this fall. Thank you Ambassadors for working hard to create a more inclusive campus and a better world!
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Thanks to Whole Foods for their support of these students!
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Spring to Summer IRL After School |
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Celebrating another successful IRL session and gearing up for Summer IRL pop ups
With the support of United Way and WNC Bridge Foundation, IRL will also be supporting ACS summer programming with fun learning opportunities for middle schoolers. A team of our Racial Equity Ambassadors will be paid IRL interns and our TAPAS artists will be providing summer residencies!
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Your Amazon purchases can support ACS students. |
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AmazonSmile is a simple way for you to support ACSF anytime you shop at no cost to you. With over $800 donated to ACSF through AmazonSmile, it is one of the easiest ways to give back. Sign up for free and choose ACSF as your organization today. |
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It's as easy as 1,2,3....
2. Sign in with your Amazon.com credentials
3. Choose Asheville City Schools Foundation as your charity of choice
4. Start shopping!
5. Add a bookmark for smile.amazon.com to make it even easier to return and start your shopping at AmazonSmile
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Thank you to these amazing sponsors! |
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Click here to view a full list of community businesses supporting our students.
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