The Charger: News from ACA

Online store now open

ACA Administration have been working closely with our neighbors, Greenhouse Outfitters, to create an online store for ACA families. As of this week, it is officially OPEN! Right now, the store features the uniform polo, in both short and long-sleeve, and two new outerwear items that have been approved for uniforms. The store also includes the uniform sweatshirt, ACA masks, and a Stagecraft shirt for students currently enrolled in the class.

A few important notes about the online store:

All three outwear items (sweatshirt, 1/4 zip sweatshirt, jacket) can be worn as part of the official ACA uniform.
As noted in the store, orders will be processed on the 1st and 15th of every month. Orders can be delivered to the school for free or shipped by Greenhouse Outfitters.
ACA uniform items can still be purchased at C & J School Uniforms. C & J is also the only retailer that carries the school plaid.
Families can still purchase a white or navy polo (short or long-sleeve) from a retail store, and have it embroidered with the ACA monogram at Unique Stitches.
We plan to continue to grow the store and eventually offer House shirts and other Spirit Wear clothing.

Please e-mail Mrs. Anton with any questions regarding the online store.

Welcome New Families!

The New Year has brought several new families to ACA! We are blessed that you have chosen our school, and hope your student will feel at home here at ACA. We look forward to the day we can gather as a school family, and get to know all of you. In the meantime, please contact the ACA Administration with any questions. We are so glad you're here!

This week at ACA

Little Mermaid Workshop Friday

From Mrs. Post, Director of Performing Arts:

Attention all High School Students!

Join Mrs. Redden and I at the Little Mermaid Workshop on Friday Jan. 22, 5-8:30 p.m.

Please come in rehearsal wear and bring an ACA friend! There is no charge for the workshop, but it is highly recommended that you attend if you are thinking about auditioning for the Spring musical.

Information flyers are in the foyer in the Performing Arts bookcase.

-Mrs. Post

Next week at ACA

Secondary Schedule for

Salt & Light Chapel Day

8:00 – 9:05 First Period

9:05 – 9:10 Break

9:15 – 10:20 Second Period

10:25 – 11:25 Salt & Light Chapel

11:30 – 12:35 Third Period

12:35 – 1:00 Lunchtime

1:00 – 1:10 Chores/Clean Up

1:15 – 2:15 Fourth Period A

2:15 – 2:25 Break

2:30 – 3:15 Fourth Period B

Salt & Light chapel Monday

What is Salt & Light?

While chapel is held every Monday for all three schools (Grammar, Dialectic, and Rhetoric), on the final Monday of the month, a special Chapel service is held for students in the Schools of Dialectic and Rhetoric (grades 6-12). The Salt & Light Chapel is a speaking series where we invite a member of the Christian community who will challenge our students to live in a Christ-honoring way.

This month: We are proud to welcome, Dr. Jonathan Brooks, President of the Voice of China and Asia Missionary Society.

Front Office News

February Lunch Order form now available

DOWNLOAD HERE

Please submit your completed December lunch order by Friday, Jan. 29 to the Front Office. Students may still order on a daily basis first thing in the morning, in their classroom or at the office window. This monthly order form is for your convenience.

Photo CDs now available for pick-up

If you ordered a photo CD of Frozen, Jr., please pick-up your order in the Front Office at your earliest convenience. Extra photo CDs are available to purchase for $10.

Please e-mail Mrs. Merrill with any questions.

On Jan. 29, all classes will end at 3:15 p.m. It was originally scheduled as a half-day. This will allow us to make-up time lost due to an early Christmas Break.

Winter Court has been rescheduled to Saturday, Feb. 27 at the Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks. Ticket information is coming soon!

Community Service

School of Grammar's annual service project to benefit Tulsa's homeless

More about our ministry partner: These bags will then be given to a ministry that meets each Tuesday. Taco Tuesday is a ministry began by Mark & Victoria Bowling with Global Impact Ministries. It began almost 4 years ago just passing out muffins and visiting with the homeless. It’s grown significantly and now has volunteers from 8-10 churches every Tuesday. Serving anywhere from 60-150 homeless each week, the main focus is building relationships with the people and ministering to them by teaching/preaching the Word of God. There are people getting saved and/or rededicating their life to Christ almost every week.

We are going to be completing a service project the week of Valentine’s Day in the School of Grammar. To help complete this project and make it successful, we are asking for donations leading up to the week of Valentine’s Day, Feb. 8-12.

We will be packaging hygiene bags for the homeless. Each bag will contain essentials that are needed everyday. Each color House member is being asked to donate the following items:

Blue House: travel size shampoo/conditioner, deodorant (hotel samples are perfect!).

Green House: toilet paper, wash clothes (Each bag will contain one roll of TP)

Red House: toothbrush, toothpaste, body soap

Yellow House: chapstick, Nutri-grain bars, peanut butter crackers

Other items that can be used: cheap baby wipes and feminine hygiene products.

Please contact Miss Main with any questions.

Coming Soon

NEW this year at the Valentine's Store: Carnations!

The latest project from Mrs. Rowland's Economics class, Carnations for Companions, is coming soon, just in time for Valentine's Day!

As part of the Performing Arts' annual Valentine's Store, carnations will be pre-sold at the store for $2 each and include a custom note. The flowers will then be delivered on Feb. 11 and 12. Order forms will also be available soon in the Front Office.

Please contact Mrs. Rowland with any questions.

Stuffed animals needed for Valentine's Store

The annual Performing Arts' Valentine's Store is just around the corner! Held the week leading up to Valentine's Day, the store is a huge hit with the students. Parents can purchase a gift to be delivered to their child on Friday, Feb. 12, and students are invited to buy treats and presents for their friends and family.

The top-selling items are always the stuffed animals! If you would like to donate new or gently-used stuffed animals to the annual Valentine's Store, please drop them off at the Front Office or leave them behind the glass cabinets in the Front Lobby. Contact Mrs. Rowland with any questions.