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Students at the Upper School chose four topics from more than 30 on spiritual, social, emotional and physical well being at the daylong Healthy Life Conference.
![Veterans' Day Chapels]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573885477/aacsonlineorg/vfgejimq3i84gohmy9hc/IMG_8747.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1573885477/aacsonlineorg/vfgejimq3i84gohmy9hc/IMG_8747.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1573885477/aacsonlineorg/vfgejimq3i84gohmy9hc/IMG_8747.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1573885477/aacsonlineorg/vfgejimq3i84gohmy9hc/IMG_8747.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1573885477/aacsonlineorg/vfgejimq3i84gohmy9hc/IMG_8747.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1573885477/aacsonlineorg/vfgejimq3i84gohmy9hc/IMG_8747.jpg","width":2200}])
Veterans' Day chapels are a treasured tradition at AACS.
![Pumpkin Fest 2019's Inside Scoop]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573185900/aacsonlineorg/bxqvcjzzhxqdywvbmjgj/MrPeddicordPumpFest.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1573185900/aacsonlineorg/bxqvcjzzhxqdywvbmjgj/MrPeddicordPumpFest.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1573185900/aacsonlineorg/bxqvcjzzhxqdywvbmjgj/MrPeddicordPumpFest.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1573185900/aacsonlineorg/bxqvcjzzhxqdywvbmjgj/MrPeddicordPumpFest.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1573185900/aacsonlineorg/bxqvcjzzhxqdywvbmjgj/MrPeddicordPumpFest.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1573185900/aacsonlineorg/bxqvcjzzhxqdywvbmjgj/MrPeddicordPumpFest.jpg","width":2200}])
Yes, that's our Middle School Principal, Mr. Peddicord, who doesn't shy away from anything that involves a challenge. Find out who else on the MS faculty stepped up.
![Sixth-Grade Ziggurat Architects]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572492643/aacsonlineorg/lbo0ufvymelmcjxpdng3/Ziggurats16by9.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1572492643/aacsonlineorg/lbo0ufvymelmcjxpdng3/Ziggurats16by9.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572492643/aacsonlineorg/lbo0ufvymelmcjxpdng3/Ziggurats16by9.png","width":784}])
Our sixth graders not only know what a ziggurat is, but also how to build one. Welcome to history class at our Middle School.
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Keep up with AACS and our GenZ students as together we live out Matthew 5:16: "...let your light shine...that they may give glory to your Father..."
![SUPERINTENDENT RICK KEMPTON's TWITTER FEED]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572035951/aacsonlineorg/uaxpneqawp3x2qivfwhr/RKTwitter.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1572035951/aacsonlineorg/uaxpneqawp3x2qivfwhr/RKTwitter.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572035951/aacsonlineorg/uaxpneqawp3x2qivfwhr/RKTwitter.png","width":606}])
Follow Superintendent Rick Kempton's Twitter feed for the big picture as AACS approaches it's 50th Anniversary in 2021.
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Did you know AACS is on Twitter? Check out our feed and keep tabs on the largest nondenominational school in the Northeast.
Distinctives
Upcoming Events
99%
of AACS graduates go on to attend college
150
Local Christian Churches represented by our families
11:1
Student Teacher Ratio
27
Clubs to Choose From
945
students enrolled in 2018-2019 school year
21
Sports in Middle and Upper School
7
Outstanding Choirs
7
Outstanding Bands
11
AP Courses for Upper School Students
48
Years ago AACS opened its doors
15
International Students at our Upper School campus
7
Area counties where AACS students come from