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});This includes all giving to ACA. What a signal of commitment, what a signal of generosity the ACA family has sent to the community: we WILL look after our affairs. We WILL look after our fine arts, our athletic facilities, our scholarship needs, our new land, our library, and our refurbished auditorium. We will see to it that our parents are offered parenting encouragement, that technology is regularly upgraded. We will see to it that the faculty gets an appreciation Christmas gift again this year.
When North Carolina high school students returned to school following the Christmas break, most sat down with English, math, and science textbooks to begin anew. At Asheville Christian Academy, Upper School students came back to experience their first-ever, two-week January term, better known as J-Term.
Recently, our sixth grade conducted a Skype interview with ACA alum, and current University of Florida Chairman of the Department of Physiology and Kinesiology, Dr. Michael Delp. Dr. Delp has been conducting research involving the effect of lack of gravity on mice for NASA since 1989 and is currently working to have his next group of mice blast off in a Russian space craft. The class was anxious to hear about his research and about what life in space would be like. They had recently worked in groups to develop ideas for a contest called Kids Science Challenge, specifically the category of Meals on Mars.
It was a “good news, bad news” scenario for the varsity basketball teams of Asheville Christian Academy last week. The good news? ACA’s men’s and women’s varsity teams overwhelmed Carolinas Athletic Association foe Shannon Forest in two conference contests.
This Friday, January 23, ACA and Carolina Day will join together in support of Carolina Rescue Ministries. During the JV and varsity basketball games fans will have an opportunity to enter their own wings to be judged by Wild Wing Cafe experts! The winning chef will receive a weekend getaway at a mountain home. Wing plates will be sold to raise money for the rescue ministry and donations of new underwear will be collected. Come on out to cheer on your team and your favorite chef!
Asheville Christian Academy’s varsity basketball teams spent a portion of the Christmas break out of the shopping malls and on the hardwoods as they participated in Christmas basketball tournaments. The Lady Lions took part in the 37th annual Freedom Christmas Invitational, while the men’s varsity was a participant in the Greer/FCA Christmas Classic.