Dear ACA Parents,
This letter comes with much thanks to all of you for a good year at Augustine Christian Academy, as well as thanks for all your prayers. Do continue to pray we gain students for the 2008-2009 school year. Our goal is to have at least 160 students. We especially welcome students in K4-5th grade where we have the most room, but certainly students in the other grades are welcome as well.
Would you join us in prayer for the need of teachers in our 3rd/4th grade and middle school/high school science? Miss Deborah Phillips is leaving us to perhaps return to Virginia where her family lives. Mrs. Jennifer Oard is also leaving to continue to pursue her nursing degree. You may know of persons who would fit one of these slots perfectly for us. Please encourage them to send us their resume. Thank you.
Again we encourage you to return your re-enrollment forms to us as quickly as possible. Our planning for next year, especially in some areas, is dependent on our number of students; so your timely enrollment does affect the future school year.
ACA is a small school, but mighty in its vision and goals. Good planning is essential and we hope to be as creative as possible. We look forward to next year with much anticipation as we add some new classes and as we expand into various areas to try to make our expertise as widely available as possible.
Final exams for our secondary students will be May 19 – 21. Please see the enclosed exam schedule. Also please note that there will be early dismissal on Monday, the 19th at 2:00 and Tuesday and Wednesday, the 20th and 21st, at noon. There will NOT be lunch or after school care available on the 20th and 21st. Make up quizzes and tests may be taken in the office on that Monday and Tuesday afternoon.
Graduation Ceremonies:
Kindergarten graduation: Tuesday, May 20th, 10:00 a.m. in the ACA auditorium
5th Grade Grammar School graduation: Wednesday, May 21st, 10:00 a.m. in the ACA auditorium
8th Grade Dialectic graduation: Thursday, May 22nd, 7:00 p.m. in the ACA auditorium
12th Grade Rhetoric graduation: Friday, May 23rd, 7:00 p.m. at Tulsa Bible Church
All students attending the graduations must wear High Convocation uniforms.
Summer office hours will begin on May 22nd. The school office will be open 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The office will be closed Memorial Day and July 4th. Final report cards can be picked up on or after Friday, June 6th. During the summer we hope to complete the library, work on some floors, do some painting, and other projects. If you can volunteer some hours, give us a call and we will put you to work. Pray for us this summer that our enrollment will continue, finances will grow, projects will be completed, and we’ll be ready to go in August.
Israel Trip: Please see the enclosed flyer. I need to meet with all of our students who will be juniors and seniors next year on Monday evening, May 12th, at 6:30 p.m. in the ACA auditorium. At least one parent should attend with each student. We will begin our planning for the ACA Israel Trip tentatively scheduled for March 14-27, 2009. The exact dates will be known as soon as we book tickets in the next few weeks. This meeting is most important for Mary and I to get an idea of interest and to give you the initial contract. We will discuss costs and possible plans for financial help for your trip.
Senior Class Trips: Each class has found itself trying to put together a trip based on whatever funds they could raise and often settling for one that was less than desirable. Because these trips take students out of class we desire they be educational and exciting experiences for our students. We will offer two different trips to both our juniors and seniors so that they may actually experience both in their final two years of high school. One year is a trip to the east coast and the historical sights of our nation’s founding and the other a trip to Israel and historic sights of the ancient world. To help students be prepared for these trips financially, we will work to have a class “Mom” for each class starting their freshman year who will help the class begin raising and saving funds for their trips. More details will be coming later.
Graduation Policy: Augustine Christian Academy is the oldest classical high school in Tulsa. Our graduates are attending universities and colleges in many parts of the United States. Besides the many enrolled right here in Oklahoma at OU, OSU, TU, ORU, SNU, TCC, etc. our graduates have also enrolled at Baylor, Covenant College, LeTourneau, Univ. of Missouri, and St. Andrews. We constantly evaluate our program desiring to make it as strong as possible in preparing our students for college and God’s calling. In light of this, we want you to be aware of recent changes in our graduation requirements. As the enclosed sheet indicates there are two tracts toward graduation: the ACA diploma track, and the home school diploma track. We evaluate our students each year to make sure they are completing the requirements and will this year have a staff member who will serve as a college counselor to help students with testing, college applications, and scholarship applications.
While I thank all of you for a great year, I also want to thank all of our teachers. They have given of themselves way beyond the norm and made a huge impact on their students. May the Lord bless their summer and may He bless Mrs. Oard and Miss Phillips in their future plans.
You will be hearing from us during the summer. Be sure to check the school web site, acatulsa.org, frequently as we will continue to post news items, graduation pictures, updates, and work days, etc. on the web site. Blessings to you all and I hope you will have a wonderful and safe summer.
Sincerely,
Larry J. Ehrlich, D. Phil. Administrator
