What are the school's hours?
Do you offer hot lunch?
Are teachers available to discuss a student's education? How is faith integrated into the classroom? Do you teach the doctrine of one denomination? How much homework is assigned? Are parents expected to be involved in homework? What other expectations do you have for parent involvement? Do you offer service opportunities for students?
Do the students receive evaluations or report cards?
Do you offer art, music, and physical education? Do you have an after-school sports program? How do I apply? The school day for first through eighth grade runs from 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
We offer a half-day academic kindergarten program from 8:15 to 11:45 a.m. In addition, we offer an optional extended day program in the afternoon. The program includes art, music, play and other non-academic enrichment activities.
Cost is $12 per day for five-day aftercare, and $13 per day for two-day or three-day aftercare.
Parent volunteers prepare and serve hot lunches once a week.
Teachers at AACS are available and willing to answer any questions
you may have about your child's progress. Our school philosophy is
based on the belief that teachers and parents must work together to
educate students.
How is faith integrated into the classroom?
We offer an innovative curriculum that integrates academic excellence with
Christian living and faith. Students learn to apply Biblical principles
to all subjects, and to interactions with teachers and peers. Teachers and staff challenge students to develop their
intellectual, spiritual, artistic, and physical gifts and see them as gifts from God.
Rather than teach the doctrine of any one particular denomination, we
focus on developing the Christian character of the students, their
knowledge of the Scriptures, their relationship with their Lord and
Savior, and their understanding of what it means to be disciples of
Jesus Christ.
K-2
students are expected to read (independently or with a parent) every
day, and may have occasional projects during the year. Homework is
formally assigned starting in third grade, and includes daily reading,
spelling words, and Bible memory verses. Third graders typically have
one additional homework assignment a week; fourth
graders, two assignments; fifth graders, three assignments.
Middle students have homework every day, and also are assigned
long-term projects.
In
lower elementary, parents are expected to oversee their children's
homework, reading to them or listening to them read, reviewing spelling
words, and helping with projects. Beginning in third grade, students
are expected to take more responsibility for their learning. Teachers
work to create independent learners in the classroom and at home who
know how to find information and answers to questions.
As a parent-run school, we rely on the
time and energy of parents who work with the teachers and principal to
remain focused on its vision. Parents volunteer on the school board, on
school committees, as classroom assistants, playground supervisors,
field trip drivers, fundraising coordinators, library assistants, and hot lunch preparers.
At AACS, we put faith into action. We teach and model Christian principles by encouraging students to become sensitive to others' needs. Service projects offer a way to apply these principles and teach the importance of caring for God's world. Outreach events have included: raising money for Christian schools in India and Haiti; doing yardwork for the elderly or low-income families; singing at local retirement homes; sponsoring a canned food drive; collecting cans and bottles as part of Earth Day; raising money and collecting household products for Hurricane Katrina victims; collecting money to buy heat for elderly members of a Native American tribe. Elementary school students receive progress reports twice a year.
Middle school students receive graded report cards four times a
year, and progress reports twice a year. In addition, parents
are required to attend a parent-teacher
conference twice a year.
All students have art, vocal music, and physical education once a
week. In fourth and fifth grades, students learn recorder in class, and can participate in six-week,
after-school instrumental music classes. Middle school students can
participate in an instrumental music program twice a week during school
hours.
Our school is part of a league with other private schools in Ann Arbor and Saline. Middle school students (and fifth graders in some cases) can participate in a variety of
after-school sports programs, including soccer, volleyball, track and
field, and basketball. In addition, elementary school
students often participate in baseball, T-ball, and soccer school teams through area community
recreation
and education programs.
We would like you to become familiar with the school before applying.
This website provides a detailed introduction to the school, and
summarizes our vision and educational philosophy.
Please contact the school principal at
(734) 741-4948 to schedule a visit and a tour of the school. You will
receive an application during your visit. If you are moving from out of
town and unable to visit the school, we can make other arrangements.
Tuition
for the 2007-08 school year is $3,600 for kindergarten students, $5,952
for students in grades 1-5, and $6,480 for students in grades 6-8. We
offer a 25 percent discount for the second student enrolled, and a 50
percent discount for any additional children enrolled.
The oldest child is considered the first when calculating the discount.
AACS has a limited tuition assistance program that offers up to 50 percent of tuition based on financial need. Awards range from 20 to 50 percent of tuition. We also offer full tuition scholarships through the Shelly's Hope Scholarship Fund.
Any cancellation of school or delayed opening due to inclement weather will be announced on the AACS website, on radio station WWJ (950 AM) and TV stations WJBK (Channel 2), WDIV (Channel 4), and WXYZ (Channel 7). We will follow the decisions of Ann Arbor Public Schools, but we will also list our name separately. There is a also a phone tree where individual families will be called in the event of a school cancellation or delay.
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