The Newsletter of Augusta Christian Schools
A Closer Look
Winter/Spring 2009-2010
this issue From the Headmaster P.1 Principals P.2-4
Tuition Discount Incentive
Guidance Counselor P.5 Athletics/Fine Arts P. 6-7
Dear Parents: We wanted to share with you about the really “big deal” for ACS families to considerably reduce the amount of tuition you will pay for the 20102011 school year. Not only is there no tuition increase next year, but if you, as a current ACS family, are solely responsible for recruiting a new family to enroll at ACS, you will receive a $500 tuition discount for each new student who completes the enrollment process! If you prefer, you may donate the $500 tuition discount as a gift to someone else. There is no limit to the number of $500 tuition discounts you can earn! What a deal…no tuition increase for next year and a $500 tuition discount for each recruit you sign up! Highest Regards, John B. Bartlett Headmaster
Development P. 8
From the Headmaster
by Dr. John Bartlett
Headmaster The 2009-2110 school year got off to a rapid start lies, the true spirit of Augusta Christian Schools— A early in August when the faculty and staff met for their TRUE CHRISTIAN FAMILY SPIRIT— prevailed. traditional opening of school workshop. This year was School-Wide Literacy, the topic mutually agreed different, however; guests came to lead two of the morning upon between ACS and our accreditation agency, sessions on two workshop days. Larry Watt, Director of ACSI, for our reaffirmation of accreditation project, SCISA (South Carolina Independent School Association), was heavy in the air on campus for the past two led the first morning session with topics ranging from teryears. The entire faculty was divided into teams and rorism, to bullying, hard lockdowns and many other issues met on a weekly or monthly basis to study literacy and which play a major role in contemporary school settings. how we could improve it from kindergarten through the Sadly, Christian Schools are not exempt. More and more, individual academic disciplines in middle and high topics like these are a very large part of a schools program school. Across the board, research was done, the and the safety and well being of our students, comes first! monthly steering committee meetings were held along Dr. David McKinley, senior minister at Warren Baptist with the periodic meetings with Mr. Robert Hodges, Church , as well as a nationally know known speaker, Associate Executive Director of ASCI and all proved spent the second morning with lectures on his from the stimulating and helpful. The two years of book of Ecclesiastes of Ecclesi“...We must report on an work concluded with a detailed report astes entitled, “The Search for Satisfaction”. These two gentle- annual basis what we are presented and defended in front of a visitdoing to continue to pro- ing evaluation team. The four member men laid the foundation for an excellent opening of a new school mote school-wide literacy team was on campus for two days examining every facet of the school to see if we year. at ACS.” had actually done accomplished what our Fifty more students arrived at report showed . In my exit interview with the opening of school than for the evaluation team, Mr. Hodges said, “Dr. Bartlett we whom we originally budgeted. In total, we have matricuhave only one recommendation, continue to do exactly lated five hundred and twenty-five students for the 2009as you are doing”. In my long years of academe, I 2010 year. With the heavy stress that the current ecohave never known of an accreditation evaluation team nomic dilemma has created for many of our families, and who had no recommendations. What a beautiful exmany for the first time needing financial assistance, this ample of the teamwork that resulted in such a comyear, ACS has granted nearly a quarter of a million dollars mendation. No, the work isn’t over. For the next five in financial aid. Included in this amount was were ACS years, we must report on an annual basis what we are student aid, The Riverside Scholarship Fund and a large grant from a local church. Two other funds from which our students have received aid, but not included in the above, (Continued on page 8) are the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship fund and the Georgia Goal Scholarship fund. Throughout this time of Augusta special financial stress for so many very worthy ACS famiChristian Scho ols
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