ACA Hours of Operation
Office Hours – 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
School Day
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
All students are supervised by certified and/or licensed teachers and administrators between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Extended evening hours are from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
As programs and events are included, dates are subject to change.
(Sports activities pending)
2017 – 2018 Parent/Student Calendar
July 2017
15 VPK, K-12 Student Orientation – 10:00 a.m.
22 VPK, K-12 Diagnostic Assessment for Student Placement - 10:00 a.m.
August 2017
8 Diagnostic Assessment for Student Placement
14 First Day of School
16 Pep Rally
22 Sustain Silent Reading
30 Early Dismissal
31 Student Monthly Birthday Recognition including July
September 2017
4 Labor Day – School Closed
5 Scholarship Warning Distribution
5 Sustain Silent Reading
12 Sustain Silent Reading
12 Parent Meeting
13 Early Dismissal
18-22 Constitution Week w/ Justice Teaching Attorney
19 Sustain Silent Reading
25 Lunch Off Campus
25 Progress Reports Distribution
26 Making Dreams a Reality / Vision Board Presentations
27 Early Dismissal
28 Student-of-the-Month Recognition
29 Student Monthly Birthday Recognition
October 2017
3 Sustain Silent Reading
10 Sustain Silent Reading / Monthly Parent Meeting
11 Early Dismissal
13 Report Cards Distribution / End of 1st Quarter
16 Awards Celebration / Beginning of 2nd Quarter
17 Sustain Silent Reading
19 Lunch off campus
20 Employee In-service / School Closed
24 Sustain Silent Reading
25 Early Dismissal
26 Blitz
30 Student-of-the-Month Recognition
31 Student Monthly Birthday Recognition
November 2017
1 Early Dismissal
10 Veteran’s Day / School Closed
7 Sustain Silent Reading
11 Fall Festival
13 Scholarship Warning Distribution / Scrimmage
14 Sustain Silent Reading / Monthly Parent Meeting
15 Early Dismissal
21 Sustain Silent Reading / Family Thanksgiving Dinner
22 Weather Day / School Closed
23-24 Thanksgiving – School Closed
28 Sustain Silent Reading / Student-of-the-Month Recognition
29 Early Dismissal
30 Student Monthly Birthday Recognition
December 2017
1 Student Progress Reports Distribution
4 Mid-Term Exams 6-12 grades
5 Sustain Silent Reading
12 Monthly Parent Meeting
13 Early Dismissal
15 Christmas Program and Family Dinner
18 Employee In-Service / School Closed
19 Sustain Silent Reading
19 Senior Holiday – Seniors with 3.0 gpa or better
20 Student-of-the-Month Recognition
21 Student Monthly Birthday Recognition / End of 2nd Quarter
21 Awards Ceremony / Report Cards Distribution
22-29 Christmas Break / School Closed
January 2018
1 Winter Break / School Closed
2-5 Weather Day / School Closed
8 Students return-Christmas Holidays / Beginning of 3rd Quarter
9 Pep Rally 9:00 a.m. / Monthly Parent Meeting
10 Movie Theatre
11 Sustain Silent Reading
12 Teacher Planning Day
13 Saturday School – Students with gpa of 2.0 or less
15 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday / School Closed
16 Sustain Silent Reading
17 Early Dismissal
18 Blitz
19 Employee In-Service
23 Sustain Silent Reading
24 Academic Scholar Bowl
27 Saturday School – Students with gpa of 2.0 or less
29 Scrimmage
30 Student Monthly Birthday Recognition 2:00 p.m.
31 Student-of-the-Month Recognition 2:00 p.m.
February 2018
5 Scholarship Warning Distribution
6 Sustain Silent Reading
10 Saturday School
12 Lunch – off campus
13 Sustain Silent Reading / Monthly Parent Meeting
14 Early Dismissal / Valentine’s Day Dance
15 Ritz Theatre and Museum
17 Saturday School
19 President’s Day / School Closed
20 Sustain Silent Reading
26 Student Monthly Birthday Recognition
27 Black History Program / Student Progress Reports Distribution
28 Student-of-the-Month Recognition
March 2018
3 Saturday School
6 Sustain Silent Reading
7 Hands On Children’s Museum – Elementary only
8 Academic Scholar Bowl
9 Employee In-Service
10 Saturday School
13 Monthly Parent Meeting
14 Early Dismissal
15 Report Cards Distribution / End of 3rd Quarter / Awards Ceremony
16 Teacher Planning Day
19-23 Spring Break
26 Beginning of 4th Quarter / Mother-Son Luncheon
27 Sustain Silent Reading
28 Student Monthly Birthday Recognition
29 Scholarship Warning Distribution / Student Monthly Birthday Recognition
April 2018
2 School Closed
3 Sustain Silent Reading
6 Employee In-Service
7 Saturday School
9 Elementary (1st – 5th Grade) Prom 4:00-5:30 p.m.
10 Sustain Silent Reading / Monthly Parent Meeting
13 Blitz
13 Deadline to submit monies for Holy Land Experience (all students)
16 9th Grade Prom 6:30 p.m. / TBA
21 Saturday School
23 Academic Scholar Bowl
24 Sustain Silent Reading / Daddy-Daughter Luncheon
25 Early Dismissal
27 Senior Grad Nite – Orlando
30 Scrimmage
May 2018
1 Sustain Silent Reading
8 Sustain Silent Reading / Monthly Parent Meeting
15 Sustain Silent Reading
16 Early Dismissal
22-23 SAT10 Testing
24 SAT10 Make Up day
29 Graduation and Move-up Ceremony 6:00 p.m.
31 Last day for students and teachers
June - July 2018
4 Begin 4-day work week - Office closed on Fridays