ACE Amandla Charter School

They did it!! 👨🏽‍🎓👏👩‍🎓

We had a special visitor today during lunch!! Luche Libre wrestler, and those from Thanks for stopping by!! Be sure check out the Southwest Summer Festival, a free event this Saturday, June 8th. Details on last pic!! 👀

It's graduation day!! Congrats to all of our seniors, your hard work has finally paid off!! We can't wait to see you walk across the stage tonight. We are so very proud of you all!! You did it!! 👏🥹 ❤️👨🏽‍🎓 👩‍🎓

Senior Decision Day!! 🥳🤩✌️🩷

Congratulations to our staff members of the month!! Mrs. Hicks won the staff vote and Mr. G won the student vote! Check out what everyone had to say about these wonderful staff members below!!:

"Hicks works extremely hard getting opportunities for our students to thrive at the postsecondary level! She has done excellent work with our Class of 2024, and makes sure to extend that work to our younger groups as well. She also works extremely hard at encouraging students to maintain good grades and attendance. She is a pleasure to work with and we appreciate all she does around the building. She deserves to be celebrated!"

"Mr. G is such a good and an amazing person and he always knows how to communicate with the students. We love talking to him!!"

ACE Amandla does in fact have talent!! Congrats to Alon who won the talent show competition and enjoyed a lunch of his choice!! ⭐️

Pictured are 2 members of our Mental Health Awarness Month book club! We read and discussed "The Sad Ghost Club" and everyone really enjoyed it!

Mental Health Awareness Month:
Wellness Week 3: Art making!! 🖼️ 🎨

We cannot thank AIR Design Systems, INC. enough for all the knowledge and hands-on experiences they have shared with our students once again this year! As an end of year celebration, Miguel Villarreal, CEO and owner of Villa-Tech, Inc. sponsored a trip with our seniors where they spent the day go-karting and enjoying lunch!! They had soooo much fun!! We appreciate you all so very much!! 🏎🚦🏁

Student council has been busy this month making "buddy bracelets" for Mental Health Awareness Month! Students wear and share the bracelets with their peers as a way to say, "I see you!" and show support to someone that may be struggling. 🩷

Wellness Week 2: Meditation!! ☮️ 💕 🧘‍♂️

Huge thank you to for wrapping up their series of presentations on domestic violence with a fun activity yesterday! The students were very invested in the experience and it was so fun to watch them work together to make positive decisions!!

Wellness Week 1: Gratitude Journaling!! Students who signed up were able to relax in a peaceful environment today and take part in this weeks activity for Mental Health Awarenwss Month!! We are looking forward to the rest of the month!! 🧘🏾‍♀️📓 🌊 ☮️ ❤️ ✏️ 🎨

Thank you to all of our amazing teachers who surround our students with inspiration to learn every day!! We are so lucky to have you!!

The staff college fair was so fun!! Our staff members set up tables and represented their colleges and universities while the students visited and heard about their experiences and post secondary paths!! 👏👏👏👏

Earth Day continues with Mrs. Crittenden & Mrs. Ortiz's ESL classes!! These students have been learning about all things Earth Day and took part in a beautification project on this lovely spring day!! We can't wait to see these flowers in full bloom!! 🌸 ☀️ 🌺

Congratulations to our ONE & ONLY!! Ms. Nagel won both our staff and student nominated awards for staff member of the month for April!! Congrats!! See what both had to say about her below!!

Staff: "As a leader she is firm but fair. I really appreciate the opportunities she gives the staff and the students. Most people don't even know what a principal of a school is supposed to do; well... she does it VERY well. She makes all of our jobs much easier. She makes the tough decisions that benefit the school and the students. She demands excellence from her staff and students; demanding and yet still understands. She blankets her staff and students with compassion and devotion, which are needed qualities for an effective administrator. She's a great understanding principal who cares for her students and staff members. Nagel is effective!"

Students: "She is a great principal and has a good vibe. She is one of the most important people and works very hard. She runs our school well and does a great job securing funds and resources. She does everything in her power to try make this school comfortable and safe for us and she doesn't get appreciated enough for that."

Representing highschool and college resource fair!! Let's gooooo!!!!!! 👏

Paint Night was a success!! 🎨👩‍🎨

‼️ ATTENTION!!: One of our seniors, Brandon R., will be interviewed LIVE on WGN's "Spotlight Chicago" show! He will be representing OneGoal (along with Karla Robles, Chief Programming Officer of OneGoal) and discussing challenges with FAFSA, being a Dell Scholar recipient, and the college admissions process.

The segment will be on Friday, April 26th sometime between
3-4pm. Let's celebrate and cheer on Brandon!

Yesterday, we celebrated Earth Day with a school wide community clean up!! 🌍 🫶 ❤️

Our big winner, Ryan, received the surpise Amazon giftcard in his behavior bag! Behavior bags were awarded to students that met our Q3 behavior goals!!

Staff outing was a BLAST!! Thanks for organizing Lindsay!! ⚾️ 👏 ☑️

Solar Eclipse 2024!! 🌞 🌚 🌙

Ep. 08: "The Dean's Insights" out now!! 🎙️

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We know our juniors ACE'd the SAT!!!

Congrats to our March Staff of the Month!! Mrs. Whitten won the staff vote and Mrs. Ortiz won the student vote!! We are so lucky to have you at ACE!! See what staff and students had to say about both below!!:

"Mrs. Whitten has a very tough and THANKLESS job… she handles the situations we would prefer not to. Keep up the good work. She is awesome!!"

"Mrs. Ortiz is a good teacher, she always supports her students when they need help. She is nice, genuine, supportive, and deserves this award. She is the BEST!!!!"

It's going to be an amazing spring break for some of our students!! ✈️😍✌🏽

Just landed in the A! Ready for adventure with our amazing explorers.

Cute little holiday project going on in construction classes this week!! 🎄❤️