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Facilities
Faculty Development Committee: will oversee
goal 3
Alumni / Finance: will oversee goals 5 & 7
This past year we completed the following projects:
• Renovations to a bathroom in deCharms
Hall
• Replacement of a failed water line for our
buildings
Dual Track Enrollment with Bryn Athyn
College
Performing Arts Program
This past year plans were finalized for a Dual
Enrollment Program in conjunction with Bryn
Athyn College. The Academy of the New Church
Secondary Schools and Bryn Athyn College will be
offering qualified ANCSS students an opportunity
to enroll in two college courses during their senior
year at ANCSS. These two courses, Psychology 101
and Philosophy 102, are foundational offerings
that fulfill certain general education requirements
at most, if not all, American colleges and universi-
ties. We are very fortunate to have Kiri K. Rogers,
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Marcy E.
Latta, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Writ-
ing, who will be teaching these two courses start-
ing with the 2017/2018 school year.
We have a very strong, popular and well-rounded
performing arts program that continues to grow
each year. This includes our Performing Arts Port-
folio class, Dance Team, Choral Ensemble, In-
strumental Ensemble, Stagecraft, and Costuming
class. We hold a performing arts camp each sum-
mer for 6th, 7th and 8th graders, multiple concerts
during the year, a play in winter and a musical in
the spring. Some students learn how to set light-
ing plots and run lights during our shows, or how
to operate our soundboard during shows. Others
work on the stage crew, operate our ticket sales,
greet and usher.
Cast and Crew of our Spring Musical - Mary Poppins
Athletics
Schools League championship appearance in
ANC soccer history. The Girls Softball team made
it to the Friends League semi-finals for the second
year in a row.
The 2016 - 2017 ANCSS year in sports proved to
be another successful year. Championships were
won in Field Hockey (5th in a row), Boys Wres-
tling (2nd in a row) and Boys Lacrosse (4th in a
row). Our Boys Soccer team made the first Friends
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