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The Making Of The Ace Scarecrow
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The Making Of The Ace Scarecrow
Leo Sanchez and Avarie Ruiz November 6, 2024

In late September, the City Center of Danbury hosted their annual scarecrow contest. Our teacher Anthony Hellman expressed his interest, and reached out to the City Center of Danbury. About a week later,  Laura Blake, Bob Nelson, Anthony Hellman and...

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ACE Annual Visit To Hatters Park To Celebrate New School Year
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ACE Goes To Hatters Park
Jeremiah Hay-Smith November 1, 2024

On Friday, September 27th, 2024, ACE went to Hatters Park for our traditional back-to-school gathering. Students and staff members spent the day doing team-building and bonding activities and just having fun out together. Upon arrival, students circled...

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ACE welcomes the new year with Parents' Night
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ACE welcomes the new year with Parents’ Night
Taylore Buie, Staff Writer • October 24, 2024

At the beginning of every school year, and about once per quarter, ACE parents, students and staff come together to meet one another and learn about how their student is doing in classes.  On October 1st, we came together for our first Parents' Night...

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The van filled with all the school supplies that were organized.
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Mall Trip to Help Teachers “Stock up for Success”
Leticia Saldanha, Staff Writer • October 7, 2024

On September 9th, our history teacher Rob Melillo took four students to the Danbury Fair Mall to assist with the "Stock up for Success: Back-to-School Teachers' Supply Drive." ACE students played an important role in sorting more than 1,000 school supplies...

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The Making Of The Ace Scarecrow
The Making Of The Ace Scarecrow
Leo Sanchez and Avarie Ruiz November 6, 2024

In late September, the City Center of Danbury hosted their annual scarecrow contest. Our teacher Anthony Hellman expressed his interest, and...

Elvis of ACE
Elvis of ACE
Elvis Sedeno, Guest Writer • June 18, 2024

Who is Elvis? Well to put it simply, it’s me. Making art on the internet by the persona of Azooki has always been a passion of mine. When...

This is the cover of the publication "From My Heart" sponsored by the Newtown Rotary.
“From My Heart” Book Launch
Daniela Esposito and Joseph Tapia May 17, 2024

It was a night of poetry and art at Newtown High School on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 where Rotary Club members, administrators, teachers, families,...

ACE students at Ellsworth with a third grade class to read children's literature together.
Children’s Lit Visits their Pen Pals!
Ariana West, Staff writer • March 28, 2024

The Children's Literature class at ACE is run by English teacher Daniela Esposito. In the Children's Lit class, we go into children's books,...

Pictured from left to right: Joseph, Aayan, Ashlee, T, Austin, Wolf, Daphyne, Andrew, Liz, DJ
ACE Invades New York Comic Con
Wolf Browne, Staff Writer • November 6, 2024

Comic Con is one of several amazing conventions to go to if you're looking for somewhere to meet people with the same interests as you and splurge...

ACE Annual Visit To Hatters Park To Celebrate New School Year
ACE Goes To Hatters Park
November 1, 2024
Greg's gym class stopping by a water well on one of many hiking adventures.
Greg’s Gym Class
Karla Guallpa-Delgado, Staff Writer • May 29, 2024

Greg’s 2024 gym class is based on health and exercising your body. Greg began his career as a teacher in 1999 in Bridgeport CT. He started...

Valentina getting ready for her junior varasity game.
ACE Athletes
Ayva Ith, Staff Writer • May 21, 2024

At our school, many kids play sports but they play for other schools besides ACE. I interviewed three ACE students who play different types of...

Winter Olympic games
Winter Olympics Games
Navari Droz and Ariana West February 1, 2024

  Every four years, major international multi-sports competitions for sports played on snow and ice take place at the Winter Olympic...

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A History Of ACE – 1977-1987
January 11, 2023

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ACE Publications through the Decades!
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