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Students participate in a discussion in the House of Chambers at the Old State House.
Visiting Connecticut’s Old State House
A classic tale by Charles Dickens
A Haunting Performance
All of the ACE volunteers that stayed until the end of the event.
Pancake Dinner with Santa
Students excited to reunite with our former English teacher at our Thanksgiving event.
ACE Thanksgiving
Some of our new ACE Ambassadors pictured above from left to right: Ariana West, Genesis Andujar, Emily Reinosa, and Karla Guallpa-Delgado
Students Promoted To Ace Ambassadors
Bluebook is the application students use to take the digital SAT.
The School Day SAT at ACE
Student representatives take time out of their busy lives to represent ACE at the Board of Education meetings twice a month.
Representing ACE
South Street
Pedestrian Safety in Danbury
A classic tale by Charles Dickens
A Haunting Performance
All of the ACE volunteers that stayed until the end of the event.
Pancake Dinner with Santa
The sad truth of Ruby Franke
Devil in the Family Documentary Review
Student representatives take time out of their busy lives to represent ACE at the Board of Education meetings twice a month.
Representing ACE
ACE DUCKS THE HALLS WITH JOLLY falalalalalala la la
Activity suggestions for christmas break
Leo representing pride for his culture and goal for success through his fashionable attire.
Getting to know our seniors
Ashlee and ACE students bonding at Hatters Park
The Truth About ACE
ACE students celebrating poetry
ACE Students’ Poetry Trip
Elvis of ACE
Elvis of ACE
This is the cover of the publication "From My Heart" sponsored by the Newtown Rotary.
“From My Heart” Book Launch
ACE students at Ellsworth with a third grade class to read children's literature together.
Children’s Lit Visits their Pen Pals!
ACE students learning how to do wood working at Brookfield Craft Center.
Brookfield Crafts Center
Greg's gym class stopping by a water well on one of many hiking adventures.
Greg’s Gym Class
Valentina getting ready for her junior varasity game.
ACE Athletes
Winter Olympic games
Winter Olympics Games
ACE students sleep outside under a lean-to in the Pound Ridge Camping Trip
Pound Ridge Camping Trip
On 2/15, the Girl's Danbury Varsity Basketball team won their home conference game against Westhill (Stamford, CT) by a score of 55-19.
ACE Varsity Basketball Players Shine at the Last Home Game of the Season
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/4f8361bb0b.html
A History Of ACE – 1977-1987
ACE Publications through the Decades!
Alternative Times Publications
Last Day as Locust AVE School - 6/17/1977
Last Day as Locust AVE School – 6/17/1977
Students participate in a discussion in the House of Chambers at the Old State House.
Visiting Connecticut’s Old State House
The sad truth of Ruby Franke
Devil in the Family Documentary Review
Bluebook is the application students use to take the digital SAT.
The School Day SAT at ACE
Student representatives take time out of their busy lives to represent ACE at the Board of Education meetings twice a month.
Representing ACE
South Street
Pedestrian Safety in Danbury
This is a photo of the incredibly flooded roads during an August morning on my way to school.
How Does Climate Change Affect Students?
Unpredictable Fist
The Art in ACE
ACE Welcomes 47th Year of Incoming Students
  • March 24SAVE THE DATE: Joe Pepin Day 2025 will be held on Saturday, May 17th!
  • March 24Spring Break is April 12-20th
  • January 9Quarter 3 Ends March 28th

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Bluebook is the application students use to take the digital SAT.

The School Day SAT at ACE

Janluis Cerda, Staff Writer
March 21, 2025
Student representatives take time out of their busy lives to represent ACE at the Board of Education meetings twice a month.

Representing ACE

Coreena Cato, Staff Writer
March 21, 2025
South Street

Pedestrian Safety in Danbury

Jamie Vargas, Staff Writer
March 19, 2025
A classic tale by Charles Dickens

A Haunting Performance

Avarie Ruiz and Wolf Browne
March 5, 2025
All of the ACE volunteers that stayed until the end of the event.

Pancake Dinner with Santa

Emily Reinoso, Staff Writer
January 10, 2025
Rob stops working for just a moment to smile for the camera after a busy Thanksgiving celebration.

Rob of ACE

Jeremiah Haysmith, Staff Writer
January 7, 2025
Some of our new ACE Ambassadors pictured above from left to right: Ariana West, Genesis Andujar, Emily Reinosa, and Karla Guallpa-Delgado

Students Promoted To Ace Ambassadors

Leo Sanchez, Staff Writer
January 3, 2025
Leo representing pride for his culture and goal for success through his fashionable attire.

Getting to know our seniors

Jordy Rivera, Staff Writer
December 18, 2024
Great Memorial Trip

Great Memorial Trip

Emily Reinoso, Staff Writer
November 15, 2024
ACE students celebrating poetry

ACE Students’ Poetry Trip

Cristian Cruz Turcios
November 8, 2024
Pictured from left to right: Joseph, Amber, Ashlee, T, Austin, Wolf, Daphyne, Andrew, Liz, DJ

ACE Invades New York Comic Con

Wolf Browne, Staff Writer
November 6, 2024
ACE students with Daniela posing with our scarecrow in Danbury

The Making Of The Ace Scarecrow

Leo Sanchez and Avarie Ruiz
November 6, 2024
ACE Annual Visit To Hatters Park To Celebrate New School Year

ACE Goes To Hatters Park

Jeremiah Hay-Smith
November 1, 2024
ACE welcomes the new year with Parents' Night

ACE welcomes the new year with Parents’ Night

Taylore Buie, Staff Writer
October 24, 2024
The van filled with all the school supplies that were organized.

Mall Trip to Help Teachers “Stock up for Success”

Leticia Saldanha, Staff Writer
October 7, 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
Joanne receiving the Teacher of the year award in April.

Joanne “Graduates” with the Class of 2024

Lilly Saldanha and Mackenzie Guasco
May 29, 2024
Entrance of Joe Pepin Day with letters of the best things about ACE.

Joe Pepin Day At ACE

Emily Reinoso, Staff Writer
May 21, 2024
Katjas Bulletin Board

Earth Day

Winnie Henriquez, Staff Writer
May 13, 2024
Melissa in her room while the Pilobolus was visiting

Meet The Teacher – Melissa

Ciana Serrano, Staff Writer
May 8, 2024
ACE and their beautiful inspiring artwork being presented at Praxair Center

The Butterfly Effect

Angie Tapia Jimenez, Staff Writer
May 7, 2024
Dulani trying the moves that the instructor is guiding.

Pilobolus Comes to ACE

Emily Reinoso, Staff Writer
May 3, 2024
art which represents the strong bonds guidance creates with ACE students

What Is Guidance Here At ACE?

Phoebe Lewis, ACE student
May 3, 2024
Healing our past selfs hearts with the knowledge we have today.

Shining a Light on Celebrity

Lilly Saldanha
April 2, 2024
Joannes door for Women's History Month

FLEX Update

Winnie Henriquez, Staff Writer
April 2, 2024
An example of some of the banned books that Kyle's Guidance Group received from the Donor's Choose.

KYLE’S BANNED BOOKS UPCOMING LIBRARY PROJECT 

Karla Guallpa-Delgado, Staff Writer
March 28, 2024
Have you considered the places you'll go in a gap year? Graphic taken from https://nytedu.com/blog/designing-your-future-the-gap-year-experience/

Gap Years

Lilly Saldanha, Staff Writer
March 12, 2024
ACE's Bulletin Board on display shows acts of kindness and gratitude.

ACE Valentine’s Day

Angie Tapia Jimenez, staff writer
March 4, 2024
A mind of someone who is slowly mentally blooming

Taking Care of Mental Health

Isabella Bretas, Staff Writer
January 26, 2024
Martin Luther King Jr. during his "I have a dream" speech.

Martin Luther King Day

Aniyah Howard, Staff Writer
January 25, 2024
Dayanaras friend Wendoly hugging her cat Cleo on national hug day

National Hugging Day

Dayanara Burgos-Ramos and Haley Sanchez
January 24, 2024
ACE Students were able to meet some of the adoptable dogs from PawSafe Animal Rescue.

ACE CARES – School Donations for PawSafe Animal Rescue

T Smith, staff writter
January 5, 2024
This is one of the Christmas trees put up inside ACE.

ACE Plans for Holiday Break

Haley Sanchez and Dayanara Burgos-Ramos
December 20, 2023
Students having to distance themselves. This is unfortunate as they can't connect and work in groups, which would've been a great way to learn and socialize.

Online School

Isabella Bretas, Staff Writer
November 30, 2023
Possible haunted sites here in Connecticut make you wonder if the supernatural is real.

The Paranormal Truth about Connecticut

Haley Sanchez, Staff Writer
November 28, 2023
Spooky looking hallways that students have walked through for many decades(years).

ACE Spooky Stories

Dayanara Burgos-Ramos, Staff Writer
November 15, 2023
Haley's cat (Gordan)

Cats or Dogs?

Dayanara Burgos-Ramos, Staff Writer
October 20, 2023
High school students wearing masks during the pandemic. Will we have to go through this again?

Covid is Back!

Aniyah Howard
October 18, 2023
Call 988 if you feel like you need to talk to someone. (Picture drawn by ACE student)

Suicide Prevention Month

T Smith
October 12, 2023
Black Buddafly during the mid 2000's. The three sisters were pictured in front of a poster advertising their record label Def Jam

The Story of Black Buddafly

Cole Ferrentino, Staff Writer/Editor
May 31, 2023
A visual of what the new Career Academy will look like.

Danbury Opens a New High School

Giselle Hernandez, staff writer
May 22, 2023
DJ at work in his office at ACE as Social Worker.

Meet the School Social Worker

Mackenzie Guasco, Staff Writer
May 12, 2023
Students and teachers are becoming increasingly demotivated as the end of the year approaches

Student and Teacher Burnout

Rayza Diaz-Llorens, Staff Writer
May 12, 2023
A photo of Kyle in his classroom, sitting at his desk

Meet the Teachers at ACE

T Smith, Staff Writer
April 4, 2023
These are the victims of the most recent mass shooting in Nashville.

The Biggest Epidemic in this Country

Giselle Hernandez, Staff writer
April 4, 2023
Our Spring Break is almost here. What will you will doing this year?

Spring Break

Rayza Diaz-Llorens, Staff Writer
March 31, 2023
A graphic depicting the risks of vaping, suggesting that vaping leads to death.

A Trend that Slowly Kills

Savannah Coscarella, Staff Writer
March 31, 2023
Photo of Michael Lopez, one of many Danbury students affected by the district's handling of the pandemic.

The Distance Between Learning

Cole Ferrentino, Staff Writer/Editor
March 27, 2023
Women’s History Project about Marian Anderson for Glenda’s Human Services class.

Celebrate Black History Month With ACE

Ludmila Conceicao, Staff Writer
March 1, 2023
Robots In The Classroom

Robots In The Classroom

Cole Ferrentino, Editor/Staff Writer
February 23, 2023
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