A field trip to Blue Creek for the upper-grade students to celebrate the end of the 2020-2021 academic school year was a great success. Students enjoyed an outdoor BBQ, swimming…
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Celebrating 100 Days/100 Years
Ascension Leadership Academy students turned the 100th day of school into a celebration by studying and celebrating 100 years backward and forward! Students dressed in their idea of how they’d…
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Thanksgiving Letter to Parents
November 21, 2020 Dear Parents and Students: The Faculty, Staff, and I would like to thank you for your support in adhering to the COVID-19 protocols. Any of you facing…
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Don Hagan continues cycling challenge
Neither COVID, a bike accident, nor cataract surgery has stopped Mr. Don Hagan from cycling within Alabama to complete the miles of his cross-country challenge for our children which had…
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Ascension 2020 Seniors Graduate in Delayed Ceremony
Ascension Leadership Academy held its 2020 graduation ceremony for four seniors on July 23, 2020, in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church in Talladega. Throughout the celebration, healthy spacing was…
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COVID19 Procedures for Returning to School
As the faculty and staff of Ascension Leadership Academy prepare for opening the school this fall, we have developed the following guidelines based on the Center for Disease Control (CDC)…
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Acting Workshop
The squirming group of children are gathered in a circle around the two leaders, waiting impatiently for their next instructions. For Motell Foster, a professional actor who lived at the…
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Fun Fridays
The students refer to them as Fun Fridays, but the teaching staff at Ascension Leadership Academy know they are much, much more. Every Friday, the students participate in an activity…
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Missoula Children’s Theatre
Ascension Leadership Academy students Damian, Nylah, Phaethon, Charity, and Sydney performed in the Missoula Children’s Theatre ‘s “Jack and the Beanstalk” at Talladega’s Ritz Theatre in October. The performance was…
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Coast 2 Coast Challenge Benefits Children
Don Hagan planned to cycle his way across America. The Edgewood Presbyterian Church (Birmingham) member left San Diego on March 5 with a plan to ride his bicycle across the…
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