There\u2019s an infamous place on the secondary campus. It\u2019s located in the band room, up the stairs and to the right. Truly, if you follow the smell, you\u2019ve found it. No joke.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s known around here as \u201cthe black hole.\u201d It\u2019s known to make staff shudder. Ask any former staff member and they will shake their head and refuse to talk about it.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s dark, black, and usually what goes in doesn\u2019t come out. It\u2019s a storage room\u2026of sorts. But some say it\u2019s like everyone\u2019s basement or attic\u2014what gets put there, stays there. It\u2019s been there for decades, likely built when the band room was renovated over 30 years ago.<\/p>\n According to staff members who have been at ACS for years, this has been an ongoing conversation: \u201cWe should really clean out the black hole this summer\u2026<\/em>\u201d And then there are far more exciting things to do, like clean out the fridge or empty out lockers unopened since September.<\/p>\n But this summer a few brave souls, under the headship of Tym Berger, our Director of Operations, took on the task that no one dared take on before\u2014cleaning out the black hole. Literally.<\/p>\n Boxes, boxes, and more boxes were hauled out of two storage rooms. I don\u2019t think Tym really knew how much our school stuffed into that space.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n This black hole uncovered some unsightly treasures. From endless boxes of candles from past grad banquets and mason jars of all shapes and sizes to old financial files, records, and 60th<\/sup> anniversary mugs (if you missed getting one at the anniversary celebration 10 years ago, let us know! We have one for you!).<\/p>\n Ever wonder where those old chess pieces from the old secondary foyer went? We found them.<\/p>\n But we uncovered some amazing treasures too.<\/p>\n We dusted off the leather-bound handwritten financial records, certificates, and papers from the first year ACS opened. We found a box from the 1985 fire at the elementary school (formerly the Heritage campus) that still<\/em> smelled like soot.<\/span><\/strong> There was a piece from the very first gym floor, from what is now our secondary multi-purpose room. We found newsletters upon newsletters (anyone remember \u201cThe Carillon?\u201d), old policies, and handwritten board minutes in old Hilroy scribblers.<\/p>\n In a span of a few weeks, amid dust, mildew, and cobwebs, we uncovered 70 years of history. I love history so despite the many eyerolls Tym gave me, I was thrilled to find these special memories that encapsulated our school\u2019s history and moved them to a place where they will be kept for the next 70 or 100 years.<\/p>\n I realized that mementos aren\u2019t just mementos, they are a collection of artifacts showing God\u2019s faithfulness to our community.<\/p>\n We have a new place to show off our memories and our story. When you are at the secondary campus, come up the stairs by the Common Culture Caf\u00e9 and view our history wall. Across the hall from the art room, you\u2019ll see the faces, names, and facts that built the community we now share.<\/p>\n The black hole is no longer bulging with old, outdated, and unused treasures. We hear that it\u2019s going to be a storage room for band instruments. But will we be able to keep it that way? Or in 70 years will someone else discover the storage room crammed full of files, decorations, and things that have no other place to be?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There\u2019s an infamous place on the secondary campus. It\u2019s located in the band room, up the stairs and to the right. Truly, if you follow the smell, you\u2019ve found it. No joke. It\u2019s known around here as \u201cthe black hole.\u201d It\u2019s known to make staff shudder. 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Beyond the Dust and Cobwebs<\/h2>\n
History On The Wall<\/h2>\n