Five Atlantic Community Charter School Students Recognized for their Achievements with $1,000 Shopping Sprees at Walmart

Students chosen based on academic improvement

Today Atlantic Community Charter School (ACCS) awarded $1,000 Walmart shopping sprees to five students in grades 5-8 who have shown great improvement in their academic performances since last year. The shopping sprees took place early this morning at the Walmart in Mays Landing, when the students were given one hour to fill their carts with a thousand dollars-worth of merchandise.

All winners were chosen based on the average of students’ combined-subject growth on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA).

“The shopping spree at Walmart will be a great celebration of our students in each grade who grew the most on the NJSLA,” said Edmund Cetrullo, Jr., principal of ACCS. “These are students who have put in the hard work with their teachers to perform on the state test. We are very proud of their success and are appreciative of our benefactor to support our students and staff with such a generous gift. It just shows that anyone, no matter their background or zip code, can succeed when they put their mind to it and surround themselves with a great supporting cast at home and school.”

Vahan and Danielle Gureghian of CSMI Education Management have generously donated funding to reward ACCS scholars with the greatest overall academic growth and to inspire other students to achieve similar success in subsequent years.