News and Announcements

All parents will be required to interview with our administrator, Dr. Steve Robinson, or our Elementary Principal, Mrs. Joyce Hansen. All students must come from a home where at least one parent or guardian has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and agrees with Ankeny Christian Academy’s Statement of Faith and supports our policies.

Preschool and Child Care

Enrollment Forms and Before/After School Care Forms

May 17, 2023 By Melanie Frericks

Have a great summer!

November 14, 2022 By Melanie Frericks

ACA Emergency Closing Information

Emergency closing information will be communicated through the following:

1. ACA Website (at the very top – header – above the menus)

2. School Messenger – If you opted in via JMC, alerts are sent to your phone via voice and/or text by 6:15 AM the day of a closing

For directions for signing up, click here.

3. ACA App

4. Facebook (www.facebook.com/AnkenyChristian/)

5. Instagram (www.instagram.com/ankeny_christian_eagles)

Please note: Child care for three and four year old’s is open unless specifically stated that child care is closed. School-aged care is open if school is open. If there is no school, there will not be school-aged care.

If there is a delay, AM preschool will be cancelled. If school is canceled, evening events and activities are also canceled.

We notify the following television, radio, and Internet news stations for emergency announcements:

• WHO Channel 13

• KCCI Channel 8

• WOI Channel 5

Please note: While these sites allow us to communicate delays and cancellations, we are not able to provide details through these services. The most detailed information regarding how delays and cancellations affect events, practices, meetings, etc. can be found on our website and School Messenger broadcasts.

Automatic voicemail & text alerts available if signed up in JMC. Call the school office if you need assistance locating or signing up for this service.

January 10, 2022 By Lori Blake

Library and Literacy Lab

I am so excited and humbled to be joining the staff at ACA as the Literacy Lab Instructor / Librarian. I have enjoyed volunteering at ACA in many ways over the years and being active in PTF. Literacy has been a passion of mine since I was young. I graduated from UNI with a major in Elementary Education and a Literacy minor. I also received Reading and Language Arts endorsements. I was a classroom teacher for 2nd and 4th grades prior to the birth of our first son. I am married to my husband John and we have two boys, Brock and Dean, who have now attended ACA for several years.

I am very discerning of materials introduced to children and believe in high quality content that not only provides depth, but is also rooted in truth (and not necessarily what is being pushed by popular culture). There are many books published today that are very popular among children, but don’t add much depth and value to their reading time. I want to help kids fall in love with books – to fall in love with reading! I love the anonymous quote – “Everyone is a reader; some just haven’t found their favorite book yet.”

I grew up in a home that didn’t know Christ, but God’s grace covered me long before I knew Him. He placed people in my life that planted seeds throughout my teen years and I became a Christian after my freshman year of college. I quickly learned, when we can focus on Christ, instead of the world around, we can ‘throw off everything that hinders us and run the race He has set before us’, rather than the race we ourselves want to be in! God continues to humble me daily in my walk as I grow closer to Him and the path He has set before me. He continues the sanctifying work through His Holy Spirit and I’m thankful for the pruning over the years that has allowed me to grow more into who He wants me to be versus what I thought the world wanted me to be.

I’m so grateful of the awareness I’ve gained through the Spirit of the spiritual warfare and that our greatest strategy is prayer and putting on the Armor of God! He has equipped us with His Word to daily battle the enemy who wants to distract us from God’s purpose for us. We have faced many trials and hardships through the years and I’m thankful it has grown me closer to God and be more able to fully surrender my life to Him. It’s opened our eyes to more clearly see what matters and to daily seek how I can have kingdom impact and be used for His glory. I can’t do things in my own strength, nor can I find peace in anything or anyone but Christ alone. My prayer is that others may have seeds planted by my walk, words, prayers, or simply lifting others up with a smile. I believe each year, I should be able to look back on my walk with God and see how I’ve grown closer to Christ through the study of His Word, prayer, serving, and loving others well.

I stumble daily, but I’m thankful His mercies are new every morning! Finding JOY isn’t always easy, but as God has helped us persevere through trials, He has helped me find the positive side of most things and it has become a life outlook – seeking the positive in all situations. We don’t find joy in things of this world, but by setting our mind on things above – thinking of Jesus first, then Others, then Yourself. JOY. It’s a simple, yet profound way to shine our lights for Him and I look forward to bringing that simple reminder to the Library and students at ACA!