Celebrating Forty Years of Central

Leaves are changing with the season, the school is buzzing with activity and busy students, and everything is as it always is at ACC. However, one thing is different, as our school has hit a milestone: its 40th Anniversary.

Exactly four decades ago, the newly formed Aurora Central Catholic High School eagerly opened its doors to students. Our current high school is the descendant of Roncalli and Madonna High Schools, who united in 1968 to form a brand new school. The tradition of strong faith, excellent academic achievement, and a warm and friendly atmosphere have been renewed with every generation of Chargers over this time.

ACC is celebrating this tradition, this history, and the people who took part in them over the course of the entire year. A great number of alumni, who still bleed Blue and Gold, will return to both our current campus and to the former building that was Aurora Central Catholic High School to many Chargers. Other events of celebration, including a breakfast for alumni and a time capsule burial, will unite the past and present of Aurora Central, while also celebrating the years of excellence to come in the future.

With all of the academic responsibilities, extracurricular activities, and things to do just for fun at Aurora Central, students can sometimes forget how important it is to understand where we have come from. And where have we come from? I can say, without a doubt, the Aurora Central Catholic High School and its students of today are a direct reflection of what ACC has always been. ACC was the combination of two wonderful schools, Roncalli and Madonna, and it became a school with endless opportunities for excellence for its students. ACC has come from the amazing teachers, the outstanding students, and the strong message of faith. We need to remember this history and tradition in order to continue it as we have.

And continue it we will. ACC is committed to excellence, and the success of that committment for the past forty years is what we celebrate. And we celebrate because of the bright future ahead for Aurora Central Catholic High School.