All Saints Academy, St. Cloud
Campus
Weekly
Parent Newsletter
February
12, 2015
Every Thursday school is in
session you will be receiving a link to the “Weekly Parent
Newsletter”. Please read carefully. This will contain All Saints
Academy, St. Cloud news for you and your family.
1. School
in session on Monday, February 16th, President’s Day –School
will be in session on Monday. District
742 will not be in session, there will be no
bussing. The school gym will be open at 7 am. Please use the back entrance if you are
dropping off prior to 7:30 am. Dismissal
will be at our regular time of 2:55 pm. Funzone will be available after school.
2. There
will be no Mass on Friday, February 20th – due to the students’
attendance at mass on Ash Wednesday, we will not have mass on Friday morning of
next week.
3. P/S/T Conferences - Conferences
are scheduled for Thursday, February 19th and Thursday, February 26th from 3:45
- 7:00 pm. All students in preschool
through 6th grade will have scheduled conferences. To access the on-line
scheduling please follow this link: http://vols.pt/E4XLV6. Then click on your child’s teacher and sign up for the time that suits
you best. Note: you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on
VolunteerSpot and VolunteerSpot does not share your email address with anyone.
You will receive a reminder e-mail to confirm your scheduled appointment.
5/6th grade parents please
schedule a conference with your homeroom teacher. It is not necessary to
schedule a conference with each 5th & 6th grade teacher.
Mary Lou Paul, our Preschool Teacher has added additional conference times on Thursday, Feb. 19th
beginning at 11:15am.
Marj Groseth, our
Spanish Teacher will be located in the office at the very top of the
main stairs as you come into the school on Thursday, Feb. 19th only
from 3:45-7:00pm.
Mary Goenner, our
Music Teacher will be in the music room on Thursday, Feb. 19th only from 3:45-7:00pm.
Ellen Detra, our Art
Teacher will be in the art room on Thursday, Feb. 19th only from 3:45-7:00pm.
Josie Moen, our PhyEd
Teacher will be in the gym on Thursday, Feb. 19th only from 3:45-7:00pm.
Lisa Poganski, our
Title 1 Teacher will be in the Title 1 room at the very top of the
main stairs as you come into the school on both nights from 4-5:30pm only.
If parents would like a conference with Mrs. Faye Haws, our Barton
Reading Tutor please e-mail her at faye.haws@allsaintsmn.org to schedule an appointment.
All
Saints Academy St. Cloud Campus will be offering a simple supper to our
families on conference nights. We hope
this will help ease the task of feeding your family the night of your
conference and allows you to visit with other families! Please check your
Thursday folder for the sign up sheet. If you plan on attending, please
complete it and return to the office by February 12th.
4. ASA Book Fair – During conferences the PAC Committee is sponsoring
a book fair. Between now and February 18th please bring your gently
used books to school – children or adult books. Then, on February 19th
and 20th (please see flyer attached to email for time and place) you
can purchase books for just $0.25!
5. Lunch Accounts – Please take a moment to look at your child/ren’s
lunch accounts online. You may add money
to your child/ren’s account anytime by sending a check or cash to the office
and indicate which child’s account the money should be credited. Currently, we have several accounts that have
a negative balance. If your child has
more than one month of unpaid lunches (-$48.00,) the school will be unable to
provide a full hot lunch to the student.
(The student may receive a sandwich and milk from school.) Please
contact the office if you need to make payment arrangements as soon as possible
if you have a negative balance. Once
payment arrangements are in place, the school will be able to offer hot lunch.
6. Volunteers Needed! - Parents/Guardians/Grandparents/Family
Friends, We are actively looking for Junior Achievement (JA) classroom
volunteers! JA is a great way to get involved in the classroom and make a
difference in the students’ lives. JA programs are geared to the MN state
curriculum standards, and teach students about entrepreneurship, financial
literacy, and the importance of college. Many grades and teachers are
available. No experience is needed! Teaching kits and materials are provided by
Junior Achievement.
Check out jaum.org for
more information, and http://jaum.org/volunteer/sign-up/ to sign up to be a volunteer!
7. Preschool to 6 Registration Time for the 2015-2016 School
Year - Registration
materials for All Saints Academy came home with your youngest child. If you did
not receive your packet, please contact the school office.
We need the forms completed as soon as
possible so we can make staffing decisions for next year. We need to retain our excellent staff, which
is the cornerstone of the high quality Catholic education your child receives. Registration
for preschool for 2015-2016 is also underway.
Please feel free to ask any questions you
may have.
The tuition assistance application process
is different this year. All Saints
Academy will be using "FAIR" (Financial Aid Independent Review.Inc.) FAIR is a nationally recognized leader in
financial aid assessments for private and parochial schools. The online application is easy to
complete. There is a $30/family
processing fee. Contact the office if
you would like the directions to apply for tuition assistance.
Thank you for being a part of All Saints
Academy. It works because we all care and work together.
8. Lost & Found - Are you missing any sweatshirts or jackets? How
about a pair of mittens or a hat? Please come visit our Lost & Found bin
and table in the basement hallway at the bottom of the stairs. We have a lot of things that are unclaimed
by our students which have been gathered in our lunchroom, playground, gym and
hallway. Please take a minute and look through the items we have.
9. Lunch Schedule – Recess is after lunch now. Please note that the times for Kindergarten and 2nd grade have
switched. The times below are correct. The lunch schedule is as follows:
•
11:00 –
5th grade
•
11:05 –
6th grade
•
11:10 –
4TH grade
•
11:20 –
1st grade
•
11:25 – 2nd grade
•
11:30 – Kindergarten
•
11:35 - 3rd grade
*Please note that parents volunteering
for recess should check-in at the office and then meet with Mary O’Hara in the
lunchroom at 11:15am. Recess ends at 12:15pm.
10. Free Piano - Would you be
interest in a used piano? An ASA family was given a piano by SPPM a few
years ago. They are now in a position where they must part with the piano
due to no use in the family. If you are interested, please contact
Marissa Bristow, marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org and she will place you in contact with the
family.
11. Bulletin Board
•
All
Saints Academy has recently developed a new way to keep all parent/child
contact information up-to-date and accessible to all teachers and office
personnel. In order to ensure we have
proper contact info for you, if you have any changes in address, phone
(including home, cell and work), e-mail or names please send these changes to anna.barzeyrobinson@allsaintsmn.org. It would be helpful if you have had any recent
changes that you believe were already given to us, to resubmit them to me so I
can be sure it is updated.
•
Please
note that FunZone Summer Care will take
place at both the St. Joseph and St. Cloud Campuses this summer. Please
keep us in mind as you begin considering your summer plans.
•
Birthday Treats – If your child will be sharing a birthday treat
with his/her class this year, we encourage you to be health conscious and peanut/tree
nut safe when sending these treats to school. Some healthy snack ideas
include grain products (crackers, pretzels, cereal bars), fruit, vegetables,
milk products (cheese, yogurt, pudding) or meat/protein (sunflower seeds and
cold cuts). If you have questions regarding allergies of students in your
child’s class, please contact the teacher or Mrs. Gjerde.
•
Sign Up for REMIND - The St. Cloud Campus would like to invite
parents/guardians to sign up for REMIND. REMIND is a safe, free and easy
way we can connect with parents through texting. It allows us to
communicate with all parents instantly. Signing up is done through a unique
code to Mrs. Bristow. Please text to 612-260-4578 and in the message
enter @ef392. It is that
easy. You will be added on to the parent list.
12. Recess Volunteers – We are greatly in need of parent volunteers now
that winter is here. Please contact the office to let us know when you will be
available. Two parents are needed each day.
Monday, 2/16: O’Hara, Meyer
Tuesday, 2/17: Gebhardt, Schroeder
Wednesday, 2/18:
Bendinelli, Horn
Thursday, 2/19: Gebhardt, we need one parent here
Friday, 2/20: Hanson, we
need one parent here
*Please note that parents
volunteering for recess should check-in at the office and then meet with Mary
O’Hara in the lunchroom at 11:15am. Recess ends at 12:15pm.
13. Thank You –
…to the Plante Family for
the bean bag chair donated to FunZone.
…to Jo Kloskin for the
loads of paper donated to FunZone.
…to Pam McBroom for the
coffee donated to staff.
Calendar Dates
Feb. 16:
Presidents’ Day, Snow Make Up Day – no bussing
Feb. 18: Ash
Wednesday
Feb. 20: End of
2nd Trimester; All Saints Academy in Session – no bussing
Feb. 23-25:
Deep Portage for 6th Graders
Feb. 19: P/S/T
Conference, 3:45-7:00 pm
Feb. 26: P/S/T
Conference, 3:45-7:00 pm
Feb. 27: School
in Session – no bussing available
March 2-6:
Spring Break, No School for Students or Staff
Our Mission
… is to deliver an academically
excellent, Catholic education that develops the whole person and inspires a
Christ-centered life in a global community.
This parent weekly update is
published each Thursday school is in session.
Anyone with questions, comments or articles they wish to be considered
for inclusion should send an e-mail to Anna Barzey-Robinson at
anna.barzeyrobinson@allsaintsmn.org no later than Monday, 3 PM for that week’s
update or drop it off at school.
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