Thursday, October 22, 2015

October 22, 2015 Weekly Parent Newsletter

           All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus
Weekly Parent Newsletter
October 22, 2015

Every Thursday school is in session we will provide this “Weekly Parent Newsletter”. Please read carefully. This will contain All Saints Academy, St. Cloud news for you and your family.

Please note, newly added information for this week will be under New News.   Information that has been previously published will be located under Bulletin Board at the end.

From Oct. 27 – Oct. 29th an accreditation team from Minnesota Nonpublic School Accrediting Association (MNSAA) made up of 10 educators from across Minnesota will be on both campuses.  Please welcome their call if a member contacts you to get feedback.  Thank you in advance.

NEW NEWS
1.  Workathon is this Saturday – If you haven’t signed up on Volunteer Spot to be part of our Workathon, there is still time to do it!  Go to http://vols.pt//JMMLCX (The Remind texts are incorrect.)   We need everyone’s help!  Work-sites are depending on us to help.  Our school goal is $34,000.  To date, we have raised $20,178.20, with several students reaching their personal goal of $150/student.  If students still have money they have collected and not turned into school, money can still be turned in and they will receive their respective prizes.  Two homerooms have earned breakfast at school! All pledges will be applied towards your $350 fundraising goal/child.
Assignments will be handed out today, so please check your youngest’s Thursday folder to find out what site you have been assigned.  Team leaders, please call your work site to confirm and also call all members of your group.

Saturday, October 24thWe will gather in the gym with prayer first at 8:15 am.  We will have donuts and coffee available after prayer.  This will be a time to connect with your work group.  Afterwards, please proceed to your work site. Introduce yourself to the property owners.  Once you have completed the job, please contact a leaf hauler to come pick up your leaves.  You are welcome to join other All Saints Academy families as well as other Catholic school families for a hot dog cook out at Cathedral High School afterwards.

2. Halloween Carnival – The Halloween Carnival will again be hosted by PAC this Saturday, Oct. 24th.  After a day of work, the kids will love an evening of fun! Our 6th graders have created and will be hosting 6 games at the Carnival.  They will also be working Eerie Alley, if you are brave enough to enter!   You can dress up and get an extra night’s use of that Halloween costume, or come casual. There will also be food available for purchase. The event is held at the ASA Waite Park building from 5-8 pm.  Bring your neighborhood friends and relatives as all are welcome. Part of the proceeds will go towards 6th grade Deep Portage Outdoor Environmental Camp trip this February.

3.  Spaghetti Dinner October 30th – Invitations were mailed out and sent home last week.  Many people have RSVP’d to our Spaghetti Dinner.  Space is limited so let us know if you plan on attending. The date is Friday, October 30th with the social beginning at 5:30 pm, dinner buffet at 6:30 pm.  An “alumni cook” of the Spaghetti Dinner is returning to make our delicious Italian meal.  Sandy Faust, whose children attended SPPM will be heading up our kitchen.  As the invite said, we will be honoring some of our volunteers in a short program after dinner.  There is no charge for the dinner and a cash bar for beer & wine will be available.  Please RSVP by emailing Marissa Bristow at marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org. 

4.  Family Lunch Accounts - Family Lunch accounts need to be kept up to date. Notices are in Thursday folders this week if you owe $10 or more. If the balance owed is more than $30.00, students will receive a sandwich and milk during lunch until payment is received beginning Monday, October 26th. According to Federal Policy from the Department of Agriculture, “Schools may deny a meal to a student who pays reduced or full price and who does not provide the required payment for the meal.”  Your cooperation with this matter is most appreciated.

5.  Trick or Treat in the halls – On Sunday, Oct. 25th families from the surrounding communities are invited to Trick-or-Treat through the College of St. Benedict first-year residence halls and to enjoy a Halloween Carnival with fun games, activities and prizes.  It will be held 1:00 – 3:00 pm.  For questions or more info, please contact Alison Zetah at azetah@csbsju.edu or 320-363-5619.

6.  Funzone  November 9th – There is no school Monday, November 9th, but Funzone will still be open.  If you need care on this day, please stop in the office or the Funzone room to fill out a form.  You may also email Funzone@sc.funzone@allsaintsmn.org to reserve your child’s spot.
  
Playground Duty – Week of Oct. 26 – 30th.    (Please contact Kris Haehn, 251-5295, to schedule yourself for recess duty.  All families are required to volunteer for 2 days or they may opt out by paying $50/family.)
10/26:  Wahlin/Kaeter
10/27:  Bukowski/Jacobson
10/28:  Ross/Baldwin/Rubink
10/29:  Swanson/Jacobson
10/30:  Liebrenz/Meling

Bulletin Board
·      All Saints Day Celebration – All Saints Academy will be celebrating All Saints Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3rd.  Mass will be held at 9:00 am.  Everyone is welcome to join us in the morning as we celebrate our feast day.  Afterwards, St. Joseph campus will be spending the day at the St. Cloud campus for a day of activities. YuppyPhoto will be taking a school photo so we are asking that everyone wear his or her spiritwear!
·      Safe Environment Training – Many of you have completed the required paperwork needed for background checks.  Part of the process is completing the Safe Environment Training that is found online.  If you are volunteering at the school, it is required that you complete this training every year. Thank you to those of you who have completed the online training.  Please go to http://stcdio.org/safeenvironmentinstructions/ to complete the training.  The video is approximately 11 minutes long.   Make sure to answer the questions and click “Submit.”
·      Youth Hockey – St. Cloud Youth Hockey will have the event “Try Hockey For Free” on Saturday mornings (Oct. 31, Nov. 14, Nov. 21, Dec. 5 & Dec. 12) from 8 – 9 am at the MAC, 5001 Veterans Dr., St. Cloud.  Kids 4 – 8 years old in Dist. 742 who aren’t currently in hockey may register.  Registration forms are available in the office. 
·      Spiritwear Day – Spiritwear Day is every Wednesday that school is in session.  We invite everyone (students, faculty, staff, parents) to wear some kind of Spiritwear to school every Wednesday.  We have some new zip up sweatshirts in student sizes as well as hooded sweatshirts. If you are interested in an ASA sweatshirt or t-shirt, you may check out our supply of Spiritwear!  Many of you may have seen our new items for adults as well.  Contact Marissa Bristow, marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org or stop in the office to try on something.
·      Volunteer Opportunity – We are in need of a volunteer that is willing to work at St. Peter’s independently.  It requires recording & list making of furniture that we are storing at St. Peter’s.  There is some movement of furniture required in order to take photos of the furniture.  If you are interested in helping us, please contact Amanda Gjerde, Amanda.gjerde@allsaintsmn.org.  All hours will count towards your 15-hour volunteer requirement.
·      School Speak – ASA has implemented School Speak, a new online school management system.  It is a secure portal that allows us to store information and communicate with our families. Many of you have received the introductory email to log in to School Speak.  If you haven’t, please contact the office, 251-5295, so that we can provide the information for you.  We would like all parents to log in and update their profile.  This technology will allow us to provide more information, communicate with parents and offer useful tools for everyone who is a member of our school community.
·      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. Marissa Bristow. Please text to 612-260-4578 and in the message section enter @ef392. It is that easy. You will be added on to the parent list.  If you have signed up in the past, it is not necessary to sign up again.

Calendar Dates 
Today:  Biztown
Oct. 24:  Workathon
Oct. 27 – 29:  Accreditation Visit
Oct. 30:  Spaghetti Dinner, social begins at 5:45 pm, dinner is at 6:30 pm
Nov.  1:  All Saints Day
Nov.  2:  All Souls Day
Nov.  3:  ASA All Saints Day Celebration
Nov.  9:  SCAPA Workshop Day for staff; no school for students
Nov. 13:  End of First Trimester


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 Marissa Bristow at marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org no later than Monday, 3 PM for that week’s update or drop it off at school.


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