Parent Newsletter
All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus
October 3, 2019
Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences in October
Conferences for the first trimester of school will be held Thursday, Oct. 10 th and Monday, Oct. 14 th from 3:45 pm – 7:00 pm both nights . Each conference is a 15 minute, scheduled appointment to meet with your child/ren's homeroom teacher. Parent(s) is/are required to be in attendance at both fall & winter conferences. We are using School Speak to sign up and organize our fall conferences. If you do not know your username/password, please contact Marissa Bristow and she will assist you. On School Speak:
1. Find your child’s homeroom page on the left side of the screen
2. Click on “Fall Conferences”
3. Choose your conference time & sign up.
Our specialist teachers will also be available for conferences on both nights. You may sign up to have a conference with those teachers as well. Music, Art & Spanish conference sign up is located in the School Group, at the bottom on the left side of the screen.
Workathon 2019 has Kicked Off
The Workathon kicked off this past Tuesday, Oct. 1st. During morning meeting, students met some Star Wars characters that will help us during the Workathon! Families will find information regarding the Workathon in this week’s Thursday folder. The students will begin letter writing next week and letters will be mailed out as they are completed. It is very helpful if students have 10 names/addresses that they can mail letters to this year. Our school goal is $40,000. Students are also asked to reach out to additional friends, relatives and neighbors for support. There is a pledge sheet in each packet for this purpose. There will be prizes for children as well as homerooms as they attain their goals. We hope you will help your child reach their goals during the Workathon that will help ASA reach our school goal!
Family Updates
Thank you to all who have signed up for the meal trains for the Finley and Ortega families. It is greatly appreciated! There are still many opportunities to help both families with a meal or a gift card to an area restaurant. Please sign up if you can! Finley Meal train: https://mealtrain.com/643vw8 Ortega Meal Train: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/9g680o
Please keep Nov. 15th open for a Taco Bar Benefit dinner to support our three families dealing with cancer! There will be food, fellowship, prayer and a silent auction!
Please lift these families up in prayer!
Arrival Reminder
Students in grades K-6 should report directly to the gym when they arrive between 7:30 – 7:45 am . They will be dismissed to their classrooms at the appropriate time. Feel free to drop your child off in the gym. All students in grade K-6 must arrive no later than 7:45 am on Morning Meeting days (first day of the school week.) Preschool students should report directly to their classrooms. If you need to drop off before 7:30 am, please register for Morning Funzone, and sign up for the days you need on schoolspeak.
Dismissal Reminders
When driving to pick up your children in back of school, please remain in your vehicle when loading your children. If you are walking up to the building to pick up, please park in the lot across the street from the school and please return to your vehicle safely and promptly to alleviate traffic and congestion issues. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
K – 6 th without Preschool siblings – parents may meet their children in back of the school. You may join the line of cars or park your car in the lot across 12 th Ave. N. and wait near the doors.
K – 6 th with Preschool siblings – parents may meet their preschooler and their K-6 th children by the preschool rooms.
PAC CORNER
Halloween Fest :
Watch for the Halloween Fest flyer in your child's Thursday folder today! There is two sides to the flyer so make sure you check out both sides. The volunteer sign up link will be coming out in the next week. If you have any questions please reach out to your PAC liaison.
Staff Conference Meals:
We are coordinating meals for the staff during the two nights of conferences. If you can help by bringing a dish to contribute, please sign up on the link below.
October 10th (Mexican theme): https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0845a9a728a2fe3-october
October 14th (football/tailgate theme): https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0845a9a728a2fe3-october1
Upcoming Dates:
October 25: Halloween Fest
November 6: Monthly Meeting
December 4: Monthly Meeting
St. Peter's Sunday School:
Sunday school is open to ANY children ages 3-first grade. It takes place during the 10:00 mass on Sundays at St. Peter's church. The children sing songs, pray together, hear bible stories and do crafts. If you have any questions please contact Meaghan Baynes at meaghan.baynes@gmail.com . Registration is online through the parish website under the faith formation tab. The specific link for the Sunday School form is
5/6 Knowledge Bowl
SC Campus would like to invite 5 th and 6 th graders to be part of our Knowledge Bowl team. Knowledge Bowl (KB) is an academic competition that promotes academic achievement and rewards academic excellence. KB promotes academics and helps develop leadership skills in a fun environment. Paperwork was sent home If you have more questions about KB, please contact Ms. Mary Cheryl Opatz, 6 th grade teacher, marycheryl.opatz@allsaintsmn.org. If you are interested in volunteering/driving for Knowledge Bowl, please let Mrs. Opatz know.
Strings Program
ASA would like to invite your child if they are in grades 3-6 to consider playing a stringed instrument. ASA offers lessons at your child's school during the regular school day along with large group rehearsals and concerts. The program is very quickly reaching full capacity for the year so please contact your school secretary or myself for a sign up sheet. asteichen@cathedralcrusaders.org
Free/Reduced Hot Lunch Program
Parents, it is not too late to send in applications for free and/or reduced hot lunches. You can pick up an application at the office. If you have questions regarding this program, please contact Mrs. Bristow at 251-5295 or marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org .
Joy Choir
The Church of St. Paul and St. Peter is offering Joy Choir again this year to all students in grades 2-6. If your child would like to attend please fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/HJ2nhaCAMqAzPi5K7 Questions, please contact Laurie Kremer at lkremer@stpetestpaul.org
Save the Date!
The All Saints Academy Extravaganza will be on Feb. 8, 2020 ! Please mark your calendars for this exciting community event. Also, if you’d like to join the planning committee, please contact the office. Watch Facebook for a BIG announcement on our entertainment this year!!!!
2019-2020 Playground Supervision Program
Our goal is to have one volunteer parent to act as crossing guard on the playground every day to assist the school staff during the entire recess period. Recess will be 11:00 am – 12:40 pm.
Please contact the office to sign up for Playground Supervision. We need two parents (All-day Preschool - 6) everyday to assist the school staff during the entire recess/lunch period. There is a calendar in the office for your convenience or you can call Mrs. Bristow to sign up
All families need to volunteer for recess supervision 2-3 times this year for the safety of the children. (Parents of half-day preschoolers are not required to volunteer as their children do not participate in lunch recess time.) If you find your schedule doesn’t allow you to volunteer for Recess Duty, you may opt out by paying $50. (Separate charge from Volunteer Requirement. Recess hours are applied to the 15-hours/year of volunteering.) These funds are used to defray the cost of additional paid recess staff. At the end of the school year, families will be charged $50 if they haven’t volunteered for recess.
Volunteering at All Saints Academy
Volunteering at school is a wonderful opportunity to give back, share your gifts and allows you to see your children and other children in the school setting. It is also an important component to supporting the education delivered daily.
We request that each family volunteer 15 hours/year at school. This can include but not limited to the following: serving lunch, recess supervision, classroom assistance, Picture Day, playing a musical instrument at mass, copying, Thursday folders, Spring Picnic, Junior Achievement (JA), Extravaganza planning, etc.
If your day/year does not allow you to volunteer the 15-hour requirement, families pay $50 per family. Hours are tracked in our office. These funds are used to defray the costs of additional staff or overtime required of staff in the building assisting teachers and school staff daily.
Our talents and skills are meant to be cultivated and shared with others. Sharing our God-given gifts by actively participating in the life of our parish and school is an expression of stewardship. “As each one of us has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace,” 1 Peter 4:10.
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Playground Duty – Week of Sept. 23th – Oct. 4th
10/7 – Piernock/ Need one volunteer
10/8 – Need two volunteers
10/9 – Lee/ Need one volunteer
10/10 – Need two volunteers
10/11 – Hoffmann/ Need one volunteer
10/14 -
10/15 -
10/16 -
10/17 -
10/18 -
Bulletin Board
Thank you All Saints Academy family. The final collection amount from mass last week was $521.59. All proceeds will go towards victims of Hurricane Dorian.
Please call the office to report your child’s absence before 8 am . Also, transportation changes for your child should be made by calling the office before 1 pm. It is difficult for us to make changes to the routine after 1 pm and teachers do not have time to check email messages to make those changes throughout the day. If your child unexpectedly needs to attend FunZone, please call the office by 10 am.
What is School Speak?
School Speak is an online school management system. It is a secure portal that allows us to provide more information, communicate with parents and offer useful tools for everyone who is a member of our school community.
If you are new to All Saints Academy or have never logged onto School Speak, you will be receiving an introductory email. The welcome email was sent to new parents earlier in July. Due to security issues, the email will only stay in your inbox for a few days. If you need the email resent, please call the office at 251-5295.
Individuals who have used School Speak in the past will not get an email. The username & password you had last year is still the same.
We would like all parents to log in and update their profile by Sept. 15th.
REMIND!
We encourage parents/guardians to sign up for REMIND - a safe, free and easy way we can communicate with parents instantly through texting.
To sign up, text ASA Administrative Assistant Mrs. Marissa Bristow at 612-260-4578 and in the message enter @ef392 .
It is that easy. You will be added to the parent list . If you have signed up in the past, it is not necessary to sign up again.
ASA is Nut-Safe!
Please remember that we are a Nut-Safe building. All snacks and lunches need to be peanut-free and nut-free. There is a safe-snack list on School Speak under Announcements. NOTE: Since ingredients change this list may be updated from time to time – we ask that parents check this list before purchasing snacks throughout the year.
Did you know? Childhood allergic reactions are most likely to happen at school and 50% of reactions were previously unknown to the parents or child. Thank you for helping to keep our school safe for all of our students
Keep Collecting! It all adds up! Last year ASA received over $7,000 from labels and related rewards. Continue to save the following labels:
Labels for Education (UPCs from Campbell's. Swansons, Post, and Prego) Box Tops for Education
Country Hearth and Village Hearth Products (UPCs)
Pop and can tabs
Old cell phones
Empty ink and toner cartridges
Upcoming Dates
Oct. 10: P/S/T Conferences, 3:45 – 7:00 pm
Oct. 14: P/S/T Conferences, 3:45 – 7:00 pm
Oct. 18 & 19: Autumn Vacation – no school for students and staff
Oct. 23: Picture Retake Day & photos of PreK
Oct. 25: Halloween Fest, ASA Campus, 5-7 pm
Oct. 26: Work-A-Thon
Nov. 1: All Saints Day, School Mass
Nov. 2: All Souls Day
Nov. 14: Open House for Prospective Preschool & Kindergarten Students
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.
Our Vision
All Saints Academy creates and nurtures an environment which supports
students, educators and community in realizing their God given gifts, reaching their full potential and developing their life-long relationship with Christ.
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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