All Saints Academy, St. Cloud
Campus
Weekly
Parent Newsletter
January 15,
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.
Please note that there will be no school on Monday and Tuesday, January
19th and 20th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday
and a staff in-service day.
1. Snow/Cold Days – We have decided we will make up one of the two
days. School will be in session on
Monday, February 16th, President’s Day. With the possibility of more snow/cold days,
we are limited on when we can make up these days. At this time, District 742 will not be in
session. We are asking parents to
transport their children. 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. Open House - All Saints Academy would like to invite prospective parents
to an Open House for Preschool – 6th grade on Thursday, Jan. 22nd
from 4:00 – 7:00 pm. Pass the word onto friends or coworkers that would
benefit from attending All Saints Academy.
They will be able to spend time and tour our St. Cloud campus, 1215 11th
Ave N, St. Cloud and experience the love and caring displayed by our teachers
every day. Our environment allows child/ren to develop individually and
have success academically, spiritually and socially. Our school community
provides an active, supportive and caring environment for peers, teachers,
staff and parents. There will be tours available that
evening. Preschool & Kindergarten will have presentations by
teachers every hour beginning at 4:00, 5:00 & 6:00 pm. 1st -
6th grade teachers will also be available to visit and answer questions.
Come have a tour and see what All Saints Academy has to offer.
Invite your friends! If you have questions, please contact us at
251-5295. You may also contact our Principal, Mrs. Gjerde, Amanda.gjerde@allsaintsmn.org or her assistant, Mrs.
Bristow, marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org.
We are also looking for current parents to help as greeters and provide
tours. If you are available either
evening, please contact Marissa Bristow.
All
Saints Academy thanks our “Pearl of Wisdom” Sponsors.
Today we’d
like to thank Pam’s Auto for helping
to make progress like this within our programming and curriculum.
3. Catholic Schools Week
January 25 – 30th - There are a lot of different activities in
the works for this year’s Catholic Schools week – watch for them to be
communicated through campus newsletters. Two events not to be missed –
Sunday, January 25th there
will be school sponsored liturgies at St. Paul’s Church, St.
Peter’s Church, St. Joseph, Waite Park and St. Joseph’s Church, St. Joseph.
Also, on Wednesday, January
28th join our entire school – and many other local Catholic
elementary schools – for Mass with Bishop Donald Kettler at the St.
John’s Abbey Church, currently scheduled for 12:00 p.m.
Our students will also be
attending a performance that day put on by CLIMB Theater titled Respect-
this play seeks to inspire students to help build a respectful community. There
will be two different, age appropriate performances, one for K-2 and one for
3-6. For more info go to: climb.org.
4. “Out with the old…in with the new!!!” - If this is a New Year’s
resolution for any of you, we’d love to have the “old” that you may be getting
rid of. We would like to “Spruce up” the
front entry way at school. We’d love to
see our “foyer” look warm and inviting to all who enter our school, both our
wonderful current families, as well as those new families who may be looking
for a “home/school’ for their children.
If you are looking to get rid of any small furniture and accessories,
please contact Linda Hoon or Cindy Bautch as soon as possible so they can get
started on this project.
5. Drop Off/Pick Up Reminders -
As the New Year begins, we want to remind parents/guardians of safety/social
protocols during drop off/pick up times. Your children's safety is our
utmost concern.
In Front of School:
o Please drop off your children on the same side
as the school unless you plan on walking your child across the street.
o Children should walk on the sidewalks. We
have had several children fall when running.
o Please do not park on the marked crosswalks.
o Please do not smoke near the school building.
In Back of School:
o When dropping off and if you plan on walking
your child to the door, please park your car in a parking spot or on the street
first.
o During pick up, the teachers need to physically
see the adult who is picking up your children. Please drive up or walk up
the sidewalk so that teachers can see whom your children are leaving with in
the afternoon.
o Please do not park on the marked crosswalks.
o Please do not smoke near the school building.
o Please remind your children to be watchful of
all cars in the parking lot.
6. All Saints Academy Behavioral Policies - At All Saints Academy,
we’ve been working to add some additional tools to our behavior policies: the
Behavior Framework, Saintly Behavior notice, and Behavior Reflection. These
tools will be put to use when faculty, staff, and students return from
Christmas break.
Our goal is to interrupt
and discourage unacceptable behavior and just as importantly, recognize and
celebrate positive behavior.
There are two pieces that
you could potentially see coming home: the blue slip for "Saintly
Behavior”, and the pink slip for the "Behavior Reflection".
Teachers and staff will be
working together to encourage and recognize positive behavior. As students make
positive choices, teachers will give out the blue "Saintly Behavior"
slip.
The pink "Behavior
Reflection" will be given out to those children who are not displaying the
attitudes and behaviors expected of students here at All Saints Academy.
Parents are required to sign and return the "Behavior Reflection" to
school.
On the back of each pink
and blue slip you can find the All Saints Academy Behavior Framework and the
list of expected attitudes and behaviors. Teachers and staff will
circle/highlight the attitudes and behaviors for each incident.
Please contact your
homeroom teacher or Mrs. Gjerde if you have questions.
7. The Yearbook Needs Your Help – The Yearbook Committee would like Fall
and Winter sports team pictures for the yearbook. If you have submissions
please e-mail them to Mary Orth at mary.orth@allsaintsmn.org.
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 hall just outside the office. 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. All parents are invited to
Cathedral's Catholic Schools Week speaker, Erin Walsh - On Jan. 27, at 7:00 pm in Holy Angels, Erin
will be speaking about “Raising Children in a Digital World.” It’s
such an important topic. Erin will help us be more effective at
understanding, monitoring, and supervising the technology that our children and
teenagers live with. CHS will serve a light chili supper in the
cafeteria, 6:00 to 6:55 pm, for all parents. Please come and socialize
with other Catholic school parents and learn during this meaningful
presentation. No charge for the event; just come and enjoy!
Call another parent to join you.
11. Bulletin Board
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The St.
Cloud Campus is in need of a new/used artificial tree for next year. If you
have one laying around that is still in good condition and you want to get rid
of it please call the school office 320-251-2595 and let us know.
•
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 year. 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.
Wednesday, 1/21: Layne, Bendinelli
Thursday, 1/22: Pankratz, Swanson
Friday, 1/23: Kedrowski, 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 Scott Schroeder and
Joanne Rott for your exceptional volunteer availability so far this school
year.
Calendar Dates
Jan. 19: Martin
Luther King Day, Retreat Day for Staff
Jan. 20: SCAPA
Workshop Day for staff
Jan. 22: Open
House for 2015-2016
Jan. 25 -30:
Catholic Schools Week
Feb. 16:
Presidents’ Day, Snow Makeup Day, School Will Be Held,
Feb. 18: Ash
Wednesday
Feb. 20: End of
2nd Trimester; All Saints Academy in Session – no bussing
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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