All Saints Academy, St. Cloud
Campus
Weekly
Parent Newsletter
January 22,
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. Open House - All Saints Academy would like to invite prospective parents
to an Open House for Preschool – 6th grade on TODAY, 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.
2. 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.
3. Catholic Schools Week
January 25 – 30th - There are a lot of different activities in
the works for this year’s Catholic Schools week – please see the bottom of this
newsletter for a full listing of activities. 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. 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!
5. Reminder: Telephone/Electronic Communication Devices - With all of the indoor recesses we have had over
the past two weeks I wanted to take an opportunity to remind parents of our Telephone/Electronic Communication
Devices Policy, found in our Parent Handbook. Students are not
allowed to use personal electronic devices such as phones or tablets during the
school day or at FunZone. If it is necessary for a student to have a cell phone
or tablet at school, then students are expected to keep them in their backpack
and turned off during the school day.
Thank you! - Mrs. Gjerde
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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
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11:10 –
4TH grade
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11:20 –
1st grade
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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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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, 1/26: Tetrault, we need one parent here
Tuesday, 1/27: Kobienia, we need one parent here
Wednesday, 1/28:
Pankratz, we need one parent here
Thursday, 1/29: we
need two parents here
Friday, 1/30: Baldwin, Janzen
*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.
14. Thank You –
…to all the parents and
staff who are volunteering their time at the Open House this evening.
Calendar Dates
Jan. 22: Open
House for 2015-2016
Jan. 25 -30:
Catholic Schools Week
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
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.
Catholic Schools Week
January 25 – 30, 2015
Communities
of Faith, Knowledge & Service
Sunday, January 25th: In our Parish
•
There will be
kick off mass at the four parishes. You
are invited to attend one of the masses and show you support for All Saints
Academy. There will be representation of
school families as greeters, gift bearers, and readers at the following kick
off masses:
•
St. Paul’s mass –
8:30 am St.
Peter’s mass – 10:30 am
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St. Michael’s
mass – 10:30 am St.
Joseph, Waite Park mass- 9:00 am
•
If you would like
to be part of the masses, please contact Amy Loesch, Rebekah Mullin or Katie
LaBeaux at school.
Monday, January 26th – In our School
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Pajama Day - Wear
pajamas, bring a blanket. Schedule time
with grade-level buddies for DEAR. Treats will be provided.
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Daily Trivia –
Each morning there will be one trivia questions for K – 3rd and 4th
– 6th. A winner will be drawn from correct entries and announced the
next morning. Prizes will be given to
the winners.
•
4:45 - 6:00 pm
St. Cloud Area Catholic Schools Spaghetti Dinner at CHS for our staff who
dedicate themselves to the mission of our schools.
Tuesday, January 27th
– In our Students
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Hat/Sports
Clothing Day- Wear your favorite sports clothing and hat.
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Daily Trivia
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Class cheer, 2:00
pm - classes will come and share their class cheer, all are welcome.
Wednesday, January 28th
– In our Community
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Spirit Clothing
Day Wear your ASA clothing
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Daily Trivia
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Entire school
travels to St. John’s Prep for mass at the Abbey Church. Depart at 8:15
am. The day will include a performance
by the CLIMB Theater, a tour of St. John’s, lunch, and mass with Bishop Kettler
at St. John’s Abbey Church with other Catholic elementary schools.
•
6 – 8 pm Skatin’
Place for families. More info will be
sent home.
Thursday, January 29 – In
our Teachers & Volunteers
•
Dress Alike Day -
Students AND Teachers can create groups and dress alike.
•
Daily Trivia
•
Teacher Trivia
Game, 12:30 pm, all are welcome.
Friday, January 30 – In
our Nation & World
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World Rosary
Color Day” Dress Head-to-Toe
in one color to represent an area of the world.
•
10:15 am Pray the
Rosary in church
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Daily Trivia
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12:30 - 1:15 pm
Buddy Bingo for 2nd, 3rd & 6th grade followed
by root beer floats in their respective classrooms.
•
1:15 – 2:00 pm
Buddy Bingo for K, 1st, 4th & 5th grade
followed by root beer floats in their respective classrooms.
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