Weekly
Parent Newsletter
January 29,
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. Catholic Schools Week Update - It’s been a full week of
celebration at ASA. On Sunday, we began the week with masses at all our partner
parishes. There were many positive
comments regarding the masses. On Monday,
we had Pajama Day with students getting together with their grade level buddies
for DEAR & treats. In the evening,
Cathedral held its Spaghetti Dinner for staff and their families to honor their
dedication to Catholic schools. Tuesday, we celebrated Sports Wear Day and
shared our classroom cheers. Wednesday was a whole day spent at St. John’s
University. Mass was celebrated with
Bishop Kettler at the Abbey Church along with thousands of other Catholic
School students. Later that night, many
families went to Skain’ Place to skate the night away. Today, we “Dress Alike” and have a Teacher
Trivia Game. There will be bingo Friday
and then popcorn later on Friday. Thank you to the following people who made
this year’s Catholic Schools Week a success!!
·
To the Catholic Schools Week Planning Committee for the week.
·
To PAC parents for helping with Bingo
·
To Ms. Smude for creating bag lunches for the SC campus & St.
Francis Xavier.
·
To St. John’s Prep for inviting us to mass.
·
To our custodians for all their extra work this week.
·
To the staff and students who planned and participated in Sunday
liturgies.
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.
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. Please look for information next
week via e-mail and the Weekly Parent Newsletter for further information
regarding on-line scheduling.
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. 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.
7. 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.
8. Join the Cathedral Girls Basketball Team for PAA Night -
There will be free t-shirts for the first 50 student fans. Cathedral will be playing Mora at the North
Gym. The game will be Friday, Feb. 6th with JV & C-Squad playing at 6
pm and the Varsity game begins at 7:30 pm. All students wearing blue/gold
will get in free with a paid adult. There will be a half-time shoot out
with great prizes. Concessions will be available.
9. Irish Step Dance Classes Available - Has
your child ever wanted to learn to Irish step dance but you didn't want to trek
to the cities for lessons? You’re in luck!
The 912 Regency Plaza(downtown) is bringing instructors from the Rince
na Chroi School of Irish Dance in St. Paul, MN to St. Cloud for a series of
introductory lessons(and more in interest is there)! This is an introductory
class for Irish Step Dance. Classes will be held Monday evenings; 1 hour
lessons, 6 lessons in the series, held at 912 Regency Plaza, downtown St.
Cloud. Ideal for kids 6-12, with no experience in Irish Dance. No equipment or
special shoes needed for this starter course. If this series is successful, we
will organize further sessions. $80/child for the series. If interested, please
email Meaghan Baynes at meaghanb@912regencyplaza or events@912regencyplaza - we
need 8 kids to host the series, and would require no payment until we confirm
the classes. Dates: March 30, April 6, April 13, April 20, April 27, May 4
10. Bulletin Board
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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.
11. 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, 2/2: Tetrault, Anderson
Tuesday, 2/3: we
need two parents here
Wednesday, 2/4:
we need two parents here
Thursday, 2/5: Swanson, we need one parent here
Friday, 2/6: we need
two parents 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.
12. Thank You –
…to all the parents and
staff who volunteered their time at the Open House last Thursday.
Calendar Dates
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
Feb. 27: School
in Session – no bussing available
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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