Weekly Parent Newsletter, May 28, 2015

                   All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus

Weekly Parent Newsletter

May 28, 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: newly added information for this week will be highlighted for the ease of reading and accessing information.

The faculty and staff at All Saints Academy would like to wish you and your family a fun and safe summer vacation!

1. Library Books Are Now Over-Due – Please return all student library books as soon as possible and/or pay for lost items.

2. Lunch Accounts – If you are unsure of how much is in your child’s lunch account or if you awe money, please contact Kris Haehn in the office.  You may add money to your child/ren’s account anytime by sending a check or cash to the office and indicate which child’s account the money should be credited.  Currently, we have several accounts that have a negative balance.  If your child has more than one month of unpaid lunches (-$48.00,) the school will be unable to provide a full hot lunch to the student.  (The student may receive a sandwich and milk from school.) Please contact the office if you need to make payment arrangements as soon as possible if you have a negative balance.  Once payment arrangements are in place, the school will be able to offer hot lunch.

As the year draws to a close, please work on having a zero balance in your family’s lunch account by the last day of school. If you have money in the account yet at the end of the year, the amount will applied to next year’s lunches.

3. Come Celebrate the End of the School Year with Cub Scouts – K-3 Grades please join us for our Annual Picnic TONIGHT, May 28 at 5:45pm, located at St. Peter’s Gym – or outside if weather permits. Parents are welcome and encouraged. This is a great opportunity to learn more about Scouts, get involved in our summer activities, and sign up for next fall.

4. Tutoring Available This Summer - Lisa Poganski, Title 1 teacher for ASA will be tutoring students this summer at the SC campus.  She will tutor math and reading classes or a combination of both.   Cost will be $20/week in June.  The days tutoring will occur will depend on the students’ summer schedules.  If you are interested, please give her a call at 320-247-2145.

5. Keep Collecting! - $2,200.38 will be received from Labels for Learning points from Cash Wise and Coborn's.  Keep saving the points.  THEY DO NOT EXPIRE.
Continue to save Labels For Learning, Labels for Education (Campbell's. Swansons, Post, and Prego) only the UPC with the point value is accepted, Box Tops for Education, UPC's from Country Hearth and Village Hearth Products as part of the Loaves4Learning Program, pop and can tabs, old cell phones and used ink cartridges.

6. 2015-2016 School Year - Next year our school year will begin Wednesday, August 26, 2015 and end on Friday, June 3, 2016.   Please be aware that these dates differ with the dates of District #742.  Our 2015 - 2016 full school calendar will be posted on the website in July.

7. Vacation Bible School - Mark Your Calendars!!!! Vacation Bible School at St. Peter's, St. Paul's and Atonement will be June 15th-June18th. Register this week FREE for the BEST VBS in the city!  Next week the price goes to $5.00/child so save some money and do it before next Monday. Open to all children ages 3 through grades 6 and if your older children want to help there are a TON of volunteer opportunities!  The theme this year is "EVEREST; conquering challenges with God's mighty power"!  Watch for more info and registration forms as we get closer to the end of the year! 

8. St. Peters Theater Camp - Mark your Calendars!!! We will be hosting a theater camp at St. Peter's again this summer for students who have finished Kindergarten (must be able to read at least a bit) through 12th grade. It will be the week of August 3-7 with performances in the evening on Friday August 7th and in the afternoon on Sunday August 9th.  Watch for information in the bulletins and on the parish website, registration forms will be coming out in June.  This is a HUGE barging compared to GREAT weeks; only $40/week with a $100 family max.  Camp is 8:30-3:30 Monday-Friday.  If you have any questions before the registration forms come out please email me; Meaghan.baynes@gmail.com and I will try to answer them.

9. Bulletin Board

•    FunZone Summer Care begins June 1st. If you have already  registered, please do so at your earliest convenience to guarantee a spot for your child(ren). Please note: If you paid the FunZone registration fee any time during this school year you do not need to pay it again until fall registration. If you did not receive a packet and want one or have any questions please contact FunZone at sc.funzone@allsaintsmn.org or 320-251-5295 ext. 107 for more information, or check out our webpages at http://www.allsaintsmn.org/family-resources/after-school-and-summer-care/.

•    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.

•    Are you interested in developing a mobile app? An app development camp will be offered in August through Applesauce Interactive. For more information please contact Heidi Nerud at 320-223-1600 or Frank Ayers at Frank.Ayers@isd742.org.

•    Parents - Are you looking for an opportunity to keep your kids occupied and still learning over the summer?  Here are some other great educational options.  All of these day camps are held by Ms. Michaela Roske at St. Katharine Drexel School; but they are open to any students/families in the St. Cloud area Catholic Schools.  Ms. Roske has been teaching Spanish for nine years at SKD (seven of which were also at ASA); and working with the Knowledge Bowl and U.S. Academic Triathlon programs for over 5 years.  Please check out these fun summer opportunities for your child(ren).  Feel free to e-mail Ms. Roske with any questions!  (mroske@ourcatholicschool.org) or grab a flyer from the school office.

•    The College of Saint Benedict is hosting a basketball clinic for grades 6-8 starting June 14. If interested please stop by the office for a flyer or register online at www.blazersportscamps.com.

•    Camp Invention registration is now open for 1^st thru 6^th grade. Please stop by the school office for a flyer or go to www.campinvention.org for more information.

•    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.

10. Thank You

…to all the parents and family members who gave of their time, money and prayers to make this year another wonderful year at All Saints Academy Saint Cloud Campus!

…to Michelle Hanson for chairing the 6^th grade Graduation Party.

…to Jessie Zack & Jodi Kramer for Co-Chairing the Reception Committee.

…to PAC for the wonderful Family Spring Picnic.  You couldn’t have ordered better weather!

…to our custodial staff at the St. Cloud Campus.  They helped make the school year run smoothly.

Calendar Dates 

May 29: Last Day of School for Students

June 2: Last Day of School for Licensed Staff

             Progress Reports Mailed

Have a wonderful summer vacation and see you next fall!

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.