All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus
Weekly
Parent Newsletter
August 27, 2015
Every Thursday school
is in session will provide this “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 under New News. Information that has been previously
published will be located under Bulletin Board at the end.
NEW
NEWS
**
Please remember that we are a Nut-free building. All snacks and lunches need to be peanut-free
and nut-free. There is a snack list that is nut-safe in this Thursday
folder. Thank you for helping to keep
our school safe for all of our students.**
1. Mass
on Fridays – Tomorrow, Friday, August 28th, will be our first school
mass. Mass will be held at St. Paul’s
Church and begins at 8:15 am. Everyone is welcome to join us at any
mass. Mass will be held every Friday
unless noted. Please remember that
shorts are not worn during mass.
Students may change after mass, if they choose.
2. School
Dates – All Saints Academy will not be in session Monday, Aug. 31st. Faculty and staff will be attending Diocesan
Ministry Day. Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 1st,
District 742 will begin bussing. There
will be no classes held Fri., Sept. 4th and Mon., Sept. 7th
due to Labor Day weekend.
3. Funzone
No School Days – Please note that Funzone has a few spots still available
for Mon., Aug. 31st and Fri., Sept. 4th. Please call or email ASAP to reserve a spot
for your child, scfunzone@allsaintsmn.org or
320-237-2463.
4. School
Speak – ASA has implemented School Speak, a new online school
management system. It is a secure portal
that allows us to store information and communicate with our families. Many of
you have received the introductory email to log in to School Speak. If you haven’t, please contact the office, 251-5295,
so that we can provide the information for you.
We would like all parents to log in and update their profile. This technology will allow us to provide more
information, communicate with parents and offer useful tools for everyone who
is a member of our school community.
5. Playground Fundraiser Breakfast – On Sunday, September 13th, The Knights of Columbus will be hosting a breakfast at St.
Peter’s Church. The cost is $7/adult, 5 and under are free. All proceeds will go towards continuing to
pay for the new St. Cloud playground addition!
We will be asking St. Cloud parents/families to take a role in
working this breakfast and selling tickets. 8 (eight)
tickets will be sent home in this Thursday folder in an envelope. The complete cost of the ticket can be
applied towards your fundraising requirement of $350/child. We are in need of volunteers to work
the breakfast. If you are new to the All Saints Academy family, this
is a good time to meet people by working the breakfast. Any time you
can donate to working the breakfast will help us continue expanding our
playground at the St. Cloud Campus. All hours at the breakfast can
go towards your family’s 15 volunteer hours/year.
6. Share Your Gifts at All Saints Academy –
Volunteering at school is a wonderful opportunity to give back and share your
gifts. Volunteering at school also allows you to see your children and
other children in the school setting. We are requesting that each family volunteer 15 hours/year at school.
(Recess volunteers are our greatest need
and counts towards your 15 hours.) If
your day/year does not allow you to volunteer, we ask that you pay $50 per
family (general volunteering)
7. Spiritwear
- All Saints Academy has new
spiritwear! We have some new items that
were displayed during Paperwork Night.
There are new youth hooded sweatshirts as well! Visit Marissa Bristow in the office and she
would be happy to show you sizes and styles.
8. Fall PAA
Activities – PAA practices for football, soccer and volleyball will be
starting soon. If you child is
interested in playing fall PAA sports, please complete an enrollment form and
bring it to the office. Forms are
available at the website, on School Speak (under PAA) and in the office. If you
have further questions, please contact Mike Sand, our new PAA Athletic Director
at mikesand34@yahoo.com.
9. 2015-2016 Playground
Supervision Program – Our goal is to have at least two parents who have children in K
– 6th grade with a maximum of three, on the playground everyday to
assist the school staff during the entire recess period. The time commitment for parents will be one
hour, beginning at 11:20 am. If you
haven’t signed up for dates yet, please call Kris Haehn and she will be able to
assist you. If you would like to opt
out of recess duty, you may pay a fee of $40 upfront instead.
10. 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. When students receive free/reduced lunches, our hot
lunch program receives a reimbursement from the government, benefitting our
lunch program. If you have questions regarding this program please contact Mrs.
Bristow at 251-5295 or marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org.
11. Field Trip Form – This
Thursday folder contains the blanket field trip form. This will cover all field trips that students
would be attending for the year. Teachers will notify parents regarding
scheduled field trips throughout the year and any additional pertinent
information. Please read the form carefully, complete the form for each child
and then return it to school by September 11th
12 Parent Meetings - All
Parent grade-level meetings will be held Tuesday, September 15th. We
invite everyone to gather in the cafeteria for a short school-wide presentation
at 6:00 pm. Grade level teachers will be making their presentation
twice during the evening in homerooms at 6:30 & again at 7:00 pm. This
will give you an opportunity to hear all the specifics for each grade level
that evening. More information about the evening will be in next
week’s parent newsletter.
13. Sacramental Preparation – All Saints Academy
supports and recognizes that our families are members of parishes and
encourages and supports your involvement in your families’ church.
Parishes as well as Catholic Schools work as partners
in their responsibility to support parents as the primary educators of their
children.
The responsibility of preparation for the sacraments
is one that belongs to the parish. All Saints
Academy supports that formation which is led by the parish. All families are expected to be in contact
with their parishes to ensure you are actively registered and involved in your
parish as well as involved in sacramental preparation.
Playground Duty – Week of Sept. 1st – 3rd
9/1 – Ciarrochi &
Miley
9/2 – Fromelt &
Meling
9/3 – St. Hilaire &
Liebrenz
Thank You…
… to our families and
for attending Paperwork Night & Open House.
… to PAC for handing
out and/or providing cold treats for everyone at Paperwork Night & Open
House.
… to all our teachers
for welcoming everyone to Open House.
… to Mike Sand for
volunteering to be our new PAA Director.
… to the Sand family
for hosting the Extravaganza Admin Dinner prize at their home.
… to Mrs. Smude who
provided lunch for the St. Cloud staff during Teacher Workshop Days.
… to Joe Torborg and all
our volunteers who helped install the new St. Cloud Playground.
… to Gredo, Pat, Carl
& Noel, St. Peter/Paul’s maintenance staff, for all their help in the
classrooms to get ASA ready for the school year.
Bulletin Board
•
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.
Marissa 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. If you have signed up in the
past, it is not necessary to sign up again.
•
Keep
Collecting! - 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.
Calendar
Dates
Aug. 31: Diocesan Ministry Day, no school for
students.
Sept. 1 -3: Regular classes, bussing begins
Sept. 4: No school for students or staff
Sept. 7: Labor Day
Sept. 14: Picture Day, Preschool – 6th grade
Sept. 15: SC Campus Parent Meeting Night, Preschool – 6th
grade
Welcome back to a new school year!
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 Marissa
Bristow at marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org no later than Monday, 3 PM for that
week’s update or drop it off at school.
