Thursday, October 29, 2015

October 29, 2015 Weekly Parent Newsletter

           All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus
Weekly Parent Newsletter
October 29, 2015

Every Thursday school is in session we 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
1.  Spaghetti Dinner is tomorrow night! – Tomorrow, Friday, October 30th is our Spaghetti dinner.  It’s not too late to RSVP to Marissa Bristow at marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org.   The social will begin at 5:45 pm, dinner buffet at 6:30 pm.  We are pleased to welcome back Sandy Faust, an alumni parent from SPPM who will be preparing our dinner!  As the invite said, we will be honoring some of our volunteers in a short program after dinner as well as recognizing ASA staff who have reached milestone years.  There is no charge for the dinner and a cash bar for beer & wine will be available. Tell your friends.

2.  All Saints Day Celebration – All Saints Academy will be celebrating All Saints Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3rd.  Mass will be held at 9:00 am.  Everyone is welcome to join us in the morning as we celebrate our feast day.  Afterwards, St. Joseph campus will be spending the day at the St. Cloud campus for a day of activities. With the additional students, we will need a total of 6 parents for recess duty and recess will be held from 10:45 am – 12:00 pm.  Please contact Kris, 251-5295 and let her know if you can help us!  YuppyPhoto will be taking a school photo so we are asking that everyone wear his or her spiritwear on Tuesday!

3.  Accreditation Team Thanks – For the past 3 days, a team of 10 members have been at the St. Cloud Campus & the St. Joseph Campus visiting our school.  Thank to all parents who received a call and talked with an accreditation team member.  The team will be leaving today.

4.  Workathon Update – Thank you to everyone who helped with the Workathon. It was a success! The Franciscan Sisters’ Home was one of the work sites.  Sr. Joyce said that is was so fun to see everyone at the Franciscan House!  Pledges are still coming into school this week.  Several homerooms have reached their classroom goal and will be receiving a popcorn party. We are close to our school goal of $34,000.  We are short a little over $4000.

5.  Funzone  November 9th – There is no school Monday, November 9th, but Funzone will still be open.  If you need care on this day, please stop in the office or the Funzone room to fill out a form.  You may also email Funzone@sc.funzone@allsaintsmn.org to reserve your child’s spot.

Playground Duty – Week of Oct. 26 – 30th.    (Please contact Kris Haehn, 251-5295, to schedule yourself for recess duty.  All families are required to volunteer for 2 days or they may opt out by paying $50/family.)
11/2:  Kaeter/Twedt
11/3:  Bukowski/We are in need of 5 volunteers due to our Feast Day celebration.
11/4:  We are in need of volunteers
11/5:  We are in need of volunteers
11/6:  Herold/McBroom

Bulletin Board
·      Family Lunch Accounts - Family Lunch accounts need to be kept up to date. Notices are in Thursday folders this week if you owe $10 or more. If the balance owed is more than $30.00, students will receive a sandwich and milk during lunch until payment is received beginning Monday, October 26th. According to Federal Policy from the Department of Agriculture, “Schools may deny a meal to a student who pays reduced or full price and who does not provide the required payment for the meal.”  Your cooperation with this matter is most appreciated.
·      Safe Environment Training – Many of you have completed the required paperwork needed for background checks.  Part of the process is completing the Safe Environment Training that is found online.  If you are volunteering at the school, it is required that you complete this training every year. Thank you to those of you who have completed the online training.  Please go to http://stcdio.org/safeenvironmentinstructions/ to complete the training.  The video is approximately 11 minutes long.   Make sure to answer the questions and click “Submit.”
·      Youth Hockey – St. Cloud Youth Hockey will have the event “Try Hockey For Free” on Saturday mornings (Oct. 31, Nov. 14, Nov. 21, Dec. 5 & Dec. 12) from 8 – 9 am at the MAC, 5001 Veterans Dr., St. Cloud.  Kids 4 – 8 years old in Dist. 742 who aren’t currently in hockey may register.  Registration forms are available in the office. 
·      Spiritwear Day – Spiritwear Day is every Wednesday that school is in session.  We invite everyone (students, faculty, staff, parents) to wear some kind of Spiritwear to school every Wednesday.  We have some new zip up sweatshirts in student sizes as well as hooded sweatshirts. If you are interested in an ASA sweatshirt or t-shirt, you may check out our supply of Spiritwear!  Many of you may have seen our new items for adults as well.  Contact Marissa Bristow, marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org or stop in the office to try on something.
·      Volunteer Opportunity – We are in need of a volunteer that is willing to work at St. Peter’s independently.  It requires recording & list making of furniture that we are storing at St. Peter’s.  There is some movement of furniture required in order to take photos of the furniture.  If you are interested in helping us, please contact Amanda Gjerde, Amanda.gjerde@allsaintsmn.org.  All hours will count towards your 15-hour volunteer requirement.
·      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.
·      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 section 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.

Calendar Dates 
Oct. 30:  Spaghetti Dinner, social begins at 5:45 pm, dinner is at 6:30 pm
Nov.  1:  All Saints Day
Nov.  2:  All Souls Day
Nov.  3:  ASA All Saints Day Celebration
Nov.  9:  SCAPA Workshop Day for staff; no school for students
Nov. 13:  End of First Trimester
Nov. 19:  P/S/T Conference, 3:45 – 7:00 pm
Nov. 23:  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 Marissa Bristow at marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org no later than Monday, 3 PM for that week’s update or drop it off at school.


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