All
Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus
Weekly
Parent Newsletter
November 12, 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. Conferences - Conferences
for the first trimester of school will be held on Thursday, Nov. 19th and
Monday, Nov. 23rd from 3:45 pm - 7:00 pm both nights. Each conference is a 15-minute, scheduled appointment
to meet with your child/ren's teacher.
This year, we are using
www.VolunteerSpot.com to sign up and organize our upcoming fall conferences.
Please follow the directions below to sign up for your child/ren's
conference. You will receive an email verifying and confirming your
conference time.
Here is how
it works in 3 easy steps:
2. Review
the different teachers listed and choose the teacher you need to schedule a
conference with this fall.
3. Sign up!
It's Easy - you will not need to register an account or keep a password
on VolunteerSpot.
Note:
VolunteerSpot does not share your email address with anyone. If you
prefer not to use your email address, please contact me and I can sign you up
manually. If you are having problems, please email me your questions.
5/6th grade parents - Please
schedule a conference with your homeroom teacher. It is not necessary to
schedule a conference with each 5th & 6th grade teacher.
Mrs. Paul, Preschool Teacher - she has added additional conference times on both days.
Mrs. Groseth, Spanish Teacher - she will available Monday, Nov. 23rd in her classroom,
lower level.
Mrs. Goenner, Music Teacher - she will be available, Thursday, Nov. 19th in her
classroom, lower level.
Mr. Jacobson, Band Teacher
– he will be available, Monday, Nov. 23rd in the band room, lower
level.
Mrs. Detra, Art Teacher
- she will be available Monday, Nov. 23rd in her classroom, lower level.
Mrs. Moen, Phy. Ed. Teacher - she will be available Thursday, Nov. 19th in the library.
Mrs. Faye Haws, Barton Tutor - she will be available both nights from 4:00 - 7:00 pm.
She will be in her tutoring room, upstairs.
Mrs. Kelly Haws, Dyslexia Specialist - She will be available both nights of conferences from
3:45 - 7:00 pm. She will be located in the conference room.
Mrs. Poganski, Title Teacher - She will be available both nights from 4:00 - 6:00 pm.
She will be located in the Title room, upstairs.
There will be Spirit
wear for sale outside the main office.
2. Thanksgiving Food Drive - As we prepare for Thanksgiving, All
Saints Academy remembers those in our community who are less fortunate. Our
Thanksgiving food drive will be going towards Catholic Charities food shelf. Last
week, we sent home brown paper bags to help remind families about the food
drive. Thank you to everyone who has
brought in canned & boxed food. It
is not too late. Food items can be dropped off in the entry way of school.
Catholic Charities will be here on tomorrow, November 13th to pick up all
donated items. If you have questions, please feel free to contact a
member of the Social Concerns Committee (Mrs. Bautch, Mrs. Loesch, Mrs. Detra, Mrs. Decker & Mrs. Hoon)
3. Hats & Mittens
- Parents, please
remind your children to grab their caps and gloves and dress
for the weather, in the morning on their way to school. With the temps
predicted to drop, they’ll be happy to be dressed warmer when they go out for
recess. On a related note… this time of year our Lost and
Found grows. Marking your child’s outerwear is a good idea and
helps get those lost belongings back to the rightful owners. The next
time you stop by school check the Lost & Found area on the lower level.
You just might find something you’ve been missing!
4. WINTER WEATHER/SCHOOL CLOSINGS – All Saints Academy is
closed when “St. Cloud Area School District 742 Schools” are announced as
closed. The St. Cloud Area public schools post closings on their
website at www.isd742.org/. As soon as ASA administration is aware of a
closing, a Remind text will be sent
to all Remind participants (if you
haven’t signed up for Remind yet, instructions are located in the Bulletin
Board section of the newsletter. WJON communicates all weather related
closings, also.)
Playground
Duty – Week of Nov. 16th – 20th. (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.)
11/16: Baldwin/Gebhardt
11/17: Bukowski/Need an additional person
11/18: Bendinelli/Smith
11/19: Chamernick/Need an additional person
11/20: Need two additional people
Bulletin
Board
·
Shoveling for Franciscan Sisters – The St. Cloud Franciscan
Sisters house is in need of someone who would be willing to clear snow this
winter. Snow would need to be cleared by
7 am out of a driveway and sidewalk. The
house is located on the north-side of St. Cloud. For more details and compensation info,
please call 320-240-9008 and ask for Sr. Joyce.
· Bingo - St.
Peter’s Art and Soul Committee is hosting a Bingo
night! Friday November 20th from 6:00-8:00 in the St. Peter’s Parish
Center. A Sloppy Joe, chip and soda dinner can be purchased for
$2.00 and bingo is $0.25/game. Prizes will include pies, fun games
(like a Nerf gun and makeup kit) for youth, and some Turkeys. We would
love to see you there!
· 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 (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
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
Nov. 26 & 27: thanksgiving Vacation, No school for Students
or Staff
Nov. 29: First Sunday of Advent
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.
Our Vision
… creates and nurtures an environment, which supports
students, educators and community in realizing their God-given gifts, reaching
their full potential and developing their life-long relationship with Christ.
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.
No comments:
Post a Comment