All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus
Weekly
Parent Newsletter
January 7, 2016
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.
Save the Date – Saturday,
February 6th , 5:30 pm at
SC Campus
Extravaganza: A Night for All Saints Academy – Tickets
available soon.
NEW
NEWS
1. Orth Family Fundraiser – A Waffle Breakfast will be held on
Sunday, January 17th at St. Paul’s cafeteria from 9:30 am – 12:30
pm. Cost is $8/person. Tickets to sell are coming home today with
Thursday folders. (Sale of tickets will
not be applied to fundraising goals.) They will be serving waffles with all the
toppings as well as sausage, coffee and juice.
We need volunteers to help with the Waffle Breakfast. Please sign up at
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0b4daba72ca4fa7-orth
. All proceeds
will benefit the Orth family. Mrs. Mary
Orth is a 5th grade teacher at ASA.
Her husband Curt has been seriously ill since last year. This fundraiser will help with mounting
medical debt and loss of income.
2. Open House - All Saints Academy would like to invite prospective parents to an Open
House for Preschool – 6th grade on Thursday, Jan. 28th from 4:00 – 7:00 pm. Pass the word onto
friends or coworkers that would benefit from attending All Saints Academy. They will be able to spend time and tour our
St. Cloud campus, 1215 11th Ave N, St. Cloud and experience the love and caring
displayed by our teachers every day. Our environment allows child/ren to
develop individually and have success academically, spiritually and
socially. Our school community provides an active, supportive and caring
environment for peers, teachers, staff and parents. There will be tours
available that evening. Our Funzone childcare will also be
available if you have questions regarding our after-school care program. Preschool & Kindergarten will have
presentations by teachers every hour beginning at 4:00, 5:00 & 6:00
pm. 1st - 6th grade teachers will also be available to visit and
answer questions. Come have a tour and see what All Saints Academy has to
offer. Invite your friends! If you have questions, please contact
us at 251-5295. You may also contact our Principal, Mrs. Gjerde, Amanda.gjerde@allsaintsmn.org or her assistant, Mrs. Bristow, marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org. We will be having additional
open houses during the months of February & March.
3. BoxTops Check Received – ASA
recently received a check for $1677.70
from BoxTops for Education. The Labels For Learning Points
from Cash Wise and Coborns have been sent in and we will be receiving a check
for $1,600.00. The points never expire.
ASA also saves,
UPC's from Country Hearth and Village Hearth Products as part of the
Loaves4Learning Program, Labels for Education (Campbells, Prego, Swanson,
Pepperidge Farm) Please note that for Labels for Education cut along the dotted
line because both the UPC symbol and the point value are needed, old cell
phones, used ink cartridges and pop and vegetable can tabs. Keep Saving!
4. Catholic Schools Week January 31 – February 6
– During Catholic Schools Week, we will be celebrating All Saints Academy’s
presence in the parishes, school, families and community. There will be a kick-off mass at St. Michael’s,
Sunday, Jan. 31st. Some
events include evening roller skating and a bowling field trip. Everyone is welcome to join us for our mass
on Friday, February 5th at St. Paul’s. We will cap the week with our Extravaganza
celebration. The complete schedule for
Catholic Schools Week will be coming home soon.
5. Christmas Thank You – “This is the time of
the year when we are reminded of the “goodness” of our fellow Christian
brothers and sisters. We often hear about all that is “wrong” with the world
and how the world is getting worse. How divided we are whether it be (politics,
race, money, religion or any number of things that are making our world worse.)
But then something magical happens. Once a year we are reminded of something
that does not divide us but brings us together as what we are truly meant to
be, Beings of Love.
Jesus was born to
bring love into this world that could never be accomplished without divine
intervention. Once a year we are reminded of this “gift from God” and our
family was the direct recipient of this love this year from the members of this
community. We were graciously gifted many wonderful gifts like (various gift
cards to Target, Walmart, Walgreens, Skating Place as well as the gift of cash,
and a few gifts for our young daughter). But more importantly we were gifted
the divine love of our Christian friends.
We gratefully and
humbly thank you for this love and wish you and your family a very Merry
Christmas season that hopefully stays in all our hearts the whole year round.
With much
appreciation, Thank you!”
Family A
6. Funzone Registration for January 18 & 19 – There will be no school on
January 18th and 19th but Funzone will be open both days
from 7:00 am – 6:00 pm. If you are
interested in having your child attend Funzone one or both of those days,
please stop in the office or Runzone room to pick up a sign up sheet. You may also email Funzone at sc.funzone@allsaintsmn.org.
7. Catholic Community School (CCS) News – HOW
WILL THIS BENEFIT MY FAMILY?
• CCS will ensure that a Catholic school education — from
pre-K through high school — remains available and affordable for all families
in the St. Cloud metro area and surrounding communities, whether or not they
have a school building on their parish’s property. It will ensure excellence in
academics and faith formation. It will enhance the collaboration already
happening among the area’s Catholic school educators. It will strengthen
market- ing and development efforts to help ensure the future of Catholic education
in this area.
HOW WILL THIS AFFECT
MY PARISH FINANCIALLY?
• It’s too early to say. The finance subcommittee is
studying possible financial structures for CCS. Its members will make a
recommendation regarding the financial structure to the steering committee,
which will then make a recommendation to the bishop. • The expectation,
however, is that parishes will continue to provide strong financial support to
their schools. The steering committee/finance subcommittee is striving for a
model of support that is fair and equitable for all the parishes involved.
Playground
Duty – Week of Jan. 11th – 15th.
(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.)
01/11:
Schroeder/Need an additional person
01/12: Need two persons
01/13:
Downing/ Need one additional
person
01/14: Need two persons
01/15: Need two persons
Bulletin
Board
·
Lost & Found - Are you missing any
sweatshirts or jackets? How about a pair of mittens or a hat? Please come visit
our Lost & Found shelves in the hallway on our bottom floor. 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.
· 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.”
·
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
Jan. 17: Mary Orth Waffle Breakfast at St. Peter’s.
Jan. 18: Martin Luther King Day, No school for
students and staff
Jan. 19: Staff Development, No School for Students
Jan. 28: Open House for 2016-2017
Jan. 31: Feb. 6:
Catholic Schools Week – Kick off mass at all parishes
Feb.
6: Extravaganza
Feb. 10: Ash Wednesday
Feb. 15: Presidents’ Day, No school for Students or
Staff
Feb. 16: SCAPA Workshop Day for staff, No school for
Students
Feb. 18: Preschool Open House 2016-2017
Feb. 22-24: Deep Portage for 6th graders
Feb. 25: Conferences 3:45 – 7:00 pm
Feb. 26: End of Quarter
Mar.
1: Conferences 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.
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.
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