Thursday, September 8, 2016

September 8, 2016 Weekly Parent Newsletter

All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus
Summer Parent Newsletter
September 8, 2016

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.

PICTURE DAY IS THIS TUESDAY, 
SEPTEMBER 13TH!  PLEASE LOOK FOR THE PHOTO ENVELOPE IN THIS THURSDAY’S FOLDER. (M/W/Th preschoolers picture day is October 26th.)


NEW NEWS

NOTE: New information will be under New News.  Previously published information will be located under Bulletin Board.

We are a Nut-safe building.  All snacks and lunches need to be peanut-free and nut-free. There is a snack list on School Speak under Announcements.  Thank you for helping to keep our school safe for all of our students.

Annual St. Peter’s Pancake Breakfast in support of ASA
On Sunday, September 11thThe Knights of Columbus will be hosting a breakfast at St. Peter’s Church.  Please remember to turn in money from sold tickets as well as all unsold tickets.  We need to track this so that we may apply it towards your fundraising quota.The complete cost of the ticket can be applied towards your fundraising requirement of $350/child.  You must turn in the money and unused tickets to the office to get fundraising credit. 
Volunteer at the breakfast! If you are new to the All Saints Academy family, this is a good time to meet people by working the breakfast. The students help too – it’s a great way for them to provide service to their community.
All hours go towards your family’s 15 volunteer hours/year.  We're using SignUp.com (the leading online SignUp and reminder tool) to organize our upcoming SignUps.
Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:
1) Click this link to see our SignUp on SignUp.com: http://signup.com/go/59dg8S
2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.
3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp.com.
Note: SignUp.com does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact Marissa Bristow and she can sign you up manually.

When Are Parent Meetings?
All Parent grade-level meetings will be this coming Tuesday, September 13th.  These meetings will give parents an opportunity to meet their child’s teacher again prior to conferences and hear specifics for each grade.  The evening will begin at 6:00 pm in the cafeteria for a brief overall school meeting.  Parents will then proceed to grade-level meetings in the classrooms. Grade level teachers will be making the same presentation twice during the evening in classrooms at 6:30 & again at 7:00 pm. Teachers will answer questions you have about school. We hope you are able to attend.


Cathedral Volleyball Fan Appreciation Night

Cathedral Girls Volleyball will be hosting PAA/Fan Appreciation Night on Thursday, September 22nd.  Cathedral will be playing Foley.  Invitations are attached to the email.  Games begin at 5:00 pm.  Students wearing blue & gold or their PAA sports jersey will get in free.  There will be door prizes and a serving competition. 

Can we wear that?
If you have questions regarding the dress code, please refer to the Dress Code section in the Parent Handbook which is located on the school website (allsaintsmn.org). Some standards include (not all):  Shorts & skirts must be mid-thigh or longer; clothing must have sleeves;  no tank tops/dresses, muscle shirts or spaghetti straps; no clothing with tears or holes; tight/form fitting clothing is not allowed; all shoes need to have a back on them. Reasonable attempts will be made to communicate with parents/guardians with a phone call or a cover garment will be provided for the student if necessary.  The remedy will be chosen at the discretion of the president/principal.  If you have questions/concerns please contact Chris Schellinger, 251-5295 or chris.schellinger@allsaintsmn.org.

  After-School Pick Up Procedures:  If your child/ren are being picked up by you, you may pick them in back of the school on 12th Ave. N.  Please join the cars as they line up, enter the back parking lot and follow the queue as students are loaded into appropriate vehicles. If you plan on getting out of your car to meet your child, please park in the parking lot across 12thAve N. 
     Preschoolers may be picked up in their classroom.  If you would like to pick up your preschooler outside, Mrs. Paul & Ms. Hennen can bring him/her outside after 3:10 pm, after our K - 6th graders are picked up.  Please contact the office if you would like your child to be brought outside.


Playground Duty – Week of Sept. 12th – 16th

9/12 – Czeck/Czeck
9/13 – Lee/Leighton
9/14 – Fromelt/Ebertz
9/15 – Herold/Coe

9/16 – Fish/Meling

Thank You
... to all our parents for the orderly and timely pick up of students during the first week of class.
... to all our homeroom teachers for helping during our new lunch schedule.

Bulletin Board

·        St. Cloud Youth Hockey will have try outs Saturday, Sept. 24th from 10 am - 2 pm at St. Cloud MAC.  Please see attached flyer in School Speak.

         * School Speak is a school online management system that ASA uses.  It is a secure portal that allows us to store information and communicate with our families.
              If you are new to All Saints Academy or have never logged onto School Speak you need to create a password.  Please contact the office, 251-5295 so that we may send you instructions via your email.  Due to security issues, the email will only stay in your inbox for a few days. For those who have used School Speak, the username & password you had last year is still the same.             We would like all parents to log in and update their profile, too.  This technology allows us to provide more information, communicate with parents and offer useful tools for everyone who is a member of our school community.

*Playground Volunteers:  Our goal is to have two parents who have children in PreK – 6th grade, on the playground every day to assist school staff with the recess period. 
Recess is 11:00 am – 12:25 pm.  There will be a form in your packet at Paper Work Night that will need to be completed.


For the added safety of our children we ask that all families volunteer for recess supervision 2-3 times per year. A schedule will be available for families to sign up.  If you find your schedule doesn’t allow you to volunteer for Recess Duty, you may opt out by paying $50 which goes towards our paid staff.


   *  SCAYBA will be having tryouts for the 2016-2017 travel season.  Basketball tryouts will be held at Whitney Recreation Center on Saturday, September 17th for boys & Sunday, September 18th for girls.  Boys times include:  4th gr. At 5:30 pm; 5th gr. At 4:00 pm and 6th gr. At 2:00 pm.  Girls times on Sunday will be 4th/5th at 12:00 pm & 6th gr. At 1:30 pm.  Please refer to the flyer on School Speak.

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    *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.  ASA just received a check for $1450 from Coborn’s for Labels for Learning….keep saving them!



Calendar Dates 
Sept. 11:  ASA Fund Raising Pancake Breakfast
Sept. 13:  Picture Day, Preschool – 6th grade
Sept. 13:  SC Campus Parent Meeting Night, Preschool – 6th grade
Sept. 30:  SC Grandparents Day
Oct. 20 & 21:  Autumn Vacation – no school for students and staff
Oct. 26:  Picture Retake Day & M/W/Th Preschool Students
Oct. 29:  Work-a-thon
Nov.  1:  All Saints Day Celebration
Nov.  7:  Teacher Inservice, no school for students
Nov. 11:  End of 1st Trimester


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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