All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus
Parent
Newsletter
November 17, 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.
NOTE: New information will be
under New News. Previously
published information will be located under Bulletin Board.
ASA
will not have a parent newsletter next week.
We hope you have a relaxing and safe Thanksgiving weekend.
Spaghetti
Dinner, November 19th
We are
hosting our annual Spaghetti Dinner this Saturday! Help us celebrate All Saints Academy! Please RSVP so we have enough for
everyone. This is a free and adult
event.
Time: 5:30 pm Social begins; 6:30 Dinner
Location: SC Campus gym/cafeteria
1215
11th Ave N., St. Cloud
NEW
NEWS
Catholic
Community Schools Update
Catholic Community Schools continues
to take shape, looking forward to its inaugural school year beginning in July
2017. These news briefs will keep you abreast to recent developments and
responses to inquiries.
What schools are a part of Catholic Community
Schools?
St. Francis Xavier (Sartell), All Saints Academy (St.
Joseph and St. Cloud), St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (St. Cloud), St. Mary Help of
Christians (St. Augusta), St. Wendelin (Luxemberg), Holy Cross (Marty), St.
Katharine Drexel School (Sauk Rapids/St. Cloud) and Cathedral High School (St.
Cloud).
Conferences in
November
Conferences for
the first trimester of school are TODAY, Thursday, Nov. 17th and Tuesday, Nov. 22nd
from 3:45 pm – 6:30 pm both nights. Each conference is a 15 minute,
scheduled appointment to meet with your child/ren's teacher. Parent(s) is/are
required to be in attendance at both fall & winter conferences. We are
using School Speak to sign up and organize our fall conferences. If you do not know your username/password,
please contact Kris Haehn and she will assist you. On School Speak:
1. Find your child’s
homeroom page on the left side of the screen
2. Click on “Fall
Conferences”
3. Choose your conference
time & sign up.
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.
Marj Groseth, our Spanish Teacher will be in
the Spanish room Tuesday, Nov. 22nd.
Mary Goenner, our Music Teacher will
be in the music room on Thursday, Nov. 17th.
Ellen Detra, our Art Teacher will
be in the art room on Tuesday, Nov. 22nd.
Josie Moen, our PhyEd Teacher will
be in the gym on Tuesday, Nov. 22nd.
Lisa Poganski, our Title 1 Teacher will
be in the Title 1 room at the very top of the main stairs as you come into the
school on both nights from 4-6pm only.
Mrs. Faye
Haws, Barton Tutor will be here both nights of conferences.
Kelly Haws,
Barton will be here both nights and will be available from 4:00 – 6:30 pm.
St. Peter’s Turkey Bingo
St. Peter’s Turkey Bingo will be
held Friday, November 18th.
Dinner will be at 5:30 pm, a brat, chips & cookie for $2.50. Bingo begins at 6:00 pm. $.25/game per person. There will be special family pricing! Lots of prizes for adults and children. Donations of turkeys & pies are needed.
Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat Auditions
St. Peter’s Art & Soul Group’s
Dinner Theater will be holding auditions for Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on Sunday, December 4th from 4 – 6pm and
Monday, December 5th from 6:30 – 8:30 pm at St. Peter’s choir
room. Please email Tom Siekkinen,
Director at bunnyskip@charter.net or Joyce
Baumann, Music Liturgy & Choir Director, baumannjteacher@yahoo.com for more
information.
No Parking in Front of School
When dropping off children or
stopping at school during school time, please remember that parking is not
allowed in front of the school during school
hours. (Funzone pick up is after
school hours.) This space is reserved for bus drop off and pick up during the
day. Please park on the far side of the
street if you plan on getting out of your car.
Cathedral Poinsettia Sale
The Cathedral Nordic Ski Team is
having their annual Poinsettia Sale.
This is a fund raiser for their team.
Red, white, pink, marble plants are $15/each. Ellie’s Blue Sparkles poinsettias are
$20/plant. Ellie’s Army students come to
our campus every Wednesday and visit with our students. If you are interested in purchasing any of
them, please contact Sue Sovada @ rsonpark@gmail.com. All
orders and payments are needed by Monday, November 21st. Delivery will be Wednesday, November 30th.
Cold Weather
Clothing
Now that winter-like weather has descended upon us, please
send outdoor winter clothing with your child/ren to school. All students will continue to go outside for
recess through the winter months.
Outdoor winter clothing is covered under Dress Code/School Attire.
Students should dress properly for the weather. Winter coats, hats, scarves, mittens/gloves,
snow pants and boots all help to keep your child warm during recess.
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.
Paper bags have gone home with students.
Families are invited to donate boxed or canned food items to
school. Food bags can be dropped off
between Nov. 14th - 18th
in the front entry way of school. If you
have questions, please feel free to contact a member of the staff Social
Concerns Committee. (Ms. Detra, Mrs. Decker, Mrs. Hoon.)
Playground
Duty – Week of Nov. 21st -23rd (11:00
am – 12:30 pm)
The
office Playground Schedule calendar has been accidentally taken. If you stopped in the office and picked it up
with other papers, please return to the office.
Thank you.
11/21 – Tetrault
11/22 – Raeker
11/23 – Smith
11/24 – No School, Thanksgiving Break
11/25 – No School, Thanksgiving Break
BULLETIN
BOARD
· Cathedral/Tech Youth Wrestling is beginning. For
more information for K – 6th grade participation, please go to
www.techyouthwrestling.teamopolis.com.
· The SCAYBA In-house Basketball
Program for boys & girls is available.
This program is for boys and girls in grades 1 – 5 who wish to work on
developing and improving fundamental basketball skills while having fun. Registration form is attached to this email
and to the School Speak newsletter.
· Family Lunch
accounts need to be kept up to date. Families will receive notice if their
balance is at or below $-10.00. Your
cooperation with this matter is most appreciated.
·
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.
Keep saving them!
Calendar
Dates
Nov. 17:
Conferences, 3:45 – 6:30 pm
Nov. 19:
Spaghetti Dinner, 5:30 pm
Nov. 22:
Conferences, 3:45 – 6:30 pm
Nov. 24 &25:
Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 27:
1st Sunday of Advent
Dec. 8: Immaculate Conception
Dec. 20:
Christmas Program, time TBA
Dec. 21:
Christmas Vacation Begins, regular dismissal
Jan. 3: School Resumes, full day of classes
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.
