Thursday, November 3, 2016

November 3, 2016 Weekly Parent Newsletter

           All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus
Parent Newsletter
November 3, 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.

No School- Monday, November 7th – Teachers will be at an In-service that day.

REMEMBER TO VOTE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH!

NEW NEWS
Workathon 2016
What a huge success!  The St. Cloud Campus provided some autumn TLC to 30 yards in our community.  We exceeded our campus goal of $34,000.  The race for a Waffle Breakfast with Mr. Schellinger has been very competitive.  Many classes got cookies every Monday because of 100% participation. Popcorn parties are beginning this month as a reward for reaching classroom goals.  And we received a final gift of $5000 from Thrivent!  Thank you to everyone who helped us make it a success!

Spaghetti Dinner, November 19th – Save the date & Join Us - As we celebrate All Saints Academy! November 19th , ASA will be hosting the Spaghetti Dinner.  There will a social beginning at 5:30 pm.  Dinner begins at 6:30 pm.  We will be recognizing Linda Heinen for the “Inspire Award” as well as volunteers and supporters of All Saints Academy.  Everyone is invited to A celebration of All Saints Academy: A Fun-Raiser and Friend-Raiser! There is no charge for the event!  Please RSVP by contacting the office at 251-5295 or email marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org.
Conferences in November
Conferences for the first trimester of school will be held on 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 Hawswill be here both nights and will be available  until 6:30 pm.
Kelly Haws, Barton will be here both nights and will be available from 4:00 – 6:30 pm.
Celebrate Festival of Lights at St. Cloud Hospital
Kick off the Christmas season! Bring your family and friends to the 28th annual Festival of Lights from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, in front of St. Cloud Hospital (6th Ave. N.). In addition to the traditional holiday lighting ceremony at 7 p.m., there will be horse-drawn trolley rides, reindeer, holiday carols by the Tech High School Chamber Choir, a living nativity by Messiah Lutheran Church, cookies and cocoa. Stop by the St. Cloud Hospital Gift Gallery for its annual holiday sale. The Festival of Lights is free and open to the public. Please bring non-perishable food items to donate to the Food Shelf.

Playground Duty – Week of Oct. 17th – 19th    (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.
11/14 –
11/15 –
11/16 –
11/17 –
11/18 –

BULLETIN BOARD
·      Family Lunch accounts need to be kept up to date. Families will receive notice if their balance is at or below $-10.00 in their youngest Thursday folder. 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.  ASA just received a check for $1450 from Coborn’s for Labels for Learning….keep saving them!


Calendar Dates 
Nov. 7: CCS In-service, no school for students
Nov. 11:  End of Trimester
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



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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