February 10, 2017 Weekly Parent Newsletter

All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus

Parent Newsletter

February 10, 2017

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.  

NEW NEWS

Open House

All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus is holding a second Open House Tuesday, March 7^th, all day. 

Parents 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 - 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. 

Cathedral Registration

A reminder that Cathedral’s new student registration is Thursday, February 9th from 4:00-8:00. Please turn submit applications as soon as possible. They will be mailing out enrollment forms soon.

February Conferences

Conferences for the first trimester of school will be held on Thursday, Feb. 23rd and Tuesday, Feb. 28th from 3:45 pm – 6:30 pm both nights.  Conferences will be open for sign up Friday, February 10^th at 10:00 am.  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 Thursday, February 23^rd.

Mary Goenner, our Music Teacher will be in the music room on Thursday, February 23^rd.

Ellen Detra, our Art Teacher will be in the art room Tuesday, February 28^th.

Josie Moen, our PhyEd Teacher will be in the gym on Tuesday, February 28^th .

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 from 4:00 – 7:00 pm.

Kelly Haws, Barton will be here both nights and will be available from 4:00 – 7:00 pm.

Simple Supper

ASA will be offering a Simple Supper both conference nights.  A sign-up sheet for the supper will be coming in your youngest child’s Thursday folder. Please look for it and complete the form if you would like to have a night off from cooking.

Used Book Fair

PAC is collecting gently used books for the upcoming book sale later this month. Please bring books to school starting on Monday, February 6th. Each classroom will have donation boxes as well as the office and Fun Zone. Books can be picture books, chapter books, teen, how-to, crafts, puzzle, cookbooks, children magazines, but please, No "adult novels" or "adult magazines." What a great way to purge your collection and refill it later this month! Thanks!

ArtSmart

Art Smart classes will begin a new session for 2^nd-4^th graders.  Classes will be held on Tuesdays, February 14^th, 21^st, 28^th and March 1^st.  There is still room and time to sign up.  Please contact the office if you need an enrollment form.

Employment Opportunity

St. Francis Xavier Catholic School in Sartell is acceptiong applications for the position of After Care Coordinator.  To learn more about the school and the position, please go to  http://www.stfrancissartellschool.org or contact the office at 252-9940.

Playground Duty – Feb. 6^th – 10^th (11:00 am – 12:30 pm)

02/13 – Gebhardt

02/14 – Weisbrich

02/15 – Fromelt

02/16 - Need a volunteer

2/17 – No School

BULLETIN BOARD

· The SchoolSpeak iPhone App is now available on Apple App Store (search for SchoolSpeak on App Store.) If you have an iPhone, you can access School Speak content. You will need your login ID as well as your password. The app requires Wi-Fi or mobile data connection to log in. All of your home pages on School Speak will be available. At this time, you cannot update information such as your profile on the iPhone app. That feature is in the future.

· Families can check their fund raising dollars on School Speak at any time. In order to meet our annual budget at ASA we offer opportunities for families to fundraise and meet their goal of $350/student. Please take the time to check how much your family has raised towards your fund raising commitment. This will help you determine how much you need to fund raise for the remainder of the year. Our next fund raiser is the Extravaganza on February 4^th.

· 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 (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!


Calendar Dates

Feb. 10: No Friday mass

Feb. 17: CCS In-service, no school for students

Feb. 20: Presidents’ Day, no school for students and staff

Feb. 22 – 24: 6^th grade Deep Portage

Feb. 23: P/T/S Conferences 3:45 – 7:00 pm

Feb. 28: P/T/S Conferences 3:45 - 7:00 pm

Mar 1: Ash Wednesday

Mar. 3: No Friday mass

Mar. 6: Speech Festival

Mar. 7: Open House, all day

Mar. 13 – 17: Winter 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.