Thursday, March 2, 2017

Weekly Parent Newsletter March 2, 2017

All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus
Parent Newsletter
March 2, 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.  

Due to the Ash Wednesday mass, there will not be a Friday school mass tomorrow, March 3rd.

NEW NEWS
Open House
All Saints Academy would like to invite prospective parents to an Open House for Preschool – 6th grade on Tuesday, March 7th. The St. Cloud Campus Open House will be ALL DAY 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Please pass the word on to friends, relatives and coworkers who may be interested in All Saints Academy. 

They will be able to spend time and tour our St. Cloud campus and experience the love and caring displayed by our teachers every day. 

Please contact us at 251-5295 or Mrs. Bristow, marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org with questions.  

Meet the CCS superintendent finalists
Come meet the three finalists for superintendent of Catholic Community Schools on Tuesday, March 7th, at St. Augustine Church, 442 2nd St. SE, St. Cloud.

The finalists for superintendent are: Mike Mullin, president of Cathedral in St. Cloud; Anne Penny, principal of St. Charles Catholic School in Winnipeg, Manitoba; and Kevin Powers, principal of St. Margaret of Scotland School, Chicago.

The candidates will introduce themselves and answer questions during two separate sessions. The first session, from 1-4 p.m., is for school principals, parents, parishioners, members of the superintendent search committee and other stakeholders. The second session, from 6-9 p.m., is for school faculty and staff, parents, parishioners, the CCS board of directors and other stakeholders.

Schools participating in Catholic Community Schools are All Saints Academy (St. Cloud and St. Joseph campuses), Cathedral (St. Cloud), Holy Cross (Pearl Lake), St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (St. Cloud), St. Francis Xavier (Sartell), St. Katharine Drexel (St. Cloud), St. Mary Help of Christians (St. Augusta) and St. Wendelin (Luxemburg).

For more information, contact Linda Kaiser at 320-251-0111.

Fish Fry is April 7th
Fish Fry envelopes will be coming home next week in Thursday folders.  This will be our last fund raiser for the year. 

We need all Fish Fry Volunteers – We need everyone’s help to make the Fish fry successful.  This year is easier than ever to sign up for a shift!  Go to http://signup.com/go/btbUUa  and sign up for your favorite spot by Friday, March 24th .    

Those of you who have worked in the past know what FUN it is!   We hope you will all join us!  All hours will be applied to your Family Volunteer Quota.

Registration
Registration for the 2017-2018 school year is open to current families. Today, March 2nd we open up registration to new families.

An online registration process on School Speak is offered this year.  All families received information in your child’s Thursday folder last week regarding how current families can register their children.  If you misplaced your copy, it is available under 2017-2018 Registration.

If you are registering a new student, you will need to complete a paper registration form at this time. If you have questions, please contact our office. 

Playground Duty –Mar. 6th – 10th   (11:00 am – 12:30 pm)
03/06 – Need a Volunteer       
03/07 – Makarrall
03/08 – Bellicot
03/09 - Makarrall
03/10 – French

BULLETIN BOARD
·  Waite Park Babe Ruth baseball registration is no available online.  Please go to http://www.waiteparkbaberuth.com to register your child.
· 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.
· 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
Mar. 3: No Friday mass
Mar. 6: Speech Festival
Mar. 7: Open House, all day
Mar. 13 – 17: Winter Break
Mar. 23: Reconciliation 2/3/4
March. 30:  Reconciliation 5/6
Apr. 14 – 17:  Easter Vacation


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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