Weekly Parent Newsletter
All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus
October 5, 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.
World Mission Rosary
World Rosary Day will be observed tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 6th. Students and staff are gathering at 2:00 pm in the church. All are welcome to join us. We will be praying for world peace. Students will
be wearing certain colors that represent the different regions of the Mission Rosary. 1st & 5th grade will be wearing green for the forests and grasslands of Africa. 6th grade will be wearing blue for the ocean surrounding the islands of the Pacific. 2nd grade will be wearing
white to symbolize Europe, the home of the Holy Father. 3rd grade will be wearing yellow symbolizing the morning light of the East and “beginning of civilization” for Asia/Middle East. Kindergarten & 4th grade will be wearing red, calling to mind the fire of faith that brought missionaries to the Americas.
Gather your rosary and join us in this special prayer devotion to Mary.
CCS TOWN HALLS
Throughout the next month, Mr. Kevin Powers, president of CCS, will be hosting town hall meetings with each school community involved is CCS. All Saints Academy-St. Cloud’s Town Hall will take place on Oct. 11, 2017 at 5:30 pm at St. Joseph Waite Park in the Parish Center (basement). These town halls are an opportunity for you to learn about the CCS planning process. Our monthly ASA board meeting will be held at 6:30 pm immediately after this town hall.
Conferences in October
Conferences for the first trimester of school will be held on Thursday, Oct. 12th and Monday, Oct. 16th from 3:45 pm – 7:00 pm both nights. Each conference is a 15 minute, scheduled appointment to meet with your child/ren's homeroom 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.
Our specialist teachers will also be available for conferences on both nights. You may sign up to have a conference with those teachers as well. Music, Art & Spanish conference sign up is located in the School Group, at the bottom on the left side of the screen.
Faye Haws, Barton tutoring will be in the building as well. If you would like to meet with her, please feel free to stop before or after your homeroom conference. Lisa Poganski, Title 1 teacher will also be in the building from 4 – 6 pm. She will also be available to meet.
Workathon 2017 – Save the Date: October 28th
Look for your Workathon packet in today’s Thursday folder. As part of the fund raising part, we ask that each child provide 5 address of individuals they would like to write a letter to from him or her. Please refer to the packet for more detailed information.
If you know of someone in the neighborhood that needs assistance with raking or other yard work, please complete the forms that have been provided. We will be having a kick-off with the students in October. Look for more information about the Workathon in future weeks.
Halloween Carnival
The Annual PAC Halloween Carnival will be held Saturday, October 28th from 5:00 – 8:00 pm at the Waite Park school building. This is an exciting and fun-filled, safe family event filled with food, games and activities. Eerie Alley, the haunted basement, is not to be missed!
5/6 Knowledge Bowl
SC Campus would like to invite 5th and 6th graders to be part of our Knowledge Bowl team. Knowledge Bowl (KB) is an academic competition that promotes academic achievement and rewards academic excellence. KB promotes academics and helps develop leadership skills in a fun environment. Paperwork was sent home in Thursday folders. If you have more questions about KB, please contact Mrs. Mary Cheryl Opatz, 6th grade teacher, marycheryl.opatz@allsaintsmn.org or our parent coach, Tara Voumard at wata9901@yahoo.com. If you are interested in volunteering/driving for Knowledge Bowl, please let Mrs. Opatz know.
CCS Basketball for 3rd & 4th graders
Cathedral basketball coaches Matt Meyer & Ron Prom along with Bob Karn will be holding basketball skills sessions during the months of November, December and part of January on Satrudays. Along with Cathedral Varsity players, various basketball skills will be taught to 3rd & 4th graders. Cost is $25/student. If you are interested, a registration form is attached to this newsletter on School Speak. It will also be available on School Speak on the School page.
Preschool Morning Drop Off
Preschool opens at 7:30 am and closes at 3 pm. FunZone is available after school if your child needs aftercare. Please contact FunZone for availability if you are not already registered. There is no before school care for Preschool, but please notify Mrs. Leider if you need to drop off earlier on occasion. There are special instructions for these rare occasions, and we do need to know in advance.
Our teachers have only a few minutes to get ready for your children in the morning and can not leave the room to complete necessary tasks once students have arrived. I appreciate your help in this matter.
Bulletin Board
6th grade is collecting old, used, broken crayons between now and the end of the school year for Crayons for Cancer. Please add any donations to the bucket outside of the 6-2 classroom on our 2nd floor until November 15th.
4-H volunteers will be offering a Livestock Project Day that is open to all. It will be Sat., Oct. 7th from 10 am – noon at Holy Family School in Albany. Volunteers will offer basic information on how to start livestock projects. Pre-registraiton is encouraged but not required. The registration link is http://z.umn.edu/lpd17. More info can be found at http://www3.extension.umn.edu/county/stearns. Participants do not need to own their own animals. To join 4-H, call 320-255-6169 or email budde016@umn.edu.
St Cloud Youth Hockey, come join the FUN on the ICE! Registration is open for players of all skill level. Players do not need to know how to skate to start hockey, they will learn with our practice plans and coaches. Equipment rental is available making starting hockey very affordable! Questions? Please see our website stcloudhockey.com or call Jaime 320-420-3488 or Jeff 320-248-1707
We encourage parents/guardians to sign up for REMIND - a safe, free and easy way we can communicate with parents instantly through texting.
To sign up, text ASA Administrative Assistant Mrs. Marissa Bristow at 612-260-4578, and in the message, enter @ef392.
It really is that easy.
Please remember that we are a Nut-safe building. All snacks and lunches need to be peanut-free and nut-free. There is a safe-snack list on School Speak under Announcements. NOTE: Since ingredients change this list may be updated from time to time – we ask that parents check this list before purchasing snacks throughout the year.
Did you know? Childhood allergic reactions are most likely to happen at school and 50% of reactions were previously unknown to the parents or child.
Thank you for helping to keep our school safe for all of our students.
Continue to save the following labels:
Labels for Education (UPCs from Campbell's. Swansons, Post, and Prego) Box Tops for Education
Country Hearth and Village Hearth Products (UPCs)
Pop and can tabs
Old cell phones
Empty ink and toner cartridges
Playground Duty – Week of Oct. 9th – 13th
10/9 – Roiger
10/10 – Krueger
10/11 – Loehr
10/12– Baynes
10/13 –Fish
Upcoming Dates
Oct. 11: Town Hall Meeting with Kevin Powers, St. Joseph, Waite Park
Oc. 12 & 16: Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences, 3:45 – 7:00 pm
Oct. 19 & 20: Autumn Vacation – no school for students and staff
Oct. 25: Picture Retake Day & Photos of T/F preschoolers
Oct. 28: Work-A-Thon & Halloween Carnival (Waite Park building)
Nov. 1: All Saints Day, mass @ 9:00 am
Nov. 2: All Souls Day
Nov. 6: CCS Joint In-service, No school for students
Nov. 10: End of First Trimester
Nov. 23-24: Thanksgiving
Nov. 26: First Sunday of Advent
Dec. 8: Immaculate Conception, mass at 8:15 am
Dec. 19: Christmas Program, Prek – 6th grade
Dec. 22: Christmas Vacation begins, no school
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.
Our Vision
All Saints Academy creates and nurtures an environment which supports
students, educators and community in realizing their God given gifts, reaching their full potential and developing their life-long relationship with Christ.
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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