January 4, 2018 Weekly Parent Newsletter

Weekly Parent Newsletter

All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus

January 4, 2018

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.

Parents as Partners

PAC is sponsoring a discussion series on Monday evenings beginning this January. Our first class will be Monday, January 22, 2018, the topic is “Internet Savvy” with speaker Karen Meinz, Cathedral Technology, who will address concerns related to social media use, screen time, and internet safety. There will be a Simple Supper at 5:30 pm with a free-will offering before the class. Discussion will run from 6:15 – 7:30 pm. ASA will provide free Funzone during the speaker part of the evening. Look for more information in next week’s Thursday folder. Click here to reserve your space:https://goo.gl/forms/i1EzLZvjnGe5mR6u1

Catholic Schools Week January 28 – February 3

During Catholic Schools Week, we will be celebrating All Saints Academy’s presence in the parishes, school, families and community. Our faculty Catholic Schools Week Committee is planning a fun week for everyone.

Some events include dress up days as well as bowling. We will cap the week with our Extravaganza celebration. The complete schedule for Catholic Schools Week will be coming home soon.

Recess Volunteers Needed

Thank you to all who have volunteered so far this year for playground duty. As we enter the cold winter months our students continue to go outside for recess. We are in great need of volunteers in January and February. The open dates are listed on the School Speak Calendar. Please contact Kris in the office to sign up for available dates. Remember, unless you have paid the $50.00 opt out fee, each family is required to complete two days of recess duty. Typically, one parent volunteer is needed in addition to our playground staff, but we have several days in January where two are needed.

Thank you all for your help and generosity with your time!

Extravaganza Tickets Available

Extravaganza tickets are available for order now! Click here , read the instructions and complete the online order form. You may pay by credit card on the order form. It's that easy! Tickets are also available in both school offices. Extravaganza is Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, immediately following 4:30 pm Mass. Elegant, strolling heavy hors d'oeuvres, a dessert table, cash bar, silent auction, live auction and the band Outside Recess will all be at this year’s Extravaganza 2018! All tickets and auction items purchased are applied to your family’s fundraising goal of $350/student. ALL ARE INVITED! BRING YOUR FRIENDS!

ASA Hats for Sale

Love the New ASA Hat from St. Nick? If you are interested in purchasing one of the hats the students received from St. Nick, they are available in the office for $15.00/each.

LOST AND FOUND IS OVERFLOWING!

Please check the lost and found before the end of the day TOMORROW. ALL of these items have been left by our students since the beginning of the year. You might be surprised by items that belong to your children. Any items not claimed by 3 pm on Friday, Jan. 5th will be donated to Place of Hope.

Bulletin Board

Camp Invention is where children are presented with fun, hands-on activities that encourage creative problem solving, teamwork, entrepreneurship and curiosity. This program of National Inventors Hall of Fame is dedicated to advancing the future of innovation & STEM. Program activities are led by experienced, local educators and inspired by inventors that have been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Go to campinvention.org. Stop in the office if you would like a flyer with more information.

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 Jan. 8 th - 12 th

Recess is from 11:00 am - 12:25 pm.

01/08 – Pankratz

01/09 – Downing

01/10 – Need a volunteer

01/11 – Baynes

01/12 – Need a volunteer

Upcoming Dates

Jan. 15: Martin Luther King Day, no school for students; CCS Retreat Day for all staff

Jan. 28 - Feb. 2: Catholic Schools Week

Feb. 3: Extravaganza

Feb. 8: Open House for 2018-2019

Feb. 14: Ash Wednesday

Feb. 16: No School

Feb. 19: Presidents’ Day, No school for students or staff

Feb. 20: No bussing available

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.