February 15, 2018 Weekly Parent Newsletter

All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus

Weekly Parent Newsletter

February 15, 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.

No School for students or staff on Friday, Feb. 16th & Monday, Feb. 19th in honor of Presidents’ Day.

Conferences in February

Conferences for the second trimester of school will be held on Thursday, Feb. 22 nd and Monday, Feb., 26th 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 winter conferences. If you do not know your username/password, please contact Kris Haehn and she will assist you.

6 th grade conferences will be held Thursday, Feb. 22 nd & Thursday, March 1 st due to Deep Portage.

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, PE & 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 contact her to make an appointment prior to conference nights. Parents may text her at 320-224-6524 to schedule an appointment. Lisa Poganski, Title I teacher will also be in the building from 4 – 6 pm. She will also be available to meet.

It’s Not Too Late!!!!

It’s not too late to give to our Fund-A-Need.  If you were unable to attend the Extravaganza this year you are welcome to send in a donation.  You may mail in a check to ASA, 1215 11th Ave N., St. Cloud, MN. 56303.

Book Fair during Conferences

We hope your family is enjoying reading Ralph S. Mouse! Speaking of reading, PAC is sponsoring a Scholastic book fair! The book fair will be at the school during conferences on February 22nd and 26th. Please stop by and pick out some new reading material for your family. You will also have an opportunity to purchase a book for your child's classroom if you'd like. The next PAC meeting is March 7th, 6pm at Pizza Ranch. Feel free to join us.

Enrollment is now open for the 2018-2019 School Year!

To Re-enroll for the 2018-2019 School Year: All current families received an email with a link to TADS, a third party website that we will use for enrollment. Please go through the enrollment process on TADS to re-enroll your child who currently attends ASA. If you have an additional child that you would like to enroll, please click on Admissions and follow the prompts provided. Enrollment is now open to new families.

To apply for financial aid after you have enrolled: On the TADS website, click on the Financial Aid tab. There is a $39 fee to apply for financial aid.

Pie Sales by PAC

PAC will be selling pies again for Easter. Watch your Thursday folders for envelopes to order your pies!

February is “I love to Read” month

ASA is participating in One District, One Book this February. PAC has planned a number of events for our students, including purchasing the book for each family at ASA-SC, trivia contests, activities, celebrity readers, and much more. Please continue to participate in this event with your children by reading the pages aloud to them, discussing the book, and even taking them to events around the city throughout the month of February. We will celebrate the achievement of every student reading the book at the end of the month with a screening of the movie on Feb. 28th! Please see the calendar in today’s email from Mrs. Leider.

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Thrivent Action Team is holding a Fundraiser for the Cathedral High School mission trip to Tanzania on Wednesday, Feb. 21st at Beaver Island Brewery in St. cloud.  There will be silent auction as well as drinks and pizza at Beaver Island.  It will be from 5 – 7 pm.

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.

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 Feb. 19th – 23rd .

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

02/19 – No School

02/20 – Tuoy-Giel

02/21 - Coe

02/22- Hagen

02/23 – Layne

Upcoming Dates

Feb. 16: No School

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

Feb. 22: P/S/T Conferences, 3:45 – 7:00 pm

Feb. 23: End of 2 nd Trimester

Feb. 26 – 28: Deep Portage, 6 th Grade

Feb. 26: P/S/T Conferences, 3:45 – 7:00 pm

Mar. 8: Open House

Mar. 8: Reconciliation 2/3/4

Mar. 12 – 16: Spring Break, No School for Students or Staff

Mar. 22: Reconciliation 5/6

Mar. 26: Parents as Partners #3: Top Twenty

April 30: Parents as Partners #4: Top Twenty

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.