September 6, 2018 Weekly Parent Newsletter

Parent Newsletter

All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus

September 6, 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 news for you and your family.

PICTURE DAY IS THIS TUESDAY,

SEPTEMBER 11 TH ! PLEASE LOOK FOR THE PHOTO ENVELOPE IN THIS THURSDAY’S FOLDER.

(M/W/Th Preschoolers will have photos taken 

OCTOBER 24, 2018.)

Parent Meetings Scheduled for Next Week

Kindergarten – 6th grade-level meetings will be this coming Thursday, September 13 th . These meetings will give parents an opportunity to meet their child’s teacher again prior to conferences in October and hear specifics for each grade. The evening will begin at 6:00 pm in the cafeteria for a brief overall school meeting. Parents will then proceed to grade-level meetings in the classrooms. Grade level teachers will be making the same presentation twice during the evening in classrooms at 6:30 & again at 7:00 pm. Teachers will answer questions you have about school. We hope you are able to attend.

Preschool Parent Meetings

Preschool Parent Meetings are scheduled for Monday, September 17 th at 5:30 pm in the Preschool Rainbow Room (Large Muscle Room) This is a change in the schedule from the original calendar. Teachers will answer questions you have about school in a large group setting. We hope you are able to attend.

2018-2019 Playground Supervision Program

Our goal is to have two volunteer parents to act as crossing guard/lunch supervision on the lunchroom/playground every day to assist the school staff during the entire recess period. Recess will be 11:00 am – 12:35 pm.

All families need to volunteer for recess supervision 2-3 times this year for the safety of the children. (Parents of half-day preschoolers are not required to volunteer as their children do not participate in lunch recess time.) If you find your schedule doesn’t allow you to volunteer for Recess Duty, you may opt out by paying $50. (Separate charge from Volunteer Requirement. Recess hours are applied to the 15-hours/year of volunteering.) These funds are used to defray the cost of additional paid recess staff. At the end of the school year, families will be charged $50 if they haven’t volunteered for recess.

Volunteer Opportunity!

Parent Activity Committee is looking for some volunteer(s) to lead Eerie Alley at our annual Halloween Carnival on Saturday, October 27th! This event is one of the most fun and exciting events that PAC sponsors. This would entail creating/decorating a haunted house type area in the basement of the school. If you or someone you know loves to be scary and decorate for Halloween, please contact Tara Roiger attdroiger@gmail.com before Friday, September 14th.

Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

Please mark your calendars for September 23rd and join All Saints Academy for a pancake, ham, eggs, potatoes and rolls breakfast fundraiser for our school sponsored by Knights of Columbus! Tickets will be $8.00 for Adults, and $5 for kids 12 and under. The breakfast is from 8 am to 12 pm at St. Peter’s Church.

Families will be asked to sell 10 tickets to the breakfast. Tickets will come home in your Thursday folders soon. All tickets sold, with money turned into the office by Friday Sept. 21 will be credited to the family fundraising requirement. Tickets purchased at the door can not be counted. If you need additional tickets to sell, please let the office know!

PAA Practices

Volleyball practices will be Monday & Tuesdays from 3 – 4:30 pm.

Soccer practices will be Tuesday & Thursday from 4:30 – 5:30 pm.

Please contact coaches for more info.

St. Joseph Waite Park’s September Fest is this weekend!

Please join our ASA parish, St. Joseph Waite Park, in celebrating the parish on Sunday Sept. 9th on the grounds of St. Joseph, Waite Park. Activities include Outdoor Mass at 10:30 am, raffle, Sausage Buffet, burgers and brats, children’s games, raffles, silent auctions and live music. St. Joseph Waite Park is one of five parishes that directly support All Saints Academy and St. Joseph Catholic school, with both operating funds and scholarship dollars. This festival supports the church’s efforts to support ASA!

Reminder about arrival and dismissal times

Students in grades K-6 should report directly to the gym if arriving prior to 7:45 am. They will be dismissed to their classrooms at the appropriate time. Feel free to drop your child off in the gym. There is supervision in the gym beginning at 7 am. All students in grade K-6 must arrive no later than 7:50 am on Morning Meeting days. Preschool students should report directly to their classrooms at or after 7:30 am. Dismissal for the day occurs at 2:55pm. Students will not be released before 2:55 pm.

Dismissal Procedures at 2:55 pm

K – 6 th without Preschool siblings who do not ride the bus – parents may meet their children in back of school. You may join the line of cars or park your car in the lot across 12 th Ave. N. and wait near the doors.

K – 6 th with Preschool siblings – parents may meet their preschooler and their K-6 th children by the preschool rooms.

K-6 students who ride the bus will be escorted to their bus in the front of the building.

What is School Speak?

School Speak is an online school management system. It is a secure portal that allows us to provide more information, communicate with parents and offer useful tools for everyone who is a member of our school community.

If you are new to All Saints Academy or have never logged onto School Speak, you will be receiving an introductory email. The welcome email was sent to new parents earlier in July. Due to security issues, the email will only stay in your inbox for a few days. If you need the email resent, please call the office at 251-5295.

Individuals who have used School Speak in the past will not get an email. The username & password you had last year is still the same.

We would like all parents to login and update their profile by Sept. 15th.

Student Absences or Late Students

Please call the office to report your child’s absence before 8 am . Also, transportation changes for your child should be made by calling the office before 1pm. It is difficult for us to make changes to the routine after 1 pm and teachers do not have time to check email messages to make those changes throughout the day. If your child unexpectedly needs to attend FunZone, please call the office by 10 am.

Free/Reduced Hot Lunch Program

Parents, it is not too late to send in applications for free and/or reduced hot lunches. You can pick up an application at the office. If you have questions regarding this program, please contact Mrs. Bristow at 251-5295 or marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org.

Save the Date!

The All Saints Academy Extravaganza will be on Feb. 2, 2019 ! Please mark your calendars for this exciting community event. Also, if you’d like to join the planning committee, please contact the office.

Volunteering at All Saints Academy

Volunteering at school is a wonderful opportunity to give back, share your gifts and allows you to see your children and other children in the school setting. It is also an important component to supporting the education delivered daily.

We request that each family volunteer 15 hours/year at school. This can include but not limited to the following: serving lunch, recess supervision, classroom assistance, Picture Day, playing a musical instrument at mass, copying, Thursday folders, Spring Picnic, Junior Achievement (JA), Extravaganza planning, etc.

If your day/year does not allow you to volunteer the 15-hour requirement, families pay $50 per family. Hours are tracked in our office. These funds are used to defray the costs of additional staff or overtime required of staff in the building assisting teachers and school staff daily.

Our talents and skills are meant to be cultivated and shared with others. Sharing our God-given gifts by actively participating in the life of our parish and school is an expression of stewardship. “As each one of us has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace,” 1 Peter 4:10.

REMIND!

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 is that easy. You will be added to the parent list . If you have signed up in the past, it is not necessary to sign up again.

Roctober Fest is coming!

Join St. Joseph Catholic School (formerly known as ASA, St. Joseph Campus,) for their first ever Roctober Fest. The date is Saturday, September 29 th from 5:45 pm – 12:00 am in Downtown St. Joseph. There will be a polka mass with a ticketed German buffet dinner. Craft beer will be available at the outdoor beer hall as well as German fun and games. The Bavarian Muskmeisters will perform at 6 pm and Radio Nation at 9 am. Everyone is invited. Tickets and event information is available on Facebook at Rocktoberfest St. Joseph!

ASA is Nut-Safe!

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.

Playground Duty – Week of Sept. 10 th – 14 th

9/10 – Plante/Jamison

9/11 – Loch/Landwehr

9/12 – Plante/Paxson

9/13 – Storkamp/Paxson

9/14 – Kaeter/LaBeaux

Keep Collecting!

It all adds up! Last year ASA received over $7,000 from labels and related rewards. 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

Upcoming Dates

Sept. 11: Picture Day

Sept. 13: Parent Meeting Night, Kindergarten – 6 th grade

Sept. 17: Preschool Parent Meeting Night

Sept. 24:  CCS Chipotle Fundraiser

Sept. 28: SC Grandparents Day

Oct. 11: P/S/T Conferences, 3:45 - 7:00 pm

Oct. 15: P/S/T Conferences, 3:45 - 7:00 pm

Oct. 18 & 19: Autumn Vacation – no school for students and staff

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.