Weekly Parent Newsletter
All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus
February 21, 2019
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.
Open House Today!
ASA will be hosting an Open House for PreK – 6 th grade today, Thursday, Feb. 21st hfrom 9:00 am – 7:00 pm. Please pass the word onto friends, relatives, coworkers who may be interested in All Saints Academy. They will be able to spend time and tour our St. Cloud Campus, 1215 11th Ave N, St. Cloud and experience the love and caring displayed by our teachers every day. Additional open houses include March 20 st .
Please let your friends know that ASA is a great place to send your kids to school. Our staff will be providing tours.
Pick up and Car Line
Parents, please remember that there is no parking in the bus lanes on the front side of our building, either in the morning or afternoon. We have had several cars park in the bus lane (11th Ave closest to the building) with the recent snows, and busses cannot get through.
Also, a reminder that for our students’ safety, parents picking up in the car line need to stay in the line and should pull up to a pick up spot only as directed by school staff. Please do not “line hop” as this is very dangerous for students loading into their parent’s vehicles.
Conferences in February & March
Conferences for the second trimester of school will be held on Thursday, Feb. 28th and Monday, Mar. 4 th 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. Conference sign up is available now. If you do not know your username/password, please email Mrs. Bristow,marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org . She will have School Speak send you an email so you can access your account.
Music, Art & Spanish teachers will also be available for conferences on both nights.Mrs. Moen in PE will be available on Thursday, Feb. 28 th only. 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. Please make every effort to meet with your child’s specialist teachers as they see your child in many different lights!
Mrs. Haws (Barton Reading and Spelling tutor) will have conferences with parents by appointment only. Text her at (320)224-6524 to set up a time on either date .
Mrs. Poganski (District Title) will be available for conferences on Thursday, Feb. 28 th from 3:45 – 7 pm. Please just stop in Mrs. Poganski’s room.
Book Character Day!
In honor of “I Love to Read Month”, students and staff are invited dress like a character from your favorite book. In order to do so, students MUST bring their book to share, and should choose a character that is appropriate for school. No masks allowed. The rescheduled Book character day is Thursday, March 7th.
Bowling and Skating Make-up Days
We have been able to reschedule our Bowling field trip and Skatin Place evening. Bowling will be on March 7th during the school day! Skatin Place will close out our I Love to Read Month on February 27th! Parents must accompany their students to Skatin’ Place. There are no school chaperones provided. Hope to see you there!
SJCS/ASA Fish Fry
The annual fish fry will be held on April 12, 2019! Advance ticket sales will begin soon. Each family will receive 10 tickets to sell (additional tickets will be available in the office as well), and unsold tickets should be returned to the office by April 10th. Please mark your calendar for this great family event. Tickets are $12/adults, $8/students (K-6), and Free for children in PreK or younger. Dine in or carry out! A portion of the profits will benefit ASA-SC directly! Ticket sales will also count toward your family fundraising total.
Also, we will NEED many volunteers to help this event succeed. Please watch for the link to sign up to volunteer in future newsletters. Also, SJCS FunZone will be providing child care for any family volunteering for the set-up and serving shifts (NO FunZone for the clean up shift). All volunteer hours for fish fry count toward your family total.
Snow or Cold Cancellations
Just a reminder to parents, if you see on TV or hear on the radio that District 742 (St. Cloud Public Schools) cancels school or has a 2-hour delay/release, ASA will be cancelled or follow the 2-hour delay/release. In these situations, Funzone is also cancelled. We make every effort to communicate this as soon as we know. This information will be sent via Remind, email and Facebook. If you need to sign up for Remind, instructions are further down in this newsletter.
Registration for the 2019-2020 school year is OPEN!
Look for an email from TADS to register for the upcoming school year. Current families will have priority until Feb. 5th and are asked to register no later than March 1st. New family registration will begin on Feb. 5th.
Scholastic Book Fair!
PAC is sponsoring a Scholastic Book Fair at Parent/Teacher Conferences on Feb. 28 and March 4th in the cafeteria. Wander down before or after your conference to check out titles for your children! Teachers will also have book wishes if you would like to donate a book to your child’s classroom. Also, you can order books online athttp://www.scholastic.com/bf/allsaintsacadsaintcloud !
Annie at St. Peter’s Parish
St. Peter's Parish Art and Soul is putting on a dinner theater performance again this year, the show this year is Annie!
The production will be at St. Peter's on Friday, March 1 and Saturday 2; dinner at 6:15 pm and performance at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $25.00/adults, $20/child for 12 years & under. A matinee performance will be Sunday, March 3 at 2:00 pm with refreshments available for purchase. There will not be a meal served. Tickets are $15/adult, $10/children 12 & under.
Many current and former ASA students and families are involved in this production, it promises to be another GREAT show! This is a great way to support one of our partnering parishes and have a fun family outing or date night! Tickets are selling quickly so if you want tickets please reach out to Meaghan Baynes (320-492-4543- text or call, leave your name) or purchase them after any of the St. Peter's or Paul's masses on the weekends.
Recess Volunteers Needed this Winter
As we enter the cold winter months our students continue to go outside for recess. We are in great need of volunteers for February. Please contact Marissa Bristow in the office to sign up for available dates. 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.
Thank you all for your help and generosity with your time!
Tax Information for 2018
Tax information for 2018 can be accessed in two ways. Families will receive a statement from ASA for tuition paid January 2018 through June 2018 from the school, sent home in Thursday folders last week. The statement for July through December can be accessed on TADS. You will need to log in with your username and password, then click on the billing tab. On that screen, you will find a hyperlink that states “Household Paid Tuition Tax Report.” You can download or print your report from there!
PAC Corner:
Scholastic Book Fair: During conferences, PAC will hold a Scholastic book fair. Watch for a flyer in the weeks ahead in your child’s Thursday folders!
I Love to Read Month :
Make sure you check out a free craft day at Crafts Direct on Sunday, February 24th from 10am-noon for a free project that coordinates with Catholic Community Schools' One District One Book, Rules! Come make a fun frog/toad notepad!
Cold Stone Creamery has 10% off any size all month of February...just mention I love to Read Month!
Marcus Theatre Movie Tickets:
Don’t spend full price on the movies when you can get a discounted PAC has movie tickets on hand! Tickets are $8.50 and every 2 tickets receive a $3 concession voucher! Send an email to PAC@allsaintsmn.org to arrange payment and pick up!
Join PAC: Do you see activities you would like to help with that PAC coordinates? Contact Tara Roiger via email at PAC@allsaintsmn.org
PAC Important Upcoming Dates:
February 28 th & March 4 th : Scholastic Book Fair at ASA Cafeteria
March 6 th : Monthly Meeting
March 29: Fish Fry @ Kay’s Kitchen
Playground Duty – Week of Feb. 25th-29th, 11 am - 12:35 pm.
02/25 – Need two volunteers
02/26 – Need two volunteers
02/27 – Voigt/ Need one volunteer
02/28 – Need two volunteers
03/01 – Loch/Honzay
Bulletin Board
Camp Invention
Youth Soccer is now available for enrollment at the St. Cloud YMCA. There are 3 division, Micro (3-5 years old,) Recreation (Kindergarten & 1st grade,) and Competitive (2nd & 3rd grade.) For more info, please stop in the office for a flyer. You may also contact Carolyne at carolyne.anderson@scymca.org or call 320-253-2664.
Informational flyers are available in the office for families. Camp Invention is a high-energy, hands-on STEM camp. Dates for the camp include June 24 th – 27 th from 8 am – 4 pm. It will be held at the College of St. Benedict. Stop in the office for more information.
Foster Grandparent Program
Do you know some who enjoys volunteering at school and is 55 or older? Partnering with the Central Minnesota Foster Grandparent Program, we are looking for local adults age 55+ to become part of this exciting intergenerational program. If you know someone who enjoys working with children, would like some extra spending money every month, and has a little time to spare, this could be a wonderful opportunity for them.
As a Foster Grandparent, you would be helping those students that need just a little extra attention so they can succeed. Foster Grandparents help children by reading with them, working on math assignments, completing art projects and much more. Foster Grandparents are also positive role models who demonstrate caring for others by volunteering in local schools.
The Foster Grandparent Program offers many benefits to those who participate, including a tax-free hourly reimbursement, transportation reimbursement for mileage or for using a city bus, orientation, on-going training, health benefits and more. Please encourage older adults you know to consider volunteering in our school as a Foster Grandparent.
For more information please contact Sara Heurung, Area Supervisor - Foster Grandparent Program, 1-320-229-4589 or Toll free 1-866-895-7992,
Email sheurung@ccstcloud.org
Safe Environment Training for All Volunteers
All Volunteers must complete a background check through the St. Cloud Diocese. Click on https://stcloud.cmgconnect.org/ . Please refer to the green or pink sheet in this Thursday folders for more detailed directions. All volunteers must complete the training.
If you have completed the training within the past 4 years, you will have an account. Your username is FirstName.LastName.dosc and your initial password is 1234. Please update your password as well as address and DOB, etc. On your dashboard, you need to click on Start Curriculum to open up the RENEWAL TRAINING.
If you have never had a background check or is expired with the Diocese of St. Cloud ,you will need to register for a new account. Once you have registered, your dashboard will show you the required training.
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.
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 1 pm. 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.
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.
ASA is Nut-Aware!
Please remember that we are a Nut-Aware 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.
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
Feb. 21 – Open House for 219-2020 School (9 am – 7 pm)
Feb. 22 – End of 2 nd Trimester
Feb. 25 – 27 – 6 th grade Deep Portage
Feb. 28 – P/S/T Conferences, 3:45 – 7 pm
Mar. 4 – P/S/T Conferences, 3:45 – 7 pm
Mar. 6 – Ash Wednesday
Mar. 11 – 15 – Spring Break, no school for students or 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 email 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.
