February 7, 2019 Weekly Parent Newsletter

Weekly Parent Newsletter

All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus

February 7, 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.

Preschool Closed This Friday, February 8th

Reminder that our preschool program is closed February 8th for a teacher workshop!

Also, if you have not already done so, please respond to the preschool enrollment survey, by clicking here: https://goo.gl/forms/j9xm3eWpT6XnPTKs2

Open House Postponed to February 21st

ASA will be hosting an Open House for PreK – 6 th grade tonight, Thursday, Feb. 21st h from 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.

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, are further down in this newsletter.

Registration for the 2019-2020 School year will begin on Friday!

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.

Extravaganza!

Thank you to all who planned, organized and attended Extravaganza! It was a wonderful evening, and we are blessed to have such a supportive community! Special thanks to PAC for their matching gift of $6500 for Fund A Need. If you would still like to donate to Fund A Need (improving technology resources such as smart boards, Vex Robotics and providing preschool playground equipment), click here: https://www.givemn.org/organization/All-Saints-Academy-1

Also, please thank the following businesses for their sponsorship of Extravaganza:

Landwehr

Leighton Broadcasting

Capmation

Pam’s Auto

Lance Bukowski with the Amy Legatt Real Estate Group Re/Max Results

Premier Anesthesia Care

Central Minnesota Credit Union

Northway Dental

Rengel Printing Co.

Catholic Community Schools

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 will begin Thursday, February 14 th . If you do not know your username/password, please email Mrs. Bristow, marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org.

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.

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:

Extravaganza Matching: PAC donated $6,500 to ASA to be spent on Smartboard for our children to assist with their daily learning! We are so thrilled to be able to give money back to the school that will support our children! We are able to do this because of all of you and your support to our PAC mission! When you see a PAC committee member, be sure to tell them thank you for all their hard work!

Family Night: We are in the planning stages of a fun family game night in March! If anyone would like to join the planning committee contact Tara Roiger via email to pac@allsaintsmn.org .

Staff Conference Meals: With the long days staff puts in during conferences, PAC coordinates a meal during the nights of conferences. If you would like to help out and bring in food, please send an email to pac@allsaintsmn.org or contact your PAC liaison!

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 : PAC is so excited to have solely sponsored a full month of activities for the students to partake in reading activities. There will be guest speakers each week during the Monday morning meetings. Parents are welcome to attend! Please check out the flyers that went home this week. Cold Stone & Crafts Direct are hosting events too!

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: Are you looking to get more involved in our school, you can join PAC. Contact any PAC liaison or send an email to PAC@allsaintsmn.org

PAC Important Upcoming Dates:

February 28 th & March 4 th : Scholastic Book Fair at ASA Cafeteria

March 6 th : Monthly Meetnig

March 29: Fish Fry @ Kay’s Kitchen

Playground Duty – Weeks of Feb. 11 - 15, 11 am - 12:35 pm.

02/11 – Need two volunteers

02/12 – Need two volunteers

02/13 – Marquardt/ Need one volunteer

02/14 – Need two volunteers

02/15 – Loch/ Need one volunteer

Bulletin Board

Camp Invention

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 thfrom 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. 22 – End of 2 nd Trimester

Feb. 21 – Open House for 219-2020 School (9 am – 7 pm)

Feb. 25 – 27 – 6 th grade Deep Portage

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.