Parent Newsletter
All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus
November 21, 2019
There will not be a newsletter next week on Thursday due to Thanksgiving Vacation. ASA will not be in session Wednesday, November 27th – 29th. Full day Funzone will be available on Wednesday, Nov. 27th. Please contact Funzone at sc.funzone@allsaintsmn.org to reserve a spot for your child.
ASA will not have a parent newsletter next week. We hope you have a relaxing and safe Thanksgiving weekend.
Winter Clothing during Recess
Now that winter has descended upon us, students need to dress appropriately for outdoor recess. They go outside on most days. Please send boots and snow pants to school everyday. Wearing the appropriate winter clothing keeps them warm and shoes/clothing dry during the school day. Students may leave snow pants and boots at school on their hook.
Recess Volunteers Needed this Winter
As we enter the cold winter months our students continue to go outside for recess. We are in need of volunteers to help with crossing guard duties for safety purposes need of volunteers in, December, January and February. Please consider helping us during the lunch/recess hour. C ontact Marissa Bristow in the office to sign up for available dates (marissa.bristow@allsaintsmn.org.)
Thank You
Thank you to everyone who helped make the Cancer Benefit a success. It couldn’t have happened with everyone who donated silent auction baskets, donation checks, baked goods, the taco bar and the labyrinth. Thank you to Tania Landwehr and her army of volunteers who worked to put it together!
Family Updates
Thank you to all who have signed up for the meal trains for the Finley and Ortega families. It is greatly appreciated! These meals have been amazing blessings for all of our families.
There are still many opportunities to help both families with a meal or a gift card to an area restaurant. Please sign up if you can!
Finley Meal train: https://mealtrain.com/643vw8
Ortega Meal Train: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/9g680o
Bellicot Meal Train: https://www.foodtidings.com/Schedule/View/284f76e5-677c-4358-bd30-d0ecb781e77e
Please keep Nov. 15th open for a Taco Bar Benefit dinner to support our three families dealing with cancer! There will be food, fellowship, prayer and a silent auction!
Please lift these families up in prayer!
Ski Club
All Saints Academy Ski Club will begin Friday evenings at Powder Ridge after the Christmas break.
With the Ski Club pass, you will ski six Fridays for less than $30 per time.
It is a great way to get to know other ASA families and learn to ski!
Watch the ASA newsletter for more information
or email Jane Kedrowski at mrskedrowski@hotmail.com .
PAC Corner:
Movie Tickets:
Marcus Theaters movie tickets & gift card selling is underway. Additional order forms can be found in the office. A portion of all sales will go back into ASA PAC to help fund/support activities and events for the school and staff.
Sales do not count towards the school fundraising goal. Families are not required to sell tickets, however we'd appreciate if you did!
Join PAC: PAC is a committee open to all ASA parents, you are welcome to come to any meeting! If you have questions about PAC or want to help/join, please reach out to Tara Roiger via email pac@allsaintsmn.org
Upcoming Dates:
November 7th-26th: Movie Tickets and gift sales on-going
November 26th: Movie order form & money are due to PAC
December 4th: Monthly Meeting
St. Peter's Sunday School:
Sunday school is open to ANY children ages 3-first grade. It takes place during the 10:30 mass on Sundays at St. Peter's church. The children sing songs, pray together, hear bible stories and do crafts. If you have any questions please contact Meaghan Baynes at meaghan.baynes@gmail.com . Registration is online through the parish website under the faith formation tab. The specific link for the Sunday School form is
Strings Program
ASA would like to invite your child if they are in grades 3-6 to consider playing a stringed instrument. ASA offers lessons at your child's school during the regular school day along with large group rehearsals and concerts. The program is very quickly reaching full capacity for the year so please contact your school secretary or myself for a sign up sheet. asteichen@cathedralcrusaders.org
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 .
Joy Choir
The Church of St. Paul and St. Peter is offering Joy Choir again this year to all students in grades 2-6. If your child would like to attend please fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/HJ2nhaCAMqAzPi5K7 Questions, please contact Laurie Kremer at lkremer@stpetestpaul.org
Save the Date!
The All Saints Academy Extravaganza will be on Feb. 8, 2020 ! Please mark your calendars for this exciting community event. Also, if you’d like to join the planning committee, please contact the office. THIS YEAR’S ENTERTAINMENT IS DEUCES WILD--DUELING PIANOS!
Table sales begin today to ASA families only!
If you would like to purchase a table (seats 8), your group will have reserved seating for the show! Call your family and friends!
Tables are $500, and you can order them here:
Individual tickets will be sold beginning November 24th to ASA families only, and to the public beginning Dec. 1. Tickets purchased individually will not have reserved seating!
Deuces Wild is highly sought after and this is their only show in the area this season! We expect to sell out quickly.
Celebrate Festival of Lights at St. Cloud Hospital
Kick off the Christmas season! Bring your family and friends to the 31 st annual Festival of Lights from 6-8 p.m.,. Thursday, Dec. 5, in front of St. Cloud Hospital (6 th Ave. N.). In addition to the traditional holiday lighting ceremony at 7 p.m., there will be horse-drawn trolley rides, reindeer, holiday carols by the Tech High School Chamber Choir, a living nativity by Messiah Lutheran Church, cookies and cocoa.
Stop by the St. Cloud Hospital Gift Gallery for its annual holiday sale from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 5. Merchandise will be 20 percent off storewide; some exclusions apply. Also meet special guest, Baby Shark, from 5:30-8 p.m. and receive a treat!
The Festival of Lights is free and open to the public. Please bring non-perishable food items to donate to the Food Shelf.
Playground Duty – Week of Nov. 25th – Dec. 6th
11/25 – Franklin/ Need one volunteer
11/26 – Franklin/ Need one volunteer
11/27 – No School
11/28 - No School
11/29 - No School
12/2 – Need two volunteers
12/3 – Need two volunteers
12/4 – Need two volunteers
12/5 – Need two volunteers
12/6 - Need two volunteers
Bulletin Board
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.
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.
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-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
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.
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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
Nov. 27 - 29: Thanksgiving Vacation, No School for Students or Staff
Dec. 1: First Sunday of Advent
Dec. 6: Dist. 742 Early Release, no bussing available at the end of the day.
Dec. 8: Immaculate Conception
Dec. 19: Christmas Program, PreK - 6th grade, 6:30 pm
Dec. 23 - Jan. 1: Christmas Vacation, No School
Jan. 2: School Resumes, Full Day of Classes
Jan. 20: Martin Luther King Day, CCS Workshop, No School for Students
Jan. 21: District 742 no in session, no bussing available
Jan. 26 -31: Catholic Schools Week
Jan. 28: Open House for 2020-2021 (9am – 7 pm)
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.
