Parent Newsletter
All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus
September 3, 2020
No School or tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 4 & Monday, Sept. 7th due to the Labor Day weekend. All day Funzone is available on Fri., Sept. 4. There is no Funzone on Monday, Sept. 7th.
Thank You to our Parents
A big thank you goes out to our parents for helping us get through our first week of school. Thank you for having them masked when they arrive at school. There have been so many changes in our building and our students have adapted well. We continue to clean and sanitize the common spaces several times per day. Teachers are sanitizing their classrooms, too.
Please remind your child to bring a refillable water bottle to school everyday. ASA has installed more bottle filling stations. Our drinking fountains are not available for use.
Also, thank you for sending your child in a mask daily. This has been going very well! Please DO make sure that masks fit properly and cover the nose and mouth completely. If students talk, and their mask falls below their nose, it is too loose. If you need something to tighten the straps, please let us know! Thank you for your help!
ASA will continue to check your child’s temperature before they enter the building each day. If your child has any flu-like or COVID-19 symptoms they must stay home. If they have a fever of 100.4 degrees or higher, please keep them home and watch for additional symptoms (shortness of breath, sore throat, chills, loss of taste or smell, body aches, nausea/vomiting/diarrhea, congestion, fatigue, headache.) Contact the office to report them absent.
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
Bussing Begins When?
District 742 will begin bussing next week, beginning Tuesday, September 8th. If you have questions regarding bussing, please contact District Bussing at 253-9370.
Reminder about arrival and dismissal times
Students in grades PreK-6 should report directly to their classroom when they arrive between 7:30 – 7:45 am. Dismissal for the day begins at 3:00 pm. Students will not be released before 3:00 pm.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY AS TIMES AND LOCATIONS HAVE CHANGED!
Dismissal Procedures at 2:55 pm
3:00 pm Door 4: Last name beginning with G – L
3:05 pm Door 4: Last name beginning with A- F
3:10 pm Bus Riders: Day A – last names beginning with A – K
Day B – last names beginning with L - Z
3:15 pm Door 3: Last name beginning with M – R
Door 4: Last name beginning with S – Z
3:20 pm Door 2 & 3: Preschoolers along with K-6 siblings
Reminder that there is no bussing on Fridays and 3-6 bus on A and B days.
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 log in 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 10 am. It is difficult for us to make changes to the routine after 10 am 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 January 30, 2020! Please mark your calendars for this exciting community event. Deuces Wild is back! Also, if you’d like to join the planning committee, please contact the office.
2020-2021 Playground Supervision Program
Our goal is to have one volunteer parent to act as crossing guard on the playground every day to assist the school staff during the entire recess period. Recess will be 11:00 am – 12:45 pm.
Please contact the office to sign up for Playground Supervision. We need one parent (All-day Preschool - 6) everyday to assist the school staff during the entire recess/lunch period. There is a calendar in the office for your convenience or you can call Mrs. Bristow to sign up
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.
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.
Playground Duty – Week of Sept. 7th – 11th
9/7 – No School – Labor Day
9/8 – Kobienia
9/9 – Kobienia
9/10 – Cox
9/11 – Watson
Keep Collecting!
It all adds up! Last year ASA received over $7,000 from labels and related rewards. Continue to save the following labels:
Country Hearth and Village Hearth Products (UPCs)
Pop and can tabs
Old cell phones
Empty ink and toner cartridges
Thank You!
… to all our parents for making Open House Conferences a successful evening.
Upcoming Dates
Sept. 4: No school for students or staff
Sept. 7: Labor Day- no school
Sept. 8: Regular classes begin, bussing begins
Sept. 15: Picture Day
Sept. 25: Dist. 742 Two-Hour Early Release, school day ends at 1:00 pm;
No bussing
Oct. 8: P/S/T Conferences, 3:45 – 7:00 pm
Oct. 12: P/S/T Conferences, 3:45 – 7:00 pm
Oct. 15,16 & 19: Autumn Vacation – no school for students
Welcome back to a new school year!
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.
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