Parent Newsletter
All Saints Academy, St. Cloud Campus
September 1, 2022
No School tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 2nd & Monday, Sept. 65h due to the Labor Day weekend. Bussing begins Tuesday, Sept. 6th.
Thank You to our Parents
A big thank you goes out to our parents for helping us get through our first week of school. Students are getting to know their schedule and where they need to be.
Just a couple of reminders, please remind your child to bring a refillable water bottle to school everyday. ASA has bottle filling stations. Students are always welcome to have water with them in school.
Please keep your child home if he/she has a fever of 100.4 degrees or higher, has vomited or had diarrhea in the last 24 hours. Please watch for additional symptoms (shortness of breath, sore throat, chills, loss of taste or smell, body aches, nausea/vomiting/diarrhea, congestion, fatigue, headache.) Please refer to the Parent Handbook on School Speak regarding Illness, Injuries and Accidents. In addition, ASA has posted several Covid resources on School Speak. If your child will be absent, please contact the office to report them absent.
Bussing Begins When?
District 742 will begin bussing next week, beginning Tuesday, September 6th. If you have questions regarding bussing, please contact District Bussing at 253-9370.
Arrival and Dismissal Times
Students in grades PreK-5 should report directly to their classroom when they arrive between 7:30 – 7:45 am. K – 5th grade may use Door #2 or # 4. Preschool drop off is at Door #2.
Dismissal for the day begins at 3:00 pm. Students picked up will not be released before 3:00 pm. Please refer to the “Drop Off & Pick Up” document on FACTS under Resource Documents.
Preschool Pick up for Mrs. Poganski – Door #2
Preschool Pick up for Mrs. Gruenhagen & Mrs. Allen – Door #3
FACTS
FACTS is the new online Student Information System and tuition payment system. ASA is transitioning from School Speak to FACTS this year. It is a secure portal that allows us to provide more information, communicate with parents, sign up for conferences 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 FACTS please call the office for your username & password. Currently, the office and kitchen are learning how to utilize FACTS with our lunch program. When we learn how you can add funds using a credit card, it will be communicated to you.
Funzone is using School Speak for now. When Funzone transitions to FACTS, you will be notified and provided directions on signing up & payment.
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.
Calendar Update
September 30th is Grandparents’ Day. We love having our grandparents here! More details to come.
Save the Date!
The All Saints Academy Extravaganza will be on January 28, 2023! 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.
2022-2023 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 10:40 am – 11:40 am.
Please contact the office to sign up for Playground Supervision. We need one parent 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. ASA is hoping to move this sign up to a digital format within the month.
K - 5 families need to volunteer for recess supervision 2-3 times this year for the safety of the children. (Preschool parents are not required to volunteer as their children do not participate in lunch recess time. But all families are welcome to volunteer) 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.
Playground Duty – Week of Sept. 6th – 16th
9/5 – No School – Labor Day
9/6 – Siergiej
9/7 – Roering (Ahles)
9/8 – T. Nguyen
9/9 – Stevens/Roeun
9/12 – Nguyen
9/13 – Lunde/Siergiej
9/14 – Rosenbaum
9/15 – Kiffmeyer (Vojtasek)
9/16 – Rengel/Franklin
ASA is Nut-Free!
Please remember that we are a Nut-free building. All snacks and lunches need to be peanut-free and nut-free. There is a safe-snack list on FACTS under Resource Documents. 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.
Thank You!
… to all our parents for making Open House Conferences a successful evening.
BULLETIN BOARD
St. Cloud State University Husky Hot Shots program invites all Preschool – 5th grade students to participate in a basketball clinic program. Hot Shots was formed in the 90’s and was a great way to get the surrounding community youth involved with St. Cloud State University. The Men’s and Women’s Basketball programs will run a one-hour clinic on four Saturdays this Fall (Oct. 22nd and 29th, Nov. 5th and 19th). This clinic is catered to Pre-K through 6th grade and will run from 9:00am to 10:00am with all attendees receiving a different Huskies participation item for each session attended. The 30 student-athletes that comprise the Men’s and Women’s programs along with the coaching staffs will provide skill instruction and a fun atmosphere for your students to get involved with the game of basketball. Cost is $35/child. For more information or to sign up, go to https://mensbasketball.scsuhuskiessportcamps.com/husky-hot-shots.cfm. The flyer will be available on FACTS.
Upcoming Dates
Sept. 2: No school for students or staff
Sept. 5: Labor Day- no school
Sept. 6: Regular classes begin, Bussing begins
Sept. 13: Picture Day
Sept. 24: Rocktober Fest, St. Joseph Catholic School
Sept. 30: Grandparents’ Day/Special Friend
Oct. 17: P/S/T Conferences, 3:45 – 7:00 pm, Virtual
Oct. 19: P/S/T Conferences, 3:45 – 7:00 pm, Virtual
Oct. 20 & 21: Autumn Vacation – no school for students
Oct. 24: Staff Workshop Day: No School for Students
Oct. 26: Picture Retake Day & Photos of PreK
Oct. 29: Workathon
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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