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May 15-14 School News ALL SAINTS ACADEMY: Saint Joseph 32 W MN St., St. Joseph, MN 56374 320-363-7505 ext. 150 Karl Terhaar, Principal May 15, 2014 e-mail: [email protected] EXTRAVAGANZA WE’RE ON THE LOOKOUT… EXTRAVAGANZA Auction Items are sought SATURDAY, MAY 31 for both the LIVE and SILENT Auctions! THEME: A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES ~ Great donations come from: Family, Friends, Come as your favorite movie character, actor or Neighbors, Co-workers. Do you have NEW actress! It will be a NIGHT TO REMEMBER~ items cluttering your closets that you may have College of St. Benedict – Field House. Featuring received as a gift or bought on clearance? How the FABULOUS ARMADILLOS! Tickets are about re-gifting them to us. No item is too still available! It will be a “block buster” hit! small (or too large!) Smaller items can be Do you have your babysitter yet? grouped together by our clever auction 5:30 – Doors Open 7:00 – Sit Down Dinner coordinators! What is your talent? GET 8:30 – Begins (around this time) CREATIVE… Host a Wine-Tasting party, 10:00 – Silent Auction Closes Gourmet Dinner party, Backyard BBQ, Dessert or Meal of the Month, Weekend at EXTRAGANZA VOLUNTEERS your Cabin, Week at your Time-share… Use We have very dedicated volunteers on our your imagination. The possibilities are Extravaganza Committee. They have put in endless! Do you own a business? We are countless hours to ensure that this event is a happy to advertise your business along with success. Your help is needed during the final your donation. Donations are happily stretch of this event. Please sign up for ASA accepted at the school office. Thanks for Extravaganza 2014 - here's how it works in 3 easy giving it some thought. steps: We’d like to receive items by Monday, May 19th, 1. Click this link to go to our invitation page on however, we’ll never turn a donation down, even VolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/P94qSa up to the start of the event. 2. Enter your email address: (You will NOT need to register an account on VolunteerSpot) CLASSROOM BASKETS 3. Sign up! Choose your spots - VolunteerSpot IF YOU DID NOT GET YOUR BASKET ITEM will send you an automated confirmation and TURNED IN, YOU STILL CAN SEND IT IN reminders. Easy! NEXT WEEK. If you have any questions, please Note: VolunteerSpot does not share your email contact the office. The themes are as follows: 6th address with anyone. grade – Road trip; 5th grade – Nike; 4th grade – Cabin/Camping; 3rd grade – Legos; 2nd grade – ST. JOSEPH CAMPUS FIELD DAY Baby; 1st grade – Family Date Night; Friday, May 23 unless it is raining. Secondary Kindergarten – Summer Fun; Preschool – Art. date is May 28 - Time: 12:00 – 1:50 Where: At the school’s playground and lot west of CALLING ALL LIBRARY BOOKS the school. We need parents to help with our Field With the end of the school year fast approaching. Day. Parents should report to the cafeteria at All library books NEED to be returned. According 11:30 a.m. to help set up. Parents then will help to our school policy, report cards and/or run an activity station. transcripts will be held until books are returned or paid for. Thank you so much for your help! CONGRATULATIONS! ANNUAL DRIVE IT’s TWINS! We want to Send Your Annual Drive Gift Soon - Our Annual congratulate the Hemesath Drive gifts continue to come in with gifts over family, Michael and Elizabeth, $18,305 in just two weeks! We have already heard on the birth of their TWIN from a number of families since the drive began. BOYS. Big Brother Cameron, We hope you will consider a gift of any size. (Preschool, p.m. class) welcomed Sebastian and 100% of the funds raised stays here at All Saints Alexander on Saturday, May 10. Academy and benefit our families. Don’t forget to ask your employer if they match gifts. The stork also visited Brian and Ashley Eisenschenk this week. SUMMER CARE Mom and Dad, along with big sister FunZone Summer Care Now Open to parishioner Sophia, (preschool, 2 day a.m. class) welcomed children entering Kindergarten in Fall 2014 – Due Amelia Suzanne on Monday, May 12. to high demand and the desire to meet the needs of current parents we are opening enrollment to pre-k Amanda Gjerde, (Admin. at our Waite Park IF they are entering Kindergarten this fall. If you campus) gave birth to August Olaf, 7 lbs. 15 oz., did not receive your Summer Registration Packet 19” long, on Wednesday, May 14th. August is the and are interested, please contact the school office. first child for Amanda and her husband, Troy. Available spots will be on a first come, first serve Congratulations to ALL! basis. Looking forward to an adventurous summer of creativity, growth and education with your 8:00 AM LITURGY CELEBRATIONS children! May 22 - Grade 2 May 30 - Graduation Mass MAYFEST – 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. FREE May 16th, St. Katharine Drexel School will be LOOKING AHEAD…. holding their annual Spring Fundraiser, MayFest. May 26 Memorial Day – No School This is a family-friendly outdoor event featuring May 30 Graduation Day – Mass, 8:00 a.m. the music of The Fabulous Armadillos. It is a free May 31 ASA EXTRAVAGANZA concert and we will also have kids’ activities, a fantastic raffle, food, and beverages. SCHOOL SUPPLY LIST – 2014-15 Families will find the updated school supply list in BREAKFAST ON THE FARM next week’s envelope and also on our school The 7th Annual Stearns County website. All the major school supply stores will Breakfast on the Farm - Sat., Jun. have copies available. If you choose to shop at 7th from 7:30 am – 12:30 pm at Office Depot, they pay us back 5% simply by Funk’s Midway Dairy, near Melrose. Catered using our school I.D. of 70054951. Breakfast cost is $5/person, 5 & under free. Free tours and educational activities for all attendees. CLEANING THE GARAGE? This event helps increase agricultural awareness Did you know the school has an aluminum and spread the message about farm families who can recycling bin behind school. All monies provide safe, affordable, wholesome food to earned from the recycling directly benefit the consumers while caring for their animals and school. Please consider recycling for the school. protecting the environment. For more info, visit Aluminum Cans ONLY. No trash. Thank you. www.stearnsfarmbreakfast.com .
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