Celebrating Community AT ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOL VOLUME 6, ISSUE 16 DECEMBER 9, 2019 Parent Prayer and Student Credit Union Are on Friday Thank You for Supporting All Saints during #Giving Tuesday Campaign Thanks to the generosity of our All Saints community, we raised $18,058.45 during the first six days of December, which included our #Giving Tuesday campaign. We appreciate everything you share in time, talent, and treasure to benefit our 530 students! Secret Santa Shop Runs Through Friday Our Secret Santa Shop is open! Students have an opportunity to play Santa and shop for friends and family this week through Friday. Please see the class schedule at the end of this newsletter for details. Shopping hours: • Monday – 7:50 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. • Tuesday – 7:50 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (closed during Mass) • Wednesday – 7:50 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. • Thursday – 7:50 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. • Friday - 7:50 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The shop opened this morning with our Junior High students helping our preschoolers choose gifts for their family members and friends. Growing Leaders in Mind, Body, and Spirit 48735 Warren Road Canton, MI 48187 www.allsaintscs.com (734) 459-2490 Office (734) 459-6873 Attendance In The Know Celebrate the Week of Joy Monday, December 9-Friday, December 13 All Saints’ annual Advent celebration of the Week of Joy just before Christmas break is Secret Santa Shop (see schedule at coming next week! This year’s event runs from December 16th to 20th. end of newsletter), Art Room Here are the themes for each day, as chosen by Student Council: Tuesday, December 10 Mass-NJHS Induction, 10:00 a.m. • Monday, December 16: “Deck the Halls” Get decked out in your favorite Christmas shirt or ugly sweater with gym bottoms! Christmas Concert for K-2, 7:00 p.m. • Tuesday, December 17: “Baby, it’s cold outside!” Wear your school uniform with Wednesday, December 11 Christmas socks, scarves and ties! Spirit Day • Wednesday, December 18: “Merry Christmas from the Family” Wear your favorite Friday, December 13 holiday flannel and headwear (santa hats, headbands, etc.) with jeans or gym Parents in Prayer bottoms! 8:00 to 8:30 a.m., Chapel • Thursday, December 19: “Pink Out” Celebrate the 3rd week of Advent and the Student Credit Union week of JOY with any pink shirt and gym bottoms! 11:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch/Recess Times • Friday, December 20: “Silent Night” Prepare for a perfect break in your comfiest PJ’s! Slippers and spaghetti straps are NOT permitted. Monday, December 16-Friday, December 20 Week of Joy Special Dress Themes (See Schedule in Newsletter) Hot Lunch Orders Due Tonight The January hot lunch menu deadline for orders is 11:50 p.m. tonight. Monday, December 16 Junior High Exams Please place your order at https://allsaintscatholicschool.h1.hotlunchonline.net/ 8:15 to 10:30 a.m.--1/2-day optional frontend.php. No late orders can be accepted. Tuesday, December 17 Nativity Night, 7:00 p.m. Buy Scrip for Christmas Gifting Great Lakes Scrip has a list of special $5 and $10 gift cards that are ideal for Thursday, December 19 Christmas gift-giving. See the list at the end of this newsletter. Junior High Exams 8:15 to 10:30 a.m.--1/2-day optional Find these great rebates and more by visiting: https://www.shopwithscrip.com/ Friday, December 20 Early Childhood Christmas Concert 9:30 a.m. Gym RSVP Today for Nativity Night Christmas Break Begins at 2:45 p.m. All Saints’ Advent Nativity Night returns Dismissal on Tuesday, December 17. Mark your calendar for this solemn, but joyful, commemoration of the journey Joseph Visit Eucharistic and Mary made to Bethlehem before Jesus Christ was born. Adoration Resurrection Parish invites people This community-building event is a to attend Eucharistic Adoration on wonderful way for our families to come Thursday afternoons. together and celebrate the true reason for the season. RSVP at this link for planning This is an excellent opportunity for purposes: family members and friends who are www.allsaintscs.com/nativity. waiting in the back loop line to spend additional prayer time with Jesus. Advent is a great time to seek increased peace in the presence of Christ. www.allsaintscs.com www.facebook.com/allsaintscs Auction Super Week Starts January 13 Auction Super Week runs January 13-17. Use time during Christmas break to plan your donations of gift cards and merchandise according to the following grade themes: • Preschool/PreK-Micromini Original Scooter • Kindergarten-American Girl and Xbox • First grade-Ride ons • Second grade-Legos and Nerf • Third grade-Gift cards to various stores, restaurants, etc • Fourth grade-Delta gift cards • Fifth grade-Home automation- Google/Alexa/Ring/Nest • Sixth grade-Golf (we will collect donations for a new complete set of golf clubs) • Seventh grade-Chicago fun • Eighth grade-Virtual Reality If you wish to donate, you can do so in two ways: Donate a monetary amount (this can be done via cash, check, or a gift card). Monetary donations can be put in the bins that each teacher will have in their classroom. Donate the product for your grade’s theme. Product donations can be sent to the office. Super Cash Raffle Candy Gram Sales Run Tickets Coming Soon After the Christmas break, your oldest student will receive this year’s Super Cash Raffle tickets. Tickets are sold at $5.00 Through Friday each for a chance to win the following cash prizes: one $3,000 winner; one $2,000 winner, and one $1,000 winner. Student Council will be selling Candy Grams this week during lunch/recess times. Student grams cost $0.50, and parent grams If you are interested in getting your tickets before the are $1. Parents can download the blank Candy Gram at the end holiday, please contact Nancy Kullman in the main office at of this newsletter and turn it in with payment. [email protected]. Students will receive the Christmas messages along with a Girl Scouts To Collect candy cane next week. Lego Donations ASCS Girl Scouts from 1st and 3rd grades need your help in supporting an upcoming “Legos on the Loose” collection Cub Scouts Collect for drive. Toys for Tots In January, these students will be participating in an area- wide scouting event to earn their Take Action Engineering Badge. The scouts are asking for donations of unwanted or unloved Legos that you might wish to donate. Maybe you have Legos that are no longer played with or that will have been replaced after the holiday season. Any size donation would be appreciated! Please send donations in plastic baggies the week of January 6th-17th. Help support the ASCS Community. Please see the flyer attached at the end of the newsletter. Thank you! Cub Scout Pack 760 has set up a Toys for Tots drop-off site at December All Saints Catholic School. There are boxes conveniently located in the school’s front and back lobbies if anyone would like to Virtue in Practice: donate any new unwrapped toys. Generosity The scouts will be collecting toys through Friday, December 13. Thank you in advance for helping to make Christmas a little What is generosity? It means giving without counting the happier for local children! cost. www.allsaintscs.com www.facebook.com/allsaintscs Classroom Happenings Fr. Mark Livingston of St. John Neumann celebrated Mass with our 7th graders in the chapel on Thursday. It was a blessed occasion to come together as a class community to celebrate the Eucharist together. In his homily, Fr. Mark challenged students to seek out a firm foundation in Christ, and said that Jesus is giving us every possible chance for His love and mercy! All Saints students received a very special visitor on Friday! St. Nicholas stopped by in honor of his feast day, December 6. The children received gold candy coins in the shoes they left outside their classroom doors. St. Nicholas even posed for photos with students as he walked throughout the school. Students learned that St. Nicholas was a bishop who was very generous. The children were encouraged to share this spirit of generosity with others. Later in the day, St. Nicholas returned to help our Junior High students collect spare change from parents in the front- and back-loop lines to benefit the All Saints Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry in their relocation efforts. Based on early results, our generous parents and family members donated about $500. We will report final a final total once all coins are counted. www.allsaintscs.com www.facebook.com/allsaintscs Growing Leaders in Mind, Body, and Spirit 48735 Warren Road Canton, MI 48187 www.allsaintscs.com (734) 459-2490 Office (734) 459-6873 Attendance Santa Secret Shop TIMES MONDAY - Dec. 9 TUESDAY - Dec. 10 WEDNESDAY - Dec. 11 THURSDAY - Dec. 12 FRIDAY - Dec. 13 Ms. Swartz 3rd 8:15 - 8:45 Mrs. Muncy PS Ms. Swiderek PK Mrs. T. Gibb 5th 111 (14) 113 (20) 205 (20) 101 (22) Mrs. Kolpacke K 9:00 - 9:30 Mrs. Sowders AM PK Mr. Arnould 4th Mrs. T. Gibb 5th Mrs. Muncy PS 111 114 (16) 203 (18) 206 (18) (13) 103 (21) 9:45 - 10:15 Ms. Pacente 6th Mrs. T. Gibb 5th Mrs. Simmons K 209 (21) 207 (18) 112 (20) MASS Mrs. Clauss 3rd 10:30 - 11:00 Mrs. Button 2nd Mrs. Detweiler 2nd 104 (18) 105 (16) 108 (20) MASS CLEAN-UP OPEN DURING LUNCH CLEAN-UP 11:50 -12:20 Mrs.