MVP TEACHERS!!!
 May 1st - May 5th is Teacher Appreciation week! We will be celebrating our All Star Teachers all week by showering them with kind words, small gifts, and a special luncheon! The luncheon will be on Wednesday, May 3rd from 11:40am - 12:40pm. We will need parent volunteers to make the food, and volunteers to supervise the children that day while they are at lunch and recess. *New this year* we want to make this special week a "duty free" week for the teachers! We will be looking for volunteers to cover lunch duty and bus duty to give our All Star Teachers a little extra time for themselves! Please use the Teacher Appreciation Week Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet to add your name where ever you can help out! Thank you!

CHARACTER BREAKFAST              
Please join drama club for our Continental Character Breakfast on Saturday, May 6th from 9:00-11:00 at St. Anna School cafeteria.  Help us kick off our Shrek Jr. musical production…. Meet some of the characters and have your photo taken with them!  We will be offering Frittata, Danish, muffins, fruit, juice, coffee and more.  It’s only $7 per person and tickets are available next week in the office.   Come out for Breakfast and support DRAMA Club’s Shrek Jr. production!!!!
 
SHREK JR. THE MUSICAL!
Mark your calendars! You don’t want to miss our drama club’s performance of Shrek Jr. You can come to one of the two shows or come to both!!!  Join us, Thursday, May 11th at 7:00PM or Friday, May 12th at 7:00PM. This show is free to all; however we do accept donations at the door. Your donations help us pay for the rights to perform the show, permissions for videotaping, costumes, sets and other costs associated with putting on a play.  This is sure to be one of our best performances yet!
The school students will have a sneak peek of the play on Thursday morning. I’m sure many will come home asking to come to the play, so plan ahead!

MOTHER SON BASKETBALL GAME 
On Saturday, May 13th  we will host our Mother/Son Basketball Game at 6pm in the gym.  We invite boys and their moms in Grades K to Grade 8 to participate in the game.  Immediately following will be an Ice Cream Sundae Social for EVERYONE grades PK-8.  Only those playing in the game need to register and pay. Please complete the form here and send it into the office with your payment as soon as possible.  Please note the t-shirt order has closed but you are still welcome to sign up and join us!!

COOL KIDS CASH CLUB
Coming soon… the cool kids cash club- check out the introductory letter!  This program will allow students to being banking at school. They will learn the importance of saving and will be able to make deposits into their savings account twice a month.  This is an easy and terrific way to start saving NOW for middle school field trips!  Each year the 6th graders attend Nature’s Classroom at a cost of around $600. The Washington DC trip is held every other year so your child would have the opportunity to attend DC as either a 7th or 8th grader. This trip costs around $1000.  If you being saving NOW, as early as preschool or Kindergarten, your child could easily save enough money to cover both of these trips by the time they become a middle school student!
Students will also learn skills about keeping a savings account pass book and other financial skills that are necessary to become financially responsible adults.
Parents who are interested in having their child participate in this program, will need to open their child’s account at Fidelity and then on-going deposits can be made conveniently at school.
They also have a reading incentive for a FREE t-shirt and will have additional promotional opportunities throughout the program!
 
Please feel free to stop in at either Fidelity branch in Leominster to open your account. Please let them know it is for St. Anna’s Cool Cash Club and/or email and let me know you’ve opened an account for your child so I can let you know when banking at school will begin.
 
If you have questions about the program, please contact Ruby Vargas from Fidelity Bank at rvargas@fidelitybankonline.com  or 978-353-2701
 
School Banking will begin once we have a few students signed up…

 
FIELD DAY
We are very excited to announce that Field Day (K-8) will take place on June 9th  with a rain date of June 12th. We are going to again bus students to the MA Youth Soccer Fields over by Kimballs!!! We will spend the day there playing a variety of field day events at each station. We will enjoy a bagged lunch break with additional activities for those that need to keep moving!!!  We will have tented areas for shade as well as a first aid station.  Students will have plenty of water too but don’t forget the sunscreen. We will be in need of parent volunteers to help run the various stations, help set up and clean up.
Sign up here to volunteer!  Any volunteers that sign up before May 5th will get a Field Day t-shirt!!  We appreciate your help
 

DRAMA = ALL rehearsals are mandatory and will go until 5:30. The remaining rehearsals are on Thurs, May 4, Mon, May 8, Tues, May 9, Wed, May 10. The show dates are Thurs, May 11 and Fri, May 12 at 7pm. Students will stay at school on those two days and food will be provided. It is crucial that you coach your students that all of these rehearsals are important - we have a lot to get done in such a little amount of time! Focus and energy will be needed.
Choir Wednesday mornings 8:30 or church days-

Spring Session of After School Programs 3:15-4:30 (April 10-June 16th …. See specific dates for each program)
Mondays-  Set Design- on-going play preparations with Mrs. Farnsworth
Tennis- is back. For students in grades 1-5 (April 10, 24, May 1, 8, 15)
Tuesdays-  Spring Sports- Grades 5-8 with Mr. Farnsworth (April 11, 25, May 2, 9, 16, 30, June 6, 13)
Wednesdays- Fun with Miss Ellis-  (FULL) Grades 2-8 get techy or crafty each week (April 12, 26, May 3, 31, June 7, 14)
Introduction to Martial Arts- Grades K-4  (April 12, 26, May 3,10, 17, 24, 31, June 7)
Thursdays- Pokemon Club- (FULL) Grades 1-3, come learn to play the game and card trading fun (April 13, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1)
Fridays- STEM starts for Kindergarten and First Graders (April 28, May 5,12,19,26, June 2)
 Percussion Gymnastics- postponed until Mr. Marcoux returns

GYM FUN for grades K-3 on Tuesday & Thursday mornings 7:50-8:30  April 10th until June 15th (no classes the week of May 22nd)

May Lunch Menu

Orders can be placed until 7am on the day of the meal at www.orderlunches.com

Please note days students are on field trips- those days should be blocked off from ordering

5/1-5/5 Teacher Appreciation WEEK
5/5 NC Consortium Field Day grades 5-8
5/5 K & 1 to the Aquarium
5/6 Character Breakfast 9:00-11:00
5/9 PTO Out of Dress
5/11 & 5/11 Drama production of SHREK Jr. 7:00
5/12 Mother's Day Tea in grade 1 at 9:15
5/16 Preschool Fashion Show at 9:30
5/18 Diocesan Wide Science Fair
5/19 Crowning of Mary
5/22-5/26 Middle School Field Trips to Nature's Classroom and Washington DC
5/24 Grades 2 & 3 trip to Roll On America
5/25 Ascension Thursday- School Mass at 9:00
5/29 Memorial Day- No School
6/1 Spring Concert 6:00
6/7 NJHS Induction
6/9 Field Day (volunteers needed!!!)
6/13 PTO Out of Dress
6/15 8th grade Graduation 5:00  (clap out 11:30)
6/16 Preschool Graduation 10:00
6/19 Step Up Day** tentative date
6/22 Last Day- early release **tentative date
6/24 Golf Tournament
 
 
 

th through Friday, April 28th. The fair will be set up in the gym and will be open every morning until 11:00AM and Wednesday from 3:00-6:00. This is a BOGO (Buy One GSTB PTO WINE AND BEER TASTING
WACHUSETT MOUNTAIN
FRIDAY, APRIL 28  7PM - 10PM
 
St. Bernard's CCHS PTO will host its Annual Beer and Wine Tasting on Friday, April 28th at Wachusett Mtn from 7pm -10pm.  Advanced Tickets are $30/pp or $55/per couple.  The night has delicious food donated by Cristina's Restaurant, fantastic music donated by Brian Weeks, beer donated by Wachusett Brewery, Free Wine Glasses for the first 100 guest, outstanding raffle and silent auction prizes.  For ticket purchases, contact Mary Beth Jokela at mb_jokela@hotmail.com.   Special Added Bonus for our St. Anna PTO --  STB PTO is generously donating a % of tickets sold at St. Anna back to the SAS PTO!!!  It's a win-win!  Download the flyer! 
 
DRESS CODE
Warm weather dress will begin on Monday, April 10th
BOYS K-5: Navy shorts, gray or white polo with logo
GIRLS K-5: Navy shorts or navy skorts, gray or white polo with logo
BOYS 6-8: Navy or khaki shorts, polo with logo (navy, light blue, white or gray)
GIRLS 6-8: Navy or khaki skorts or shorts, polo with logo (navy, light blue, white or gray)
 
MOTHER SON BASKETBALL GAME 
On Saturday, May 13th  we will host our Mother/Son Basketball Game at 6pm in the gym.  We invite boys and their moms in Grades K to Grade 8 to participate in the game.  Immediately following will be an Ice Cream Sundae Social for EVERYONE grades PK-8.  Only those playing in the game need to register and pay. Please complete the form here and send it into the office with your payment by Monday April 24th in order to have your t-shirts in time for the game.  

Springtime means flowers and BOOKS are in bloom!!
The Spring Book Fair will be open on Monday, April 24et One free) fair! The "free" book is always paired with the closest matched price, so you are assured the best possible deal! For example; if a person selects four books and two books are priced at $20 each, and the other two are priced at $5 each, the person will only pay $25 for all four books. And that means more bang for your book bucks!! We except cash, check, or charge as forms of payment. Students will have ample opportunity to shop the fair during the week. Parents and relatives are also welcome! We encourage everyone to check it out, you never know what great deals you might find! 
We are looking for volunteers to help set up and run the fair. If you are able to help out any of the days, please use the "Book Fair Volunteer Sign Up Sheet" to add your name to the time slots that you are available. Thank you VERY much for your time! We couldn't offer this wonderful event without the help of our volunteers!

COOL KIDS CASH CLUB
Coming soon… the cool kids cash club- check out the introductory letter!  This program will allow students to being banking at school. They will learn the importance of saving and will be able to make deposits into their savings account twice a month.  This is an easy and terrific way to start saving NOW for middle school field trips!  Each year the 6th graders attend Nature’s Classroom at a cost of around $600. The Washington DC trip is held every other year so your child would have the opportunity to attend DC as either a 7th or 8th grader. This trip costs around $1000.  If you being saving NOW, as early as preschool or Kindergarten, your child could easily save enough money to cover both of these trips by the time they become a middle school student!
Students will also learn skills about keeping a savings account pass book and other financial skills that are necessary to become financially responsible adults.
Parents who are interested in having their child participate in this program, will need to open their child’s account at Fidelity and then on-going deposits can be made conveniently at school.

TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
 
May 1st - May 5th is Teacher Appreciation week! We will be celebrating our All Star Teachers all week by showering them with kind words, small gifts, and a special luncheon! The luncheon will be on Wednesday, May 3rd from 11:40am - 12:40pm. We will need parent volunteers to make the food, and volunteers to supervise the children that day while they are at lunch and recess. *New this year* we want to make this special week a "duty free" week for the teachers! We will be looking for volunteers to cover lunch duty and bus duty to give our All Star Teachers a little extra time for themselves! Please use the Teacher Appreciation Week Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet to add your name where ever you can help out! Thank you!

FIELD DAY
We are very excited to announce that Field Day (K-8) will take place on June 9th  with a rain date of June 12th. We are going to again bus students to the MA Youth Soccer Fields over by Kimballs!!! We will spend the day there playing a variety of field day events at each station. We will enjoy a bagged lunch break with additional activities for those that need to keep moving!!!  We will have tented areas for shade as well as a first aid station.  Students will have plenty of water too but don’t forget the sunscreen. We will be in need of parent volunteers to help run the various stations, help set up and clean up.
Sign up here to volunteer!  We appreciate your help

DRAMA = ALL rehearsals are mandatory and will go until 5:30. The remaining rehearsals are on Thurs, April 27, Thurs, May 4, Mon, May 8, Tues, May 9, Wed, May 10. The show dates are Thurs, May 11 and Fri, May 12 at 7pm. Students will stay at school on those two days and food will be provided. It is crucial that you coach your students that all of these rehearsals are important - we have a lot to get done in such a little amount of time! Focus and energy will be needed.

Spring Session of After School Programs 3:15-4:30 (April 10-June 16th …. See specific dates for each program)
Mondays-  Set Design- on-going play preparations with Mrs. Farnsworth
Tennis- is back. For students in grades 1-5 (April 10, 24, May 1, 8, 15)
Tuesdays-  Spring Sports- Grades 5-8 with Mr. Farnsworth (April 11, 25, May 2, 9, 16, 30, June 6, 13)
Wednesdays- Fun with Miss Ellis-  (FULL) Grades 2-8 get techy or crafty each week (April 12, 26, May 3, 31, June 7, 14)
Introduction to Martial Arts- Grades K-4  (April 12, 26, May 3,10, 17, 24, 31, June 7)
Thursdays- Pokemon Club- (FULL) Grades 1-3, come learn to play the game and card trading fun (April 13, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1)
Fridays- STEM starts for Kindergarten and First Graders (April 28, May 5,12,19,26, June 2)
 Percussion Gymnastics- postponed until Mr. Marcoux returns

GYM FUN for grades K-3 on Tuesday & Thursday mornings 7:50-8:30  April 10th until June 15th (no classes the week of May 22nd)

We are pleased to have Katrina Couture joins us as our new school nurse (She is the Leominster Public Health nurse also). She is at St. Anna’s from 11:30-12:45 every day. She has been reviewing files and medications. She may be in contact with you if your child has expired medications.  We are also fortunate to have Mary Ann Capistrano volunteering to help in the Health Office also. She is a parishioner and retired school nurse. She is also assisting with updating our medical office and student files.
You may notice notes coming home if your child visits the nurse's office during the day.
You can email Katrina at  kcouture@stannaleom.org

May Lunch Menu

Orders can be placed until 7am on the day of the meal at www.orderlunches.com

Please note days students are on field trips- those days should be blocked off from ordering

(email us at PTO@stannaleom.org)

• Please join us for our next PTO meeting: Wednesday, April 26th at 6:00. Childcare always available thanks to our NJHS Students.
• Meeting Minutes & Agenda are always posted on the website.
  
• Don’t forget to keep clipping those Box Tops and Labels for Education!!!!   If you have any questions, please contact Julia at jekeiselbach@yahoo.com.
  
• You can also log onto boxtops4education.com or labelsforeducation.com for more information.

 

4/14 Good Friday- No School
4/15 One Boston Day
4/16 EASTER
4/17-4/21 Spring Vacation
4/24-4/28 Book Fair
4/27 Preschool to Davis Farmland
4/28 Books & Beyond ENDS
5/1-5/5 Teacher Appreciation WEEK
5/5 NC Consortium Field Day grades 5-8
5/5 K & 1 to the Aquarium
5/9 PTO Out of Dress
5/11 & 5/11 Drama production of SHREK Jr. 7:00
5/12 Mother's Day Tea in grade 1 at 9:15
5/16 Preschool Fashion Show at 9:30
5/18 Diocesan Wide Science Fair
5/19 Crowning of Mary
5/22-5/26 Middle School Field Trips to Nature's Classroom and Washington DC
5/24 Grades 2 & 3 trip to Roll On America
5/25 Ascension Thursday- School Mass at 9:00
5/29 Memorial Day- No School
6/1 Spring Concert 6:00
6/7 NJHS Induction
6/9 Field Day (volunteers needed!!!)
6/13 PTO Out of Dress
6/15 8th grade Graduation 5:00  (clap out 11:30)
6/16 Preschool Graduation 10:00
6/19 Step Up Day** tentative date
6/22 Last Day- early release **tentative date
6/24 Golf Tournament

 COMING SOON….
We have some exciting news coming next week!  St. Anna’s strives to be on the cutting edge and offering our families the most effective communication and ease of access of school information is one of our goals.  How would you like to have the school calendar, Option C, Order Lunches, or upcoming events at your fingertips?  Do you need reminders about out of dress or other school functions?  All of this and more will soon be possible! Stay tuned…..

ALMS GIVING
We may be coming to the end of Lent and our preparations for Easter, but there’s still time for Alms Giving to share God’s love with others.  We are accepting final donations this week to support the food insecure students of Leominster through Kylee's Kare Kits. This week we will be collecting: Granola Bars, Oatmeal Packets & Individual boxes of cereal, Applesauce & Fruit Cups, Soups (kid friendly), Spaghetti O's, Chef Boyardee Ravioli & Spaghetti & Meatballs, Individual snacks- cookies, pretzels, crackers, Juice BOXES (no bags please). If you have not brought in a donation to support this mission, please consider doing so this week and teaching our children the joy of giving.

DRESS CODE
Warm weather dress will begin on Monday, April 10th
BOYS K-5: Navy or khaki shorts, gray, white or navy polo with logo
GIRLS K-5: Navy or khaki shorts or navy skorts, gray, white or navy polo with logo
BOYS 6-8: Navy or khaki shorts, polo with logo (navy, light blue, white or gray)
GIRLS 6-8: Navy or khaki skorts or shorts, polo with logo (navy, light blue, white or gray)
 
School shoes should be dress shoes (navy, black, or dark brown – one solid color). Oxford style, saddle shoes, loafers, top-siders are acceptable. No sandals of any style.
Out of Dress Day Guidelines- Students may wear: jeans, sneakers, shorts no shorter than three inches above the knee, sweatshirts, joggers or loose fitting yoga pants.  Please remember you are still representing St. Anna School on out of dress days, therefore you may NOT wear flip flops, tank tops, low cut blouses/tops or spaghetti straps. Tight leggings are unacceptable.
Students who wear inappropriate clothing to school will be asked to call home for a change of clothes or given something appropriate to wear.
Good Rule: If you think you shouldn’t wear it, you shouldn’t.

MOTHER SON BASKETBALL GAME 
On Saturday, May 13th  we will host our Mother/Son Basketball Game at 6pm in the gym.  We invite boys and their moms in Grades K to Grade 8 to participate in the game.  Immediately following will be an Ice Cream Sundae Social for EVERYONE grades PK-8.  Only those playing in the game need to register and pay. Please complete the form here and send it into the office with your payment by Monday April 24th in order to have your t-shirts in time for the game.  

Springtime means flowers and BOOKS are in bloom!!
The Spring Book Fair will be open on Monday, April 24th through Friday, April 28th. The fair will be set up in the gym and will be open every morning until 11:00AM and Wednesday from 3:00-6:00. This is a BOGO (Buy One Get One free) fair! The "free" book is always paired with the closest matched price, so you are assured the best possible deal! For example; if a person selects four books and two books are priced at $20 each, and the other two are priced at $5 each, the person will only pay $25 for all four books. And that means more bang for your book bucks!! We except cash, check, or charge as forms of payment. Students will have ample opportunity to shop the fair during the week. Parents and relatives are also welcome! We encourage everyone to check it out, you never know what great deals you might find! 
We are looking for volunteers to help set up and run the fair. If you are able to help out any of the days, please use the "Book Fair Volunteer Sign Up Sheet" to add your name to the time slots that you are available. Thank you VERY much for your time! We couldn't offer this wonderful event without the help of our volunteers!
 
CALENDAR CHANGES
Due to the 7 snow days we have had this year…. The following changes have been made to the calendar.
Our last day of school is currently June 23rd- We were granted a Bishop’s Day when Bishop McManus was here for Grandparent’s Day and we intend to use that day on June 23rd- making our current last day of school June 22nd which will be an early dismissal day.  We have also had to push back the following events by a week:
8th grade graduation will be June 15th
Preschool graduation will be June 16th
Field Day will be June 9th
 
PTO Officer Nominations-
The PTO is planning for their election for the April Meeting or right after depending on the method of voting- The new officers would transition to begin their roles in August.  If you or someone you know would like to be nominated for one of the executive board positions- please email Mrs. French.
President: The President will preside at all meetings using Roberts Rules of Order, and executive board, serve as the primary contact for the principal, represent the organization at meetings, serve as an ex officio member of all committees.  The President will approve purchase requests for submittal to the principal/headmaster. The final approval is required by the principal/headmaster.          The President or his/her designee shall attend school board meetings as requested.
 
Vice President: The Vice President shall coordinate the public announcement of any PTO events at the direction of the President/Principal. The Vice President is to assist the President with public announcements, advertising, and media coverage for respective fundraisers. The Vice President shall oversee and coordinate fundraisers as appropriate. The Vice President will also carry out the President’s duties in his/her absence.
 
Secretary: The Secretary shall keep all records of the organization, take and record minutes,  prepare the agenda, handle correspondence and send notices of meetings to the membership. The Secretary will ensure that all minutes from meetings are posted on the St. Anna website in a timely manner for all members to review. The Secretary also keeps a copy of the minutes book, bylaws, rules (including Roberts Rules of Order), membership lists, and other necessary supplies and brings them to the meetings.
 

DRAMA is Thursdays from 3:15-5:30  (NO Drama Holy Thursday- April 13)
**Please note Mr. Dawson's Tech Week email coming home... and all rehearsals are MANDATORY until the Performances**
Choir Wednesday mornings 8:30 or church days-

Spring Session of After School Programs 3:15-4:30 (April 10-June 16th …. See specific dates for each program)
Mondays-  Set Design- on-going play preparations with Mrs. Farnsworth
Tennis- is back. For students in grades 1-5 (April 10, 24, May 1, 8, 15)
Tuesdays-  Spring Sports- Grades 5-8 with Mr. Farnsworth (April 11, 25, May 2, 9, 16, 30, June 6, 13)
Wednesdays- Fun with Miss Ellis-  (FULL) Grades 2-8 get techy or crafty each week (April 12, 26, May 3, 31, June 7, 14)
Introduction to Martial Arts- Grades K-4  (April 12, 26, May 3,10, 17, 24, 31, June 7)
Thursdays- Pokemon Club- (FULL) Grades 1-3, come learn to play the game and card trading fun (April 13, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1)
Fridays- STEM starts for Kindergarten and First Graders (April 28, May 5,12,19,26, June 2)
 Percussion Gymnastics- postponed until Mr. Marcoux returns

GYM FUN for grades K-3 on Tuesday & Thursday mornings 7:50-8:30  April 10th until June 15th (no classes the week of May 22nd)

April Lunch Menu

Orders can be placed until 7am on the day of the meal at www.orderlunches.com

NEW- You can add a meatball to your order… it’s $1.00 charge. Add it as a side for your pizza, breadsticks, pasta!
We will also offer a ‘specialty’ pizza on Friday’s during Lent!
If you need to set up an OrderLunches account- follow the instructions here! 

4/8 Design Squad 12:00-4:00
4/10 MWCC Play “James and the Giant Peach” 9:30 (grades K-5)** Leaving School at 8:45
4/11 PTO Out of Dress
4/13 Holy Thursday
4/14 Good Friday- No School
4/15 One Boston Day
4/16 EASTER
4/17-4/21 Spring Vacation
4/24-4/28 Book Fair
4/27 Preschool to Davis Farmland
4/28 Books & Beyond ENDS
5/1-5/5 Teacher Appreciation WEEK
5/5 NC Consortium Field Day grades 5-8
5/5 K & 1 to the Aquarium
5/9 PTO Out of Dress
5/11 & 5/11 Drama production of SHREK Jr. 7:00
5/12 Mother's Day Tea in grade 1 at 9:15
5/16 Preschool Fashion Show at 9:30
5/18 Diocesan Wide Science Fair
5/19 Crowning of Mary
5/22-5/26 Middle School Field Trips to Nature's Classroom and Washington DC
5/24 Grades 2 & 3 trip to Roll On America
5/25 Ascension Thursday- School Mass at 9:00
5/29 Memorial Day- No School
6/1 Spring Concert 6:00
6/7 NJHS Induction
6/9 Field Day (volunteers needed!!!)
6/13 PTO Out of Dress
6/15 8th grade Graduation 5:00  (clap out 11:30)
6/16 Preschool Graduation 10:00
6/19 Step Up Day** tentative date
6/22 Last Day- early release **tentative date
6/24 Golf Tournament