 We've had an exciting week with our preschool and kindergarten friends joining us this week. I've also started making a good news call of the day home to parents to recognizing the amazing students we have at our school. It's always nice to get a GOOD phone call from the principal! We're continuing to talk about our listening, following directions and other skills that we need to learn to be good students. We continue to pray for those recovering from Hurricane Harvey and those that will be impacted by Hurricane Irma. We pray that all of our friends and family in Florida make it through the storm safely. We are changing up our Student of the Month. This year students in grades K-8 will be recognized for a Virtue each month. September is Respect. and a student from each class will be chosen that exhibits that virtue the most throughout the month. We will also recognize a Tiger of the month (the most improved student). Our monthly recognition wouldn't be complete without donuts! These students will get to enjoy donuts with Mrs. French the following day! HERSHEY's FOR HOUSTON Our 3rd grade 'Tiny Sheep' have put together our first fundraiser to support St. Christopher School in Houston. They will be selling little baggies of Hershey Kisses for $1.00 each on Thursday (and Friday if there are any left). You can purchase for yourself OR send to a friend. We will also have Skittle baggies as an option for our friends with allergies. ALL funds raised will be used to purchase gift cards that will be sent to St. Christopher's to be disseminated to their families in need. OUT OF DRESS DAYS The second Tuesday of the month (except April) is our PTO sponsored Out of Dress Day. This is a PTO Fundraiser. It is $3 each time or $5 per family OR $30/$50 for the school year. Students are allowed to wear appropriate out of uniform clothes that day if they pay the fee. We also have other out of dress days- like our Fairy Tale out of dress on Friday the 15th in honor of the BBQ- students can come to school dressed like their favorite Fairy tale character. There's no charge for this day. DISMISSAL/PICKUP/SAFETY School aged children can be walked to the door or drive down the loop and drop off at the door and along the walkway. Students may unload from cars as long as you are along the walkway. They do not need to wait to unload at the front door. This will help drop off go a little quicker. The doors will open at 8:30 and students need to be IN Class at 8:45 or they are marked tardy. If you use the drop off/pick up look- DO NOT park and get out of your car. We are happy to help load and buckle your child. We want to keep the line moving as quickly and safely as we can. Please remember that you CANNOT drive around the cars in the pickup/drop off line for the safety of our students. Please be patient. We will get you out as quickly as possible. It is also important to watch for the buses at the end of the day with the red lights and stop sign out. It is illegal to pass a school bus with their lights on/sign out while loading and unloading students. The safety of our students is our number one priority. BACK TO SCHOOL BBQ We hope you all had a fantastic summer and are ready for an awesome school year! As always, we will be kicking it off with our Annual Back to School BBQ on September 15th, so mark your calendars and bring your WHOLE family for a night of food, fun and music! We just wanted to share with all of you what to expect and we also attached the order form so you can get your ticket orders in to Mrs. Priddy. We ask that you check in at the front table so we can accurately account for all the food. We will also have a cash donation jar for anyone that wants to help us in our efforts to raise money for St. Christopher Catholic School in Houston. THEME: ONCE UPON A TIME – come dressed as your favorite character (fairy tale, movie etc.) or not it’s totally up to you, but it sure is fun to dress up! Food: Hot Dog $6, or Cheeseburgers $7 (*NEW* this year), Chicken $8 with that you get chips, watermelon, corn on the cob, corn bread and a small bottle of water ** Prices go up at the door and when we run out we run out, so get your tickets in ADVANCE before September 8th TICKET ORDER FORM Additional Food Items sold throughout the parking lot for $1: Popcorn, Slushies, Caramel Apple slices, NJHS Ice cream bars, and bottled drinks like water, Powerade and ice tea Games: we have fun games set up all through the parking lot so make sure you kids explore and try them all out Mechanical Bull IS BACK by popular demand and we be running him this year at: 2 rides for $5 Cash Cube *NEW THIS YEAR* $1 to enter cube - will be filled with tickets to collect fun things like Pizza with the Principal, Donuts with Mrs. D, Daily Announcements caller, No home work passes and MUCH MUCH MORE…. But there will also be some blank tickets in there so we hope your LUCKY! CANDY BAR TOSS – Bring those QUARTERS this is a FAVORITE FOR ALL THE KIDS Photo Booth Giant Jenga Corn Hole Knock the Cans Down Chalkboard with Sidewalk chalk for the little ones to get creative Archery Hover ball 4 Spot/Tic Tac Toe Furious fowl Limbo Creation Stations: Face Painting DIY Princess Wands DIY Knight Shields Music- Nick Piermarini will once again be our DJ for the night and enjoys playing songs you request that night OR you can get ahead of the game and request some songs NOW by going to: www.dj-ginger.com and use EVENT ID: B2SBBQ17 and get those songs sent in! This night is a SUPER FUN event for all and it truly does take a village to get this going and successfully run throughout the night, we want to thank everyone that has signed up to help already and there are still spots we need volunteers for so if you are interested in helping that night PLEASE go to this google doc and fill your name in – we truly appreciate all the help! We're happy to have Alumni help too! VOLUNTEER SIGN UP SHEET - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YHsugZDSrQ-W DoCyah7ZOv9zaTvKaANrqToz0_LEijo/edit#gid=136941233 HOMEWORK CLUB New this year- students in grades 3-8 can go to homework club after school on Mondays-Thursdays from 3:15-4:30 on full school days. Students will go to the supervising teacher's classroom to work on their homework. The teacher will help them if needed. Students will have access to their chromebooks. Students can get picked up at 4:30 or go to extended care. Our intention is to give students a quiet space to do their homework after school. This will be beneficial to those that usually go to extended care and want to finish their homework before playing and for those that might need a little more support and structure to complete their homework. Students need to let their teacher know during attendance if they are staying after for homework club or let Mrs. Priddy know at lunch time. We need to make sure everyone has a ride home. SPIRIT WEAR It's that time of year. Order your St. Anna School spirit wear so you'll have it for these cool mornings. You can get sweatshirts, jackets, and fleece. Order Form due Sept. 15th. Students are welcome to wear their spirit wear in class, especially when temperature's get a little cooler. EXTENDED CARE EC is open and ready for business! Please be sure to fill out the NEW registration form if your child will attend EC this year. There are also a few FULL DAY options for our no school days due to professional development. Pre-registration is required. We also ask that you review our EC Guidelines- including no electronics. DESIGN SQUAD We are already in the planning phase for our fall event on November 11th. Design Squad is open to students in grades 3-8. It is from 12:00-4:00 and during that time they participate in a variety of challenges (building a circuit for a dance pad, something to kick a ping pong ball, a shelter, etc.) it also includes a chemistry experiment and we've even had an introduction to CAD. This program is successful because of our volunteers and several of our volunteers have moved on as their children have graduated. We'd like to keep this program running in the Fall and Spring and are looking for volunteers. We like to have one volunteer for each group of 4 students. They help guide the students as they brainstorm ways to solve the problem and create their inventions. If you are interested in volunteering or for more information- please contact Mrs. Laura Pompei. She also welcomes ideas for the planning of this year's event and choosing a theme. Ecybermission- Similar to Design Squad, we will be looking for volunteers to work with groups of middle school students (4) as they invent something to solve one of the world's problems (how to recycle golf balls, build a shelter, concussion preventing helmet etc.). Ecyber begins in the Fall and runs through February. Teams usually meet at least once per week for planning, researching, developing and reporting on their projects. If you're interested in being an Ecybermission Coach- please contact Mrs. French WORCESTER RAILERS OPENING NIGHT! Please join us for the opening night of the NEW ECHL Worcester Railers Ice hockey team and be part of history!!! We have group tickets through the Diocese of Worcester for $12 each. You can also get an optional group hat for $3 (at checkout). Tickets must be purchased by September 23rd. Please note which school you are from at checkout in the comment section- so we can all sit together! Purchase your tickets here! COOL KIDS CASH CLUB DON’T FORGET TO OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT THIS FALL..... 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. 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 Athletics & ActivitiesPlease remember that for Cross Country and Cheering the concussion certificate needs to be turned in BEFORE students can practice.
Leominster Dek Hockey Sign Ups Cafe Corner:September Lunch Menu Don't forget lunch milk is available for $0.50 for those that bring lunch from home. You can send money to school weekly or monthly. Please clearly mark the envelope with your child's name and which days they are having milk with lunch. There's also a vending machine with plastic bottles of water, iced tea, flavored water and Gatorade/Powerade (12 oz) for $1.00. PTO News-Don't forget to buy your BBQ tickets!!! See info above. Mark your calendar for our kick off meeting on Tuesday, September 19th at 6:00. Childcare AND Pizza will be available. Come here about the plans for the school year. Parent input is always welcome. We also talk about what's happening at school and have the opportunity to provide Mrs. French with feedback! Be in the KNOW and come to PTO! Nurse Notes:Please remember to bring in any meds with doctor's orders for meds to be given during the school day. Updated physicals and immunizations need to be returned to the nurse. ALL athletes (cross country, cheering, basketball) will need to have updated physicals on file (from the last 12 months) in order to participate. Upcoming Events-9/11th – Patriot Day 9/12-Out of Dress Day 9/15-International Dot Day 9/15- Fairy Tale out of dress!!! 9/15- Welcome Back BBQ 5:00-8:00 9/17-Citizenship Day 9/19 PTO Mtg 6:00 9/20 – early dismissal 11:30 9/26- Curriculum Night 5:30 9/28- Lifetouch School Pictures in uniform 9/29 Sholan Farms Trip (PK & K) 10/6 NO School Diocese Rel. Enrich. Day (extended care open!) 10/9 NO School- Columbus Day 10/10 PTO Out of Dress 10/16 Progress Reports 10/16 Yankee Candle/Spirit Cup Sale begins 10/16-10/20 Book Fair 10/19 Grandparent's Day Mass 10:00 10/20 Pinkalicious Play 9:30 (PK-5) 10/27 & 10/28 Countdown to Christmas Fair at Church Hall 10/31 Horribles Parade 1:30 (PK-3)
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