ALPENA ALL SAINTS SCHOOL
January 27, 2023 Newsletter
Catholic Schools week is next week. Several activities are planned for the week centered around Faith, Excellence, and Service. You will find a schedule of the week's activities in your child’s Friday Folder. We will be kicking off Catholic Schools Week with the 11 am Mass on January 29th. We are asking to have as many students as possible attend that Mass on Sunday to take on roles such as the choir, lector, altar servers, gift bearers, ushers, greeters, etc. Students will also have the opportunity to perform our favorite Morning Prayers song, “Confidence,” by singing and using sign language. The preschool students will be making lion masks for this performance. All students should arrive by 10:30 am.
The Winter Wonderland dinner is going to be a fun event and all proceeds go back to the school. We must have all Grand Raffle and Dinner tickets, sold or unsold turned to the school office today (1/27). Please include names and phone numbers on the dinner ticket stubs that have been sold. There are several individuals working diligently to make this event a success but we still need some people who can volunteer during on the night of the dinner event to make everything run smoothly. Below you will find a volunteer sign up if you are going to the dinner and willing to work a little that night. It will be a tremendous help to our committee, who has tirelessly worked to make this event so special.
CORRECTION!!!! The All Saints Catholic Schools Week Agenda states that dinner tickets can be purchased at the school office. Those tickets are no longer available. All dinner tickets must be purchased by today (Friday, January 27th)
The 3rd and 4th grades students taught the K/1st grade students about Morse Code and helped them make Morse Code bracelets.
Special Classes and Academic Support at ASCS
- Monday Music with Mr. Peters
- Weekly Art with Mr. Machulis
- Library for K-2 with Mrs Wanda Gougeon and Mrs. Linda LaCross
- FIRST Robotics
- Science Olympiad
- Gym with Mr Wright
- Reading Support with Mrs Marceau and Mrs. Holmes
- 7th grade Math Support with Mr Abram
- Grandma Sue in the Kindergarten/1st grade class
The “heartbeat” of the All Saints School Student of the Month is to recognize a student who makes a difference in at All Saints School in the areas of Faith, Service, and Academics. This month’s student of the month is second grade student, Hudson Wallace. Hudson makes sure that everyone feels included. One afternoon he noticed a teacher struggling with a huge box so he asked to help carry the box, even though the box was bigger than Hudson. Hudson is a diligent student who always strives to learn new knowledge.
The Best Part of Me....
Experimenting to Learn About the Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter
The 5th and 6th grade science classes made Silly Putty to examine the physical and chemical properties of matter. They combined materials and discovered that the properties of this new matter were different than the original matter. The students hypothesize that the materials are somehow linking to form new matter.
The students are testing the elastic property of their putty.
The students of All Saints School will be offering Spiritual Prayer Bouquets, by praying for you or another individuals. To request a Spiritual Prayer Bouquet, email the following information to Melissa Doubek (mdoubek@alpenaallsaints.org). A class of students will send a card with the number of prayers said. You may request a Spiritual Bouguet for you or another person.
Name of the person to receive Spiritual Bouquet
Address to send the Spiritual Prayer Bouquet card
Event (for example birthday, grief, trying times, illness, etc.)
Winter is here. As the temperatures drop, please send your child to school with the appropriate clothing (snow pants, boots, hats, mittens, coats). You may want to leave extra mittens and a hat in their backpack.
Cryptography is the science of sending secret messages. People have been sending secret messages for thousands of years. Soldiers send them so the enemy won’t know their plans; friends send them when they want to keep their notes private; and, today, people shopping on the Internet use them to keep their credit card numbers secret.
SIGN OF THE FISH The fish is a sign that Christians have used to identify themselves to one another throughout history. They sketched the sign of the fish in the sand to identify one another as Christ followers.
The 3rd -7th grade students have the opportunity to participate in the All Saints Cryptoclub. Students will work through different levels in missions to decrypt codes using ciphers.
Our current mission leaders are River Gepford, Braylon Wallace, Lucy Kurowski, Kenzi Anderson, and Ellie Austin who completed the three levels of the Ichthus Mission. The Ichthus Mission involved using Caesar Cipher to decrypt codes.
Everyone is welcome to join us for the Children's Mass on Wednesday's at 9:00 am. During the Children's Mass, the students have the opportunity to serve out the ministry of the church as Altar Servers and readers. Click on the blue link for the student server schedule (keep in mind that this schedule is subject to change).
VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: Loyalty
Other School Reminders
- All Saints School begins at 7:25 in the gym. If your students arrive later than our start time, they must check in to the office and be SIGNED IN BY A PARENT/GUARDIAN. Students arriving after 7:25 are marked tardy for school. The only exception are the students arriving on the Bus.
- Any 3rd-7th grade girl interested in playing volleyball should sign up with Mrs. Doubek. There is a form that was sent home with students or you can email Mrs. Doubek. Volleyball will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:40-3:40 pm.
- Confirmation/First Communion Announcement:.
The diocese has scheduled April 29 for Confirmation and First Communion at 1pm for our students to receive sacraments. - Please send an adult size t-shirt or large adult shirt to school with children to use during painting in art class.
All Saints Parish - Consisting of the churches of St. Anne, St. Bernard, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, and St. John the Baptist, All Saints Catholic School, Holy Cross Cemetery and the Friendship Room.
Office: 817 Sable Street Alpena, MI 49707 - 989.354.3019
School Office: 500 N. 2nd Ave Alpena, MI 49707 - 989.354.4911