Dear All Saints STEAM Academy Community,

Week Six was a celebratory one with the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assissi, Our Paul Effman Concert Band Music Lessons, our Parent Information Night, and our first PTO Meeting of the school year Tuesday evening The autumn season has arrived and our school is being transformed by our PTO Gardening Club! We thank you all for joining us for Parent Information Night. We thank our PTO Vice President Nicole Moss for the delicious pastries! We are happy to announce our newly elected PTO Executive Board Members: PTO President Tammy Fink, PTO Vice President Nicole Moss, PTO Communications Director Jacqueline Healy, and PTO Treasurer Courtney Walker. We are thankful for their dedication and that of all of our PTO Members at ASA including our PTO Committee Chairs. Thank you to Our PTO President Tammy Fink for the lovely pumpkins decorating our signs and school entrances. Our Gardening Club Committee members, Karen Chiffer and family, have been very busy landscaping and beautifying our school’s main entrance, grounds, and gardens. for which we are very thankful.  We are very thankful to have our school’s teachers and students blessed to mark our new school year together. We prayed as a school community this week for those impacted by Hurricane Ian. 

All parents who signed up to volunteer at our PTO events must come into the front office to get a background check completed prior to participating in our school-sponsored events and fulfilling in-school PTO-related activities. Please stop by between the hours of 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM to fill out background check paperwork with Mrs. Anne Klegraefe, our school’s Administrative Assistant. 

READATHON UPDATE 

Our Readathon is going strong! Thank you all for your generous sponsorship of your students and all of our readers at AS2A. Our Readathon ends on Monday, October 17th, and your holiday weekend reading counts! Our top reading minutes and sponsors this week are Mrs. Gretchen Everin’s 3rd Grade Class and Miss Maureen Viveiros’ 2nd Grade Class-Our top reader of the week is Iberiel Morales in 2nd Grade! Way to read! It’s not too late to register if you haven’t done so yet. Follow the instructions on the Reader Take Home Sheet to set up your student’s personal Read-a-thon page. Have family and friends make pledges with your student’s individual readathon code/link. Let’s get reading to earn individual, class, and schoolwide rewards!

We encourage you to activate your reader’s account today by clicking on https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r/gTYaWb/1 and following the simple instructions.

Thanks so much!
 

A Few Reminders: 

• Please have your student to school no later than 8:40 AM and pick up at 3:00 PM. Parents of late students must sign them in at the front office. Pick up time is at 3:00 PM. Please stay in your place in the drop-off and pick-up lines and in your vehicle to maintain an organized and safe arrival and dismissal. 

• If your child will be absent, will have a change in before or aftercare extended, or pick up/ drop off times, we respectfully request that you contact the school office with this information in advance with a note or email to your child’s teacher. We also kindly ask that you make necessary appointments outside of school hours. Thank you for your efforts!

WINTER UNIFORM SEASON BEGINS TUESDAY OCTOBER 11th! All students must be in full uniform each day with the exception of uniform item shortages of which we are aware. Generic white short-sleeve polo-style shirts, and khaki long pants are acceptable but shorts are no longer appropriate. Please also remember to wear your winter vests as this is part of our winter uniform. Thank you!

Please Mark Your Calendars!!! Upcoming Events at AS2A: 

• NO SCHOOL MONDAY OCTOBER 10, 2022!

• FIELD TRIP GRADES 4 through 8 to Plimoth Patuxet Museum!

DATE: Tuesday, November 15th, 2022. 

COST: Be on the lookout for the permission slip that is going home Tuesday 10/11/22 and must be returned with a non-refundable field trip fee per student is $10.00 payment by Friday 10/14/22. 

• ANNUAL TRUNK OR TREAT! Saturday, October 29, 2022, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. Join us for a howling good time at our annual Trunk or Treat! You may wear appropriate Halloween costumes without Halloween masks as they can scare our little ones. Appropriate Halloween-themed clothing and headgear are also welcome! Please bring your own bag(s) for your student to collect treats and prizes with. Also-please dress for the weather-New England weather can be a little tricky. Thank you!

Wholeness and Holiness Message for Today 10/7/22:

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.-St. Francis of Assisi
 

Autumn Blessings to Our All Saints STEAM Academy Family!  Enjoy the long weekend!

Sincerely-Mrs. Lara Wibeto, Principal