Thank you AGAIN to our amazing PTO officers, Tammy Fink and Jackie Healy, for organizing a fabulous Breakfast with Santa! A winter wonderland greeted guests as they entered and children were all smiles as they gobbled down their pancake breakfast in anticipation of sharing their Christmas wishes with Santa. Thank you also to Miss Dawn for transforming her classroom to a cozy space for chatting with Santa and lovely photos! The joy was palpable and was a great way to start the Christmas season!   

The Read-a-thon mascot, Colby, is popping up…all around the school!  Students have been challenged to count how many times they see Colby around the hallways, lobby, or multipurpose room.  They will submit their guess and a name will be drawn to win a Barnes and Noble gift card. Let’s keep the love of reading going!

Happy Veterans Day! Our hallways are lined with photos and pictures of the veterans close to our hearts.  Yesterday, we celebrated our veterans with a prayer service and recognized our students of military families who so enrich our school community.  Even though our military families are here for a short time, we enjoy the friendships we share with you and the energy and spirit you bring to our AS²A family.  Each student received a poppy pin at the end of our service as a symbol of our support and gratitude for our veterans.  This pin may be worn every day as a part of the uniform.  Please encourage your students to proudly support our military families! 

On Wednesday we celebrated our feast day, All Saints Day.  We enjoyed a lovely mass with Father Codega and the parishioners of St. Lucy’s Church.  Classes celebrated with activities and learning focused on the saints, those holy people we try to emulate every day.   Each day we pray to find inspiration in not just our official saints, but also those who strive to live saintly lives.  Thank you to those who joined us to celebrate Mass. 

Unfortunately, the weather is not cooperating and Trunk or Treat has been rescheduled to Saturday, October 28, 1-3 p.m. Please use this new Sign Up Genius for next weekend's event:

It was so wonderful to hear the start of band practices this week! We heard a symphony of trombones, saxophones, clarinets, drums, and bells to name a few! We are looking forward to an amazing Christmas concert that will be here before we know it!

Happy October!  Science has discovered orange is the only color that does not disappear or fade into the atmosphere.  It is always with us, just as God is always with us.  Look around and take notice of the color orange all around you this month! 

We had an outstanding opening week of school!  Our building is bursting with smiles and happy chatter.  Even those students who may have tip-toed in a bit timid and unsure, are now doing happy dances in the halls. The positive energy and enthusiasm in our halls are contagious and we look forward to a year of faith, fun learning, and community.

We hope this letter finds you in good health and basking in the fun and relaxation of a beautiful summer season.  All Saints has been abuzz with activity throughout the summer break as we gear up for the new academic year filled with boundless possibilities.

A Dad rang the doorbell this Monday morning to return his daughter’s uniforms.  Sadly, he and his family are one of our many military families who must move on to another duty station.  As he said his final goodbye, he left us with this message, “You have a really special school here.  We will miss it.”

Our band may be small, but it is mighty!  On Monday, the “standing room only” audience enjoyed the harmonious sounds of our very talented musicians.  We thank Jen Hawes for her direction and hope more students were inspired to join the fun as we look forward to an even bigger band next year! 

Field Day was a HUGE SUCCESS! Students of all ages were heard saying, “It was the best day of the whole year!” From tossing bean bags, to tug of war, to three-legged races…fun times were had by all. Thank you again to our amazing PTO Board for planning the best Field Day ever. Thank you, also, to the MANY parent volunteers - without you this fun day would not have been possible.

STEAM night was another successful event!  Students loved presenting their experiments and learning to parents and friends.  Our smallest scientists shared their experiments.  Preschool students learned how plants drink water and Pre-K students tested how eggs react to different solutions as they awaited the hatching of their chicks

What a wonderful wacky Walkathon we had!  Thank you to our amazing PTO board for planning another wildly successful event!  Students, teachers, and parents enjoyed walking the campus together to raise money for All Saints Academy.  Students got a kick out of earning necklaces and bracelets with each lap and running through the bubble machine to celebrate reaching the finish line!

We are so grateful for the many “Thank you” messages shared with our teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week. Your emails and handwritten notes were very thoughtful and meant a great deal to our teachers.  

This week we celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week!  The faculty at AS²A is the best around.  Please take a few minutes to help us celebrate our teachers by flooding their inboxes with messages of appreciation.  A quick thank you means a lot!

We are excited to spread AS²A spirit this week! Each day we celebrate with a different theme: Monday - Pajama Day Tuesday - Mismatch Day Wednesday - Patriotic Day Thursday - Jersey Day Friday - Class Color Day

This Holy Thursday, students finished Lenten lessons and projects as they prepared to celebrate Easter with family and friends.  Our daily reading focused on Jesus washing the feet of the apostles as a demonstration of God’s humble love.  Through this action, Jesus asks his disciples, and through them, all of us, to take care of others as he has taken care of them.  His wish was that their love for Jesus would naturally spill over into wanting to be like him in caring for others.  May your Easter gatherings be a celebration of Jesus’ unending love and care for all of us and our call to serve and help others.

Congratulations to the Middle School students who represented AS²A at the Rhode Island Science and Engineering Fair this past weekend.  Six middle schoolers presented their project to the state judges on Saturday and to the public on Sunday.  On Wednesday, students received their awards at CCRI in Warwick.  Congratulations to: 

As we journey through the beautiful season of Lent, our students continue to live our AS²A mission by focusing on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.  Pre-K students, playing the roles of Jesus, his followers, and his enemies, are enjoying rehearsals for their annual Passion Play. The kindergarten and first grade classes begin each morning reflecting on their efforts to help others. After, they color a windowpane on their individual Lenten Good Deeds stained glass window. Second graders are engaged in quiet prayer and reflection in the chapel.  Third grade students celebrate each act of extraordinary goodness practiced among their classmates by removing a toothpick "thorn" from Jesus's grapevine wreath "crown". Students in fourth grade have composed individual Lenten prayers reflecting on sacrifice, promise, and hope. Fifth graders are adding another memory verse for Lent - “Take up your cross and follow me” (Matthew 16:25). Sixth grade students are creating a Lenten Book of Knowledge by summarizing daily Lenten podcasts on the Mass, while seventh graders read and complete the Gospel of Luke workbook and eighth grade students read and discuss the Gospel of Matthew.  Teachers, students, and staff continue to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ by spreading acts of kindness and truly respecting one another’s gifts and talents.