Celebrating Community

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1 Celebrating Community At All Saints Catholic School Volume 4, Issue 17 December 18, 2017 Friday: No Early Childhood Classes, Early Dismissal It s The Week Of Joy To help celebrate the joyful season of Advent, students are encouraged to participate in the following dress days this week: Today (Dec. 18th) Santa Hat Day with PE uniform Tuesday (Dec. 19th) Christmas Sunday Best Wednesday (Dec. 20th) Pajama Day Thursday (Dec. 21st) Red and Green Day with PE bottoms Friday (Dec. 22nd) Christmas Sweater/Shirt Day with PE bottoms or jeans Note: No jeans on Christmas Sunday Best Day. All pants should be modest in fit (no tight pants or leggings) and all skirts should be within 1 of the knee. Fund Video Released... In the spirit of the holiday season, we hope you ll consider partnering with us by supporting this year s Fund for All Saints. All gifts - regardless of amount - work together to enrich our programs, enhance services for current and future students, and support our faculty. Imagine the endless possibilities if every family supported the Fund for All Saints. Every contribution will make a difference by providing direct benefits to both our students and our faculty. Goal 100% Participation Check out our short video, which highlights the importance of 100% participation, at and donate today at /donate. Cold Weather Reminders With the colder weather arriving, here are just a couple of reminders for our families to keep in mind during the winter months: Students still go outside for recess if the temperature is above 10-degrees fahrenheit, so please dress them in warm gear. All ASCS safeties must wear warm clothes outside on duty. They are outside much longer than normal and it is a good example for other students. Please do NOT drop off your students prior to the doors opening at 7:50 a.m. With no adult supervision and freezing temperatures, it is not safe for students to be outside. Bus Updates Just a reminder All Saints Catholic School won t have bus service home on: Friday, December 22 Growing Leaders in Mind, Body, and Spirit Warren Road Canton, MI (734) Office (734) Attendance

2 In The Know December 22 No Early Childhood Classes Early Dismissal (11:30 a.m.) No Bus Service Home December 23-January 7 Christmas Break Students Bring Joy To Pantry Last Tuesday, members of the All Saints National Junior Honor Society and Student Council brought Christmas cheer to the All Saints Soup Kitchen & Food Pantry in Detroit. Students were on a mission to deliver presents collected from current families during our Advent Giving Tree program. Thanks to the generosity of All Saints students and parents, 102 children from 31 families will enjoy opening gifts this Christmas season. After unloading a fully loaded, 10-foot U-Haul filled with presents, the students toured the soup kitchen and food pantry and spent time in prayer at the All Saints church. January 12 Student Credit Union January Auction Super Week Congrats Alumni! Congratulations to two All Saints Catholic School alumni, who are also brother and sister, as they both graduated from EMU with a Masters degree over the weekend! Congratulations to Mr. Joseph Pacente and, current first grade teacher, Mrs. Caitlin Fishbeck!!! Congratulations to both former students! Christmas Tree in Kellogg Park The annual Walk of Trees in downtown Plymouth s Kellogg Park and All Saints is excited to have a tree this year. Don t forget to send in a picture of your student with the tree to the office for a chance to win a gift card to office@allsaintscs.com.

3 Classroom Happenings... Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Fifth graders were transported in time as they celebrated at the annual Renaissance Faire last week. Dressed in costumes of the era, the students sculpted art from bars of soap and painted. They also enjoyed knight-racing with pool-noodle horses, juggling, bean-bag archery, and jousting with cones. One of the most popular activities was tossing cloth balls at Mrs. Shore during her turn in the pillory! The trip back in time ended with a Kings and Queens banquet, where the students feasted on chicken legs, vegetables, soup, cheese, grapes, and apple juice to toast their mastery of the lessons of the Renaissance. On Saturday, December 9th, the All Saints Quiz Bowl Teams competed at the Middle School Quiz Bowl Tournament hosted at Detroit Catholic Central. All three ASCS teams performed admirably! Congratulations to overall individual competitors, Drew Laroo (4th place), Julianna Santillan (7th place), and Russell Schwartz (11th place). Way to go teams! Keep up the great work! The All Saints community celebrated the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe during our Tuesday school Mass. Students of Hispanic heritage led the procession, and each placed a single rose in front of a picture of Our Lady. Students from the 8th grade Spanish elective, taught by Mrs. Lashaway, performed a brief skit depicting St. Juan Diego receiving the apparition of Mary. Fr. Ron Richards explained that the spread of Catholicism in the Americas is due to Our Lady of Guadalupe, and that we should all recognize her importance to our faith. All of the Mass readings were done in both English and Spanish, with the 8th grade Spanish language students sharing reading duties with 4th graders. Growing Leaders in Mind, Body, and Spirit Warren Road Canton, MI (734) Office (734) Attendance

4 Classroom Happenings (Cont.) About 225 people helped commemorate the journey of Mary and Joseph during All Saints annual Nativity Night last Tuesday. During the event, attendees followed Mary and Joseph toward Bethlehem as they prepared for Jesus birth. Fr. Thomas Kramer and Deacon Paul Lippard of Resurrection Parish helped lead the route. Several fourth grade students were actors, and readers included members of Student Council and the National Junior Honor Society. Nativity Night is a wonderful opportunity for our families to focus on the true meaning of Advent and prepare for Christ s arrival. In addition to the formal procession, guests enjoyed hot cocoa and cookies, crafts, a story time and live choir music. Several All Saints classes and families also displayed their Nativity sets in a Nativity museum. Last week our 8th grade algebra students were busy with string art! Students, armed with needle and thread, took a break from the norm and worked on this annual project that taught usefulness of symmetry and coordinate planes. Last Friday, our pre-kindergarten students enjoyed an ASCS Gingerbread tradition! Students enjoyed preparing and baking gingerbread cookies today in the school kitchen, but as they were reading a story, the cookies ESCAPED, but not without a few clues to find them along the way! Students went from clue-to-clue, before finally locating the baked gingerbread cookies!

5 18 th Annual Growing Our Future Auction & Gala Auction Super Week: Jan. 22 nd It is time to start planning and preparing for our upcoming 2017 ASCS Auction! This year s auction will be held on Saturday March 3, Super Week will be January 22-26, 2018, and as always we will be focusing on collecting our Grade-Themed Donations. Starting Monday, January 22nd, collection bins (labeled 2018 Grade-Themed Auction Donations ) will be located in each classroom. These bins will be in the classrooms all week long for collection of auction donations. Also, please do not forget to complete the Donation Form (please see end of newsletter) and include it along with your donation. Auction Help... The auction procurement team is looking for a few volunteers who would be willing to take on one or more businesses in our surrounding community for auction donations. Please contact Kimberly Roelofs (kimberly.roelofs@gmail.com) or Anne Marie Fuelling (amfuelling@sbcglobal. net) if you are interested. Save the Date: The 18th Annual Growing Our Future Auction & Gala is March 3, The themes for each grade this year are: Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten: Pretend Play Kindergarten: American Girl and Magformers 1st Grade: Microsoft Surface 2nd Grade: Think Apple (Apple watch series 3, ipad) 3rd Grade: What s in Your Wallet? Gift Cards 4th Grade: Lights, Camera, Action - Nikon Camera 5th Grade: Shinola 6th Grade: Home Automation Alexa, Ring doorbell, Google Home,Echo,Nest 7th Grade: Destination Vacation Giftcards or monetary donation for a vacation package. (airline and hotel gift cards) 8th Grade: Capture and Share your world (Drone/Virtual Reality) If you wish to donate, you can do so in two ways: Donate a monetary amount (this can be done via cash, check, or a gift card). Monetary donations can be put in the bins that each teacher will have in their classroom. Donate the product for your grade s theme. Product donations can be sent to the office. As a special added incentive, if the school raises at least $5,000 in donations during Super Week, the students will receive a fun Pajama Day(date to be determined) as a reward! If you have any questions, please contact Dionisia Munoz, Auction Chair, at dmunoz1231@outlook.com! Thank you for donating and for supporting ASCS!

6 Blue Thunder News Baseball, Softball Registration Now Open Registration is now open for 4th - 8th grade boys and girls for baseball and softball through January 21, If you do not complete the registration process and remit payment via PayPal, your registration will be automatically delete. Please make sure that you complete the entire process. Note that we have eliminated the convenience fee when paying by credit card. You may pay by check, made out to ASCS CYO, and send it in to the school to the attention of Mr. Schultz; however we prefer credit card payment for easy of processing. The cost is the same regardless of your method of payment. After registering, please fill out the Athletic Requirements Form that can be found in the Forms dropdown menu. Please fill this out for each student athlete. This form only needs to be filled out once per school year. For non-intramural sports, remember that your child must have a physical on file with the ASCS CYO for the school year prior to the start of the season. The physical form can be found under the Forms drop down menu on the home page in the CYO Forms --> Physical Form folder. Athletes will not be able to practice with teams or participate in games unless the Athletic Requirements Form and Physical Form have been turned in. If you have any questions, please contact John Schultz, jschultz@allsaintscs.com or Chris Laroo, chris_laroo@yahoo.com. JV3 Girls Earn First Victory The JV3 girls basketball team earned their first victory on Saturday with a 12-4 victory over St Edith. Isabella Ceriotti, Jane Dziamski, and Rachel Klinkhammer each scored 4 points to lead All Saints. Jenna Atkins played solid defense and made it tough for St Edith to get any offense going. Great job to all the girls. Defense Carries VB1 The VB1 boys marched into Divine Child and played spectacular defense on their way to a 12-point victory. Nick Lehrke paced the attack with seven points while Russell Schwartz and Drew Laroo each chipped in six points! Sunday, December 17, 2017 JV Boys # Divine Child # Varsity Boys # Divine Child # Varsity Boys # Divine Child # Varsity Girls # Divine Child # ~ Scores! Saturday, December 16, 2017 JV Boys # St. James # JV Boys # St. James # JV Boys # St. James # JV Girls # St. James # JV Girls # St. James # JV Girls # St. Edith # Varsity Boys # St. James # Varsity Boys # St. Frances Cabrini # Varsity Boys # St. Pius X # Varsity Girls # St. James # Varsity Girls # St. James #

7 Fund for All Saints Commitment Form Every Gift, Every Family We are grateful to all who choose to support All Saints Catholic School by making our school a charitable priority. Your support in the form of a gift to the Fund for All Saints is evidence of your commitment to the students, faculty, and community of All Saints Catholic School and each gift has a meaningful impact on every aspect of this school. All gifts work together to enrich our programs, enhance services for current and future students, and support our faculty. On behalf of our entire community, we are truly grateful for your support of the mission of All Saints Catholic School. Name Date Address Phone City, State, ZIP Relation to All Saints Catholic School: Current Family Alumni Parent Alumni Student Grandparent Staff Friend Yes, I/we will support the Fund for All Saints! Enclosed is a check (made payable to All SAintS CAtholiC SChool) for: $ Our Goal: 100% Participation I/we are making the following annual pledge of: Pledge Start Date (MM-YY) $ (payable by June 30, 2018) To be paid in payments of $ Please designate my/our financial commitment to the following area: Monthly Quarterly Endowment Academics Athletics Technology Catholic Identity Where It s Needed Most In Memory/Honor of: I/we wish our financial commitment to remain anonymous. Payment Options My check is enclosed. Please make checks payable to All SAintS CAtholiC SChool. I will make a donation online at: /donate Please charge my credit card Name (as it appears on card) Card Number Exp. Date Billing Zip Code My gift will be in the form of stock, an appreciated asset, or will be matched by my company. Thank You! On behalf of the nearly 600 students who will continue to benefit from your generosity, we are truly grateful for your support of the mission of All Saints Catholic School. If you have any questions regarding donations or payments, please contact Eric Rothert at (734) ext. 29 or at erothert@allsaintscs.com. All contributions are tax deductible (TIN# ) All SAintS CAtholiC SChool WArren rd. CAnton, Mi (734) F: (734)

8 Family Donation Form Name: Phone: Total Donor Value: $ Total Retail Value: $ Item Description(s): Please check the box below if you want your donation to go to a specific grade, otherwise your donation may be used to complete other baskets/packages as needed. q Preschool q Pre-K q K q 1 st q 2 nd q 3 rd q 4 th q 5 th q 6 th q 7 th q 8 th q Any Basket Please make checks out to All Saints Catholic School Check # Auction winners are promised that items won are new and unused. Therefore, the Auction Committee asks that only new items be donated. This excludes art, collectibles, or sports memorabilia. Tax ID # A receipt will be provided for tax purposes. All Saints Catholic School Warren Road Canton, MI 48187