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SAS Update
October 23, 2020
Gift Card Gifts
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26
Coming into the holiday season, start stocking up on your gift cards now! They make perfect presents for teachers, babysitters, college kids, and those hard-to-shop-for people on your list. Plus, you can do your holiday grocery shopping and earn money toward tuition. Print your order form and/or registration form from the links attached herein or order online (new this year!). Simply visit www.shopwithscrip.com, and click on the Join a Program button. Our enrollment code is 34DA3E253142. Enter the code, and then click Register. Next you will set up your user name and password, and fill in your account information.
Early Dismissal
Extended Day will be available for free until 3:00 p.m. Regular rates apply after that.
Leaders Are Readers
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 6:00 p.m.
All PreK through 2nd Graders are invited to join our 8th Graders for Leaders Are Readers via Google Meet, a literacy reading program designed just for them. A link to join will be sent by email just prior to 6:00 p.m. The kids can dress up in their Halloween costumes if they like, and we will have a special guest reader! Mr. Moreno will speak about fire safety and then read to us.
Supper Club at Gayety's
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, NOON-9:00 p.m.
Fall is here! But that doesn't mean you can't still have ice cream--you deserve a treat, and Gayety's is here to provide it! Come in for a spooky Halloween creation (or some plain delicious vanilla) on October 29 between Noon & 9:00 p.m., turn in the St. Ann voucher or show it on your phone, and our friends at Gayety's will donate back 10% of all St. Ann supporters’ dine in and carry-out purchases. You can enjoy your treat in the shop, at a pleasant outdoor table, or in the comfort of your own home. Please tell your friends! Vouchers can be downloaded and printed here. Share and invite your friends via the Facebook Event here.
School Picture Day Rescheduled!
In the interest of everyone's safety, we have postponed school photos until the spring. Thank you for understanding.
Halloween Dress-Down Day
All students and faculty are invited to dress down in Halloween colors and themed tees and headbands today.
E-Learning Enlightenment
- All e-learners must remember to be patient when logging into your classrooms. Sometimes the teacher’s computer is frozen and needs to be restarted before you can log on.
- When you are having computer difficulties at home, try restarting your computer and logging back on.
- Do not share your passwords with anyone!
- If you get an invite by your classmate to join a google class outside of class time, do not accept it. If you want to meet with your classmates outside of school, call them by phone or use another computer platform and another email account to avoid someone hacking into the school’s system.
- We are monitoring all activity on the school’s site, so be careful of what you are writing in the chat box. We will contact parents and suspend a student’s account if they are not being a responsible digital citizen in our St. Ann’s platform.
- Students are required to complete all of the classwork listed by your teachers in the Google Classroom. If a student is not attending classes or arriving late to class, it will be reported to the office and the principal will be contacting parents.
- Remember, teachers are busy all day with students in their classrooms and online with other students, so they may not get back to you right away or have your grades when you want them. Your teacher will get back to you within 24 hours of your request so, again, be patient.
Device Advice
- Cell phones should not be out of backpacks at all during the school day. Parents and others are not to contact students during school hours other than through the school office.
- ALL devices should be turned off in school when not in use--this goes for Chromebooks in the classroom.
- SAS devices and emails should be used for school purposes ONLY, which terms were clearly stated in the computer use policy all families signed at the beginning of the year. Thank you!
Dress Code Reminders
Uniform policy will be strictly enforced. Going forward, students who are out of dress code will be sent to the office for pick-up, or to wait for drop off of acceptable clothing.
- If not wearing a plaid skirt or jumper, all students must wear black dress pants and a gray shirt. We have observed students wearing stretch pants, leggings, jeggings, or black jeans, which are not part of our uniform policy.
- Pencil or tight and short skirts are also not allowed.
- Students who wear pants must wear a black belt, and that includes students from 1st-8th grades.
- Only St. Ann sweaters may be worn at school. If you do not have one, a student may wear a plain green sweater without any markings.
- All socks must cover the ankles.
- Uniform shoes must be all black, even if it is a gym shoe, and no marking of any other color can be on the shoe. Our gym day is every Wednesday, and students may wear any color gym shoe at that time.
- If a student is not dressed properly for gym, he or she may not participate in class. If you do not have a gym uniform, then your student must wear plain dark green or black sweatpants (no leggings) or green or black shorts with a plain gray t-shirt. St. Ann’s has a number of gym pieces donated from students in prior years and grades; please contact Ms. Summerrise for details.
The Archdiocese of Chicago Office of Catholic Schools recently notified us that if we do not aggressively bring down our sizeable school deficit with some new sources of revenue, the future of our school will be in imminent jeopardy. To this end, the St. Ann School Board has launched the Angel Project, and you should have received a letter and pledge card in the mail this past week.
We are asking EVERYONE--school families, friends, faculty & staff, parishioners, alumni, and community supporters--to pitch in on this effort and make a pledge. We are seeking donors to contribute at any level they are comfortable, but also hoping to gather many $1,000 or higher pledges as quickly as possible to show the Archdiocese we are serious about the future of our school. Pledges can be paid in installments over a 10-month period to make them more manageable.
Please talk with your family and friends, and pray over how you will participate. Ask grandparents and friends to go in on a pledge with you. Check at work if there is a corporate matching program to double your donation. Coming into the end of the year, many people are looking for additional charitable contributions to make for tax purposes--tell them your family's St. Ann story. The full letter may be accessed here if you wish to share it, or you may request additional copies in the office.
Donations may be made by returning the pledge form,
by texting ANGEL to 847-201-4236,
via PayPal to sasangel@stannschoollansing.org,
or at https://www.givecentral.org/location/100/event/27725
Thank you, thank you, thank you for joining in this effort with us!
BE SURE TO STOP BY AND SEE US AT THE ST. ANN TABLE
AT FOX POINTE TRICK OR TREAT!
Order Your Yearbook Early and Save!
ARE YOU SENDING IN YOUR STRACKS RECEIPTS? PLEASE ASK OTHERS TO SAVE THEM FOR YOU TOO!
Collect Strack & VanTil Food Market register receipts dated between September 1 and March 1 to help St. Ann earn FREE educational rewards! Every classroom has a Collection Envelope, and we will be tallying the value of the receipts turned in. The class that brings in the most will win a prize!
Did you know your purchases can make a difference? Don't forget to shop through our AmazonSmile link every time! AmazonSmile donates to St. Ann when you do your shopping at smile.amazon.com/ch/36-2601098. And if you purchase Amazon gift cards through the St. Ann TRIP program, you will also get money back toward your tuition!
STAY CONNECTED!
Be sure to receive all of our communications by keeping your contact info up to date! If there is another parent or guardian you would like to receive these emails, please send their information to jgray@stannschoollansing.org.
Also, please follow us at all of our social media outlets: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. We also have a private parent group on Facebook: St. Ann Friends. Please answer the two quick questions there, and we can add you!
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Email: egonzalez@stannschoollansing.org
Website: www.stannschoollansing.org
Location: 3014 Ridge Road, Lansing, IL, USA
Phone: 708.895.1661
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/St.AnnSchoolofLansing/
Twitter: @saintannlansing