The fifteenth annual All Saints Auction, held this past Saturday, was a true delight filled with fun, community, and a commitment to Catholic education.  It was a perfectly planned evening that took enormous work and dedication of its chairs and countless volunteers. Thank you does not seem sufficient to our chairs who took upon this task with much love and investment to a magnificent outcome.  Mrs. Gina Masilotti, Mrs. Maura McGuire, Mrs. Megan Patel, and Mrs. Jessica Willoughby truly set the bar high for all future chairs.  Thank you to all the volunteers the night of the auction, including so many faculty members who helped in so many different ways.  Our sponsors this year were abundant and gracious in their giving. An additional special thank you goes out Mrs. Ani Battifarano, our HSA President, who kicked off the capital campaign for our artificial turf field and improvements to the back property.  During our "Call to the Heart", our amazing attendees donated over $50,000 to this project.  Thank you to everyone who attended this evening and gave in so many ways!  We are truly blessed with amazing Pastors, faculty, families, children, and community.   

As we discuss our strong athletic programs, I wish to congratulate our Girls' JV and Varsity Volleyball teams who won their divisions this year.  Further, our Cross Country team performed amazingly well all season and walked away with seven medals in the final meet.  We are so proud of our teams and thank our wonderful coaches who volunteer their time and talents.  All Saints Catholic School is part of the Catholic School Athletic League and with this membership comes rules regarding the grade of students on teams, playing time requirements for regular season play, team size, and regulations.  In order to stay in this league, we are committed to following said rules.  Unfortunately, our new season of sports had more students try out than were permitted on a team.  Sadly, cuts had to be made. This is always difficult for a coach and we try hard to take many variables into the decisions.  Thank you for your understanding.

This week we now will be collecting for Thanksgiving Food Baskets for each parish.  Each grade has been asked to bring in particular items to support this basket.  Each parish determines a needy family to receive this gift.  We never know the families who receive the baskets.  However, our pastors inform me they are received with such gratitude and tears of joy.  We also began Cross Catholic Outreach " Box of Joy", an annual event.   Please see the links in events on the calendar to the right. Thank you for contributing in this season of thanksgiving.

A reminder to all families that Tuesday is a Diocesan Professional Day.  There is no school. The Diocese has decided to move forward with always closing our school on the November voting day.  This has evolved because churches are often used as voting stations. St. Peter Family Center is a voting station and parking and traffic can become difficult.  For that reason, all future calendars will have this day as a Professional Day for teachers.  Thank you for your understanding.

 

Yours in Christ,

Mrs. Jill Broz

 

Helping Hands:

THANK YOU TO OUR MANY VOLUNTEERS!