Principal's Letter

Dear All Saints Families, 

We are off to a good start of the third quarter.  We had an amazing Open House on Friday attended by families who are highly impressed with our school and value Catholic education.  Testing continues this week.  We are less than fifty percent done with MAP's testing.  Just a reminder that we have an early release day this Wednesday.  It seems we just returned, but our faculty needed to obtain more safety training about intruders and emergency preparedness.  As we strive to make security a priority at All Saints, faculty and staff must obtain regular training to keep us informed and current. Finally, Mrs. Michelle Kleisley and I will be attending the Florida Education and Technology Conference in Orlando at the end of the week. As technology is a full commitment within our school, it is imperative we stay up-to-date on all trends and products.  As technology evolves so rapidly, it is so important we attend such conferences to ensure our school remains on a powerful technology track.

Next week we celebrate Catholic Schools Week. There are so many wonderful things happening during this week.  Newsletters have gone out in the past week with information and are posted on our website.  One important event that has family members in attendance is Grandparent's Day on Tuesday, January 30th.  Our event, at present time, includes grades Pre-K to 2nd.  We have added second grade this year.  It is our hope that we will continue to add more grades in the future participating in this wonderful day.  Grandparents are very vital family members and need to be honored.  It is a planning issue to organize more events with more children.  We have changes coming in the next few years. 

Wednesday is Student Appreciation Day when students have a fun-filled field day.  Coach King has sent out information regarding the day and color teams to the homeroom teachers. Information should be going home shortly. Coach King is in need of volunteers. However, all volunteers for this event must be fingerprinted through the Diocese, have a signed Pastoral Code of Conduct on file, and have attended a Protecting God's Children program. If you wish to volunteer please see Ms. Korf to get fingerprinted.  Further, we will be holding a Protecting God's Children training this Thursday, January 25th in our Media Center at 6:00 PM.  You must register online at http://www.diocesepb.org/virtus-training.  Please understand that volunteers MUST be organized and scheduled ahead of time.  Parents cannot simply drop by for an hour and want to help out.  Coach King must have a schedule of volunteers with responsibilities of games given to parents ahead of time.  It is virtually impossible while everyone is trying to manage and move along close to 500 students to suddenly stop and redirect unplanned parents to roles or responsibilities.  Coach King and Coach Q both run events this day and are extremely busy.  Further, having young siblings on the field with excited students puts everyone at risk for possible accidents.  We know younger siblings want to be like their older sibling and join in the fun.  Hence, we simply cannot have unplanned parent volunteer nor younger siblings on this very fun and well organized day.  We do not wish to turn any parent away to volunteer, so please contact Coach King ahead of time.

We are very happy to announce we have added a formal Parent's Appreciation Day this year on Thursday, February 1st. We invite all parents to join their children with a picnic lunch.  Bring in your favorite lunch for you and your child.  If weather is poor, we will still have the event but in the classrooms. See information above for lunch times and locations for each grade.

Please note there is NO half day on Friday, February 2nd.  A full day of school has always been on the school calendar, but we have traditionally had a half day at the end of Catholic Schools Week.  However, this year due to various scheduling needs for professional training we have a half day the following week instead on February 9.  Please refer to the calendar on our school's website. 

Finally, everyone should have received notification that the National Catholic Education Association and FACTS have united to promote the "Many Gifts, One Nation: A Day of Giving to Catholic Schools" during this special week.  All Saints has sent information to our families.  However, please note, it is not our desire to once again focus on our families for donations.  Instead we are reaching out to you to share this great request and love of Catholic education with family, friends, and businesses.  It is a wonderful opportunity to spread the good news about Catholic education and widen our giving base. Please share the donation link with others:  https://allsaintsjupiter.giving.factsmgt.com. This event will only take place from January 30, 9:00 am - January 31, 9:00 am.  Please help us spread the word and celebrate All Saints Catholic School. 

Yours in Christ,

Mrs. Jill Broz

 

Catholic Schools' Week Field Day:

Coach King is in need of volunteers for Field Day, Wednesday, January 31st. All volunteers must be fingerprinted through the Diocese, have a signed Pastoral Code of Conduct on file, and have attended a Protecting God's Children program.  If you wish to volunteer please see Ms. Korf to get fingerprinted.  Further, we will be holding a Protecting God's Children training this Thursday, January 25th in our Media Center at 6:00 PM.  You must register online at  http://www.diocesepb.org/virtus-training .  Please contact Coach Dan King at dking@allsaintsjupiter.org, to  volunteer. 

Helping Hands:

THANK YOU TO OUR MANY VOLUNTEERS!