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Dear All Saints Families,
Once again I begin the Principal's letter with a huge thank you for your generosity in giving to others. On Friday, All Saints was able to donate over $3,000 to Catholic Relief Services for Puerto Rico. Thank you to the Builders' Club and Student Government's mentors and students who took on this event with dedication and love for those in need. I am always so amazed at our children's true heart of charity and honest desire to serve others. Please help our school in nurturing this wonderful virtue so it remains with them for eternity.
This week our school begins the
"Wild, Wild, West" Book Fair. Thank you to Mrs. Maihack, Mrs. Malinowski, and the numerous volunteers for transforming the Media Center into a magnificent place of imagination and treasures. I am also truly impressed with our door/ bulletin board decorating contest. Each class was asked to decorate its door or bulletin board in the Wild West theme. Awesome creativity emerged to excite all our students and faculty about the Book Fair and reading. Reading is key to academic success and to get a child excited about reading is critical. If your child struggles with reading, know that our school's focus is always on reading. Buying and reading books at your child's reading level and within their interest level is so important to invite that interest. We spend all this energy and time having Book Fairs to demonstrate to our children the importance of reading. Come to our
Family Night on Thursday and share in this delight.
In a letter shared on our website and social media, our Superintendent, Mr. Gary Gelo, announced the schools in the Diocese of Palm Beach will not be making up any school days. State statutes dictate 180 days of instruction OR a minimum of 170 days with 900 hours of instruction. A few less are required for grades kindergarten to fifth. This means schools can meet state statutes through fewer, but longer days. Our school day length allows us to meet that second criteria of a minimum of 170 days and special grade level hours of instruction. As our school went back on the Wednesday, and since Governor Scott reduced the days of instruction by two, we are still well above the required hours of instruction. However, if another closure were to happen, we may have to re-evaluate make up days. We do wish to remind parents that every day of school and learning is important. Removing students for extended time off immediately preceding or following designated holidays may hurt learning, knowing we have fewer days for instruction. Please put education and learning as a priority in your family in adhering to attendance and punctuality.
We wish to inform families that Mrs. Dawn Wasconis resigned on Friday. She held the positions of after-care mentor, assistant substitute, and food service person. She resigned of her own accord. I wish to remind parents that commenting negatively on Facebook only hurts the school. It is so sad misinformation is being posted. We wish her the best in all her future opportunities.
Have a great week and God bless,
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