Dear All Saints Families, 

Happy New Year and welcome back to school.  I hope the holiday break brought much needed love, family, and of course, rest.  We all look forward to new year with great anticipation of things to come.  I wish all our families a blessed 2017 filled with faith, health, and happiness.  We have so much to do in the next semester.  There will be great learning and opportunities for growth.  We celebrate Catholic Schools Week the last weekend of January and first week of February.  In the next FEW days the full schedule will be posted on our website.

Three things that I do want to let parents know about Catholic Schools Week well in advance, is the first day is community day.  We have committed to the St. Vincent de Paul thrift store in Jupiter to do another collection.  So as you are cleaning and making room for the new things you received for Christmas, please remember we will be doing a collection on Monday, January 30th of clothes and small furniture items.  Further, Grandparents Day for Pre-K to first grades will be celebrated on Tuesday, January 31st.  Grandparents are invited for a brunch, a little performance and time in the classroom. Also, we will have our field day during this week.  I know the coaches need lots of volunteers for this day.  You may only volunteer if you have been fingerprinted by the Diocese, signed a Pastoral Code of Conduct, and attended a Protecting God's Children class.  Deacon Dave Licata will be doing a training for us on January 27th at 9:00 AM at St. Peter Family Parish Hall.  If you need to attend a session, this would be a great opportunity for our families.  If you are interested please go to the www.diocesepb.org and when you click under the tab of Safe Environments you will see the Virtus Training link.  Find the one for this date and St. Peter.  You must register ahead of time to receive your certificate of attendance.  No walk-ins will be permitted. Please see Ms. Korf for the remaining items.  We want all our parents to volunteer if they so desire and clear the system.  Remember, although this may seem tedious, this is for the safety of our children.

I would also like to gladly announce Mrs. Nicole Aitken will be begin adult technology sessions every Thursday, immediately following Liturgy.  Sessions will run for about an hour and will incorporate things your children are learning so that as a parent, you can understand how your child is using technology.  The first two weeks will center on using the Rediker Parent Portal fully.  We have had numerous families express frustrations with this system.  In moving forward, Mrs. Aitken will be doing this training at the onset of each year and it will be mandatory for all new families.  The Rediker system is very user friendly once you learn the little tricks of the system.  We will be announcing future topics found in the session shortly.  Sessions will be grade level specific.  We also plan to have guest speakers this semester about Internet safety, what your children are using on social media, and how to protect your children from cyberbullying or inappropriate things happening in this area.  Mrs. Aitken will have some specific trainings on social media and how to set up safety blocks on your child's electronic devices.  Thank you Mrs. Aitken for leading this project. 

On January 20th, we have our Open House.  Please spread the word about our great school.  If you have interested family members or neighbors, let them know.  We are very aware that word of mouth is the best advertisement for any school.  So many of our families have great things to say and I thank everyone.  I know we are not perfect and have things to work on.  We will be revising our annual survey and it will be going out at the end of January.  We need everyone's feedback for the survey to be valid.  More information will follow shortly.

Welcome back and have a blessed week.