Inclement Weather School Closing/Delay Protocol & Notifications

As temperatures begin to drop, we would like to remind you of school procedures as they pertain to school closings and delays due to inclement weather:

We will make every effort to decide our status on any given day by 6:00 AM and post our status by 6:15 AM. We will give primary consideration to road/travel conditions, and we will most often err on the side of having school. We understand that families come from a variety of different cities, and weather and road conditions and directions from Saint Agnes may vary significantly; should any parents make a decision not to send their child(ren) to school, we will respect those decisions.

When a decision has been made to close or delay the start of school, the order of posting is as follows: notification via Educate’s emergency alert system (email, phone and text), posting to the school website, and, finally, notification to the four major media sites (WCCO, KARE11, FOX9, KSTP5). Other supplemental notification may be given by social media but is not guaranteed.

Educate – Update Contact Information and Communication Preferences

Parents and Upper School Students are encouraged to update their Contact Information and Communication Preferences in Educate annually. Please review this document for instructions.

Lower School Grandparents Day--Thank You & Photo Link

Thank you to all who helped make this year's Lower School Grandparents & Senior Friends Day our biggest and best yet!

View and Download Photos here.

Fall Conferences and No School – Friday, October 27^th

Mark your calendars for Parent/Teacher Conferences on Thursday, October 26th and Friday, October 27th. The sign up links are below. The schedule is as follows:

October 26th:

• K-12 School Day 7:55AM-2:45PM
• No CASA/After School Care

Lower School Conferences 

3:30-7:30PM: In-Person or Phone (sign up required)

Upper School Conferences 

3:30-7:30PM: In-Person (Walk-in only)

October 27th 

• No School

Upper and Lower School Conferences

9:00AM-2:30PM: In-Person or Phone (sign up required)

Teacher Conference Meals - Thursday, October 26th and Friday, October 27th

A potluck meal will be served for the teachers on Thursday, October 26 from 4:00 - 6:00 PM and Friday, October 27 from 8:30 - 9:30 AM.

If you are interested in contributing items, please sign up here.

Thursday Items: DROP OFF items on labeled carts across from the Main Office or bring directly to the Cafeteria before 4:00 PM.

Friday Items: DROP OFF either Thursday afternoon/evening or Friday morning before 8:00 AM. Please label breakfast items with "FRIDAY MEAL"

Please label all crockpots and containers.

All Saint's Day Party | October 31st, 5:15 PM

All families are invited to the Saint Agnes All Saint’s Day Party. We begin with 5:15 PM Mass (all are welcome to come in costume, but please leave props for the Party) followed by the Party from 6:00–8:00 PM in Gruden Gym (enter at door #3 of the school). Youth and adults are encouraged to dress as a favorite or interesting Saint or Blessed. Families are asked to contribute $20 and 2 bags of candy, to cover the pizza dinner and games we will enjoy together.

To volunteer to help, or for questions, please contact Arika Heffron at 507-213-0725 or reach out to the Parish Office. Volunteers MUST be up to date with VIRTUS/E3 training.

CSCOE October Peace of Mind

Registration is now open for CSCOE's October Peace of Mind session:

• Parent session: October 24, 2023 | 7:00 PM
• Topic: Identifying Typical vs. Problematic Stress and Anxiety
• Register: Click here

All Saints Day – Lower School Dress-Up Day

On Wednesday, November 1^st we will celebrate All Saints Day as a school with an All-School Mass. We invite Lower School Aggies to dress up as their favorite saint and be in costume for the day.

One-Act Play Festival 11/10 & 11/11

The Saint Agnes Drama Club will be performing its first ever One-Act Play Festival on Friday, November 10^th and Saturday, November 11^th. Come support these excellent (and hilarious!) student actors as they perform two one-act comedies: The Internet is Distract—Oh, Look a Kitten! and 13 Ways (or more) to Screw up Your College Interview . Both performances will be held in the Helene Houle Auditorium starting at 7:00 PM each evening. Adult tickets are $10.00. Student tickets (12 and older) are $5.00. All proceeds will support the Drama Club.

Attention All Saint Agnes Bakers!  In addition to performing the One-Act Play Festival, the Drama Club is looking to sell desserts at intermission as a fundraiser.  If you would like to donate a dessert to sell OR donate money to purchase desserts, please contact Mr. Broszko, director of the Drama Club, at sbroszko@saintagnesschool.org. 

Upcoming Fall Standardized Testing (Upper School)

The PSAT will be administered to all juniors and qualifying sophomores on Monday, October 30th (changed from Tuesday, October 24th). For more information about the PSAT, the National Merit Scholarship Program, and to take a practice test, visit the PSAT website here.

SPO College Night 11/5

Meet Catholic students and missionaries serving at UST and UMN with Saint Paul's Outreach at the St. Lawrence Newman Center (1203 5th St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414). 5:30PM Dinner & Program & 7PM Mass.

Saint Paul's Outreach (SPO) is a Catholic organization that builds missional communities on college campuses and beyond. They are currently impacting 54 campuses across the nation. Learn more at www.spo.org

Playoff Information

Football Seeded #1 in Playoffs

The #1 seeded Aggies will host the Section 4AA semifinal game Saturday, October 28th at Concordia University. Game time is 6PM. Tickets must be purchased in advance. 

This is an MSHSL event, and no passes are accepted. Everyone must pay.

Please purchase your tickets here: 4AA Football Box Office

Volleyball to Host 4AA Playoffs Thursday

The Volleyball team will host a Section 4AA playoff game here Thursday, October 26th at 6PM



This is an MSHSL event, and no passes are accepted. Everyone must pay.

All tickets must be purchased online. The MSHSL has not set up the ticket link yet. When set, it will appear on the Saint Agnes Athletic calendar, linked below.

Winter Sports Registration Open

Winter sports registration is open and will close October 31^st. View the sports we offer, and register below:

High School

Boys Basketball

Girls Basketball

Boys Wrestling

Boys Hockey (Co-op with St. Paul Academy)

Girls Hockey (Co-op with Burnsville and St. Paul Academy)

Boys and Girls Alpine Ski (Co-op with St. Croix Prep and New Life)

Boys Swimming (Co-op with DeLaSalle and St. Anthony)

**Boys and Girls Hockey Notice**

Those intending to play high school boys and girls hockey need to register by October 16th so the athletic department can let our co-op partners know who is playing.

Grade School & Junior High

Boys Basketball

Girls Basketball

Youth Boys Wrestling

Mini Matmen Boys Wrestling

Boys and Girls Swimming grade 1-8 (This program runs January to April)

For more information, please visit our Winter Sports Information and Contact Page.

Purchase Tickets to Athletic Events

This season Saint Agnes is offering two ways to buy tickets for high school athletic events. You can still purchase tickets with cash at the gate and now you may also purchase tickets online through our online ticketing partner GoFan. Many schools we play will be using the GoFan Box Office as well; many schools have gone completely cashless.

See the Saint Agnes athletic calendar for all times, locations, and livestreams for this week's games.

Please contact Athletic Director Mr. Streitz with any questions.

Art Department in Need of Newspapers

If you have any old newspapers, please consider donating them to our Art Department for their various student art projects throughout the year.

Upper School Altar Serving Training

If you have a son in grades 7-12 who is a current or new altar server, please fill out this brief form: https://forms.office.com/r/LQDRNabmAb

Altar servers in grades 5-12 are also welcome to attend the Latin Ordinary Form altar server training on Sunday, October 29, 2023 following the 10:30 AM Mass. We currently are in need of many more altar servers for this Mass.  

Contact Ms. Rose Coleman with questions.

Kitchen Help Needed

We are in need of help in our kitchen during lunch--anywhere from 1-3 days per week. The job description can be found here.

Please email Food Service Manager, Kelly DiPietro, with any inquiries.