All Saints Catholic School Communicator
October 21, 2018

All Saints Catholic School Communicator, October 21, 2018 

 

Academically focused, Spiritually alive Community of Saints in training

Cooperation – Assertiveness – Responsibility – Empathy – Self-control

 

ASCS Welcomes our NEASC Visiting Committee!

 

This Week

 

Monday,October 22

• PE for Grades 2 - 8 - wear gym uniform - sweatpants required
• ELL Screening
• MAP Growth Assessment Kindergarten, Gr 3 & 4
• Explorers Club ( 2:45 - 3:45 pm) 

Tuesday, October 23

• MAP Growth Assessment Gr 1,2,7,8
• PE classes for P3 - Gr 1 - wear gym uniform - sweatpants required
• Performing Arts Club (2:30 - 4 pm)

Wednesday, October 24

• MAP Growth Assessment Kindergarten & Gr 2
• Art Club Gr 5 - 8 (2:45 - 3:45 pm) 
• Zumba Gr 1 - 4 (2:45 - 3:45 pm) 

Thursday,October 25

• MAP Growth Assessment Gr 2 & 3
• ASCS Choir (2:30 - 4  pm)

Friday, October 26

• Rosary Club (7:15 - 7:45 am) in Grade 4
• 11:30 Dismissal ( ½ PD for New Bedford Catholic Schools)
• NO Track Club
• Hallowed Halls Celebration - see fliers and below for detail

 

Coming Up:

Wednesday, October 31

•  “Halloween shirt” day for students and staff with jeans/loose sweatpants and sneakers.  NO COSTUMES or other Halloween accessories (head gear, masks, props) - Halloween colors (black, orange, purple) or Halloween/fall themed t-shirts /sweatshirts, and for girls, Halloween themed headbands or bows are acceptable! 

 

Thursday, November 1 - All Saints Day Celebration- full uniform with sweater!   

• All Saints Day Mass (Holy Day!)- noon with St.Mary’s Parish for all students and staff

Friday, November 2 - All Souls Day - full uniform with sweater! 

• Mass for Grades 3 - 8 at 8 am

 

ASCS website: ascsnb.org.

ASCS Calendar - http://ascsnb.org/calendar-1 

Parent & Student Handbook 2018-2019 and ASCS Policies - http://ascsnb.org/resources-1

Parentsweb (Renweb) Login - https://ascs-ma.client.renweb.com/pw/

ASCS Prayer Line - Submit prayer requests -  http://ascsnb.org/prayer-requests

Fundraising 1819 Lineup - https://www.ascsnb.org/fundraising

ASCS Parents Group on Facebook - Search ASCS Parent Group and ask to join!

 

 

Reminders & Announcements 

 

Hallowed Halls (Friday, October 26) reminders:

• All families are asked to donate at least one bag of candy for the event by October 23
• "Table" forms are necessary only for those planning to decorate and host a table to distribute candy - setup begins at 5:30 pm. 
• "Pizza" forms are necessary only for those who wish to have pizza as a family before the event beginning at 6 pm.
• Those who are simply planning to attend the event will give their donation at the door beginning at 6:15 pm - $2/person, $10/family
• Details for costumes, etc. are found on fliers.

 

 

All Souls “Candles”

During the month of November we especially remember to pray for all who have died. We invite families to decorate paper candles in memory of a loved ones or friends who have died and send them to school to be included in our prayers.  Please see attached.

 

NEASC Visit

Our NEASC visit has come to a close.  The visiting team reported that they had a very positive experience during their stay! They were impressed by our programs and our staff, as well as our students and parents. In a few weeks we will receive the team's report to review and comment.  It will then be sent to the Commission on Independent Schools to be approved. The final decision on the report will be communicated to us sometime in February with commendations and recommendations for future action. 

Many thanks to all for your support of our school and this accreditation process!

 

Bishop Stang High School will hold its annual Open House on Sunday, November 4 from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm.  For more information or to pre-register for the event, visit their Open House Information Page.  Bishop Stang High School Information

 

Upcoming Placement Exam Information:

All 8th grade students within the Diocese of Fall River will take the Scholastic HSPT Placement Exam at their respective schools on Friday, November 30 (prior to the test being offered at diocesan high schools on December 1 & 8). Test results will be returned to each student’s individual school and will provide them with important data to evaluate curriculum and student achievement. If a family chooses for a student to take the exam at Bishop Stang High School instead of at their school, parents are asked to inform their school and pre-register through the link posted above. Students will also be allowed to forward test results to two Diocese of Fall River high schools of their choice. Forwarding the results to the high school will fulfill the placement exam application requirement for any DFR Catholic high school. Applicants do not need to do anything else within the application regarding the placement exam.   Each student who forwards the results to Bishop Stang High School will be in consideration for the Father Mullaney Merit Scholarship, which awards $1000 toward freshman year tuition to the Top Ten Testers. Students take the HSPT only once, and therefore will not be required to take the exam on 12/1 or 12/8. If a student does take the exam a second time, only the lower of the two exam scores will qualify for the merit scholarship.  

 

CoderDojo at UMass Dartmouth

Do you want to learn more about programming? Come spend a couple of hours learning how to code! The CoderDojo movement believes that an understanding of programming languages is increasingly important in the modern world, that it’s both better and easier to learn these skills early, and that nobody should be denied the opportunity to do so.  To that end, they've built a global network of free, volunteer-led, community-based programming clubs for young people. Anyone aged seven to seventeen can visit a Dojo where they can learn to code, build a website, create an app or a game, and explore technology in an informal, creative, and social environment. At our event, we offer Scratch and Python/HTML sessions, and this event is FREE.

      UMass Dartmouth's Kaput Center announces it's first CoderDojo session! 

      Saturday, November 3rd from 10am to noon in LARTS 208 &209

      Registration now open! Only ticketed participants can attend. Space is limited!!

• For more information about CoderDojo, please visit their website: https://coderdojo.com/
• For tickets to our first event, please visit this website: 
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• For additional information about this event, please contact Kimberly Welty at [email protected].

 

 

Please pray for our school, our students, and our families.  

 

Peace in Jesus and Mary,

Mrs. Susan Massoud

Principal, All Saints Catholic School

 

All Saints Catholic School provides quality Catholic education in a safe environment

where Jesus Christ is the model for the spiritual, academic, and personal growth of each unique student.

 

We Are One + We Are All Saints