Saints Speak from Mrs. Marshall - 1/30/2025 - Thank You For Choosing Catholic Education

Our saint this week is St. Elizabeth Ann Seton! In addition to being the namesake of one of our supporting parishes, she is also the patron saint of Catholic education! St. Elizabeth Seton was the first American to be canonized, and she was instrumental in bringing Catholic education to the United States. She founded a religious community for women, the first of its kind in the U.S., as well as a Catholic school. 

On the way to school this morning, my four-year-olds asked what it means that our school is Catholic. I gave the simple answer: it means we get to learn about Jesus at school. Having spent my entire life in Catholic schools, this is something I take for granted at times. As I tried to explain to my kids that this isn’t the case everywhere, it reminded me of how special a Catholic education truly is. Our faith is the foundation for our academics, our community, and how we treat one another. As parents, I know you make many sacrifices to send your children to All Saints. Thank you for making this choice for your children and giving them a strong foundation in faith. Thank you for being such an important part of our school community. We appreciate you, during Catholic Schools Week and always!

Here’s a special prayer for Catholic Schools Week:

God of kinship,
We ask that You help us to see the sacredness of our connections to one another.
May we be thankful for the family, friends, and community in our parishes and school.
Help us to see Christ in each other, and guide us to nourish the friendships-in-faith among us.
We make this prayer in Your Holy Name.
Amen.

Classroom Spotlight: CSW & 5^th Grade Saints Museum

We have had such a great week celebrating our Catholic school! Each day has been full of events, special treats from ASPA, and fun themes. Thank you to Michelle Ling and ASPA for helping us plan such a fun week!

One of the highlights was our Saints Museum on Monday. The 5^th graders did an amazing job sharing about their saints with the younger students and their parents. They were knowledgeable and well-spoken. 

Science Fair

As I shared last week, our students were amazing at the Science Fair last Thursday! Congratulations especially to the following students who have been selected to represent ASCA at the Regional Science Fair in March:

• Evan Bauer
• Mary Devine
• Carlota Gomez
• Zoey Martin
• Kieran May
• Eain Sawko
• Danny Silk
• RJ Swanson
• Luna Tabares

Math Contest Results

Last weekend, ten of our students represented ASCA at the St. Francis High School Math Contest. Congratulations to several who earned individual awards:

• Zoey Martin placed 8^th on the 7^th grade individual contest
• Eain Sawko placed 6^th on the 7^th grade individual contest
• Mary Devine placed 3^rd on the 7^th grade individual contest
• James Budd placed 1^st on the 7^th grade individual contest
• Lucas Ling placed 9^th on the 8^th grade individual contest
• Gavin Foley placed 4^th on the 8^th grade individual contest
• Abbie Ling placed 3^rd on the 8^th grade individual contest

We also earned two team awards:

• The team of Aubrey Chernick, Norah Gardner, Clare Hruby, Abbie Ling, and Eain Sawko placed 4^th
• The team of James Budd, Mary Devine, Gavin Foley, Lucas Ling, and Zoey Martin placed 1^st

ASCA placed 1^st in the overall school competition. Way to go, Saints!

ASCA Weather Sketchers

Two of our 2^nd grade students were recently selected to have their artwork featured on Channel 7’s Weather Sketchers segment! Tune in on Monday, February 3^rd, at 6:30am to see Lillian C.'s artwork, and then again on Friday, February 7^th, at 6:30am to see Zoe P.'s artwork. Congratulations to Zoe and Lillian!  Please note that this was edited based on Mrs. Marshalls's email correction on 1/30/2025.  

February Virtue

Next week, we will begin talking about our February virtue, prudence. Click here for some ideas of how you can talk about and practice prudence at home as a family.

Saintly Acts

Congratulations to the following students who earned Saintly Acts this week: Evan A. (4^th grade), Vedhya C. (4^th grade), Henry G. (4^th grade), Robin K. (4^th grade), Cavan M. (8^th grade), Harrison P. (4^th grade), Luca R. (4^th grade), Logan U. (8^th grade), Skylar V. (4^th grade), Morgan W. (4^th grade), Harper P. (Kdg), Kailey C. (7^th grade), Kayden K. (8^th grade), Sashka K. (7^th grade), Bennett F. (1^st grade), Henry L. (5^th grade), Edison L. (6^th grade), Dominic N. (Kdg), Faith Swoboda (1^st grade), Greta W. (4^th grade), and Carley Z. (1^st grade). Keep being saintly!

This week, for Catholic Schools Week, we also had some special raffles! The names of all students who have earned Saintly Acts this year were entered, and each day we picked several winners to receive $5 gift cards. Thank you to ASPA for providing these gift cards and helping us recognize our students’ acts of kindness in an extra special way this week!

Warm regards,

Margie Marshall

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