Saints Speak from Mrs. Marshall - 5/22/2025 - Being True to Your Faith

There is much to celebrate today as our year winds down.

Our saint this week is St. Lorenzo Ruiz, the patron saint of altar servers! St. Lorenzo lived in the Philippines in the early 1600s. He was always a faithful Catholic and began serving the Church at a young age as an altar server. As an adult, he was persecuted for his faith and eventually was killed because he would not deny Jesus as our savior. He is a reminder to all of us of the importance of being true to our faith, even when we face challenges.

Farewell!

This evening the Class of 2025 will graduate from All Saints! We are proud of these students and wish them well as they go on to high school. To the parents of the Class of 2025, thank you for your support of your children and our school over the years. We are grateful for your partnership and look forward to celebrating your children with you tonight. To the rest of our ASCA community, please keep our graduates in your prayers as they begin the next chapter of their journey!

Tomorrow is the last day of school for our preschool and kindergarten students. To our littlest saints, thank you for an amazing year! Have a safe, relaxing, and fun summer, and we look forward to welcoming you back in August!

End of Year Reminders

Next week is our final week of school for our 1^st-7^th grade students. Please see below for some important reminders for the week:

• There is no school Monday as we celebrate Memorial Day. Enjoy the long weekend!
• There is no bus on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday next week. If your child usually rides the bus, please be sure to make alternate pickup arrangements.
• There is no hot lunch next week. Please make sure your child packs a lunch on Tuesday and Wednesday (keep reading for Thursday lunch details).
• Thursday is our Field Day! Each grade has an assigned color shirt to wear. Students may wear out of uniform bottoms (please, no short shorts) and gym shoes. They will spend a large part of the day outside, so we recommend a water bottle, hat, and sunscreen. Lunch on Thursday will be a pizza lunch provided by ASPA, which we will eat outside picnic-style. Students should bring a towel to sit on for lunch. If your child does not eat pizza, please pack a lunch for Thursday. Thank you ASPA for providing lunch, and thank you in advance to all the volunteers who make Field Day possible!
• Friday is our final school day together. All are welcome to join us for Mass at 8:15am, and all students will dismiss at 9:30am. There is no after care on this day. Friday is a dress UP day, so students may wear nice clothes in place of their uniform if they choose.

Lost and Found

We have accumulated quite a large collection of items in the Lost & Found at Door 1. Please stop and take a look before the school year ends, and claim any items that are yours. Any items left after dismissal next Friday will be donated.

Math Awards

Earlier this year, our 6^th and 7^th grade math classes participated in the Illinois Math League contest. 

Congratulations to our top 6^th grade scorers:

• 5^th place: Mia Greco & Graham Hinz (tie)
• 4^th place: Joe Costello, Jack Morris, & Alex Welch (tie)
• 3^rd place: Jeffrey Jiao 
• 2^nd place (and 38^th overall in Illinois!): Zachary Ling
• 1^st place (and 16^th overall in Illinois!): Sebastian Mourad

Congratulations to our top 7^th grade scorers:

• 5^th place: Maya Sida
• 4^th place: Norah Gardner
• 3^rd place: Aria Andrade, Zoey Martin, Eain Sawko, & Zac Wojtowicz (tie)
• 2^nd place: Mary Devine
• 1^st place (and the top score in all of Illinois!): James Budd

Additionally, 7^th grader James Budd participated in the AMC-8 (8^th grade level math contest) this year and earned a perfect score! This places him in the top 1% of students on this national contest. We will recognize all these students’ math accomplishments at Mass tomorrow.

Congratulations, Track & Field Champions!

Our ASCA Track & Field team, combined with Saints Peter & Paul, won the Track & Field Championship! Congratulations to the following top scores:

• 2^nd place in 75M dash: James Jenkins
• 3^rd place in 100M dash: James Jenkins
• 3^rd place in 600M run: Ashton Buchar
• 1^st place in 4x100M relay: James Jenkins (with three SSPP students)
• 3^rd place in Shot Put: Teddy Elberts
• 2^nd place in Triple Jump: Teddy Elberts
• 1^st place in 100M dash: Pia Rivero
• 3^rd place in 4x100M relay: Zac Wojtowicz (with three SSPP students)
• 3^rd place in 4x400M relay: Zac Wojtowicz, Kieran May, and RJ Swanson (with one SSPP student)

The full team consisted of Bianca Banach, Matti Booker, Ashton Buchar, Bella Buchar, Johnny DeLuca, Teddy Elberts, Anthony Hasse, Dylan Hasse, Lilly Hasse, James Jenkins, Amelia Johanneson, Nico Martinez, Greyson May, Kieran May, Edgar Montoya, Adam Ogoudou, Henry Rice, Pia Rivero, RJ Swanson, Riley Tenebehn, Mark Thies, and Zac Wojtowicz. Congratulations! We will recognize these students with a mini pep rally at the end of Field Day.

Saintly Acts

Congratulations to the many students who earned Saintly Acts this week: Noah B. (5^th grade), Ashton B. (5^th grade), Joe C. (6^th grade), Leo K. (6^th grade), Camden K. (3^rd grade), Zachary L. (6^th grade), Isha P. (5^th grade), Shay P. (3^rd grade), Miles S. (3^rd grade), Annabelle S. (3^rd grade), Analena S. (6^th grade), Dylan H. (6^th grade), RJ S. (7^th grade), Jackson F. (6^th grade), Arabella K. (6^th grade), Emily P. (6^th grade), Owen S. (6^th grade), Asher A. (5^th grade), Greyson M. (5^th grade), Liam B. (4^th grade), Olivia C. (4^th grade), Abby D. (2^nd grade), Matheos F. (2^nd grade), Marie G. (4^th grade), Rory G. (2^nd grade), Sloan H. (4^th grade), Ben J. (4^th grade), Rishan M. (3^rd grade), Charlotte M. (Kdg), Josie N. (4^th grade), Karen O. (4^th grade), Eain S. (7^th grade), and Aubrey Z. (4^th grade). Keep being saintly!

Have a great long weekend!

Margie Marshall

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