All are welcome to attend our Welcome Back Coffee and SHPP meeting on Wednesday, September 11 at 9:15 am in Café 1(located across the hall from the school office) immediately following the school mass.  Whether you are a brand new school family or a seasoned veteran, please join us to learn more about SHPP (School Home Parish Partnership), upcoming events, and how you can become involved.  Please feel free to bring your youngsters along with you!  SHPP is a wonderful place to connect with each other as a part of the All Saints school community and family.  If you have any questions, please contact Robin Gullborg, SHPP president, at robinborg@sbcglobal.net.

Well, it is finally here!

The ‘place to be’ this weekend will be the ASCA Fall Fun Fair – this Sunday, September 29 from 1-4 pm! Pre-ordered t-shirts and tickets will be going home today – Wednesday, September 25 - with your student. Please be sure to look for both, and contact Maria Gulli at pmgulli@comcast.net with any questions.

T-shirt colors by grade level are as follows: Yellow – Preschool through 1^st grade, Orange - 2^nd through 5^th grade, Green - Junior High). Even if you didn't pre-order tickets, come to the Fun Fair – tickets will be available for purchase on Fair Day. This year's fun fair includes Sandy Candy, Bounce House, Cake Walk, Photobooth, Button making, Sports Zone, Games, Prizes and much, much more!

If you are donating peanut-free baked good items, please drop them off at school from 3:00 - 3:45 pm on Friday, September 27, or at Door 1(by the stained glass windows) from 9 am to Noon on Saturday, September 28. Thanks, and see you at the fair!

Our first Market Day of the year will be held on Wednesday, September 18^th, with product pick up from 2:30-3:30 pm in the gym (enter through Door 9).  As a reminder, 10% of your pre-tax order will be credited to the 2013-2014 fundraising obligation, so please take advantage of this fundraising opportunity.  You are encouraged to place your order online at www.marketday.com, and pay by credit card.   The deadline for internet orders is Saturday, September 14^th, at 11 pm.  All Saints Catholic Academy's school code is 27119.  Volunteers are needed to help sort and stack the food. Please contact Tracy Coleman at tracytroy@aol.com if you are able to help. 

Next week on Monday, September 9^th and Tuesday, September 10^th, Fall Picture Day is scheduled, as follows:

Monday, September 9^th - at the ASCA main campus for Kindergarten through 8th grade students, preschoolers who meet on Mondays at ASCA, and for Pre-Kindergarten students at the St. Elizabeth Seton campus.

Tuesday, September 10^{th -} at the ASCA main campus for all Tuesday/Thursday preschool students, and for all students who were not photographed on Monday, September 9^th. 

A form with information about the optional purchase of additional photos is being sent home with each student today.  This Lifetouch Form must be filled out with payment enclosed, and brought to school on or before Picture Day for additional photos to be purchased.  The order form must be presented to the photographer at the time a student is photographed for additional photo packages to be printed.  Late order envelopes cannot be accepted.  Additional order forms will be available in the school office.

The students wear their uniforms for this picture, as these are the pictures used in our yearbook.  Speaking of yearbook, we can always use help in the creation of the yearbook.  Interested?  Please let me know by emailing srenehan@ascacademy.org and I will connect you to the team.  Thanks in advance.

If you missed our Fall Mum Fundraiser, you now have a 2^nd chance to order your yellow, bronze, maroon or purple mums.  These flowers are locally grown by Lizzie’s Garden in Naperville, and are of the same high quality as the plants that were offered in our spring geranium flower sale.  Jumbo pots of garden mums are being offered for only $20, and medium pots for $10.  Your form and check payment should be returned to the school office by tomorrow, Tuesday, September 10. Plants will be available for pick up in McSherry Hall on Thursday, September 12 from 2:30 - 4 pm (please enter through Door 8). Contact Michelle Yacullo at (630) 416-6691, or yacullo@sbcglobal.net with any questions. Thank you in advance for again supporting this fundraising initiative that will directly benefit ASCA students and programs.