Friday, November 9
8:45 am
Cafeteria
Parent Club Open Meeting is Friday November 9th at 8:45am in The Commons. Please join us for coffee and treats and enjoy our guest speaker.
St Alphonsus’ Parents Club Welcomes:
Tom Uniack, Executive Director of Washington Wild and St. Al’s Parent
Please join us for coffee and hear Tom speak on conservation in our beautiful state.
Friday, October 26
at the Family Center
Our annual Family Fun Night is creeping up on us!
Please join us for a night of festive fun including carnival games and prizes, a scary cake walk, and a costume contest. Check out the sign-up genius to see how you can volunteer.
Dust off your crock-pot and dig up your award winning family recipes! We only have room for 15 chili contestants so you will want to register early.
Sign up here to register. Unlimited cornbread entries are allowed. Besides the pride of winning, there will prizes for the best spicy chili, non-traditional chili, kid friendly chili and finally, the best in show! If you don’t cook, come out to enjoy the food and judge the entrees!
Our Annual Scary Cake Contest is back! Please deliver your scary cake to the cafeteria before school on Friday, October 26. All cakes will be judged by class and prizes will be awarded. The cakes will then be used in the cake walk at Family Fun Night.
No sign up is needed – just have your child bring their cake to school!
We will have lots of carnival games this year at Family Fun Night and want to have some fun and exciting prizes for the children to “shop” for after winning tickets at the games. Check our our Amazon Wish List to find items to prize items to purchase. You will get one volunteer hour for every $20 spent! How easy is that? (And don’t forget to use your Amazon Scrip card when you purchase!)
Friday, October 26
6 – 8 pm
Family Center
Our annual Family Fun Night is creeping up on us!
Please join us for a night of festive fun including carnival games and prizes, a scary cake walk, and a costume contest. Keep an eye out for more information and the sign-up genius to see how you can help and earn volunteer hours.
Also, this year, as part of Family Fun Night, we are having a Chili and cornbread cook-off!
Dust off your crock-pot and dig up your award winning family recipes! We only have room for 15 chili contestants so you will want to register early. There will be a flyer going home this week in your child’s back pack.
Fill out the form and return it to the office or email [email protected] to register. Unlimited cornbread entries are allowed. Besides the pride of winning, there will prizes for the best spicy chili, non-traditional chili, kid friendly chili and finally, the best in show! If you don’t cook, come out to enjoy the food and judge the entrees!
Please join the St Alphonsus School community for our annual school clean up!
Stop by any time and help beautify the school for our 2018-19 school year. A uniform swap will be held as well. Feel free to come with outgrown uniforms to donate or just to check out the swap. And your time will count toward your volunteer hours!
It is election season for our Parents’ Club Board. Our Parents’ Club is an important component of our St. Al’s community that both facilitates community building and fundraising events. The events knit our community together, and our fundraising commitments fill the budget gaps for those extra projects.
Please refer to this email for more information about our candidates. We are grateful to the following parents for their willingness to serve.
Voting will close Friday, May 4. Click on the link below to vote online. Paper ballots will also be available in the office.
Please take the time to vote and show your support for the Parents’ Club.
Spring is around the corner and it is now the season for Parents’ Club Board Nominations. If you feel drawn to one of the positions listed below or if you would like to nominate a friend, then please come to the office and fill out a nomination ballot. There will be a box on the counter in the office to receive your nominations. Please list the name of the person you are nominating AND your name. Nominations without the name of the nominator will not be valid as it is listed in the Parent’s Club Bylaws. Nominations will close Friday March 23 after morning drop off.
The available positions for you to consider are:
Co-President:
Leadership, Vision, Creativity.
Vice-President:
Volunteer Recruitment, Fill-in for any position given any unexpected shifts.
Secretary:
Recorder, Systems manager.
Treasurer:
Accounting experience ideal.
Thank you Parents’ Community! Each and every one of you are a Parents’ Club member. We look forward to hearing from you! For more information, please contact Victoria Long at [email protected].
Thanks,
Parents’ Club Board 2017-18
Did you know we have affordable and fun Summer Day Care for 9 weeks? Open to the public and available for students ages 2.5-5. Must be potty-trained. A new kid-friendly theme featured each week! Click here for more information and to register.
St. Alphonsus Students
Extracurricular Involvement
Why did you choose St. Alphonsus for your children?
Our family choose to make a switch from SPS to St. Alphonsus in 2021 and it has become a huge blessing. In midst of Covid and with concerns about the academics for our daughters, we were prompted to explore school options and discovered the St. Als community. We were attracted to the school based on the academics, the small class sizes, and the values, including upholding behavior expectations. All of these benefits have been realized with so much more.
What do you love most about St. Alphonsus?
Our girls love St. Al’s, the commitment from their teachers and the new friendships with classmates. The academics have challenged them and when needed, they have received extra support from St. Al’s teachers/staff. Our girls, surprisingly, appreciate wearing uniforms to school as it makes the mornings so easy with one less decision/choice. They have had opportunities to try new clubs (chess), CYO sports and to pair up with younger class buddies as the school extends from Preschool through 8th grade. We all appreciate the community activities including the auction, Bingo nights, Halloween at school and more. We are relishing in our final year all 3 of our daughters will be together at St. Al’s.
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St. Alphonsus Students
Extracurricular Involvement
Why did you choose St. Alphonsus for your children?
We chose St. Al’s because we desired a school that not only had a strong academic curriculum but also one which focused on values such as Compassion, Generosity, Respect, etc. Educating the full child was important to us and we felt St. Al’s reinforced what we were morally and spiritually working to teach her within our home. We were also attracted to how diverse the student body was and the incredible community the school fosters both on campus and off.
What do you love most about St. Alphonsus?
I love how happy my daughter is when I pick her up and drop her off. She loves the academic and social environment and loves being a member of the St Al’s student body. As a parent I also love seeing how much she has grown intellectually over the past 4+ years at the school. The teachers really care for each individual student and she has flourished each year through the care her teachers take in understanding what she needs in-order to continue to succeed.
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St. Alphonsus Students
Extracurricular Involvement
Why did you choose St. Alphonsus for your children?
When looking for a preschool for our oldest son, we hoped to find a school where our Catholic faith would be reinforced and enriched in the classroom. Finding a school that could also help him excel academically beyond preschool was a secondary goal. St. Alphonsus was both, and so much more. Within the first month at St. Al’s, it was evident that we had found a school that not only embraces the richness of the Catholic faith, but also encourages students and their families to reach their full potential in a welcoming community.
What do you love most about St. Alphonsus?
There is so much to love about St. Alphonsus! I love how our students know each other and are friends across all grades. I love how unmistakably our teachers and staff care for the students and their families. I love how our parents support each other and work together to make the school the best place it can be. And I love that St. Alphonsus is a place where our faith is celebrated and strengthened. Lots of schools have good academic programs and good faculty and staff. But not every school has a great culture and community. We feel very blessed to be a part of a school that has all those things and a rich legacy of faith and academic excellence for over 100 years. We feel loved by the St. Alphonsus community, and we love them!
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St. Alphonsus Students
Extracurricular Involvement
Why did you choose St. Alphonsus for your children?
We chose St. Alphonsus because we needed more academic support and were afraid that our older child would fall through the cracks in middle school. St. Alphonsus has been able to seamlessly meet the educational and social needs of each of our boys. It has been amazing to have a faculty proactively identify particular academic and social needs and then develop a plan and work to support those goals. It was obvious from the very beginning that the teaching staff is dedicated to supporting our boys. The small class sizes help support this effort.
What do you love most about St. Alphonsus?
We love the community! We feel very comfortable here and love the warm and supportive environment. We also feel that our boys are getting a quality education. You also may be surprised to know that many of our students are not Catholic. This school welcomes and embraces all students, Catholic or not.
St. Alphonsus Students
Extracurricular Involvement
Why did you choose St. Alphonsus for your children?
While looking for a faith-based institution for our child and being a parishioner at St. Alphonsus, it was an easy decision to make. St. Al’s has a great community which was apparent in the first few tours/visits. And we found a curriculum that met the needs of our child well.
What do you love most about St. Alphonsus?
Warm community of families, supportive teachers, and faith centric education that enhances the spiritual side of the child along with great academics.
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St. Alphonsus Students
Extracurricular Involvement
Why did you choose St. Alphonsus for your children?
I chose St. Alphonsus because of the small class sizes and excellent education, especially the split-gender middle school.
What do you love most about St. Alphonsus?
I love the community of St. Alphonsus and it continues to be a wonderful experience. Parents and teachers cooperate to give a wonderful nurturing environment to all children. I’m very grateful for the many lifelong relationships that have been created through the school involvement.
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