SAINT ANN SCHOOL

Saint Ann School Families, as we celebrate Catholic Schools week, families of Saint Ann School are invited to serve in the Offertory (Presentation of Gifts) during the Mass on Saturday, Jan 25th and Sunday, Jan 26th at the Church of Saint Ann. Please consider signing up for the Mass service that your family will be available to attend. Students are to wear their complete uniform and please plan to arrive 10 minutes before the start of Mass. Our school choir will also be singing at the 9:30 am Mass on Sunday. All students who attend a mass this weekend in school uniform will receive a dress down day pass. God Bless, Salvatore Chiaravalloti.

Saint Ann School PreK 3 students learned how penguins stay dry during a science experiment in Mrs. Juliano's class. Using crayons to color the penguin and a spray bottle filled with water and food coloring they learned how the wax from the crayons prevents the water from absorbing into the paper like how the wax on a penguin’s feathers repels the water and helps keep the penguin warm and dry!

Saint Ann School families, January 26 marks the beginning of Catholic Schools Week (01/26-31), an annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. Once again, Saint Ann School will participate with a week full of activities and service projects to celebrate and share the success of faith-based education. We hope you will join us during this special time in rediscovering what Catholic schools are all about. We will kick-off the week on Saturday 01/25, and Sunday 01/26 with testimonials from SAS students and parents at all masses and light refreshments to follow. From Monday through Friday, we will have daily themes and activities to celebrate the people who help Saint Ann School, and every Catholic school, succeed, from parishioners to students and their families, to staff members and educators. Check our website for a complete schedule of events and follow us on social media for pictures and updates during that week! Catholic Schools Week: Learn. Serve. Lead. SUcceed.

Sunday, 01/26 marks the beginning of Catholic Schools Week. From 01/26 to 01/31, Saint Ann School will join all other Catholic schools in the US in celebration of Catholic Education with a variety of activities and service projects. For the past years, SAS has been partnering with Friends of Alouette in supporting tribal schools in the Philippines specifically the villages called Kitorok and Ilian deep into the mountain range of Santa Maria, Davao del Sur. This year, we will be helping a new tribe in the Luzon area called the Aetas, they had to be relocated when their ancestral lands were destroyed by the volcanic ash from the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the early 1990s. Friends of Alouette have established an educational assistance fund for 179 Aeta students from pre-K to 12th grade. However, they still need basic school supplies and personal hygiene items such as toothbrushes/toothpaste, soap & shampoo. Because there are limited textbooks, anything that can be used as teaching material (e.g. learning toys, aids, etc.) is greatly appreciated. Please consider donating your workbooks, math books, activity books, chapter books or picture books (reading level: pre-k through 5th grade) in good condition. All of our donations travel thousands of miles across the world to reach hundreds of tribal school students. The collection for this service project is undergoing now, until Monday, 01/27. A list of suggested items to donate can be found on the home page of our website and in the online PIE. Thank you for your support!