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!