Saint Ann School PTA Spirituality Committee members planned a fantastic Advent Day of Giving with the help of many student volunteers from the school and parish! Children from Home Front attended the event and were treated to live music, line dancing, and a visit from Santa before they shopped for their families thanks to all the gifts donated from our community that filled our shelves. Everybody had a wonderful time in the true spirit of giving!

Saint Ann School wonderful PTA will host its annual Hot Chocolate Day on Friday, Dec. 20. Our students will be treated to hot chocolate and cookies which will be distributed to them in their classrooms by some of our dedicated parent volunteers. If you are a SAS parent and would like to help visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080548a4a92ea2f49-hotchocolate4 to sign up and earn some volunteers hours!

Dear Saint Ann School Families, this weekend a notice was printed in the Church of Saint Ann bulletin that erroneously stated that families must contribute at least $500 to the Church of Saint Ann during 2019 in order to earn the parishioner tuition rate at Saint Ann School for the 2020-2021 school year. This policy was changed last school year and there is no longer a required contribution to the church. The fee will be included in the 2020-2021 tuition costs. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused. Please contact the school office if you have any questions. ~ Mr. Chiaravalloti, Principal

On Saturday, December 7, 2019, Saint Ann School will host a Christmas Party for HomeFront kids in the Saint Ann School gym, our Advent day of giving. At the party, children from HomeFront will have an opportunity to “shop” for gifts for their family and friends. A gift drive was held during the month of November to fill our store shelves with a variety of gift items for the kids to select from for their family and friends. The donations were very generous as usual. Thank you St. Ann’s families and parishioners for your support and contribution!

Once again this year, Saint Ann School participated in the PTA annual service project “Students Change Hunger” Thanksgiving Food Drive. “Students Change Hunger” is a program sponsored by the Federation of New Jersey Food Bank, who every year challenges all students, staff teachers, and parents in the state of New Jersey to think of those less fortunate by organizing a food drive at their school. New Jersey schools compete with each other to collect as much food as possible for their local Food Bank. Schools submit their application to win the State Champion Governor’s Cup and two schools from each Food Bank are then entered for the final round. Saint Ann School earned its place in Division III with 1,203 items collected and it's been Division III champion for the past few years. SAS has now the chance to be one of the 5 Regional Champions, one from each Food Bank, in the final round for the Governor’s Cup! We want to thank all our SAS families for your support and generosity!

Saint Ann School Kindergarten students have begun learning to code as they start studying Computer Science and celebrating the Hour of Code in Mrs. Meyer's Technology class. They have been coding Scrat from Ice Age collecting his acorn in the fewest steps possible and they have been very successful. Mrs. Meyer is very proud of how hard they are working.

Wednesday, 12/04 Saint Ann School students in grades 4th and 5th showcased Christmas celebrations from around the world. Over the last several weeks they researched countries in Mrs. Laccetti’s Spanish class and created beautiful boards, slideshow presentations, and then made a traditional Christmas recipe to share with families and friends attending the program. A great time was had by all. Another successful SAS event in the books! Check out our Facebook page and Instagram for some pictures.

HO, HO, HO! Attention children in Pre-3 through 4th Grade!!! St. Nicholas is coming to have breakfast at Saint Ann School on Saturday, 12/14! Be sure to bring in the whole family for some holiday fun before you head out to your Christmas shopping. Santa will be attending so parents, be sure to bring your camera along to capture this special moment. Breakfast with Santa will take place in the school cafeteria from 10 am to 11:30 am. We look forward to seeing you there!

Saint Ann School's annual Christmas Pageant is just around the corner! On Thursday, 12/12 SAS students in grades 4 through 8 will perform in Mrs. Moya's Christmas program which includes the Nativity story and puts emphasis on the spiritual aspects of Christmas with performances by the Choir Chimes and the Student Choir. The pageant will take place at the Church of St. Ann and will offer a matinee performance at 12:30 pm and an evening performance at 6:30 pm. We look forward to celebrating Christmas with you!

Saint Ann School families, to all those who made our Giving Tuesday campaign a success: Thank You!!! With your help, we were able to raise 68% of our goal! If you didn't get a chance to pledge your time, prayers, or financial contribution yesterday, our campaign is still open at www.LeadinFaith.org Thank you again for your support! We can't wait to share with you how your contribution to our Giving Tuesday will help Saint Ann School!

On Saturday, December 7, 2019, Saint Ann School will be hosting a Christmas Party for HomeFront kids in the Saint Ann School gym, our Advent day of giving. At the party, children from HomeFront will have an opportunity to “shop” for gifts for their family and friends. A gift drive is ongoing to fill our store shelves with a variety of gift items for the kids to select from for their family and friends. Please send in your donations with your child to school by Dec. 5th. Thank you for your support and generosity!