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As we near the end of the 2022-2023 school year, we wish to share our updated end of year calendar of events.

Sincere thanks to donors who have sponsored students in this annual All Saints tradition. Through your efforts and generosity, we have raised over $27,000 so far, which will directly benefit students and teachers. In these last days of the campaign, we remain over $7,000 short of our school goal. 

Can we reach our goal and achieve 100% family participation by Race Day on Thursday? We need your help. Please visit pledgestar.com/saints to sponsor your student and help spread the word by sharing your student’s page with relatives and friends. 

Thank you for your support, and we hope you can join us to cheer on the students as they run the Race for Education on Thursday!

Art, Drama, Musical Theatre Camps for K-12

Returning July 10-21, Broadway Spotlight and Drama Bootcamp trains campers in Acting, Improv, Song & Dance and concludes their week with a show for families! 

Art Camps incorporate many special projects in different mediums that all go on display in an end of week Art Show. Most of the professional instructors teach in our Diocesan Schools and bring a myriad of experience in their specialties.

Camps are designed to be both fun and challenging with a goal to aid campers in their growth in the arts within a safe environment.

Through April 15th, all camps are $25 off plus everyone gets a free t-shirt.  Learn more and register at www.SpotlightSummerCamps.com

SUMMER CAMP

I’m excited to share with you that All Saints Catholic School is now ranked #1 among schools in Virginia for participation in First in Math!

We congratulate Connor P. (6^thGrade) who is ranked #1 and Xavier D. (1^stGrade) who is ranked #5 among individual students in the state.  We also congratulate the other 31 students in our school who are now included in the top 100 students in Virginia for completion of math problems through First in Math.

In recognition of these accomplishments and the early success of this program at All Saints, all students will enjoy free ice cream during lunch on Tuesday!

Today, Ash Wednesday, we begin our Lenten journey. Again this year, our school community will participate in Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) Rice Bowl initiative, a faith-in-action program that invites us to encounter anew ourselves, our neighbors, and our God.

Each of the students has received a cardboard rice bowl into which they can place their donations during Lent. All of the funds will benefit CRS Rice Bowl which is sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. Catholic Relief Services is motivated by the example of Jesus Christ to assist poor and suffering people in more than 100 countries on the basis of need, without regard to race, religion, or nationality.

While the act of sacrificial giving is an important part of our Lenten tradition, the experience takes on even greater meaning when our students understand the plight of those less fortunate and recognize the difference that they can make to alleviate suffering. So that the children may develop this appreciation of the needs of those around the world, each week of Lent the teachers will lead discussions and lessons using the materials made available by Catholic Relief Services. It is our hope that these conversations will inspire sacrificial giving among our students as they place their contributions into their Rice Bowls. At the end of Lent, families will be asked to convert the contributions from their children into a check to be submitted to All Saints after which our school will forward all of the funds to the diocese.

Here are some strategies that you may wish to consider in shaping your family’s Lenten plan:

• Use your CRS Rice Bowl and Lenten Calendar each day to guide your Lenten prayer,
  fasting, and almsgiving.
• As a family, read the online Stories of Hope and daily reflections to inspire your
  Lenten journey and guide your Lenten almsgiving.
• Prepare simple meatless meals on Fridays throughout Lent, in solidarity with our
  brothers and sisters around the world. Recipes for simple meals can be found on the
  CRS website.

For more information, including spiritual reflections, short video presentations on the topic of Lent, and
virtual Stations of the Cross, please see the link below.

https://www.crsricebowl.org/

Divine Mercy Chaplet – During Lent

Again this year, we will introduce our students to the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, another devotion of our Church. With this in mind, we will pray the modified prayer found below at the close of the day in place of the Hail Mary on Fridays during Lent.

Helpful resources and the history of the Divine Mercy Chaplet can be found at the following link.

https://www.thedivinemercy.org/message/devotions/pray-the-chaplet

All Saints students gathered as part of our Catholic Schools Week celebration to test their knowledge of the Catholic faith in the school’s 12th Annual Catholic Cup. Winners of classroom competitions from grades 4-8 advanced to the final round of the Catholic Cup, an academic-style competition with questions related to Catholic theology and teaching.

Congratulations to our 2023 Catholic Cup winner Quinton V. and to our runner-up, Annie T.

We thank Fr. Daniel Ruewer, Mrs. Bill, and Mrs. Starrs for serving as judges, and Mr. Tessier and Mrs. Bill for serving as coordinators. This uplifting event provided a wonderful way for all of our students, those directly participating and those in the audience, to celebrate their knowledge of our Catholic faith.