Have you heard about All Saints “Baby Blanket Club?” This ad-hoc, after-school club formed by our sixth grade students and sponsored by Mrs. Parriott and Mrs. Woolfrey, meet to complete activities in support of the Tepeyac Center. Read about their inspiring story in the Arlington Catholic Herald!
Autor: Janis DeVore
Band Gets 39th Superior Rating in a Row
The All Saints Band once again earned the highest ratings at the 2017 Arlington Diocese Band Festival, with judges awarding our band’s performance with a Superior rating. The auditorium at Bishop Ireton High School was filled with All Saints band parents and guests from other schools. Both the beginner and advanced bands are now looking forward to performing at the High Note Music Festival at Hershey Park. Congratulations to our advanced band for making this our 39th straight Superior Rating at the festival. Thank you, Mr. Ward and Mr. Sawasky for your leadership and commitment to excellence in the program!
Spelling Bee Winners
Spelling Bee Winners
Congratulations to the following classroom champions who participated in our annual Spelling Bee last Friday and to our overall school winners.
School Champion: Anthony Olivera
2nd Place: Nicholas Ferguson
3rd Place: Anna Downes
Andrew Trunzo and Liam Nino
Amelia Webb and Savanna Loy
Joey Munsell and Jack Stidham
Anna Downes and Germaine Wanjara
Anthony Olivera and Joe Corrigan
Mary Collins and Vlad Rapolti
Katy Jo McDermott and Sabrina Yap
Kimberly Garces and Alec Kelly
Katie Ulrich and Nicholas Ferguson
Christine Tran and Samantha Amancio
Robotics Team in VA State Championship
Congratulations to the All Saints Robotics team which in their first year of competition qualified to participate in the Virginia State Championship in Doswell, VA this past Friday. Our team finished 17th in the Alliance Challenge and 15th in the Skills Challenge at States, and can’t wait to apply all they learned from competing in this high level competition.
Middle School Winners – American Legion Writing Contest
Congratulations to All Saints students Chloe Davies (1st Place) and Lizzie Mangilit (2nd Place) for their award-winning submissions to the American Legion Writing Contest. Our thanks to American Legion Post 10 in Manassas for its continuing partnership with our school.
Installation Mass — Bishop Michael Burbidge
Today our hearts and prayers are united as Bishop Michael F. Burbidge is installed as the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Arlington.
I am privileged to be attending the Installation Mass at 2:00 p.m. with two of our eighth grade students, Lily Feltman and Aidan Parker. I am delighted that they will represent our school and that Lily will have the opportunity to be part of a group that will officially congratulate and welcome Bishop Burbidge during the liturgy.
A Live Stream of the Installation Mass will be offered on the Arlington Diocese home page beginning at 2:00 p.m. You can also listen to the Mass Live on the radio at WMET 1160 AM or watch the Mass in its entirety on EWTN at 3:00 p.m.
On the occasion of his Installation, the students have offered many prayers for our new bishop, all of which will be included in a spiritual bouquet to be presented to him at a later date. Please see the link below that includes photos from the spiritual bouquet project and a special message for Bishop Burbidge.
Video: All Saints Welcomes Bishop Burbidge
May God continue to bless Bishop Loverde as he transitions to his retirement and may our new shepherd, Bishop Burbidge, be guided by the Holy Spirit as he begins his leadership of our diocese.
In Christ,
David E. Conroy, Jr.
Director
Thanking Our Veterans
All Saints salutes our veterans, and active and retired military service personnel during our annual Veterans Mass, Assembly and Reception.
Author Ric Colegrove Visits All Saints
About 20 All Saints middle school knew they would be enjoying a pizza lunch with librarians Mrs. Coyle and Mrs. Geary to celebrate earning 40+ AR points already this year. What they didn’t know is that they would be joined by a special guest, writer Mr. Ric Colegrove. Author of the pre-teen/teen fantasy book series, The Journey of Rol, Ric Colegrove met with the students to share his first-hand experience as both the writer and illustrator of this fantasy story of adventure and hope.
In the first book of the series, Be: The Journey of Rol, the main character, Rol, is a fourteen-year-old boy who faces a life-determining decision to take an easy path or travel an uncertain route to return to his family. As detailed on The Journey of Rol website, “Rol is forced to confront internal and external obstacles, learning to rely on his positive attitude, as well as hope, for a successful outcome. Inspiration, values, faith, and thanking God for His blessings are components of this story, as are adventure, humor, and unique characters and challenges.”
The Warrenton-based writer and Holy Trinity parishioner developed the original premise of the book 20 years ago but put it “on the shelf” as he pursued other interests and raised his family with Betty, his wife of 28 years. Colegrove spent a year of intensive writing, proofing, editing, and illustrating to complete the book. Students caught a glimpse of the author’s character development process through his stories of Rol’s sidekicks Kearth and Fhfyrd, who both entertain and antagonize Rol. The character of Rol’s mentor, A. Loysius DeTerrin, owes his first name to Colegrove’s studies of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga.
As an added bonus, Colegrove showed the students the original detailed illustrations he drew for the book. An accomplished artist, Colegrove shared that he is hoping to include more illustrations in the second book in the series, Not Afraid, due to be published in 2017.
Listening to him speak about the writing process, it’s clear that Ric Colegrow experiences great joy as a writer. “I probably have a smile on my face the whole time that I’m writing,” Colegrove noted. He hopes that other would be writers and artists who attended this special author talk will keep putting pen to paper in sharing their stories and creative ideas. As a special gift from Colegrove, each student received a journal as an inspiration to “continue writing, drawing and keeping track of their ideas.”
To find out more about The Journey of Rol and to purchase the first book in the series, please visit Ric Colegrove’s website at www.thejourneyofrol.com. Our thanks to Mr. Colegrove for visiting All Saints and sharing his writer’s insights with our students. We are already looking forward to book two!
FACTS Financial Aid Assessment
After careful evaluation of the financial aid process and feedback from individual schools, the diocese recently announced that we will be partnering with FACTS Management to be the provider of financial aid assessment beginning with the 2017-2018 school year. Many of you are already familiar with FACTS since it previously served us as the provider of financial aid assessment services for many years. All Saints Catholic School will also continue to partner with FACTS for the processing of tuition payments.
Families applying for financial aid will need to complete an online application. The processing fee for this service is $30 per year/per family. A link to the new application which is now available and a flyer with additional details follows below. Should you have any questions about this process, please do not hesitate to contact the office.
Link to application: https://online.factsmgt.com/signin/3Q327
A Parent's Guide to Scantron Testing
All Saints is now using Scantron as our standardized testing program. Rather than administering Terra Nova in the spring, students will complete three shorter series of tests in math, reading and language arts in the fall, winter and spring. As the testing will take place online, teachers will have access to immediate results and data. Additionally, as the test is driven by technology, it is adaptive in nature, with each test being customized to the ability of each student. Administered three times over the course of the year, it will provide data with which the teachers can tailor instruction and measure student growth.
You can find out more by reviewing the Parent Guide to Scantron Testing.
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