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Pre-Kindergarten Pageant
All Saints annual Pre-Kindergarten Pageant will take place on Monday, December 21 at 10:00 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. in the church.

All Saints Christmas Pageant
The students of Grades K, 1, 4, 5, and 6 will participate in our annual Christmas Pageant, The Living Crèche. Over the last several weeks, the students have been preparing songs in music class to help portray this beautiful story. Please note the following information:

Date: Monday, December 21, 2015

Time: 7:00PM

(Grade K, 1, 4, 5 students report to their homeroom by 6:30PM. Grade 6 report to 6th grade rooms by 6:25PM.)

Place: All Saints Catholic Church

Students in Grades K, 1, 4, and 5 are asked to wear their school uniforms.  Some students in Grade 6 will be in costume. 

All are welcome to come share in this spirited Christmas event!

 

 

 

Once again All Saints Catholic School will host a float in the annual Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 5th in Manassas, VA. Mr. Cooney has been working on the design and construction of the float and it promises to be a beautiful representation of our school community.

For more details about the event, including a permission slip for participation, please see the link that follows below. Parents are asked to forward completed permission slips to the office by Wednesday, December 2nd.

Christmas Parade Permission Slip 2015

Manassas Christmas Parade – Participant Information

Mr. Redman is introducing a new theme in Physical Education (PE) classes this year centered around the idea of Eagle Pride. The new theme will serve several functions. It will be a behavioral signal when students need to stop talking, stop moving, etc. “I am instructing students to be ready for my signal of ‘Eagle,’ explains Mr. Redman, “and they will respond with ‘Pride.’ ”

Eagle Pride will also support lessons in attitude and effort. Instead of being a “chicken that can’t get off the ground,” Mr. Redman encourages students to “have the right attitude which determines your altitude and allows you to soar!”

Mr. Redman’s hand-painted Eagle is currently featured on the PE bulletin board in the gym. He will also be tying in the concept of Eagle Pride with achievements in the new Eagle Pride quarterly PE newsletter.

Go All Saints Eagles!!

The All Saints Drama Club, led by Mrs. Lewis and Ms. Zwisler, was a delight to watch this morning in back-to-back performances of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest y Taming of the Shrew. Audience members from 4-5 for The Tempest and grades 6-8 for Taming of the Shrew were rapt with attention as they followed the movement and storyline of each play.

The Tempest
The Tempest is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place. He conjures up a storm to lure his corrupt brother Antonio and King Alonso of Naples to the island. Led by Vanessa Morgan as the sorceress Prospera, the cast included 18 students with characters as diverse as the spirit Arial (Eirian Crocker) and the lurid monster Caliban (Jack Tessier).

Taming of the Shrew
Taming of the Shrew  is the story of true love that starts out with the insults of a shrew (Kate) and the brash retorts of her suitor (Petruchio). Kate must be married before her sister, Bianca can even think of being a bride. Will Kate be married soon enough, and will she survive the taming campaign of her husband? This large cast of 23 students worked well together, featuring Kate (Natalie Collier) as the difficult sister and confident Petruchio (Gabriel Cabello) as her would be suitor.

Annaliese Tamke served as Mistress of Revels for both plays, and the “Can’t Do Without Stage Crew” led by Joey Gould and Elizabeth Orsi, included Zoe Callen on sound, Drew Rice and Jack Tessier on lights, and props master Josh Dawson.

The Drama Club is made up of All Saints students from seventh and eighth grade. The club was particularly ambitious this year, bringing not one but two classic plays to the stage. Throughout both performances this morning, the actors delivered their lines with clarity and enthusiasm, and impressed all with the way they brought Shakespeare to life for those in attendance.

The Drama Club will be back with an evening performance of both plays on Wednesday, May 6th beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Activity Center.

Drama Club Program

Scene Guide

All Saints was pleased to welcome NBC4 Meteorologist and author Tom Kierein back to All Saints for a fun and informative weather assembly for students in kindergarten through third grade, Fifth grade teacher Mrs. Honkus arranged the visit in conjunction with the students’ study of weather in science.

During his interactive presentation, Mr. Kierein discussed the causes of various types of weather, how computer models of the atmosphere help predict the weather, and the importance of keeping safe in bad weather. He also showed students pages from a 3-D book that he published about weather.

We learned that Mr. Kierein’s favorite weather is snow, because it is the most challenging to accurately predict. To keep everyone informed about the weather, Mr. Kierein begins each day quite early to assess the latest weather patterns, and takes the equivalent of a seven question test each day focused on what the weather will be like for the week to come.

Enjoyed by students and faculty alike, this look at weather was both interesting and engaging. We wish to thank Mr. Tom Kierein for taking time out of his busy day to spend the morning with All Saints and to share his knowledge and insights with our students!

All Saints School Spirit Wear Line – Now On Sale

All Saints Spirit Wear Flyer

All Saints is participating in a spirit gear drive and we need your help!  Showing your school spirit is a great way to encourage teamwork and camaraderie.  We’re proud of our school and we want to show off our gear!

Please shop using the spirit wear flyer (see link above) or go to www.SpiritGearDirect.com.

Our Spirit Wear items will be on display near the front office during the sale. The last day to place an order is Tuesday, March 10th.

We are so excited to offer a variety of quality pieces which display our All Saints logo for children and adults! Please contact Kerry if you have any questions at Kerryb17@verizon.net.

 

All Saints PTO is pleased to welcome author and IT executive Gregory S. Smith to its upcoming General Assembly Meeting to discuss the topic: “Protecting Your Children on the Internet.” With over 26 years of experience managing complex IT systems. Mr. Smith will be sharing his insight into specific ways you can protect your child against the threats associated with going online.

Date: Tuesday, February 24th

Time: 7:00PM

Location: All Saints Parish Activity Center – 9300 Stonewall Road, Manassas, VA

What an interesting and fact-filled morning for our fourth grade students who had the privilege of meeting Villanova University professor Dr. Steven Goldsmith and learning about his upcoming trip to Antarctica. Dr. Goldsmith will be traveling near the South Pole to an area called the McMurdo Dry Valleys. This row of snow-free valleys in Antarctica represent an extreme desert environment, making them the perfect backdrop to Dr. Goldsmith’s scientific work involving rocks, water and minerals.

Currently summer in Antarctica (with average temperatures approximately 26.8 degrees), melting snow and ice cause running streams of water to form in the region. Dr. Goldsmith and other scientists on the expedition will collect water samples and mud samples to test the chemistry of the stream and mud. He will also bring back dirt samples that Villanova students will test to determine the origin of the dirt that sweeps into that area of Antarctica. The McMurdo Dry Valleys are believed to be the closest environment on earth to Mars. Experiments related to this expedition will be used to help scientists working on experiments with the Mars Rover.

Thank you, Dr. Goldsmith for enlightening our students on your fascinating scientific research in Antarctica!

In celebration of the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, All Saints students re-enacted “The Miracle of the Pink Roses” accompanied by the glorious sounds of the professional Mariachi band,  Mariachi Son De America. Prior to Mass, students honored our Blessed Mother with a decade of the Rosary in Spanish.

 

The Story of the Miracle of the Pink Roses
At dawn on December 9, 531, on Tepeyac Hill near what is now Mexico City, Our Blessed Mother appeared to Juan Diego, an Aztec Indian.  Juan Diego lived a simple life as a weaver, farmer, and laborer. That morning, as Juan passed Tepeyac Hill, he heard music and saw a glowing cloud encircled by a rainbow. A woman’s voice called him to the top of the hill. There he saw a beautiful young woman dressed like an Aztec princess. She said she was the Virgin Mary and asked Juan to tell the bishop to build a church on that site. She said, “I vividly desire that a church be built on this site, so that in it I can be present and give my love, compassion, help, and defense, for I am your most devoted mother . . . to hear your laments and to remedy all your miseries, pains, and sufferings.”

The bishop was kind but skeptical. He asked Juan to bring proof of the Lady’s identity. Before Juan could go back, he found out his uncle was dying. Hurrying to get a priest, Juan missed his meeting. The Lady, however, met him on his path and told him that his uncle had been cured. She then told Juan to climb to the top of the hill where they first met. Juan was shocked to find flowers growing in the frozen soil. He gathered them in his cloak and took them at once to the bishop.

Juan Diego told the bishop what had happened and opened his cloak. The flowers that fell to the ground were Castilian roses (which were not grown in Mexico). But the bishop’s eyes were on the glowing image of the Lady imprinted inside Juan’s cloak. Soon after, a church was built on the site where our Lady appeared, and thousands converted to Christianity. Our Lady of Guadalupe was declared the patroness of the Americas.

Juan Diego’s preserved cloak can still be seen behind the main altar in the new Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, near the original Basilica site. Millions from all over Mexico and the world make their way to venerate Our Blessed Mother and to implore her intercession. Juan Diego was canonized on July 31, 2002 as Saint Juan Diego by Pope John Paul II. The Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Patroness of the Americas, is December 12th.