Hello ACS Families,
Here are your Updates for the week ending on Friday, January 14, 2022…also available on the school website under Quick Links.
What’s Happening?
January 17, Monday: No school in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
January 21, Friday: 8th Grade $1 free dress to benefit the 8th grade Flagstaff trip. Thank you for your support. Please adhere to the non-uniform dress policy found in the ACS student handbook.
January 26, Wednesday:Dine Out Fundraiser at Babbo’s Italian Eatery. Use the attached flier for 20% proceeds to benefit ACS! Dine – in or Take out. Join us for an evening of fellowship and good food.
January 28, Friday: Noon Dismissal – Staff development day. No aftercare available.
January 28, Friday: Community Prayer at 8:10 a.m. led by the 4th grade. All are welcome.
January 28, Friday: ACS Night at the Phoenix Suns Game! ACS tickets for the Suns vs. Timberwolves game is SOLD OUT. To join the waiting list for tickets should any more become available, please send an email to Mike Scagnoli at mscagnoli@gmail.com. More details about the event will be sent to attendees as the game date approaches.
January 30 – February 4: Catholic Schools Week, celebrating family, students, nation, community, parish, and teachers with events planned by our Catholic Identity Committee and Student Council. Events are planned throughout the week. Here are a few to start – so don’t miss out on the fun!
- January 30, Sunday: All School Mass at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church, 10:30 a.m. begins Catholic Schools Week. Following Mass:
- Open House- All are invited to tour your classroom with friends and parents and have a slice of pizza served under the Verby Pavillon.
- Knights of Columbus Free Throw contest – Participate in the annual Knights of Columbus Free Throw Contest. Winners advance to regional competition in February. Each contestant will shoot 25 free throws—the one with the most made shots, WINS! Ages 9-11 shoot from a 12-foot line and ages 12-14 shoot from the traditional 15-foot line. Start practicing! Registration forms are available in the school office. (Proof of age may be required.)
- Blood Drive-Calling all parents to donate blood at the annual blood drive. Help those in our community by donating. Parents able to donate blood, please sign up online at donors.vitalant.org (Blood Drive Code: gabriel).
- Student Council “Joy” shirts go on sale. Details to follow.
- St. Michael Indian School Donation Drive– Collecting art and school supplies for the students. See flier attached from Catholic Identity for each grade’s list of items.
Wednesday (Jan. 12) at the all school daily Mass, Fr. John Nahrgang, Vicar of Evangelization in the Diocese of Phoenix gave a miraculous medal to all students and teachers present. The students received an explanation of the miraculous medal. In case the paper version did not make it home, it is attached in English and Spanish.
From the Catholic Identity Committee…
