Newsletter for September 20, 2019

Guardian Angels exists to reach out from the Altar of Christ to educate, serve and evangelize.

Week of Sept. 20:

Greetings to all of our GA families!

It’s hard to believe the third week of school as come and gone. We are looking forward to seeing all of you (parents/guardians only) at our State of the School Night next Monday, September 23rd at 6:30 pm. The evening will be full of information: update about our school, introduction of new staff, new initiatives, PTO and technology safety. We hope to see you there.

Have a wonderful weekend!
God Bless!

Used Band Instruments: We are looking for any gently used and still playable band instruments for our band program here at GA. Specifically at least one saxophone. Please contact Mr. Case at acase@gachaska.org.

Sept. 16 - Oct. 4 NWEA Testing Window
Sept. 23 - Pre K thru 2nd field trip to Minnesota Orchard
Sept. 23 & 24 - Classroom Sub Training - please spread the word
Sept. 23 - 6:30 State of School/Curriculum Night
Sept. 26 - 9:30 ECFL class (Lisa Aberle & Cathy Santini)
Sept. 28 - GA Fall Festival (Please sign up to run a game)
Oct. 2 - Feast of the Guardian Angel
Oct. 14-15 - Parent/Teacher Conferences
Oct. 16 - Teacher Workshop (All of the Archdiocese) No School Students
Oct. 17-18 - MEA Break -No School
Oct. 26 - Kitchen Cleaning Day

Bottle Blast

And the winner is....Right now Mrs. Podominick's class is in the lead. We have about 4 more days to get them in. Bottles of - pop, Gatorade, cheese balls, ketchup, BBQ sauce, shampoo, etc. Be creative like a bottle or jar filled with candy or even some money. We just don't want bottles of water or anything that is expired or about to expire. Last year this game was played over 500 times. That means we need to collect 400-500 bottles. Please remember no water bottles. Thank you for your donations to support our school.

Fall Festival Help

The Guardian Angels Fall Festival is just one week away! There is a big need of our help.

It is important for us to give back to the church through service all throughout the year. Fr. Deziel has asked us to work the games at the Parish Festival on Saturday, September 28th. We need volunteers to sign up for either the 2-4 pm or 6-8 pm shifts for several games: Ring Toss, Lucky Dice & Baseball, Red-White-or-Blue Game, Fish Pond, Duck Pond & Plinko, Stoplight Sucker Pull & Tic-Tac-Toe. Middle School students may sign up to work with a supervising adult. Sign-up sheets are in the church and the school. Please prayerfully consider joining in on the fun.

Sign-up for the Fall Festival

Hi Everyone,

I'm still looking for a couple more people for this Sunday to help server donuts and coffee/juice. Jim Smyth is picking up the donuts, I'm helping with set up at 8am. Is anyone able to help with serving after the 10:30 and Noon Masses? We need 2 families per time slot.
Depending on if there is someone that would want to help out with serving at 8am, I could serve after the 10:30am Mass. Kids in uniforms please. This counts towards volunteer time. Please forward on to anyone that might be interested.

Serve after 8am and prep for 10:30am donuts
Serve after 10:30am and prep for Noon donuts
Serve after Noon Mass and clean up

Thanks,
Brenda Buckley Jones
952-239-9436

State of School/Curriculum Night
THIS COMING MONDAY Sept. 23rd
6:30 pm for all parents PreK-8, no children

Agenda items:

State of the School
technology usage
Grove's Literacy program
Service program
PTO

Meeting is in the gym

Mass Server Training

Who: All current Mass Servers and those interested in becoming a Mass Server 4th Grade and older

What: Training for all current servers and those interested in serving

Where: Guardian Angels Church

When: All new servers must attend at least 3 trainings.

Current servers must attend at least 1 training.

Sunday, Sept. 22 - 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Wednesday, Sept. 25 - 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Wednesday, Oct. 2 - 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Sunday, Oct. 6 - 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Wednesday, Oct. 9 - 5:00 - 6:00 pm

We need a few volunteers to help at the SeyHey 5k Saturday, Sept. 28 at 8:30am. until 10 or 10:30. We will be hosting a water station for the run

Please contact Lisa Staudohar lstaudohar@gachaska.org if you can help!

Thank you!

Volunteers Needed:

Do you love children and are looking for a way to be a positive influence on the next generation? We have several opportunities for you here at GA. We are looking for volunteers to come help with making copies, math and/or reading buddies, library help and serving lunch. There are other small projects all throughout the year. Please let Roxie Diaz (rdiaz@gachaska.org) or Sue Lovegreen (slovegreen@gachaska.org) know if you are interested in helping at GA this school year.

Attention all 3-8th graders. We have a fun event for up to 20 students to participate in for our school only! Check it out. Send in your registration to the office. It is a first come first serve event. There is still room!

The GA Gala is on the Calendar!
February 29, 2020

There will be a contest for students to design the artwork for the event.
Our theme is Leaping into the Future!
Please submit entries to Lisa Staudohar by October 1.
There will be gift card prizes!

Thank you

Attention youth ages 7th graders and up…

Justin Fatica from EWTN TV is coming to St. Joe’s, Waconia, on October 13!
Don’t miss his high energy “You’re Amazing” program.
God intends each of us to live amazing lives!
When: October 13 at 6:00pm
Where: St. Joseph Catholic School Gym | 41 E. 1st Street Waconia, MN