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I hope everyone had a tasty Thanksgiving! This week, we have the first glimpse of our mascot, and a couple of opportunities to volunteer for SAP.


Upcoming Events



  • Friday, December 13 - Family Friday (coffee in cafeteria after drop-off)


  • Saturday, December 14 - School Choice Fair (more info below)


  • Note: There will be no advisory council or SAPSA board meeting in December


 

Our Mascot Has Arrived!


St. Anthony Park Elementary's Wolf Pack mascot made a surprise visit to a school spirit day rally recently. The mascot, sponsored by SAPSA, will soon have a name. Who knows where this wolf will appear next?




 

School Choice Fair


We still need a couple of volunteers to promote SAP at the St. Paul Public School Choice Fair. The fair takes place Saturday December 14th, from 9:30 am - 2 pm at the Saint Paul RiverCentre, 150 4th St W, St Paul, MN 55102.


Bobbie Evangelist and school staff will be answering questions from prospective students and families. Hearing firsthand from current families is meaningful to prospective families considering our school. If available to share your reasons for choosing St Anthony Park Elementary School, please sign up for a shift from 9:30 am - 11:30 am or 11:30 am - 1:30 pm.


Thank you in advance for helping to grow our awesome school community!


 



SAP Tours


Yes you can be a tour guide!


Please share your passion for our community at St. Anthony Park Elementary by giving school tours to prospective SAP Families. Sign up HERE. A quick overview and welcome packet will be given to your prior to the first tour.


 

Wolf Ridge Calendars


Wolf Ridge Calendars are now available to order! 


The calendars feature Northern MN Wildlife Photography and are a Fundraiser for the 5th Grade Trip to Wolf Ridge Environmental Education Center at the end of the school year. Calendars will delivered later this month & then sent home with your student.


Calendars are $20 and can be purchased via cash, check, or Square Link. Ask your student's teacher if you need an order form.

 

Thank You For Your Generosity!


SAPSA has received two grants this fall. One is from the St Paul and Minnesota Foundation, and the other is from the R.F. Bigelow Foundation. We are grateful to these excellent foundations for their support.


Thanks everyone who attended the Zero Gravity night! We raised over $700 at that event! Also, Fable clothing company cut us a check for $600 for the proceeds from the kid-created t-shirts that were created and sold last year. And we raised $300 from the last dine out at Mims cafe.  Thanks to everyone who worked at writing grants and organizing these fundraising activities!

 

 


Library Helper


Mr. Watson, our Library and Materials Management EA, would greatly appreciate help with reshelving books for an hour on Monday, Thursday or Friday mornings.


To sign up as a library helper, click HERE.



 

Langford Park Winter Activities


Keep active this winter with sports and classes at Langford Park and St. Paul's other rec centers! There are activities for both children and adults. See the attached flyer for a list of activities offered, and sign up HERE.

 




Also, registration is still open for Langford Park Hockey. See langfordparkhockey.com for more information.



Spirit Wear


Rep your favorite elementary school! T-shirts ($20/kid, and $22/adult) and school signs ($10) are available for pre-order now. Email president@sapsamn.org for preorders. Or, look for in-person sales at school events.



 

Have a great week, Wolf Pack!

If you have suggestions for content or questions about anything in the Wolf Pack Press, please reach out to Joel Van Valin at communications@sapsamn.org

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Updated: Nov 20


It's Give to the Max week. Plus, Stuffed Animal Day is coming!


Upcoming Events



  • Thursday, November 21 - Give to the Max Day (see details below)


  • Friday, November 22 - Stuffed Animal Day! (bring a stuffed animal to school for the day)


  • Thursday & Friday, November 28-29 - No School (Thanksgiving)


 

Give to the Max Day


November 21 is Give to the Max Day, and it's easy to give back to St. Anthony Park Elementary with a donation to SAPSA. SAPSA provides funds for school reading programs, artists in residence, field trips, mascot costumes ... this list goes on and on!


Click HERE to donate to SAPSA.


There is a separate link for the fifth grade's trip to Wolf Ridge HERE.

 

Phys Ed Update

 

Students have been working hard this fall in the gym. We are finishing up Ball Skills for Kindergarten through second grade students. We have learned about underhand throwing, overhand throwing, catching, kicking, dribbling and rolling. Our older students are just finishing our soccer unit.  We learned about dribbling, passing, trapping, heading the ball safely, shooting on goal, and goal keeping skills like blocking shots and restarting the game again after a blocked shot by rolling, throwing or punting. We played a couple lead up soccer games using multiple balls to keep all the students and goal keepers active during the games. Next up, after conferences, the K-2 students will be starting a manipulatives unit. They will learn skills with bean bags, hula hoops, juggling scarves, paddles and scoops. Our 3rd-5th grade students will be playing Olympic team handball.  


Also, you may notice your student(s) talking about Mr. Her! St. Anthony Park is lucky to have a physical education student teacher during the months of November and December. He is a student at the University of Concordia in St. Paul. He will be teaching with me for a couple weeks and then he will take over full time teaching from November 18th - December 13th.  I'm happy to see the new and exciting ideas he brings to our school.  If you see him around the hallways, or down by the gym stop by and say hello and welcome him to SAP. 


—Ms. Paulsen



 


Library Helper


Mr. Watson, our Library and Materials Management EA, would greatly appreciate help with reshelving books for an hour on Monday, Thursday or Friday mornings.


To sign up as a library helper, click HERE.



 

Candy Donations


If the trick-or-treaters don't manage to clean you out this Halloween, or your kids collect an overabundance of candy and want to share, SAP Elementary will gladly accept and freeze candy donations to use for prizes at our Spring Carnival next year!  Drop off wrapped candy in Ziploc bags at the front office.


 

School Choice Fair


Volunteers are needed at the St. Paul Public School Choice Fair Saturday December 14th, from 9:30 am - 2 pm to help promote St Anthony Park School. The School Choice Fair is being held at the Saint Paul RiverCentre, 150 4th St W, St Paul, MN 55102.


Bobbie Evangelist and school staff will be answering questions from prospective students and families. Hearing firsthand from current families is meaningful to prospective families considering our school. If available to share your reasons for choosing St Anthony Park Elementary School, please sign up for a shift from 9:30 am - 11:30 am or 11:30 am - 1:30 pm.


Thank you in advance for helping to grow our awesome school community!


 


SAP Tours


Yes you can be a tour guide!


Please share your passion for our community at St. Anthony Park Elementary by giving school tours to prospective SAP Families. Sign up HERE. A quick overview and welcome packet will be given to your prior to the first tour.



 

Langford Park Winter Activities


Keep active this winter with sports and classes at Langford Park and St. Paul's other rec centers! There are activities for both children and adults. See the attached flyer for a list of activities offered, and sign up HERE.

 




Also, registration is still open for Langford Park Hockey. See langfordparkhockey.com for more information.



Spirit Wear


Rep your favorite elementary school! T-shirts ($20/kid, and $22/adult) and school signs ($10) are available for pre-order now. In-person sales at school events.



 

Have a great week, Wolf Pack!

If you have suggestions for content or questions about anything in the Wolf Pack Press, please reach out to Joel Van Valin at communications@sapsamn.org

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Updated: Nov 11


Conferences and the Book Fair are this week. Also the Zero Gravity Fundraiser!


Upcoming Events



  • Wednesday, November 6 - Drop Off Teacher Snacks for Conferences


  • Wednesday - Friday, November 6-8 - Conferences


  • Wednesday - Friday, November 6-8 - Book Fair (see below for times)


  • Thursday, November 7, 5-8pm - Zero Gravity Fundraiser


  • Friday, November 8 - No School, Conferences


  • Tuesday, November 12 - Advisory Council (5:30-6:30)/SAPSA meeting (6:30-7:30)


  • Friday, November 15 - Family Friday (coffee after drop-off)



 

Book Fair


The Literati Book Fair is now open for online ordering—click HERE to start shopping for books! Orders purchased online will ship at the end of book fair week.


The book fair itself will be held in the school library November 6-8, during conferences. Here are the hours it will be open:

  • Wednesday, November 6: 7-7:30am and 3-7pm. If coming before classes open (7-7:15), children must be accompanied by an adult.

  • Thursday, November 7: 3-7pm

  • Friday, November 8: 8am-12pm



 


Spirit Night at Zero Gravity!

 

Spirit Night at Zero Gravity trampoline park is on Thursday, November 7, 5-8pm. Ticket sales will raise money for the school, so go ahead and jump into the action! Buy tickets HERE.


There is also a Facebook page. Note that if you have Zero Gravity socks from last time, you can bring them and not have to buy new socks.




 

Fall Teacher Conference Snacks

 

SAP Elementary parents will be providing snacks for teachers during conference days. We want to keep them fortified and make sure our appreciation of their hard work is evident! Please sign up HERE to provide snacks on November 6th. Thank you for showing your appreciation for all our teachers do!


 

Great Gatherings

 

Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets at the Fall Festival for Great Gatherings! There are still tickets available to some amazing events, so please check out the list HERE. Have fun and develop community while supporting SAP!



 

SAPSA Funding in Action: RAZ-Plus


This fall, first grade teachers Ms. Cariveau and Ms. Williams requested SAPSA’s support for the

invaluable reading app RAZ-Plus. Fun fact: On the day that Ms. Cariveau and Ms. William’s

presented their ask to SAPSA, Ms. Cariveau’s students asked, “Do we get to do RAZ this

year?!”


RAZ-Plus is loved by teachers and kids alike. St. Anthony Park is so lucky to have SAPSA’s

support in providing the RAZ-Plus experience for our primary grades. RAZ-Plus is more than

just a reading app. It is a tool that fosters reading growth by meeting kiddos where they are at and providing skill-building opportunities to grow their reading and comprehension.


Each child has access to a library of digital books at their level, coupled with a comprehension quiz. They access the digital library on their iPads. There is also an opportunity to listen to each story. Scaffolds are built into each level to help support kiddos when they are stuck on a word.


Teachers receive specific data from each comprehension quiz. This data helps support small group work, targeting specific skills that need growing. For example, elements of a story like: characters, setting, plot, conflict, theme, and point of view.


RAZ-Plus also provides teachers with a printable library of leveled books, decodable books, and running records. These running records are used to determine when a child is ready to move to the next reading level.


We are so grateful to SAPSA for bringing the RAZ-Plus experience to SAP kiddos. They are already

celebrating new gains and growth as a result of this program. SAP kids love to read!


— Ms. Cariveau


 


Library Helper


Mr. Watson, our Library and Materials Management EA, would greatly appreciate help with reshelving books for an hour on Monday, Thursday or Friday mornings.


To sign up as a library helper, click HERE.



 

Candy Donations


If the trick-or-treaters don't manage to clean you out this Halloween, or your kids collect an overabundance of candy and want to share, SAP Elementary will gladly accept and freeze candy donations to use for prizes at our Spring Carnival next year!  Drop off wrapped candy in Ziploc bags at the front office.


 

Volunteers Wanted!


Sign up for a volunteer committee for the 2024-2025 school year. The best way to make community is working alongside others!


Sign up HERE



 

Hockey season is coming!


Registration is now open for Langford Park Hockey. See langfordparkhockey.com for more information.



Spirit Wear


Rep your favorite elementary school! T-shirts ($20/kid, and $22/adult) and school signs ($10) are available for pre-order now. In-person sales at school events, including during conferences (in the Book Fair). Shirts from curriculum night and Fall Festival orders will likely be distributed next week.



 

Have a great week, Wolf Pack!

If you have suggestions for content or questions about anything in the Wolf Pack Press, please reach out to Joel Van Valin at communications@sapsamn.org

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