- Mar 18
- 5 min read
Updated: 7 days ago
Hope you enjoyed your snow day and had a jolly St. Pat's!
Upcoming Events
Friday, March 20 - NO SCHOOL - Conference Prep
Friday, March 27 - School Spirit Day - Beach Day!
Tuesday, March 31 - Friday, April 3 - Literati Book Fair (more info below)
Wednesday, April 1 - Friday, April 3 - Spring conferences
Friday, April 3 - NO SCHOOL - Conferences
Week of April 6-10 - NO SCHOOL - Spring Break!
Literati Book Fair
The spring Literati Online Book Fair is now open!
Books purchased through the store raise money for the school. You can also purchase gift cards for your kiddos to use at the in person book fair, and books from teachers' wishlists.
Reminder to teachers: if there are books you want for the classroom, please compile a wishlist using the Literati invite you were sent.
The in-person fair will be in the library during spring conferences. The dates/times it will be open are:
3/31. During morning drop-off (7:15AM-8AM)
4/1. During morning drop-off (7:15AM-8AM) and afternoon conferences (3PM-7PM)
4/2 . During morning drop-off (7:15AM-8AM) and afternoon conferences (3PM-7PM)
4/3. During morning conferences (8AM-12PM)
If you are able to volunteer for the in-person fair at any of the dates & times above, please sign up HERE!
SAPSA Plant Presale!
Dream of spring and order plants online now to support school fundraising efforts!
You can now order a selection of plants online for our big SAPSA Plant Sale fundraiser!
There are flats of plants, colorful hanging baskets, and native shrubs.
All proceeds support school field trips, artists in residence, and classroom supplies.
Timeline: The online presale runs through April 11
Order pick up:
Tuesday, May 12, from 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Langford Park Recreation Center
After placing an order, please select a pickup time slot via the following link:
We encourage you to share the presale link with family, friends, and neighbors!
Have fun ordering and envisioning your garden as the snow melts!
For questions regarding the presale, please contact Sarah Clark at (612) 501-9895 or Sarah.cr.clark@gmail.com
Thank you for supporting the Plant Sale and St. Anthony Park Elementary!
~ The Plant Sale Committee
Dine Out @ Nico's 3/24
Dine at Nico's Tacos from 4-9pm on Tuesday, March 24 to help raise money for SAP Elementary! Nico's is located in Milton Square (corner of Como & Carter).
Park Perks at Sunrise Bank
In March and April, the Park Perks coffee bar at Sunrise Bank will be raising donations for the St. Anthony Park School Association. All dollars raised when people stop for coffee/cookies will go to SAP Elementary. So stop by the bank for your morning cup o' joe!
Be Part of the SAP Silent Auction!
From the desk of Renee Pinkey, Silent Auction Organizer:
Hello St. Anthony Park Families,
Get ready for the St. Anthony Park School Association (SAPSA) Silent Auction, which will be held online from April 20 - April 30, 2026!
We know many of our families would love to help support our school through donations! The money raised from this auction will go directly towards enrichment programs, community events, and classroom materials.
Your donation can be anything you think our school community would enjoy. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
A homemade item from a hobby you enjoy
A gift card or service from your employer
Tickets to a local sporting event or concert
A themed gift basket (e.g., "movie night," "spa day")
Services like babysitting, tutoring, or a home-cooked meal
If you can make a donation, please contact me to arrange drop-off or pick-up. The donation deadline is Friday, April 10, 2026.
Sincerely,
Renee Pinkney
Spring Carnival Volunteer Leads Needed
SAPSA is looking for Activities and Raffle leads for our Spring Carnival. This is an important spring fundraiser and also loads of fun! This year the carnival will be May 8th from 5-7pm.
The leads will work with our Spring Festival coordinator, Sathiya Karthikeyan, to plan and put on the fair.
Here are the (very supported) lead roles we're trying to fill:
Activities Lead
Before carnival:
Create/plan/gather materials for Carnival activities for attendees to participate in for a ticket cost. Past activities: face paint, hair chalk, tattoos, karaoke, photo booth, hair tinsel
Arrange dunk tank and bounce house delivery.
Find staff who are willing to be dunked!
On Carnival Day:
Arrive early to set up activities supplies
Monitor volunteers running activities stations
Oversee clean up of activities after Carnival
Raffle Lead
Before Carnival:
Seek donations for raffle items and create an Amazon Wish list with desired items for a raffle.
On Carnival Day:
Set out raffle items in the peace garden with collection bags for tickets
Announce raffle winners at the end of carnival
Ever Wanted to Be an Editor?
This spring will see the end of my two-year appointment as editor of the Wolf Pack Press. Editing this newsletter has been an awesome experience, and I'll really miss putting out this bi-weekly publication. (The WPP always seemed to somehow miraculously assemble itself with only a little coaxing from me.) It allowed me, a fairly introverted guy, to get to know the school much better and interact with the students, staff and parents of SAP Elementary.
In the following months, SAPSA will be looking for the next editor of the Wolf Pack Press, to begin duties next fall. This is a critical job for SAPSA and SAP Elementary; the WPP spreads the word about fundraising events and special dates at school (especially those NO SCHOOL days!). It also gives parents and others a glimpse into the vibrant scene that is SAP Elementary.
If you have a knack for writing and basic web literacy, please consider offering your talents as the editor for the Wolf Pack Press. It is a part-time gig that can easily fit in with a full time job. It is the opposite of many volunteer positions at SAP Elementary: rather than a few days or weeks of frenzied activity, the WPP only requires two to three hours in any given week—but it lasts the entire school year.
As Wolf Pack Press Editor, your main duties would be:
Monitor email (communications@sapsamn.org) and communicate with school staff and SAPSA members as needed to get information. Different groups email you content if they want their particular event mentioned in the WPP.
Lay out and publish the Wolf Pack Press every other week during the school year. We use a website tool called Wix that allows us to publish a new edition of the WPP as a blog entry. Some technical minutia can be challenging, but you don't have to know HTML or anything as crazy as that.
Attend SAPSA board meetings every month during the school year and share topics related to the WPP. The Wolf Pack Press editor is a voting board member.
Post to social media (Facebook & Instagram) on occasion. Other SAPSA members can also do posts.
Take photos for the WPP. I have leveraged the talents of some amateur photographers amongst us to take pictures at the Spring Carnival, Fall Festival etc.
Occasionally update the main page at sapsamn.org. I update the event dates there every few weeks.
Full training would be provided by me this spring, before handing the torch on to you.
So if you are interested in taking the reins of the Wolf Pack, please email me (Joel Van Valin) at communications@sapsamn.org or reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator, Lauren Cox (volunteercoordinator@sapsamn.org).
Library Helper
Mr. Watson, our Library and Materials Management EA, would greatly appreciate help with reshelving books for an hour during the school week.
To sign up as a library helper, click HERE .
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
