Wolf Pack Press

- Apr 12
- 6 min read

Wolf Pack Press - April 12, 2023

Welcome Back, Wolf Pack! We hope that you had a wonderful spring break and are ready to get back to school. There are a lot of fun events coming up in the next few weeks at SAP and we can't wait to see you all there!

Second graders digging their glow party in PhyEd!

Upcoming Events

- Tuesday, April 18th - Advisory Council (5:00-6:00pm) and SAPSA Meetings (6:30-7:30pm) - Join us in the school library! All are welcome!

- Friday, April 21 - No School

- Wednesday, April 26 - Dine Out to support SAP: Chipotle - From 4pm-8pm in Roseville

- Friday, April 28 - Spirit Day: Rainbow Day - Wear rainbow colors to school, for fun!

Plant Presale Extended! Last day is TODAY!

You can still preorder your plants today

(literally--today is the last day) HERE!

The Spring Carnival is close at hand and we have so many fun activities planned for the event!

The Spring Carnival is also an important fundraiser for SAPSA and the funds raised at the event this year will go directly to supporting the students of SAP.

We will need the help of our amazing community to make this event possible and below are links to how you can help!

Volunteer to Help during the Spring Carnival

We need volunteers to help with all aspects of the carnival from set-up, running games, face paint, raffle and much more. CLICK HERE to sign up!

Donate an Item to our Silent Auction

Do you have a special skill, local business, make art, or have something else that you would be willing to donate as a silent auction item? Hooray! Please contact Amy Raddatz at president@sapsamn.org

Donate an item to be a prize for the kids' raffle

Click the link to see our amazon wishlist: https://a.co/gsHqgGX

Also, as always, we're looking to conserve resources when possible by using what we already have. If you have any new toys or other items that you think could make a good raffle prize (similar to items on the raffle prize link above), please reach out to president@sapsamn.org

Talent Show - May 19th

The SAP Talent Show is such a heart warming event! It's so fun to see the creativity, talent, and enthusiasm - best of all is the way the kids encourage and cheer for each other, even when things don't go exactly as planned.

We are looking for volunteers to coordinate with Kelly Weeks, who is graciously taking the lead in making this year's talent show an entertaining and memorable event.

We still need to fill the following roles: Performer Manager - help direct the nervous, excited waiting performers from their seats to the backstage area Back Stage Helpers - stand behind the curtain during the show and help performers before they go on stage, assist with moving gymnastics mats, props, etc Group Song or Group Dance Leader - chooses a piece, rehearses the group song - requires one after school rehearsal in addition to directing the group the night of the show Ushers - Stand at the entrance of the theater and pass out programs Sign up HERE!

2022/23 Yearbooks!

Yearbooks for the 2022-23 School Season are now available to order!

Click the link below to order your child's yearbook. Yearbooks will be delivered to SAP the last week of the school year

Click Here To Order

Library Helpers

SAP Library TA Suzanne Gural would greatly appreciate help with reshelving books for an hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11am-noon. Re-acquaint yourself with the Dewey decimal system. Please pick a time slot if you can help keep the books organized for our kiddos. Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904044AACAA28ABFA7-library1

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Staff Interview: Rosaleigh Minder

This is Rosaleigh in the Health Office, and I’m here with Javon Neuman in 4th grade to do a student interview, and I’ll go ahead and let him start!

Javon: What job do you do at SAP?

Ms. Rosaleigh: I am St. Anthony Park’s Health Assistant, so that means I’m here every day of the week to help students get their medications, or if they are sick, I can help them feel better or go home, or take care of some injuries in case somebody gets hurt at recess or at gym.

Javon: What is your favorite part of your job?

Ms. Rosaleigh: I love working with the kids. You guys are so funny and so kind. You are just the highlight of my day, all day.

Javon: Who is in your family other than Eddie?

Ms. Rosaleigh: Other than Eddie! Well, we do have Eddie–he is in 4th grade at SAP as well, and then I have my sister and her husband, who is Eddie’s dad. And then I have my own fiance, and then I have my mom and my dad, too.

Javon: Do you have any pets?

Ms. Rosaleigh: I do! I am a dog person, but I have no dogs and two cats.

Javon: What do you like to do when you’re not at school?

Ms. Rosaleigh: My favorite thing to do when I’m not at school is to read books. I spend a lot of time reading books, and then I like to go out to different places like art exhibits with my friends.

Javon: What do you love to eat?

Ms. Rosaleigh: I love pizza and cheeseburgers and sambusas. There are families here that bring the best sambusa I have ever had.

Javon: What is your favorite animal, and why?

Ms. Rosaleigh: That’s really hard. I like elephants a lot because they have a very cool social structure, and some culture, too.

Javon: What do you do in the summer?

Ms. Rosaleigh: In the summers, I do some odd jobs, and then I like to go travel and do gardening in my yard.

Javon: What season is your favorite, and why?

Ms. Rosaleigh: Summer! I really don’t like being cold, so MInnesota’s really hard for me.

Javon: Why did you decide to be a health assistant?

Ms. Rosaleigh: Well, I worked in a clinic before I came to work at St. Anthony Park, and I really liked working with the kids at that clinic, so I thought this would be a good fit for me.

Javon: What is your favorite book?

Ms. Rosaleigh: My favorite book…oh my gosh, Javon, that is so hard! What’s your favorite book?

Javon: It’s a baby book from when I was young. It’s called Yummy and Yucky.

Ms. Rosaleigh: That’s cute! You should bring that in for me to see sometime. My favorite book, gosh, that’s so hard! I have so many. I don’t think I can pick. But when I was younger, I really, really liked the Harry Potter series, and I would read it over and over and over again.

Javon: There’s a new game on PS5 called Hogwarts Legacy.

Ms. Rosaleigh: I know about that, yeah! I don’t play video games, but it looks like fun.

Javon: What do you like to do outside?

Ms. Rosaleigh: I like to garden. I have some roses and some peonies…

Javon: Is that why you are called Ms. Rosaleigh?

Ms. Rosaleigh: No…

Javon: Were you named after roses?

Ms. Rosaleigh: Actually, that can be your question at the end, and I’ll tell you why I’m named Rosaleigh. But, I like to go hiking and things during the summer at the north shore.

Javon: Why were you named Rosaleigh?

Ms. Rosaleigh: I was named Rosaleigh, so it’s a combination of my grandmother’s name, who is Rosalynn, and my aunt, my mom has a twin sister, and her middle name is Leigh, and so my mom smooshed them together to make it Rosaleigh.

Javon: Oh.

Ms. Rosaleigh: Okay, is that everything? Well, okay. Thank you so much, Javon. I appreciate the interview!

What's for lunch in April?

We like breakfast too!

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 communications@sapsamn.org

- Mar 29
- 8 min read

Wolf Pack Press - March 29, 2023

Read on for brief news, as we head into Spring Break!

Upcoming Events

- Friday, March 31 - Spirit Day - Hat Day - Wear a fun hat to school!

- Week of April 3-7 - No School - Spring Break - See you back at school on Monday, April 10th.

Plant Presale Ends Friday

You can order your plants before Spring Break HERE!

Spring Carnival

Our fun spring event continues to take shape! Do you have a special skill, local business, make art, or have something else that you would be willing to donate as a silent auction item? Hooray! Please contact Amy Raddatz at president@sapsamn.org

How else can you help?

Volunteer to contact businesses to ask for silent auction items! This is a flexible way to support the event: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904044aacaa28abfa7-2023#/

Donate an item to be a prize for the kids' raffle here: https://a.co/gsHqgGX Also, as always, we're looking to conserve resources when possible by using what we already have. If you have any new toys or other items that you think could make a good raffle prize (similar to items on the raffle prize link above), please reach out to president@sapsamn.org

Library Helpers

Dexter's Corner__________

A column by Dexter Jr., the guinea pig

Dexter demonstrating science. **Please use properly fitted safety goggles.

Wheek, wheek, wheek! It's here, it's here--the YUMMIEST time of the year! That's right--what else could I possibly mean? What could be more delicious than the SCIENCE FAIR? I live in the science classroom, so you know I love science. And each year I help some students with their projects, which usually involves me getting lots of healthy treats. Mr. Schrankler, Deena Strohman, and many other parent/community volunteers make it all happen, and the kids do such AMAZING and INTERESTING projects! Thank you and good job, all you humans!

By the way, this year I also did my own experiment, and I have concluded--with impressive statistical certainty--that young humans overwhelmingly like ICEE pops. Have a good end of the WHEEEK!

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Staff Interview: Michele Brinkhaus

Hi, everybody at SAP! I’m Michele Brinkhaus. I am the clerk at St. Anthony Park and I have two friends here today to interview me. I’m so lucky to have Michelle Solomon and Sammy Schroeder, and they are taking just a few minutes out of their time to ask Ms. Michele a few questions. What would be your first question, Sammy?

Sammy: How old are you?

Ms. Michele: I’m very old. Um, we’re not going to share that, but I’m over 50, so I’m getting kind of old, but young at heart.

Michelle: What’s your favorite animal?

Ms. Michele: I had two dogs. One just passed away. But I’d say dogs would be my favorite animal. Do you have any dogs?

Michelle: Um, yes, one.

Sammy: I used to have two cats but they both died.

Ms. Michele: Oh, that’s sad. That’s really hard, isn’t it, when they pass away? Okay, what’s the next question?

Sammy: What is your favorite color? Ms. Michele: Oh, my favorite color ever is yellow. Would you think it’s yellow? Sometimes I wear a lot of yellow. But yellow is my most favorite color, because, you know why? I think it’s really bright and happy.

Michelle: Why do you have these birds and gnomes behind us?

Ms. Michele: That’s a really good question, too. See that little gnome up there, the little one with the red hat?

Sammy and Michelle: Yeah.

Ms. Michele: We got it as a gift for our staff and we played a game with it. I started a game with all the adults called Gnome on the Roam. And so a staff member would get the gnome and then we’d try to guess who had it, like with clues. So then, all of a sudden, I started getting lots of gnomes for gifts! I probably have 15 different gnomes. I have some for winter. I have some for Valentine’s Day. This one is for St. Patrick’s Day. I have spring ones. And I have a bunch of them in the back, because people love to give me gnomes now. Do you like gnomes? I think they’re pretty friendly looking. They’re kind of goofy looking, too. Don’t you think?

Michelle and Sammy: Wow. Yeah. Okay.

Ms. Michele: I just added the birds because I thought the birds were cute for Valentine’s,

Sammy: What is your favorite part about working here at St. Anthony Park?

Ms. Michele: Wow, you guys are really good with the questions! My favorite part is talking to all the people. Do you think I talk a lot? Do you see me talking a lot?

Michelle and Sammy: Mm-hmm.

Ms. Michele: I like to be social. I like to greet people, and say, “Hello!” I love the kids. I like the parents. And, you know what? It’s a very busy job. If you ever see me, I’m on the phone, I’m opening the door, I’m talking to people, and so I’m always busy, and I like being busy.

Michelle: Why did you choose to go to this school?

Ms. Michele: Oh my gosh, for first graders, you two are fabulous, very insightful.

Sammy: Thank you.

Ms. Michele: You know what? I worked at two other St. Paul schools before this school, and I just heard such fabulous things about St. Anthony Park. You guys don’t remember Ms. Jane. She retired two years ago.

Sammy: This is my second year.

Michelle: She retired right before we came.

Ms. Michele: Right. She was the clerk before, and so I started when you guys started, last year, when you were in kindergarten. So this is my second year, too, just like you guys.

Michelle and Sammy: Oh!

Ms. Michele; I just heard really great things about this school. What do you like best about first grade?

Sammy: I think I just like being able to meet new people, and I just like how this school is. I love the people here. It feels good!

Ms. Michele: Yeah, it does feel good.

Michelle: My favorite part about first grade is just that you can spend time with friends. You get to make a new friend. Another part that I like about first grade is that Ms. Cariveau is here.

Ms. Michele: You have really got a special teacher, don’t you?

Sammy: What is your favorite fairy tale creature?

Ms. Michele: Wow, you guys thought about this! I really like Snow White. Is she a fairy tale creature? She kind of is. It’s a fairy tale.

Sammy: Yeah, it’s a fairy tale person. That counts.

Ms. Michele: Which one is your favorite? Sammy: I think my favorite is gnomes and fairies and the Loch Ness Monster.

Ms. Michele: Oh, yeah, goodness.

Michelle: I like gnomes and I’m going to ask you something and then we’ll be done.

[Mr. Budin comes in to ask Ms. Michele a question. She helps him. She is so busy!]

Michelle: Do you like to read books?

Ms. Michele: I love to read books. I bet you guys do, too.

Sammy: Yeah, I have a connection. I have one full closet of books, and a whole bookshelf of books.

Ms. Michele: So how many books did you read for the Read-a-Thon?

Sammy: I read a lot. I forget how many, but it was a lot.

Ms. Michele: So did you fill up the whole page plus more?

Sammy: I definitely read a lot more, but I didn’t fill it up. I just love all the books and where they can take you.

Ms. Michele: Yeah, it’s almost like watching a movie.

Michelle: I think I got 109 minutes.

Ms. Michele: 109 minutes? Whoo!

Sammy: I think I got maybe 1000 minutes.

Ms. Michele: Oh my goodness!

Michelle: Or I might have gotten a couple trillion.

Ms. Michele: What kind of books are your favorite? Sammy: My favorites are Calvin and Hobbes and Jasmine Taguchi.

Ms. Michele: Oh, I’ve never heard of that!

Sammy: One’s a Japanese one, and you’ve probably heard of Calvin and Hobbes.

Ms. Michele: Yes, I’ve heard of Calvin and Hobbes. What do you like to read? Michelle: My favorite books are kind of like animal books. I don’t like the books that, like animals might die.

Ms. Michele: Oh, yes, and that happens.

[The doorbell rings. Ms. Michele lets someone into the office and helps them. See, she really is so busy!]

Michelle: I really don’t like those books. I love just cute animals and stuff. I just love to see and watch animals. I actually love squids, because I have a squid. A pet one.

Ms. Michele: You have a squid? What’s your squid’s name?

Michelle: It’s not a pet squid, it's just a stuffie. My pet squid is purple and that’s why I named him Purple Guy.

Ms. Michele: Very cool. What’s your favorite class or your favorite part of your day?

Sammy: My favorite part of today, I think, was art class. But before I forget, there’s one thing I wanted to say. I also like that this school has a nurse for if you’re not feeling well. It’s just a really good school.

Ms. Michele: Yeah, it’s important because a lot of times, kids don’t feel good.

MIchelle: The main thing I like about today, I just like to spend time with people, especially you, today, and meeting new people.

Ms. Michele: What do we share in common, Michelle? Michelle: Our names.

Ms. Michele: Our names. You’re Michelle with two Ls and I’m Michele with one L. But it’s still the same name, right?

[Someone else needs help from Ms. Michele. She is so busy!]

Ms. Michele: So that’s a wrap, I think! You guys did really good! Do you want to sit here with me for a few minutes and help me work?

Sammy and Michelle: Yeah!

Ms. Michele: Well, we thank Michelle and Sammy, very insightful first graders, I’d say! You really thought about your questions, and I really enjoyed our time.

Michelle and Sammy: Thank you! Me, too!

All: Thank you!

Talent Show

Want to help with the Talent Show? More info coming after break, but get a sneak peek of the sign up HERE.

What's for lunch in March?

We like breakfast too!

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 communications@sapsamn.org

- Mar 15
- 6 min read

Wolf Pack Press - March 15, 2023

Greetings, SAP community! In this challenging week of earlier mornings and more snow, we've all made it to mid-week! We're looking toward spring, and, in the meantime, good things continue to happen at school.

Bright African Adinkra-inspired prints done by first and second graders adorn the halls. This printing technique is traditionally done on fabric by people in Ghana and Cote D'Ivoire, using shapes that symbolize elements of traditional wisdom or the environment.

Thanks to the new art drying rack provided by SAPSA, Ms. Shomion can now dry art projects made by many classes all at once!

Upcoming Events

- TONIGHT! Wednesday, March 15 - Advisory Council Meeting, 5:00-6:00 pm in the SAP Library - Tony Walker, director of Community Education will attend the March AC meeting. Tony will discuss and answer questions about “Nature Discovery,” the new preschool program at SAP, coming this Fall.

To join the meeting on Zoom, use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4792236521?pwd=L041WEU2a0N1d2JZaHhGc09qQWJWZz09

Meeting ID: 479 223 6521 Passcode: 534435

- Thursday, March 16 - Evening Conferences

- Thursday, March 16 - Carnival Game Set Up Night - 6:00-8:00pm in the SAP cafeteria - More info below!

- Friday, March 17 - Family Friday - 7:30am in the cafeteria - Walk your students to class, then join other families for coffee and conversation.

- Wednesday, March 22 - Picture Day

- Wednesday, March 22 - Evening Conferences

- Friday, March 24 - No School, Daytime Conferences

- Monday, March 27 - SAP Science Fair - See below for ways to get involved.

- Friday, March 31 - Spirit Day - Hat Day - Wear a fun hat to school!

- Week of April 3-7 - No School - Spring Break

Plant Presale Starts Saturday

But you can start browsing and dreaming of spring today HERE!

Spring Carnival

How else can you help?

Volunteer to contact businesses to ask for silent auction items! This is a flexible way to support the event: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904044aacaa28abfa7-2023#/

TOMORROW - Thursday, March 16 from 6-8pm - Come dig out and set up the old carnival games that have been stored on the stage for years. Curious about what's there? We are too! This will be a fun night of discovery, with pizza and drinks. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904044aacaa28abfa7-spring#/

Family Friday

Please join us for this month's Family Friday on March 17th. That's this Friday! On Family Fridays, grown-ups are invited to walk children to their classes, say hi to teachers and then meet in the cafeteria for coffee, tea and conversation. We do always need help making the morning a delicious success. If you are able to lend a hand, please sign-up HERE.

Spirit Wear - Hijabs

We're excited to share that SAP Wolf Pack hijabs are now available in a two sizes and a variety of colors! Look for them whenever Spirit Wear is sold at school events, or contact communications@sapsamn.org to purchase.

Lost & Found

It's overflowing again! Don't forget to check the Lost & Found when you come in for conferences.

Library Helpers

Science Fair

From Mr. Schrankler:

Dear SAP Families and Friends,

The St. Anthony Park Elementary Science Fair will take place on Monday, March 27th. Our 3rd-5th Grade students will be presenting their Science projects. I am reaching out to ask if you would be interested in helping at the SAP Science Fair. We could use at least 25 people to help with giving students feedback on their projects. No special scientific talents are needed, just the ability to communicate with the presenters (students) and give them some friendly feedback. We could also use some help in taking down tables and cleaning up after the evening session. Please pass this along to any other friends and family who you think would be interested. Here are the two opportunities:

7:45AM-11:05 AM Evaluators Giving Feedback (at least 25 volunteers needed)

6:45 PM-7:30 PM Science Fair Clean-up

LINK to sign-up as a volunteer.

Your support is greatly appreciated!

Staff Interview: Ms. Hass

This is Ms. Hass, the assistant principal at St. Anthony Park, and I am sitting here with our scholar Hassen Hassen, who is going to ask me some questions today.

Hassen: What is your favorite part of your job?

Ms. Hass: My favorite part of my job is to see students grow. I watch students grow in how tall they are, but I also watch them grow in the things that they know and learn and understand, and that is my absolute favorite part of my job.

Hassen: What do you like to do when you are not at school?

Ms. Hass: When I’m not at school, I love to spend time with my daughters. I have two daughters, and they are ages 21 and 12. And I love hanging out with them. At our house, we play a lot of board games and we watch movies together. I also like to go on long runs when it’s nice out. And I also love playing with my pets. I have two cats and a frog.

Hassen: What do you do in the summer?

Ms. Hass: In the summer, well, some of the time is spent working, getting ready for the next school year, and another part I spend doing not much of anything. I do spend a couple of weeks up at a cabin with my family, where I go boating and fishing. I love to fish. And I also love to go to the State Fair at the end of summer.

Hassen: Why did you decide to be an assistant principal?

Ms. Hass: So, I started out as a teacher, and I absolutely loved being in the classroom, being with kids and knowing families and again, watching them grow in lots of different ways. I loved working with kids and I thought, “Where can I have a bigger impact?” So then I went into administration, and now I get to have interactions and have an impact with our whole school, which is way bigger than a classroom. There are lots of classrooms, and I love leadership, and I love building other leaders in my job. That’s what my job is: to build other leaders, in kids, in other teachers, things like that, fostering leadership.

Hassen: What would you change about St. Anthony Park in the future?

Ms. Hass: What would I change about St. Anthony Park? Oh, goodness. Well, one thing I noticed when I came here is that they didn’t have a Pre-K, but now we’re going to be adding one in next year. So that’s something that’s going to change, that we are working on. And I really think that one thing that I want to work on to change at St. Anthony Park is really building in more opportunity for students to have a voice and student leadership, because that’s why we’re here, so I want to include students more in decision-making, and things like that.

Hassen: Thank you.

Ms. Hass: Thanks, Hassen.

What's for lunch in March?

We like breakfast too!

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 communications@sapsamn.org

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Wolf Pack Press - April 12, 2023

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What's for lunch in April?

We like breakfast too!

Wolf Pack Press - March 29, 2023

More links

The SPPS COVID Policy is available HERE. Please don't forget to report any illness with COVID to SPPS.

What's for lunch in March?

We like breakfast too!

Wolf Pack Press - March 15, 2023

More links

The SPPS COVID Policy is available HERE. Please don't forget to report any illness with COVID to SPPS.

What's for lunch in March?

We like breakfast too!