Wolf Pack Press - March 19, 2025
- Communications
- Mar 19
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Updated: Mar 19
This week: Silent Auction, Read-A-Thon wrap-up, Council meeting, Book eFair & Plant Sale. Oh, and conferences are around the corner ... and then SPRING BREAK!
Upcoming Events
Thursday March 20 - Beach Day! Students may wear beach attire (no swimsuits though!).
March 26-28 - Conferences
March 24-27 - Literati Book Fair in library (see below for details)
Friday March 28 - NO SCHOOL (conferences)
March 31 - April 4 - SPRING BREAK!
Join Our Council!
What is Site-Based Decision Making?
St. Anthony Park is looking for family members and community members to join a reinvigorated Council. The Council will be a group of families, community members, school staff, and principal working together to make decisions and drive school success for all SAP students.
Please come to an informational meeting on Tuesday, April 8 to learn more. Food available at 6:00 and childcare will be provided from 6:30 - 7:30.
Spanish and Somali interpreters available. If you would prefer a different language, please email ruth.krider@spps.org.
When: Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Light refreshments 6:00
Meeting 6:30 - 7:30
Where: St. Anthony Park Cafeteria
What: Family Information Meeting
Silent Auction
St. Anthony Park Elementary will be holding a silent auction April 14th - April 25th to raise funds for the school. We need your help in collecting items for the auction! Do you have goods, services, handmade items, sporting event tickets, vacation rentals, or anything else fun and interesting that you could donate? Reach out to the SAPSA Silent Auction Organizer by April 1st: Renee Pinkney (renee.m.pinkney@gmail.com).
Read-A-Thon Wrap-Up
The 2025 SAP Read-A-Thon was a huge success! THANK YOU to teachers, families, and—most of all—our incredible, reading STUDENTS! They greatly exceeded their school wide reading goal of 300,000 minutes, reading 442,114 minutes! And we reached our goal of $17,000, to help support the school with a variety of activities and materials.
As a reward to the students, Frost, the school mascot, will act as principal for the day one day soon. Frost has already announced some popular policies, such as extra recess for all classes! Every class also exceeded their classroom reading goals and will get a celebratory cookie party in the spring.
Read-A-Thon coordinators Sara Shepard and Katheryn Ward would like to thank fellow parents Annie Backman and Tammy Albrecht for helping with the reading minute counting. The entire community is so supportive of the Read-A-Thon, but we wanted to give a special shout out to Library Assistant Tony Watson, and also Andrea Borries, who made a beautiful prize display to help motivate students. Thank you, everyone!
Donations can still be made online at: https://www.givemn.org/story/Read2025
Restocking Teacher's Lounge for Conferences
SAP Elementary parents will be providing snacks for teachers during upcoming conference days March 26th, 27th and 28th. Sign up HERE and bring a snack by March 26. We want to keep them fortified and make sure our appreciation of their hard work is evident!
Literati Book eFair
Our spring Book Fair link is live! Use it from TODAY to the end of our sale to order items, buy gift cards, and consider subscribing to a Literati Book Club—each new subscription merits our school $100!
Our in-person sale dates coincide with school conferences, aside from Friday 3/28 (when our sale must be picked up). Gift cards never expire, and are perfect for your elementary school aged shopper or favorite teacher. Teachers will be creating their own wish lists as in prior years.
3/24 - preview day for classes - 15 minute windows to browse the selection
3/25 - early shopping morning for students (7:14-7:30)
3/26 - open during PM conferences
3/27 - open during PM conferences
3/28 - closed in person, but shoppable online
The store link is: https://literati.com/store/?school=st-anthony-park-elementary-school-saint-paul-mn
Plant Sale
The wait is over....time to buy some plants for your yard AND support the students at SAP Elementary at the same time!
The presale is happening tomorrow, March 22 through April 12. Shop a variety of pollinators, shrubs, annuals, patio baskets, and herbs. Browse at https://sapsaplants.square.site/
Plants will be ready for pick up on May 13 at Langford Park.
Save the date for the tent sale: May 14-15 at Langford.
Reach out with questions to lauren.ginger@gmail.com
Spring Carnival Is May 9
Mark your calendars for Friday, May 9!
SAP Elementary will be holding its annual Spring Carnival, a major fundraising event for SAPSA and a magical evening for the kids. The carnival will have games, crafts, a bake sale, and much more. Look for details and sign-up sheets in the Wolf Pack Press in April, and in flyers coming home in backpacks the week before spring break.
Wanted: SAPSA Photographer
SAPSA is looking for an SAP Elementary parent or other community member to be our staff photographer. The photographer would attend school events (like the Spring Carnival) and take photos to be used in the Wolf Pack Press, SPPS website, school yearbook, and more.
If you have a knack for photography and would like to volunteer some of your valuable time, please contact Joel Van Valin at communications@sapsamn.org.
Yikes - Beetlejuice is coming!
This year, Murray Middle School’s spring musical is Beetlejuice! Come romp with the mischievous ghost March 21-23. Tickets can be purchased HERE.
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.
Library Helper
Mr. Watson, our Library and Materials Management EA, would greatly appreciate help with reshelving books. Hour-long time slots are available most days of the week.
To sign up as a library helper, click HERE.
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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