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Only 14 Shopping Days Until Christmas...
Now is the time to order your Scrip cards for shopping and for giving! The deadline to order your Christmas gift cards is Monday, December 14 at 8 a.m. Click the logo below to start shopping!
If
you are looking for the right gift this holiday season, Great Lakes Scrip
Center can help. Your favorite scrip retailers have filled their shelves with
the best "must-haves" for this holiday season.
Visit Shopwithscrip.com to start shopping
now! The enrollment code for St. Anastasia Catholic School is E7A4L4C913783. Remember: St. Anastasia School
shares the profits with you: 50% credit to the School and 50% credit toward your
re-registration/tuition fees. You must order online to qualify for this
discount. Please contact the school office if you have
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Pre-K Open House
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Pre-K will host an Open House on Friday, December 11 from 8:30 a.m. until noon. The children will also celebrate Pajama Day that day while guest readers will stop by to read their favorite Christmas stories! All prospective parents, grandparents and students are invited to the Open House to experience the wonderful, nurturing 3 & 4-year-old Pre-School program at St. Anastasia. Join us anytime during the morning hours for a tour of the school and classrooms, meet the teachers and staff and enjoy classic Christmas tales! For more information, download the flyer from our website at www.stanna.org.
 Father George reads a story to the preschoolers at last year's Pajama Day.
Don't forget to check out the Pre-K Post for all the news and information about Pre-K!
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Back to Basics Christmas Drive
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St. Anastasia Catholic School & Church
Back to Basics Christmas Drive 2009
This year, our school is teaming up with the St. Anastasia Council of Catholic Women to help Notre  Dame Mission, a local Catholic Church in Fort Pierce. We will be helping them provide local children with the basic needs of socks, underwear and sneakers (name brand not necessary). Due to the varied ages and sizes needed, we are suggesting that you purchase items in sizes your own child/children would wear.
If you are able to help, please turn in socks, underwear and/or sneakers to your child's homeroom no later than Friday, December 11th.
During these troubled times, we have families that are in need of just the basics. We truly hope that you can find it within your holiday budget to consider adopting one of these children.
Thanks for all you continue to do to enrich the lives of others this holiday season. God bless!
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Thank you!
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A huge THANK YOU to all the volunteers, shoppers and "elves" who participated in this year's St. A's and JCHS Christmas Tree, Wreath and Poinsettia Sale! The event was very successful, but we could not have done without YOU! We look forward to next year's sale and certainly appreciate all you do for St. Anastasia Catholic School and John Carroll Catholic High School!
Above: Wreath decorators Tracy Langel, Donna Lanza, Jeanie Lattner, Betty Hutchinson, Diane Gallagher and Trish Curry hand-decorated 100 wreaths on Thursday before the sale!Below/Left: Volunteers display a Christmas Tree for sale.
Right: Jeanie Lattner decorates a "Gator" wreath with a surprise "Seminole" sticker!
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Big Apple Fundraiser for Alonzo Family
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A Note from the Van Duzer Foundation:
Abby Alonzo is a lovely, talented young St.
Anastasia student who loves her family, school and soccer. Right now, Abby
is in a match with her strongest opponent so far, and it's not even taking
place on the soccer field. Abby is battling Stage 4 Hodgkin's Lymphoma and,
while she's a strong kid and a real fighter, she could use a little help and
support from all of us.
On December 16th, we're going to make
Christmas come a little early for Abby and her family. We've used our
considerable connections to bring Santa and Mrs. Claus to the Big Apple Pizza
and Pasta at 2311 S. 35th Street in Fort Pierce (right across from
IRSC's Main Campus). All of us at Big Apple will be doubling as Santa's elves
that evening and will be serving up slices, pies, subs, salads, wings and knots
to help Abby and her family. One hundred percent of proceeds that evening will
be given to Abby's family. In addition, we'll be helping you out, too, by taking
care of all your holiday baking needs. We'll have oodles of yummy baked goods
available to sell - and all the proceeds will help Abby's family through this
emotional and financial crisis.
We'd love for you to come out and share in the
celebration, which will include
entertainment and a whole bunch of other surprises. We know times are tight - it's hard for all of
us right now just to make ends meet and keep things going for our own families.
But we're convinced that the people in our community are the kindest, most
generous people on the planet, and we know we'll all find a way to give a
little and help Abby a lot. Thank you in advance for all you do already, and
all you can do to help make this Christmas the best one ever for Abby and her
family.
Gratefully yours,
Scott Van
Duzer, Founder, The Van
Duzer Foundation
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Quilt for Abby
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Last week during St. A Live, Mr. Hoeffner and Mrs. Richmond presented Abby Alonzo with a quilt made by the students and sewn together by Mrs. Linda Ageeb. On one side of the quilt are panels signed by the students and teachers and the other is a warm and fluffy side adorned with soccer balls -- Abby's favorite sport! Abby was so excited and grateful for the outpouring of love and support from her classmates, fellow students and staff!
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Roots & Shoots
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You are invited to join a new group at St. Anastasia called "Roots & Shoots!" Roots & Shoots is a group open to any interested students in grades 1-8. The mission of the group is to foster respect and compassion for all living things, to promote understanding of all cultures and beliefs and to inspire each individual to take action to make the world a better place for people, animals and the environment. There are no dues, fees, fundraisers or uniforms for this group!
 The next meeting is Saturday, Dec. 12 at 9:30 a.m. in W-7 at St. Anastasia School. The guest speaker is Brandy (Ninesling) Nelson, a marine biologist from Harbor Branch Oceanographic
Institute, who will give a presentation on sea turtles and other marine life to
increase our understanding of their habitat and our impact on their habitat.
The Roots & Shoots group will meet once a month on the
first Saturday. The group will do many fun projects, mostly outside in the
community learning about the environment and how our daily lives impact it. For more information, contact Mrs. Cindy Noelke at 461-2232 or cnoelke@stanna.org.
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St. Anastasia Church News
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St. Anastasia Catholic Church is celebrating its
100th Birthday next year!
The St. Anastasia Catholic Church annual picnic this year will kick off the church's 100th Birthday - an historical event of
enormous proportions. So, to celebrate
this monumental event in a manner worthy of its numerical place in history, the church is having a super-duper outrageously fun picnic this year:
PICNIC
UNDER THE STARS!
Saturday, January 23, 2010 * 5 to 9 p.m.
Tickets: Adults $12.50, Children $10
Free for children 3
& under
The Church wants the annual baking contest to rival the competition cake contests on the FOOD Network. With a $100
grand prize and a gold medal, the winning birthday cake will
be THE cake design that will be used at next year's Grand Reception with the Bishop on
December 11, 2010. Along
with the Cake Contest, there will be more INFLATABLE FUN including:
Giant
Bungie Run, BMX
Super Slide, Rockin Pirate Ship, Rock
Climbing Wall, UFO
Laser Tage Maze, Boulder Dash - Knock 'em off their
pedestal, Jungle
Xtreme Obstacle Course and
Giant Chess
Plus:
hot chocolate, face painting and the popular piņata smashing for the younger kid. The Famous Grill Master -- Jeff Guettler -- will be at the grill serving up the
BEST BBQ this side of Dale's! The picnic will also feature music and the ever-popular egg toss with Fr. George (who thinks he's the best). Who
among you is out to prove him wrong?? For more information, purchase your tickets or volunteer, call the Darlene Francis at the Church office at 461-2233.
Volunteer hours may go towards service
hours at St. Anastasia School.
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7th Grade News
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Ben
Franklin, Taylor Swift, Babe Ruth and Sarah
Palin all visited the
7th grade Language Arts class last week as the students presented
bibliography reports dressed as characters from their reports!
Seventh graders Kevin Daigle (left) and Brandon Goldstein (right) dressed as Ben Franklin and Brett
Farve as they presented their class bibliography reports in character.
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Volunteer/Fingerprinting Schedule
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St. Helen Church
Holiday
Fingerprinting Schedule
Friday, December 18, 2009 will be the last day before
closing. The facility will be closed from December 19, 2009 until
Thursday, January 7, 2010. Normal fingerprinting schedule will resume on Friday,
Jan. 8, 2010.
St. Lucie Catholic
Church
Holiday
Fingerprinting Schedule
Reminder: You need to
make an appointment to have your fingerprints scanned - please do not just show
up.
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Congratulations
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Congratulations to the Royal Ram Band and the Brownies & Girl Scout Troop 40476! Both were winners in the 21st Annual Sights & Sounds Christmas Parade in downtown Fort Pierce! 1st Place Best Music Performance/Marching BandSt. Anastasia Royal Ram Band2nd Place Girl Scout/Brownie GroupSt. Anastasia Brownies & Girl Scout Troop 40476 (pictured below)  |
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Walk of Excellence Brick Program
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Looking for a unique Christmas gift for a loved one? You can celebrate your legacy at St. A's by  participating in the
program "Walk of Excellence" Decorative Program. The decorative bricks are placed on the "Walk of Excellence" along the
sidewalk down the middle of campus. They are personalized with three lines of
inscription. These bricks are wonderful gifts for First
Holy Communion or Graduation too! Click here for details and go to the Forms and Flyers section. |
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December 2009 |
December 11 - Pre-K Pajama Day and Open House
December 11 - 8th Grade Wal-mart Field Trip
December 16 - Student of the Month Breakfast
December 17 - 6:30 p.m. - Christmas Pageant
December 18 - 9:30 a.m. - Christmas Pageant
December 18 - Noon Dismissal
Dec. 18-Jan. 4 - Christmas Break (classes resume on Jan. 5)
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January 2010
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January 5 - Classes Resume
January 6 - 5th Grade Parent Mass
January 8 - 7:30
a.m. - Parent Advisory Council Mtg.
January 12 - 3:30 p.m. - PTO Meeting
January 15 - Jog-a-thon Kick Off
January 16 - 4 p.m. - St. Anastasia Church's Centennial Celebration Kick Off Mass
January 18 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No
School!
January 21 - 6th Grade Parent Mass
January
23 - St. Anastasia Church Picnic
Jan. 25-Jan. 29 - Catholic Schools Week
January 28 - Fish Fry Dinner
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Thank you for your support of St. Anastasia Catholic School. We appreciate your support and feedback! Be sure and visit the school's website where all previous newsletters are archived for your reference at www.stanna.org. God Bless!
Sincerely,
Linette Trabulsy
Development Director
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