The St. Anastasia Catholic School annual Jog-A-Thon kicks off on Friday, Jan. 15. Students in kindergarten through 8th grade will attend a pep rally on Friday promoting the event. Information about participation and sponsorship will go home in the students' Thursday folder. We are very excited about this year's event as we have some new prizes such as coupons for free food from Presutti's Italian Subs, Panera Break, Big Apple Pizza and Tropical Smoothie! The Jog-A-Thon is Friday, February 5 and will cap off Catholic Schools Week this year. We are trying different strategies this year to encourage participation such as prizes for specific Turn-In Days! Additionally, we will be using "Sponsor Sheets" as you will see in your participation package.

We need everyone's participation to make this event a success. Our school goal is $24,000 and if every student turned in at least $42 in pledges, we will make our goal.

Also, we are looking for volunteers to: count laps, serve water, work as medical personnel, set up and clean up. Please call Jeanie Lattner at 461-2232 if you can help. Thank you!

Tickets are now on sale for the Catholic Schools Week Fish Fry Dinner scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 4 from 5-7 p.m. at the school's auditorium. This delicious dinner will consist of fresh fried fish, hush puppies, cheese grits, coleslaw, dessert and drinks all for $7.50/adults and $5/children 10 & under. This dinner is made possible due to the generosity of our sponsors including Inlet Fisheries (donated and will cook the fish and hush puppies!), Domenick's Corner Grill, KFC and Roma Bakery.

For more information, to purchase tickets or to volunteer at the dinner, call Linette Trabulsy in the Development Office at 461-2232 or contact her by e-mail at ltrabulsy@stanna.org. Volunteers are needed to help with serving and selling tickets during the dinner.

You don't want to miss this dinner with your friends and family at St. Anastasia Catholic School!

Brrrrrr.....Winter has finally arrived! Just a reminder...only school uniform jackets, sweaters and sweatshirts will be permitted on campus...no exceptions! P.E. uniform sweatshirts and other St. Anastasia jackets previously purchased at the uniform store are permitted. Students who wear non-uniform jackets or sweaters will be asked to remove them.

The Uniform Store hours are Tuesday through Thursday from 7:45 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Please contact the school office if you have any questions.

• On Tuesday, February 2, grandparents of students in grades Pre-K-3rd grade are invited to the 8:15 a.m. mass at St. Anastasia Church followed by breakfast in the school's auditorium.
• On Wednesday, February 3, grandparents of students in grades 4-8 are invited to the 8:15 a.m. mass also followed by breakfast.
• School-wide aerial photo and the Fish Fry dinner on Thursday, February 4.
  

Stay tuned next week for further details on some of the events planned for Catholic Schools Week.

The Junior League Soccer will have their final game and end-of-season party on Saturday, January 16 at 8:30 a.m. Each participant will receive a gift.

On Friday, January 15, St. Anastasia Catholic Church and School is hosting the Fort Pierce Coffee with the Mayor at Historic City Hall located at 315 Avenue A in Downtown Fort Pierce. The event begins at 8 a.m. with coffee, doughnuts and orange juice. Please come by this free networking event to show your support of your school and church! For more information, contact Linette Trabulsy at ltrabulsy@stanna.org.

This Saturday, Jan. 16th at 10 a.m., the Art Department is looking for volunteers to assist with making the ceramic prizes for the Run for the Son 5K Race scheduled for March 20. This is a great opportunity to earn your volunteer hours on a weekend day and indoors! If you want to volunteer, you must call Linette Trabulsy at 461-2232 or e-mail her at ltrabulsy@stanna.org by Friday at noon. The project involves working with clay, so please plan to dress accordingly.

The 6th Grade Parent Mass is Thursday, Jan. 21 at 8:15 a.m. at St. Anastasia Church.

Attention 6th, 7th and 8th grade students:

We have a dance coming up! It will be held on Friday, January 29, 2010 from 7:30-10 p.m. in the school auditorium. Come have fun with your friends, but remember to dress appropriately! The cost is $7 in advance or $8 at the door. If you are not in school that day, you cannot come to the dance that night. This dance is for St. Anastasia students only! Also, no gum and no hats allowed.

PARENTS: We need chaperones and help with clean-up. E-mail Ms. Smith at: lsmith@stanna.org if you can help out.

Creative Communication celebrates today's writers in a big way! Mrs. D'Amato's students had an opportunity to write and submit one piece of original poetry to Creative Communication. All ten submissions were published! This is a very unusual happening:
 
"It is such a pleasure to read through so many excellent poems in one packet. Ordinarily about half of the poems are rejected during our preliminary judging. However, from the packet you sent in we had an extremely high percentage accepted. This is very unusual."
 
We are so very proud of all of these students:
Monica Arbona, Lainey Busby, Diana Lanza, Hailee Leonor, Jennifer Samander, Laura Samander, Emily Stapleton, Troy Terwilliger, Matthew Vigilio and Taylor Wester.
 
Some decided to take a risk and be judged; it was worth it! For more information about Creative Communication, visit http://www.poeticpower.com/.

Congratulations to 2009 Treasure Coast Pop Warner Port St. Lucie Pirates as they became the Junior Midget National Champions by beating the North Long Beach (California) Panthers 30-0 on December 11 at the Pop Warner Super Bowl at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex. Several of the team members are St. Anastasia Catholic School students including: 8th graders Matt Carr, Blaze Walsh, Willie Micco, Jeremy Miret (Jeremy's dad, Jeff, was the head coach and his mom, Jennifer, works as the 5th grade assistant here at St. Anastasia Catholic School!), Austin Laszewicki, Evan Percoco and 7th grader Jarret O'Leary! Congratulations to the PSL Pirates from all of us at St. Anastasia Catholic School!

"Science Expo 2010!"
Wednesday 02.10.10
St. Anastasia Parish Center

VOLUNTEER HOURS

In today's world, protecting the safety of our children has never been more important.

STOP WATCH was developed to create and maintain an organization of community volunteers dedicated to enhancing child safety by monitoring school bus stops throughout St. Lucie County.

Responsibilities of STOP WATCH members:

We need your help...Become a part of STOP WATCH.

For more information and to obtain an application, please contact the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office Crime Prevention Unit at 772-871-5303.