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Happy Spring Break!

The administration, faculty and staff wish you all a very relaxing and safe Spring Break. May the risen Christ bring you and your family abundant happiness. Have a blessed Easter. We look forward to seeing our students on Tuesday, March 29.
90th Anniversary Great Gatsby Celebration ~ 
14th Annual Night for the Children is April 9

Save the Date!

You're invited to the party of the year as St. Anastasia hosts the 90th Anniversary Great Gatsby Celebration - 14th Annual Night for the Children on Saturday, April 9, 2016 beginning at 5:30 p.m. The school's Media Center and Parish Center will be transformed into a Roaring 20s hideaway to honor the 90th anniversary of the school. Guests will enjoy themed-food stations and beverages, casino-type games, silent and live auction, dancing and more! Everyone is encouraged to dress in their best 20s attire for the event. Buy your tickets today because "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody...!"

Tickets are $100 per person and include dinner and open bar. The proceeds from this event help us to pay down the mortgage on the Media Center. 

Volunteers are needed. Click here to sign up!

Sponsors for the event include: 


Photo Booth Sponsor - Pride Electrical Services of Florida

Dessert Sponsor - Vogt Family

Entertainment Sponsor - Karina Priest Counseling Center

Silver Sponsors - White Electric, Newman Power Systems, Xtreme Barcodes, Associated Coastal ENT, Summerlin's Marine Construction

Sponsorships for the event are still available. For more information, contact Linette Trabulsy at ltrabulsy@saintanastasiaschool.org or call (772) 461-2232. Click here for details.
Playground News
90th Anniversary Playground Fundraising Update from Dr. Hoeffner
I hope that you will take a moment to read this update on the status of our 90th Anniversary Playground Campaign. We have received so many generous donations and pledges to make the dream of a new playground a reality. Below is a rendering of the playground that we plan to build this summer with your help. We are so encouraged by the $70,000 in pledges that we have received thus far. If we decide at the end of April to use a engineered cypress mulch flooring option, we would currently be $62,000 away from our goal. If we still hope to have a poured rubber surface in the playground, we will still need to raise $122,000 to meet our goal by the end of April.

We have so many families working together to make this playground a reality for next year. I was especially impressed with our faculty and staff who have rallied together and pledged $7,200 to the playground so far. One of our goals has been to get all of our community participating in prayer or in pledges to the St. Anastasia Catholic School's first Annual Giving Campaign that will celebrate our 90 years of service to this community.  

We will be asking for donations to the playground at our Annual Night for the Children Auction and Dinner on April 9th. I hope that we will receive the donations listed below that we still need before we can place our order for the playground. If the playground is not ordered in April, we will definitely need time during the next school year to complete the playground project. After we finish our Auction, we are hoping to host a casual Friday afternoon PotLuck BBQ under the pavilion to answer any remaining questions that the community has about the building of the playground. The date is still to be determined.

90th Anniversary Annual Campaign Summary

Corporate and Foundation Donors  $5,000+
(A business logo or foundation name will be placed on the named equipment and on the entrance sign over the the fenced opening to the playground.)
Grimes Heating and Air Conditioning
VanDuzer Foundation (Big Apple Pizza)    
St. Anastasia Catholic School PTO
Langel Family (Sea Coast Air Conditioning) - AC for Bathrooms and Replacement Palm Trees
Juan Diego Catholic Center - Removing existing trees in the playground
Paparella Family (Armadillo Dirt Works) - Excavating Work and Playground Prep
Cason Family - Labor associated with new concrete pad
Thomas Scott Charitable Foundation - Shade Structure

Platinum Sponsors $3,000-$4,999  (Listed separately on the arched entrance to the playground.)
Danielian Family
Dorothy Scotto

Gold Sponsors $2,000-$2,999 (Listed separately on the arched entrance to the playground.)
Joe and Megan Lott (Donated the Orbital Climber)
Thomas Scott

Silver Sponsors $1,000-1,999 (Listed separately on the arched entrance to the playground.)

Bronze Sponsors $1-$999 (Listed together on a plaque to represent the community's support.)
Allen & Theresa Osteen
Graham & Rita Stikelether
Gordon Case
Michael & Connie Driscoll
Scott Crippen
Denise Pieczynski & Jeff Brown (Brown Family)
Robert & Shirley Lewis (In Halston Kraaz's name)
Rosemary Rawls (In Irene Marr's Name)
Jennifer Hodges
Patricia Pelzer (In Keyda Sagastume's name)
Grace Scott Family
Herbert & Carol Hoag
Doris Zrallack
Eileen & William Wetzel
Patrick Guettler
Allison Barajas
Dina & Alvaro Lanza
Carla Wakim
Noah & Stacey Blum
Fort Pierce Little League
Dale & Amy Boyd
Dan & Tara Zrallack
John Murphy
Chris Block
Sylvie Licausi
Summerlin's Marine Construction - Yancy
Rebecca Laughlin
Lolita Orlopp
Edouard & Geraldine Jolivet
John & Pat Fitzgerald
Allison Mateo
Rachel Mendoza
Kevin & Debbie Hoeffner
Don & Chrissy Savage
Daniel & Alissa Scott
Albert & Adelaida Nappo
Gustavo & Karla Alvarado
Jose & Elena Chicas
Michael & Lori Jacquin
Eric & Lori Bellino
Joseph & Frances Guettler
David & Catherine Matos
Callie DiFrancesco
Frank & Janice Lynch
Adrian & Christian Caudell
Lowell & Jessica Odom
Mark & Ineitza Stromak
Judith Newell
Raymond Oglethorpe
Edwin & Shannon McCool
Lucia Decker
Donald & Keri Barton
Trabulsy Family
Gustaaf & Lucille Van Doorn
Claire Melville
Richard Grant
Richard & Susan Landwehrle
Troy & Diane Drawdy
Sarah Mason
Dana Fischbeck
Raym Family
Rhonda & Jim Runte

Our intention is to reserve the naming rights for the benches to memorialize loved ones who have recently passed away and asked for donations to be given to the school during this 90th Anniversary Campaign. Such as: the Al Ritter Memorial, Rosemary Sowinski Memorial, and Sean Fischbeck Memorial Funds.  

Please click here for information about the playground and on how to donate. Thank you for your continued support and generosity!
Student Government News
April Fool's Day Spring Middle School Dance
Attention Middle School Students - Mark your calendars for the April Fool's Day Dance on Friday, April 1 from 7-10 p.m. in the Parish Center. This fun Spring Dance will be for 6th, 7th & 8th graders and costs $10 per student. Students should plan on wearing their best spring attire - no jeans, shorts, flip flops or t-shirts, please. This dance will feature the DJ sounds of Turn It Up DJs and Dancers! Tickets will be sold during lunch beginning March 29 through April 1. 
Mathletics Update
Congratulations to the following school Mathletics leaders for the first half of the year:
  1.      Sukrith Kishor, M-1, 117 concepts mastered
  2.      Daniel  Young, 104, 88 concepts mastered
  3.      Sebastian Joseph, M-3, 79 concepts mastered
  4.      Shivani Kishor, W-5, 53 concepts mastered
  5.      Christ Simon, M-1, 49 concepts mastered
PTO News
April PTO Meeting Date
Please join us for the April PTO meeting on Friday, April 15 at 7:45 a.m. in M211 of the Media Center. 
Pre-K News
Attention Pre-K Parents! Pre-K has its own class page on our website that gives you important information and updates about all the happenings in Pre-K. Click here to go to the Pre-K Post.
Limited Openings in Pre-K - Tell Your Friends and Family!
Our students in Pre-K have such a wonderful time each and every day! Our three- and four-year-old program serves children with qualified Pre-K staff in a safe and happy learning environment so every child's days may be filled with the joy of discovery and learning.

Please help us spread the word about our Pre-K Program. St. Anastasia Catholic School is a Voluntary Pre-K (VPK) Provider and registration for the 2016-17 school year is underway. Private tours are available by calling the school at (772) 461-2232. For details about the Pre-K Program, visit  http://www.saintanastasiaschool.org/pre-k.html.
Pre-K Participates in Service Learning Project for Pregnancy Care Center
Our Pre-schoolers are participating in a Service Learning Project for Lent. They are learning about and supporting the Pregnancy Care Center. The teachers shared these photos and message for everyone:

"We thank our Preschool families and children for collecting items for babies to be given away to new families at the Pregnancy Care Center's 'Baby Boutique.' The Preschoolers enjoyed sharing their baby items with their class and delight in sending newly born babies gifts. Our Easter prayers are for these precious babies and their families!"
Second Grade News
Celebrating Successful Testing Weeks
Our second graders celebrated the end of successful IOWA and CoGat testing with a dance off between the classes! Fun!
Third & Fourth Grade News
Milk Jugs are Still Needed
If you have empty milk jugs, third grade still needs about 200 more! Please send them in after Spring Break. Thank you!
Third & Fourth Graders Participated in Retreat
The third and fourth graders experienced a Corporal Works of Mercy Retreat together last Friday. It started with lunch together in the pavilion, a presentation by our seminarian (Daniel), a painting craft, Corporal Works of Mercy bible lesson, and finally a Friendship Mix created for the Hibiscus Children's Center.

The students were mixed together as friends. It was a wonderful afternoon that ended with a group photo and then over to Stations of the Cross.

A special "thank you" to Miss Fitzgerald who started off our retreat in prayerful song. Thank you to Daniel, Ms. Picardi and all the wonderful teacher assistants who helped to make this day so special for the students.
Fifth Grade News
Fifth Grade Celebrates Pi Day
Our fifth graders enjoyed a day of Pi on 3.14 learning about Pi and integrating math into other subjects through the day. Plus, they enjoyed some delicious pie for the occasion! 
Seventh Grade News
Seventh Grade Helps Feed the Poor at the Treasure Coast Food Bank
Our seventh graders visited the Treasure Coast Food Bank this week learning about how they serve our community. The students brought in canned goods to leave at the TCFB and participated in some fun activities while there. They filled bags with cat food and decorated boxes that will go into the post offices for their "Stamp Out Hunger" campaign. The kids filled three pallets full of cat food! Awesome job, seventh grade!
Middle School News
Building Bridges in Middle School
In Middle School Social Studies, our 6th, 7th, and 8th graders worked in groups to make some amazing bridge designs out of mostly Popsicle sticks. Working together in class, the results were fabulous! Students learned to work within a budget, design and engineer their product with limited materials and to be creative with parameters. Strength, safety, design, aesthetics, and other elements were incorporated. Mr. Marsh says, "Good fun and learning with some beautiful results."
Enrichment News
Lights, Camera, ACTION Reader's Theater
Mrs. Springsteen's Lights, Camera, ACTION Reader's Theater Enrichment Class performed a comedy set in medieval times last week. It was a story all about Good Manners! They did a great job!

St. Patrick's Day Slime in Holidays Around the World
Students in Mrs. Morales' Enrichment Class, Holidays Around the World, made homemade St. Patrick's Day slime! 
Sherlock Holmes Jr. Enrichment Class
Students from Mrs. Savage's enrichment class went out questioning and fingerprinting 15 possible suspects in the flower thief case. This was the grand finale for third quarter Sherlock Holmes Junior.
Mrs. Cardoza being investigated by junior detectives.

Mrs. Lynch trying to deny that she knew anything about the flower incident.

Ms. Miret trying to answer the questions truthfully, but the kids felt she had a hand in the crime.

Mrs. Richmond being fingerprinted to see if her prints were left at the crime scene.
Job Opportunity
Substitute Teacher Assistants Needed
This is an as needed position, with no benefits. Salary is $9 per hour.Applicants must have at least a high school diploma. Completion of some college classes is preferred. If you are interested in this position, please submit a letter of interest and a resume to Dr. Kevin Hoeffner, Principal.
Summer Camp News
Summer is Right Around the Corner!
Once again this summer, we will offer Summer Camp for Pre-K and Day Camp for older students. Please see the flyer for details.
Church News
Youth Mass this Sunday!
Attention Middle School Students & Parents: St. Anastasia will have its Youth Mass this Sunday, March 20th...Palm Sunday! There will be tasty food and activities after the mass. We are encouraging all youth to wear red to celebrate the Passion of Christ. 
Lenten Fish Dinners
Lenten fish dinners are being offered every Friday during Lent at St. Anastasia (through March 18) by the Knights of Columbus Council 15429. Dinners are served from 4-6:30 p.m. in the Parish Center. There are new additions to the menu with table service and family pricing. They also have take out service. Phone orders will be accepted after 3 p.m. with pick up after 4 p.m. Plan now to attend the Lenten Fish Dinner as a family and then attend the 7 p.m. Stations of the Cross at church. For take out orders, call (772) 332-8125.
Easter Egg Hunt
Get ready for a fun filled morning complete with eggs, the Easter Bunny and more! The Friends and Family Ministry is having their annual egg hunt for children of all ages on Saturday, March 26th at 9:30 a.m. 
Holy Week Mass Schedule
Holy Thursday ~ March 24th
(No daily Mass)
Lord's Supper at 7:00 pm

Good Friday ~ March 25th
(No daily Mass)
Stations at Noon
Passion at 3:00 pm
Tenebrae at 8:00 pm

Holy Saturday ~ March 26th
(No daily Mass or confession)
Easter Vigil at 8:00 pm

Easter Sunday ~ March 27th
Sunrise Mass at 6:00 am
North Hutchinson Island
Pepper Park
7:45am, 9:30am and 11:30am in the Church
No 5:00 pm Mass
JCHS News
Summer Athletic Camps Offered
Click here for Summer Athletic Camps offered by JCHS.
Protecting God's Children Workshops
Upcoming Workshops
Our Lady of Lourdes Church (Boca Raton)
Thursday, April 7, 2016
6:00 p.m. - 2� hours

Pastoral Center (Palm Beach Gardens)
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
1:30 p.m. - 2� hours

St. Bernadette Church (St. Lucie West)
Saturday, April 23, 2016
9:00 a.m. - 3 hours

Holy Spirit Church (Lantana)
Saturday, April 30, 2016
10:00 a.m. - 2� hours

Pastoral Center (Palm Beach Gardens)
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
1:30 p.m. - 2� hours

Visit www.virtus.org to register for a workshop, unless otherwise stated. Click on "First Time Registrant" to begin the registration process.
Anastasia's Attic News
Job Opportunity!
Anastasia's Attic is looking for a part time employee to work on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please contact Maria Meyer at 467-1444 for information or to apply.

St. Anastasia Catholic School's Anastasia's Attic Thrift Shop directly benefits our school. Your donations are so important to us. Please call for a pick-up of large items. Pick-up days are Monday, Wednesday and Saturdays. 772-467-1444. The drop-off box at school has moved a little to the west of the old location, but is still available for you! You may drop off items there or at the shop located at 3901 Okeechobee Road, across from Moonswiners (formerly Dale's Bar-B-Q).

Shop hours are:
Monday - Friday - 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday - 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Closed on Sundays

Every hour you work at the Attic will count for two (2) hours towards the volunteer hours you need at school!

The Attic is in need of working appliances to sell.

For more information, or to schedule a pick up of a donation, contact Maria Meyer at (772) 467-1444. Thank you for your continued support! 
March & April 2016
March & April 2016 Calendar of Events
March 18 - End of 3rd Quarter, Pre-K Field Day*, Noon Dismissal
March 21-28 - Spring Break
March 29 - Classes Resume, 4th Quarter Begins
March 31 - Royal Ram Band FBA Concert Festival Evaluation

April 5 - 3rd Grade Parent Mass
April 7 - Principal's List Free Dress Day
April 9 - 14th Annual Night for the Children Auction & Dinner*
April 14 - Pre-K & Kindergarten Portfolio Night
April 15 at 7:45 a.m. - PTO Meeting*
April 15 - 7th Grade Retreat*
April 22 - Field Day*
April 28 - Middle School Field Trips*

*Volunteer Opportunity
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Thank you for your support of St. Anastasia Catholic School. We appreciate your feedback! Be sure and visit the school's website where all previous newsletters are archived for your reference at www.saintanastasiaschool.org. God Bless!

Sincerely,
Linette Trabulsy
St. Anastasia Catholic School
MISSION STATEMENT:
The Saint Anastasia Catholic School and Church Community is committed to providing a safe and nurturing environment rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, where Catholic doctrine and values are integrated with a challenging curriculum.  
 
Through effective and innovative instruction, a balanced and healthy lifestyle, and active participation in the Sacramental life of the church, we work together with our families to develop foundations on which our children can build their lives.

Inspired by the founding Adrian Dominican nuns in 1926, St. Anastasia Catholic School continues to seek the truth in the Gospel, the wisdom of the Holy Spirit, and the value of all human life.
 
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