All Saints Episcopal SchoolThe Mary Ellis Key Campus

3222 103rd Street Lubbock, Texas 79423

806-745-7701www.allsaintsschool.org

Patriot Passages August 6, 2015

School starts August 24! Welcome to the 2015-2016 school year! School begins at 7:45 a.m. on August 24. At 8:30 a.m., students and faculty will attend the Back to School Eucharist in Jones Gym. Students may wear the daily uniform all day. The first day is exciting. We look forward to seeing you!

your calendarsAugust 10 MS Athletics Begin

August 13 Back to School Swim Party at TTU, 7:30-9 p.m. (RSVP needed by August 7)

August 17-21 *Staff In-Service

August 17 First home HS Volleyball games, 5 / 6 p.m.

August 18 *New Parent Orientation, 6 p.m.- Kirby Commons*New parents may pick up uniforms from bookstore, 5-8 p.m.

August 19 *Bookstore open 2-5 p.m.

August 20 *Back to School Night, 6-8 p.m.*Bookstore open 4-6 p.m.

August 22 *HS Swim Party 6-8 p.m.

August 24 School Starts, 7:45 a.m. Daily Uniform, Eucharist 8:30 a.m.

August 27 HS Parent/Teacher Night 6-8 p.m.

September 7 Labor Day Holiday

September 10 Patriot Day

October 2 St. Francis Eucharist - Dress uniform

October 12 Fall Break

October 16 Grandparents & Special Friends Day - Dress Uniform

October 22-23 PLC-MS Teacher Conferences

October 30 Fall Festival

November 23-27 Thanksgiving Holiday

December 6 Legacy Event

December 18 Lessons & Carols, 11 a.m.

December 20 - January 4 School ClosedJanuary 4 Faculty In-ServiceJanuary 5 School Resumes

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Headmaster Headlines Greetings Patriots! Excitement is beginning to fill the air as we prepare for the 2015-2016 school year. A large number of students have been involved at school this summer with art, basketball, volleyball, theatre, band, music, and academic camps. Your teachers are having fun preparing to be with you for the new school year. I am likewise looking forward to sharing many experiences throughout the year. At All Saints, we have many opportunities available to us. We anticipate a possible record enrollment and a year filled with record setting accomplish-ments as we continue our quests for excellence. It is an honor for me to get be with you at All Saints Episcopal School – A Place of Learning and Respect. See you August 24th! Go Patriots!

Dr. Mike Bennett

Your Board of Trustees include: Brad Moran (Chairman), Paula Key (Vice Chairman), Gordon Wilkerson (Treasurer), Dr. Cindy Streit (Secretary), Susan Pollard (Member-At-Large), Jason Blue, Jason Janes, Shawn Johnson, Caroline Kopp, Susannah Mercer, Susan Pharris, Stephanie Rogers, Dr. Rob Schmid, Dr. Lola Windisch, and Irma Wisniewski. We express our great appreciation to Matt Bumstead, Conny Rector, and Joan Baker who completed their board terms in May. New trustees are Caroline Kopp, Susannah Mercer, and Dr. Rob Schmid.

Thank you Board of Trustees for your leadership!

MARK

the school calendar online daily.

Uniforms can be ordered online through the school bookstore http://www.allsaintsbookstore.org or by contacting Book Store Chairmen Jessica

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from 3:45-4:30 p.m. You may also order and pay online anytime. Please note that all payments must be made directly to the bookstore. The bookstore is unable to bill through the school office or with your school tuition.

Uniforms available online via school bookstore; pickup August 18-20Payne (806-470-5920) and Amy Hunter (281-705-6105) or email asbookstore@sbcglobal.net). New parents may pick up their uniform orders in the bookstore from 5-8 p.m. during New Parent Orientation on August 18. This time is reserved for new parents only. Uniform pick up times for all families are set for 2-5 p.m. on August 19 and 4-6 p.m. on August 20. The bookstore does not have set hours during the summer. During the school year the bookstore is open on Mondays from 7:45-8:45 a.m. and on Wednesdays

School supply lists available on school website;Or pre-order supply packs online through school bookstore

Bookstore HoursAugust 18 5-8 p.m. for NEW

Athlete physicals, forms needed;HS practices underway;MS practices begin August 10

All students wanting to participate in Competitive Athletics will need to submit a completed athletic physical and medical history form to his or her coach in order to attend practice. The forms can be downloaded from the All Saints website under the Health Services menu (http://allsaintsschool.org/subpage_17_92_189.html). Practice will begin for Middle School Football, Volleyball and Cross

Country for grades 7-8 on August 10. Cross Country will meet at 7:30 a.m. at the track. Volleyball and football will meet at 9 a.m. in Jones Gym. Practices for high school athletics began on August 3. Cross Country meets at 6:45 a.m. at the track. Volleyball meets at 8:45 a.m. in Patriot Gym. For more information contact Athletic Director Robert Brashear, rbrashear@allsaintsschool.org.

Greetings! I am very excited to join the All Saints community as Director of Technology and Instruction. It is my goal to facilitate the instructional use of STEM technologies across all subject areas within each of the three school divisions. In addition to teacher support, I will work directly with 5th, 8th and high school students. Together we will explore the use of geospatial technologies (GIS, GPS, and Remote Sensing techniques using satellite imagery) and other web-based tools such as interactive mapping, object-oriented programming, Google applications, blogging, etc. Students will practice inquiry methods in a project-based learning environment, and have an opportunity to apply grade-specific and cross-curricular concepts and skills. Should you have questions, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to working with our All Saints students, parents, and faculty. It will certainly be an exciting year! Dr. Penny Carpenter, pcarpenter@allsaintsschool.org

Dr. Penny Carpenter to lead school technology

Six benches were recently purchased with the proceeds of the Fourth Grade’s Lemonade Sale during lunch one day last spring. The students raised over $400, which far exceeded their plan to buy just one bench for the playground. The benches are placed in the Johnson Amphitheater and can be used for a variety of reasons, including special student lunches and extra seating for Grandparents Day. Mrs. Tiffany Smith, fourth grade math teacher, led the students as they researched and planned their sale.

4th grade buys 6 benches

Parents have the option to purchase school supplies themselves or to pre-order supply packs through the All Saints Bookstore. Grade level supply lists are posted on the All Saints website. Grade level school supply packs can be ordered online through the school bookstore http://www.allsaintsbookstore.org. The school supply packs will be placed in your child’s classroom for Back to School Night on August 20. The school supply pack is a fundraiser for the All Saints Parents Group. School supply lists are posted on the school website homepage at http://www.allsaintsschool.org High school supply lists will be given to the students by their teachers when school begins.

• Dr. Penny Carpenter - Director of Technology & Instruction

• David Chapman - MS Math, Athletics• Rhonda Church - 4th Grade• Kayla Copenhaver - Preschool• Kay Cross - Business Office• Michelle Guerra - Art• Dr. Sarah Herrington - Choir• Roseann Hewitt - Preschool Aide• Sara Johnson - MS TX History,

Athletics• Laura Lowe - PLC Spanish• Elizabeth McGinnis - AP Calculus• Irie Price - MS Language Arts• Frank Rendon - Music• Vicki Teakell - 3rd Grade• Dr. Jill White - Anatomy & Physics, AP Physics I

• Janet Dorrington - from Pre-K to K• Cindy Guinn - from 1st grade to Pre-K• Kyle Simons - from MS TX History &

Athletics to HS APUSH, Government, Varsity Girls Basketball

Staff Changes Please welcome the following staff to ASES:

We extend best wishes to the following teachers who will not be returning this year:

Teachers on the Move!

• Janet Alcayaga - Music & Choir• Mary Frances Baucum - Business

Office• John Chambers - MS Language Arts• Rachel Culp - Fourth Grade• Liz Keator - Pre-Kindergarten• Kristen Lemon - Art• Sally Loden - MS Computer• Emily McKee - Preschool• Gina Parsley - Fourth Grade• Carol Sawyer - Kindergarten• Madisen Tate - PLC Spanish• Paula Wims - HS Art

parents onlyAugust 19 2-5 p.m.August 20 4-6 p.m.

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All Saints continues to be committed to providing a caring and safe environment. Criminal history background checks are universally accepted as a fundamental step in safety assurance. All school employees participate in a criminal history background check. Likewise, all school volunteers will need to agree to this background check. The background screening application can be completed online via the school website: (https://allsaints.quickapp). The screening is provided at no cost to the participant and must be completed each year. The Headmaster is the only person besides the participant to know the results of the testing. The procedure is submitted securely online and takes only a matter of moments to complete. The volunteer does not have to be present for the screening and only will be notified if a problem is presented by the screening results. One of the major strengths of All Saints is of the tremendous parent and grandparent involvement, a vital part of the success of student learning. Please fill out the permission form so that we can continue to count on you as a major participant in “The All Saints Way!”

Parents able to complete school forms online beginning August 18

School requires all volunteers, staff to submit to criminal background checks

Parents wishing to volunteer as a classroom field trip driver must pass criminal background checks. In addition, the driver must have on file in the office copies of a valid driver’s license and proof of car insurance. The office staff can make copies for you of this information. Current state law requires all children under the age of eight and under 4’9” to be in a booster seat when riding in an automobile. Seat belts must always be used. We greatly appreciate your outstanding cooperation, and your personal information will be treated with confidentiality.

Volunteer driversmust prove driver’s license, car insurance, background check

Safety is essential! Many new drop off, pick-up and parking rules are now in place. Remember cell phones are not to be used while in parking lots while on campus. The high school parking lot is on the north side of the high school. The drop off / pick-up for the high school is on the south side of the high school. To help ensure pedestrian children’s safety, drivers must stay in their cars unless the car is in a parking space. No “double parking” is allowed. Double parking greatly increases the potential of a child

being hit by a car. No vehicle may be left idling without the driver present; the vehicle can become a potential hazard should it shift into gear, overheat, catch on fire, etc. All persons delivering or picking up children children are asked to follow the parking lot rules and courtesies in order to protect the lives of our All Saints Patriots. Please refer to the “Parent and Student Handbook” at the start of school to learn appropriate “pick-up” spots for age groups. Families with multiple age groups will need to decide on the best central “pick-up” spot.

Ensure safety in parking lots

It is nearing student form completion time, and as returning parents remember, most forms can now be completed online! There are office forms that all parents are required to complete and/or update each year. These forms include: contact and emergency information, field trip permission, media permission and vital health and medical release information. Parents who wish to avoid completing by hand the multiple forms required by the office each school year may complete this information online. For parents who choose not to complete this information online, forms will be available for updating by computer in the administration offices on Tuesday, August

18, between 1-4 p.m.,and on Thursday, August 20, between 9 a.m. and Noon. An email will be sent to all families the week of August 10 which will contain directions regarding how to complete the forms online. The process is simple, and quick to complete. Questions? Please contact Paige McKay in the school office at pmckay@allsaintsschool.org if you have questions. Remember, on August 18 and August 20, a computer in the school office will be available and staff can help walk you

through this process if you need help! P.S. Please remember the deadline for returning ALL forms to the school office, whether online or in paper form, is 4:30 p.m. August 25. Students will not be allowed to attend class on August 26 until all forms are completed and returned to the school office. In addition, contact information will not be included in the printed student directory on families who have not updated their information by August 25.

Each year, All Saints parents have access to the newest “Parent and Student Handbook,” which contains important information about the fundamentals of school / student / parent procedures. The handbook describes attendance, tardiness, student dress, birthdays, discipline, and homework. Families new to All Saints will receive a printed copy of the “Parent and Student Handbook” at New Parent Orientation. All parents will have access to the 2015-2016 handbook on the All Saints website at www.allsaintsschool.org.

2015-16 handbook coming soon

The Patriot Passages is a school newsletter distributed through the office to keep parents informed of school-wide student achievements and events. The publication will be emailed to parents every other week this school year. Check the school calendar on the school’s website daily to stay up-to-date on all school activities. Grade specific information will be distributed to you by your students’ teachers and division heads on a regular basis throughout the school year.

Newsletter to distribute every other week

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