Family Newsletter

Dear St. Anne Parents,

If you think we just finished up with Christmas, let me take a minute to tell you that Easter will be here in a little over seven weeks!!!! The official liturgical season of Lent begins next Wednesday, March 2 ... Ash Wednesday. All our students will be attending the 8:45 Mass on Ash Wednesday. They will be receiving ashes that day. Ashes are a simple reminder that we are all human and our lives will end some day. Knowing this fact, we need to remember how important it is that we live a good and holy life each and every day of our lives.

Over the next 40 days of Lent, we should take time at the end of each day to think about what we did to make our life and the lives of our family and those around us.....better. Lent is the time when we need to make a conscious effort to become a better person today than we were yesterday. Christ showed us and told us with his words and actions how each of us can make ourselves and those around us...better. Our challenge is to make time each day to ensure that we are more Christ-like at the end of Lent than we were at the beginning.

Students will be taking home a Lenten calendar which has suggestions as to what can be done each day during Lent. Be sure to ask your child for the calendar....post it on the refrigerator and see what happens.

FEBRUARY:

28 - 12:30 Dismissal; SAPTO Mtg. (7:00 p.m.)

MARCH:

2 - Ash Wednesday; all school Mass 8:45

11 - Teacher Professional In-Service Day (Student Holiday)

18 - Seventh Grade Retreat; MSP Parent Portal closes

24 - 3rd Quarter Ends

25 - Pastor's Holiday (School Closed)

28 - 12:30 Dismissal; SAPTO Mtg. (7:00 p.m.)

30 - First Communion Parent Meeting (7:00 p.m.)

31 - Report Cards Go Home

Please return one form per family with a $350 registration fee per child by March 18.

For questions or concerns, please email Mr. White at White@stanne.com.

Attached is a registration form you may download if you did not get the form from your child.

As noted in the up-coming events, next Monday, Feb. 28, is a 12:30 dismissal day.

As you know by now, we will be offering a summer school program to students this year. We expect a great deal of interest in this program. I want our families to have first "dibs" at enrolling your child(ren). Other Catholic schools will have the option of signing up starting next week. If finances are tight at this moment, here is an option. In order to secure a spot for your child,(ren), I would JUST NEED THE REGISTRATION FORM(S) filled out and returned ASAP!!!! You could send in the summer school fee at a later date. I hope this helps. Once the classes are filled, I won't be able to get your child(ren) into their class(es).

Please note that we have changed the dates of the February and March SAPTO meetings in order to spread them out a little. The SAPTO meeting in February will be held on February 28. March's SAPTO meeting will be held on March 28. Please make these changes on your calendars. Both meetings will be held in-person and child care will be available.

The Archdiocesan of San Francisco is offering financial aid to elementary student families who are in need of tuition assistance for the incoming '2022-'2023 school year. Interested families can log onto mytads.com for application processing. The deadline to submit applications is April 15. Late applications will not be considered. For further questions, you may call TADS at 800-477-8237.