Dear St. Anne Parents,

I know you will be happy to hear that our students had a visit from St. Patrick himself today during our St. Patrick's Day activities. He looked remarkably good for someone his age. In addition to St. Patrick's visit, our student council sponsored a "Freeze Dance" Spirit Competition between the grades and our Commissioners of School Spirit put on a fun little skit for the students. All students were given a little St. Patrick Day treat that invited them to perform good deeds along with prayer. All these activities took place in our yard with our Distance Learning students being involved as we zoomed the event into their homes. This activity is just another example of how we are trying to help all our student council leaders, as well as all of our students, see that with a little thought and creativity we can adapt what we would normally do to an ever-changing environment.

Our third grade students will receive the their First Holy Communion this coming Saturday, March 20, at 11:00 in our church. I want to thank our teachers, Mrs. Alioto and Ms. Ruiz, for all that they have been doing to prepare our students. These children have been waiting a long time for this special day to arrive. Please join me in praying for these students as they continue on their journey of faith. Congratulations to Alannah Burke, June Dalkert, Matthew Lee, Tomas Palacios-DelMundo, Kaley Perea, Ozzy Tang, and Alex Ting.

Mugsyclicks will be here this Friday, March 19 at 9:00 a.m. for make-ups and retakes. For a make-up photo shoot or to retake a photo, please notify the school BEFORE Friday. If you wish to have your child's picture retaken...please note you MUST go to the Mugsyclicks website to request a retake. See the instructions below.

To retake photo parents should go to: www.mugsyclicks.com and follow the instructions below:

1. Click dashboard

2. Click button above picture you wish to retake

3. Pay a $10. fee to Mugsyclicks

4. Remember - notify the school you want your photo retaken

Please remember that next Monday, March 22, is a 12:30 dismissal day.

Please remember in your prayers Dan Iannitelli, father of Ainsley (Pre-K), who passed away suddenly on Saturday, March 13. Let us keep Mr. Iannitelli as well as his family in our prayers as they go through this difficult time. As Catholics, we know that Mr. Iannitelli is now realizing Christ's promise of eternal life in heaven. May his soul rest in peace.

Friday, March 26 is the end of the 3rd quarter. The MyStudentsProgress Parent Portal will close for the quarter this Friday, March 19. Report cards will be out before Easter Vacation.

These are some of the projects our junior high students created as part of the Parish Lenten activities program.

The Girl Scouts present opportunities for girls kindergarten through eighth grade to pursue interests individually and with others. Now, girls can participate both live and virtually. See the flyer for more information about joining.

Student/Parent packets were sent home with the new group of students that started "In-School Learning" on Monday. Please read, sign (ft/bk) and return the packet with your child by Friday, March 19. Thank you!

I just received an email from the SFDPH stating that volunteer or paid coaches are now eligible to receive the COVID vaccine. Here is the direct quote from the SFDPH - "...Based these Tier 1b guidelines, volunteer or paid coaches involved with School and Out of School Time sports would fall under any other workers involved in child and/or student care”. If you expect to coach or want to coach a sport here at St. Anne School, please get yourself signed up to receive the vaccine. It is great being able to see more and more of our parents being able to get vaccinated. Remember....one step at a time!!!! I hope it won't be long before we can all look back at this time and say....."That was an 'interesting' time in our lives."

Despite the present difficult circumstances, we will be having a yearbook as in other years. The content will be a little different than usual with limited activities but it is a year to be remembered. It can be ordered through Beverly Perea for $30. Download the form and send it to school with your child. If you are doing Distance Learning, you can mail it to the school with your check or drop it off on the bookshelf at the top of the stairs at the main entrance to the school.

If you have a child who will be starting Kindergarten next year, please fill out his/her application and send it to Mrs. Finnegan as soon as possible. If you know of a parent who is looking for a great school for his/her child(ren) next year, please send our tour schedule on to them. For questions, call the school office at (415) 664-7977. Remember, YOU, our parents are our best advertisers! Thank you.

We have a variety of Gift Cards for sale at a 10% discount. If you are interested, fill out the form below and we will confirm your order before you send in money. Please note that we have a few hundred $20.00 certificates for Dennis Uniform...a great deal!!

Lucky Groceries - nine $100

76 Gas - twenty-five $25 and thirteen $100

Smart and Final-thirteen $25

Dennis Uniform-hundreds of $20

Simply a reminder...students returning to In-School Learning are required to have a "Daily Health Screening Form" filled-out upon entering the school. A copy is included with this newsletter for you to download. Thank you!