• 11/27 - Vision Screenings (get free glasses!) with the Helen Keller Institute
• 11/27 - School Store Giveaway Day - fill a bag of items for your baby before break!
• 11/28 & 11/29 Holiday break - AGAPE and HeadStart closed
• 12/16 - Children's Dental visit to AGAPE
• 12/18 - Winter Flexible Conferences (in person, virtual, phone)
• 12/19 - Domestic Violence Seminar at AGAPE - Time and Info TBD
• 12/20 - Holiday Party at AGAPE - Time and Info TBD
• 12/23 through 1/3 - Winter Break - AGAPE Closed (HeadStart closed 12/24, 12/25, 12/31, 1/1)
• 1/20 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - AGAPE and HeadStart closed
• 1/24 - Last day of Quarter 2 - AGAPE OPEN - HeadStart CLOSED
• 1/27 - Grading Day for Teachers - AGAPE CLOSED, HeadStart OPEN

We will be mailing packets home to families who have not completed the Annual Back to School paperwork, which contains the 24/25 Media Permissions, Tech Agreements, cover-all Field Trip permission slips for Type I (walking) field trips and more. Please have your student return the packet to Angie in the office.

Students, check out the flyers and information below for information from Ms. Addie, AGAPE's School Social Worker. Connect with her by email at addie.see@spps.org or text at 651-279-0393!

Quarter 2 is underway! Needing to connect? Make an appointment with her at calendly.com/keasparkman! You can also text or call her on her work cell - 612-834-7757.

Camp RYLA:

Camp RYLA, April 25-29, 2025

Application opens in January

Leadership experience:

Camp RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) is a is a fun, intensive leadership experience where you develop leadership skills and make connections. This unique experience strengthens leadership skills and capabilities of high school students through physical, mental, emotional, and intellectual challenges. There is an emphasis on problem solving, teamwork, and interaction with other outstanding students and volunteer counselors and presenters.

Opportunity to apply for the Rotary Scholarship:

Any St Paul student that attends Camp RYLA is eligible to apply for the St Paul Rotary Second Century Scholarship. The $20,000 scholarship is given out annually to one student who has attended camp, has a 3.0 or higher GPA, lives in or goes to school in St Paul and has been accepted by a college or university. The scholarship will pay out $5000 per year for four years.

For more info, please check out these websites: https://stpaulrotary.org/page/camp-ryla, https://campryla.org/about-ryla/ and https://campryla.org/participants/

• Students are able to make appointments at the AGAPE HealthStart clinic for flu vaccines for themselves AND their babies. Contact them at 651-632-2189 or speak with AGAPE's School Nurse, Amy Buck.
• Free Covid tests available by mail from the government - sign up at COVIDTests.gov SPPS is no longer providing tests to families, so take advantage of this - 4 tests per household address!
• Other SPPS Health and Wellness Resources are available here
• It's that time of year, folks! Please remember to cover your coughs and sneezes, use tissues, sanitize/wash hands regularly and wear a mask if you have a cough!
• Nurse Amy is at AGAPE on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays! Stop by the Health Office and say hello!

At AGAPE, every new family enrolling a student is given a mini-Title I meeting upon intake. But we also want to ensure that we are engaging with our families who have students returning to AGAPE!

Please join us for this meeting - if you can't make it, we will have other ways for families to share their thoughts and opinions with us!

AGAPE has transportation changes almost every Wednesday. New route information is posted on our student Schoology group on Tuesdays and is also posted on our bus board at AGAPE. Click the PDF below to view instructions on how to look up your transportation in Campus Student

AGAPE Website

Email: lois.vosika-weir@spps.org
Website: agape.spps.org
Location: 1037 University Avenue West, Saint Paul, MN, USA
Phone: 651-744-7970
Twitter: @AgapeSpps