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All News & EventsNovember 2016
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12/01/2016 Take a ride, Buy a Snack & Help Build a Rain Garden
Weekender
Learn MoreLooking for some holiday family fun or a date night while supporting a good cause? Come to the Como-Harriet Streetcar to enjoy a ride!
While you wait you can purchase hot drinks and snacks from Donovan Peterson (Annunciation Class of 2013). He is raising money for his Eagle Scout project, a series of 5 raingardens at the front of the Church that will collect stormwater from over 16,000 square feet of impermeable surfaces.
This will keep dirty water from entering Minnehaha Creek, beautify the grounds with native plants and offer teaching opportunities for the school.
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11/30/2016 Prayer Help For Advent
Church News
Learn MoreThis year we are trying a new Advent Reflection Book called Theotokos, which is Greek for Mother of God. If you participated in Oremus last Lent, you may remember Fr. Mark Toups from the video reflections. He is the composer of booklet of daily Advent prayer reflections with journal questions for your prayer. We hope this resource will help you on your Advent journey.
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11/30/2016 Advent Craft Making!
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Sunday, December 4th, 2016, 10:15am - 12:15pmCome Join Us for a Morning of Holiday Fun!
On Sunday, December 4th, after all masses from 10:15am - 12:15pm there will be a Children’s Advent Craft Making in the preschool classrooms.
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11/29/2016 Wish List for Haiti
Church News
Learn MoreYour donations would be gratefully received by the Sisters of the Companion of Jesus and ladies at the Village of Jesus in Leogane, Haiti.
There is a permanent drop-off box in the church business office (lower level of Church) for your convenience. We will take these meds with us on every trip.
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11/25/2016 Stewardship of Creation
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Caring for God’s Creation & the Poor: “Please, I would like to ask all those who have positions of responsibility in economic, political and social life, and all men and women of goodwill: let us be ‘protector’ of creation, protectors of God’s plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment.” ~Pope Francis -
11/21/2016 Cassini Scientist for a Day 2016-17
Enrichment
Learn MoreIndependent Enrichment Opportunity for students in grades 5-8
Be part of the Cassini science team with a spacecraft as your remote laboratory!
The Cassini Scientist for a Day contest challenges students to become NASA scientists studying Saturn. Participants examine three possible observations taken by Cassini and are tasked to choose the one they think will yield the best scientific results. This choice must then be supported in essay.
Learn about Saturn, its fascinating features and mysterious moons. Once your research is complete, choose one of the three targets and defend your choice in an essay of up to 500 words. Your decision should be based on which target you think would yield the best scientific results. Just like real scientists do, explain what you hope to learn from the image you have selected.
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11/18/2016 Dignity of Work and Rights of Workers
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Caring for God’s Creation & the Poor: “In this Jubilee Year, I would also appeal to national leaders for concrete gestures in favor of our brothers and sisters who suffer from the lack of labor, land and lodging. I am thinking of the creation of dignified jobs to combat the social plague of unemployment, which affects many families and young people, with grave effects for society as a whole. Unemployment takes a heavy toll on people’s sense of dignity and hope, and can only be partially compensated for by welfare benefits, however necessary these may be, provided to the unemployed and their families.” ~Pope Francis -
11/18/2016 We Strive to be Principled
International Baccalaureate, Weekender
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At Annunciation, we strive to be principled. This means we act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness, justice and respect for the dignity of other individuals, groups and communities. We take responsibility for our own actions and the consequences that accompany them.
We understand the importance of academic honesty. We show integrity by giving credit to other’s ideas and words. We are sensitive to different points of view and we responsible with our words and actions.
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11/15/2016 A Simple Prayer
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Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
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11/11/2016 What Does the Data Tell Us?
Principal Cassidy's News & Notes, Weekender
Learn MoreThis week, during our early dismissal working session, our teachers and staff participated in an “inquiry lesson”. As group, we wanted to know – “what does our testing data tell us?”
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11/11/2016 Calling all Geographers
Enrichment, Weekender
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Calling all Geographers –Our Annunciation Geo Bee is right around the corner. Get your atlases, apps, and curiosity fired up! The preliminary rounds of the Geo Bee, for grades 4-8, will be held in December. Each of these grades will send two finalists to our Annunciation School Bee in January.
From our Annunciation Bee, there will be one school champion who will have a chance to compete for a place in the state competition by taking a written, multiple-choice Qualifying test. As many as one hundred of the highest-scoring students in the state will advance to state level. The first-place winner from the state Bee advances to the national level, with an all expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C., for the “National Geographic Bee.”
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11/11/2016 We Strive to be Risk-Takers
International Baccalaureate, Weekender
Learn MoreAt Annuciation, we strive to be risk-takers. This means we explore new ideas and innovative strategies, challenge our ways of thinking, and encourage ourselves and others to be confident in making decisions. This lifelong skill requires us to step out of our comfort zone and become courageous in our choices and actions.
Here are some ways parents can help to develop children who are Risk-Takers:
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11/10/2016 2nd Grade Service Project
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Since 2011, the Annunciation second grade has made treat bags for Our Lady of Peace Cancer Home in St. Paul as their class service project. From donated napkins and ribbon the students make treat bags and fill them with candy. The people at the Cancer Home love to receive the bags. The students also make cards and pray for the patients in our daily prayers. It is a fun project for the students to learn about caring for the patients in the hospice community.
The children LOVE this project of making bags, cards and then remembering the patients throughout the year in their daily prayers.
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11/09/2016 A New Tradition
International Baccalaureate, Weekender
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One step in becoming an IB school is a recognition of multilingualism "as a fundamental part of increasing intercultural understanding and international-mindedness." To that aim, Annunciation School prayed the El Padre Nuestro (The Our Father) in Spanish this Wednesday morning. This week we also kicked off "The Learner Profile - Who WE Are at Annunciation Catholic School."
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11/08/2016 Gerald and Piggie’s Election Day
International Baccalaureate, Weekender
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As part of the Annunciation 1st grade's IB unit How We Organize Ourselves, we did an inquiry into Group Decision Making. As part of this inquiry we held a mock election where Mo Willems characters Gerald and Piggie had campaign managers (students in first grade). -
11/07/2016 Sr. High AYM Happy Mondays: Chipolte
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Monthly prayer dinner & fellowshipWhen: 3rd Monday of the month, October ‘16 - April ‘17, 7:00pm-8:30pm
Who: Senior High Youth (Grades 9-12)
Where: Local Restaurants at 76th & Lyndale
Bring: Money to purchase dinner*Free t-shirt for attending 3 Happy Mondays Senior
11/21 Chipolte
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11/06/2016 40 days for Life
Church News
Learn MoreToday is the last day for 40 days for Life at Planned Parenthood in St. Paul. There will be a closing prayer service today, Nov. 6th, at 3:00pm at Planned Parenthood. As of Monday, October 24th, 410 babies have been saved from abortion since 40 Days for Life started in September.
The Respect Life Ministry will continue to have their prayer vigil at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Richfield every Wednesday at 1:00pm at 66th Street just east of Lyndale.
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11/05/2016 Baby Bottle Campaign
Church News
Learn MoreThank you to everyone who has returned the baby bottle with money for Tapestry Center and for St. Stephen's Life Care Center (Sagrada Familia). If you still have a baby bottle, whether it has money or not, please drop it off at the church business office during the week or give it to one of the ushers at Mass next weekend.
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11/03/2016 October IB Awards
International Baccalaureate, Weekender
Learn MoreOCTOBER IB AWARD WINNERS
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11/03/2016 Strong partnerships build a strong school
Principal Cassidy's News & Notes, Weekender
Learn MoreThe past two days, we have had our parent-teacher conferences. We are truly blessed to have such committed and supportive parents who participate and join us over these two days. Conferences require time and effort from both the school and the family. But we believe that the time and effort is worth it!
Education today is multi-faceted – it is active, engaging, changing, individualized - and can be challenging! To ensure we help each child reach their potential and utilizing their unique gifts, it is vital that we have strong partnerships with our families. We know when parents and teachers, along with the whole school community, work in unison to offer support and a consistent message, children are most successful.
It was wonderful to see our parents and teachers connecting, feel the energy throughout the school, hear the laughter, see the smiles, and receive the great feedback from parents that their children are loving school and doing so well!
Thank you, parents, for choosing Annunciation as your partner - for your support and belief in our teachers and staff - for working with us to help each child soar! Annunciation is truly an amazing place.
