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May AGS Calendar 2020 May’s Knight Characteristic: Excellence - Strive to Win
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2
Progress Reports AGS Spirit Day
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Star Wars Day
Teacher Appreciation Week
Cinco De Mayo National Teacher Day Teacher Appreciation Week
National Nurses Day Teacher Appreciation Week
National Day of Prayer Teacher Appreciation Week
Teacher Appreciation Week AGS Spirit Day
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mother’s Day Nat’l Choc. Chip Day
AGS Spirit Day Talent Show Submission Due
Armed Forces Day
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 World Bee Day Ascension NO SCHOOL World Turtle Day
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 National Brother Day NO SCHOOL
Memorial Day National Burger Day Clerical Day ½ Day
AGS Spirit Day
31 June 1 June 2 June 3 June 4 Pentecost Sunday LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
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Zoom and Google Classroom– We certainly can’t say that we haven’t learned anything
new in the over the past seven weeks. In addition to our adjusted and schedules and
lessons, all of our students have learned the skills involved in conquering video
classroom and virtual assignments. While face to face learning is our preference, we
know that this experience is teaching each of our students and educators to be more
well-rounded, adaptive and resilient. Nothing is going to keep us from teaching and
learning and we are proud of all that has been accomplished.
STEM & Projects - We have been extremely impressed by all of the projects that have
been designed and showcased by our students. From Native American Habitats and
Volcanoes to STEM marble race challenges and Jell-O earthquake simulations, we
can’t believe the creativity we are seeing. We love viewing the pictures and videos
shared of the students with their projects. So much pride radiating from each of them.
Keep up the good work AGS!
Book Fair - We are pleased to announce that the Scholastic Book Fair is on. We invite
you to shop our Spring Book Fair online in your own home from May 1st—May 14th.
Even though school is closed, we still want to make the Book Fair available for our entire
school community. This will help the students with AR and summer reading too. Please
take advantage of the free shipping on book orders over $25. (non-book orders won’t
add to the $25 requirement). To order, visit: https://archangelgabrielpgh.org/.
Teacher Appreciation - Every year we take the opportunity for one full week
to show our appreciation to our loving and giving teachers. They are so
special, give of themselves and go above and beyond every single day. We
know that some of you in the past have wanted to give gift cards to the
teachers and other treats. If this is still your desire, you could purchase a
virtual card through SCRIP’s PrestoPay system and email teachers the gift card.
Weekly Virtual Mass - We have been pleased to see so many familiar families joining
the virtual mass that has been said every Sunday through Archangel Gabriel Parish at
10:00 A.M. If you and your family are interested in attending you can find the
information at https://archangelgabrielparish.org/ Even though we are not beside one
another, we love to be able to celebrate together.
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Volunteering - We have seen so many examples of people doing God’s will over this difficult time.
Many families have volunteered with the parish to check in on the elderly or shop for groceries and
medication for those who are in need. Many have helped the citizens in need in their local
communities and others are essential workers. We have seen sidewalk chalk designs and window art
to help brighten a neighbors day and have heard many generous and kind words being said to one
another. We know that in times that cause pain and struggle we need to dig deep and
find God’s love and use his strength. We are inspired by each and every one of you and
want to make sure you know how grateful we are.
Knight-A-Thon - We are extremely pleased by the progress that the Knight-A-
Thon has made this year. We have raised over $21,000 towards our
fundraising goal for the 2019-2020 school year and we want to celebrate.
Look for some announcements of a classroom celebrations coming up as
we plan to hold our Dance-A-Thon on Thursday, May 7th. If you still have any
donations to turn in, please send them in to the school.
Eighth Grade Recognition - We are extremely proud of our First Graduating Class of Archangel
Gabriel Catholic School. They have risen to become the leaders and role models in the school
and are paving the way for each following grade. We are excited to showcase them by sharing
their favorite memories, their clubs and activities, advice to future knights and future plans.
Please tune in to our AGS page on Facebook as we feature a new eighth grader each day.
Knights Got Talent - As we continue to come up with alternative ways to carry out our typical
activities and events throughout the year, our talent show was brought up. Although it is no
substitution for our traditional talent show, we are currently planning a virtual talent show.
Your child can creatively perform their talent, video it, and send it in. The video will be put
together with other talent numbers and the full video will be sent to our AGS families. All acts
must be appropriate, a two minute maximum, acts can be solo, with members of your family or
virtually with friends or classmates. Be creative! The video will be shared with Archangel
Gabriel Catholic School families using a private password protected video link. Please send
videos to [email protected] no later than Friday, May 15th. For larger files you may use
Dropbox or Google Drive as options.
Cheerleaders Videos - If you have not yet seen the cheerleader shoe pass video on Facebook, you have got
to check them out. Our Varsity and Junior Varsity squads showcased some talent and spirit during these
creative transformation videos. We are absolutely loving all of the school spirit that we are seeing for AGS!
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Registration - We are currently accepting registrations and re-registrations for our 2020-2021 school
year. Our time physically in the school ended a lot sooner than expected and we know not everyone
had a chance to turn their packet in. Please download our “Current Family Re-Registration Packet” on
our website at: https://archangelgabrielpgh.org/k-8 . It is extremely important that we plan accurately
for the number classrooms, staff and resources needed for our next school year so please help us by
turning in your packets. They can be emailed or mailed in to our school office. Your registration fee can
also be mailed in. Also know that you are our best ambassador for the school. Please help us to recruit
families who may be looking for a quality Catholic education. If you have any registration questions or
needs, please email [email protected] .
Video Messages from Mrs. Militzer—Thank you so much for sharing the weekly video message with your
children. We hope you have enjoyed them so far. It has been a pleasure talking to you all. While we wish
that all messages could be in person, until they can, we will keep sending messages! We look forward
to finishing up the year with some special events and fun!
SCRIP - YES, we are still offering fundraising credit and financial support for our school
with our SCRIP fundraiser. We have many virtual cards for restaurants who offer take out,
grocery stores and more including: Grubhub, Walmart, Target, Amazon. You can purchase
the cards by using a PrestoPay account. Please consider using virtual gift cards as gifts
and family members may even want to purchase cards too to support the school. We are
also now offering delivery of physical Giant Eagle gift cards ($100 minimum). See your
OptionC email as information went out this week. Please email
[email protected] with any questions.
Fundraising and Volunteer Hours - We will be getting in touch with families with any unresolved volunteer or fundraiser
hour issues for the 2019-2020 school year. We ask that all event chairs please finalize the hours for their volunteers as
soon as possible and make sure to enter them into Goal Tracker.
Festival— SAVE THE DATE! As of now, our annual festival is still scheduled as planned. The Archangel
Gabriel Festival dates are July 30, 31 and August 1. We are currently looking for a volunteer to chair the
White Elephant Sale. This event has always been one of our major fundraisers and we are crossing our
fingers that we are able to hold it on time this summer to not only raise money for our school but to
celebrate as an AGS community. If you would like to join our team in planning the festival, please
contact Heather Murray - [email protected] . The festival is also a wonderful way to get a jump on
your volunteer hours for the school year.
Love and Blessings,
Dr. Christine Assetta
President and Co-Principal
[email protected]
Cathy Militzer
Principal
[email protected]
