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Wolf Pack Press - April 9, 2025

  • 2 days ago
  • 2 min read

Hope everyone had a marvelous spring break!


Upcoming Events



  • Friday, April 11 - Family Friday (coffee in cafeteria after drop-off)


  • Friday, April 18 - No School (Good Friday)


  • Friday, May 9 - Spring Carnival! (more info below)


  • Friday, May 16 - Talent Show (more info below)


 

Silent Auction


Step right up!  Step right up!  The SAP Elementary online auction begins next week!  For 12 days only you can place your bids to score the most amazing gift cards, products, and experiences. 


Go to https://www.32auctions.com/SAP2025 to find some great deals!  Every penny spent goes to fund initiatives at the school supported by SAPSA!




 

Plant Sale


The wait is over....time to buy some plants for your yard AND support the students at SAP Elementary at the same time! 


There are still a few days left in the presale, which ends April 12.  Shop a variety of pollinators, shrubs, annuals, patio baskets, and herbs. Browse at https://sapsaplants.square.site/


Plants will be ready for pick up on May 13 at Langford Park.  


Save the date for the tent sale: May 14-15 at Langford.


Reach out with questions to lauren.ginger@gmail.com


 

Spring Carnival


Mark your calendars for Friday, May 9!


SAP Elementary will be holding its annual Spring Carnival, a major fundraising event for SAPSA and a magical evening for the kids. The carnival will have games, crafts, a bake sale, and much more.


Sign up to volunteer, or provide a bake sale item, raffle item, or prize.


Volunteer sign up: 


Bake sale sign up: 



Prizes amazon wishlist:



 

Talent Show


The SAP Elementary talent show will be Friday, May 16! Look for more info in the next issue of the Wolf Pack Press. For now students can start dreaming about what act they'd like to showcase. Individual or group acts are welcome—the more creative the better!

 

Wanted: SAPSA Photographer


SAPSA is looking for an SAP Elementary parent or other community member to be our staff photographer. The photographer would attend school events (like the Spring Carnival) and take photos to be used in the Wolf Pack Press, SPPS website, school yearbook, and more.


If you have a knack for photography and would like to volunteer some of your valuable time, please contact Joel Van Valin at communications@sapsamn.org.


 


Library Helper


Mr. Watson, our Library and Materials Management EA, would greatly appreciate help with reshelving books. Hour-long time slots are available most days of the week.


To sign up as a library helper, click HERE.



 

Spirit Wear


Rep your favorite elementary school! T-shirts ($20/kid, and $22/adult) and school signs ($10) are available for pre-order now. Email president@sapsamn.org for preorders. Or, look for in-person sales at school events.



 

Have a great week, Wolf Pack!

If you have suggestions for content or questions about anything in the Wolf Pack Press, please reach out to Joel Van Valin at communications@sapsamn.org

 
 
 

Wolf Pack Press - March 19, 2025

  • Mar 19
  • 4 min read

Updated: Mar 19


This week: Silent Auction, Read-A-Thon wrap-up, Council meeting, Book eFair & Plant Sale. Oh, and conferences are around the corner ... and then SPRING BREAK!


Upcoming Events



  • Thursday March 20 - Beach Day! Students may wear beach attire (no swimsuits though!).

  • March 26-28 - Conferences


  • March 24-27 - Literati Book Fair in library (see below for details)


  • Friday March 28 - NO SCHOOL (conferences)


  • March 31 - April 4 - SPRING BREAK!


 

Join Our Council!

What is Site-Based Decision Making?


St. Anthony Park is looking for family members and community members to join a reinvigorated Council. The Council will be a group of families, community members, school staff, and principal working together to make decisions and drive school success for all SAP students.


Please come to an informational meeting on Tuesday, April 8 to learn more. Food available at 6:00 and childcare will be provided from 6:30 - 7:30.


Spanish and Somali interpreters available. If you would prefer a different language, please email ruth.krider@spps.org.


When: Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Light refreshments 6:00

Meeting 6:30 - 7:30

Where: St. Anthony Park Cafeteria

What: Family Information Meeting


 

Silent Auction


St. Anthony Park Elementary will be holding a silent auction April 14th - April 25th to raise funds for the school. We need your help in collecting items for the auction!  Do you have goods, services, handmade items, sporting event tickets, vacation rentals, or anything else fun and interesting that you could donate? Reach out to the SAPSA Silent Auction Organizer by April 1st: Renee Pinkney (renee.m.pinkney@gmail.com).




 

Read-A-Thon Wrap-Up


The 2025 SAP Read-A-Thon was a huge success! THANK YOU to teachers, families, and—most of all—our incredible, reading STUDENTS! They greatly exceeded their school wide reading goal of 300,000 minutes, reading 442,114 minutes! And we reached our goal of $17,000, to help support the school with a variety of activities and materials.


As a reward to the students, Frost, the school mascot, will act as principal for the day one day soon. Frost has already announced some popular policies, such as extra recess for all classes! Every class also exceeded their classroom reading goals and will get a celebratory cookie party in the spring.


Read-A-Thon coordinators Sara Shepard and Katheryn Ward would like to thank fellow parents Annie Backman and Tammy Albrecht for helping with the reading minute counting. The entire community is so supportive of the Read-A-Thon, but we wanted to give a special shout out to Library Assistant Tony Watson, and also Andrea Borries, who made a beautiful prize display to help motivate students. Thank you, everyone!


Donations can still be made online at: https://www.givemn.org/story/Read2025



Dr. Duke, Mr. Watson, and Frost celebrate the kids’ reading achievement!
Dr. Duke, Mr. Watson, and Frost celebrate the kids’ reading achievement!
 

Restocking Teacher's Lounge for Conferences



SAP Elementary parents will be providing snacks for teachers during upcoming conference days March 26th, 27th and 28th. Sign up HERE and bring a snack by March 26. We want to keep them fortified and make sure our appreciation of their hard work is evident!


 

Literati Book eFair


Our spring Book Fair link is live! Use it from TODAY to the end of our sale to order items, buy gift cards, and consider subscribing to a Literati Book Club—each new subscription merits our school $100!  


Our in-person sale dates coincide with school conferences, aside from Friday 3/28 (when our sale must be picked up). Gift cards never expire, and are perfect  for your elementary school aged shopper or favorite teacher. Teachers will be creating their own wish lists as in prior years.


3/24 - preview day for classes - 15 minute windows to browse the selection 

3/25 - early shopping morning for students (7:14-7:30)

3/26 - open during PM conferences

3/27 - open during PM conferences

3/28 - closed in person, but shoppable online




 

Plant Sale


The wait is over....time to buy some plants for your yard AND support the students at SAP Elementary at the same time! 


The presale is happening tomorrow, March 22 through April 12.  Shop a variety of pollinators, shrubs, annuals, patio baskets, and herbs. Browse at https://sapsaplants.square.site/


Plants will be ready for pick up on May 13 at Langford Park.  


Save the date for the tent sale: May 14-15 at Langford.


Reach out with questions to lauren.ginger@gmail.com


 

Spring Carnival Is May 9


Mark your calendars for Friday, May 9!


SAP Elementary will be holding its annual Spring Carnival, a major fundraising event for SAPSA and a magical evening for the kids. The carnival will have games, crafts, a bake sale, and much more. Look for details and sign-up sheets in the Wolf Pack Press in April, and in flyers coming home in backpacks the week before spring break.

 

Wanted: SAPSA Photographer


SAPSA is looking for an SAP Elementary parent or other community member to be our staff photographer. The photographer would attend school events (like the Spring Carnival) and take photos to be used in the Wolf Pack Press, SPPS website, school yearbook, and more.


If you have a knack for photography and would like to volunteer some of your valuable time, please contact Joel Van Valin at communications@sapsamn.org.


 

Yikes - Beetlejuice is coming!


This year, Murray Middle School’s spring musical is Beetlejuice! Come romp with the mischievous ghost March 21-23. Tickets can be purchased HERE.


 


SAP Tours


Yes you can be a tour guide!


Please share your passion for our community at St. Anthony Park Elementary by giving school tours to prospective SAP Families. Sign up HERE. A quick overview and welcome packet will be given to your prior to the first tour.


 


Library Helper


Mr. Watson, our Library and Materials Management EA, would greatly appreciate help with reshelving books. Hour-long time slots are available most days of the week.


To sign up as a library helper, click HERE.



 

Spirit Wear


Rep your favorite elementary school! T-shirts ($20/kid, and $22/adult) and school signs ($10) are available for pre-order now. Email president@sapsamn.org for preorders. Or, look for in-person sales at school events.



 

Have a great week, Wolf Pack!

If you have suggestions for content or questions about anything in the Wolf Pack Press, please reach out to Joel Van Valin at communications@sapsamn.org

 
 
 

Wolf Pack Press - March 5, 2025

  • Mar 5
  • 3 min read

Updated: Mar 7


This week: Online ordering for the spring book fair is open, we need volunteers for the Spring Carnival, and ... Beetlejuice??


Upcoming Events



  • Friday, March 7 - No School (Conference Prep)

  • Tuesday, March 11 - Advisory Council (5:30 - 6:30) and SAPSA Meeting (6:30 - 7:30) in school library


  • Friday, March 14 - Family Friday (coffee in cafeteria after drop-off)


 

Read-a-Thon


The 2025 Read-a-Thon has come to a close, and students are eagerly awaiting Thursday’s prize assembly... We’ll find out if each classroom and the entire school met their reading goals! It’s not too late to support our wonderful kids in the Read-a-Thon by sending a donation to school or donating online at https://www.givemn.org/story/Read2025




 

Volunteer for Spring Carnival!

(we also need new board members)



SAPSA, the 501(c)3 organization dedicated to supporting enrichment of the SAP school body seeks:

  1. Volunteer(s) to lead the annual Spring Carnival this coming spring to oversee the many committees that make that event possible, 

  2. New board members to serve in the '25/26 school year. 


NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED, COACHING AVAILABLE. We welcome all curious or interested parties to attend our next SAPSA meeting, March 11th, 6:30-7:30 PM in the cafeteria at SAP. Email president@sapsamn.org with questions or if you prefer call-in details.


 

Literati Book eFair


Our spring Book Fair link is live! Use it from TODAY to the end of our sale to order items, buy gift cards, and consider subscribing to a Literati Book Club—each new subscription merits our school $100!  


Our in-person sale dates coincide with school conferences, aside from Friday 3/28 (when our sale must be picked up). Gift cards never expire, and are perfect  for your elementary school aged shopper or favorite teacher. Teachers will be creating their own wish lists as in prior years.


3/24 - preview day for classes - 15 minute windows to browse the selection 

3/25 - early shopping morning for students (7:14-7:30)

3/26 - open during PM conferences

3/27 - open during PM conferences

3/28 - closed in person, but shoppable online



 

Yikes - Beetlejuice is coming!


This year, Murray Middle School’s spring musical is Beetlejuice! Come romp with the mischievous ghost March 21-23. Tickets can be purchased HERE.


 

These Great Gatherings Are Still Happening...


There are still tickets available for the following upcoming gatherings:


  • Pizza & Bowling, grades 2-6 (March 15)

  • 3rd Grade Night Out, for 3rd graders and parents/caregivers (Date TBA)

  • Fun Science for Kids (Date TBA)

 


SAP Tours


Yes you can be a tour guide!


Please share your passion for our community at St. Anthony Park Elementary by giving school tours to prospective SAP Families. Sign up HERE. A quick overview and welcome packet will be given to your prior to the first tour.


 


Library Helper


Mr. Watson, our Library and Materials Management EA, would greatly appreciate help with reshelving books. Hour-long time slots are available most days of the week.


To sign up as a library helper, click HERE.



 

Spirit Wear


Rep your favorite elementary school! T-shirts ($20/kid, and $22/adult) and school signs ($10) are available for pre-order now. Email president@sapsamn.org for preorders. Or, look for in-person sales at school events.



 

Have a great week, Wolf Pack!

If you have suggestions for content or questions about anything in the Wolf Pack Press, please reach out to Joel Van Valin at communications@sapsamn.org

 
 
 
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