All Saints Day 2025

As happens every so often, All Saints Day 2025 fell on a Saturday.  So ASA pivoted and elected to celebrate this wonderful feast day just a few days early this year.  On Wednesday, October 29 the All Saints Academy students toddler through 8th graders began their celebration by joining together at the Lower Campus.  The day began by praying the Rosary which felt extra fitting this year as it was prayed during the month of October—the month of the Rosary.  It was then time to move onto our Saint activity.  While the previous year students partnered up between grade levels in a Saint scavenger hunt this year they were detectives.  Older students were paired with younger students and together they first had to listen to three clue to determine which Saint the clues described.  And then, in each jar there were objects which represented the Saint (i.e. animal crackers for St. Francis) and the students needed to guess “how many” were in each jar!  The older students had fun writing down the guesses our early childhood students provided!  For the first time this year we paired our 7th and 8th grade students with the toddlers who had play time and enjoyed a snack together.  The 7th graders even advocated for us to continue this tradition next year so they can do it again in 8th grade!

After exploring some of the lives of Saints, our heavenly heroes, the K-8 students headed to St. Alphonsus to celebrate Mass together.  This year there was a flip- flop.  Usually ASA students join the St. Isidore parish community for All Saints Day Mass; however, due to anticipated construction projects ASA students will travel there during Catholic Schools Week instead.  One of the blessings of the celebratory Mass not occurring on All Saints Day is we were able to have all three of our founding parish pastors join us to celebrate.  

At the conclusion of Mass, the 2025-2026 ASA spirit shirt was revealed which reminds us “...those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength, they will soar as with eagle’s wings…” Isaiah 40:31.   

The 2025 ASA Eagle Award recipient was also announced after Mass.  This year’s recipient is Mrs. Angela Mitchell.  Angela currently serves as the Upper Campus Administrative Assistant and has previously served our community as the athletic director as well.  In the many nominations Angela has received through the years, it was shared that Angela embodies and lives out ASA's core values of faith, learning, loving and serving in her everyday life and through her daily interactions with our students, parents, and fellow community members. Angela is always giving back in any and every capacity and deserves to be recognized for her amazing efforts.  Angela and her family are committed to their Catholic faith. The Mitchell family are active members of St. Alphonsus Parish. Angela gives her love to every student, staff member, parent and community member she meets. She greets everyone with a smile and never has a shortage of kind words. It would be difficult to find a kinder person to be at the helm in our Upper Campus  office as a first stop to any visitor that enters.  Congratulations Mrs. Mitchell on this very deserving award! Following a K-8 school photo taken at St. Alphonsus, the K-8 students returned to their respective campuses for an afternoon of celebration.  

While the K-8 students were away at Mass, the early childhood students filled the hallways of the Lower Campus with sounds and songs of joy during their All Saints Day parade.  

The day’s activities were centered on faith, learning, loving, and serving were a fitting celebration for the feast day of All Saints Day at All Saints Academy!