Weekly Newsletter: 4/7/2025

2025 Commencement Speaker


I wanted to let our community know that Archbishop Bernard Hebda will be offering our Commencement address at this year’s Graduation ceremony. The Archbishop has a deep commitment to Catholic education as well as a profound appreciation for our school’s approach to a Liberal Arts, Classical, Catholic education. In fact, he once told me, “Saint Agnes School is the Gold Standard of Catholic education in this Archdiocese.” I told him that I would quote him on that, and he said that I could! Please join me in welcoming the Archbishop to our school for Commencement 2025!

The Ignatius Book Fair is Coming to Saint Agnes School THIS WEEK!

April 10 - 13, 2025 ~ Gruden Gymnasium


The Ignatius Book Fair is THIS WEEK on Thursday and Friday!! Lower School parents, click HERE to view all the details. There are books for all ages from toddlers to adults, so Upper School students and parents are encouraged to shop as well. 


We are still in need of volunteers to make this a success. If you would like to help please sign-up here.

Passion Play Free Public Performance 4/15 @ 5:30PM


The Saint Agnes 6th Grade proudly presents:

The Passion of Divine Mercy, A Play in One Act by Claire Bona. 


Our FREE public performance is on April 15th at 5:30 P.M. in the Helene Houle Auditorium at Saint Agnes School. This moving drama follows the sufferings and death of Our Lord, as seen through the visions and writings of Saint Faustina Kowalska.

Standford 10 (SAT10) Testing 2025


Next week (Tues. & Wed.), Junior high students in grades 7 and 8 will take the SAT10 exam on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 8 and the morning of Wednesday, April 9 in Schuler Hall. Lower School students in grades K-6 will be taking the Stanford 10 exam later in the semester in early May from May 1-9. During that time homeroom teachers will spread out tests during their regularly scheduled courses and specialists. Below I’ve included Parent Previews for the SAT10. 


For more information, please see the full letter to parents of students in grades K-8 here at this link.


Questions? Please contact Dr. Michael Adkins, Director of Academics.

April Important Dates



4/8 – Junior High SAT10 Testing

4/9 – Junior High SAT10 Testing

              Sophomore Retreat

4/10-4/13 – Ignatius Book Fair

4/11 – Stations of the Cross

4/13 – Palm Sunday

4/15 – Passion Play 

4/17 – Holy Thursday, No School

4/18 – Good Friday, No School

4/20 – Easter Sunday

4/21 – Easter Monday, No School

4/23 – Junior Formation Day

                Little Flowers Group

4/24 – 7th Grade NET Retreat

4/25 – Spring Musical Opening Night

               7th Grade Field Trip

4/26 – Spring Musical

4/27 – Spring Musical

4/28 – 6th Grade NET Retreat

                 Dunrovin LEAD Team Retreat

4/29 – 2nd Grade Field Trip

Online Musical Box Office Open


The online spring musical box office for our production of The Sound of Music is now open!

PURCHASE TICKETS

The 2025 Lenten Lecture Series: The Creed


This year's Lenten Lecture Series begins this Friday, March 7th at 7PM and continues each Friday during Lent through Friday, April 11th.


On this 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, join us as we delve into the significance and history of our profession of faith: the Creed. With topics ranging from what a creed is to the history of councils, from the doctrines proclaimed to the creed as a liturgical act, this series will help mark this historic anniversary and deepen your understanding and love of this most essential statement of our Faith.


Join us Fridays in Lent after the 7:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross in Schuler Hall. There is no cost to attend but a free will offering will be taken.

Summer Series Registration is Open!


Don't miss our 2025 Saint Agnes Summer Series! Along with many of our favorite courses like Summer Band Camp, Theatre Class, and Vacation Bible School, don't miss exciting new offerings like Summer in Italy, Little Ladies League, and Everything Growing from the Earth, Bless the Lord.


Sports camp information is also now live!


Head to our website linked below to save the dates--registration is now open!

2025 Summer Series Information & Registration

Save the Date: Upper School Grandparents Day 5/8


Calling all Aggie Grandparents/Senior Friends! Please encourage your student to call their grandparents and invite them to Upper School Grandparents Day on May 8th. This personal invitation will mean so much to the special grandparents/elderly friends in our children’s lives.

 

Here is a link to the Grandparents Day Information. 

 

If you are available to volunteer that morning, please contact Mrs. Sara Bruggemann sbruggemann@saintagnesschool.org or 651-925-8720. It is always fun to be part of this special day!

Saint Agnes Girls Tennis Fall of 2025

 

Saint Agnes is working on starting a Girls Tennis Team for the fall of 2025.  To be able to have a Saint Agnes Girls Tennis Team able to compete at a varsity level, we will need at least 12 girls committed to playing in matches. If your daughters are interested, we will have two club practices this spring to gauge the level of interest. These practices will be held on 4/26 and 5/10 with location and time TBD.


This is open to girls who will be in grades 7th thru 12th starting fall of 2025. If the interest is high enough, we will hold two optional practices a week during summer and then the official season will start 8/11. Please email Angel and Curt Chandler at curtchandler@comcast.net if you are interested.


 Online Athletic Tickets


Saint Agnes as well as many of our opponents use GoFan as our online ticket Box Office. While Saint Agnes continues to provide both cash and online payment options, many other schools do not. Online Ticket Link: https://gofan.co/app/school/MN9808

See the Saint Agnes athletic calendar for all times, locations, and livestreams for this week's games.


Please contact Athletic Director Mr. Streitz with any questions.

2025-26 Calendar

View and download the 2025-26 School Calendar here.

Stations of the Cross this Lent

As a reminder, we will have All-School Stations of the Cross on the following Friday, 4/11 at 8:45AM in the Upper Church.

Lower School Yearbooks are Now On Sale!

These yearbooks are for our K-6th grade students. 

Price will increase in December, so please order your yearbook before! 

Use School Code: 6616149.

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