Lumen News – December 17th, 2021

Important Upcoming Dates:

Dec 16-18: High School BB Tournament @ Lumen
Dec 17-Jan 2: Christmas Break
Jan 3: Start of Second Semester
Jan 17: MLK Holiday (No School)
Jan 30-Feb 5: Celebrate Catholic Schools Week
Feb 1: SAVE THE DATE! 6th Annual State of the School Address, 7pm
Feb 12: There’s No Place Like Home ~ Fundraising Gala!
Feb 16-17: P/T Conferences
Feb 18: Inservice Day (No School)
Feb 21: President’s Day Holiday (No School)
Feb 18-20: 10th Grade retreat (St. Ben’s Winter Retreat)
Mar 2: Ash Wednesday Mass at 7:45am
Mar 3-5: BB Regions @ Lumen
Mar 4: Inservice (No School–start of Spring Break)
Mar 14: Return from Spring Break
Mar 16-19: BB State Championships

Principal’s Update:

Thank you to all the families who brought in cookies, cakes, and all things sweet and tasty this week! We deeply appreciate your generosity and kindness! And your baking skills!

On behalf of our faculty and staff, we wish everyone a merry Christmas and a blessed New Year! See everyone in 2022! Stay safe and healthy!

Campus Ministry:

Here are some helpful resources for parents looking to discuss the strength of SILENCE at home:

https://www.sportsleader.org/sites/default/files/newsletter-assets/Silence%20Parent%20PDF.pdf

Happy Birthday over the holidays to Bryce Sanders, Lilly Muller, Kaylee Connker

For a blessed, peaceful Christmas to all our families
For Peace on Earth to Men of Good Will
For those in need of care especially during this Christmas season, May God show us how to care for them.

Archangel Sports:

December 16th -18th Girls @ 5pm Boys @ 7pm
All 3 nights

Middle School Volleyball

If your child is interested in playing volleyball Please contact coach Warren as soon as possible:athletics@lumenchristiak.org

Front Office News:

27th Annual Gala Fundraiser

When we come back from Christmas Break, we’ll be on the count down with just six weeks until GO time! Until then, the Gala Team wishes you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas, and Joyous New Year.

FREE Vision and Hearing Checks

On Tuesday, January 4th, the Anchorage Lion’s Club will be onsite conducting free vision and hearing checks. All students will be offered the opportunity to get screened but of course are under no obligation to do so. As parents you can tell them to opt out and remain in their classroom when it’s their turn to go down. Hearty thanks to Lu-Mom Cathy Medland, R.N. for organizing this for our community!

Lumen Legacy

This week’s Lumen Legacy spotlight is on Meghan Childs (2016). Meghan is currently in Rochester, NY where she moved for her graduate studies after graduating from the University of Portland with a B.S. in Applied Mathematics. She is currently a second year PhD student at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in their Mathematical Modeling program. She will graduate this coming May with her M.S. in Applied & Computational Mathematics and will continue studying at RIT for her doctorate where she is researching the spread of Covid-19 on college campuses. She says she enjoys working on research where new information is rapidly appearing and the results have a direct impact and importance in our current day to day life. Thanks Meghan, for checking in. Other alumni students and families – we’d love to hear from you! Email LCHS@lumenchristiak.org to tell us what you’re up to these days. And hearty apologies to Shon Nagel who is enrolled at Northern Arizona University, not Arizona State University as stated last week. Sorry Shon!

LUMENary Drive

We’re thrilled to report that thanks to our amazing Lumen community, we’re currently at 94.2% of our $75,000 goal! A mere $4,347 left to raise before we close the books on this year’s Annual Drive.

157 families or individuals have contributed to get us where we are, of those, 111, or 71% are school families or extended families (aunts, uncles, grandparents); faculty, staff or school board members. We truly are humbled by the giving, especially by families who make additional sacrifices in order to pay tuition.

We’re confident that we’ll reach the $75,000 mark by December 31st (last year it took us until late-April to do so!) Know that we couldn’t have done it without each and every gift, no matter the size, so again – thank you. The generosity of Lumen families is extraordinary. Thank you….and Merry Christmas.

(And just remember, if anyone is asking you what you want for Christmas, tell them you don’t need another pair of gloves or socks, but that a donation to Lumen would be the best gift ever!) Forward them this email and tell them to open their camera, then hold it over the QR code below to get started.

Late Arrival/Early Dismissal Forms

Students with Late Arrival and/or Early Dismissal will have to turn in a new form next semester. Ms. Brewer and Mrs. Guzman will have them available for those students.

Check out what one of our Lumen seniors made and let’s support young artists!

Frankie’s amazing work is up for sale! (see flyer below) Contact information for purchase: francescal@lumenchristi.com