Lumen News 07/13/2016
Important Upcoming Dates:
- July 27th, 2016: High School Soccer and Tennis practice starts
- August 4th, 2016: Registration from 2-7pm
- August 8th, 2016: Junior High Soccer practice starts
- August 18th, 2016: New Parent Orientation at 6:30pm
- August 22nd, 2016: Classes begin
- August 26th, 2016: Back to School Night & BBQ at 6pm
Registration: Registration will be held on August 4th from 2pm-7pm. Please stop by at your convenience during that time. You will have the opportunity to get your class schedule, make schedule changes, pick out your locker, sign up for elective classes, learn about after school sports, see what PVO is all about, purchase ties or gently used uniform items, meet teachers and staff, meet Student Government, make tuition payments, and so much more!!
New Parent Orientation: On August 18th at 6:30pm, all new parents are invited to attend New Parent Orientation. You will learn about Powerschool and receive log-in information so you can get access to your student’s grades. Principal Brian Ross and other school representatives will give an informative session on various topics that are important to our new families.
1st Day of School, August 22nd: Many of our students begin arriving around 7:30am (some earlier). The tardy bell will ring at 7:45.
Back to School Night: Back to School Night will kick off at 6pm on Friday, August 26th, followed by a BBQ at 7pm. Arrive at 6pm to pick up your child’s schedule and visit each class, beginning with your child’s 1st period class. Be sure to stick around for a delicious BBQ provided by an alumni family.
PVO Newsletter: We are in the process of preparing a PVO Newsletter which will be sent to you soon. This newsletter will focus on positions that we need filled in order to have a successful PVO year. Please look it over prayerfully to see how you can help. We are currently looking to fill our PVO President and Vice-President positions. Gerianne Thorsness (our current PVO President…for a very limited time) will pass along all she knows and help mentor our new PVO President. Please contact the office if you are interested or have questions about either of these positions.
Parent Share Hours: Each family is a member of the PVO and has 40 parent share hours to complete (20 hours for single head of household) each year. At least 50{d4876d85bca45a190b33d6c696456a399841af28eb325342d1f9ba09483f3a19} of those volunteer hours need to be conducted on fundraising efforts such as the Gala, Concessions, the Archangel Attic, and etc. Parent share hours help bridge the gap between tuition and the actual cost to educate each child…keeping our tuition as low as possible. Each family is responsible for logging their own share hours in the parent share hour book located in the office. If you are unable to come into the office, please email Mrs. Estes a detailed account of your parent share hours and she will gladly enter them for you. In April, share hours will be assessed and any incomplete share hours will be billed at $35 per hour to your ledger in May. PLEASE NOTE: Parent share hours do not include community service you may have done outside the Lumen community.
Soccer and Tennis: JH and HS soccer and HS Tennis are about to begin. In order to be eligible to play sports, you need to fill out the necessary sports paperwork and complete a sports physical prior to the beginning of the sport that your child will play. Please visit the following link to the sports paperwork: http://staging.lumenchristiak.com/
Summer is a great opportunity to take great Senior photos at your favorite location. The colors are gorgeous, the leaves are lush and the photographer is not overbooked and has patience. Nothing but good reasons to schedule your Senior photos now to have them ready when the Yearbook team needs them much later in the year. Then you won’t have the nice outdoor display.
Fred Meyer Community Rewards-Time to Renew: Please take a moment to register your Fred Meyer card so that Lumen Christi can receive rewards from your shopping, a super easy way to help Lumen raise funds. If you have already registered your card, you may want to check to see if it needs to be renewed. Please click on this link and follow the steps: https://www.fredmeyer.com/
Catholic Student Exchange: Most of you may remember the 3 Guatemalan students that came to Lumen last fall for 8 weeks. They each had a wonderful time and had a great experience in a Alaska while attending Lumen Christi. If your family is interested in hosting a student from Guatemala from mid-October through Mid-December or If you’d like additional information, please let us know.