Lumen News 12/02/2016
Important Upcoming Dates:
- November 30th: HS Basketball Practice Starts
- December 8th: Gala Meeting, 6:30pm
- December 1st-3rd: JH Basketball Tournament
- December 1st-3rd: HS Volleyball Regions in Soldotna
- December 12th: 2015-16 Spring Semester Academic Awards Assembly, 2pm
- December 15th-17th: HS Lumen Invite Basketball Tournament
- December 19th-21st: 1st Semester Finals
- December 22nd-January 8th: Christmas Break
- January 9th: School Resumes
- January 29-Feb 4: Catholic Schools Week 2017
Principal’s Update:
As we enter December on the first real snowfall of the year, I continue to be amazed by the spirit and commitment of our students. Whether it is greeting our students in the morning, observing them in class or on the court, or saying goodbye to them in the afternoon, we see a light in their eyes that inspires us daily. Thank you for entrusting your son or daughter to our school!
In this time of Advent, we are starting each morning at 7:45 with an all-school prayer service around our Advent wreath in the main entryway. We invite parents and family members to attend as we collectively gather in prayer and direct our hearts and minds towards the true reason for the season, Jesus Christ.
In the next few days, each family will receive a link to a short online survey titled “Survey of Intended Enrollment.” Your survey input will help us better understand your intent to remain at Lumen Christi for the next school year (2017-2018) and help us with next year’s planning. Completion of this survey serves as notification of intended enrollment only and is not considered registration. Official registration for the 2017-2018 school year will begin during Catholic Schools Week 2017 (Jan 29-Feb 4, 2017). I hope you will take the time to fill out the three questions on the survey. Thank you in advance for your time.
We are still looking for participants for the Arthritis Foundation’s Jingle Bell 5K Run/Walk on December 10th. Our team page can be found at http://www.jbr.org/anchorage/teamlumenchristi. Please join us the 6 of us already signed up in supporting a worthy cause while getting some exercise at the same time!
And finally, good luck to our Junior High basketball teams as they compete in the ACSAA tournament here at the Lumen gym through Saturday and best wishes as well to our girls volleyball team competing in Regional championships in Soldotna!
Schedule Change Dec. 7th & 8th: On Wednesday, December 7th, we will follow a Thursday schedule. On Thursday, December 8th we will follow a Wednesday schedule.
UA Scholars Award: Taline Markossian and Natalie Dickhause are 2017 recipients of the UA Scholars Award. A big congratulations to both of them.
Sports Department News:
- Volleyball Regions: Good luck to our HS volleyball team as they travel to Soldotna for Regions this weekend. They are currently placed 4th in the Region and we wish them the best in their games and thank them for all their hard work this season. UPDATE: We just got word that the girls won their first game against Ninilchik in the Region tournament! Good job girls!!
- JH Basketball Tournament: The end of season JH basketball tournament will begin December 1-3 and will be held here at Lumen Christi. Come out and cheer on our girls and boys teams. We will also need volunteers for concession stand and admissions to help make this event a success. Here is the link for the sign up sheet: http://signup.com/go/qJjohD
- High School Basketball: Practices for the high school girls and boys teams begin Wednesday, November 30th. Interested players should turn in their sports paperwork and sports fee to the office. If you have questions, please contact Coach Billy at athletics@lumenchristiak.org.
- Lumen Invite: Lumen Christi will host its annual Lumen Invite basketball tournament from December 15th-17th. A sign up will be sent out soon so keep an eye out for that. A tournament schedule of games will come out soon…come cheer on Lumen’s HS girls and boys teams.
Order Gift Cards for Christmas: Are you giving gift cards as Christmas gifts? Order them through Scrip and Lumen can earn rebates!! Our next Scrip order deadline will be Monday, December 5th at 3pm and the gift cards will arrive by the end of the week. To place an order visit shopwithscrip.com, create an account with Lumen Christi’s enrollment code: B968B67E44853. If you do not wish to create an account right now, simply fill out the attached order form and turn it into the office with payment…It’s that easy! Have any questions? Contact Jessica at 245-9231
Gala News
- Next Gala Meeting: Our next Gala meeting is December 8th at 6:30pm in the Library. Please note: the previously scheduled meetings on December 1st and 15th have been cancelled.
- We are still looking for about 2 more procurement callers. This job starts in December, and you can earn double parent share hours for it!! Once the letters go out, you simply call the businesses to see if they are willing to donate. Most places just need that friendly voice on the other end of the phone as a reminder to donate to our auction. The more callers we have, the less calls each person will need to make!!
- For those working on Procurement, there will be a meeting on December 8th at 7:30, right after the Gala meeting
- Here is a link to the Gala sign up sheet: http://signup.com/go/sEDn4i
Spring Academic Awards Assembly: Students who earned academic awards for 2nd semester of the 2015-16 school year will be honored during assembly on December 12th at 2pm in the gym. All are welcome to join us.
Schedule Change Week of December 12th-16th: We have altered our schedule for the week of December 12th-16th and the changes are highlighted below:
- Monday, December 12th: Normal Monday schedule
- Tuesday, December 13th: Normal Tuesday Schedule
- Wednesday, December 14th: We will follow a Thursday schedule. Please note: NO MASS this day.
- Thursday, December 15th: We will follow a First Friday A Schedule (Mass included). Please Note: Early Dismissal this day at 12:35pm
- Friday, December 16th: We will follow a Friday B schedule with school dismissal at 12:20pm.
We made these changes to provide our students additional time on the 15th and 16th to prepare for final exams the following week.
Campus Ministry
- Students who attend their Parish’s Youth group can earn extra points in Theology Classes!
- All students grades 6-8 are invited to St. Benedict’s Junior High youth group on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at 6pm. Students who attend their Parish’s Youth group can earn extra points in Theology Classes!
- Calling all altar servers if your son or daughter is an altar server in your parish please encourage him or her to sign up to serve school Masses. We invite all Catholic students who have never served to be trained here at school.
- Many students have already signed up to volunteer at St. Elizabeth’s school on Fridays after school until 2:30 p.m. You can still make the most of Friday afternoon service time because there is plenty of room for more volunteers! Students can sign up on the hall bulletin board here at Lumen. Parents are also welcome to email Liz @ eloeffler@lumenchristiak.org or call Lumen’s main office for parent sign up!
- Please join us for the Jingle Bell Run on Dec. 10. You can sign up at http://www.jbr.org/anchorage/teamlumenchristi.
- Parachutes is an organization that gives youth a safe a place to go and enjoy playing games and they even have people there that will help them with their homework. They need help with gift wrapping the Sears Mall to raise donation money. Following are the dates of the event:
- Saturday, Dec. 3: 12 – 6 pm
- Sunday, Dec. 4: 12 – 6 pm
- Saturday, Dec. 10: 12 – 6 pm
- Sunday, Dec. 11: 12 – 6 pm
- Friday, Dec. 16: 10 am – 9 pm
- Saturday, Dec. 17: 10 am – 7 pm
- Sunday, Dec. 18: 10 am – 6 pm
- Monday, Dec. 19 through Friday, Dec. 23: 10 am – 9 pm
- Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24: 10 am – 6 pm
Sign up at http://www.parachutesalaska.org or Call Katie Walter at 907.830.0738
Semester Finals-Schedule: Below is our schedule for Finals week, December 19th-21st
Monday, December 19th
7:45 – 8:00 — Snacks in Student Room
8:00 – 9:30 — Period 1 Final
9:30 – 9:45 — Break and Snacks
9:45 – 11:15 — Period 2 Final
Students are dismissed at 11:15.
Tuesday, December 20th
7:45 – 8:00 — Snacks in Student Room
8:00 – 9:30 — Period 3 Final
9:30 – 9:45 — Break and Snacks
9:45 – 11:15 — Period 4 Final
Students are dismissed at 11:15.
Wednesday, December 21st
7:45 – 8:00 — Snacks in Student Room
8:00 – 9:30 — Period 5 Final
9:30 – 9:45 — Break and Snacks
9:45 – 11:15 — Period 6 Final
Students are dismissed at 11:15.
Shoparoo: Shoparoo is an app in which you simply take photos of receipts on your smartphone and submit. Lumen then earns “Roo Points” which are converted at the end of the year into a donation to the school. Attached to this email is more information about Shoparoo. Mrs. Estes and Mrs. Brewer both got this app on their phones and it is super easy and fun to use. Follow these simple steps after you download the app from either the App Store or on Google Play:
- SHOP: Shop for any product, at any store.
- SNAP: Take a picture of your receipt.
- EARN: Earn cash donations & sweepstakes entries
Link to Signup.com: By now you have received emails from Signup.com (formerly known as Volunteer Spot) highlighting volunteer opportunities. Below is a link where you will find all of Lumen’s current signups in one spot.
http://www.volunteerspot.com/group/151523700124?utm_source=group-badge-volunteer-green