Lumen News 12/07/2016
Important Upcoming Dates:
- December 8th: Gala Meeting, 6:30pm
- 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 20th-School Board Meeting
- December 22nd-January 8th: Christmas Break
- January 9th: School Resumes
- January 29-Feb 4: Catholic Schools Week 2017
Principal’s Update:
Congratulations to our girls volleyball team who placed 4th at the Regional championships in Soldotna over the weekend and ended the season with a 14-13 winning record. Natalie Dickhaus, Chiamaka Lebechi, and Madeline Josey made the All-Academic team and Chiamaka made the All-Conference and All-Tournament teams as well. Way to go ladies!
In Junior High basketball, our boys team won the ACSAA tournament championship for the 4th year in a row. It was great seeing so many boys and girl athletes on the court representing Lumen Christi, including quite a few 5th and 6th graders from St. Elizabeths. Nice work, Archangels!
Thanks to the 31 Lumen families who have filled out the short online survey titled “Survey of Intended Enrollment.” The survey can be found here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6W97PLH. Your survey input will help us with next year’s planning. We are asking all families to complete the survey by Friday, December 9th.
We have raised over $650 and currently have 21 members for Team Lumen Christi in support of the Arthritis Foundation’s Jingle Bell 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, December 10th. We are in the top 5 teams in members and Thank you to those who have joined the team and thank you to those who have donated to this worthy cause! Our team page can be found at http://www.jbr.org/anchorage/teamlumenchristi. It is not too late to join us!
On a final note, our former PVO President, Gerianne Thorsness, is representing Lumen Christi and St. Benedict Parish at a meeting of the Municipality of Anchorage’s Urban Design Committee on Wednesday, December 14th, at 6:30pm at the Loussac Library. Gerianne has put countless hours into working on a new sign on Jewel Lake Road for both the school and church and this important meeting will determine whether we get a variance to have an LED message board instead of black and white letters. The more support we get to the meeting, the better! Thank you Gerianne for your hard work and dedication!
Gala Meeting Thursday: All parents are invited to come to this week’s Gala meeting on Thursday, December 8th at 6:30pm in the Library. Come learn all about our Gala and how you and your family can help make our Gala a success! One share hour is granted to those who attend.
- Procurement callers will meet immediately following the Gala meeting.
- The Gala sign-up sheet can be found here: http://signup.com/go/sEDn4i
Jidor, Our School Pet: Mrs. Craig is looking for someone to take care of Jidor, her classroom bunny over Christmas break. He is very friendly and plenty of food and bedding will be provided. Please contact the front office or Mrs. Craig at acraig@lumenchristiak.org if you are interested.
Gala Tax Statements: In preparation for the upcoming tax season, if you need a Gala receipt to reflect either your donations or purchases, please contact the Gala committee at gala@lumenchristiak.org.
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.
Lumen Invite Basketball Tournament: Lumen Christi will host its annual Lumen Invite basketball tournament from December 15th-17th. Click on the following link to see how you can volunteer to help out at the annual fun event: http://signup.com/go/hjtTmt
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 19th at 1pm and the gift cards should arrive by December 21st or 22nd. 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
2nd Semester Art Class: Mrs. Glenn is offering art class 2nd Semester and the following art mediums will be covered:
- Watercolor painting
- Set Design: Design and create set pieces for our Drama’s Spring performance.
- Acrylic Painting
- Free draw day so students can explore and have the freedom to work on their own drawings
2nd Semester Art Class will have the same fee ($355.00) as 1st semester. This price is based on 10 students: Less than 10 students, the price will increase. Please contact the office or Mrs. Brewer at dbrewer@lumenchristiak.org if your student would like to take Art class 2nd semester.
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
- Happy St. Nicholas Day! St. Nick visited Lumen last night and left treats. He loves our students as much as we do!
- Coming to the end of the semester and short on community service hours?? Parachutes is in great need of volunteers. Please the information below.
- 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!
- This coming Tuesday, December 13, we will have an all school Advent Penance service in the church from 11:35 – 1:10. We are most thankful to the priests from our sister parishes who will be with us to hear confessions and talk with students.
- “How to Talk to Your Teens about Chastity” is the topic for our Parent Discussion group this Sunday. We will meet in the High School this Sunday, Dec. 11, 4:00 – 5:45. We hope to see your here!
- 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. 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. 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: 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