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Lumen News 02/09/2017

Important Upcoming Dates:

February 15th, 16th: ½ days for Conferences
February 17th: No School, Teacher Inservice
February 20th: No School, President’s Day
February 21st: School Board Meeting, 6pm
February 25th: Lumen’s Great Gatsby Gala, 5:30pm
NEW DATE: February 27th: Fall Academic Awards Assembly, 2pm
February 28th: Mardi Gras Pancake Feast, 6:30-8:30pm
March 7th: LCHS Open House, 6-8pm
March 10th: No School, Teacher In-Service
March 13th-17th: No School, Spring Break
April 4-6th: JH Testing Days
April 13th: ½ day, Holy Thursday
April 14th & 17th: No School, Easter Break
May 10th: Baccalaureate Mass, 7pm
May 11th: Graduation, 7pm
May 22nd-24th: Finals
May 24th: Last Day of School
May 25th-26th: Teacher Inservice

Principal’s Update: We finished up Catholic Schools Week with a beautiful community Mass with the parishioners of St. Benedict’s on Feb 5th. Thank you to the 20+ families who attended this very special event!

Our high school basketball teams and our junior high volleyball team have been very busy and engaged in competitions around the state. With only a few weeks left in the season, we encourage you to come out to a game and support our proud Archangels!

For those that missed the State of the School on January 30th, we have posted our slide presentation as well as a short report of the evening on our website. At the end of the presentation, I provided a list of 10 things that friends of Lumen can do to help light the path to the future for our school. That list is:

1) Talk about the 4 great things about our school to anyone you know

2) Attend the Community Mass on Sunday, Feb 5^th

3) Invite a prospective family to the Open House on Mar 7^th

4) Volunteer to serve as a Parent/Student Ambassador

5) Volunteer at the Archangel Attic

6) Volunteer with Friday afternoon Faith in Action opportunities

7) Volunteer to sell concessions at our home games

8) Support the Gala (attend, invite others, volunteer, find donations)

9) Donate to the LUMENARY Drive and invite at least 5 of your friends and family to do the same

10) Commit to SCRIP, Fred Meyer Rewards, Pick.Click.Give., and Amazon Smile

Please feel free to contact me if you have questions or comments. Go Lumen!

Re-enrollment Packets: Re-enrollment packets have been sent home with your children and if you have any questions, please let me know. There have been a few questions about enrollment fees which are usually highlighted on the financial agreement which will come out later. As a reminder of what those fees are, there is a commitment fee of $100.00 and the book & technology fee which is $300.00 (after March 31st the commitment fee will increase to $250.00).

Parent-Teacher Conferences & Bell Schedule: Parent-Teacher conferences are quickly approaching and the schedule is highlighted below:

Wednesday, February 15th: We will follow a Friday A Schedule with school dismissal at 12:20pm. Parent-Teacher Conferences will be from 1pm-5pm.
Thursday, February 16th: We will follow a Friday B Mass Schedule with school dismissal at 12:35pm. Parent-Teacher Conferences will be from 3pm-7pm.
Friday, February 17th: Teacher Inservice-No School

Lumen’s Great Gatsby Gala:

ONLY 16 DAYS UNTIL THE GALA!!!

IRONING: WE DESPERATELY NEED HELP WITH IRONING!! Please stop by the school if you can help with this. This is a job that can be done at home.
Silent Auction Monitor/Check-out: Help for this job is still needed the night of the Gala
Gala will be held at Lumen Christi on February 25th, 2017 at 5:30 pm in the gym.
Signup for Wine donations for share hours here: http://signup.com/go/L5Btum
The Basket committee is looking for some random items to make complete baskets out of donations we have already received. The list is here: http://signup.com/go/nB3fo8
Calling all bakers!! Do you love to bake? Would you like to make and donate a delicious dessert to our 3rd annual Dessert Dash? If baking is not your thing but you’d like to help…consider making a cash donation towards the purchase of a dessert at a local bakery or maybe you have a friend or relative that would like to donate. Desserts need to feed a table of 8-10 guests. Please contact the Gala office at 907-273-1530 or at Gala@lumenchristiak.org if you’d like to help. Last year’s Dessert Dash raised more that $8000.00!!!
Individual tickets and tables to attend the event are on sale now. Contact the gala office or Mrs. Estes if you want to purchase.
Now is the time to decide if you would like to attend the event and help out before and/or after, or if you would like to volunteer during event night. There are still several volunteer opportunities available the weekend of the event. The Gala volunteer sign-up sheet can be found here: http://signup.com/go/sEDn4i Not sure how you can help? Just ask and we will help find a job for you.

When you choose Pick.Click.Give to benefit Lumen Christi High School, your money supports the education programs that have prepared our students for college and life. Your generous donation ensures that our students continue to be equipped with academic excellence and faith. Thank you for prayerfully considering Lumen Christi on the list of your Pick.Click.Give. donations. Your link to Pick.Click.Give.
PVO President & Vice President: If you are interested in becoming our PVO President or Vice President, please see Mrs. Estes or Mr. Ross. If you think you might be interested but have questions, please let us know. We need to start looking forward to the next school year and it would be great to have PVO leadership in place before the end of the school year.

Next Scrip Order Date: The next order deadline will be February 15th at 3pm. If you’d like to place an order or create an account, please contact Jessica Estes at the front office and she will help you out.

DATE CHANGE: Fall Semester Academic Awards Assembly: We have moved the date of our Academic Awards Ceremony to accommodate a guest speaker who is only available on February 13th. The new date of our Academic Awards is Monday, February 27th; please join us as we celebrate our students who have earned academic awards for 1st semester. It will be held in the gym at 2pm.

Campus Ministry:

Our next parent discussion group will meet on Sunday, Feb. 12 in room 109 from 4:00 – 5:45 p.m.. We will be discussing effective teen/parent communication. WHO DOESN’T NEED THAT?? Hope to see you there.
February 17-19 is the St. Benedict Winter Retreat at St. Teresa Camp. All students grades 9-12 are welcome. Last year this was a wonderful time of prayer and reflection. Please consider encouraging your high schooler to attend. Registration forms are available in the office.
Feed your soul! February 11 -13 St. Benedict Church is holding a mini-mission. Highlights are: Feb. 11 Men’s morning 8:15 a.m. / family pot-luck and discussion 6 p.m. ; Feb 12 children’s reflection, song, Adoration; Feb. 13 Morning and evening talks.
Welcome new members to the Student Campus Ministry Team (SCMT), Sophia Dupras, Nathan Goodwin, Gage Hogue, Chidubem Lebechi, and Josef Mey!
SCMT is collaborating with St. Benedict Leadership Team to hold the first (what we hope to be annual) Mardis Gras Pancake Feast. The event is student planned and led and will be held in the Parish Hall on Tuesday, February 28 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Proceeds will be divided among a local charity, Student Campus Ministry, and St. Benedict Youth Ministry. We hope you will all join us for the event. Look for upcoming details!
Please join our Ladies prayer group each Saturday morning at 10 a.m. in the Library. This is a great time of prayer and fellowship.
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!
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 6 p.m.
All High School Students are invited to St, Benedict’s youth group every Thursday @ 7 p.m.
Students who attend their Parish’s Youth group can earn extra points in Theology Classes!
It is great to see so many new altar servers serving for our school Masses. There is plenty of room for more! Catholic students who have never served to be trained here at school.
Looking ahead: World Youth Day is January 22-27, 2018 in Panama. It would be wonderful to have a group from Lumen. More info to follow.

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