Lumen News – 10/19/2017

Our Mission:  As a ministry of St. Benedict Parish,
Lumen Christi High School provides a rigorous Catholic education
in a Christ-like environment!

Our Core Values:  Living Faith, Celebrating Family, and Achieving Excellence

 

Important Upcoming Dates:

• October 20th:  No School, Teacher In-service
• October 21st:  St. Benedict Parish Clean-Up Day, 9-10am
• October 23rd:  Academic Awards (2nd Sem. 2016-17 SY), 2pm
• October 26th & 27th:  ½ Days for Parent-Teacher Conferences
• Oct 27th:  Big A/Little A Movie, 1-3pm
• Oct 27th:  St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Halloween Carnival
• October 30th:  Halloween Assembly, 2pm
• October 31st:  Halloween Costume Dress Up Day
• Nov 1st:  Mass Day, 9am (All Saint’s Day)
• Nov 2nd:  Saints Dress Up Day (Dress up as your favorite Saint)
• Nov 8th:  Fall Open House, 6-8pm
• November 10th:  No School, Teacher In-service
• November 23rd & 24th:  No School, Thanksgiving Holiday
• December 19th, 20th, 21st:  Finals
• December 22nd-January 5th:  No School, Christmas Break
• January 8th:  Classes Resume

Principal’s Update:  I hope you enjoyed the C4: Ignite your Catholic Faith video last week.  Here is another titled, “Does Being Good Matter?”:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-GzBrdgr7I.  Please share and discuss with friends and family!

Did you know that many of our students participate in extracurricular activities outside of Lumen?  One of our 8th graders and new students, Noah Cruz, Class of 2022, recently played in the Alaska South Central Pop Warner State Football Championships in the Cadets division.  Noah’s team, the Buccaneers, beat the Steelers 44-0 to win the state title!  Noah also plays on the Lumen junior high boys basketball team and attends St. Patrick’s Parish.  Great job, Noah!

Congratulations to our 7th grade class (Lumen Class of 2023) who earned the title of “Gold Card Sales” champions for selling more Gold Cards per students than any other class.  The entire 7th grade class received a pizza lunch on Wednesday in appreciation for their hard work and commitment to the school!

In our efforts to add up the reasons why a Catholic school education is awesome, I’ll tag on these gems:

31.  The opportunity to serve at the altar at school Masses

32.  Learning about the value and dignity of ourselves and others as made in God’s

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33.  Hearing “Leave Room for the Holy Spirit!” at school dances

34.  A curriculum designed to help students grow spiritually

35. The freedom to talk about any religion in school, rather than no religion at all

We hope that our students enjoy the day off on Friday for Teacher Inservice and come back after the weekend well-rested.  I look forward to seeing parents and students alike at the Awards Assembly on the 23rd and Parent-Teacher Conferences on Oct 26th and 27th.  God Bless You!

Parish Clean-up Day:  Bring your rake and join us on Saturday, October 21st for Parish Clean-up day from 9am-10am to help get the parish and school grounds ready for winter.  This is a great opportunity to earn both parent share hours or student community service hours.  Donuts will be provided.

Oktoberfest:  Come to St. Benedict’s Oktoberfest on Saturday the 21st from 6-9pm and enjoy good food and fellowship.  There will be a special split the pot to benefit the completion of the reconciliation room.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s 41st Annual Holiday Bazaar:  Be sure to check out St. Elizabeth’s annual Holiday bazaar this Saturday the 21st from 9-4pm.

Spring Academic Awards Assembly:  Students who earned academic awards for 2nd semester of the 2016-17 school year will be honored during assembly on October 23rd at 2pm in the gym.  All are welcome to join us.

Big A, Little A Movie Time:  Big A, Little A is organizing an afternoon movie on Friday, October 27th from 1-3pm in the gym.

• Bring a lunch to school

• The movie will be “Hotel Transylvania”

• Popcorn and lemonade will be provided

• 2 parent chaperones are needed (must have completed both a background check and the online safe and sacred training).  Please let Mrs. Estes know if you are able to chaperone.

Parent/Teacher Conferences:

• On Thursday, October 26th, we will follow a Friday A schedule with school dismissal at 12:20pm.  Parent teacher conferences will be from 3-7pm

• On Friday, October 27th, we will follow a Friday B schedule with school dismissal at 12:20pm.  Parent teacher conferences will be from 1-4pm

SGA News:  Student Government has planned some “Dress-Up” days and the details are below.  If your student prefers not to participate in the “Dress-Up” days, they should wear their school uniform instead.

• Monday, October 30th: Breast cancer awareness dress up day.  Staff and students may wear pink (50{d4876d85bca45a190b33d6c696456a399841af28eb325342d1f9ba09483f3a19} of your clothing should be pink) this day.

• Tuesday, October 31st:  Halloween costume dress up day.  No weapons or masks please.

• Thursday, November 2nd:  All-Saints dress up day.  Students may dress up as their favorite saint.

• Friday, November 3rd:  Lumen Spirit dress up day.  Students may wear Lumen Wear this day.

Schedule Change-Wednesday, November 1st & 2nd:  It’s All Saints Day and we will attend Mass and will follow a Thursday Schedule.  On Thursday, November 2nd, we will follow a Wednesday schedule.

Scrip:  Have you heard of Scrip fundraising yet?  This is a great way to help Lumen raise funds while you do your everyday shopping and gift giving.  Please see Mrs. Estes with any questions you may have.  In the meantime, visit shopwithscrip.com to learn more.  After visiting shopwithscrip.com and you’d like to set up your account, please call Mrs. Estes for Lumen Christi’s enrollment code.  Our next order deadline will be on Wednesday, November 1st at 3pm.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School Auction:  Our 34th Annual Auction “Oui, Oui, Paris” is Saturday, November 11, 2017 at the Anchorage Marriott Downtown starting at 5:00 pm.

Tickets to attend the event are available at the auction office inside St. Elizabeth Ann Seton school.  We are looking for donations of new items, basket items, and artwork.  Donations can be dropped off at the school or picked up at your convenience.  We also have advertising space available for our purchase in our auction booklet.  Thank you for your continued support of Catholic education.  If you have any questions, contact the auction office at 345-2327 or auction@akseas.com

Senior Portraits and Memory Pages: Seniors, please don’t forget your senior portraits are due on Tuesday October 31st. Fall is a great time for photos! Please digitally submit your final portrait to Mrs. Spillers.

Senior Memory pages are due during the month of December.

• If you or your parents are making your own memory page, it will be due December 21st, 2017

• If you plan on the Yearbook staff making your memory page, the photos for it are due December 1st, 2017.

If you do not have your portraits or memory pages submitted on time, they will not be featured in the yearbook. All submissions can be given to Mrs. Spillers.

Calling All Photographers!: Do you have any great pictures of your students playing sports or participating in extra-curricular activities? Although our Yearbook team tries to be at as many events as possible, we can’t be everywhere. Please send any pictures you have to Mrs. Spillers, so that we can try to include them in the yearbook. E-mail: mspillers@lumenchristiak.org

PVO News:

Need help finding ways to earn your share hours this year?  Below are some fun opportunities:

• http://signup.com/go/zOkWcLM Volleyball Tournament this week!

  • Thursday 10/19: 5:00- 8:30 pm

  • Friday 10/20: 7:30 – 11:00 am, also a few hospitality food items are still needed

  • Saturday 10/21: 1:30 – 5 pm

Come out to support our team and buy a raffle ticket for an awesome Halloween quilt!

• http://signup.com/go/kbSOjLi Concessions- We have shifts that need filled on 10/23 (3:30 and 5 pm).  November dates will be posted soon!

• http://signup.com/go/cVMeBzw Attic Fridays- Looking for help on 11/10 and Fridays in December. Thank you for supporting the Archangel Attic!

Minutes from our last PVO meeting are posted on the board as you walk in the school.  If you have any questions, please contact Danielle (pvo@lumenchristiak.org).

Campus Ministry:

• All are invited to join us for Mass in our new Archangels Chapel at 7:15 a.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

• We are forming teams for The Jingle Bell Run and The Polar Plunge. Students can find information on the bulletin board across from the main office. All family members and friends please come out and join our teams to raise money for The Special Olympics and the Arthritis Foundation.

• Sign up sheets for Friday service hours at The Archangel Attic can be found on the bulletin board across from the school office. Students please sign up!!

• Congratulations to our new Extraordinary Ministers of Eucharist:

  • Maeve Bakic

  • Matthew Goodwin

  • Wolfgang Goorchenko

  • Mr. Harmon

  • Kaare Helgesen

  • Mark Loeffler

  • Nathan Marshall

  • Mrs. Spillers

• All eligible students are invited to be trained as altar servers for our school Masses. Interested students please see Mrs. Loeffler.

• If you know of a worthy cause in need of volunteers let us know so we can get the word out!

• Our Parent Support Group begins in November. Details to follow.

Upcoming Community Service Opportunities

• Tudor Elementary School is hosting its Fall Carnival on Friday October 20th and is looking for High School Students to volunteer to run some of the games and booths from 5:30-8:30pm. The school is located at 1666 Cache Dr. and the Fall Carnival runs from 6-8pm.  The PTA will feed the volunteers that show up at 5:30pm. The volunteers can come for the whole time or cover shifts, whatever works best. The PTA has the games all established and organized in boxes and have used high school students in previous years.  If you and/or your student are interested in helping, please contact Erin Ruebelmann to let her know or to get additional information.

Erin Ruebelmann, 907-317-6712 or eruebelmann@gmail.com

• St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is looking for student volunteers to help with their up-coming Halloween Carnival on Friday, October 27 from 6-8 p.m. If your student is interested, please see Mrs. Estes to sign up.