Author: Shane Locke

Important Upcoming Dates:

May 26-28: Garage Sale (Set Up 26th, Sale 27th-28th)
July 12- August 4th: Summer Workshop (Tues, Wed.,Thurs.)
August 3: Back to School Registration
August 11: First Day of School
August 26: First School Mass

Principal’s Update:

Many thanks to everyone who submitted feedback to our Cognia survey, our athletic program survey, and our School Crest Challenge voting. Tomorrow, we will close all of these means to provide us comments, so if you haven’t done so already, please give us your thoughts!

As tradition, I’ll be sending out an End of the Year letter to all our families next week highlighting a number of items, so please look for that in your email inbox. A couple of timely reminders:

• Please bring your spring cleaning items down to the school next week to support our annual GarageSale! Thanks to your generous donations of used items, we have made an average of $6000-8000 for our school over two days!
• If you are in need of additional financial assistance to help reduce tuition going into next year, please see the solicitation for a $1000 Reetz Foundation scholarship below AND take a look at our website at: https://lumenchristiak.org/tuition-discounts/. Applications are due soon!

  This has been a challenging and awesome year, and another page in our proud Lumen history. We wish all our students and our families a restful and enjoyable summer break! We look forward to seeing everyone in the fall! On behalf of my family, and the entire school staff, may God bless you and keep you safe this summer!

Archangel Sports:

Soccer 2022-2023

The attached pdf below is a copy of the soccer schedule for the high school team next fall. Please note there may still be a couple of date tweaks for games as well as the addition of games against OLV at Kincaid and out in Palmer.

I hope this will help with planning for the fall for all our families as I know schedules can fill up. – Coach Warren

2022 Lumen Christi H.S. Soccer schedule.pdf

Volleyball 2022-2023

Attention High School volleyball parents: In the next few weeks expect an email from Coach Warren or Mrs.Guzman regarding open gym volleyball and/or information on a volleyball clinic over the summer! If there are any students interested in playing volleyball next school year please email: lchs@lumenchristiak.org.

Front Office News:

Archangel Attic

We had a slot open up for the Archangel Attic on Saturday from 10a-1p. Can you help? Sign up here: https://signup.com/go/rKBncff

Summer Office Hours

Annual GARAGE SALE is next week!

Where: Lumen Christi Parking Lot When: Friday and Saturday, May 27th- 28th Time: 8AM-5PM

We are still looking for volunteers to help on Friday and Saturday. Please sign up here if interested: https://signup.com/go/syUzaHu

Donations

We will gladly be accepting items
that are in considerably good condition starting Tuesday, May 24th after 12pm –

NO EARLY DONATION DROP OFFS
due to a series of events happening on campus.

Summer Skills Workshop!

We are excited to share with you an opportunity to grow students’ language arts and math skills. Lumen will again be offering students a chance to participate in a Summer Skills Workshop. The goal is for our middle school and high school students to sharpen the skills obtained during this school year while also better preparing them for the coming year. Students can participate in math and / or writing. The workshop is free of charge and free of homework!

Space is limited!

Please contact us with your student’s name, grade they are entering, parent contact information (email and phone number) and which session(s) you want to enroll them in.

Contact:

Kimberly Guzman

lchs@lumenchristiak.org

2023 Close Up

Thank you to all parents who have signed up their students to the 2023 Close Up! Expect an email from Mrs.Spillers regarding payment plans. If you have any question email: mspillers@lumenchristiak.org

UAA Summer Academy in Accounting

FBI Teen Academy

The FBI Anchorage Field Office is currently accepting applications for its 2022 Teen Academy Program, which will welcome rising junior and senior high school students for an opportunity to get a comprehensive look into today’s FBI. The FBI Teen Academy will be on August 11-12, 2022, from 9:00am – 12:30pm, at the FBI Anchorage Field Office. Visit the FBI Anchorage website to learn more, and to apply online: https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/anchorage/community-outreach.

The application deadline is May 31, 2022.

Alaska Aviation Club

This summer The Alaska Aviation Museum will be holding Alaska Aviation Camp Programs this summer.The Aviation camp is a five day experience. Campers will get to explore science & history of flight in the wild north. Please see flyer for contact information.

The August F. Reetz Foundation Scholarship

This is a new scholarship opportunity for any school family who are having financial challenges and would like assistance in offsetting tuition. Details and deadlines are in the attached letter.

The August F. Reetz Foundation Scholarship.pdf

2022-2023 School Calendar

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Important Upcoming Dates:

May 13: Last School Mass, 7:45am
May 16: Lumen Spirit Wear Day (kickball games during 7th period, 1pm) May 17-19: Finals, Early Dismissal (11am)
May 19: Last Day of Classes
May 26-28: Garage Sale (Set Up 26th, Sale 27th-28th)

Principal’s Update:

Last week, we said farewell to the mighty Class of 2022! If you were not able to attend the graduation ceremony, I encourage you to watch the video on our Facebook page. We celebrated the accomplishments of our very own, Mrs. Megan Spillers, who has received a Masters of Science in Secondary Education (with an emphasis in Social Studies) from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia (all the while teaching our students!) Mrs. Spillers is not able to attend her own graduation, so we recognized her last week and she walked across our stage here in front of adoring fans. You should also listen to the speeches of our Valedictorian, Mr. Joshua Van Tuyl, and Salutatorian, Mr. Liam Thomson, as they describe the powerful impact of their classmates and their experiences within the Lumen Christi community. We are fiercely proud of these young men and women and we wish them all the best in their future endeavors!

Next week, we enter final exams and the end of the school year. Please note the early dismissal times on Tues-Thurs. We will kick the week off with a Spirit Wear day and kickball games during the 7th period! Come at 1pm on Monday, bring a lawn chair, and watch the end-of-year fun!

Finally, Anne Gore and I have fielded a few inquiries regarding other schools’ use of federal allotment money from Family Partnership for tuition payments here at Lumen. Under this initiative, private schools become a vendor for Family Partnership (and perhaps other homeschool programs) and families could be reimbursed for the the cost of “secular/non-religious courses” (a large portion of tuition) using allotment money.

I know that other schools have started to use this approach with some of their families. While I know those that are starting to become involved in it are super excited about the possibility, going forward, I would like to examine and discern this initiative more closely and ensure that we are looking at it from all angles. I intend to bring in some members of our illustrious School Board as well as the Archdiocese of Anchorage Juneau to assist in this effort in coming weeks.

After my initial inquiries and discussions, I have two major concerns/questions that I hope to answer in further study:

1. As the “Defining Characteristics of Catholic Schools” (from the NCEA National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools found at https://ncea.org/NSBECS/The_Standards/Defining_Characteristics/NSBECS/Standards/Defining_Ch aracteristics_of_Catholic_Schools.aspx?hkey=36193389-1a3c-4736-b212-332906083fd1) suggests, “All curriculum and instruction in a Catholic school should foster: the desire to seek wisdom and truth, the preference for social justice, the discipline to become self-learners, the capacity to recognize ethical and moral grounding for behavior, and the responsibility to transform and enrich the world with Gospel values. The Catholic school should avoid the error that its distinctiveness rests solely on its religious education program (Archbishop J. Michael Miller, The Holy See’s Teaching on Catholic Schools, 2006, pp. 43–45, 52).”

   In other words, all Catholic schools (Lumen included) should seek to have a rigorous academic curriculum based on the teachings of the Catholic Church and infused with the principles of Catholic social teaching. Over the past 26 years, Lumen has been working hard towards this ideal.

   My questions: If we make our math, science, social studies, and/or language arts curriculums “nonsectarian” (i.e. non-religious) to have them approved by the ASD public charter school Family Partnership, then are we undermining the Truth about who we are as a Catholic school? Further, how then are we truly distinct from other schools? Do we end up with a school where we have a solitary religious portion of our curriculum (Theology class) and the rest of the curriculum is just like any public school? As the Principal, I’m responsible for the Catholic identity of Lumen, so these questions cause me to pause.

2. On the flip side, what is the impact if we do present our curriculum as “nonsectarian” or “non-religious” to meet the Family Partnership requirements for reimbursement, yet actually teach to “transform and enrich the world with Gospel values? This includes starting and ending class with prayer and in a specific example, infusing Catholic bioethical moral decision making considerations into Biology units on cloning or stem cell research. If we say one thing while doing another, are we being untruthful and in fact, disingenuous? This too causes me to pause.

   As I have stated elsewhere, I don’t mean to be the proverbial “wet blanket” on what may prove to be a huge benefit to our families. On its face, this looks like a great deal. However, my Dad (a wise man) once told me that if something seems too good to be true, it most likely is, so check it out further.

To reiterate: My concerns in going slowly are to ensure that we don’t “water down” the Catholic identity of Lumen, nor put the school in a position of having accepted taxpayer funding in potential violation of state and federal separation of Church and State laws.

As with anything, I’ll concede that I could be looking at things very simplistically and missing the point. But I think prudence suggests that more research (especially on the legal side) needs to be done to ensure we are not headed down a slippery slope.

Thanks for your patience and understanding. If you have questions or concerns or comments on this matter (or any other matter), please feel free to contact me directly at 414-617-5620 or bross@lumenchristiak.org. I am happy to meet for coffee to discuss further and hear your perspectives.

Archangel Sports:

Soccer 2022

The attached pdf below is a copy of the soccer schedule for the high school team next fall. Please note there may still be a couple of date tweaks for games as well as the addition of games against OLV at Kincaid and out in Palmer.

I hope this will help with planning for the fall for all our families as I know schedules can fill up. -Coach Warren

2022 Lumen Christi H.S. Soccer schedule.pdf

Front Office News:

Final Exam and Bus Schedule

The final exam schedule in the Handbook does not correctly reflect our school starting time this year. Therefore, please use the following Final Exam schedule for May 17-19:

The fall exam daily schedule is:

May 17: Periods 1 and 2
May 18: Periods 3 and 4
May 19: Periods 5 and 6

The hourly schedule each day during finals is:

7:30-7:40am: Snack*
7:40-7:45am: Pledge, Prayer, and Morning Announcements 7:45-9:15am: Final Exam
9:15-9:30am: Snack*
9:30-11:00am: Final Exam
11:00am: Dismissal

*SNACKS! Can you help us provide those for students? Earn a Share Hour and keep those brains well greased! If you would like to bring a snack click here: https://signup.com/go/qCyKnKn.Thank you parent volunteers for your support!!!

Bus schedules will be as follows:
Morning runs from both St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Andrew/CSS will remain the same.

Afternoon runs will be as follows:
St. Andrew/CSS: This bus will depart Lumen at 11:05am and arrive at CSS at 11:20am;

Depart CSS at 11:25am and arrive at St. Andrew Parish at 11:50pm.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton: If possible, we encourage parents of SEAS bus riders to pick up at Lumen at 11am as we will only have one bus run to SEAS, and we have more students than seats. For those parents unable to pick up at Lumen, the bus will leave here at 11:05am and arrive at SEAS at 11:20am.

For both the St. Andrew/CSS and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton runs, please pick your students up right at this adjusted arrival time. We know these early dismissal times can be tricky for logistics, but limiting the number of finals per day to two both limits the amount of stress on students and allows for max study time at home!

We are excited to share with you an opportunity to grow students’ language arts and math skills. Lumen will again be offering students a chance to participate in a Summer Skills Workshop. The goal is for our middle school and high school students to sharpen the skills obtained during this school year while also better preparing them for the coming year. Students can participate in math and / or writing. The workshop is free of charge and free of homework!

Space is limited!

Please contact us with your student’s name, grade they are entering, parent contact information (email and phone number) and which session(s) you want to enroll them in.

Contact:

Kimberly Guzman

lchs@lumenchristiak.org

A special shout out to Erik Holmquist who has received first place in the 2022 State Piano Competition. He will be performing this Sunday at the winner’s recital to be held at the UAA recital hall, at 7pm on May 15th.Congratulations Erik!!! We are all super proud of you! Continue the amazing hard work!

Student Opportunities: FBI Teen Academy

The FBI Anchorage Field Office is currently accepting applications for its 2022 Teen Academy Program, which will welcome rising junior and senior high school students for an opportunity to get a comprehensive look into today’s FBI. The FBI Teen Academy will be on August 11-12, 2022, from 9:00am – 12:30pm, at the FBI Anchorage Field Office. Visit the FBI Anchorage website to learn more, and to apply online: https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/anchorage/community-outreach.

The application deadline is May 31, 2022.

Alaska Aviation Club

This summer The Alaska Aviation Museum will be holding Alaska Aviation Camp Programs this summer.The Aviation camp is a five day experience. Campers will get to explore science & history of flight in the wild north. Please see flyer for contact information.

The August F. Reetz Foundation Scholarship

This is a new scholarship opportunity for any school family who are having financial challenges and would like assistance in offsetting tuition. Details and deadlines are in the attached letter.

The August F. Reetz Foundation Scholarship.pdf

Coming to Lumen in 2022-23 – DRONES

We’re thrilled to announce receipt of a $3,000 Grant Award from ConocoPhillips Alaska. The grant funds will be used to purchase high quality drones and teaching modules for use by the science department. We’re so grateful to ConocoPhillips Alaska for providing us with “hands on” learning opportunities for our students! While undoubtedly they’ll see flying drones as fun, we see it as a way to develop STEM skills like conceptual physics, mathematics and computer programming while emphasizing creativity, problem solving, communication and collaboration.

THANK YOU CONOCO PHILLIPS ALASKA !!

REQUIRED Parent Share Hours & Faith In Action Opportunities

1. Annual GARAGE SALE! What was once just an idea to raise a few bucks has become a large, annual 2 day event that brings in anywhere from $6,000 – $8,000!! This year we’re planning on holding the event, Friday May 27th and Saturday, May 28th. This is a labor intensive event and even though school will officially be out, volunteer hours will count towards this year’s Share Hour requirement. We anticipate needing help on Thursday afternoon, May 26th setting up tables and sorting donations; Friday and Saturday helping keep tables organized and new items placed.

Donations: start your own spring cleaning at home! We will gladly be accepting items
that are in considerably good condition starting Tuesday, May 24th after 12pm –

NO EARLY DONATION DROP OFFS due to a series of events happening on campus.

Next school year’s calendar is out! Click here to see: Lumen Christi 2022-2023 Calendar (Final as of March 23 2022).pdf

https://www.instagram.com/lchs_student/

@LCHS_STUDENT

Important Upcoming Dates:

May 11: Hot lunch for ALL STUDENTS!
May 13: Last School Mass, 7:45am
May 16: Lumen Spirit Wear Day (kickball games during 7th period, 1pm)
May 17-19: Finals, Early Dismissal (11am)
May 19: Last Day of Classes
May 26-28: Garage Sale (Set Up 26th, Sale 27th-28th)

Principal’s Update:

What a wonderful week of celebrating the 16 graduates from our Lumen Class of 2022! From a parade through Anchorage, to a beautiful and moving Baccalaureate Mass, to the graduation ceremony itself, we loved having the opportunity to recognize and highlight the individual and collective accomplishments of our graduates. We pray for them and wish them well as they go out into the world to make a difference and to change the world!

As we look towards the end of the school year, please know that while we are “over COVID,” COVID is not over us! Cases are on the rise, both in the community and in our school, so please continue to screen your child for symptoms and keep them home if necessary. We have plenty of at home test kits to distribute to anyone who wants them. Let’s all work together to keep each other safe and healthy!

Finally, we will be closing out our two active surveys on Monday. If you have not already submitted your feedback, please do so this weekend! The Cognia “perception” survey provides us on feedback on our Purpose and Direction, Governance, Teaching and Learning, and Resource and Support Systems and can be accessed here: https://bit.ly/3jZwtFZ

The Lumen Athletics survey provides us information on your level of satisfaction with our sports programs and can be accessed here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LumenAthletics

Both of these surveys will be used to help us improve as a school to ensure we are providing the best possible experience for all our families.

Archangel Sports:

Track & Field

2022 Middle School track schedule

Friday, May 6 Practice at Mears from 4:30 – 6 pm
Saturday, May 7 ACSAA State Track Meet

See attachment below for details. ACSAA State Meet info copy 2022.pdf

This concludes the middle school track season. Thank you for all your support of our student – athletes!

Front Office News:

Summer Skill Workshop!

We are excited to share with you an opportunity to grow students’ language arts and math skills. Lumen will again be offering students a chance to participate in a Summer Skills Workshop. The goal is for our middle school and high school students to sharpen the skills obtained during this school year while also better preparing them for the coming year. Students can participate in math and / or writing. The workshop is free of charge and free of homework!

Space is limited!

Please contact us with your student’s name, grade they are entering, parent contact information (email and phone number) and which session(s) you want to enroll them in.

Contact:

Kimberly Guzman

lchs@lumenchristiak.org

This is a new scholarship opportunity for any school family who are having financial challenges and would like assistance in offsetting tuition. Details and deadlines are in the attached letter.

The August F. Reetz Foundation Scholarship.pdf

Coming to Lumen in 2022-23 – DRONES

We’re thrilled to announce receipt of a $3,000 Grant Award from ConocoPhillips Alaska. The grant funds will be used to purchase high quality drones and teaching modules for use by the science department. We’re so grateful to ConocoPhillips Alaska for providing us with “hands on” learning opportunities for our students! While undoubtedly they’ll see flying drones as fun, we see it as a way to develop STEM skills like conceptual physics, mathematics and computer programming while emphasizing creativity, problem solving, communication and collaboration.

THANK YOU !!

Senior Citizen Parish Member in need of student assistance

A member from St. Benedict is in need of some spring cleaning assistance. Help is needed tidying up her garage and vehicle. Work will include: sweeping, sorting, dumping debris, spraying Simple Green, etc. Pay will be $12/hr for 2-3 hours at a time. If interested please contact:

Nancy Brainerd
(907) 243-3796
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REQUIRED Parent Share Hours & Faith In Action Opportunities

1. Annual GARAGE SALE! What was once just an idea to raise a few bucks has become a large, annual 2 day event that brings in anywhere from $6,000 – $8,000!! This year we’re planning on holding the event, Friday May 27th and Saturday, May 28th. This is a labor intensive event and even though school will officially be out, volunteer hours will count towards this year’s Share Hour requirement. We anticipate needing help on Thursday afternoon, May 26th setting up tables and sorting donations; Friday and Saturday helping keep tables organized and new items placed.

Donations: start your own spring cleaning at home! We will gladly be accepting items
that are in considerably good condition starting Tuesday, May 24th after 12pm –

NO EARLY DONATION DROP OFFS
due to a series of events happening on campus.

Click here to volunteer: https://signup.com/go/syUzaHu

The remaining ‘Hot Lunch’ will be CASH ONLY ($5).

May 11th: All Grades!

https://www.instagram.com/lchs_student/

@LCHS_STUDENT

Important Upcoming Dates:

Apr 29: Last School Mass with Seniors @ 7:45am
Apr 30: High School Prom, 8-11pm (Viking Hall)
May 2: Class of 2022 Celebration Parade, 5pm (details below)
May 4: Class of 2022 Baccalaureate Mass, 7pm
May 5: Class of 2022 Graduation Ceremony, 7pm
May 17-19: Finals, Early Dismissal (11am)
May 19: Last Day of Classes
May 26-28: Garage Sale (Set Up 26th, Sale 27th-28th)

Principal’s Update:

I appreciate everyone who was able to attend our Principal-Parent Forum on Monday night. Hopefully, if you were not able to attend, you received the readahead slides in advance and can review what was discussed. I’d specifically like to encourage our parents to complete two surveys.

The Cognia “perception” survey provides us on feedback on our Purpose and Direction, Governance, Teaching and Learning, and Resource and Support Systems: https://bit.ly/3jZwtFZ

The Lumen Athletics survey provides us information on your level of satisfaction with our sports programs: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LumenAthletics

Both of these surveys will be used to help us improve as a school to ensure we are providing the best possible experience for all our families.

Finally, I hope you will consider joining us for the multiple means by which we will celebrate the mighty Class of 2022 over the next couple of days. From our last school Mass tomorrow, to the Senior Celebration Parade on Monday, to Baccalaureate on Wednesday, and the Graduation Ceremony next Thursday. Collectively, this class has earned nearly $1.5 million in scholarships and awards from colleges, universities, and private and public entities. We are so proud of their individual and collective accomplishments! Come join us as we give a long goodbye to the great Class of 2022!

Archangel Sports:

Track & Field – 2022 Middle School track schedule

This concludes the middle school track season. Thank you for all your support of our student – athletes!

Front Office News:

Class of 2022 Senior Celebration Parade

The Senior Celebration Parade is a tradition born during the pandemic, when social distancing expectations made us get creative in celebrating our graduating class. On Monday, May 2, at 5pm, we will gather a car convoy (along with our two Lumen buses) starting and ending at the Lumen parking lot and drive through Anchorage on a preset route to each of our Seniors houses (or other locations). We will personally deliver a graduation yard sign and honk, beep, and otherwise embarrass the Class of 2022 graduate in their local neighborhood. With 16 Seniors this year, the convoy will take a bit longer than normal, we anticipate about 2-3 hours. We know gas prices are rising, but for the past two years, our Seniors and their families have come to appreciate our school community’s support in this new tradition. Come on out on a Monday night, take a drive through Anchorage, and celebrate our Class of 2022 graduates! Route and directions will go out to families on Friday, April 29th!

Senior Citizen Parish Member in need of student assistance

A member from St. Benedict is in need of some spring cleaning assistance. Help is needed tidying up her garage and vehicle. Work will include: sweeping, sorting, dumping debris, spraying Simple Green, etc. Pay will be $12/hr for 2-3 hours at a time. If interested please contact:

Nancy Brainerd
(907) 243-3796
Leave a message after recording

REQUIRED Parent Share Hours & Faith In Action Opportunities

1. Annual GARAGE SALE! What was once just an idea to raise a few bucks has become a large, annual 2 day event that brings in anywhere from $6,000 – $8,000!! This year we’re planning on holding the event, Friday May 27th and Saturday, May 28th. This is a labor intensive event and even though school will officially be out, volunteer hours will count towards this year’s Share Hour requirement. We anticipate needing help on Thursday afternoon, May 26th setting up tables and sorting donations; Friday and Saturday helping keep tables organized and new items placed.

Donations: start your own spring cleaning at home! We will gladly be accepting items that are in considerably good condition starting Tuesday, May 24th after 12pm –

NO EARLY DONATION DROP OFFS due to a series of events happening on campus.

Click here to volunteer: https://signup.com/go/syUzaHu

Invited to watch Speaker Jason Evert at St. Andrew’s!

SHOUT OUTS!

A special shout out to Frankie Locke and Tatum Dufrane who spent their Saturday afternoon performing at the Aspen Creek Senior Living Center last weekend. They will have a recital at West High Auditorium on Saturday, May 14th at 6:30pm. Free of charge.

Hot Lunch

The remaining ‘Hot Lunch’ will be CASH ONLY ($5).

May: 4th (Middle School)

May 11th: All Grades!

2022-2023 School Calendar

Next school year’s calendar is out! Click here to see: Lumen Christi 2022-2023 Calendar (Final as of March 23 2022).pdf

Follow us:

https://www.instagram.com/lchs_student/

@LCHS_STUDENT

Important Upcoming Dates:

Apr 23: Spring Speaker Series (see details below)
Apr 25: 4th Quarter Principal-Parent Forum (7pm, plus virtual option)
Apr 26: Yearbook Distribution (with ice cream social), 1pm (7th Period)
Apr 27: PSAT Testing, Grades 7th-8th
Apr 29: Last School Mass with Seniors @ 7:45am
Apr 30: High School Prom, 8-11pm (Viking Hall)
May 2: Class of 2022 Celebration Parade, 6pm (details below)
May 4: Class of 2022 Baccalaureate Mass, 7pm
May 5: Class of 2022 Graduation Ceremony, 7pm
May 17-19: Finals, Early Dismissal (11am)
May 26-28: Garage Sale (Set Up 26th, Sale 27th-28th)

Principal’s Update:

Christ is Risen, Alleluia! I hope everyone had a glorious and wonderful Easter! We only have a few weeks left in the school year with a lot of activities. I hope to see many families at Saturday’s Spring Speaker Series at 7pm. Once again, I will grant a casual day on Monday, April 25th and two Faith in Action hours for any student who attends the event. Additionally, Father Tom has said he will host a pizza lunch party for the grade level with the highest percentage of students from the class in attendance!! Parents, you will earn at least two Share Hours for attending! This will be a great community event!

On Monday, April 25th, at 7pm, I invite you to my 4th quarter (and final) Principal Parent Forum for the school year. I plan to inform you on a number of topics, including our most recent Cognia accreditation, our new process for submitting for financial aid, our school crest challenge, next year’s enrollment and expected tuition, our Class of 2022, finals week, the upcoming garage sale, and finally, a series of stakeholder surveys that will be sent out next week seeking your feedback and input. I intend to cover a lot of ground to keep you well-informed and will provide time for questions at the end. While the forum is in person in Classroom 105 (student room), I will open a Google Meet link for anyone who wants to attend virtually. You can log in using the below joining info:

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/vqy-tked-thi Or dial: (US) +1 601-908-3203 PIN: 291 323 013#

I look forward to seeing you at Saturday’s Speaker Series and Monday’s Parent Forum. Have a blessed and safe weekend!

Campus Ministry:

The Virtue of the Week is Perseverance

You can find great conversation starters and other ideas on this week’s virtue on the following website:

https://www.sportsleader.org/sites/default/files/Perseverance%20Parent%20PDF%202.pdf

• Congratulations Sophia Turner who was baptized, and received her First Communion and Confirmation at Easter Vigil!
• Please send in Rice Bowls if you still have them at home.
• Thank you to Aurora, Kayla, Kallen, and Marvin who proclaimed the Word in Spanish at our school Mass today!
• Seniors are presenting their Capstone Projects this week and next week. So far the presentations have been insightful and well presented. Great job seniors!

Happy Birthday this week to Luka Hart!

Archangel Sports:

Track & Field

2022 Middle School track schedule for 4/22 – 5/7

Friday, 4/22: Practice and training meet at Hanshew middle school from 5 – 7 pm
Monday, 4/25: Practice at Lumen – 2:30 – 4 pm
Tuesday, 4/26: Mini meet at Hanshew middle school from 5 – 7 pm. Arrive at 4:30 to help set-up and to warm-up
Wednesday, 4/27: Practice at Lumen – 2:30 – 4 pm
Thursday, 4/28: Practice at Lumen – 2:30 – 4 pm
Friday, 4/29: Mini meet at Hanshew middle school from 5 – 7 pm. Arrive at 4:30 to help set-up and warm up
Monday, May 2: Practice at Lumen – 2:30 – 4 pm (possibly move to Mears which would be from 4:30 – 6 pm) update to follow
Tuesday, May 3: Mini meet at Hanshew middle school from 5 – 7 pm. Arrive at 4:30 to help set-up and warm up.
Wednesday, May 4: Practice at Lumen -2:30 – 4 pm
Thursday, May 5: Practice at Lumen – 2:30 – 4 pm
Friday, May 6: Practice at Mears from 4:30 – 6 pm
Saturday, May 7: Conference Meet at Hanshew middle school from 10 am – 3:30 pm

This concludes the middle school track season. Thank you for all your support of our student – athletes!

Front Office News:

Class of 2022 Senior Celebration Parade

The Senior Celebration Parade is a tradition born during the pandemic, when social distancing expectations made us get creative in celebrating our graduating class. On Monday, May 2, at 6pm, we will gather a car convoy (along with our two Lumen buses) and drive through Anchorage on a preset route to each of our Seniors houses (or other locations). We will personally deliver a graduation yard sign and honk, beep, and otherwise embarrass the Class of 2022 graduate in their local neighborhood. With 16 Seniors this year, the convoy will take a bit longer than normal, we anticipate about two hours. We know gas prices are rising, but for the past two years, our Seniors and their families have come to appreciate our school community’s support in this new tradition. Come on out on a Monday night, take a drive through Anchorage, and celebrate our Class of 2022 graduates!

REQUIRED Parent Share Hours & Faith In Action Opportunities

As we look ahead to the end of the year, we know some families are still short on Share Hours. Know that we’ll have a couple of excellent opportunities coming up to help you meet those requirements!

Volunteers are needed to help with the following events:

1. High School Prom on 4/30 – We’ve got chaperoning and clean up covered, we could use a couple of people to drop off snacks!. Sign up to bring some kind of snack type food here:https://signup.com/go/XamiDmu then drop it at Viking Hall – 8141 Briarwood (Off Dimond, near Old Seward) at 1p when the set up/decorations crew is there.

2. Annual GARAGE SALE! What was once just an idea to raise a few bucks has become a large, annual 2 day event that brings in anywhere from $6,000 – $8,000!! This year we’re planning on holding the event, Friday May 27th and Saturday, May 28th. This is a labor intensive event and even though school will officially be out, volunteer hours will count towards this year’s Share Hour requirement. We anticipate needing help on Thursday afternoon, May 26th setting up tables and sorting donations; Friday and Saturday helping keep tables organized and new items placed.

Donations: start your own spring cleaning at home! We will gladly be accepting items
that are in considerably good condition starting Tuesday, May 24th after 12pm –

NO EARLY DONATION DROP OFFS
due to a series of events happening on campus.

Click here to volunteer: https://signup.com/go/syUzaHu

3. Finally, while it’s going to be a fantastic event in its own right, Principal Ross is offering Share Hours for attendance at the Spring Speaker Series (info below.) Come and support your school community, deepen your faith and have a cool beer afterwards (thank you Matanuska Brewing for your generosity in hosting the post-talk reception!)

Prom Guest Permission Slips (Grade 9th-12th)

Students will need to pick up Prom Guest Permission Slips at the front desk with Mrs. Guzman.

Spring Speaker Series at Lumen Christi!!!

Continuing the fall success of our annual Speaker Series, our illustrious School Board has planned and organized the next event scheduled for Saturday, April 23rd at 7pm here at Lumen. Details are below and posted on our Facebook page. We hope you will come join us in this social, informative, and family event in a faith-filled environment. Parents, please note the reception afterward sponsored by Matanuska Brewing!!!!

Invited to watch Speaker Jason Evert at St. Andrew’s!

Click HERE to get your tickets!

Hot Lunch

The remaining ‘Hot Lunch’ will be CASH ONLY ($5).

April: 27th (MS) May: 4th (HS), 11th (MS)

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