Shane Locke, Author at Lumen Christi High School

Lumen News – August 22, 2019

Important Upcoming Dates:

TONIGHT! Back to School Night – All Parents (no students) 7-8p
TOMORROW! – August 23 – Monday Schedule/Late Dismissal (pick up at 2:30, not 12:20)
August 23 – Free Outdoor Concert with John Paul Von Arx, 6pm, Lumen Christi Parking Lot
August 29th/30th – Offsite Senior Retreat @ St. Therese’s Camp
September 3rd – School Pictures
September 9th – 13th Spirit Week
September 13th – Homecoming Bonfire (if conditions allow) (High School Only)
September 14th – Homecoming Dance (High School Only)

Principal’s Update:

What a great start to our school year! From all-school orientation and opening Mass on Tuesday, to opportunities in advisory to review our school handbook and emergency procedures, to full class days, we are off and running! As I wander through classrooms and the hallways and the gym, there is a wonderful and positive vibe and energy in our school, starting with our brand new 7th graders (“Sevvies”) and continuing through all class levels to our veteran Seniors from the Class of 2020. We are very excited to finally have the school year underway!

Our new cell phone policy is having a visible and notable impact on this vibe and energy. Students aren’t distracted in class; they are focused and engaged. And even better, they are interacting with their fellow Lumen students at lunch and in the hallways and building community!

I encourage you to come out to support our soccer teams in their competitions in the coming days and weeks. Kincaid Park, where most of our games take place, is beautiful this time of year, and a great location to spend an evening together as a family. To build spirit, I have challenged our students to wear their Lumen pride wear, come support our varsity soccer team against Cook Inlet Academy tomorrow night, and attend the free concert in front of the school. In return, any students that do will receive a casual day/dress down day on Monday, August 26! Come cheer on our Archangels!

Campus Ministry:

The Campus Ministry Office is located in the school library, students and parents are always welcome to stop by!

Thank you everyone for a wonderful start to the school year. Many thanks to Bishop Bellisario and Fr. Tom who concelebrated our opening of school liturgy and school blessings.
Please pray for our seniors who will be on retreat next Thursday and Friday, August 29th and 30th.
Our High School retreat is Thursday and Friday, September 19th and 20th.
Calling all musicians and students who love to sing!!! Come join our School choir! Please see Mrs. Loeffler in her Library office.
Sign up sheets for Friday service hours at The Archangel Attic can be found on the bulletin board across from the Front Office. Students please sign up – this is a great way to get a jump on Share Hours!!
All eligible students are invited to be trained as altar servers for our school Masses. Interested students please see Mrs. Loeffler.
We invite all confirmed Catholic students to serve as Extraordinary Ministers. See Mrs. Loeffler for more information.
If you know of a worthy cause in need of volunteers let us know so we can get the word out!

Prayer Spot:

Please remember the following in your prayers this week:

* Victims of wildfire

*First responders to the fires

*Victims of violent crimes

*Our national and world leaders

*For the sick and infirmed

Any prayer requests that families would like listed here in Lumen News and also in the Lumen Prayer Book of Intentions may be sent directly to Mrs. Loeffler.

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

Pray for Peace. Act in Peace.

Archangel Sports Update:

#Lumenproud

Our High School Soccer Team is now 1-1, coming back from a loss against Delta Junction to best one of our archrivals, Birchwood in a 4-2 game last Friday.

Both the Middle School and High School teams have games today at 3p (Middle School) and 4:30 (High School) against/at Birchwood. We’ll be pulling for both teams and will keep you posted on outcomes!

Friday the High School team will go head to head with Cook Inlet Academy Friday at 4p at Kincaid on the turf. Next Tuesday, August 27th, our Middle School team will go up against Wasilla Lake at Kincaid on the turf. GO ARCHANGELS! #Lumenproud

School Announcements:

Carpooling?:

Do you need help with drop offs or pick ups? Let Ms. Gore in the Front Office know and she’ll put together a list of neighborhood where potential carpooling/ride sharing opportunities might be available.

Uniform Updates:

We’ve heard from several families that Tommy Hilfiger orders are delayed. An email response from them earlier in the week promised that all orders placed through 7/26 were to have been mailed by Friday, 8/9; and all orders placed through 8/2 were to have been shipped by 8/16. If you’re experiencing continued delays, please let Ms. Gore know so she can connect with them again.

Also held up in Tommy delays are new ties. Fortunately all students appear to have at least one at this point, but please make sure your student does not lose/stain/mangle/wrangle/forget/eat their tie as it may take a while to replace. We’ll keep you posted when the new shipment arrives.

If your loyalty lies with our other approved vendor, Lands End, know that they’re having a sale starting next week, and all uniform items are 25% off.

https://www.landsend.com/myschool

Class of 2020:

*Senior sweaters are available to order on-line through our local vendor, Alaska Serigraphics at https://lumenchristi.akcustom.ink/ If you wish to go and try one on for sizing purposes, AK Seri. is located at 1711 Abbott Road and their phone number is 561-2000.

*Senior Photos done yet?! They’re due to Mrs. Spillers on Thursday, October 31st. Get them turned into her as soon as you’ve got them.

Student Spotlight:

Our Archangels do amazing things both on campus, and off. Inaugural shout out to Vaeda Michaelson along with her younger brother Aiden and family friend Allesandra. Together with their families, they conquered the Denali Highway this summer riding from Paxson to Cantwell on bicycles.

Parents – want us to highlight something amazing your student is involved with? Send a note to the Front Office at lchs@lumenchristiak.org and we’ll post it here.

Thanks – have a great rest of week and weekend!

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Lumen News – August 16, 2019

Important Upcoming Dates:

August 20th: First Day of School (see schedule below)
August 22nd: Back to School Night (Parents Only) 7p
August 23rd: 2:30pm Dismissal (see below)
August 29th/30th: Senior Class Retreat (offsite)
September 3rd: School Pictures
September 9th-13th: Homecoming/Spirit Week

Principal’s Update:

We thoroughly enjoyed seeing the families who attended Registration on August 6 and those that came to Junior High Orientation night on August 15th. Thanks again to Mr. Joe Law from Nenana Creative Arts who graciously made the awesome BBQ ribs, chicken, and hamburgers for Registration. We can’t wait for the school year to begin and we look forward to the safe return of all our students next week!

Archangel Sports Update:

Our High School Soccer season is underway with the first away game (in soggy Delta Junction) under our team’s belt. Despite a loss, the team is looking forward to their second game tonight, Friday, against Birchwood at 6p. Go Archangels – we’ll be cheering you from afar and hope the weather improves for you!

School Announcements:

First Day of School (Tuesday, August 20) Schedule:

7:44am: Warning Bell

7:45-8:10 am: Advisory

8:15 am: All students in gym for orientation

8:15am-8:50am: First Day Orientation All School in Gym

(staff intro, Student Leadership Board intro, Icebreaker)

9:00-9:55am: Mass at St. Benedict Church

(followed by the Light of Christ procession into our school)

10:00-10:30am: Period 1 (Blessing of classrooms during this time)

10:35-11:05am: Period 2

11:10- 11:40am: Period 3

11:45-12:10pm: Lunch

12:15-12:45pm: Period 4

12:50-1:20pm: Period 5

1:25-1:55pm: Period 6

2-2:30pm: Advisory

2:30: Dismissal

****Parents are encouraged to meet with other parents for coffee and doughnuts in the gym after drop-off at 7:45 and attend 9am Mass as well. Bishop Bellisario, the Apostolic Administrator for the Archdiocese, will be celebrating our opening Mass on August 20th and we would love to have families and friends of our Lumen students in attendance.

First WEEK of School Schedule:

In order to allow students to attend all of their classes in the first week of school, Wednesday, August 21 through Friday, August 23 will be Monday bell schedules (refer to the Bell Schedule that was included in your Registration packet, or check in at the Front Office for clarification.) The most important take-away for parents is that Friday will be a 2:30pm dismissal, instead of 12:20pm.

Safe Environment Training:

As a reminder, any parent or guardian who wishes to volunteer at the school must submit background check paperwork and complete an online “Safe Environment” training. Background check paperwork is available in the office and takes less than a minute to fill out. The link to complete the online training can be found here: https://www.archdioceseofanchorage.org/safe-environment/adult-online-training-program/

Student safety is paramount at Lumen, thank you in advance for making sure your paperwork is completed and/or up to date! Note: if you wish to volunteer at the Archangel Attic as a means to completing Family Share Hours, you must submit background check paperwork only, no online training is required. Please let Ms. Gore at the Front Desk know if you have any questions.

School Picture Day:

School Picture day is almost here! School photos will be taken on Tuesday September 3rd. Please send your child in their best uniform – clean, groomed, and polished! Photo request forms will be sent home at the beginning of Week #2. Any questions? E-mail: mspillers@lumenchristiak.org

Senior Portraits:

Senior Portraits are due on Thursday October 31st. Fall is a wonderful time to take photos if you have not gotten around to it yet. Please submit a digital file to mspillers@lumenchristiak.org when you have them completed.

Free Concert:

John Paul Von Arx – a Country & Christian Music siger will give a free neighborhood concert at 6p onFriday, August 23rd outside of the school. Free hotdogs and lemonade! https://johnpaulvonarx.com

SIGN-UP & REMIND:

Within a few days you’ll be seeing an email from “Sign Up” and a text message from “Remind” – these are two on-line systems that we use to communicate with parents, besides this weekly newsletter. We hope you don’t feel inundated with information from us, but we’ve found that having multiple ways to communicate has the widest reach across our parent spectrum.

Enjoy these last few days of summer vacation, but don’t forget about coffee and doughnuts in the gym on the first day of school!

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Lumen News – May 24, 2019

Important Upcoming Dates:

Week of July 15th – Back to School Registration Packets in the mail

August 6th: Registration & Back to School Picnic, 2p-7p

Summer Hours are as follows:

Tuesday, May 28th ~ Thursday , August 8th, 10a-12p,

or by appointment, please call 245-9231 or email lchs@lumenchristiak.org

Principal’s Update:

Thank you for a great school year! On behalf of our faculty and staff, to those students leaving our school, we wish you the very best of luck; we were honored to have you in our school family! To those new students attending in the fall, we welcome you to our community of Faith, Family, and Excellence! And to those students continuing their educational journey with us, have a blessed summer, get some rest and sunshine, and we will see you in August!

Campus Ministry:

We wish all of you a safe, blessed and beautiful summer with your families. Travel with Faith and Peace and wherever you land in August, may God be with you!

Registration for ACYC (Alaska Catholic Youth Conference) 2019 is still open. ACYC is a gathering of Alaskan teens, young adults, parents, pastoral administrators, and parish staff members. It features both Alaskan and national Catholic musicians and speakers who will help teens live as missionary disciples in their communities, whether that be rural or urban. The week will include Eucharistic liturgies, reconciliation, workshops, a concert, and yes, fun! As Pope Francis tweets: “A Christian is never bored or sad. Rather, the one who loves Christ is full of joy and radiates joy.” Teens who journey to ACYC will return radiating the joy of renewed faith and a strengthened desire to live as God’s disciples! For registration and more information, check out: http://bit.ly/2019ACYC.

Prayer Spot:

Please remember the following in your prayers this week.

All families that this summer will renew soul and body
Teens who are struggling with faith
Return to a reverence for all life
For Josh Van Tuyl and his family as they mourn his grandmother’s death, and for the repose of her soul
All first responders
All families in crisis

Any prayer requests that families would like listed here in Lumen News and also in the Lumen Prayer Book of Intentions may be sent directly to Mrs. Loeffler.

Archangel Sports Update:

Co-ed High School soccer starts August 1st – yes, before school begins! Contact Coach Warren at athletics@lumenchristiak.org if your student wants to play.

School Announcements:

Class of 2020: Senior sweaters are available to order on-line through our local vendor, Alaska Serigraphics at https://lumenchristi.akcustom.ink/ If you wish to go and try one on for sizing purposes, AK Seri. is located at 1711 Abbott Road and their phone number is 561-2000.

Also – Class of 2020! Mrs. Spillers wants to remind you that summer is a great time to get your Senior Portraits taken. When we return for the 2019-2020 School Year, your senior portraits will be due on Thursday, October 31st.

2019-20 Share Hours: Here’s a great way to get a jump on next year’s Share Hours (parents & students alike.) Every year our Jewel Lake neighbor (and Lumen supporter) True Value Hardware places nearly 5,000 American Flags in the yards of homes in the Sand Lake and Jewel Lake area. They’ve been doing this for almost 10 years and it’s greatly appreciated by the community. (They get calls at the store every year about how much people love it.) They’re looking for volunteers who can help distribute flags this year – if you can, please join them on July 3rd at 7a in the True Value parking lot – coffee, hot chocolate & treats provided! For more information, call Shannon Barry (Lumen graduate, class of ‘05) at True Value, 248-9211.

2019-20 Back to School Registration: Watch your mailbox in early July for back to school information packets, and don’t forget to mark down August 6th for our annual back to school picnic & registration day.

Have a wonderful summer!

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Lumen News – May 16, 2019

Important Upcoming Dates:

May 17th – FIELD DAY – 12:30p-2p – Details below
May 20-22: Final Exams – Early Dismissal @ 11:15a each day!
May 22: Last Day of School for Students
August 6th: Registration & Back to School Picnic, 2p-7p

Principal’s Update:

As we close out the last full week of classes for the year, we wish our students the best of luck on final exams next week. Get some rest over the weekend, study hard, and come to school ready to finish off strong!

Good luck to our track athletes as they compete at regionals in Talkeetna this weekend! Safe travels and run strong!

Virtue of the Week:

This week’s Sportsleader Virtue is LOYALTY – The strength to make a cause more important than yourself enabling you to make sacrifices to achieve it.

Campus Ministry:

Salvation Army is in need of volunteers for Sat. May 18. Time slots between 7 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. are available. Please contact Heidi Franklin at 907.339.3461 or Heidi.Franklin@usw.salvationarmy.org to sign up.

Registration for ACYC (Alaska Catholic Youth Conference) 2019 is now open. ACYC is a gathering of Alaskan teens, young adults, parents, pastoral administrators, and parish staff members. It features both Alaskan and national Catholic musicians and speakers who will help teens live as missionary disciples in their communities, whether that be rural or urban. The week will include Eucharistic liturgies, reconciliation, workshops, a concert, and yes, fun! As Pope Francis tweets: “A Christian is never bored or sad. Rather, the one who loves Christ is full of joy and radiates joy.” Teens who journey to ACYC will return radiating the joy of renewed faith and a strengthened desire to live as God’s disciples! For registration and more information, check out: http://bit.ly/2019ACYC.
Please join us for morning Mass in our school chapel Mon., Tues., Wed. at 7:15 a.m. Next week will be the last morning masses of the school year.
All High School students are invited to St. Benedict Youth Group Wednesday’s at 7 p.m.

Prayer Spot:

Please remember the following in your prayers this week.

Citizens of Venezuela
Teens who are struggling with faith
Return to a reverence for all life
For Josh Van Tuyl and his family as they mourn his grandmother’s death, and for the repose of her soul
All first responders
All families in crisis

Any prayer requests that families would like listed here in Lumen News and also in the Lumen Prayer Book of Intentions may be sent directly to Mrs. Loeffler.

Archangel Sports Update:

Hearty congratulations to our Archangel track & field stars – at Christian School Conference Meet on Saturday May 11th, the Junior High Boys and Girls took 2nd place overall and our High School girls 1st boys 2nsd. rs took first! Way to represent Lumen Andrew Butcher, David Sliwinski, Mackenna Bessler, Sophia Helzer, Daniel McConnell, Garrett Renfro, Juan Ramirez, Natalie Grubba, Frankie Locke,Jaydin Dufrane, Caleb Furneri and Evan Powell.

Our High Schoolers are headed to the Region II High School meet at SuValley High School, in Talkeetna this weekend. Best of luck and watch here next week for results.

School Announcements:

Field Day 2019:

TOMORROW, Friday May 17th. Don’t forget, we’ll be having a field day tomorrow after normal dismissal at 12:30. We encourage everyone to stay until 2p and have some fun before finals start next week. Send a lunch or cash as Student Government will be selling pizza and the last of our concession items!

St. Benedict’s Parish Social:

Saturday, May 18th the Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a cookout after 5:30p mass. As they note in their flyer “You have to eat dinner anyway and who wants to cook on a Saturday?” Cash donations accepted for this burgers, dogs & side dishes social.

Class of 2020 Seniors:

Mrs. Spillers wants to remind you that summer is a great time to get your Senior Portraits taken. When we return for the 2019-2020 School Year, your senior portraits will be due on Thursday October 31st.

2019-20 Share Hours:

Here’s a great way to get a jump on next year’s Share Hours (parents & students alike.) Every year our Jewel Lake neighbor (and Lumen supporter) True Value Hardware places nearly 5,000 American Flags in the yards of homes in the Sand Lake and Jewel Lake area. They’ve been doing this for almost 10 years and it’s greatly appreciated by the community. (They get calls at the store every year about how much people love it.) They’re looking for volunteers who can help distribute flags this year – if you can, please join them on July 3rd at 7a in the True Value parking lot – coffee, hot chocolate & treats provided! For more information, call Shannon Barry (Lumen graduate, class of ‘05) at True Value, 248-9211.

2019-20 Back to School Registration:

Watch your mailbox in early July for back to school information packets, and don’t forget to mark down August 6th for our annual back to school picnic & registration day.

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Lumen News – May 9, 2019

Important Upcoming Dates:

May 17th – FIELD DAY – 12:30p-2p – Details below
May 20-22: Final Exams – Early Dismissal @ 11:15a each day!
May 22: Last Day of School for Students
August 6th: Registration & Back to School Picnic, 2p-7p

Principal’s Update:

We congratulate our graduating seniors (and their parents and families) from the Class of 2019 and wish them the best of luck as they set out to make their mark on the world! We were blessed to have them with us over the years! The future plans of the Class of 2019 include:

Megan Flaherty: Attending University of Hawaii at Manoa (math)
Shon Nagel: Attending Northern Arizona University
Trey Bernert: Attending Northern Arizona University
Savannah Hogue: Attending Northern Arizona University
Jaime Martin: Attending Grand Canyon University (graphic design)
Gage Hogue: Serving our country in the U.S. military
Isabella Faro: Art career
Alex Lych: University of Alaska Anchorage (engineering)
Julianne Estes: University of Alaska Anchorage (sonogram technician)
Kyler Williams: Commercial fishing career

We send off our graduates with a well-know nautical farewell: “Fair Winds and Following Seas!”

Virtue of the Week:

This week’s Sportsleader Virtue is COMMITTED – The strength to give your absolute best even if it requires unexpected sacrifices.

Campus Ministry:

All Middle School students are invited to movie night this Thursday, May 9, with St. Benedict Jr. High. They will meet at Gallo’s on Old Seward Highway at 7:00 p.m.
All high school students are invited to St. Benedict Youth Group silent retreat May 10-12. Students return early for Mother’s Day.
Salvation Army is in need of volunteers for Sat. May 18. Time slots between 7 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. are available. Please contact Jaclyn Ellis at 339-3427 or jaclyn.ellis@usw.salvationarmy.org to sign up.
Registration for ACYC (Alaska Catholic Youth Conference) 2019 is now open. ACYC is a gathering of Alaskan teens, young adults, parents, pastoral administrators, and parish staff members. It features both Alaskan and national Catholic musicians and speakers who will help teens live as missionary disciples in their communities, whether that be rural or urban. The week will include Eucharistic liturgies, reconciliation, workshops, a concert, and yes, fun! As Pope Francis tweets: “A Christian is never bored or sad. Rather, the one who loves Christ is full of joy and radiates joy.” Teens who journey to ACYC will return radiating the joy of renewed faith and a strengthened desire to live as God’s disciples! For registration and more information, check out: http://bit.ly/2019ACYC.
Please join us for morning Mass in our school chapel Mon., Tues., Wed. and Fri. at

7:15 a.m.

All High School students are invited to St. Benedict Youth Group Wednesday’s at 7 p.m.

Prayer Spot:

Please remember the following in your prayers this week.

Citizens of Venezuela
Teens who are struggling with faith
Return to a reverence for all life
For Josh Van Tuyl and his family as they mourn his grandmother’s death, and for the repose of her soul
All first responders
All families in crisis

Any prayer requests that families would like listed here in Lumen News and also in the Lumen Prayer Book of Intentions may be sent directly to Mrs. Loeffler.

Archangel Sports Update:

Congratulations to Jack Murkowski, Frankie Locke, Garret Renfro, Evan Powell and Caleb Furneri – five of our High School track athletes who competed at the Kenai Invitational meet on Saturday, May 4th. All did very well including numerous new personal records in their individual events!

Junior High and High School athletes had a mini-meet at Hanshew on Tuesday, May 7th and per usual, did outstanding. Hats off to Archangels Andrew Butcher, Sophia Helzer, Daniel McConnell (all Junior High) and Garrett Renfro, Juan Ramirez, Natalie Grubba, Jack Murkowski and Evan Powell (High School) for keeping Lumen front and center at these meets! All athletes will compete again at the Christian School Conference Meet on Saturday, May 11th.

Next on the docket after that for High Schoolers will be the Region II High School meet at SuValley, in Talkeetna on May 17th & 18th. Stay tuned for results from all of the upcoming events, here.

Student Spotlight:

Wow – Big shout out to 7th grader Ryan Solberg, class of 2024 who competed in the Alaska Piano Competition at UAA this weekend and took second place in the intermediate level! We’re always so proud of our Archangels and love to showcase their off campus talents. Way to go Ryan!

School Announcements:

Field Day 2019:

A separate email went out on Tuesday to announce this – but in case you missed it….Friday, May 17th we’ll have Field Day after school from 12:30 – 2p. While this is a deviation from our normal Friday dismissal time of 12:30, we hope that as many students as possible will stay and participate. We want this to be a fun way to close out the year and give everyone a chance to blow off steam before finals start on Monday. If you and/or your student have other obligations that day we would ask that you alert us that they will be leaving at 12:30, otherwise we’ll assume they will be staying until 2p. CHANGE: This will be a casual day! No need to come in uniform with a change of clothes!! Just send your student(s) with lunch and cash (if you want) as we’ll be selling off also selling off the last of our concession snacks. Highlight of Field Day? The First Annual “Staff vs. Students” Kick Ball game! Who would you put your money on?!

West Point Anyone?

What do an astronaut, poet, president and former head of the CIA/current US Secretary of State* all have in common? They’re all graduates of the United States Military Academy, also known as West Point. Curious to know more? Then head over to the BP Energy Center on Saturday, May 11th, at 1p where a representative will talking with interested students and their families. (*Buzz Aldrin, Edgar Allen Poe, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mike Pompeo.)

Prom Thank You:

Mrs. Michelle Goodwin would like to extend her sincere thanks to all parents who came out to help decorate, chaperone & clean up for Prom last month. The venue looked amazing and the kids had an awesome time – thank you for helping create lasting memories for our Archangels!

Class of 2020 Seniors:

Summer and Fall are great times to get your Senior Portraits taken. When we return for the 2019-2020 School Year, your senior portraits will be due on Thursday October 31st.

National Honor Society Tutoring:

Yes there is still tutoring available!! The National Honor Society is still providing free tutoring after school on Wednesday this week and next, from 2:30-3:30. This tutoring is offered in addition to what is available on Mondays in the Library.

2019-20 Share Hours:

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