Shane Locke, Author at Lumen Christi High School

Lumen News – 12/06/2017

Important Upcoming Dates:

Dec 8th: Holy Day of Obligation (Feast of the Immaculate Conception)(Fri B w/Lent schedule)
Dec 9th: Jingle Bell Run
Dec 12th: Student Advent Reconciliation Service
Dec 15th: High School Fall Sports Banquet, 6:30-8pm
Dec 16th: Polar Bear Plunge
Dec 19th, 20th, 21st: Finals
Dec 22nd-Jan 5th: No School, Christmas Break
Jan 8th: Classes Resume
Jan 15th: No School, MLK Holiday
Jan 29th-Feb 3rd: Catholic Schools Week
Jan 29th: All Catholic School Mass at OLG, 10:30am
Jan 29th: 2nd Annual State of the School Address, 7pm
Feb 4th: Lumen Christi/St. Benedict’s Community Mass, 10:30am
Feb 10th: Lumen Christi’s Mardi Gras Gala, 5:30pm

Principal’s Update:

Advent is in full swing as we await the coming of Christ! To celebrate Advent, our students gather in the front foyer around our Jesse Tree for a short reading and reflection each morning. The readings chronicle the story of Jesus’ coming, beginning with Genesis and ending with Jesus’ birth. This link gives a great explanation of the tradition of the Jesse Tree: http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/overviews/seasons/advent/jesse_tree.cfm.

Last weekend, our junior high basketball teams competed in the Alaska Christian Schools Activities Association (ACSAA) tournament. Our boys’ team came in first place for the second year in a row! Our girls team came back after losing the first game to earn second place honors, defeating the team who put them in the loser’s bracket in the first place. Awesome job Archangels!

This week, our 9th, 10th, and 11th graders participated in a community service project and decorated the halls of Prestige Care and Rehabilitation Center off Muldoon Road. The staff and residents appreciated the students’ assistance and good cheer in decorating the facility for the holidays. Great job, Lumen Classes of 2019, 2020, and 2021!

We also look forward to Friday Mass to celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, a Holy Day of Obligation. Please ensure your student is looking sharp this day as devote ourselves to the Blessed Mother. As Blessed Pope Pius IX proclaimed on December 8, 1854, and found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (491): “The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Saviour of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin.”

Going into the weekend, we are proud to say we have 23 members and have raised $1040 at this point towards our goal of $2500 for the Jingle Bell Run! Way to go! Today is the last day to sign up for our Archangels Team, so we hope you can join us Saturday. Our Jingle Bell Run team
page can be found at: http://www.jbr.org/anchorage/lumenchristiarchangels.

As mentioned last week, as we close out the semester, I’d like to make myself available to speak with parents, alumni, and friends of Lumen Christi. I am hosting a couple of “Q&A with the Principal” sessions between now and final exams. This is your opportunity to come and ask questions about the school, address any concerns you might have, clear up any rumors, or even just let me know how things are going. For the morning sessions, I’ll bring coffee and donuts! I look forward to seeing you, if you can make it! If you can’t make these times, and would still like to talk about something, please feel free to let me know and we can schedule a time more convenient for you. Email bross@lumenchristiak.org or call 907-245-9231

Thursday, Dec 7 – 7:45am-8:50am or 3pm-6pm
Friday, Dec 8 – 7:15am-8:50am or 3pm-5pm
Monday, Dec 11 – 7:15am-8:50am or 3pm-5pm
Monday, Dec 18 – 7:15am-8:50am or 3pm-5pm

Announcements:

Schedule Change-Holy Day on December 8th: The school will attend Mass on Friday, December 8th as it is a Holy Day of obligation. We will adjust our school schedule as listed below:

Thursday, December 7th: We will follow a Monday bell schedule
Friday, December 8th: We will follow a Fri B Lent bell schedule so that we can attend Mass. Dismissal is at 12:35pm.

National Honor Society: Lumen Christi is starting their first chapter of the National Honor Society. The NHS acknowledges those students in 10th-12th grade that stand out in scholarship, leadership, service and character. For those interested, applications were available starting December 1st and
will be due no later than 3pm on December 15th. Please see Mrs. Craig for an application and for any additional questions you may have.

80’s Day!: On Friday December 15th, dress in your best 80s attire to celebrate the theme of our 2017-2018 Yearbook, “Totally 80s.” Examples of what to wear/what not to wear are posted on the bulletin boards at school. The school picture will be taken on this day as well. Let’s show some school spirit!

Finals Week Schedule:
The week of finals is as follows:

Monday, December 18th-normal scheduled school day
Tuesday, December 19th- Finals for periods 1 & 2. School day begins at 7:45am and ends at 11:15am.
Wednesday, December 20th-Finals for periods 3 & 4. School day begins at 7:45am and ends at 11:15am.
Thursday, December 21st-Finals for periods 5 & 6. School day begins at 7:45am and ends at 11:15am.
Friday, December 22nd-No School, Teacher In-service

Jidor Needs a Home: Jidor, Mrs. Craig’s classroom bunny needs a home for Christmas break. If your family is interested in helping take care of Jidor, please let Mrs. Craig or the office know. You can contact Mrs. Craig at acraig@lumenchristiak.org.

Scrip: We would like to get as many Lumen families to sign up for Scrip as possible and consider starting to use Scrip for their everyday shopping and gift giving. With the Holiday season upon us, it is the perfect time to start. What is Scrip Fundraising? Scrip is fundraising while you shop®! You can buy
gift cards from over 780 retailer brands you already shop at and earn a rebate on every gift card you purchase at face value. That rebate goes right to Lumen Christi.

How it Works: We run our scrip program through ShopWithScrip.com, who has worked with over 30,000 nonprofit organizations over the course of 23 years. You’ll need to sign up and create an account to order online.
How to Create Your Account Online: You register online by:
- go to www.ShopWithScrip.com and clicking Get Started.
- Click Join Your Program, and enter Lumen’s enrollment code (Please contact Mrs. Estes for our school code) which will link your account to Lumen’s.
- Fill out the required information and click Register.
- You’ll answer two challenge questions and provide answers.
- Then you’ll be ready to order online and earn!
- See the attached Family User Guide for more in-depth directions.

FOR SALE IN THE OFFICE: We have a variety of gift cards available for sale in the office and here is what we have left: Starbucks ($10), iTunes ($15), Great Harvest ($10), Barnes & Noble ($10), Bath & Body Works ($10), Domino’s Pizza ($10), American Eagle ($25), and Land’s End ($25).

Scrip 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. Our next order deadline will be on Friday, December 8th at 3pm.

Fall Sports Banquet: On Friday, December 15th, we will hold a High School Fall Sports Banquet for cross country running, soccer, and volleyball from 6:30-8pm.

Junior High Winter Fun Day: The Junior High Winter Fun Day is scheduled for Saturday, December 16, 2017. The day begins at 8:45 a.m. at the Dimond Ice Chalet and ends at 5:00 p.m. Please bring a check in the amount of $30 payable to AOA (Archdiocese of Anchorage) or cash for the skating, bowling, and movie. Participants must also have money to buy their own lunch in the lower food court and do their own shopping. Please talk to your parish youth ministry leader about carpooling together from your parish for this event. Adult chaperones only need to pay for the activities in which they participate. Most simply come to the movie. We don’t know exactly which movie we will attend, but are hoping the theater adds additional show times for the new Star Wars movie. We’ll know more on Wednesday, December 13. There will likely be a couple of options to choose from. If you have general
questions about the event, please contact Matthew Beck at mbeck@caa-ak.org or 907-297-7734.

Senior Memory Pages:

Senior Memory pages are due during the month of December.

If you or your parents/you are making your own memory page, it will be due December 21st, 2017. 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
GALA, GALA, GALA! Our first Gala Meeting is Tuesday, December 12th at 7 pm!
If you do not have your memory pages submitted on time, they will not be featured in the yearbook. All submissions can be given digitally or hard-copy to Mrs. Spillers.
Gala – How Can You Help?!
- Visit the Sign Up- http://signup.com/go/oZVcYYb and sign up to help.
- Attend the Gala meeting next Tuesday at 7 pm
- Attic Fridays– http://signup.com/go/cVMeBzw – Please look to see if you can help with January dates.

If you have any questions, please contact Danielle (pvo@lumenchristiak.org).

Campus Ministry:

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

- Time is “running” out! Jingle Bell Run is this Saturday, December 9. Please sign up to run/walk or sponsor a runner!
- This Monday we began our morning Jesse Tree reflections in the main hallway during advisory. Please join us!
- This Friday is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Join us for Mass on Friday at 9 a.m.
- Calling all musicians!!! We are looking for a piano player to play for our school Masses! You may choose the hymns with which you are most comfortable. Please see Mrs. Loeffler.
- Please sign up to participate in 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. If you cannot jump you can sponsor someone who is!!!

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!!
We are so proud of the following students who have formed a choir for our Thursday Masses! Garrett Renfro, Jeannie McConnell, Anika Beighle, Jaydin Dufrane, Jamie Estes, Halle faro, Nate Goodwin, Wolfgang Goorchenko, Karin Helgesen, Parker Klem, Kirstin Marshall, Luc Merrell.
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!
Advent is here!! Interested in forming an Advent Prayer Study group? Contact Mrs. Loeffler: eloeffler@lumenchristiak.org

Prayer Corner:

Pray for:

Victims of the California wildfires

First responders to the fires

Those who are lacking adequate food and shelter as winter comes

Our national and world leaders

Service Opportunity:

The Archdiocese is in need of students to wrap gifts. Please contact Mrs. Loeffler if you are interested.

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Lumen News – 11/29/2017

Important Upcoming Dates:

Dec 1st: Stuffing Drive Dress Down/Casual Day
Dec 3rd: Advent Season Begins
Dec 8th: Holy Day of Obligation (Feast of the Immaculate Conception)(Fri B w/Lent schedule)
Dec 9th: Jingle Bell Run
Dec 12th: Advent Reconciliation Service
Dec 15th: High School Fall Sports Banquet, 6:30-8pm
Dec 16th: Polar Bear Plunge
Dec 19th, 20th, 21st: Finals
Dec 22nd-Jan 5th: No School, Christmas Break
Jan 8th: Classes Resume
Jan 15th: No School, MLK Holiday
Jan 29th-Feb 3rd: Catholic Schools Week
Jan 29th: All Catholic School Mass at OLG, 10:30am
Jan 29th: 2nd Annual State of the School Address, 7pm
Feb 4th: Lumen Christi/St. Benedict’s Community Mass, 10:30am
Feb 10th: Lumen Christi’s Mardi Gras Gala, 5:30pm

Principal’s Update:

Welcome back from Thanksgiving! We have a few days until the start of Advent and only a few weeks until the Christmas season. Semester final exams will be here soon as well. As your son or daughter starts to feel the stress of the end of the semester, perhaps you will share with him or her the following article titled “God Doesn’t Care About Your Grades: 4 Tips to Study Like a Christian”: https://catholic-link.org/4-tips-study-like-a-christian/. It is an interesting and informative read. Enjoy!

We are proud to say we have 15 members and have raised $625 at this point towards our goal of $2500 for the Jingle Bell Run! We want to get to 30 members, so please sign up! Our Jingle Bell Run team page can be found at: http://www.jbr.org/anchorage/lumenchristiarchangels. The last day to sign up for our Archangels Team is Dec 6th!

As we close out the semester, I’d like to make myself available to speak with parents, alumni, and friends of Lumen Christi. I am hosting a couple of “Q&A with the Principal” sessions between now and final exams. This is your opportunity to come and ask questions about the school, address any concerns you might have, clear up any rumors, or even just let me know how things are going. For the morning sessions, I’ll bring coffee and donuts! I look forward to seeing you, if you can make it!

Date/Time

Thursday, Dec 7 7:45am-8:50am or 3pm-6pm
Friday, Dec 87:15am-8:50am or 3pm-5pm
Monday, Dec 117:15am-8:50am or 3pm-5pm
Monday, Dec 187:15am-8:50am or 3pm-5pm

Announcements:

National Honor Society: Lumen Christi is starting their first chapter of the National Honor Society. The NHS acknowledges those students in 10th-12th grade that stand out in scholarship, leadership, service and character. For those interested, applications will be available to students starting December 1st and will be due no later than 3pm on December 15th. Please see Mrs. Craig for applications starting tomorrow and for any additional questions you may have.

Scrip Parent Enrollment Challenge: We recently held a class challenge to see how many parents we could get enrolled on Scrip and the winning class was the Sophomores!! Congratulations! They have earned a Moose’s Tooth pizza lunch (from our Scrip coordinator, Erika Sukolsky) with root beer floats on Thursday, December 7th. They also will have a casual dress day on the 7th too.

Jidor Needs a Home: Jidor, Mrs. Craig’s classroom bunny needs a home for Christmas break. If your family is interested in helping take care of Jidor, please let Mrs. Craig or the office know. You can contact Mrs. Craig at acraig@lumenchristiak.org.

Scrip: We would like to get as many Lumen families to sign up for Scrip as possible and consider starting to use Scrip for their everyday shopping and gift giving. With the Holiday season upon us, it is the perfect time to start. What is Scrip Fundraising? Scrip is fundraising while you shop®! You can buy gift cards from over 780 retailer brands you already shop at and earn a rebate on every gift card you purchase at face value. That rebate goes right to Lumen Christi.

How it Works: We run our scrip program through ShopWithScrip.com, who has worked with over 30,000 nonprofit organizations over the course of 23 years. You’ll need to sign up and create an account to order online.
How to Create Your Account Online: You register online by:
- go to www.ShopWithScrip.com and clicking Get Started.
- Click Join Your Program, and enter Lumen’s enrollment code (Please contact Mrs. Estes for our school code) which will link your account to Lumen’s.
- Fill out the required information and click Register.
- You’ll answer two challenge questions and provide answers.
- Then you’ll be ready to order online and earn!
- See the attached Family User Guide for more in-depth directions.
NEXT WEEK: We will start selling various gift cards straight from our office. Stay tuned for more details early next week!

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. Our next order deadline will be on Friday, December 1st at 3pm. If we do not get enough orders to place, we will extend our deadline.

High School Basketball: Our high school basketball season started this week on November 29th. If your child plans to play, please turn in your sports paperwork (if your son/daughter has already played a Lumen sport this year, they do not need to turn in the paperwork again), and a sports physical. The sports paperwork and calendar showing the practice times and games can be found at http://lumenchristiathletics.bigteams.com/. FYI the basketball calendar will be updated soon.

Schedule Change-Holy Day on December 8th: The school will attend Mass on Friday, December 8th as it is a Holy Day of obligation. We will adjust our school schedule as listed below:

Thursday, December 7th: We will follow a Monday bell schedule
Friday, December 8th: We will follow a Fri B Lent bell schedule so that we can attend Mass. Dismissal is at 12:35pm.

80’s Day!: On Friday December 15th, dress in your best 80s attire to celebrate the theme of our 2017-2018 Yearbook, “Totally 80s.” Examples of what to wear/what not to wear are posted on the bulletin boards at school. The school picture will be taken on this day as well. Let’s show some school spirit!

Fall Sports Banquet: On Friday, December 15th, we will hold a High School Fall Sports Banquet for cross country running, soccer, and volleyball from 6:30-8pm.

Junior High Winter Fun Day: The Junior High Winter Fun Day is scheduled for Saturday, December 16, 2017. The day begins at 8:45 a.m. at the Dimond Ice Chalet and ends at 5:00 p.m. Please bring a check in the amount of $30 payable to AOA (Archdiocese of Anchorage) or cash for the skating, bowling, and movie. Participants must also have money to buy their own lunch in the lower food court and do their own shopping. Please talk to your parish youth ministry leader about carpooling together from your parish for this event. Adult chaperones only need to pay for the activities in which they participate. Most simply come to the movie. We don’t know exactly which movie we will attend, but are hoping the theater adds additional show times for the new Star Wars movie. We’ll know more on Wednesday, December 13. There will likely be a couple of options to choose from. If you have general questions about the event, please contact Matthew Beck at mbeck@caa-ak.org or 907-297-7734.

Senior Memory Pages:

Senior Memory pages are due during the month of December.

If you or your parents/you 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 memory pages submitted on time, they will not be featured in the yearbook. All submissions can be given digitally or hard-copy 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:

Gala time has come. Sign up for your favorite job or try a new one this year!

Gala Sign Up- http://signup.com/go/oZVcYYb
- Procurement callers are needed! Earn double share hours from home!! Letters will be going out to businesses the week after Thanksgiving. Calls will start soon after but most of the calling with be in January. Sign up today!!
- Our next meeting is a Gala Meeting- Tuesday, December 12th at 7 pm.

Attic Fridays- http://signup.com/go/cVMeBzw – Shifts we must fill to stay open:
- December 8th 5-7pm Helper Shift
- December 15th 4:45- 7pm Lead Shift

If you have any questions, please contact Danielle (pvo@lumenchristiak.org).

Campus Ministry:

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

This Friday we begin our morning Jesse Tree reflections in the main hallway during advisory. Please join us!
Calling all musicians!!! We are looking for a piano player to play for our school Masses! You may choose the hymns with which you are most comfortable. Please see Mrs. Loeffler.
Please sign up to participate in 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.
Next Wednesday is the Feast of St. Nicholas. Students should bring a shoe on Tuesday, December 5th, to leave outside advisory classrooms so St. Nich can leave his goodies!
If you cannot run or jump you can sponsor someone who is!!!
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!!
We are so proud of the following students who have formed a choir for our Thursday Masses! Garrett Renfroe, Jeannie McConnell, Anika Beighle, Jaydin Dufrane, Jamie Estes, Halle faro, Nate Goodwin, Wolfgang Goorchenko, Karin Helgesen, Parker Klem, Kirstin Marshall, Luc Merrell.
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!
Advent is around the corner! Interested in forming an Advent Prayer Study group? Contact Mrs. Loeffler: eloeffler@lumenchristiak.org

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Lumen News – 11/22/2017

Important Upcoming Dates:

November 23rd & 24th: No School, Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov 28th: Brother Guy J. Consolmagno, S.J. (Vatican Astronomer) Presentation, 1-2pm
Dec 3rd: Advent Season Begins
Dec 8th: Holy Day of Obligation (Feast of the Immaculate Conception)(Fri B w/Lent schedule)
Dec 9th: Jingle Bell Run
Dec 12th: Advent Reconciliation Service
Dec 15th: High School Fall Sports Banquet, 6:30-8pm
Dec 16th: Polar Bear Plunge
Dec 19th, 20th, 21st: Finals
Dec 22nd-Jan 5th: No School, Christmas Break
Jan 8th: Classes Resume
Jan 15th: No School, MLK Holiday
Jan 29th-Feb 3rd: Catholic Schools Week
Jan 29th: All Catholic School Mass at OLG, 10:30am
Jan 29th: 2nd Annual State of the School Address, 7pm
Feb 4th: Lumen Christi/St. Benedict’s Community Mass, 10:30am
Feb 10th: Lumen Christi’s Mardi Gras Gala, 5:30pm

Principal’s Update:

Wow what busy week last week! Our students collected over 1100 boxes of stuffing for Catholic Social Services! This far exceeded our goal of 800 boxes. Between staff, students, and parents, we also donated 22 turkeys to the Outreach Program at St. Patrick’s Parish. And on Friday, our junior high students helped pack over 20 boxes of food in support of St. Benedict’s Parish Outreach Program. Awesome job to everyone for putting our faith into action!

This Monday, our Student Government held a pep rally to build spirit between classes. Erin Freel also came in to talk about supporting the Jingle Bell Run on Dec 9th. Erin is the Mom of Connor Freel, age 12, who is the Youth Honoree for this year’s Run. Connor was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis at age 9 and has benefitted greatly from the generosity of the Arthritis Foundation. We are working to have over 30 team members and raise over $2500 for the Arthritis Foundation for the run. We have 7 members and have raised $225 at this point, so please sign up! Our Jingle Bell Run team page can be found at: http://www.jbr.org/anchorage/lumenchristiarchangels. On Black Friday, November 24 register online and use discount code BLACKFRIDAY to save $5 on all registration types!

Advent starts on Dec 3rd. Starting on Dec 4th, we will have a communal prayer service as a school in the front hallway to start the day each morning. Perhaps you’ll also consider committing to attending daily Mass at 7:15am a couple of times a week with your son or daughter as we all prepare spiritually for the birth of Christ? Celebrating the Eucharist is a great way to start the day.

And from the entire staff of our school, we hope you have a wonderful, restful, and thankful Thanksgiving weekend. God Bless You and God Bless Our School!

Announcements

Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J. Presentation: We are pleased to host a distinguished member of the Vatican Observatory, Brother Guy Consolmagno from the Society of Jesuits, here at school next Tuesday from 1-2pm. He will be giving a presentation titled, “Adventures of a Vatican Astronomer,” in the Upper Room to our juniors and seniors. Parents are invited to attend. More information about Brother Guy can be found at: http://www.vaticanobservatory.va/content/specolavaticana/en/who-are-we-/staff/guy-j–consolmagno–s-j—1-.html.

High School Basketball: Our high school basketball season begins next week on November 29th. If your child plans to play, please turn in your sports paperwork (if your son/daughter has already played a Lumen sport this year, they do not need to turn in the paperwork again), and a sports physical. The sports paperwork and calendar showing the practice times and games can be found at http://lumenchristiathletics.bigteams.com/. FYI the basketball calendar will be updated soon.

How it Works: We run our scrip program through ShopWithScrip.com, who has worked with over 30,000 nonprofit organizations over the course of 23 years. You’ll need to sign up and create an account to order online.
How to Create Your Account Online: You register online by:
- go to www.ShopWithScrip.com and clicking Get Started.
- Click Join Your Program, and enter Lumen’s enrollment code (Please contact Mrs. Estes for our school code) which will link your account to Lumen’s.
- Fill out the required information and click Register.
- You’ll answer two challenge questions and provide answers.
- Then you’ll be ready to order online and earn!
- See the attached Family User Guide for more in-depth directions.
NEXT WEEK: We will start selling various gift cards straight from our office. Stay tuned for more details early next week!

Schedule Change-Holy Day on December 8th: The school will attend Mass on Friday, December 8th as it is a Holy Day of obligation. We will adjust our school schedule as listed below:

Thursday, December 7th: We will follow a Monday bell schedule
Friday, December 8th: We will follow a Fri B Lent bell schedule so that we can attend Mass. Dismissal is at 12:35pm.

Fall Sports Banquet: On Friday, December 15th, we will hold a High School Fall Sports Banquet for cross country running, soccer, and volleyball from 6:30-8pm. More details to follow soon.

Senior Memory Pages: Senior Memory pages are due during the month of December.

If you or your parents/you 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 memory pages submitted on time, they will not be featured in the yearbook. All submissions can be given digitally or hard-copy to Mrs. Spillers.

PVO News:

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, the Lumen Christi PVO would like to thank all of our parent volunteers for donating your time, talent, and treasure in order to benefit every student in our school. A special thank you to those who have stepped up to take a lead role in one of our many PVO activities. Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!

http://signup.com/go/nnKSLte Mat-Su DAV Gun Show- This weekend! We still have a few spots to fill: set-up on Friday, parking help on Saturday and Sunday, a few gate spots on Sunday, and clean up on Sunday. We are also still in need of a future Lumen Representative/Point of Contact for the Mat-Su DAV Gun Shows.
http://signup.com/go/cVMeBzw Attic Fridays- Shifts we must fill to stay open:
- December 8th 5-7pm Helper Shift
- December 15th 4:45- 7pm Lead Shift
Sign up for your favorite Gala job- http://signup.com/go/oZVcYYb
- Procurement callers are needed! Earn double share hours from home!! Letters will be going out to businesses the week after Thanksgiving. Calls will start soon after but most of the calling with be in January. Sign up today!!

Our next meeting is Tuesday, December 12th at 7 pm. It’s Gala Meeting time!

If you have any questions, please contact Danielle (pvo@lumenchristiak.org).

Campus Ministry:

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

Great job everyone for collecting turkeys and stuffing for the needy. Turkeys were a last minute call and we collected enough for several baskets.
Please pray for all the families who will receive the blessing baskets.
Special thanks to Nathan Marshall for sharing his gift of music at school Masses!
We are so proud of the following students who have formed a choir for our Thursday Masses! Garrett Renfroe, Jeannie McConnell, Anika Beighle, Jaydin Dufrane, Jamie Estes, Halle faro, Nate Goodwin, Wolfgang Goorchenko, Karin Helgesen, Parker Klem, Kirstin Marshall, Luc Merrell.

Please sign up to participate in 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.
If you cannot run or jump you can sponsor someone who is!!!
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!!
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!
Advent is around the corner! Interested in forming an Advent Prayer Study group? Contact Mrs. Loeffler: eloeffler@lumenchristiak.org

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Lumen News – 11/17/2017

Important Upcoming Dates:

Nov 21st: National Honor Society Informational Meeting (9-12th Grade), 11:30am
Nov 21st: US Naval Academy Informational Visit, 1pm
November 23rd & 24th: No School, Thanksgiving Holiday
Dec 8th: Holy Day of Obligation (Feast of the Immaculate Conception)(Fri B w/Lent schedule)
Dec 12th: Advent Reconciliation Service
Dec 19th, 20th, 21st: Finals
Dec 22nd-Jan 5th: No School, Christmas Break
Jan 8th: Classes Resume
Jan 15th: No School, MLK Holiday
Jan 29th-Feb 3rd: Catholic Schools Week
Jan 29th: All Catholic School Mass at OLG, 10:30am
Jan 29th: 2nd Annual State of the School Address, 7pm
Feb 4th: Lumen Christi/St. Benedict’s Community Mass, 10:30am
Feb 10th: Lumen Christi’s Mardi Gras Gala, 5:30pm

Principal’s Update: For my update this week, I’d like to continue with reasons 46-50 why a Catholic school education is so important and then to briefly highlight one of our alumni who has built upon the strong foundation of her Lumen Christi education in the past 10 years. So here we go…

46. The freedom to talk about human dignity and a Creator who endowed each of us with inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

47. Moral and spiritual development based on Gospel values

48. Being able to push back against society’s materialistic, image-centric distortions of reality

49. Discovering what it means to live a “Christ-like” way of life each and every day

50. Understanding that the heart of our school is Jesus, “the way, the truth, and the life”

We want to recognize Class of 2008 alum, Aurora “Rory” Blucher. Aurora is a National Library of Medicine (NLM) Pre-doctoral Fellow in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon. After graduating from Lumen, she received her undergraduate degree in mathematics from University of Portland. According to the OHSU website, “for her dissertation work, Aurora is studying the extent of polypharmacology (or nonselective binding) displayed by currently approved drugs and using probabilistic graphical modeling techniques to explore the cellular pathway activity that results from such binding behavior. Her research interests also include adverse drug reaction prediction and drug repurposing, or finding alternate uses for existing or failed drugs.” Whew! I’m not sure what all that means, but we can certainly be proud of Aurora for all her hard work and commitment in the field of math and science after graduation! Way to go, Aurora!

This week our students are busy collecting stuffing boxes and turkeys for those in need. As we approach Thanksgiving next week, let us all be thankful for the many blessings we have in our school community, including Aurora and the over 200 graduates of Lumen who have lit a path to the future for the rest of us. God bless you!

Annual Stuffing Drive: Our stuffing ends Friday morning. If you plan to donate, please be sure to bring your boxes in first thing in the morning. Catholic Social Services is picking up the stuffing in the morning so if you bring it mid-day or at the end of the day, you will miss the pick up. Help us reach our goal of 800 boxes. Students who bring in 10 boxes will be granted a dress down day and the class with the most participation will win a prize.

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 Tuesday, November 21st at 3pm (We decided to extend our deadline to include the up-coming Thank-Scrip-ing promotion on the 21st).

Senior Memory Pages: Senior Memory pages are due during the month of December.

If you or your parents/you 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 memory pages submitted on time, they will not be featured in the yearbook. All submissions can be given digitally or hard-copy to Mrs. Spillers.

Schedule Change-Holy Day on December 8th: The school will attend Mass on Friday, December 8th as it is a Holy Day of obligation. We will adjust our school schedule as listed below:

Thursday, December 7th: We will follow a Monday bell schedule
Friday, December 8th: We will follow a Fri B Lent bell schedule so that we can attend Mass. Dismissal is at 12:35pm.

PVO News:

Your time and talents are in high demand, thank you for sharing them with our school!

http://signup.com/go/nnKSLte Mat-Su DAV Gun Show- Thanksgiving weekend is a right around the corner! There are plenty of share hour opportunities!
We are also looking for a future Lumen Representative/Point of Contact for the Mat-Su DAV Gun Shows: This person will open and run the concession stand for the Gun Shows in August and November (Thanksgiving weekend) and be the point of contact during the event. Sign up this year to shadow the current coordinator and learn from her during the Thanksgiving weekend show. Sign up online or contact PVO for more information- http://signup.com/go/nnKSLte
http://signup.com/go/cVMeBzw Attic Fridays- Shifts we must fill to stay open:
- December 8th 5-7pm Helper Shift
- December 15th 4:45- 7pm Lead Shift
Sign up for your favorite Gala job- http://signup.com/go/oZVcYYb
- Procurement callers are needed! Earn double share hours from home!! Letters will be going out to businesses the week after Thanksgiving. Calls will start soon after but most of the calling with be in January. Sign up today!!

Our next meeting is Tuesday, December 12th at 7 pm. It’s Gala Meeting time!

If you have any questions, please contact Danielle (pvo@lumenchristiak.org).

Campus Ministry:

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

We are so proud of the following students who have formed a choir for our Thursday Masses! Anika Beighle, Jaydin Dufrane, Jamie Estes, Halle faro, Nate Goodwin, Wolfgang Goorchenko, Karin Helgesen, Parker Klem, Kirstin Marshall, Luc Merril.
St. Patrick Parish is in need of more turkeys for their baskets. If any of you is so moved to provide a turkey, in addition to the stuffing, it will be greatly appreciated. St. Patrick feeds 1600 + families each Thanksgiving in the East Anchorage area. If you send in a frozen turkey we will store and transport it to St. Patrick Church on Friday, Nov 17.
Please pray for the victims of the First Baptist Church shootings in Texas
Please pray for the victims of the NYC act of terror, and for peace.
Please remember in your prayers Chief Warrant Officer Two Sims, of Juneau, and his family; he passed away on October 28th in Logar Province, Afghanistan, when his helicopter crashed.

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!!
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 next Sunday, November 26.
Advent is around the corner! Interested in forming an Advent Prayer Study group? Contact Mrs. Loeffler: eloeffler@lumenchristiak.org

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Lumen News – 11/10/2017

Important Upcoming Dates:

November 13th: Veteran’s Day Dress Up Day
Nov 14th: School Board Meeting, 6pm
Nov 14th: PVO Meeting, 7pm
Nov 16th: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School 6th Grader Move Up Day
Nov 21st: National Honor Society Informational Meeting (9-12th Grade), 11:30am
November 23rd & 24th: No School, Thanksgiving Holiday
Dec 8th: Holy Day of Obligation (Feast of the Immaculate Conception)(Fri B w/Lent schedule)
December 19th, 20th, 21st: Finals
December 22nd-January 5th: No School, Christmas Break
January 8th: Classes Resume

Annual Stuffing Drive: This week we have kicked off our annual stuffing drive. Help us reach our goal of 800 boxes. Students who bring in 10 boxes will be granted a dress down day and the class with the most participation will win a prize. Catholic Social Services will be picking up our stuffing donations on Friday the 17th.

Thanksgiving Blessing Boxes: Each year Lumen assists with Thanksgiving Blessing Boxes with our stuffing drive. St. Patrick Parish is in need of more turkeys for their baskets, and as faculty and staff, we are providing several turkeys. If any of you is so moved to provide a turkey, in addition to the stuffing, it will be greatly appreciated. St. Patrick feeds 1600 + families each Thanksgiving in the East Anchorage area. If you send in a frozen turkey we will transport it to St. Patrick Church on Friday, Nov 17.

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. Individual Tickets and tables to attend the event are still available for purchase! Don’t miss out on a fun night with a good cause! 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 Memory Pages: Senior Memory pages are due during the month of December.

If you or your parents/you 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 memory pages submitted on time, they will not be featured in the yearbook. All submissions can be given digitally or hard-copy to Mrs. Spillers.

Schedule Change-Holy Day on December 8th: The school will attend Mass on Friday, December 8th as it is a Holy Day of obligation. We will adjust our school schedule as listed below:

Thursday, December 7th: We will follow a Monday bell schedule
Friday, December 8th: We will follow a Fri B Lent bell schedule so that we can attend Mass. Dismissal is at 12:35pm.

PVO News:

Thank you to all that helped to make our Fall Open House a success!

Our November PVO meeting is next Tuesday, November 14th at 7pm.

Come learn about SCRIP and discuss ways we can grow this fundraiser.

http://signup.com/go/nnKSLte Mat-Su DAV Gun Show- Thanksgiving weekend is a couple of weekends away. There are plenty of share hour opportunities!
We are also looking for a future Lumen Representative/Point of Contact for the Mat-Su DAV Gun Shows: This person will open and run the concession stand for the Gun Shows in August and November (Thanksgiving weekend) and be the point of contact during the event. Sign up this year to shadow the current coordinator and learn from her during the Thanksgiving weekend show. Sign up online or contact PVO for more information- http://signup.com/go/nnKSLte
http://signup.com/go/cVMeBzw Attic Fridays- looking for help on Friday, December 8th and 15th.

If you have any questions, please contact Danielle (pvo@lumenchristiak.org).

Campus Ministry:

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

St. Patrick Parish is in need of more turkeys for their baskets. If any of you is so moved to provide a turkey, in addition to the stuffing, it will be greatly appreciated. St. Patrick feeds 1600 + families each Thanksgiving in the East Anchorage area. If you send in a frozen turkey we will store and transport it to St. Patrick Church on Friday, Nov 17.
Please pray for the victims of the First Baptist Church shootings in Texas
Please pray for the victims of the NYC act of terror, and for peace.
Please remember in your prayers Chief Warrant Officer Two Sims, of Juneau, and his family; he passed away on October 28th in Logar Province, Afghanistan, when his helicopter crashed.

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!!
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.
Advent is around the corner! Interested in forming an Advent Prayer Study group? Contact Mrs. Loeffler: eloeffler@lumenchristiak.org

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