Lumen News – January 28th, 2022
Important Upcoming Dates:
Jan 30-Feb 5: Celebrate Catholic Schools Week/Re-registration Begins
Jan 31: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School 6th Grade “Jump Up Day”
Feb 1: Casual day for any student who wears Mass uniform to church on Jan 29-30 Feb 1: 6th Annual State of the School Address, 7pm (gym)
Feb 2: BB Team Mass at 7am
Feb 2: Assist at JBER USO, 3:40-7pm (Faith in Action Opportunity)
Feb 3: MS VB and Riflery Team Mass at 7am
Feb 4: All School Mass at 7:45am
Feb 7-11: Spirit Week (themes TBD)
Feb 12: There’s No Place Like Home ~ Fundraising Gala!
Feb 15: Lumen Spirit Wear Day
Feb 16: P/T Conferences (2:30-5pm)
Feb 17: P/T Conferences (4-7pm)
Feb 18: Inservice Day (No School)
Feb 21: President’s Day Holiday (No School)
Feb 18-20: 10th Grade retreat @ St. Therese’s Camp (St. Ben’s Winter Retreat) Mar 2: Ash Wednesday Mass at 7:45am
Mar 3-5: BB Regions @ Lumen
Mar 4: Inservice (No School–start of Spring Break)
Mar 14: Return from Spring Break
Mar 16-19: BB State Championships
Principal’s Update:
We congratulate Class of 2023 Junior Natalie Grubba and Class of 2024 Sophomores Kateri Everard and Mia Sperbeck for their induction into our National Honor Society chapter. Congratulations to the three newest members of NHS and well done on your service, leadership, character and scholarship!
As mentioned last week, for any Lumen student who wears their school Mass uniform to church (Catholic parish or otherwise) during this weekend (Jan 29-30), they earn a casual day on Tues, Feb 1.
Finally, I hope you will consider attending our 6th Annual State of the School on Tuesday, Feb 1st at 7pm in the gym. This annual event brings our community together to hear presentations on what we’ve accomplished this year and where we are going in the future. This serves as my quarterly Principal-Parent Forum, so you won’t want to miss it. We hope to live stream the event via Facebook. I hope to see you on Tuesday!
Campus Ministry:
This week’s virtue is UNDERSTANDING. Below are some helpful resources for parents looking to discuss the strength of Understanding at home: https://www.sportsleader.org/sites/default/files/newsletter-assets/Understanding%20Parent%20PDF.pdf
● Our 10th grade retreat is February 18-20 at St. Therese Camp. Further information will be coming out soon. We are working to ensure safety of all retreatants as the COVID status fluctuates.
● All Students are invited to the St. Benedict Win ter Retreat February 18-20.
● St. Benedict Youth nights are Wednesdays 7-9 p.m. All are welcome!
Happy Birthday this weekend to Joseph Moriarty and Dominic Alfano!
Last Friday students made 181 Sandwiches for Brother Francis Shelter!! Thank you for all your donations; we will be making sandwiches again today in the Upper Room at 1:00 p.m. All are welcome to join us!
- For the repose of the soul of Alec W. Thomson, grandfather of Liam and XinMei
- For those experiencing homelessness, hunger, and isolation especially during these temperatures
- For those affected by the Madagascar floods, Texas wildfires, and Tonga eruption.
- For those in the Philippines suffering from the aftermath of floods and landslides
- For the health and safety of our school families
- For an end to the pandemic
- For unity in our country
Archangel Sports:
Middle School Volleyball
Jamboree Friday, Feb 4th (Location/Time TBD)
High School Girls Basketball
Saturday, Jan 29th vs CIA @ Lumen (1pm) Feb 3-5 at Nenana Invitational Tournament
High School Boys Basketball
Saturday, Jan 29th vs. CIA @ Lumen (2:30pm) Feb 3-5 at Nenana Invitational Tournament
Front Office News:
TWO WEEKS!
So. Many. Great. Things. Happening and the Gala is just 2 weeks away!
First up – there’s a few tickets left in the AK Airlines Raffle – scoop one (or two) up for $50/each, they’re worth $1,250 (each!) and good for anywhere AK Airlines flies. Pretty good return on investment! They’re not going to last much longer, so register today, to buy: https://lchs2022.ggo.bid
Second thing – Door Prizes! Not gonna lie, we were scratching our heads over how to best distribute “virtual” tickets. We now have that dialed in! The night of the auction you simply have to enter your name in the ‘comment’ section of the Facebook live stream feed – members of our crack shot team will be monitoring that and will enter your name into a spreadsheet of assigned numbers. An online random number generator will select the winners of each prize.
Here’s the fine print: you have to have your name entered before 7:10pm. The pre-show starts at 6:45pm, so we recommend you log in early, get your name entered and then get ready for the show which will begin promptly at 7:00pm. More fine print: While there’s no cost to be entered in for a Door Prize Drawing, you must be present online to claim your prize and win.
Door Prize #1 = Airpods Pro
Door Prize #2 = Two nights at the Captain Cook Hotel in a Junior Suite + a $200 gift certificate for the Crow’s Nest
Door Prize #3 = Willow Creek raft trip for four
HOW TO GET INVOLVED:
** Register here for the live and silent events, and to purchase AK Airlines Raffle Tickets: lchsak2022.ggo.bid
** Like 
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** Keep watching our Facebook Page for more information about……everything!
We’ve still got a few JBER spots left for students who would like to put some time in serving those – who serve us! (Parents are also welcome if you would like to earn Share Hours.) As a reminder, this will be on Wednesday, February 2nd from 3:40-7:00pm at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The school bus will be departing from Lumen Christi at 3:40pm and will return to Lumen at 7:00pm. Students may stay after school, as we will provide food to those who volunteer. Let’s encourage our Lumen students to jump on this amazing opportunity! See Mrs.Guzman to sign-up or send an email to lchs@lumenchristiak.org
The USO is a nonprofit support organization whose mission is to connect service members with family, home and country throughout their service to our nation. https://alaska.uso.org/stories/1
Free At-Home COVID-19 tests
The Postal Service is delivering one shipment of 4 COVID tests per residential address. Enter your name, address and email at www.usps.com/covidtest. Note that we also have a robust supply at the school right now, so if you need some before your supply shows up in the mail, don’t hesitate to ask!
National Honor Society (NHS)
Beanie Box Drive for Beans Cafe
The National Honor Society is organizing a “Beanie Box Drive for Beans Cafe” running January 24th- February 4th. Essential items will be collected by grade and boxes of these necessities will be assembled and delivered to Beans Cafe to help during the winter months. Students who donate the following items to their advisories will receive a spirit day and the grade with the highest percent participation will receive an ice cream party:
7th- hats and lotion/ body wash
8th- gloves and deodorant
9th- socks and lip balm
10th- hand/feet warmers
11th- travel shampoo and playing cards 12th- coffee and toilet paper
Volunteer/Parent Share Hours Opportunities
No Place like Home Gala – Dessert “Dash” & Gift Card Sign Up
Archangel Attic
Lumen News – January 6th, 2022
Important Upcoming Dates:
Jan 7: All School Mass at 7:45am
Jan 12: Wednesday Hot Lunch (High School)
Jan 14: All School Mass at 7:45am
Jan 17: MLK Holiday (No School)
Jan 19: Wednesday Hot Lunch (Junior High)
Jan 21: All School Mass at 7:45am
Jan 26: Wednesday Hot Lunch (High School)
Jan 28: All School Mass at 7:45am
Jan 30-Feb 5: Celebrate Catholic Schools Week
Jan 31: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School “Jump Up Day”
Feb 1: Catholic Schools Week Mass at 10am @ OLG
Feb 1: SAVE THE DATE! 6th Annual State of the School Address, 7pm (gym) Feb 12: There’s No Place Like Home ~ Fundraising Gala!
Feb 16-17: P/T Conferences
Feb 18: Inservice Day (No School)
Feb 21: President’s Day Holiday (No School)
Feb 18-20: 10th Grade retreat @ St. Therese’s Camp (St. Ben’s Winter Retreat) Mar 2: Ash Wednesday Mass at 7:45am
Mar 3-5: BB Regions @ Lumen
Mar 4: Inservice (No School–start of Spring Break)
Mar 14: Return from Spring Break
Mar 16-19: BB State Championships
Principal’s Update:
Well, we are off to an interesting spring semester and 2022! We ask you to pray for all those affected by travel delays (we still have many students and families stuck around the country) as well as those impacted by this recent COVID surge (we have several students and family members recovering from illness). I appreciate everyone’s flexibility and support as we started out mask optional but quickly transitioned back to masks as the community numbers increased. We will continue to monitor the situation closely and adjust accordingly. Our primary focus is to continue to keep our doors open to in-person learning despite the challenges we face.
With the colder temperatures, I ask parents to ensure that your son or daughter is “dressed for the weather” each day. I do greet quite a few students entering the school building in the morning and walking around the school without a fleece sweater, jacket, or other warming layer. Students with exposed skin (bare legs for ladies and bare arms for all) will be extremely miserable (and maybe even become hypothermic or frostbitten) in the event of an emergency. In November 2018, following the 7.1 earthquake, we had to evacuate the building and our students stood outside for over an hour while we ensured a suitable alternate location was safe to occupy. We also run monthly fire drills or other evacuation procedures, so please make sure your son or daughter is prepared and dresses accordingly each morning.
Good luck to our Archangel basketball teams who have scrimmages against Homer and Cook Inlet Academy this Friday and Saturday!
Campus Ministry:
This month’s virtue is Prudence. Below are some helpful resources for parents looking to discuss the strength of Prudence at home: https://www.sportsleader.org/sites/default/files/newsletter-assets/Prudence%20Parent%20PDF%202.pdf
● Many thanks to our Junior Legion of Mary that meets every Monday at 1 p.m. for prayer and service. They have spent time making dozens of sandwiches for Brother Francis shelter. We have room for more members!
● Happy Birthday this weekend to Noah Tzetcoff and Isabella Surles!
● Our 10th grade retreat is February 18-20 at St. Therese Camp. Information will be sent out this week.
● St. Benedict Youth nights are Wednesdays 7-9 p.m. All are welcome!
Brother Francis Shelter is desperately in need of sandwiches. Beginning January 14th we will be making meat and cheese sandwiches each Friday from 1-2 p.m. Students are welcome to join us for an hour of service. We are requesting donations of bread, ham, turkey, and cheese slices. You can send them in throughout the week and we will refrigerate them until Friday each week. As needs arise, Catholic Social Services will contact the school and we will work on Fridays to meet them. Later requests might be for socks, gloves, or other items to make cold weather bags. We will let you know as we go. Thank you so much in advance!
- For those experiencing homelessness, hunger, and isolation especially during these temperatures
- For those in Wasilla who have suffered loss from weather
- For those in the Philippines suffering from floods and landslides
- For victims of fires in Colorado
- For and end to the pandemic
- For unity in our country
Archangel Sports:
Middle School Girls Volleyball
Middle School Volleyball practice will begin this upcoming
Monday, January 10, 2022 at the gym
from 4:15-6:00 pm
Interested players, please show up in appropriate workout attire. More information will be given at practice.
Please contact: chrisandkimguzman@gmail.com for any questions.
High School
Boys Basketball Scrimmage game
vs Homer Tomorrow Friday Jan. 7th at 5pm (gym)
vs Tanana Monday, Jan. 10th at 6pm (gym)
Girls Basketball
Scrimmage game vs CIA Saturday, Jan. 8th at 1pm
Rifle Program
Mr. Ross would like to continue our rifle program this spring with all “NEW SHOOTERS” (meaning those that did not shoot in the fall). Signups will start on Monday, January 10, and will be limited to 8 students total. Open to both junior high and high school students. Practices will take place during the 7th period starting Tuesday, January 18th through Thursday, April 2nd. We will be participating in the Orion 2022 National Air Rifle New Shooter League, with weekly “virtual” competitions against teams from around the nation. For more information, contact Mr. Ross at bross@lumenchristiak.org
Front Office News:
LUMENary Drive
And that’s a WRAP! With true heartfelt thanks for the generosity of so many, we’re thrilled to announce that we met both our financial and our fingers-crossed-timeline goals for this year’s LUMENary Drive! With an as-of-today total of $76,058.00 we’re officially at 101.41% of our $75,000 goal, which last year, took us until the end of April to meet. The generosity of Lumen families and community supporters is extraordinary. Thank You!
Parent Shout Outs
A huge shout out to the Anchorage Lion’s Club and to Cathy Medland, R.N. for organizing the free Vision and Hearing checks for our students and staff this past Tuesday! We are all so thankful!
Another huge shout out to Michelle Hohmann, Sherry Strizak, Bob Gunderson and John Mitchell for their amazing HOT LUNCH teamwork last semester! Thank you for picking right back up this week and continuing hot lunch for this spring semester! You are awesome!
Remind Text Messages
Just a FYI for parents, the Remind Team has recently notified us that they will be assigning new Remind phone numbers to SMS users. Feel free to save the number when you receive our next phone text/message from us! If you have never received school text messages, please contact: lchs@lumenchristiak.org and Mrs. Guzman will add you to the list!
Lumen Legacy
27th Annual Gala Fundraiser
Invitations will be out in the mail tomorrow; donations are coming in; the bidding site will open soon and the Gala Team has some amazing and oh-so-clever things planned to help make this the best event ever! Intrigued? You should be…..stay tuned!
This week’s Lumen Legacy spotlight is on Trey Bernert (2018). Up until last semester, Trey had been attending Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, but decided that path wasn’t his path! He left NAU, is working and saving money to open his own ice cream shop “Starry Sky Creamery.” Family reports it’s been a fun change to see Trey’s inspiration, initiative and most importantly his passion for this new path. And as Trey reports “Bill Gates dropped out his first semester of junior year as well so my company will be the Microsoft of Ice Cream.”
Trey, if anyone is going to succeed at this it’s you – we’re with you 100% (and hopefully will score some free samples if we’re in AZ and pop by to visit.) Cheers to you, and thanks for checking in!
Other alumni students and families – we’d love to hear from you! Email LCHS@lumenchristiak.org to tell us what you’re up to these days.
Volunteer/Parent Share Hours Opportunities
Coming Soon! Parish Ambassadors to Speak at weekend Masses on Jan 29-30th about Lumen, the Second Collection for Catholic Schools, and the Gala
No Place like Home Gala – Dessert “Dash”
Archangel Attic
Lumen News – December 17th, 2021
Important Upcoming Dates:
Dec 16-18: High School BB Tournament @ Lumen
Dec 17-Jan 2: Christmas Break
Jan 3: Start of Second Semester
Jan 17: MLK Holiday (No School)
Jan 30-Feb 5: Celebrate Catholic Schools Week
Feb 1: SAVE THE DATE! 6th Annual State of the School Address, 7pm
Feb 12: There’s No Place Like Home ~ Fundraising Gala!
Feb 16-17: P/T Conferences
Feb 18: Inservice Day (No School)
Feb 21: President’s Day Holiday (No School)
Feb 18-20: 10th Grade retreat (St. Ben’s Winter Retreat)
Mar 2: Ash Wednesday Mass at 7:45am
Mar 3-5: BB Regions @ Lumen
Mar 4: Inservice (No School–start of Spring Break)
Mar 14: Return from Spring Break
Mar 16-19: BB State Championships
Principal’s Update:
Thank you to all the families who brought in cookies, cakes, and all things sweet and tasty this week! We deeply appreciate your generosity and kindness! And your baking skills!
On behalf of our faculty and staff, we wish everyone a merry Christmas and a blessed New Year! See everyone in 2022! Stay safe and healthy!
Campus Ministry:
Here are some helpful resources for parents looking to discuss the strength of SILENCE at home:
https://www.sportsleader.org/sites/default/files/newsletter-assets/Silence%20Parent%20PDF.pdf
Happy Birthday over the holidays to Bryce Sanders, Lilly Muller, Kaylee Connker
For a blessed, peaceful Christmas to all our families
For Peace on Earth to Men of Good Will
For those in need of care especially during this Christmas season, May God show us how to care for them.
Archangel Sports:
December 16th -18th Girls @ 5pm Boys @ 7pm
All 3 nights
Middle School Volleyball
If your child is interested in playing volleyball Please contact coach Warren as soon as possible:athletics@lumenchristiak.org
Front Office News:
27th Annual Gala Fundraiser
When we come back from Christmas Break, we’ll be on the count down with just six weeks until GO time! Until then, the Gala Team wishes you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas, and Joyous New Year.
FREE Vision and Hearing Checks
On Tuesday, January 4th, the Anchorage Lion’s Club will be onsite conducting free vision and hearing checks. All students will be offered the opportunity to get screened but of course are under no obligation to do so. As parents you can tell them to opt out and remain in their classroom when it’s their turn to go down. Hearty thanks to Lu-Mom Cathy Medland, R.N. for organizing this for our community!
Lumen Legacy
This week’s Lumen Legacy spotlight is on Meghan Childs (2016). Meghan is currently in Rochester, NY where she moved for her graduate studies after graduating from the University of Portland with a B.S. in Applied Mathematics. She is currently a second year PhD student at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in their Mathematical Modeling program. She will graduate this coming May with her M.S. in Applied & Computational Mathematics and will continue studying at RIT for her doctorate where she is researching the spread of Covid-19 on college campuses. She says she enjoys working on research where new information is rapidly appearing and the results have a direct impact and importance in our current day to day life. Thanks Meghan, for checking in. Other alumni students and families – we’d love to hear from you! Email LCHS@lumenchristiak.org to tell us what you’re up to these days. And hearty apologies to Shon Nagel who is enrolled at Northern Arizona University, not Arizona State University as stated last week. Sorry Shon!
LUMENary Drive
We’re thrilled to report that thanks to our amazing Lumen community, we’re currently at 94.2% of our $75,000 goal! A mere $4,347 left to raise before we close the books on this year’s Annual Drive.
157 families or individuals have contributed to get us where we are, of those, 111, or 71% are school families or extended families (aunts, uncles, grandparents); faculty, staff or school board members. We truly are humbled by the giving, especially by families who make additional sacrifices in order to pay tuition.
We’re confident that we’ll reach the $75,000 mark by December 31st (last year it took us until late-April to do so!) Know that we couldn’t have done it without each and every gift, no matter the size, so again – thank you. The generosity of Lumen families is extraordinary. Thank you….and Merry Christmas.
(And just remember, if anyone is asking you what you want for Christmas, tell them you don’t need another pair of gloves or socks, but that a donation to Lumen would be the best gift ever!) Forward them this email and tell them to open their camera, then hold it over the QR code below to get started.
Late Arrival/Early Dismissal Forms
Students with Late Arrival and/or Early Dismissal will have to turn in a new form next semester. Ms. Brewer and Mrs. Guzman will have them available for those students.
Check out what one of our Lumen seniors made and let’s support young artists!
Frankie’s amazing work is up for sale! (see flyer below) Contact information for purchase: francescal@lumenchristi.com
Volunteer/Parent Share Hours Opportunities
No Place like Home Gala – Desserts
Archangel Attic