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Lumen News – December 20, 2018

Important Upcoming Dates:

Dec 20-22: HS Lumen Basketball Tournament
Dec 21: Christmas Break Begins
Dec 22: “A Christmas Carol” at SEAS (details below)
Jan 7th: All School Rosary, 2pm
Jan 8th: Gala Meeting, 7pm
Jan 10th: All School Mass, 9am
Jan 9th: SCREENAGERS movie screening, 7pm (details below)
Jan 10th: Principal-Parent Forum, 6:30pm (details below)
Jan 15th: Gala Meeting, 7pm
Jan 17th: All School Mass, 9am
Jan 21st: MLK Holiday (No School)
Jan 28th: All Catholic Schools Mass, 10am
Jan 28th: 1st Semester Academic Awards Assembly, 2pm
Jan 28th: 3rd Annual State of the School, 7pm
Feb 3rd: Lumen Christi/St. Benedict’s Community Mass, 10:30am
Feb 9th: Winter Wonderland GALA!

Principal’s Update:

Our school has been very busy as we approach Christmas! Here are some highlights:

Throughout Advent each day, we have joined together as a community around our “Jesse Tree” in the front of the school. After prayer and Scripture reading, we place ornaments on the tree representing the people and events in the Bible leading up to the birth of Christ.
Our 9th graders went on a day long retreat last Friday, spending time reflecting on serving others and finishing the day wrapping care packages at Brother Francis Shelter.
On the same day, our junior high students made “Beanie Boxes” of hygiene materials, gloves, hats, and hand warmers and personally delivered a dozen boxes to Bean’s Cafe.
All of our students participated in an Advent Reconciliation Service last week, with an opportunity for prayerful reflection, adoration, and confession before Christmas.
In support of the Knights of Columbus Polar Bear Plunge team, four of our students and couple of faculty members jumped into Goose Lake last weekend to raise money for the Special Olympics. The St. Benedict’s Knights chapter placed in the top 10 of all fundraising teams, earning nearly $6,000 for the Special Olympics program!
Finally, our junior high boys basketball team won 2nd place in the Alaska Christian Schools Activity Association (ACSAA) tournament, while our girls team earned FIRST PLACE honors beating out Birchwood Christian Academy in the final game. Way to go, Archangels!

On another special note, our high school boys basketball team participated in our first ever SportsLeader Jersey Ceremony this past week. In this emotionally moving and prayerful event, our Dads, Moms, and loved ones proudly presented their son/nephew with their sports jersey after telling the gathered crowd about what makes their athlete special and unique. We had some good laughs, told some good stories, shed a few tears, and learned more about the God-given talents and qualities of each member of our boys team. We look forward to hosting a similar ceremony for our high school girls basketball team when we return from Christmas break. We also wish both of our Archangel high school basketball teams a successful and blessed season!

Based on requests from several parents, we are hosting a “Principal-Parent Forum” on Thursday, January 10th at 6:30pm in the school library. All parents are invited to attend to discuss current and future policies, procedures, and programs at Lumen and ask any questions of me you may have. I look forward to seeing you there!

Finally, we want to say farewell to Agustin and Sofia Londono, our 7th grade international students from Colombia, as they return home in early January. We knew they were only here for a semester, but they made lasting friendships and connections with all of us here at Lumen. They will be missed greatly by students and staff alike. Safe travels and blessings to them and a special thanks to Brent and Anita Bristow for hosting them here in Anchorage.

On behalf of the staff here at Lumen , we wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a blessed New Year! Thank you for your support!

LUMEN-ary Drive:

LUMEN-ary Drive Update: The end of our LUMEN-ary drive is in sight! As of today, December 20th we have cash-in-the-door of $29,180! With one last push before Christmas we can surely reach our goal of $40,000. Thank you to all who have supported our campaign thus far, both through financial contribution and by encouraging your students to write personal notes to friends and family. (To date, we’ve had 33 students send out 66 personal cards resulting in $4,925!) Please remember that a successful LUMEN-ary Drive is critical to our school’s financial stability. Thank you, and Merry Christmas!

Campus Ministry:

Many Christmas Blessings and Much Love to All Our Families!

We say goodbye to Sophia and Augustine as they return home. You will be greatly missed!
Thank you Coach Trombley, AD Warren, Mr. Ross, and Fr. Whitney for a wonderful Jersey Ceremony! Your dedication to our Faith and our players is truly appreciated.
Congratulations Polar Plungers Trey Bernert, Mai Do, Megan Flaherty, Juan Ramirez, Kaiya Thorsness, and Fr. Tom. Our team raised just under $6,000 for Special Olympics Alaska!
January 18th we will have an evening of prayer, meal and fellowship, for teens and parents! Please mark your calendars. Further information to come.
Our 9th Grade Retreat was wonderful. Thank you parents for providing lunch!

We have Mass on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:15am in our Archangel Chapel, and each Thursday at 9am at St. Benedict Church. Please join us!

Youth Night is held at St. Benedict Church each Wednesday – all high school Lumen students are welcome! Several Theology teachers offer extra credit for Faith events attended outside school hours. Students can check with teachers.

Prayer Spot:

Please remember the following in your prayers this week:

Safe travel for Sophia and Augustine as they return home this Christmas
For those who have lost loved ones, as we move into the Holiday Season
The repose of the soul Blanca Partidas, aunt of Juan Ramirez
For the Ramirez Family
All first responders
All those recovering from the earthquake and its aftershocks.

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:

Congrats to our Middle School Basketball Teams who placed second (Boys) and first (Girls) in our Middle School Basketball tournament! Congrats to all of our Archangels who supported each other and came together as true teams this season.

Our High School team is still a go for hosting the Lumen Invitational Tournament on December 18 – 20. The tournament will kick off at the Arctic Rec Center TODAY! The first boys game is at 1p, girls kick off at 3p. Tomorrow, 12/21, girls play at 4p and boys at 6p. Final games on Saturday 12/22 are at 10a (girls) and 4p (boys.) We’re looking forward to a great start to our High School Basketball Season with this tournament!

On a final note, please see the attached letter from the Superintendent of the Cordova School District, regarding our Archangel Girl’s volleyball team. We couldn’t be more proud of them and can’t think of a better way for their season to have ended, than with the recognition of their behavior both on and off the court. Way to go Archangel Volley Ball Team, thank you for representing our school so well.

School Announcement:

SCREENAGERS Movie Screening

Lumen Christi High School and West Anchorage High School would like to invite you and your family to a free viewing of the film “SCREENAGERS: Growing up in the Digital Age” on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at the West Anchorage High School Auditorium from 7:00-8:30pm. This documentary explores the physical, social, and mental impacts of increased screen time on the current generation of teenagers, specifically looking at challenges associated with cell phones, social media, and video games. The film also offers suggestions to help parents, teens, and educators work to create a healthy balance while functioning in the digital world in which we live. The film is free and open to the public. More information is available at https://www.screenagersmovie.com/. We hope to see you there!

Class of 2019 Senior Memory Pages

SENIORS!! We know you’re tired of hearing it, and we’re tired of repeating it – so git’er done!

If you and your family opted to create your own Senior Memory Page, it is due Tuesday January 22nd. This must be a digital file that is submitted to Mrs. Spillers. Price is $100.00. If you have yet to pay, please do so at the front office.
If you have chosen to have the Yearbook Staff create your Senior Memory Page, photos for were due this week and hopefully you’ve turned them all in! If you haven’t yet paid your $150, please do so at the front office.

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Lumen News – December 13, 2018

Important Upcoming Dates:

Dec 14th: 9th Grade Retreat
Dec 15th: Special Olympics Polar Plunge
Dec 15th: Archdiocese Junior High Fun Day (details below)
Dec 18-20th: Final Exams (see schedule below)
Dec 20-22 HS Lumen Basketball Tournament
Dec 21: Christmas Break Begins
Dec 22: “A Christmas Carol” at SEAS (details below)

Principal’s Update:

Each year we solicit student artwork for our annual Christmas card. Congratulations to Isabella Farro (class of 2019) and Mikayla Terry (class of 2020) for submitting the winning designs! These cards will be sent to our Lumen families and friends in thanksgiving for the past year and the next year to come.

It’s been a great (and exciting – think earthquake) year so far.

Good luck to all students as we head into finals week!

LUMEN-ary Drive:

LUMEN-ary Drive Update: Good news! We continue to slowly move towards our goal of $40,000. As of Wednesday, December 12th, we have cash-in-the-door of $26,209. Thank you to all who have supported this important campaign to date. Please remember that a successful LUMEN-ary Drive is critical to our school’s financial stability. One of the ways to encourage greater participation in the LUMEN-ary Drive is to have your son/daughter send out a personal note to extended family and friends along with LUMEN-ary Drive information. National ‘best practices” show that extended family members and friends are excited to help support the mission of Catholic education. To date, 31 families have sent a total of 55 personal notecards through the school, and recipients of these personal notecards have responded with a total of $4,000 It’s working! Let’s work together to achieve our goal of raising the $40,000 by Christmas! Thank you!

Campus Ministry:

Our Advent Penance Service was wonderful yesterday. Thank you to students, teachers and especially Fr. Tom Lily, Fr. Robert Whitney, Fr. Hank Grodecki, and Fr. Armand Dice, who heard confessions.
Our 9th grade Service Retreat is planned for this Friday, December 14 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. We will meet in the Library after morning prayer. Morning sessions conclude at 11:30 for lunch and we leave for Brother Francis Shelter at noon. Students will be back on campus at 2:30. Thank you parents for preparing lunch for our 9th graders!
It’s not too late – please join our team and take the Polar Plunge for Special Olympics! Our jump time is 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 15. To register go to:

Take the Polar Plunge! Special Olympic Alaska
Click on Register or Donate
Click on “search”
Click on “team search”
click “Families of the Knights”
Click on “join the team”

Our boys’ basketball team will be starting their season this coming Monday with prayer and jersey ceremony. Please keep them in your prayers.
December 18th we will be having an evening of prayer and fellowship, and food for teens and parents! Please mark your calendars. Further information to come.

We have Mass on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:15am in our Archangel Chapel, and each Thursday at 9am at St. Benedict Church. Please join us!

Prayer Spot:

Please remember the following in your prayers this week:

The repose of the soul Blanca Partidas, aunt of Juan Ramirez
For the Ramirez Family
All first responders
All those recovering from the earthquake and its aftershocks.

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:

Today! The Middle School Basketball Tournament which was interrupted by the earthquake resumes at 3pm today (girls) and 4pm (boys.) Come cheer the Archangels on over at the Arctic Rec Center (4855 Arctic Blvd, in between Tudor and International.) This is a single elimination tournament – if our teams lose against Birchwood today they’ll be out of the tournament. If they prevail they’ll play for the Championship tomorrow at the Arctic Rec Center. Go Archangels!

Our High School team is still a go for hosting the Lumen Invitational Tournament on December 18 – 20. The tournament will kick off at the Arctic Rec Center, with times to be announced.

School Announcements:

Missing Coats

When the earthquake hit two weeks ago, coats and sweatshirts that were easy to grab from the student room were distributed primarily to kids coming from gym class who were evacuating out into the cold, dressed only in shorts and a t-shirt. Some students and one teacher are still missing coats and sweatshirts. If your student came home from school the day of the earthquake wearing something that didn’t look familiar, please return it to Mrs. Gore at the Front Desk so it can be returned to its owner.

Lost & Found

Speaking of lost items…there is a large collection of coats, hats, sweatshirts, lunch boxes etc hanging up in the student room for easy viewing, and hopefully reunification with their rightful owner! All items not claimed by Friday, December 21st will be given to the Archangel Attic.

Schedule Changes for Next Semester

Students who need any schedule changes for next semester need to see Mrs. Brewer ASAP. Please don’t wait until the last minute to let her know.

Online Course Work

Students taking online courses who need proctoring must schedule testing before the end of the semester. No one will be available during the holidays to do this. See Mrs. Brewer if you have questions.

Reminder: Finals Week!

Finals week (December 17-20) is right around the corner. The schedule for that week will be:

Monday – Normal Schedule, 7:45-2:30p.

Tuesday – Finals in Periods 1 & 2 with early dismissal at 11:15a.

Wednesday – Finals in Periods 3 & 4 with early dismissal at 11:15a.

Thursday – Finals in Periods 5 & 6 with early dismissal at 11:15a. (Note for interested Jr. High students: Mr. B. and the Big A/little a’s will be showing a moving in the gym for interested 7th & 8th grade students. If you student wishes to stay for this, they can be picked up at 2p instead of 11:15a.)

Friday – No school!

Thanks to those of you who signed up to bring in snacks for finals! Please drop all items off with Mrs. Gore at the front desk.

Does your Student Participate in sports outside of Lumen?

If your student does any type of sport – swimming, dance, martial arts, football, etc…outside of Lumen, please send a photo of them participating in their activity so that we can include it in this year’s yearbook. Please send the digital file to mspillers@lumenchristiak.org by Monday, December 17th.

SCRIP Order

LAST ONE BEFORE CHRISTMAS and the deadline is Friday, December 14 at 6pm. Gift cards make great Christmas presents so place your order online at www.shopwithscrip.com. If you’re setting up an account on shopwithscrip.com for the first time, Lumen’s enrollment code is: B968B67E44853. Questions on the Scrip program can be directed to Celine at kap.celine@gmail.com. Thank you for supporting Lumen Christi’s fundraising efforts by purchasing gift cards through Scrip!

Class of 2019 Senior Memory Pages

SENIORS!! Now that your senior portraits have been submitted, it’s time to get working on your Senior Memory Page. Please adhere to the following due dates:

If you and your family opted to create your own Senior Memory Page, it is due Tuesday January 22nd. This must be a digital file that is submitted to Mrs. Spillers. Price is $100.00. If you have yet to pay, please do so at the front office.
If you have chosen to have the Yearbook Staff create your Senior Memory Page, photos for your page are due Monday December 17th. These photos must be in digital format and submitted to Mrs. Spillers. Price is $150.00. If you have yet to pay, please do so at the front office.

Calling All Photographers!

If you have pictures of your student participating in any sports, clubs, or Lumen-affiliated activities, please send them to Mrs. Spillers (mspillers@lumenchristiak.org) so that we can include them in our 2018-2019 Yearbook. Thank you!

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas ghost story will be presented over at our sister school St. Elizabeth Ann Seton at 2p on Saturday, December 22nd. Recommended for ages 13 and older, tickets for the show are $15 and are available for purchase in both the St. Elizabeth and Lumen front offices.

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Lumen News – December 6, 2018

Important Upcoming Dates:

Dec 10-14: Secret Santa
Dec 11th: All-School Advent Reconciliation Service, 9:30am
Dec 13th: All School Mass, 9am
Dec 14th: 9th Grade Retreat
Dec 15th: Special Olympics Polar Plunge
Dec 15th: Archdiocese Junior High Fun Day (details below)
Dec 18-20th: Final Exams (see schedule below)
Dec 20-22 HS Lumen Basketball Tournament
Dec 21: Christmas Break Begins
Dec 22: “A Christmas Carol” at SEAS (details below)

Principal’s Update:

We live in interesting and exciting times! I feel confident that we have tried to communicate with you as much as possible over the past week after the earthquake on the 30th. I do not have much to update you on other than it is good to have our students back in school. The earthquake (and the daily aftershocks–enough already!) did not diminish the laughter, smiles, and cheer in the classrooms, library, and the hallway. It is a blessing to start each day in Advent prayer together in the front foyer and hang ornaments on our Jesse Tree. And it is good that we are approaching the end of the semester, finals, and a well-deserved Christmas break.

As most of you know already, the Jingle Bell Run scheduled for Dec 8th has been cancelled, so we will not be meeting up at the UAA Student Union on Saturday. This is unfortunate, but I am pleased to report that we are the #3 top fundraising team with a total of $515 raised to support the Arthritis Foundation! Thank you for all your support and we will turn our attention on the Special Olympics Polar Bear Plunge scheduled for Dec 15th. We hope you can join us at Goose Lake!

Finally, as you will see below, our personal note writing campaign by students for the LUMEN-ary Drive is meeting with great success. Thank you to all the parents who have sent in addresses of friends and family and encouraged your son or daughter to write a personal notecard. Thank you to the students who have written these notes. This past two weeks, we received two $1000 checks and several $50-250 ones from loved ones–touched by the personal note of our students–to support Catholic education at our school! That is awesome! We hope you will continue to prayerfully consider your own donation to the LUMEN-ary Drive and solicit others to do the same! Thank you!

LUMEN-ary Drive:

LUMEN-ary Drive Update: Good news! We are more than half-way to our goal of $40,000! As of Wednesday, Nov. 29th, we have cash-in-the-door of $22,645. Thank you to all who have supported this important campaign to date. Please remember that a successful LUMEN-ary Drive is critical to our school’s financial stability. Since we did not sell “Gold Cards” this year we’re asking each school family to voluntarily cooperate in raising at least $500 to help balance the school’s budget. While you are not obligated to pay this additional amount, our hope is that you will ask extended family and friends to support Lumen Christi’s mission of offering a “rigorous Catholic education in a Christlike environment.” One of the ways to encourage greater participation in the LUMEN-ary Drive is to have your son/daughter send out a personal note to extended family and friends along with LUMEN-ary Drive information. National ‘best practices” show that extended family members and friends are excited to help support the mission of Catholic education. To date, 31 families have sent a total of 55 personal notecards through the school, and recipients of these personal notecards have responded with a total of $3,650. It’s working! Let’s work together to achieve our goal of raising the $40,000 by Christmas! Thank you!

Campus Ministry:

Jingle Bell Run – CANCELLED! Thanks to all who signed up to run, we’ll see you next year.
Our 9th grade Service Retreat is planned for next Friday, December 14 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. We will meet in the Library after morning prayer. Morning sessions conclude at 11:30 for lunch and we leave for Brother Francis Shelter at noon. Students will be back on campus at 2:30.
It’s not too late – please join our team and take the Polar Plunge for Special Olympics! Our jump time is 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 15. To register go to: https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx…and sign up under the team “Families of the Knights”
January 18th we will be having an evening of prayer and fellowship, and food for teens and parents! Please mark your calendars. Further information to come.

We have Mass on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:15am in our Archangel Chapel, and each Thursday at 9am at St. Benedict Church. Please join us!

Upcoming Events:

Prayer Spot:

Please remember the following in your prayers this week:

- All first responders
- All those recovering from last week’s earthquake
- The families and communities affected by violence
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:

The Lumen High School basketball teams will be hosting the Lumen Invitational Tournament on December 18 – 20. As noted above, we sustained damage to the gym floor so the location is still to be determined. Watch this space in Lumen News for updates! We’re also looking for space so that we can complete our Middle School Tournament. Stay tuned.

School Announcements:

Finals Week

Finals week (December 17-20) will be here before we know it. The schedule for that week will be: Monday – Normal Schedule, 7:45-2:30p.

Tuesday – Finals in Periods 1 & 2 with early dismissal at 11:15a.

Wednesday – Finals in Periods 3 & 4 with early dismissal at 11:15a.

Thursday – Finals in Periods 5 & 6 with early dismissal at 11:15a.

Friday – No school!

In keeping with tradition, we’ll be requesting donations of healthy snacks that students can enjoy during a short break between finals each day. Be on the lookout for a message from SignUp.com about that!

Jr. High Fun Day

The Archdiocese of Anchorage is sponsoring a Jr. High Fun Day on Saturday, December 15th at the Dimond Mall. This 9a-5p event will include ice skating, bowling AND a movie!

Class of 2019 Senior Memory Pages

Now that your Senior Portraits have been submitted, it’s time to get working on your Senior Memory Page. Please adhere to the following due dates:

If you and your family opted to create your own Senior Memory Page, it is due Tuesday January 22nd. This must be a digital file that is submitted to Mrs. Spillers. Price is $100.00. If you have yet to pay, please do so at the front office.
If you have chosen to have the Yearbook Staff create your Senior Memory Page, photos for your page are due Monday December 17th. These photos must be in digital format and submitted to Mrs. Spillers. Price is $150.00. If you have yet to pay, please do so at the front office.

Calling All Photographers!

A Christmas Carol

Be a Santa to a Senior

No, not the senior class, but the seniors in our community! Each year there are many elderly residents in our community for whom the holidays pass without a visit from anyone, let alone a gift. The “Be a Santa to a Senior” organization seeks to change that and would like our help. Simply stop by either of the locations below and pull an “ornament of need” off of the tree. Purchase the gift and return it (unwrapped) by December 10th to the tree where you pulled the ornament from. For more information, visit BeaSantatoaSenior.com or call 907-277-4663. Thank you for going the extra mile for someone in need, in our community.

Tree locations:

• Home Instead Senior Care 440 W. Benson Blvd.

• Dr. John D. Frost, Lake Otis Medical Plaza 4100 Suite #302

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Lumen News – November 29, 2018

Important Upcoming Dates:

Nov 29th-30th, Dec 1st: Middle School Basketball Tournament at Lumen Christi
Nov 30th: Archdiocese of Anchorage Youth Dodgeball Tournament
Dec 2nd: Start of Advent
Dec 3rd: All School Rosary, 2pm
Dec 4th: Gala Meeting, 7pm
Dec 6th: Feast of St. Nicholas/All School Mass, 9am
Dec 8th: Arthritis Foundation Jingle Bell Run, 11:15am
Dec 11th: All-School Advent Reconciliation Service, 9:30am
Dec 11th: Gala Meeting, 7pm
Dec 13th: All School Mass, 9am
Dec 13-15th: High School Basketball Tournament @ CIA
Dec 14th: 9th Grade Retreat
Dec 15th: Special Olympics Polar Plunge
Dec 18-20th: Final Exams
Dec 21: Christmas Break Begins

Principal’s Update:

WHAT.A.GREAT.WEEK! Our junior high basketball teams continued their season with victories against Anchor Lutheran earlier in the week and will compete in the Alaska Christian Schools Activity Association (ACSAA) tournament starting today through Saturday in our gym. Please come out to support our middle school Archangels and their teammates from 5th and 6th grade from St. Elizabeth’s!

On Wednesday, we held a luncheon and tour for parish priests from Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Andrew’s (Eagle River), St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (SEAS), St. Patrick’s, Holy Cross, and Holy Family Cathedral. The priests started their day with a tour at SEAS and then came over to Lumen to see the K-12 continuum of Catholic education we are blessed to have here in Anchorage. We hope these priests will go back to their parishes and spread the good news about our school.

Today, we are hosting two prospective new students (a 7th grader from Mears and a 10th grader from Service) on a “shadow day.” By shadowing a Lumen student, these days are a great way for potential students to get to know our school, our schedule, and our students and to learn about life as a Lumen Archangel. We pray that these students, as well as another prospective 7th grader who will visit next week, decide to come to Lumen starting in January.

Finally, at least ten 6-person high school age teams from parishes all over Anchorage and Wasilla (including three from Lumen) will converge on the Lumen gym from 6:30-9pm Friday night to participate in the Archdiocese of Anchorage Youth Dodgeball Tournament. Our students are always mentioning they want to have more youth involved in our school community. This event is a means to do that, under the spirit of our faith (and a little healthy competition, of course)! Therefore, I have challenged our students to fill our bleachers Friday night with their spirit and pride. Any Lumen student that shows up to support and cheer on our teams IN LUMEN SPIRIT WEAR will get a free candy or bag of popcorn from the concession stand. Rumor has it the Archdiocese will be bringing pizza as well, so make it a fun, family night and come watch some dodgeball! We hope to see you there!

LUMEN-ary Drive:

LUMEN-ary Drive Update: Good news! We are more than half-way to our goal of $40,000! As of Wednesday, Nov. 29th, we have cash-in-the-door of $20,695. Thank you to all who have supported this important campaign to date. Please remember that a successful LUMEN-ary Drive is critical to our school’s financial stability. Since we did not sell “Gold Cards” this year we’re asking each school family to voluntarily cooperate in raising at least $500 to help balance the school’s budget. While you are not obligated to pay this additional amount, our hope is that you will ask extended family and friends to support Lumen Christi’s mission of offering a “rigorous Catholic education in a Christlike environment.” One of the ways to encourage greater participation in the LUMEN-ary Drive is to have your son/daughter send out a personal note to extended family and friends along with LUMEN-ary Drive information. National ‘best practices” show that extended family members and friends are excited to help support the mission of Catholic education. To date, 29 families have sent a total of 53 personal notecards through the school, and recipients of these personal notecards have responded with a total of $2,600. It’s working! Let’s work together to achieve our goal of raising the $40,000 by Christmas! Thank you!

Campus Ministry:

We have three full teams for tomorrow night’s dodgeball tournament! Teams meet in the gym tomorrow night at 6:30 pm
Please join our Lumen Christi Jingle Bell Run team. The run takes place on Dec. 8, 2018 and benefits The Arthritis Foundation. Students, teachers and families had a great time last year. You can sign up through this link: https://events.arthritis.org/team/lumenarchangels.
Our 9th grade Service Retreat is planned for Friday, December 14 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. We will meet in the Library after morning prayer. Morning sessions conclude at 11:30 for lunch and we leave for Brother Francis Shelter at noon. Students will be back on campus at 2:30. We are looking for drivers to transport students to and from Brother Francis Shelter. Please contact Mrs. Loeffler is you are able to help out! Permission slips were sent home today.
Please join our team and take the Polar Plunge for Special Olympics! Our jump time is 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 15. To register go to: https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx…and sign up under the team “Families of the Knights”
Our first parent discussion group brought us into some very deep and relevant conversation. Please join on December 9th for our next meeting at 4 p.m. in the school library.
January 18th we will be having an evening of prayer and fellowship, and food for teens and parents! Please mark your calendars. Further information to come.

We have Mass on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:15am in our Archangel Chapel, and each Thursday at 9am at St. Benedict Church. Please join us!

Upcoming Events

Prayer Spot:

Please remember the following in your prayers this week:

- All first responders
- The families and communities affected by violence
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:

The Middle School Basketball Tournament starts at 3p today! Come and cheer on our teams, the first Lumen games are at 4p (girls) and 5p (boys.) GO ARCHANGELS!!

Student Spotlight:

Our students do amazing things, both on campus and off. We’ll be using this new section of Lumen News to highlight those who have accomplished or contributed something extra over the past week.

*Parents/Guardians – if your student has done something that deserves “Spotlight” recognition, please let Mrs. Gore at the Front Desk know!

School Announcements:

Class of 2019 Senior Memory Pages

Now that your Senior Portraits have been submitted, it’s time to get working on your Senior Memory Page. Please adhere to the following due dates:

If you and your family opted to create your own Senior Memory Page, it is due Tuesday January 22nd. This must be a digital file that is submitted to Mrs. Spillers. Price is $100.00. If you have yet to pay, please do so at the front office.
If you have chosen to have the Yearbook Staff create your Senior Memory Page, photos for your page are due Monday December 17th. These photos must be in digital format and submitted to Mrs. Spillers. Price is $150.00. If you have yet to pay, please do so at the front office.

Calling All Photographers!

A Christmas Carol

Be a Santa to a Senior

Tree locations:

• Home Instead Senior Care 440 W. Benson Blvd.

• Dr. John D. Frost, Lake Otis Medical Plaza 4100 Suite #302

https://www.ktva.com/story/37003473/be-a-santa-to-a-senior

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Lumen News – November 21, 2018

Important Upcoming Dates:

Nov 22-25: Thanksgiving Break
Nov 26th: MS Basketball vs Anchor Lutheran at 5 and 6:15 pm at Lumen Christi
Nov 27th: GALA Meeting, 7:00p in the Library
Nov 28th: Archdiocesan Priest Luncheon and Tour, 12-1:30pm
Nov 28th: 7th and 8th Graders Attend “Air Play” (details below)
Nov 28 – 30th: MS Basketball Tournament at Lumen Christi
Nov 29th: All School Mass, 9am
Nov 30th: Archdiocese of Anchorage Youth Dodgeball Tournament
Dec 2nd: Start of Advent
Dec 3rd: All School Rosary, 2pm
Dec 6th: Feast of St. Nicholas/All School Mass, 9am
Dec 8th: Arthritis Foundation Jingle Bell Run
Dec 13th: All School Mass, 9am
Dec 14th: 9th Grade Retreat
Dec 15th: Special Olympics Polar Plunge
Dec 18-20th: Final Exams
Dec 21: Christmas Break Begins

Principal’s Update:

This past couple of weeks has brought some disturbing news about graffiti and threats within the Anchorage School District. We pray for the students, staff, and parents of those schools. I will reiterate that even though we have a lot going on here at Lumen, the safety and security of our students is my number one priority. This is why we installed an electronic door lock and camera on our front entryway a couple of years ago and why we continue to run fire alarm and lockdown drills on a monthly basis. I, and many of the staff here, receive the “Nixle” information updates from the Anchorage Police Department. As an example of the safety/security assessments we make daily, based on the events and information coming out of ASD, our Dean of Students, Mr. Bauzon, and I made a decision to have our students eat lunch in the school this week instead of walking back and forth across the parking lot to the Parish Hall. As you go into a well-deserved Thanksgiving Break, please know that we work hard to provide a safe and secure environment each and every day so our students can spend their time here learning, growing, and developing in body, mind, and spirit.

Ready for some good news?

Our high school girls volleyball team participated in a tournament in Cordova last weekend, traveling to and from on the Alaska state ferry system. Congratulations to Sophia Dupras, Class of 2020, who earned All-Tournament Honors and thanks to the parent volunteers who chaperoned the trip!
Last Friday, our 10th grade students took time away from their studies and went on retreat all day, culminating with putting their faith in action by cleaning and stocking shelves at the Catholic Social Services’ Food Pantry.
Thanks to an all-school charity drive, we donated over 600 boxes of stuffing mix on Friday, in time to support the Thanksgiving Blessing Project this week here in Anchorage.
Seven prospective families (all potential 7th graders) attended our fall Open House on Nov 8!
Thanks to your sharing, and some “boosting,” on Facebook, one of our marketing videos had over 9,500 views. The other had over 7,900 views! The majority of these are views within the Anchorage area. We do not want to be the “best kept secret”!
We hosted twenty 6th graders from our sister school, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, last week. The students attended Mass, built spaghetti noodle and marshmallow structures, completed a scavenger hunt which took them to every corner of the school, and ate lunch with our students. We pray that many of these awesome students will become Archangels next fall!
Finally, the Virtue of the Week is BRAVE; the strength to conquer fear while overcoming difficulties and overcoming temptations. For a great and catchy video highlighting the brave actions of so many in reaching out to help and love their neighbor, look here: https://www.sportsleader.org/video/give-a-little-love

Thanks for all your support. From our Lumen family, and my family, to yours, have a blessed and safe Thanksgiving holiday. We are truly thankful for all of God’s graces to our school community and family.

Campus Ministry:

Wishing everyone a blessed Thanksgiving filled with love!

Thank you 10th grade parents for providing a wonderful lunch for our retreat last Friday! Students were outstanding in their service to the CSS Food Pantry. They organized, cleaned, and packed the pantry in preparation for families in need of groceries.
Our first parent discussion group brought us into some very deep and relevant conversation. Please join on December 9th for our next meeting at 4 p.m. in the school library.
Please join our Lumen Christi Jingle Bell Run team. The run takes place on Dec. 8, 2018 and benefits The Arthritis Foundation. Students, teachers and families had a great time last year. You can sign up through this link: https://events.arthritis.org/team/lumenarchangels.
Our 9th grade Service Retreat is planned for Friday, December 14 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Please join our team and take the Polar Plunge for Special Olympics! Our jump time is 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 15. To register go to: https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx…and sign up under the team “Families of the Knights”
Teams for our Dodgeball tournament will meet next Friday, November 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the gym. Teams can make costumes/uniforms. We still have room for more players! Come and enjoy the fun!
January 18th we will be having an evening of prayer and fellowship, and food for teens and parents! Please mark your calendars. Further information to come.

We have Mass on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:15am in our Archangel Chapel, and each Thursday at 9am at St. Benedict Church. Please join us!

Upcoming Events:

Prayer Spot

Please remember the following in your prayers this week:

- All first responders
- The families and communities affected by violence
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.

LUMEN-ary Drive:

LUMEN-ary Drive Update: Good news! 30 days into the drive we have pledges of $20,435, so we are just over halfway to our goal of $40,000. This is a great start! Thank you to all who have donated to date and encouraged other family members and friends to support the mission of Lumen Christi. With 100{87587bff62748d853b25c5c00e545c389c2cc3e9e64848ccec5036484113dbfe} participation, our teachers and administrative staff have collectively donated $4,000 of the amount raised so far. We ask that you please continue to “get the word out” to extended family and friends about the LUMEN-ary Drive, either through a personal note or an email along with a copy or attachment of the LUMEN-ary Drive brochure. To date, 22 families have sent one or more notes out (through the school office) and we have received $2,150 from these new supporters. Nine school families have made their contribution so far, so we still have work to do. Please remember that a successful LUMEN-ary Drive is critical to the financial stability of our school. If you have not yet supported this year’s drive, please do so by Thanksgiving, if at all possible. Together we can support our school’s mission of providing a rigorous Catholic education in a Christlike environment.

Archangel Sports Update:

Come out and support our Middle School basketball teams as they take on Anchor Lutheran on Monday, November 26th. Tip off time for the girls is 5p, 6p for boys. Both sets of games will be at Lumen Christi as the teams prepare for the Middle School Basketball conference tournament which will be held at Lumen Christi November 28 – 30. Come cheer on the Archangels!

Student Spotlight:

Our students do amazing things, both on campus and off. We’ll be using this new section of Lumen News to highlight those who have accomplished or contributed something extra over the past week.

Did you know we have several Lumen students who participate in the Rabbit Creek Youth Shotgun League’s fall and spring season? These shotgun shooters compete once a week for 10 weeks, shooting “5-stand.” Wind, rain, snow, and ice, they shoot two rounds of 25-shots at clay pigeons thrown in all different directions. Congrats to Garrett Renfro, Class of 2021, who earned 2nd place honors as a Junior in both the Handicap and Scratch score categories this season. Congrats also to Emily Ross, Class of 2023, who earned 1st place honors as a Sub-Junior in both the Handicap and Scratch score categories. Also participating is Jaydin Dufrane, Class of 2021. Way to represent, Archangels!

Congratulations also go out to John McConnell, Class of 2022, who passed the Bar Exam (with a score of 104 out of a possible 105!) to become the newest member of the Anchorage Youth Court. AYC is a juvenile justice system that empowers students to serve as defense attorneys, prosecutors and judges in real cases involving their peers.

*Parents/Guardians – if your student has done something that deserves “Spotlight” recognition, please let Mrs. Gore at the Front Desk know!

School Announcements:

GALA Meeting ~ Tuesday the 27th!

Please join us, we need all hands on deck to make this our best Gala ever. See the flyer below for details.

Class of 2019 Senior Memory Pages

Now that your Senior Portraits have been submitted, it’s time to get working on your Senior Memory Page. Please adhere to the following due dates:

If you and your family opted to create your own Senior Memory Page, it is due Tuesday January 22nd. This must be a digital file that is submitted to Mrs. Spillers. Price is $100.00. If you have yet to pay, please do so at the front office.
If you have chosen to have the Yearbook Staff create your Senior Memory Page, photos for your page are due Monday December 17th. These photos must be in digital format and submitted to Mrs. Spillers. Price is $150.00. If you have yet to pay, please do so at the front office.

Calling All Photographers!

MAT-SU Veterans Foundation Gun Show

The Alaska Veterans Gun Show will be held this weekend in the Lumen Gym. Hosted by the Mat-Su Veterans Foundation of Alaska, this event is a great way for parents and students to earn Share Hours by manning the concession stand, and helping with set up and tear down. We get to keep all of the concession stand funds made during this event, so please help if you can! http://signup.com/go/yMAevNC

Ski/Snowboard Package

Love the idea of your student getting some Alyeska skiing or snowboarding time in, but dread the drive to Girdwood? Check out the attached flyer and sign them up for the “Discover Skiing & Riding” program with Lu-Family Member Yvette Tousignant. Pick-up/Drop Off at Carrs Huffman 3x this winter for a full day of skiing or boarding. Deadline to register is January 3rd. https://www.alyeskaresort.com/mountain/learning-center-discover-program

Spirit Wear

The first order of locally sourced Lumen spirit wear was delivered to the Front Office and looks great! We have a couple of examples at the front desk if you’d like to check them out before ordering some of your own. Any orders placed before Wednesday, November 28th should be ready and in the Office for pick up by the time school ends for Christmas break on Dec 20th. Order here: https://lumenchristi.akcustom.ink/