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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.

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

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.

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:

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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Lumen News – 11/01/2017

Important Upcoming Dates:

Nov 2nd: Saints Dress Up Day (Dress up as your favorite Saint)
Nov 6th: All School Rosary, 2pm
Nov 8th: Fall Open House and Family Pizza Night, 6-8pm
November 10th: No School, Teacher In-service
November 13th: Veteran’s Day Dress Up Day
Nov 14th: School Board Meeting, 6pm
Nov 14th: PVO Meeting, 7pm
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

Principal’s Update: This is “Holy Spirit Week” here in school. Our students wore pink on Monday to raise awareness for breast cancer. On Tuesday, we dressed in some pretty impressive Halloween costumes. On Wednesday, we celebrated Mass on All Saint’s Day, a Holy Day of Obligation, with the parishioners of St. Benedict’s. On Thursday, our students dressed as their favorite Saint, while on Friday, they showed pride by wearing Lumen apparel. We hoped to build up school spirit for the Friday night girls volleyball game against Birchwood Christian Academy. Good luck, Archangels!

We also wanted to build up spirit to support Class of 2020 sophomore Mikayla Terry as she competes in 100 Meter Individual Freestyle and the 200 and 400 Meter Freestyle Relay in the 2017 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Swim and Dive Championships on Nov 3-4 at Bartlett High School. Good luck Mikayla!

Thank you to the families who have already volunteered to represent our school and personally invite prospective families from five local Archdiocesan parishes to our Fall Open House and Family Pizza Night on Wed, Nov 8th! Our students Ambassadors should wear their uniform and represent our school with pride. If you would like to help us out with this effort to reach out to local parishes, churches, and faith communities this weekend, see PVO News below. These Ambassador families will earn Share Hours and will be entered a drawing to win $100 off December tuition.

I am pleased to announce that we are renewing a National Honor Society (NHS) chapter here at Lumen Christi. We have been dormant for awhile, but Mrs. Craig has graciously agreed to be the NHS chapter advisor! More information to follow on membership criteria, selection process, etc.

On the occasion of All Saints Day, here is another C4 Ignite Your Catholic Faith video titled, “What’s up with Catholics and Saints?”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl4XNK9baLU. This is a great review of what Saints should mean in our lives as persons of faith…

Finally, here are reasons 41-45 why a Catholic school education is important (and awesome):

Daily exposure to the Bible
Constant support and encouragement in student spiritual life
Mass on All Saint’s Day
Developing the whole student–morally, mentally, and physically (body, mind, and spirit)
A rigorous academic program that helps students overcome challenges and become their best selves

Parker Uniforms: If you have ordered sweaters from Parker Uniforms this year and your order arrived with no Lumen embroidery (all sweaters are to be automatically embroidered with Lumen’s logo), please contact Jessica Estes to discuss details for a solution.

SGA News: Student Government has planned some “Dress-Up” days and the details are below. If your student prefers not to participate in the “Dress-Up” days, they should wear their school uniform instead.

Friday, November 3rd: Lumen Spirit dress up day. Students may wear Lumen Wear this day.

Volleyball Senior Night: Join us on Monday, November 6th for our last home game in which we will honor our only Senior on the team, Maeve Bakic. We will play against Su-Valley High School at 6pm.

Farewell Lunch with Billy Hunt: As previously announced, our Athletic Director & Coach is moving to Arizona. We are having a farewell lunch with Coach Billy on Thursday, November 9th from 11:30-Noon. Parents are welcome to join us too. Students should bring their lunch and we will provide a dessert. We will also present Coach Billy with a gift that day as well.

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.

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 Wednesday, November 15th at 3pm.

Senior Portraits and Memory Pages: Senior Portraits were due October 31st. Senior Memory pages are due during the month of December.

If you or your parents 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.
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:
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
If you do not have your portraits or memory pages submitted on time, they will not be featured in the yearbook. All submissions can be given to Mrs. Spillers

PVO News:

Happy November! Thank you for giving the gift of your time.

November 8th is our Fall Open House and Family Pizza Night. Please call Danielle 227-7080 if you can bring a salad or dessert for that night or help hand out invitations to the open house this weekend (11/4 & 11/5) at one of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Masses.
http://signup.com/go/cVMeBzw Attic Fridays – Lead Helper needed next week (11/10) for the 5-7 pm shift!
Next PVO meeting is November 14th at 7pm. Come learn about SCRIP and discuss ways we can grow this fundraiser.

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!

A special thanks to Nathan Marshall, John McConnell, Jeannie McConnell, Kirstin Marshall, and Karin Helgesen for their gifts of instrument and voice at today’s Mass!
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.
Please pray for the victims of the NYC act of terror, and for peace.
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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Lumen News – 10/26/2017

Important Upcoming Dates:

October 26th & 27th: ½ Days for Parent-Teacher Conferences
Oct 27th: Big A/Little A Movie, 1-3pm
Oct 27th: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Halloween Carnival, 6-8pm
October 30th: Halloween Assembly, 2pm
October 31st: Halloween Costume Dress Up Day
Nov 1st: Mass Day, 9am (All Saint’s Day)
Nov 2nd: Saints Dress Up Day (Dress up as your favorite Saint)
Nov 8th: Fall Open House and Family Pizza Night, 6-8pm
November 10th: No School, Teacher In-service
November 23rd & 24th: No School, Thanksgiving Holiday
December 19th, 20th, 21st: Finals
December 22nd-January 5th: No School, Christmas Break
January 8th: Classes Resume

Principal’s Update: We are delighted to hear folks are sharing and talking about the C4: Ignite your Catholic Faith videos we’ve mentioned the last couple of weeks. Here is another titled, “Are My Everyday Choices Important?”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGvxp35GH5Q&t=45s. A powerful message about how we should view the “ordinary” in our lives…

This past Monday, we recognized the academic successes of many of our students at an awards assembly. Our students work hard each and every day in their studies, and we take pride in the rigorous education we provide. We also acknowledged the “King of Gold Card Sales,” Class of 2023 7th grader, Sam Kaplan, who sold the most number of Gold Cards this past fall. Sam and his family are parishioners at St. Benedict’s. Way to go, Sam!

Finally, we awarded Class of 2019 junior, Julianne Estes, with the “And Then Some” award, which recognizes a Lumen Christi student who makes a significant and positive impact in the school and who goes above and beyond that which is normally expected. Julianne is an exemplary leader in our Big Archangel/Little Archangel mentoring program and Yearbook. She volunteers without hesitation, and is quietly humble in how she leads, acts, and lives out her faith. Congratulations Julianne, Sam, and to all our wonderful students who were applauded for their successes on Monday!

We have started to form a team for the Arthritis Foundation’s “Jingle Bell 5K Run” on Saturday, December 9th! Last year, TEAM LUMEN CHRISTI ARCHANGELS had over 20 team members and raised just over $900 to support finding a cure for this #1 cause of disability. Our goal this year is to have over 30 team members and raise over $2500! Will you join us and jingle for a cure? Our team page can be found at: http://www.jbr.org/anchorage/lumenchristiarchangels

I’ll take us to 40 in adding up the many reasons why a Catholic school education is awesome (don’t worry, there is more!):

36. Having a “Holy Spirit Week” to show school spirit instead of just a plain, old “Spirit Week” (next week, by the way!)

37. A Christ-like environment that cares more about students getting into Heaven than into Harvard

38. Spending seven hours a day in a faith-base community

39. Learning about all vocation options including marriage, ordained, and religious life

40. Learning about and discussing the religious and ethical implications of stem cell research, abortion, euthanasia, and other beginning and end of life issues

Blessings on you and your family!

Big A, Little A Movie Time: Big A, Little A is organizing an afternoon movie on Friday, October 27th from 1-3pm in the gym.

Bring a lunch to school
The movie will be “Hotel Transylvania”
Popcorn and lemonade will be provided
2 parent chaperones are needed (must have completed both a background check and the online safe and sacred training). Please let Mrs. Estes know if you are able to chaperone.

Parent/Teacher Conferences:

On Thursday, October 26th, we will follow a Friday A schedule with school dismissal at 12:20pm. Parent teacher conferences will be from 3-7pm
On Friday, October 27th, we will follow a Friday B schedule with school dismissal at 12:20pm. Parent teacher conferences will be from 1-4pm

SGA News: Student Government has planned some “Dress-Up” days and the details are below. If your student prefers not to participate in the “Dress-Up” days, they should wear their school uniform instead.

Monday, October 30th: Breast cancer awareness dress up day. Staff and students may wear pink (50{d4876d85bca45a190b33d6c696456a399841af28eb325342d1f9ba09483f3a19} of your clothing should be pink) this day.
Tuesday, October 31st: Halloween costume dress up day. No weapons or masks please.
Thursday, November 2nd: All-Saints dress up day. Students may dress up as their favorite saint.
Friday, November 3rd: Lumen Spirit dress up day. Students may wear Lumen Wear this day.

Schedule Change-Wednesday, November 1st & 2nd: It’s All Saints Day and we will attend Mass and will follow a Thursday Schedule. On Thursday, November 2nd, we will follow a Wednesday schedule.

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. Tickets to attend the event are available at the auction office inside St. Elizabeth Ann Seton school. We are looking for donations of new items, basket items, and artwork. Donations can be dropped off at the school or picked up at your convenience. We also have advertising space available for our purchase in our auction booklet. 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 Portraits and Memory Pages: Seniors, please don’t forget your senior portraits are due NEXT WEEK on Tuesday October 31st. Please digitally submit your final portrait to Mrs. Spillers.

Senior Memory pages are due during the month of December.

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

PVO News:

A big THANK YOU to everyone that helped with the volleyball tournament last weekend!

We will be hosting Teacher Appreciation meals during parent teacher conferences. We are very thankful for our wonderful teachers!
November 8th will be our Fall Open House and Family Pizza Night. A sign up will be available soon to hand out invitations after Masses the weekend of November 4th & 5th at many of the parishes and to bring food for the evening.
http://signup.com/go/cVMeBzw Attic Fridays- Looking for help on 11/10 and Fridays in December. Thank you for supporting the Archangel Attic!
http://signup.com/go/kbSOjLi Concessions- Some November dates have been added!

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

Campus Ministry:

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

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!!
Congratulations to our new Extraordinary Ministers of Eucharist:
- Maeve Bakic
- Matthew Goodwin
- Wolfgang Goorchenko
- Mr. Harmon
- Kaare Helgesen
- Mark Loeffler
- Nathan Marshall
- Mrs. Spillers
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.

Upcoming Community Service Opportunities

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is looking for student volunteers to help with their up-coming Halloween Carnival on Friday, October 27 from 6-8 p.m. If your student is interested, please see Mrs. Estes to sign up.