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Lumen News – 10/19/2017

Our Mission: As a ministry of St. Benedict Parish,
Lumen Christi High School provides a rigorous Catholic education
in a Christ-like environment!

Our Core Values: Living Faith, Celebrating Family, and Achieving Excellence

Important Upcoming Dates:

October 20th: No School, Teacher In-service
October 21st: St. Benedict Parish Clean-Up Day, 9-10am
October 23rd: Academic Awards (2nd Sem. 2016-17 SY), 2pm
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
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, 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: I hope you enjoyed the C4: Ignite your Catholic Faith video last week. Here is another titled, “Does Being Good Matter?”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-GzBrdgr7I. Please share and discuss with friends and family!

Did you know that many of our students participate in extracurricular activities outside of Lumen? One of our 8th graders and new students, Noah Cruz, Class of 2022, recently played in the Alaska South Central Pop Warner State Football Championships in the Cadets division. Noah’s team, the Buccaneers, beat the Steelers 44-0 to win the state title! Noah also plays on the Lumen junior high boys basketball team and attends St. Patrick’s Parish. Great job, Noah!

Congratulations to our 7th grade class (Lumen Class of 2023) who earned the title of “Gold Card Sales” champions for selling more Gold Cards per students than any other class. The entire 7th grade class received a pizza lunch on Wednesday in appreciation for their hard work and commitment to the school!

In our efforts to add up the reasons why a Catholic school education is awesome, I’ll tag on these gems:

31. The opportunity to serve at the altar at school Masses

32. Learning about the value and dignity of ourselves and others as made in God’s

image

33. Hearing “Leave Room for the Holy Spirit!” at school dances

34. A curriculum designed to help students grow spiritually

35. The freedom to talk about any religion in school, rather than no religion at all

We hope that our students enjoy the day off on Friday for Teacher Inservice and come back after the weekend well-rested. I look forward to seeing parents and students alike at the Awards Assembly on the 23rd and Parent-Teacher Conferences on Oct 26th and 27th. God Bless You!

Parish Clean-up Day: Bring your rake and join us on Saturday, October 21st for Parish Clean-up day from 9am-10am to help get the parish and school grounds ready for winter. This is a great opportunity to earn both parent share hours or student community service hours. Donuts will be provided.

Oktoberfest: Come to St. Benedict’s Oktoberfest on Saturday the 21st from 6-9pm and enjoy good food and fellowship. There will be a special split the pot to benefit the completion of the reconciliation room.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s 41st Annual Holiday Bazaar: Be sure to check out St. Elizabeth’s annual Holiday bazaar this Saturday the 21st from 9-4pm.

Spring Academic Awards Assembly: Students who earned academic awards for 2nd semester of the 2016-17 school year will be honored during assembly on October 23rd at 2pm in the gym. All are welcome to join us.

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.

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 1st at 3pm.

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 on Tuesday October 31st. Fall is a great time for photos! 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.

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:

Need help finding ways to earn your share hours this year? Below are some fun opportunities:

http://signup.com/go/zOkWcLM Volleyball Tournament this week!
- Thursday 10/19: 5:00- 8:30 pm
- Friday 10/20: 7:30 – 11:00 am, also a few hospitality food items are still needed
- Saturday 10/21: 1:30 – 5 pm

Come out to support our team and buy a raffle ticket for an awesome Halloween quilt!

http://signup.com/go/kbSOjLi Concessions- We have shifts that need filled on 10/23 (3:30 and 5 pm). November dates will be posted soon!
http://signup.com/go/cVMeBzw Attic Fridays- Looking for help on 11/10 and Fridays in December. Thank you for supporting the Archangel Attic!

Minutes from our last PVO meeting are posted on the board as you walk in the school. 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

Tudor Elementary School is hosting its Fall Carnival on Friday October 20th and is looking for High School Students to volunteer to run some of the games and booths from 5:30-8:30pm. The school is located at 1666 Cache Dr. and the Fall Carnival runs from 6-8pm. The PTA will feed the volunteers that show up at 5:30pm. The volunteers can come for the whole time or cover shifts, whatever works best. The PTA has the games all established and organized in boxes and have used high school students in previous years. If you and/or your student are interested in helping, please contact Erin Ruebelmann to let her know or to get additional information.

Erin Ruebelmann, 907-317-6712 or eruebelmann@gmail.com

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.

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Lumen News – 10/05/2017

Our Mission: As a ministry of St. Benedict Parish,
Lumen Christi High School provides a rigorous Catholic education
in a Christ-like environment!

Our Core Values: Living Faith, Celebrating Family, and Achieving Excellence

Important Upcoming Dates:

October 6th: Dress Down Day for participation in Big A/Little A Food Drive
October 6th: Junior High Movie Night, 6-8:30pm
October 10th: PVO Meeting, 7pm
October 11th: PSAT Testing (9th-11th)
October 13th: College Pride Day (Dress Up Day to wear your favorite college spiritwear)
October 20th: No School, Teacher In-service
October 23rd: Academic Awards (2nd Sem. 2016-17 SY), 2pm
October 26th & 27th: ½ Days for Parent-Teacher Conferences
Nov 8th: Fall Open House, 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: A special shout out to our Big A/Little A program, led by Class of 2019 juniors Megan Flaherty and Julianne Estes, who sponsored a food drive last week. As a school, we collected at least 10 tubs of food items for the St. Benedict Parish Outreach Pantry! The items you and our students provided will go directly to support families in need. Thank you to Megan and Julianne who led this event and to all of you who supported it through your generosity.

Thank you also to those parents and students who have donated their time and talent in keeping the Archangel Attic open on Fridays! PVO is making a strong push to support the Attic this year and in the future. If you didn’t know, all the proceeds from sales at the Attic go to support our school. Contributions from the Attic to our school reduce our tuition by roughly $1450 per student. By comparison, sales of concession food items at games and tournaments reduces our tuition by only $100 per student. So if you have limited time available as a busy family, please consider working in the Attic and/or donating used items for sale. We can use your help!

Congratulations to Class of 2020 sophomore Sophia Dupras who represented Lumen Christi in the 2017 ASAA/First National Bank Cross Country Running State Championships this past Saturday at Bartlett High School. We are proud of her accomplishments and can’t wait to see how she does next year!

Our junior high soccer team was undefeated going into the championship game at the 2017 ACSAA Co-Ed Outdoor Soccer Tournament last week. Our team played their hearts out, but came up short against Birchwood Christian Academy. The team took home 2nd place in the tournament, capping off a great season. Way to go, Archangels!

So there are more reasons why a Catholic school education is important? Why, yes, there is!:

21. An opportunity to start the day out in a sacred way with the Eucharist at 7:15am in the Chapel of the Archangels

22. Hearing a consistent pro-life message in the hallways and classrooms

23. Having uniforms makes it an easy decision on what to wear each day!

24. Seeing the same friends at church that you see at school

25. Hallways that highlight and proclaim the Cardinal (Prudence, Temperance, Justice, and Fortitude) and Theological Virtues (Faith, Hope, and Charity)

Internet Safety Presentation: There will be an internet safety presentation given by Officer Fifer from the Anchorage Police Department on Thursday, October 5th at 7pm at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School in the gym. This presentation is for parents or grandparents only and will inform you on ways to protect your child and their identity.

College Fair: On October 16th, our 11th and & 12th graders will attend the College and Career Fair.

Spring Academic Awards Assembly: Students who earned academic awards for 2nd semester of the 2016-17 school year will be honored during assembly on October 23rd at 2pm in the gym. All are welcome to join us.

Big A, Little A Food Drive: Big A, Little A’s food drive was a huge success!! Thank you to everyone for their participation. The St. Benedict’s outreach committee was extremely thankful for our contribution. Those who donated have received a dress down day on Friday, October 6th.

Winter Weather Reminder: Just a reminder that as winter approaches, so does the possibility for school closures. If the Anchorage School District (ASD) cancels school, so does Lumen Christi. Sometimes ASD will close some schools for weather conditions but not all schools, please listen to the radio or check ASD’s website. If Sand Lake and/or Dimond cancels school, then so will Lumen Christi.

Student Government Announcements:

JH Movie Night: SGA is hosting a movie night for all JH students on October 6th from 6-8:30pm. The movie playing will be Pirates of the Caribbean here at Lumen Christi. Snacks will be provided and students are welcome to bring pillows and blankets.
AASG (Alaska Association of Student Government) Conference: Some students from Lumen’s SGA will attend this annual conference held this year in Wasilla from October 26th-28th.
PVO News: Fall is a busy time of year supporting our many fundraising efforts. Below are a list of opportunities to lend a hand and earn share hours.

PVO MEETING NEXT TUESDAY

Our next PVO meeting will be at 7 pm on Tuesday, October 10th in the library. Please consider attending and providing your input on the many ways we support our school. You will earn a share hour for attending!

ATTIC FRIDAYS

We need to fill a few open lead spots. These spots have to be filled to stay open for our extended hours. To volunteer for a lead shift you need a completed background check and to have volunteered at least once before at the Attic.
- 10/20/17 2:45 to 5 pm Lead Attic Helper
- 11/3/17 4:45 to 7 pm Lead Attic Helper
- 11/10/17 4:45 to 7 pm Lead Attic Helper
- 11/17/17 4:45 to 7 pm Lead Attic Helper
- You can sign up here- http://signup.com/go/cVMeBzw or email PVO.

CONCESSIONS

Concession volunteers are needed now- Link to Sign-Up- http://signup.com/go/kbSOjLi
We will also need several volunteers for our upcoming Volleyball Tournament on October 19-21, 2017. http://signup.com/go/zOkWcLM
Concession Sign-Up Coordinator needed to help our coordinate our concession stand volunteers. This is something that can be done from home!
Earn 2 share hours! We are looking for some concession stand helpers to get Food Handler’s Cards. If you plan on helping with concessions this year, please consider going online and completing this training. It should not take more than 2 hours to complete and has a minimal fee ($10) If you complete this training or have completed this training in the past (it is good for 3 years), please leave a copy at the front desk or email it to PVO. http://www.muni.org/departments/health/admin/environment/fss/pages/alternatefoodworkertesting.aspx

AVAILABLE PVO POSITIONS

Gun Show Coordinator for Next Year- (shadow this year’s coordinator during the Thanksgiving weekend event to learn the ropes)
Catholic Schools Week Coordinator

If you are interested in helping with any of our open positions or have any questions, please contact Danielle(pvo@lumenchristiak.org). Thank you!

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 creating a Lumen Families bulletin board in the main hallway of the school. Please send family pictures in to Mrs. Loeffler for posting.
Keep an eye on Campus Ministry News for upcoming Service opportunities and if you know of a worthy cause in need of volunteers let us know so we can get the word out!
We are looking forward to a year filled with many blessings!

Upcoming Community Service Opportunities

Tudor Elementary School is hosting their Fall Carnival on Friday October 20th and they are looking for High School Students to volunteer to run some of the games and booths from 5:30-8:30pm. The school is located at 1666 Cache Dr and the Fall Carnival runs from 6-8pm. The PTA will feed the volunteers that show up at 5:30pm. The volunteers can come for the whole time or cover shifts, whatever works best. The PTA has the games all established and organized in boxes and have used high school students in previous years. If you and/or your student are interested in helping, please contact Erin Ruebelmann to let her know or to get additional information.

Erin Ruebelmann

907-317-6712

eruebelmann@gmail.com

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.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Auction: Mrs. Estes is helping St. Elizabeth’s find high school students (students need to be 15 years or older) to volunteer at their Auction on November 11th from 4:30pm until 11pm. They will help with selling “blinky rings” for the heads & tails game, sell Live Opportunity tickets, help data entry during the live auction to run bid sheets from the bidder to data entry, and help distribute items to guests at the end of the night as well as help carry the items they purchased at the end of the evening. This is always a fun event to volunteer for. Please have your student see Mrs. Estes if they’d like to sign up to help.

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 Monday, October 16th at 3pm.

School Pictures: School pictures were sent home on Tuesday September 12th with students. If you missed out on ordering pictures, please contact Mrs. Spillers (mspillers@lumenchristiak.org) and she will put you in communication with Fitzgerald Photography. You can still pay over the phone and commemorate your student’s 2017-2018 school year.

Senior Portraits: Seniors, please don’t forget your senior portraits are due on Tuesday October 31st. Fall is a great time for photos! Please digitally submit your final portrait 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

Substitutes: We are currently looking to add onto our substitute list. If you are interested or know someone who would be, please contact the front office for more details.

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

Fred Meyer Community Rewards: Please take a moment to register your Fred Meyer card so that Lumen Christi can receive rewards from your shopping, a super easy way to help Lumen raise funds. If you have already registered your card, you may want to check to see if it needs to be renewed. Please click on this link and follow the steps: https://www.fredmeyer.com/topic/community-rewards-4

Box Tops: Lumen collects box tops so be sure to bring them into the school. There is a little collection box just outside the front office.

Shop A Roo: Shoparoo is an app in which you simply take photos of receipts on your smartphone and submit. Lumen then earns “Roo Points” which are converted at the end of the year into a donation to the school. Follow these simple steps after you download the app from either the App Store or on Google Play:

SHOP: Shop for any product, at any store.
SNAP: Take a picture of your receipt.
EARN: Earn cash donations & sweepstakes entries

Amazon Smile: Do you regularly shop on Amazon? Consider logging into your Amazon account through smile.amazon.com and choose Lumen Christi as the organization that you’d wish to receive benefits from your orders.

Link to Signup.com: By now you have received emails from Signup.com highlighting volunteer opportunities. Below is a link where you will find all of Lumen’s current signups in one spot.

http://www.volunteerspot.com/group/151523700124?utm_source=group-badge-volunteer-green

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Lumen News – 09/28/2017

Our Mission: As a ministry of St. Benedict Parish,
Lumen Christi High School provides a rigorous Catholic education
in a Christ-like environment!

Our Core Values: Living Faith, Celebrating Family, and Achieving Excellence

Important Upcoming Dates:

Sept 25th-29th: Food Drive sponsored by Big A/Little A
October 2nd: Rosary at 2pm
October 6th: Dress Down Day for participation in Big A/Little A Food Drive
October 6th: Junior High Movie Night, 6-8:30pm
October 10th: PVO Meeting, 7pm
October 11th: PSAT Testing (9th-11th)
October 13th: College Pride Day (Dress Up Day to wear your favorite college spiritwear)
October 20th: No School, Teacher In-service
October 23rd: Academic Awards (2nd Sem. 2016-17 SY), 2pm
October 26th & 27th: ½ Days for Parent-Teacher Conferences
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: Last week, the high school students spent two days up at St. Therese’s Camp on retreat. They spent time in reflection, group activities, Mass, Adoration, Reconciliation, and team building. Our theme was “Having an Attitude for Christ” and our students focused on ways that we can show Justice, Kindness, and Humility here at school, in the community, and in our lives. It was a great couple of days, and we hope your son or daughter shared his or her experiences upon return home.

Our junior high students stayed busy while the high schoolers were gone by cleaning up headstones at the Anchorage Memorial Cemetery, making wrist rosaries, going bowling, eating pizza, and writing Christmas letters to service men and women deployed overseas.

Congratulations to Class of 2020 student Sophia Dupras, who will be representing Lumen Christi in the 2017 ASAA/First National Bank Cross Country Running State Championships this Saturday at Bartlett High School. Sophia qualified for State with a 5K (that is 3.1 miles!) time of 23 minutes, 56 seconds! She is set to run at 1:30pm on Saturday, so hopefully we can have a large Lumen crowd cheering her on. Way to go, Sophia!!!!

Our junior high soccer team remains undefeated and finishes up their season on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of this week at the 2017 ACSAA Co-Ed Outdoor Soccer Tournament at the Center soccer fields (4855 Arctic Blvd). Good luck Archangels!

Need more reasons why a Catholic school education is important? Here you go:

16. Talking with friends about what to give up for Lent

17. Helping Catholic charities with disaster relief efforts

18. Getting pets blessed on the feast of St. Francis (Sunday, Oct 1st at 3pm at St. Benedict’s)

19. Getting throats blessed on the feast of St. Blase (February 3, 2018)

20. Connecting community service and stewardship with Catholic social teaching

Big A, Little A Food Drive: Big A, Little A is coordinating a food drive for St. Benedict’s Outreach committee which helps families in need. They will be collecting food items from Monday, September 25th-September 29th. Students who bring in a minimum of 5 cans will earn a dress down day which will be on Friday, October 6th. Donated items should be turned into your student’s Advisory class. Below are some items of need:

Canned Vegetables
Canned Fruit
Canned Soup
Dry Milk
Cereal
Oatmeal
Peanut Butter
Jelly
Pasta
Rice
Beans
Pancake Mix
Bread
Canned Meat
Canned Fish

Student Government Announcements:

JH Movie Night: SGA is hosting a movie night for all JH students on October 6th from 6-8:30pm. The movie playing will be Pirates of the Caribbean here at Lumen Christi. We are looking for one parent chaperone (remember you must have your Safe & Sacred background check and online training complete). Snacks will be provided and students are welcome to bring pillows and blankets.
AASG (Alaska Association of Student Government) Conference: Some students from Lumen’s SGA will attend this annual conference held this year in Wasilla from October 26th-28th.

PVO News: Happy Fall! October is just around the corner and our concession stand will be opening soon.

ATTIC FRIDAYS

Attic Friday volunteers are needed on October 13th and 20th. Please visit the sign-up to see if you can help- http://signup.com/go/cVMeBzw
We are compiling a list of regular Attic Friday helpers that might be able to help out if we have an unexpected cancellation. If we can add you to the list, please email PVO.

CONCESSIONS

Concession volunteer sign-ups will be coming soon!
Mark your calendars: We will need several volunteers during our upcoming Volleyball Tournament on October 19-21, 2017.
Concession Sign- Up Coordinator needed to help our coordinate our concession stand volunteers. This is something that can be done from home!
Earn 2 share hours! We are looking for some concession stand helpers to get Food Handler’s Cards. If you plan on helping with concessions this year, please consider going online and completing this training. It should not take more than 2 hours to complete and has a minimal fee ($10) If you complete this training or have completed this training in the past (it is good for 3 years), please leave a copy at the front desk or email it to PVO. http://www.muni.org/departments/health/admin/environment/fss/pages/alternatefoodworkertesting.aspx

AVAILABLE PVO POSITIONS

Gun Show Coordinator for Next Year- (shadow this year’s coordinator during the Thanksgiving weekend event to learn the ropes)
Catholic Schools Week Coordinator

NEXT MEETING: Mark your calendar – The next PVO meeting will be Tuesday, October 10th in the library.

If you are interested in helping with any of our open positions or have any questions, please contact Danielle(pvo@lumenchristiak.org). Thank you!

Campus Ministry:

Our high school retreat was a great success and a big thank you goes out to all who helped make this event possible. A very special thanks to Ray Hickel for providing meals for retreat, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall and Mr. Lych for chaperoning, Matt Beck and Anna Schulten for presenting to the group.
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 creating a Lumen Families bulletin board in the main hallway of the school. Please send family pictures in to Mrs. Loeffler for posting.
Keep an eye on Campus Ministry News for upcoming Service opportunities and if you know of a worthy cause in need of volunteers let us know so we can get the word out!
We are looking forward to a year filled with many blessings!

Upcoming Community Service Opportunities

Tudor Elementary School is hosting their Fall Carnival on Friday October 20th and they are looking for High School Students to volunteer to run some of the games and booths from 5:30-8:30pm. The school is located at 1666 Cache Dr and the Fall Carnival runs from 6-8pm. The PTA will feed the volunteers that show up at 5:30pm. The volunteers can come for the whole time or cover shifts, whatever works best. The PTA has the games all established and organized in boxes and have used high school students in previous years. If you and/or your student are interested in helping, please contact Erin Ruebelmann to let her know or to get additional information.

Erin Ruebelmann

907-317-6712

eruebelmann@gmail.com

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.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Auction: Mrs. Estes is helping St. Elizabeth’s find high school students (students need to be 15 years or older) to volunteer at their Auction on November 11th from 4:30pm until 11pm. They will help with selling “blinky rings” for the heads & tails game, sell Live Opportunity tickets, help data entry during the live auction to run bid sheets from the bidder to data entry, and help distribute items to guests at the end of the night as well as help carry the items they purchased at the end of the evening. This is always a fun event to volunteer for. Please have your student see Mrs. Estes if they’d like to sign up to help.

Internet Safety Presentation: There will be an internet safety presentation given by Officer Fifer from the Anchorage Police Department on Thursday, October 5th at 7pm at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School in the gym. This presentation is for parents or grandparents only and will inform you on ways to protect your child and their identity.

Gold Cards: PAST DUE: If you haven’t turned in your Gold Card money, please get it into the office as soon as possible. Any unsold cards also need to be turned in.

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 Monday, October 2nd at 3pm.

Last Year’s Community Service Forms: If students would like to keep their community service forms from last school year for their reference, they may pick them up from Mrs. Estes. The summary sheets containing the total amount of service hours will be added to their student file and the individual forms will be available in the office until October 2nd at which point they will be recycled.

School Pictures: School pictures were sent home on Tuesday September 12th with students. If you missed out on ordering pictures, please contact Mrs. Spillers (mspillers@lumenchristiak.org) and she will put you in communication with Fitzgerald Photography. You can still pay over the phone and commemorate your student’s 2017-2018 school year.

Senior Portraits: Seniors, please don’t forget your senior portraits are due on Tuesday October 31st. Fall is a great time for photos! Please digitally submit your final portrait 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

Gently Used Uniforms & Lumen Spirit Wear: If you are looking for gently used uniform items, please visit the Archangel Attic. For gently used uniforms with our “Lumen Christi” logo or for Lumen Spirit Wear, please see Mrs. Estes at the office.

Substitutes: We are currently looking to add onto our substitute list. If you are interested or know someone who would be, please contact the front office for more details.

Spring Academic Awards Assembly: Students who earned academic awards for 2nd semester of the 2016-17 school year will be honored during assembly on October 23rd at 2pm in the gym. All are welcome to join us.

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

Fred Meyer Community Rewards: Please take a moment to register your Fred Meyer card so that Lumen Christi can receive rewards from your shopping, a super easy way to help Lumen raise funds. If you have already registered your card, you may want to check to see if it needs to be renewed. Please click on this link and follow the steps: https://www.fredmeyer.com/topic/community-rewards-4

Box Tops: Lumen collects box tops so be sure to bring them into the school. There is a little collection box just outside the front office.

Shop A Roo: Shoparoo is an app in which you simply take photos of receipts on your smartphone and submit. Lumen then earns “Roo Points” which are converted at the end of the year into a donation to the school. Follow these simple steps after you download the app from either the App Store or on Google Play:

SHOP: Shop for any product, at any store.
SNAP: Take a picture of your receipt.
EARN: Earn cash donations & sweepstakes entries

Amazon Smile: Do you regularly shop on Amazon? Consider logging into your Amazon account through smile.amazon.com and choose Lumen Christi as the organization that you’d wish to receive benefits from your orders.

Link to Signup.com: By now you have received emails from Signup.com highlighting volunteer opportunities. Below is a link where you will find all of Lumen’s current signups in one spot.

http://www.volunteerspot.com/group/151523700124?utm_source=group-badge-volunteer-green

Winter Weather Reminder: Just a reminder that as winter approaches, so does the possibility for school closures. If the Anchorage School District (ASD) cancels school, so does Lumen Christi. Sometimes ASD will close some schools for weather conditions but not all schools, please listen to the radio or check ASD’s website. If Sand Lake and/or Dimond cancels school, then so will Lumen Christi.

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Lumen News – 09/14/2017

Our Mission: As a ministry of St. Benedict Parish,
Lumen Christi High School provides a rigorous Catholic education
in a Christ-like environment!

Our Core Values: Living Faith, Celebrating Family, and Achieving Excellence

Important Upcoming Dates:

September 21st-22nd: HS Retreat
Sept 25th-29th: Food Drive sponsored by Big A/Little A
October 2nd: Rosary at 2pm
October 11th: PSAT Testing (9th-11th)
October 13th: College Pride Day (Dress Up Day to wear your favorite college spiritwear)
October 20th: No School, Teacher In-service
October 23rd: Academic Awards (2nd Sem. 2016-17 SY), 2pm
October 26th & 27th: ½ Days for Parent-Teacher Conferences
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: What a busy school year it has been already! Our varsity coed soccer team earned a 3-2 record in the Tri-Valley Tournament in Healy last week. We had two students, Garrett Renfro and Sophia Dupras, run for and represent Lumen at the New Balance XC Classic meet at Russian Jack Springs park last Saturday. And this past Monday, our student body prayed the Rosary in honor and remembrance of 9/11.

Today, thanks to the hard work and commitment of our teachers and PVO, we had an awesome taco lunch! Together, we raised over $900! The contributions will go directly to relief efforts in support of the National Catholic Education Association’s “Student to Student” Campaign for Catholic communities impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. More information on this national campaign can be found at http://ncea.org/sts. Way to go, Archangels!

Our Spirit Week continues and we and look forward to the Homecoming Bonfire on Friday night and the Dance on Saturday.

This weekend is also the annual St. Benedict Ministry Fair. Please see the PVO note below requesting parent and student volunteers to sing praises about our school and thank the generous parishioners of St. Benedict Parish. We could use your help!

In closing, a continuation of reasons why a Catholic school education is important:

11. Learning the connection between faith and reason

12. Sharing faith journeys with each other

13. Seeing Father Tom and Father Whitney around the school every day

14. Helping on service projects

15. Hearing Jesus’ name on a daily basis and not as a swear word

Gold Cards: PAST DUE: If you haven’t turned in your Gold Card money, please get it into the office as soon as possible. Any unsold cards also need to be turned in.

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 first order deadline of the year will be on Friday, September 15th at 1pm.

Junior High Activity Days: While the HS is on retreat, the JH students will be participating in several activities. To prepare for this, we will be sending a permission form home with them on Friday. Included in the activities will be several service projects along with some fun events. Tentatively students will be doing the following:

Thursday:

Students and teachers will be helping to clean the grounds at the cemetery. They should wear layers and dress for the weather. We will be working even if it rains! Anyone who has sod cutters, rakes, clippers, etc should bring them. We could also use any extras you want to loan. Gloves are also recommended. Students will be transported in vans.

We will also be walking to the bowling alley in the afternoon.

Lunch and snacks will be provided for the day.

Friday:

We will be doing several service projects at the school as well as attending Mass and enjoying some fun activities. Snacks are provided for the day. Dismissal is at 12:20 PM as usual.

A $20 fee for the service, food, bowling, and other activities will be added to your November Smart Tuition Invoice. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Mrs. Craig or Mrs. Brewer.

Last Year’s Community Service Forms: If students would like to keep their community service forms from last school year for their reference, they may pick them up from Mrs. Estes. The summary sheets will be added to their student file and the individual forms will be available in the office until October 2nd at which point they will be recycled.

PVO News: Wow! We have had a great start to this school year and we are blessed to have so many wonderful parent volunteers that have stepped up to help. Our first PVO meeting of the year was on Tuesday evening and we had great conversation and guidance on how we should work together this year. A heartfelt thank you to all that have volunteered so far.

2017 ST. BENEDICT’S MINISTRY FAIR

Help is needed this Sunday! We need one/two adults after all three Sunday Masses at St. Benedict’s for the Lumen Christi table to represent our school. You will answer questions about Lumen and hand out information. Students can join you in uniform and earn community service hours while helping to promote our school. Please considering sign up- http://signup.com/go/npgxpBA

ATTIC FRIDAYS

Our Attic Fridays continue to be successful and this will be our first week with students helping after school on Fridays. If students are interested in helping at the Attic on Fridays from 12:30- 2:30, they should see Mrs. Loeffler to sign up.

Parent volunteers are needed every month to help with the extended hours. Our goal this month is to fill the volunteers for the month of October so that we can start advertising the dates the Attic will have extended hours. Please visit the online sign-up and see if you can help us reach our goal- http://signup.com/go/cVMeBzw
We are still looking for an Attic Coordinator to help us keep on track and this is something that can be done from home!
CONCESSIONS

The concession stand will be opening soon. There are a few ways you can help:

We are looking for a Concession Sign- Up Coordinator to help our concession stand work more smoothly this year. This is something that can be done from home!
Look for online concession help sign-ups to be coming out soon.
Earn 2 share hours! We are looking for some concession stand helpers to get Food Handler’s Cards. If you plan on helping with concessions this year, please consider going online and completing this training. It should not take more than 2 hours to complete and has a minimal fee ($10). If you complete this training or have completed this training in the past (it is good for 3 years), please leave a copy at the front desk or email it to PVO. http://www.muni.org/departments/health/admin/environment/fss/pages/alternatefoodworkertesting.aspx
NEXT MEETING

Mark your calendar – the next PVO meeting will be Tuesday, October 10th in the library.

If you are interested in helping with any of our open positions or have any questions, please contact Danielle (pvo@lumenchristiak.org). Thank you!

Campus Ministry:

We are still in need of male chaperones for our High School Retreat on September 21-22. Please contact Liz Loeffler eloeffler@lumenchristiak.org !
Congratulations seniors on a wonderful retreat and your mentoring of Our Lady of the Valley students!
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 creating a Lumen Families bulletin board in the main hallway of the school. Please send family pictures in to Mrs. Loeffler for posting.
September 21 and 22nd are retreat days for high school students and special activity days for middle school.
- Middle School students (grades 7 and 8) will remain primarily on campus and High School students (grades 9-12) will be at St. Theresa Camp in Wasilla.
- For the high school retreat we are in need of parent volunteers to help prepare meals, set up for sessions and clean up during the retreat. Please contact Liz Loeffler, eloeffler@lumenchristiak.org if you can help.
- The week before the retreat (September 12-15) we can use help in organizing materials for the high school sessions. Please contact Liz Loeffler, eloeffler@lumenchristiak.org if you can help.
Keep an eye on Campus Ministry News for upcoming Service opportunities and if you know of a worthy cause in need of volunteers let us know so we can get the word out!
We are looking forward to a year filled with many blessings!

Internet Safety Presentation: There will be an internet safety presentation given by Officer Fifer from the Anchorage Police Department on Thursday, October 5th at 7pm at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School in the gym. This presentation is for parents or grandparents only and will inform you on ways to protect your child and their identity.

Student Government Announcements:

Homecoming Bonfire (This is a HS event): Student Government has planned a bonfire for high school students on September 15th from 8-10pm.
Homecoming Dance (This is a HS event): Student Government is hosting a Homecoming dance for high school students on September 16th from 8-11pm
Spirit Week (All School Event): Spirit Week is a fun time and all grades and teachers are invited to participate. If your student chooses to not participate, they should wear their school uniform to school.
- Friday: Crazy Hair & Lumen Spirit. Students may wear a crazy hairstyle this day as well as Lumen wear

Senior Portraits: Seniors, please don’t forget your senior portraits are due on Tuesday October 31st. Fall is a great time for photos! Please digitally submit your final portrait to Mrs. Spillers.

School Pictures: Photographs were sent home on Tuesday September 12th with students. If you missed out on ordering pictures, please contact Mrs. Spillers (mspillers@lumenchristiak.org) and she will put you in communication with Fitzgerald Photography. You can still pay over the phone and commemorate your student’s 2017-2018 school year.