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Important Upcoming Dates:

Mar 16-19: BB State Championships
Mar 18: Lenten Soup Lunch (High School)
Mar 21: Stations of the Cross (7th Period)
Mar 23: Wednesday Hot Lunch (High School)
Mar 25: Lenten Soup Lunch (Junior High)
Mar 25: 9th Grade Retreat
Mar 28: Stations of the Cross (7th Period)
Mar 29: Internet and Social Media Safety (7th Period)
Mar 30-Apr 1: COGNIA Reaccreditation Virtual Review
Apr 1: Lenten Soup Lunch (High School)
Apr 4: Stations of the Cross (7th Period)
Apr 5: Lenten Reconciliation Service (Junior High–7th Period) Apr 6: Lenten Reconciliation Service (High School–7th Period) Apr 8: Lenten Soup Lunch (Junior High)
Apr 14: Stations of the Cross (7th Period)(Holy Thursday)
Apr 15: Good Friday (No School)
Apr 17: Easter Sunday! CHRIST IS RISEN!
Apr 18: Easter Monday (No School)
Apr 23: Spring Speaker Series (see details below)
Apr 29: Last School Mass with Seniors @ 7:45am
Apr 30: High School Prom
May 4: Class of 2022 Baccalaureate Mass, 7pm
May 5: Class of 2022 Graduation Ceremony, 7pm
May 17-19: Finals
May 19: Last Day of Classes

Principal’s Update:

Well, the opening round of the State basketball championships have resulted in both the boys and girls’ teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Boys play tonight at 4:45pm and girls play at 7:45 at the Alaska Airlines Center. We pray that they continue to do well and find themselves in the championship games on Saturday. We will continue to keep you posted on their progress and we hope that you will come out to show your support for our student athletes!

As we celebrate the our basketball teams, I want to also highlight the growing list of accomplishments of other Lumen students including:

Class of 2022 Seniors Jack Schroder and Liam Dupras, who play on the Anchorage Hockey Association’s team which won the 18U State Hockey Championship earlier this week.

Class of 2023 Junior Carson Blackford-Esary who plays on the Anchorage Hockey Association’s U16B team which won the 16B State Hockey Championship last week.

Class of 2022 Senior Jack Murkowski and Class of 2023 Junior Emily Ross who received an Honorable Mention for their video entry in the 2022 C-SPAN StudentCam competition. Over 1400 videos were submitted and only 150 videos received a prize. Jack and Emily will split the $250 Honorable Mention prize!

Class of 2024 Sophomore Brooke Ahrenholz who was selected as a National Youth Delegate to the 2022 Washington Youth Summit on the Environment at George Mason University. This summer, Brooke will join a select group of 100 other students from around the country to participate in an intensive, week-long study of leadership in environmental science and conservation.

Class of 2024 Sophomore Kateri Everard who participated in two Feisana (Irish Dance Competitions) at the beginning of Spring Break in Seattle. She competed in a total of 22 dance competitions in two days, and she came home with a suitcase of awards, including multiple 4th-2nd places finishes and THREE 1st place trophies! Kateri clearly had the blessings of the Irish with her!

Well done Archangels! We are so proud of all of our students. I always apologize if I fail to acknowledge and highlight the great work our students and families are doing, so please keep me or Mrs. Guzman informed so that we can give a shout out to our hard-working Archangels.

Campus Ministry:

Archangel Sports:

1A Basketball State Championships

Thursday, March 17th Quarterfinals

Boys at 4:45pm girls at 7:45

at the Alaska Airlines Center

Jr High Indoor Soccer

Will begin

Monday, Mar 21, 2022

after school from 4:00 – 5:30 pm

JAMBOREES

March 25th April 1st

from 4-7pm at Lumen Gym

Front Office News:

Continuing the fall success of our annual Speaker Series, our illustrious School Board has planned and organized the next event scheduled for Saturday, April 23rd at 7pm here at Lumen. Details are below and posted on our Facebook page. We hope you will come join us in this social, informative, and family event in a faith-filled environment. Parents, please note the reception afterward sponsored by Matanuska Brewing!!!!

2022 GALA!

The final numbers are in! Our net profit is…drumroll please…$117,000! This is the Gala’s highest net profit ever, and we absolutely would not have been able to meet this

without everyone’s participation. There are no other words to say other than thankfully, humbly, thank you. Because we’re already looking ahead to next year however…..

Save the Date!

Mark your calendars now! Wear your formal attire, dressiest denim or a combination of the two as we celebrate our school in-person at next year’s Annual Fundraising Gala!

COVID tests available!

We have a good amount of Covid tests available if needed! Just message Mrs. Guzman at lchs@lumenchrisitak.com and we will send some home with your student.

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Important Upcoming Dates:

Mar 3-5: BB Regions @ Lumen
Mar 4: Inservice (No School–start of Spring Break)
Mar 14: Return from Spring Break
Mar 14: Stations of the Cross (7th Period)
Mar 14: Jr High Indoor Soccer Begins
Mar 16: Wednesday Hot Lunch (Junior High)
Mar 16-19: BB State Championships
Mar 18: Lenten Soup Lunch (High School)(see Principal’s Update below)
Mar 21: Stations of the Cross (7th Period)
Mar 23: Wednesday Hot Lunch (High School)
Mar 23: All School Rosary (7th Period)
Mar 25: Lenten Soup Lunch (Junior High)
Mar 25: 9th Grade Retreat
Mar 28: Stations of the Cross (7th Period)
Mar 29: Internet and Social Media Safety (7th Period)(see Principal’s Update below) Mar 30-Apr 1: COGNIA Reaccreditation Virtual Review
Apr 1: Lenten Soup Lunch (High School)
Apr 4: Stations of the Cross (7th Period)
Apr 5: Lenten Reconciliation Service (Junior High–7th Period)
Apr 6: Lenten Reconciliation Service (High School–7th Period)
Apr 8: Lenten Soup Lunch (Junior High)
Apr 14: Stations of the Cross (7th Period)(Holy Thursday)
Apr 15: Good Friday (No School)
Apr 17: Easter Sunday! CHRIST IS RISEN!
Apr 18: Easter Monday (No School)
Apr 23: Spring Speaker Series
Apr 29: Last School Mass with Seniors @ 7:45am
Apr 30: High School Prom
May 4: Class of 2022 Baccalaureate Mass, 7pm
May 5: Class of 2022 Graduation Ceremony, 7pm
May 17-19: Finals
May 19: Last Day of Classes

Principal’s Update:

Thank you to all in our community who rose to the occasion and answered the call for volunteers to support our hosting of the Regional basketball tournament over the next few days. I’m always in awe of the level of support and commitment of our parents and families! Thank you! Please come out to cheer our teams on to victory!

As we look beyond Spring Break and into Lent, we have populated our calendar above with opportunities for Stations of the Cross, all school Rosary, and Lenten Reconciliation Services. These events will take place, as per the schedule, during our 7th period elective time. So students will participate in these liturgical activities in lieu of study hall or any other assigned elective (riflery, yearbook, etc.). I ask that all students on early dismissal remain in the school building on these days and attend with the rest of the school. Exceptions will be granted to those students attending King Tech, jobs, or any other hard scheduling requirement. Our final Stations of the Cross will be during the 7th period on Holy Thursday, April 14th just prior to dismissal for the Triduum and Easter weekend.

After Spring Break, we will also renew a pre-COVID Lumen tradition of Friday Lenten Soup Lunches! These will start on Friday, March 18th and continue through Lent. As you will see, we will alternate between high school and junior high (opposite the Wednesday Hot Lunch schedule), so that all students have an opportunity for at least one hot lunch per week. By tradition, Lumen teachers prepare simple, meatless soups, chowder, mac and cheese, and other “crockpotable” items and sell bowls for $2-3 dollars. We usually have bread rolls as well. Monies earned go to support a local charity. In the past, these Friday meals have been a great way to focus our students on Lenten ideals of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

I have asked Anchorage Police Officer Butler, who is the Student Resource Officer at Dimond High School, to come and speak to our students about internet and social media safety. He will be at school during 7th period on Tuesday, March 29th.

Finally, it is hard to believe that we are halfway through the semester already. Our students have been doing great and deserve a week off. On behalf of our entire school staff, have a blessed and safe Spring Break! We will see you at the basketball tournament and then again on March 14th!

Campus Ministry:

Archangel Sports:

Regions Tournament

starting Thursday, March 3rd

Girls at 6:15pm Boys at 8:00 pm

Come support our Lumen Basketball teams!

Girls

Boys

begins Monday, March 14th, 2022 at the gym after school (no sign-up needed)

Front Office News:

NHS is proud to present our new Lumen Christi instagram account for students by students!

All activities going on at Lumen will be announced and highlighted here! We encourage families and students to follow our student account!

⬇

https://www.instagram.com/lchs_student/

@LCHS_STUDENT

Regions Tournament March 3rd-5th

It’s still not too late! We are still in need of everyone’s support–athlete families and non-athlete families to help during the Region Basketball Tournament on March 3rd-5th!

Link to sign-up: https://signup.com/go/qJHJHgB

Save the Date!

Mark your calendars now! Wear your formal attire, dressiest denim or a combination of the two as we celebrate our school in-person at next year’s Annual Fundraising Gala!

COVID test available!

We have a good amount of Covid tests available if needed! Just message Mrs. Guzman atlchs@lumenchrisitak.com and we will send some home with your student.

Important Upcoming Dates:

Feb 24: Lumen Spirit Wear Day (HS BB Senior Night vs BCS–schedule below) Feb 25: All School Mass at 7:45am
Mar 2: Ash Wednesday Mass at 7:45am
Mar 3: Synod Parent-Teacher Session, 6:30-8:30pm (sign up below)Mar 3-5: BB Regions @ Lumen
Mar 4: Inservice (No School–start of Spring Break) Mar 14: Return from Spring Break
Mar 16-19: BB State Championships
Apr 15: Good Friday (No School)
Apr 17: Easter Sunday! CHRIST IS RISEN!
Apr 18: Easter Monday (No School)
Apr 23: Spring Speaker Series
Apr 29: Last School Mass with Seniors @ 7:45am Apr 30: High School Prom
May 4: Class of 2022 Baccalaureate Mass, 7pm May 5: Class of 2022 Graduation Ceremony, 7pm May 17-19: Finals
May 19: Last Day of Classes

Principal’s Update:

I hope our students enjoyed their extended long weekend, especially with our added snow day on Tuesday! Even though this has been a short week, it’s been a busy one!

I know our thoughts are on Spring Break, which starts at the end of next week. But we can really use our entire community’s support and assistance as we host the Peninsula Conference regional basketball championships March 3-5. We have nine teams total, boys and girls, coming from all over Alaska to participate, so we want to put our best foot forward and be gracious and welcome hosts. We could use your support in three main ways:

1. Commit to signing up to man the concession stand or main gate, host a meal for the hospitality suite, serve as an announcer, or any other countless tasks necessary to run a successful tournament. Many hands make light work, and your hours go to support our athletic program and earn Share Hours. Make it a family affair and your Lumen student can earn Faith in Action hours too! You can access our support needs here: https://signup.com/go/qJHJHgB
2. Commit to coming out to support our teams as they play. Our first games are Thursday night (times below) and we have a theme of “BLUE OUT.” So wear blue and come out to cheer our teams on to victory! Both teams are poised to earn the regional championship and again earn berths to State scheduled for March 16-19th.
3. Attend Mass with our teams at 7am on Thursday, March 3rd in St. Benedict’s church to start off the tournament in prayer. Show our support for our young men and women by celebrating Mass with them before we start our school day and the tournament begins. Help us pray for our Archangel athletes!

   Thanks in advance for your continued commitment of time, talent, and treasure. On to victory, Archangels!

Campus Ministry:

Archangel Sports:

Senior Night will be held on Thursday, February 24th

Lumen vs BCS (GYM)

Girls at 6:00pm
Boys at 7:30pm

Regions Tournament
starting Thursday, March 3rd

Girls at 6:15pm
Boys at 8pm

Front Office News:

Regions Tournament March 3rd-5th

We are in need of everyone’s support–athlete families and non-athlete families to help during the Region Basketball Tournament on March 3rd-5th! This is a great opportunity to get some Parent Share Hours in or for students to get some Faith in Action Hours!

Over 60 slots to choose from!
Link to sign-up: https://signup.com/go/qJHJHgB

COVID tests available!

We have a good amount of Covid tests available if needed! Just message Mrs. Guzman atlchs@lumenchrisitak.com and we will send some home with your student.

Thank you!

The final numbers are (almost) in – just one more outstanding invoice. Once that’s in we’ll be able to provide you with an exact figure, but know that we’re on track to raise the most amount EVER in the school’s Gala Fundraising history! Considering that last year we raised the “then” most amount ever ($110,000) – we’re over the moon to announce that this year we’ll close the books out at just over $113,000. So much of our success comes from the dedicated Gala Team, but we couldn’t do it without the generosity and participation of our amazing friends, families and supporters like you. There are no other words than simply – thank you.

Important Upcoming Dates:

Feb 18: Inservice Day (No School)
Feb 21: President’s Day Holiday (No School)
Feb 18-20: 10th Grade retreat @ St. Therese’s Camp (St. Ben’s Winter Retreat)
Feb 23: Wonderfully Made: God’s Unique Gift of Femininity, 6:30-8:30 (Details below) Feb 24: Lumen Spirit Wear Day (HS BB Senior Night vs BCS–schedule below)
Feb 25: All School Mass at 7:45am
Mar 2: Ash Wednesday Mass at 7:45am
Mar 3: Synod Parent-Teacher Session, 6:30-8:30pm (sign up below)
Mar 3-5: BB Regions @ Lumen
Mar 4: Inservice (No School–start of Spring Break)
Mar 14: Return from Spring Break
Mar 16-19: BB State Championships
Apr 15: Good Friday (No School)
Apr 17: Easter Sunday! CHRIST IS RISEN!
Apr 18: Easter Monday (No School)
Apr 23: Spring Speaker Series
Apr 29: Last School Mass with Seniors @ 7:45am
Apr 30: High School Prom
May 4: Class of 2022 Baccalaureate Mass, 7pm
May 5: Class of 2022 Graduation Ceremony, 7pm
May 17-19: Finals
May 19: Last Day of Classes

Principal’s Update:

Wow what an awesome Gala last Saturday! Thank you to everyone who bid high and bid often to support our school! I want to give a special shout out again to Clay and Laura Butcher, and our dedicated auction team of Celine, Tracy, Merrileigh, Patrick, and Carla. We are so very glad Gala coordinator emeritus Danielle Rybicki returned from retirement to provide additional assistance and support. And every good team needs a good leader, and this event could not have come together without the commitment and passion of our very own Anne Gore!! Initial fundraising numbers look very promising, so thank you all! Well done!

I’ve fielded a few inquiries in the last few days about our mask policy. With the number of cases declining quickly and positive test rates decreasing in the same way (praise be to God!), it is time to reevaluate our protocols. On Tuesday, I enjoyed hearing students’ perspectives from the class representatives in our Student Leadership Board, and this listening session extended into hearing from the members of our School Board at the monthly meeting that same night. Tomorrow, while our students are enjoying an extended weekend, our staff and teachers will be here attending Mass, praying for our students and families, conducting faith formation, and preparing for our COGNIA reaccreditation review. We also plan to discuss our protocols as a staff and evaluate next steps. I anticipate further fruitful discussion, with an update being sent to families over the weekend.

I deeply appreciate everyone’s patience throughout this. I always want to hear as many perspectives from anyone willing to share, so please feel free to email me at bross@lumenchristiak.org. I might not respond back directly, but please know I will take your thoughts into careful and prayerful consideration.

Please pray for our Class of 2024 10th graders who will be on retreat with St. Benedict’s this weekend as well as our middle school volleyballers who finish up their season with a jamboree on Saturday. Our basketball teams have had a few games canceled due to this crazy weather, so we are hoping that we can get those rescheduled soon. We wish our high schoolers good luck and Godspeed as they enter the last few, yet critical, weeks of their season!

Campus Ministry:

Archangel Sports:

Tournament
February 19th

Location: Lumen Christi Gym

Game times for LC: 9:30 am / 11:10 am / 12:50

Consolation Game: 2:30 pm

Championship Game: 4:10 pm

High School Basketball

Girls
Thursday, February
Mt. Edgecumbe JV at 8:15 pm

Senior Night will be held on Thursday, February 24th
at our games vs BCS at Lumen

Girls at 6pm;  Boys at 7:30pm

Front Office News:

WOW – JUST WOW!

Thank you to all who volunteered, donated and participated in this year’s “No Place Like Home” Gala last Saturday night. It was a great success and we absolutely could not have done it without each and every one of you. We’re still crunching the expense numbers but as soon as we have those

and can release an event net proceeds amount, parents will be the first to know.

COACH JOHN WARREN won the “Ruby Slippers” contest! Now the quest begins to find men’s size 11.5 ‘ruby slippers’ but once we’ve secured them, we’ll get the day scheduled, and oh yes, there will be plenty of pictures taken and shared! Huge thanks to Coach for being such a good sport, and to his many in-laws who jumped in to cement in his “winning” (losing?!) of the contest. Be sure and check out the school’s Facebook page where there are lots of pics posted from the night!

Thank you!

Volunteer/Parent Share Hours Opportunities

Synod Parent-Teacher Session

https://signup.com/go/tOhJQOF

Archangel Attic

http://rmd.me/K35tQofj0Vf

Important Upcoming Dates:

Feb 11: All School Mass at 7:45am
Feb 12: There’s No Place Like Home ~ Fundraising Gala!
Feb 14: Valentine’s Day Theme Day (wear red, white, pink or hearts)
Feb 15: Lumen Spirit Wear Day
Feb 16: P/T Conferences (2:30-5pm)
Feb 17: P/T Conferences (4-7pm)
Feb 18: Inservice Day (No School)
Feb 21: President’s Day Holiday (No School)
Feb 18-20: 10th Grade retreat @ St. Therese’s Camp (St. Ben’s Winter Retreat)
Feb 23: Wonderfully Made: God’s Unique Gift of Femininity, 6:30-8:30 (Details below) Feb 24: Lumen Spirit Wear Day (HS BB Senior Night vs BCS–schedule below)
Feb 25: All School Mass at 7:45am
Mar 2: Ash Wednesday Mass at 7:45am
Mar 3: Synod Parent-Teacher Session, 6:30-8:30pm (sign up below)
Mar 3-5: BB Regions @ Lumen
Mar 4: Inservice (No School–start of Spring Break)
Mar 14: Return from Spring Break
Mar 16-19: BB State Championships
Apr 15: Good Friday (No School)
Apr 17: Easter Sunday! CHRIST IS RISEN!
Apr 18: Easter Monday (No School)
Apr 23: Spring Speaker Series
Apr 29: Last School Mass with Seniors @ 7:45am
Apr 30: High School Prom
May 4: Class of 2022 Baccalaureate Mass, 7pm
May 5: Class of 2022 Graduation Ceremony, 7pm
May 17-19: Finals
May 19: Last Day of Classes

Principal’s Update:

Well, we are 48 hours away from our annual Gala! There is truly no place like home! We hope all in our school community, and many others from all over, will bid high and bid often over the next few days to help raise money for our school. Each of us should be deeply grateful for dedication and commitment of time and talent by Anne Gore and her amazing auction team, including:

• Danielle Rybicki, who’s guided the Gala to success for the last 6 years. Danielle’s ongoing leadership during this transition time has been instrumental in leading the team to what will undoubtedly be another successful event. Anne is certain that Danielle would have loved to have handed over her impeccably organized binder of notes and walked away, but Danielle has stuck by the team (and especially Anne) for the whole event. THANK YOU Danielle, for your ongoing dedication to our school, and to the success of this event.
• Carla Blackford-Esary who along with her procurement team, helped secure donations from all over Alaska totalling over $76,000 – the largest amount of donations ever!;
• Celine Kaplan for her front-end efforts in securing sponsorships, getting invitations printed and mailed and thank you’s written;
• Tracy Ross, and her trusty assistant Yvette Tousignant, for managing the thousands of details that go into photographing, cataloging and listing almost 500 items onto the online bidding website;
• Merrilleigh Boring for her hard work in managing communication and disbursement;
• Patrick Muller for agreeing to be the ‘boots on the ground’ labor the night of the live event, and for helping with disbursement;
• Amy Locke for her creativity and graphic design work, creating the fantastic “Wizard of Oz” images that we’ve used in all of our marketing efforts;
• To all the parents who helped organizing the awesome class projects up for bid;
• And last but not least, an extraordinary set of parents here at the school, Clay & Laura Butcher, owners of C+L Creative who are not only producing and live streaming the event, but who filmed and produced the “Better Together” video that you will see the night of the event, and ALL of the videos you see on our website and Facebook featuring our school. Clay & Laura – we are forever in your debt.It is clear that we have so many great things going on here at Lumen! I want to end with a special shout out to our boys and girls high school basketball teams. Both teams won third place in last week’s Nenana Invitational Tournament. Additionally, the boys team received the Sportsmanship Award, and Natalie Grubba, Emily Ross, Amara Warren, Brenden Gregory, Robert Wilcox (homeschool), and Tim Bennett (homeschool) earned All-Tournament honors! Tim Bennett also scored his 1000th point in the last game of the tournament, a truly impressive and historical accomplishment in high school basketball!

  Last night, both teams won great victories over Unalaska here at home. Brenden scored 51 points (out of 77) in the game, which is absolutely incredible! Way to go, Brenden!

  Our teams are on the road again this weekend to the Crowley Classic in Talkeetna. We wish them good luck and safe travels! Please make sure you mark your calendars for the Regions basketball tournament hosted here at Lumen from Mar 3-5. We want to pack our stands with fans and cheer our teams on to a second year as conference champions and well-earned berths to State! Go Archangels!

Archangel Sports:

Middle School Volleyball

Friday, Feb 11th Location: Lumen Christi Gym Time: 4:00pm

Tournament

February 18th-19th Location: Lumen Christi Gym Time: TBD

Both teams will travel to Su-Valley February 10th-12th

(See below for details)

Senior Night will be held on Thursday, February 24th at our games vs BCS at Lumen

Girls at 6pm Boys at 7:30pm

Front Office News:

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Don’t forget, Parent-Teacher conferences are coming up next week!

Wednesday, Feb. 16th from 2:30pm-5:00 pm & Thursday, Feb. 17th from 4:00 pm -7:00 pm

*Normal dismissal (2pm) on these days.*

Debate Team Shout Out

The ASAA Drama, Debate, and Forensic tournament at Bartlett High School was held on January 28th and 29th with Liam Dupras placing 1st in Extemporaneous Commentary and Team Jack Murkowski and Vaeda Michaelson placing 2nd in Public Forum! Wow! Go Lumen!

Congratulations debate team and Mrs.Reed!

You’re Invited to:

Wonderfully Made: God’s Unique Gift of Femininity

http://www.aknfp.com/home/billings-ovulation-method

Come Support Two of Our Lumen Students!

On February 10th,11th,12th, 18th and 19th, Dimond High School Theatre will be presenting a musical based on The Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tale: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS. Kateri and Vincent Everard will be participating in this drama production! See flyer below for more information: