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Lumen News 01/27/2017

Important Upcoming Dates:

January 27th: Deadline to Add/Drop Classes
January 29-Feb 4: Catholic Schools Week 2017
January 30: All Schools Catholic Schools Mass, 10:30am at Our Lady of Guadalupe
January 30: “State of the School” Parent Meeting, 7pm
January 31st: St. Benedict’s & St. Elizabeth’s Basketball Night, 6:30pm
February 4th: St. Benedict’s Father Daughter Dance, 6-8pm
February 5: Lumen/St. Benedict’s Community Mass, 10:30am
February 15th, 16th: ½ days for Conferences
February 17th: No School, Teacher Inservice
February 20th: No School, President’s Day
February 25th: Lumen’s Great Gatsby Gala, 5:30pm
NEW DATE: February 27th: Fall Academic Awards Assembly, 2pm
March 10th: No School, Teacher In-Service
March 13th-17th: No School, Spring Break
April 4-6th: JH Testing Days
April 13th: ½ day, Holy Thursday
April 14th & 17th: No School, Easter Break
May 10th: Baccalaureate Mass, 7pm
May 11th: Graduation, 7pm
May 22nd-24th: Finals
May 24th: Last Day of School
May 25th-26th: Teacher Inservice

Principal’s Update: As we look towards celebrating Catholic School’s Week next week, I hope to see parents at our State of the School Address on Monday, January 30th at 7pm and our Community Mass with St. Benedict’s on Sunday, Feb 5th at 10:30am! Go LUMEN!

Class Add/Drop Deadline: The last day to add or drop any classes is January 27th. Please contact Mrs. Brewer with any schedule changes and/or questions.

Calling ALL Bakers: Calling all bakers!! Do you love to bake? Would you like to make and donate a delicious dessert to our 3rd annual Dessert Dash? If baking is not your thing but you’d like to help…consider making a cash donation towards the purchase of a dessert at a local bakery or maybe you have a friend or relative that would like to donate. Desserts need to feed a table of 8-10 guests. Please contact the Gala office at 907-273-1530 or at Gala@lumenchristiak.org if you’d like to help. Last year’s Dessert Dash raised more that $8000.00!!!

State of the School Address:

St. Elizabeth & St. Benedict’s Basketball Night: In celebration of Catholic Schools week, on Tuesday, January 31st all St. Benedict’s and St. Elizabeth’s families are invited to attend our basketball games against Nikolaevsk and will receive free admission and one free popcorn or candy. Our girls game will begin at 6:30pm, boys at 8pm…Come cheer on Lumen!!! Go Archangels!!

Lumen’s Great Gatsby Gala:

ONLY 4-1/2 WEEKS UNTIL THE GALA!!!

Gala will be held at Lumen Christi on February 25th, 2017 at 5:30 pm in the gym.
Next Gala meeting is on Thursday, January 26th at 6:30pm in the Library.
For 2016 Gala tax statements: In preparation for the upcoming tax season, if you need a Gala receipt to reflect either your donations or purchases, please contact the Gala committee at gala@lumenchristiak.org.
Signup for Wine donations for share hours here: http://signup.com/go/L5Btum
The Basket committee is looking for some random items to make complete baskets out of donations we have already received. The list is here: http://signup.com/go/nB3fo8
Individual tickets and tables to attend the event are on sale now. Contact the gala office or Mrs. Estes if you want to purchase.
Now is the time to decide if you would like to attend the event and help out before and/or after, or if you would like to volunteer during event night. There are still several volunteer opportunities available the weekend of the event. The Gala volunteer sign-up sheet can be found here: http://signup.com/go/sEDn4i Not sure how you can help? Just ask and we will help find a job for you.

Lumen Christi/St. Benedict’s Community Mass:

Daily Mass: There will be no daily Mass on Monday, January 30th because of All Catholic Schools Mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe for Catholic Schools Week.

WYD Italian Dinner: Our next Italian Dinner will be this Saturday, January 28th at 6PM. It is a seven course feast that will highlight some authentic flavors of Italia! I think we will make our home made Italian Wedding Soup. Tickets are 30 dollars. If you would like tickets set aside for you, please email Bob McMorrow at rmcmorrow@stbenedictsak.com All proceeds go to families to help them go to the next World Youth Day. If you are interested in going to WYD, please contact Bob McMorrow at rmcmorrow@stbenedictsak.com or Liz Loeffler at eloeffler@lumenchristiak.org

St. Benedict’s Annual Father Daughter Dance: On Saturday, February 4th from 6-8pm in the Upper Room of Lumen’s Gym. Photographer available. All ages welcome. Bring a snack to share.

BP Teachers of Excellence: Nominations for BP Teachers of Excellence accepted at BPteachers.com until February 1, 2017.

Click. Pick. Give: When you choose Pick.Click.Give to benefit Lumen Christi High School, your money supports the education programs that have prepared our students for college and life. Your generous donation ensures that our students continue to be equipped with academic excellence and faith. Thank you for prayerfully considering Lumen Christi on the list of your Pick.Click.Give. donations. Your link to Pick.Click.Give.

Next Scrip Order Date: Our next Scrip order deadline will be Tuesday, January 31st at 3pm. If you’d like to place an order or create an account, please contact Jessica Estes at the front office and she will help you out.

Basketball Concession Stand and Gate: Basketball season has begun and there will be a lot of home games this year. Please click on the following link to volunteer to help with concessions and gate. http://signup.com/go/AM4MpV

DATE CHANGE: Fall Semester Academic Awards Assembly: We have moved the date of our Academic Awards Ceremony to accommodate a guest speaker who is only available on February 13th. The new date of our Academic Awards is Monday, February 27th, please join us as we celebrate our students who have earned academic awards for 1st semester. It will be held in the gym at 2pm.

Campus Ministry

Service hour opportunity!!! We are in need of a student and/or parent volunteer to speak very briefly at one St. Benedict Parish Mass this weekend. You will be sharing your favorite aspect of Lumen Christi and inviting parish members to visit our school. A script will be provided to guide you and Mrs. Loeffler will be at each of the Masses in case you have any questions or would like help. This is counted as one service hour.
Welcome New members to the Student Campus Ministry Team (SCMT), Sophia Dupras, Nathan Goodwin, Gage Hogue, Chidubem Lebechi, and Josef Maes!
SCMT is collaborating with St. Benedict Leadership Team to hold the first (what we hope to be annual) Mardis Gras Pancake Feast. The event is student planned and led and will be held in the Parish Hall on Tuesday, February 28 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Proceeds will be divided among a local charity, Student Campus Ministry, and St. Benedict Youth Ministry. We hope you will all join us for the event. Look for upcoming details!
Please join our Ladies prayer group each Saturday morning at 10 a.m. in the Library. This is a great time of prayer and fellowship.
Our next parent discussion group will meet on Sunday, Feb. 12 in room 109 from 4:00 – 5:45 p.m.. We will be discussing effective teen/parent communication. WHO DOESN’T NEED THAT?? Hope to see you there.
Many students have already signed up to volunteer at St. Elizabeth’s school on Fridays after school until 2:30 p.m. You can still make the most of Friday afternoon service time because there is plenty of room for more volunteers! Students can sign up on the hall bulletin board here at Lumen. Parents are also welcome to email Liz @ eloeffler@lumenchristiak.org or call Lumen’s main office for parent sign up!
All students grades 6-8 are invited to St. Benedict’s Junior High youth group on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at 6 p.m.
All High School Students are invited to St, Benedict’s youth group every Thursday @ 7 p.m.
Students who attend their Parish’s Youth group can earn extra points in Theology Classes!
It is great to see so many new altar servers serving for our school Masses. There is plenty of room for more! Catholic students who have never served to be trained here at school.

Shoparoo: 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. Mrs. Estes and Mrs. Brewer both got this app on their phones and it is super easy and fun to use. 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

Link to Signup.com: 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