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Lumen News 02/15/2017

Important Upcoming Dates:

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
February 27th: Fall Academic Awards Assembly, 2pm
February 28th: Mardi Gras Pancake Feast, 6:30-8:30pm
March 7th: LCHS Open House, 6-8pm
March 8th: School Board Meeting, 6-7:30pm
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: We have a short week this week and I look forward to seeing everyone at Parent-Teacher conferences today and Thursday. As you come in to talk to your son or daughter’s teachers, we hope you will bring in your completed re-enrollment forms so we can include your family in our planning for next year. We also hope you will take the time if waiting to complete our annual online survey for AdvancED accreditation. Several computers will be available in Dr. Carlson’s room (Rm 110) while you wait to talk with teachers or you can go to the survey here: https://goo.gl/R0JdWC. This is the parent survey; your son or daughter will be asked to complete a similar survey for students. These surveys are very important not only for our accreditation, but also for our own continuous improvement as a school. For the first time, we have been able to add Catholic identity questions to the survey. We hope you will provide us this valuable feedback by March 1st. Thank you again!

In closing, a special shout-out to the hardworking volunteers busy preparing for our Gala next week. The library has been a beehive of activity and we truly appreciate your efforts. Thank you for your time and talent! Go Archangels!

Lumen’s Great Gatsby Gala:

The Gala is next weekend, February 25th at 5:30pm!

Tickets & Tables Still Available: If you are planning on attending this year’s Gala, now is the time to buy your tickets or tables. Contact the gala office at 907-273-1530 or Mrs. Estes at 907-245-9231 if you want to purchase.
Donations..Donations..Donations!! Now is the time to bring in your donations!! Baskets are great sellers at the Gala, consider putting together a fun themed basket. The basket committee can make it look pretty…all you have to do is bring the items in. Attached to this email is a list of themed basket ideas.
IRONING: WE DESPERATELY NEED HELP WITH IRONING!! Please stop by the school if you can help with this. This is a job that can be done at home.
Silent Auction Monitor/Check-out: Help for this job is still needed the night of the Gala
Wine Donations: Signup for Wine donations for share hours here: http://signup.com/go/L5Btum If you signed up to donate wine, please start bringing it in.
Dessert Dash: 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!!!
Want to Volunteer?: Can’t attend the event but would like to help or volunteer to complete some parent share hours? 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.

Sports News:

JH Volleyball: Friday and Saturday kicks off our JH Volleyball end of season tournament. Come cheer them on!! Their first game is on Friday, February 17th at 6pm at Lumen Christi.
HS Basketball Senior Night: On Tuesday, February 21st, we will celebrate our Seniors during our home games against Birchwood Christian School. Girls will play at 5:30pm; Boys at 7pm. Come support our basketball players by cheering them on and also to celebrate our Seniors too!!
JH Indoor Soccer: JH Indoor Soccer will begin on Monday, February 27th, practice times TBA.
HS Track: HS Track will begin on Tuesday, February 28th, practice times TBA.
JH Track: JH Track will begin on Monday, April 10th, practice times TBA.

Parent-Teacher Conferences & Bell Schedule: Parent-Teacher conferences are quickly approaching and the schedule is highlighted below:

Wednesday, February 15th: We will follow a Friday A Schedule with school dismissal at 12:20pm. Parent-Teacher Conferences will be from 1pm-5pm.
Thursday, February 16th: We will follow a Friday B Mass Schedule with school dismissal at 12:35pm. Parent-Teacher Conferences will be from 3pm-7pm.
Friday, February 17th: Teacher Inservice-No School

Re-enrollment Packets: Re-enrollment packets have been sent home with your children and if you have any questions, please let me know. There have been a few questions about enrollment fees which are usually highlighted on the financial agreement which will come out later. As a reminder of what those fees are, there is a commitment fee of $100.00 and the book & technology fee which is $300.00 (after March 31st the commitment fee will increase to $250.00).

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.

State of the School: For those that missed the State of the School on January 30th, we have posted our slide presentation as well as a short report of the evening on our website. At the end of the presentation, I provided a list of 10 things that friends of Lumen can do to help light the path to the future for our school. That list is:

1) Talk about the 4 great things about our school to anyone you know

2) Attend the Community Mass on Sunday, Feb 5^th

3) Invite a prospective family to the Open House on Mar 7^th

4) Volunteer to serve as a Parent/Student Ambassador

5) Volunteer at the Archangel Attic

6) Volunteer with Friday afternoon Faith in Action opportunities

7) Volunteer to sell concessions at our home games

8) Support the Gala (attend, invite others, volunteer, find donations)

9) Donate to the LUMENARY Drive and invite at least 5 of your friends and family to do the same

10) Commit to SCRIP, Fred Meyer Rewards, Pick.Click.Give., and Amazon Smile

PVO President & Vice President: If you are interested in becoming our PVO President or Vice President, please see Mrs. Estes or Mr. Ross. If you think you might be interested but have questions, please let us know. We need to start looking forward to the next school year and it would be great to have PVO leadership in place before the end of the school year.

Next Scrip Order Date: The next order deadline will be March 6th (right before Spring Break) 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.

Fall Semester Academic Awards Assembly: Academic Awards is Monday, February 27th; please join us as we celebrate our students who have earned academic awards (a GPA of 3.0 or higher) for 1st semester. It will be held in the gym at 2pm.

Campus Ministry:

February 17-19 is the St. Benedict Winter Retreat at St. Teresa Camp. All students grades 9-12 are welcome. Last year this was a wonderful time of prayer and reflection. Please consider encouraging your high schooler to attend. Registration forms are available in the office.
Welcome new members to the Student Campus Ministry Team (SCMT), Sophia Dupras, Nathan Goodwin, Gage Hogue, Chidubem Lebechi, and Josef Mey!
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.
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.
Looking ahead: World Youth Day is January 22-27, 2018 in Panama. IIt would be wonderful to have a group from Lumen. More info to follow.

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