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.

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 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.

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:

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.