Lumen News 11/23/2016

This past week, our Archangels have been busy putting their faith into visible action.  Several classes helped put together Thanksgiving food baskets for the St. Benedict’s Outreach program and we had five students assist St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School teachers and faculty last Friday afternoon.  Almost the entire school contributed to Student Government’s annual Stuffing Drive, collecting nearly 750 boxes of stuffing mix to be given out to needy families in coming days.  Way to go, Lumen!

In the same spirit of giving, remember, our Team Lumen Christi team page for the Arthritis Foundation’s Jingle Bell 5K Run/Walk on December 10th can be found at http://www.jbr.org/anchorage/teamlumenchristi.  All of the funds raised support the Arthritis Foundation’s battle against the nation’s #1 cause of disability, affecting more than 50 million Americans, including 300,000 children.  Please join us in supporting a worthy cause while getting some exercise at the same time!

I hope you enjoy the long weekend and your Thanksgiving holiday with friends and family.  Give thanks to God for our many blessings!

Lumen Wear:  Lumen sweatshirts and sweatpants are available for pre-order.  Attached are order forms.  Please return order forms and payment to the front office by November 30th, 2016.

• Meeting date changes:  December 1st and 15th meetings have been cancelled…Our new Gala meeting date is December 8th at 6:30pm in the Library.

• We are still looking for about 3 more procurement callers. This job starts in December, and you can earn double parent share hours for it!!  Once the letters go out, you simply call the businesses to see if they are willing to donate. Most places just need that friendly voice on the other end of the phone as a reminder to donate to our auction. The more callers we have, the less calls each person will need to make!!

• For those working on Procurement, there will be a meeting on December 8th at 7:30, right after the Gala meeting

• Here is a link to the Gala sign up sheet:  http://signup.com/go/sEDn4i

• Monday, December 12th:  Normal Monday schedule

• Tuesday, December 13th:  Normal Tuesday Schedule

• Wednesday, December 14th:  We will follow a Thursday schedule.  Please note:  NO MASS this day.

• Thursday, December 15th:  We will follow a First Friday A Schedule (Mass included).  Please Note:  Early Dismissal this day at 12:35pm

• Friday, December 16th:  We will follow a Friday B schedule with school dismissal at 12:20pm.

We made these changes to provide our students additional time on the 15th and 16th to prepare for final exams the following week.

Spring Academic Awards Assembly:  Students who earned academic awards for 2nd semester of the 2015-16 school year will be honored during assembly on December 12th at 2pm in the gym.  All are welcome to join us.

Semester Finals-Schedule:  Below is our schedule for Finals week, December 19th-21st

Monday, December 19th

7:45 – 8:00 — Snacks in Student Room

8:00 – 9:30 — Period 1 Final

9:30 – 9:45 — Break and Snacks

9:45 – 11:15 — Period 2 Final

Students are dismissed at 11:15.

Tuesday, December 20th

7:45 – 8:00 — Snacks in Student Room

8:00 – 9:30 — Period 3 Final

9:30 – 9:45 — Break and Snacks

9:45 – 11:15 — Period 4 Final

Students are dismissed at 11:15.

Wednesday, December 21st

7:45 – 8:00 — Snacks in Student Room

8:00 – 9:30 — Period 5 Final

9:30 – 9:45 — Break and Snacks

9:45 – 11:15 — Period 6 Final

Students are dismissed at 11:15.

Campus Ministry News

• The following seniors are training to be Extraordinary Ministers of Eucharist: Natalie Dickhaus, Gianna Dufrane, Chiebuka Lebechi, Abby McCormick and Jamie Nagel. Please keep them in prayer. Training is next Tuesday, Nov 22 during 7th hour. It’s not too late to join!

• Hobbit Fest on Wed., November 23rd!  St. Benedict Youth group will be watching The Hobbit extended version and enjoying a potluck dinner. Please join us!!

• Students who attend their Parish’s Youth group can earn extra points in Theology Classes!

• 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 6pm. Students who attend their Parish’s Youth group can earn extra points in Theology Classes!

• Calling all altar servers if your son or daughter is an altar server in your parish please encourage him or her to sign up to serve school Masses.  We invite all Catholic students who have never served to be trained here at school.

• Our parent support group last Sunday, November 13,  was well attended. It is great to have a support net of fellow travelers on the Christian parenting journey.  Thank you everyone for the great conversation! Details on our next meeting will be in next week’s Lumen News.

• 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!

• Parachutes is an organization that gives youth a safe a place to go and enjoy playing games and they even have people there that will help them with their homework. They need help with gift wrapping the Sears Mall to raise donation money. Following are the dates of the event:

• Black Friday, Nov. 25: 12 – 9 pm

• Saturday, Nov. 26: 12 – 6 pm

• Saturday, Dec. 3: 12 – 6 pm

• Sunday, Dec. 4: 12 – 6 pm

• Saturday, Dec. 10: 12 – 6 pm

• Sunday, Dec. 11: 12 – 6 pm

• Friday, Dec. 16: 10 am – 9 pm

• Saturday, Dec. 17: 10 am – 7 pm

• Sunday, Dec. 18: 10 am – 6 pm

• Monday, Dec. 19 through Friday, Dec. 23: 10 am – 9 pm

• Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24: 10 am – 6 pm

• Sign up at http://www.parachutesalaska.org or Call Katie Walter at 907.830.0738

Pax et Bonum!

1. SHOP:  Shop for any product, at any store.

2. SNAP:  Take a picture of your receipt.

3. EARN:  Earn cash donations & sweepstakes entries

LUMENary Drive:  Our LUMENary drive is underway and helps to bridge the gap between the tuition we pay and our fundraisers and what it actually costs to educate each child.  We have raised $22,000 towards our goal of $60,000!  Please consider making your LUMENary donation today and encouraging friends and family to do the same!

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