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Lumen News 12/15/2016

Important Upcoming Dates:

December 15th-17th: HS Lumen Invite Basketball Tournament
December 19th-21st: 1st Semester Finals
December 20th-School Board Meeting
December 22nd-January 8th: Christmas Break
January 9th: School Resumes
January 29-Feb 4: Catholic Schools Week 2017

Principal’s Update:

The school has been a beehive of activity in the last few days before finals and the holiday break. We handed out academic, athletic, and spirit awards on Monday, including the “…And Then Some” award to senior Ned Kretchik. This award was last presented in 2007 and is given to that student, junior or senior high, who goes above and beyond that expected of Lumen students. Congratulations to all our award recipients and well done Ned!

Most of our students participated in a very moving Advent Reconciliation Service on Tuesday organized by Mrs. Loeffler. Junior high students are giving presentations on the Founding Fathers in Mrs. Spillers class and wrapping “Beanie Boxes” for Bean’s Cafe with Mrs. Robertson. Physical science students in Mr. Palumbo’s (a.k.a. Professor Liberty) class are testing and racing mouse trap cars down the hallway. The art class with Mrs. Glenn are finishing up their clay designs with some cool ones on display in the front entryway. Secret Santas are handing out gifts and high schoolers are preparing for the Snowball Dance on Saturday evening. Thanks to a design developed by senior Natalie Dickhaus, we are sending out over 200 Christmas cards to parents, supporters, and friends of Lumen. And, once again, our school is hosting a basketball tournament this weekend with teams from across the State, so come on out to volunteer or to support our Lumen Archangels boys and girls basketball teams. It’s truly a busy time of year!

Thank you to those who filled out the short online survey titled “Survey of Intended Enrollment.” It is exciting to see that over 98{d4876d85bca45a190b33d6c696456a399841af28eb325342d1f9ba09483f3a19} of our students are planning to return next year and your input will certainly help us with next year’s planning. Thank you for the great response!

Our 22 members of Team Lumen Christi raised almost $900 for the Arthritis Foundation’s Jingle Bell 5K Run/Walk last Saturday. It was awesome to see the spirit and cheer of our runners and walkers despite the -2 degree temps! Way to go Team Lumen!

In a few days, I’ll be sending out a letter explaining changes to the bell schedule and our calendar for second semester. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me or Mrs. Estes. Have a blessed weekend!

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Are You Giving Gift Cards for Christmas?: Order them through Scrip and Lumen can earn rebates!! Our next Scrip order deadline will be Monday, December 19th at 1pm and the gift cards should arrive by December 21st or 22nd. To place an order visit shopwithscrip.com, create an account with Lumen Christi’s enrollment code: B968B67E44853. If you do not wish to create an account right now, simply fill out the attached order form and turn it into the office with payment…It’s that easy! Have any questions? Contact Jessica at 245-9231

Snowball Dance: This Saturday, December 17, 2016 the Lumen Student Government will be hosting a Snowball Dance. It is semi-formal dress wear and high school only. The dance is from 8pm to 11:30pm. The admission is $5. Some visiting basketball teams from the Lumen tournament are invited so they will be attending as well.

Lumen Invite Basketball Tournament: Lumen Christi will host its annual Lumen Invite basketball tournament from December 15th-17th. Click on the following link to see how you can volunteer to help out at the annual fun event: http://signup.com/go/hjtTmt. The schedule of games are attached…come out and cheer on our girls and boys basketball teams.

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.

Jidor, Our School Pet: Mrs. Craig is looking for someone to take care of Jidor, her classroom bunny over Christmas break. He is very friendly and plenty of food and bedding will be provided. Please contact the front office or Mrs. Craig at acraig@lumenchristiak.org if you are interested.

2nd Semester Art Class: Mrs. Glenn is offering art class 2nd Semester and the following art mediums will be covered:

Watercolor painting
Set Design: Design and create set pieces for our Drama’s Spring performance.
Acrylic Painting
Free draw day so students can explore and have the freedom to work on their own drawings

2nd Semester Art Class will have the same fee ($355.00) as 1st semester. This price is based on 10 students: Less than 10 students, the price will increase. Please contact the office or Mrs. Brewer at dbrewer@lumenchristiak.org if your student would like to take Art class 2nd semester.

Gala: 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. The Gala sign-up sheet can be found here: http://signup.com/go/sEDn4i

Campus Ministry

We are in the third week of Advent the waiting is almost over!
Tuesday’s Advent Penance Service was peaceful and prayerful. Thank you to everyone who helped and to students for their thoughtful reflection.

Please consider adopting a child or family for Christmas. Giving Trees are at the church entry ways or halls throughout Anchorage. Choose a tag off the tree and purchase the gift for a needy child or family.
Hats, gloves, blankets and hand warmers are needed at our local shelters during this time. As you go through your closets to make room for new Christmas gifts please consider bringing unused and unneeded items to Lumen. Our Student Campus Ministry Team is always collecting and will deliver item to Brother Francis and other local shelters.
Mr. Klem and Mrs Loeffler are taking the Polar Plunge this Saturday, in support of Alaska Special Olympics. What a great cause! The money raised goes to training of athletes. Donations for this charity can be made at specialolympicsalaska.org. We appreciate your sponsorship!
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!
Our next Parent Discussion group will Sunday, Jan . 15, 4:00 – 5:45. Topic to be announced We hope to see your here!
This Saturday is Junior High Fun Day for the Diocese of Anchorage. Festivities begin at 9 a.m. at the Dimond Center Ice Chalet. First, we’ll have a welcome and will go over some basic expectations for the day (which is partnering with another teen for safety throughout the day and being where you are supposed to be, when you are supposed to be there), then we’ll ice skate, then we’ll bowl, then we’ll grab a quick lunch or may just have to eat on the run to the movie. 54 tickets for a 12:30 p.m. showing of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story at the Dimond Center Regal Cinemas and an additional 40 for a 1 p.m. showing have been reserved. You can pick up your kids at the South East Entrance between 4 – 4:30 p.m. It would be awesome if adults and teens would RSVP@ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeOBSzG_IabkcW9hj7AwLgbAhhl5GLw5-c_fzgDvx5vmHjoZw/viewform
It is great to see so many new altar servers serving for our school Masses. There is plenty of room for more! We invite all Catholic students who have never served to be trained here at school.
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!

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