LUMEN CHRISTI CATHOLIC SCHOOL 2012-2013 CALENDAR (2-9-12 approved)

21-23 Professional Development 27 Get Acquainted Day 28 First Day for 1st – 8th 28-30 K4 & K5 Assessment 31 Early Release Days: Student:4 Teacher:8 PD: 4

AUGUST 2012 S M T W Th F S

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FEBRUARY 2013 S M T W Th F S

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4 P/T Conf.(students off) 22 Early Release 25 Professional Development Days: Student:19 Teacher:20 PD: 1

3 Labor Day 4 First Day for K3, K4 & K5 26 Early Release Professional Development

SEPTEMBER 2012 S M T W Th F S

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MARCH 2013 S M T W Th F S

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22 Q2 ends 25 - 1 Easter Break

12 Arch. Convention 15 Sustaining the Mission: Marquette University 26 Q1 Ends

OCTOBER 2012 S M T W Th F S

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APRIL 2013 S M T W Th F S

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2 School Resumes 19 Professional Development

1 P/T Conferences (pm) 2 P/T Conferences (students off) 21 Teacher comp day 22-23 Thanksgiving Break

NOVEMBER 2012 S M T W Th F S

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MAY 2013 S M T W Th F S

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24 Early Release 27 No-School Memorial Day

24 Christmas Break (Dec. 24 – Jan.2)

DECEMBER 2012 S M T W Th F S

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JUNE 2013 S M T W Th F S

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6 Last Day of School Early Release Q4 Ends 7 Professional Development

3 School Resumes 18 Early Release Day Professional Development Q2 Ends

JANUARY 2013 S M T W Th F S

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Student Days Teacher Days Professional Development 180 190 10

First Day

P/T Conferences

Early Release

Professional Development

School Closed

Highlights • First day for teachers – August 20, 2012 • Get Acquainted Day (all students, time tbd) – August 27, 2012 • First day for 1-8 – August 28, 2012 • First day for 3K, 4K, 5K – September 4, 2012 • Thanksgiving break – November 22 – 23, 2012 • Christmas break – December 24, 2012 – January 2, 2013 • Easter break – March 25 – April 1, 2013 • Memorial Day – May 27, 2013 • 8th grade graduation – May 31, 2013 • 5K graduation – June 5, 2013 • Last day – June 6, 2013

Early release days

• Friday, August 31, 2012 • Wednesday, September 26, 2012 • Friday, January 18, 2013 • Friday, February, 22, 2013 • Friday, May 24, 2013 • Thursday, June 6, 2013

Parent-Teacher Conferences

• Thursday, November 1, 2012 • Friday, November 2, 2012 • Monday, February 4, 2013

Professional Development Days (non-student days)

• Tuesday, August 21, 2012 • Wednesday, August 22, 2012 • Thursday, August 23, 2012 • Monday, August 27, 2012 • Wednesday, September 26, 2012 (1/2) • Friday, October 12, 2012 • Monday, October 15, 2012 • Friday, January 18, 2013 (1/2) • Monday, February 25, 2013 • Friday, April 19, 2013 • Friday, June 7, 2013

Teacher Comp Day (for parent night, Christmas concert, and CSW open house)

• November 21, 2012 Submitted By: Kelly Fyfe, Director of Curriculum School Faculty: 2/7/2012

___X _Approve _____ _Reject with recommendation:

School Council: 2/9/2012

______Approve ___X _Reject with recommendation: Council recommended aligning Easter Break with MT public school, March 21 – March 31 with the addition of Easter Monday off.

School Council: 2/10/2012

__X__Approve ____ _Reject with recommendation:

IN-BRIEF A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF ACTIVITIES

Lumen Christi Catholic School February 16, 2012 DAY DATE EVENT TIME PLACE

FRI. FEB. 17 Cousin’s Sub Day NO HOT LUNCH Both Campuses 8th Grade Bake Sale Mequon Only Mardi Gras Celebration Thiensville WED. FEB. 22 Mass 2G Ash Wednesday 8:30 a.m. Thiensville Mass 8th Grade Ash Wednesday 8:30 a.m. Mequon Scrip Pick Up 12:00 p.m. Both Campuses FRI. FEB. 24 NO SCHOOL–PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MON. FEB. 27 ITBS Testing Begins Grades 3,5,7 Both Campuses WED. FEB. 29 Mass 2I 8:30 a.m. Thiensville Campus THURS. MAR. 1 Mass 7th Grade 8:30 a.m. Mequon Campus FRI. MAR. 2 Out of Uniform Both Campuses “Giving Back with Ronald McDonald” 2:00 p.m. Thiensville Campus Pizza Hut Pizza Orders Due Both Campuses SUN-TUES MAR 4,5,6 Parish Mission “Ignite the Light” 7-8:30 p.m. Mequon Church TUES. MAR. 6 SPECIAL BUS ROUTES PM ONLY Both Campuses WED. MAR. 7 Mass 1S 8:30 a.m. Thiensville Market Day Pick Up 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Both Campuses THURS. MAR. 8 Mass 6th Grade 8:30 a.m. Mequon School Council Meeting 6:30 p.m. Dominiak Hall FRI. MAR. 9 PIZZA HUT DAY NO HOT LUNCH Both Campuses 8th Grade Bake Sale Mequon Only

Playground Duty for the Week of February 20th Mon. 20TH Tues. 21st Wed. 22nd Thurs. 23rd Fri. 24th

M-Weincek 242-9315 M-Writz 238-9006 M-Zehner 414-228-1845 M-VanDrisse 236-3816 NO T-Strachota 242-2346 T-Voeller 512-1070 T-Wenzler 414-322-3361 T-Wirthlin 238-8661 SCHOOL

COA AT BAYSHORE IS THE NEXT RESTAURANT "GIVE BACK", MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH Mark your calendars for the next Lumen Christi restaurant "Give Back" on Monday, February 20th. COA will be donating 20% of sales to Lumen Christi Catholic School, however you must have the flyer with you in order for our school to get credit. The flyer can be found on the homepage of the school website. COA will be open from 11-9 on Monday, February 20th and is conveniently located at Bayshore Town Center. Lumen Christi School family, Amy & Joe Cesarz are co-owners of COA. Thanks for supporting our school! Questions? email Katie Hartzheim@ khartzheim@wi.rr.com. THE MISSION IS COMING! THE MISSION IS COMING! MARCH 4,5, AND 6! All school families are invited to attend this parish event. We will begin each night with a simple meal, followed by a presentation with a guest speaker, Rich Curran. Rich will guide us through three nights of prayer, reflection, discussion, and celebration as we explore who we are as God’s children and how we want to “IGNITE THE LIGHT” in our parishes, our school, our homes and our hearts! PLEASE visit www.lumenchristiparish.org and follow the mission link from the front page to learn more about each meal and all of the other details of each night.

ORIENTATION TO 4TH GRADE It is hard to believe that we are already preparing for the 2012-2013 school year. New this year, Lumen Christi will be offering an orientation for parents of incoming fourth graders on Tuesday, April 24th from 6:00 – 6:30 pm at the Mequon Campus. This event is designed to answer questions, provide information, meet the fourth grade teachers and tour the campus so you can prepare your child for a smooth transition. Please mark your calendar! BOX TOP COLLECTION – ONE MORE DAY!! Please bring your (trimmed, non-expired) box tops to the classrooms tomorrow for collection. There will be an out of uniform day if we meet our goal of $500. Also, if you're planning on doing any online shopping, please remember you can earn cash for Lumen Christi when you shop at over 150 Box Tops Marketplace retailers such as Target, Best Buy, Nordstrom, and Lands' End, to name just a few. 8TH GRADE GRADUATION DVD PICTURES NEEDED Please submit any pictures you have of the current 8th Grade Class reflecting on their journey through Lumen Christi from K4-8th grade. We are creating a reflective DVD set to music and need pictures to make it possible. You can submit them in one of three ways: email "jpg" files to Deanna Lee at d_r_lee@yahoo.com, send a flash drive to Deanna Lee or send in hardcopy pictures with your name on the back via Virginia Lee 8C or to Deanna Lee via the LCThiensville school office. Please provide these by the end of February. THANKS EUCHARISTIC MINISTER NEEDED A Eucharistic minister is needed for the weekly school Mass on Wednesdays at the Thiensville campus at 8:30 a.m. If you are interested and available at that time, please contact Margaret Caldwell at 512-8982.

Submit In-Brief info to Cindy King (262)-242-7965 E-Mail: kingc@Lumenchristiparish.org Deadline: MONDAYS by 8:00 a.m.

Please check our Parish School website at http://www.lumenchristiparish.org/school/ for more comprehensive information

Lent 2012 Lent is a time to reflect on who we are and how we can become a better person in God’s eyes. During this Season of Lent the Lumen Christi students will focus on five of the virtues. Through stories and class discussion we want the children to practice, recognize, and put to use these traits. The virtues for each week are: Green: Faith February 22nd-March 2nd Purple: Friendship March 5th-March 9th Blue: Honesty March 12th-16th Yellow: Self-discipline March 19th- 23rd Red: Respect March 26th- April 5th To develop these virtues there will be an all school paper gumball machine displayed outside each school office. When a child demonstrates a behavior aligned to the virtues, he/she will earn a gumball to add to this machine. We hope students take pride as they watch the gumball machine fill up. Thank you for supporting this at home. The Lenten Committee

School Council Update

In the spirit of open and brief communication, we’re going to highlight what each of the sub-committees is working on these days. Watch for

these updates in the Thursday Folder over the next few weeks.

February 16, 2012

Spotlight on … Communications Sub-Committee

Hey, this was our idea … so we get to go first!

In January, the second “School Forum” was held. Our group facilitated getting the session scheduled and the agenda set. We’re also introducing a new 4th grader orientation session for parents this year, and we’re working with the Athletic Director to conduct an athletics program orientation.

We’ve identified some areas of improvement for the school website to make it easier to get to the information we need as parents. We’ve also started to identify where communication procedures could be improved in the School Handbook and School Council by-laws.

We are planning a survey to get feedback from a wider audience. But don’t wait for that if you have input! Contact Kim Althaus at kimalthaus@gmail.com if you’d like to join us.

What’s new!

You’ve heard about “the sub-

committees” of School Council and now you can learn more about who

is on each sub-committee and what

are their goals for this year.

Our next School Council meeting is March 8th at 6:30PM.

All are welcome!

Go to the School Council page on

the school website and select the

specific sub-committee from the left-hand pane

http://www.lumenchristiparish.org/

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Volume 28, Issue 3 February 16, 2012

Summis:

Free Admission Contest! Don’t forget to check our website : www.shamrockfun.com for an Irish trivia contest. Starting the week of Feb. 20 and again on Feb. 27, you can try your luck with Irish trivia questions. You can enter each weekday and one winner will be chosen each week. Winners will be announced on www.shamrockfun.com on Feb. 27 and March 5. May the luck of the Irish be with you!

RSVP by March 9! Make sure you send in your RSVP that you will attend Shamrock and support our school. $40 of each ticket price goes directly to Shamrock. By showing up to this amazing party, you are helping raise money for our school and having a great time with school parents and staff. Send in your reservation today! The deadline for RSVP’S is March 9.

TRIP RAFFLE The winner of this raffle will receive a $2000 Voucher for travel wherever and whenever you want to go! You can take a romantic trip to Napa, vacation in the Riviera Maya, or start your Disney fund! YOU CAN ONLY BUY THESE TICKETS AT SHAMROCK!

FUND-AN-ITEM Fund-an-Item is an exciting opportunity for guests to know exactly what their donation will buy: iPads and accessories! You’ll be as excited as we are about the possibilities of iPads in education and what they will do for our kids and their future! Visit shamrockfun.com for more details!

********************************** PRECIOUS PRESENTS This year’s precious presents are sure to be the most sought after items again this year! The mosaics that our children are creating will be a treasure in your home for years to come! As each class completes their precious present you’ll be able to see the progress of their talents on shamrockfun.com. Keep checking the Web site!

Underwriting It is not too late to underwrite an item or portion of Shamrock. Your donation can help with the costs of invitations, catalog printing, decorations, or the dessert bar just to name a few examples. Please contact Kim Althaus if interested in underwriting an item at kimalthaus@gmail.com.

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SIGN-UP PARTIES ARE A WIN - WIN! This is an opportunity to donate to Lumen Christi while having a great time as well. There are five parties that have been planned exclusively for Shamrock guests at a predetermined cost per reservation. All you need to do is RSVP. At Shamrock, the sign up boards will be right across from the raffle sign up table. Add your name and bidder number to the list. Once you have done so, your reservation is secured and you will be charged the stated cost for that party. These parties are only available the night of Shamrock. Parties available include the following: ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY AT THE IRON HORSE Visit a landmark in downtown Milwaukee and enjoy a delicious meal prepared by Maikel Correa, executive chef of the Iron Horse Hotel and Lumen Christi parent. This incredible night will take place Saturday, April 21. TOWN CLUB PADDLE PARTY Have a fun night out this October 6. Susie to provide further details. TEQUILA TASTING AND DINNER PARTY AT COA Taste the Spirits of Mexico! Relish in a tequila, margarita and beer tasting experience, complete with an authentic Mexican dinner like no other at COA Restaurant on Friday, May 11th. JUST 4 THE KIDS: AN ULTIMATE PLAYDATE AT JUST 4 FUN Here is your chance to buy something for your children at Shamrock!! Take this opportunity to sign your children up for an evening of fun at Just 4 Fun on Friday, May 18th. LADIES’ DAY OUT – SHOPPING TRIP TO CHICAGO Ladies, this one is for you: treat yourself to a day of shopping, dining, and Windy City fun! Travel by motorized coach bus and spend the day enjoying downtown Chicago’s thrilling sites on Thursday, November 8th. Please visit www.shamrockfun.com for more information!