THE KNIGHTLY NEWS

Important Upcoming Events

Kuemper Catholic School System's mission is to provide excellent Catholic

education of mind, body, and soul to empower all students to achieve to the best of

their abilities in fulfillment of God's call.

Throughout the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, I ask allof us not to forget to make time for our family and our Lord. Aswe prepare for the birth of our Lord this Advent season, it is timeto reflect how much we need God in our lives. Advent is a timeof spiritual renewal, a time to deepen our commitment to followChrist, and a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Throughoutthis Christmas season, we hope that our students and the entireKuemper Family are able to recognize the “reason for theseason” and continue to grow together in our faith. On behalf of the entire Kuemper faculty and staff, I would like toextend warm and safe holiday wishes to all of you. May the timespent with friends and family bring all of us closer to each otherand to our Lord. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Sincerely, Ted Garringer PK-8 Principal

From the Principal's Desk...Dec 2 - 1st Day of Advent Dec 5 - 90 Minute Early Out for PD Dec 7 - Casual Day for Mission Honduras(Suggested $5, minimum $1) Dec 7 - Annual 4th Grade Bake SaleFundraiser Dec 11 - 1st & 3rd Grade Concert (6:30 pm) Dec 12 - 90 Minute Early Out for PD Dec 12 - Optional K Concerts (10 am & 2:15pm) Dec 13 - Reconciliation at all centers Dec 13 - Kindergarten & 2nd Grade Concert- (6:30 pm) Dec 14 - Preschool Concerts (9:30 am &1:45 pm) Dec 18 - 4th & 5th Grade Concert (6:30 pm) Dec 19 - 90 Minute Early Out for PD Dec 19 - Grades 6-8 Concert (7:00 pm) Dec 21 - KCSS Christmas Spirit Day Dec 22 - Jan 2 - Christmas Break Jan 3 - Classes Resume

Congratulations 2nd graders...Congratulations to our 2nd graders ontheir 1st Reconciliation! Please keepthem in your prayers as they havecompleted or will be completing their 1stReconciliation and as they continue toprepare for their 1st Communion comingup this Spring.

Preschool - 8 December 2018 Newsletter

Christmas Concert Season...Christmas Concert season is upon us! This is one of my favorite times of the year since it is such a greatway to get us all into the Chsitmas spirit! Please check out our Christmas Season schedule below: • Tuesday, December 11 ~ The first and third grade students will open our Christmas concert season witha Christmas program at 6:30 pm in the Holy Spirit Church. • Wednesday, December 12 ~ Optional Kindergarten students will celebrate the season with “Cookies &Carols” at 10:00 and 2:15 in the KHS cafeteria. • Thursday, December 13 ~ The kindergarten and second grade classes will be presenting their Christmasprogram performance at 6:30 pm in the Holy Spirit Church. • Friday, December 14 ~ Preschool students will perform for their parents at 9:30 am and at 1:45 pm in theKHS cafeteria. • Tuesday, December 18 ~ Our 4th & 5th grade students will present their Christmas Concert at 6:30 pmin the Holy Spirit Church. Fifth grade band will also perform. • Wednesday, December 19 ~ The Middle School will present their Band/Chorus/6th Grade General MusicChristmas concert at 7:00 pm at the St. Lawrence Center. For performances in the Holy Spirit Church, please do not arrive until 45 minutes prior to the concert.Students should be dropped off 15 minutes before their concert. Please no food in the church. Proper Dress for Concerts: For our K - 5 concerts, kids should wear dress clothes (no jeans). Clothes for Christmas Mass arewelcome and appropriate. School uniforms are always acceptable. For our 6 - 8 concert; students should wear dress clothes with nice, clean shoes. Clothes for ChristmasMass are welcome and appropriate. (No jeans, no shirts with words or logos, no flip flops.) Girls may wearleggings underneath a dress of appropriate length.

Holiday SCRIP ScheduleUse scrip for all your holiday shopping!

*Beginning the week after Thanksgiving, SCRIP orders will be placed twice per week

until Christmas!

Weeks of November 26, December 3, 10, & 17 - Orders placed by 9:00 AM Mondaywill be available for pickup on Thursday or sent home with a student on Friday.

Orders placed by 9:00 AM Tuesday will be available for pickup on Friday or senthome with a student on Friday.

Weeks of December 24 & December 31 - Christmas break! No SCRIP orders will beprocessed.

Week of January 7 – Normal SCRIP schedule will resume. Orders placed by 9:00AM Tuesday will be available for pickup Friday or sent home with a student on

Friday.

Fareway is offering a 2% bonus on scrip gift cards ordered between Wednesday,November 28 until Tuesday, December 4. Orders must be received BEFORE 9:00

am on December 4! Thank you Fareway for this great bonus!

Important RemindersWith winter just around the corner, please read over the following reminders: 1) Please send warm winter coats, hats, and gloves with your child everyday. If your familyis in need of these items, please contact Mr. Garringer. 2) Snow boots and pants are also required for your child to play in the snow. 3) If your child is sick for the day, please make sure that your contact your child's buildingsecretary via a phone call or email. Holy Spirit - Joan Halbur - jmhalbur@kuemper.org St. Angela - Gail Greving - grgreving@kuemper.org St. Lawrence - Anne Irlbeck - amirlbeck@kuemper.org 4) In order for your child to go home a different way than normal (i.e. bus with a friend,picked up by a friend or relative, etc...), then we must have a note from a parent. Busdrivers will not let students on the bus if they do not regularly ride that bus.

The Spirit of GivingThe season of giving is upon us. From Dec. 3 - Dec 18, the Opt Kindergarten - 3rd grade arecollecting money for the Twelve Days of Caring. Children in those grades can bring in cash donationsof any size to their classroom collection jars. The money raised goes to Christmas gifts for localfamilies. On Friday, Dec. 7th, the 4th grade will host their annual bake sale during lunch at the KHS lunchroomfor grades 4-5 and 9-12. Students can make a donation and enjoy a treat. All proceeds go to localfamilies in need. Our 5th graders are collecting items to be sent to Honduras as part of Kuemper's Mission Honduras. We just completed our very successful Operation Christmas Child shoebox drive for all gradesKindergarten - 8th. We brought in 113 shoeboxes to provide a Christmas gift to less fortunate kids inthird world nations. Way to go kids!!! Due to the thoughtfulness and generosity of our students and staff, KCSS will be having a ChristmasSpirit Day on Friday, December 21. On this day, students and staff may dress in a red and/or greenshirt or their favorite (or ugliest) Christmas sweater/shirt with jeans or athletic pants. School uniformis always acceptable as well. Thank you!

Kuemper Ball Vehicle Raffle for 2019Are you looking for the perfect stocking stuffer?!?!

Then picture yourself in a shiny new 2019 vehicle!

Ag & Vehicle Raffle tickets for the 2019 Kuemper Ball are on sale now! Raffle tickets makea great Christmas gift!

Buy a chance for a voucher valued at $20,000 towards the vehicle of your choice. Vehiclesprovided by: Champion Ford, Macke Motors, Motor Inn, New Way Ford, Team Auto Group,

and Wittrock Motors.

Buy a chance for a voucher valued at $10,000 towards the item of your choice. Sponsoredby: Haley Equipment, JET's Outdoor Power, Olsen's Outdoor Power, and Van Wall

Equipment!

Get your name in the drawing TODAY by purchasing your tickets on the Kuemper website(www.kuemper.org), click on "Kuemper Ball 2019" on the left hand column.