IN-BRIEF A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF ACTIVITIES

Lumen Christi Catholic School March 8, 2012 DAY DATE EVENT TIME PLACE

FRI. MAR. 9 Stations of the Cross 2:20 p.m. Thiensville PIZZA HUT DAY NO HOT LUNCH Both Campuses 8th Grade Bake Sale Mequon Only Girls Padre Basketball Game 5:30 p.m. Mt. Mary’s Gym Out of Uniform – SPIRIT WEAR DAY Both Campuses SAT. MAR. 10 Boys Padre Basketball Game 2:30 p.m. Mt. Mary’s Gym MON. MAR. 12 Bible Story Time 9:15-10:15 a.m. Thiensville 3K Room TUES. MAR. 13 Parent’s Association Meeting 9:00 a.m. Dominiak Hall WED. MAR. 14 Mass 1W Birthday Blessings 8:30 a.m. Thiensville Reconciliation 2nd Grade Following Mass Thiensville THURS. MAR. 15 Mass 5B Birthday Blessings 8:30 a.m. Mequon SAT. MAR. 17 SHAMROCK 5:30 p.m. Ozaukee Country Club MON. MAR. 19 Reconciliation 4th & 5th Grade 1:00 p.m. Mequon Church WED. MAR. 21 Mass 3C 8:30 a.m. Thiensville Scrip Orders Due 8:00 a.m. Both Campuses THURS. MAR. 22 Mass 8th Grade 8:30 a.m. Mequon FRI. MAR. 23 NO SCHOOL TEACHER IN SERVICE 8 am – 3 pm St. James Hall WED. MAR. 28 Mass 3K 8:30 a.m. Thiensville Reconciliation 3rd Grade Following Mass Thiensville Reconciliation 6th, 7th, & 8th Grade 1:00 p.m. Mequon Church Scrip Pick Up 12:00 p.m. Both Campuses THURS. MAR. 29 Mass 8th Grade 8:30 a.m. Mequon Thursday Folders Sent Home Both Campuses Report Cards Sent Home Both Campuses FRI. MAR. 30 5th Grade – Museum of Science & Industry Chicago 5K, 1st, & 2nd Grades Seussical The Musical 8:50 – 11:15 a.m. Cedarburg P.A.C.

Playground Duty for the Week of March 12th Mon. 12TH Tues. 13th Wed. 14th Thurs. 15th Fri. 16th

M-DIDIER 240-1234 M- COLLINS 242-2102 M-DRECSHLER 240-1090 M-ECCLESTON 414-365- 2765

M- FITZGERALD 242- 9962

T-BELARDI 375-9605 T-BOYLE 241-4989 T-CAPUTA 242-0299 T-CESARZ 241-4083 T-BROEKER 643-4686

SAVE THE DATE On Tuesday, April 24th, Parent's Association will be hosting the Spring Spaghetti Social from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm in the Lumen Christi Mequon gym. Enjoy a delicious pasta dinner catered by Mama Mia's, including pasta, salad, dessert and a drink for only $6.00 per person (children 2 and under are free). RSVP for your family by Friday, April 13th. See today's Thursday folder for the flyer. HELP KNOWLEDGE EDGE GIVE BACK! Knowledge Edge would like to Give-Back to Lumen Christi by supporting our annual Shamrock Event. For each new person who "likes" them on Facebook from March 1st through March 17th, they will donate $1 directly to Shamrock, up to $200. For more information please check out their website:www.knowledge-edge.net

NEW SPIRIT WEAR ORDERS Just a reminder that TOMORROW, Friday, March 9th is the deadline for the new Spirit Wear Orders. Samples are available in both school lobbies for sizing and fit purposes; after viewing the samples to ensure you are ordering the correct size, please submit your order to the school office no later than 3pm Friday. Many thanks to Tammy Fricker for loaning the school all the display racks and hangers for these new items! FUNDRAISING UPDATE Congratulations Lumen Christi students! You have earned a spirit wear day due to the amount collected from our Box Tops for Education collection. We are happy to report that we earned $567 from the Box Tops Collection and over $50 from our Milk Cap Collection. A grand total of $617. Don’t forget that you can shop using the www.boxtops4education.com/marketplace website to earn more money for our school. Stores include: Barnes and Noble, Best Buy, I Tunes, JC Penny, Justice, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Lands End, Nordstrom, Old Navy, Sears, and many more. The Spirit Wear day will be set soon! PLACEMENT REQUESTS The school administration, in cooperation with the classroom teachers, is responsible for the student classroom placement assignments. Many factors are considered when determining classroom placements, including student ability levels, academic strengths and challenges, processing skills, special education needs, personalities, friendships, maturity levels, past and present conflicts and resolutions, growth and development, teacher-student relationships, student to student relationships, gender influences, birthdates, birth order, etc. The teachers and administration of the school make all placement decisions with the students’ best interest in mind. Any educational concerns need to be submitted in writing to Mrs. Fyfe no later than April 19th. Specific teacher requests will not be accepted. 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! THE CHANCERY RESTAURANT "GIVE BACK," WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21ST Mark you calendars for the next restaurant give back on Wednesday, March 21st at The Chancery in Mequon. The Chancery will be donating 10% of ALL sales between 11 am - 2 pm and 5pm - 9pm back to Lumen Christi Catholic School. Dine in and carryout are included and no flyer is needed.

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

St. Patrick's Day

Bake Sale!Friday, March 9th, during the lunch hour at Mequon campus, the 8th graders will be sponsoring a St. Patrick's Day Bake Sale. Enjoy delicious "Luck O' The Irish" treats with your cheese pizza!! 8th grade parents: Please drop off your St. Patrick's baked goods Friday morning. Thank you!! !

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4 T H E D I T I O N

School Council Meeting TONIGHT

School Council Update March 8, 2012

By-Laws Committee

Update After consulting with some experts on the subject, we have prepared a draft of potential revisions to the School Council by-laws. The proposed revisions were developed to add clarity to the roles and responsibilities of the School Council and to define the role of important new sub-committees, including Communications and Education Quality Assurance. We anticipate circulating the revised by-laws to the School Council for input in the next month or two. If you have feedback on the by-laws, please contact Doug Patch at dpatch@gklaw.com.

Marketing Committee Update We work in conjunction with Laura Rowe, our Associate Director of Enrollment, and the Parent’s Association’s Newcomer committee. We are currently in the busiest time of year, following up a successful Catholic Schools week and Open House, and with finalizing the registration of our current students as well as bringing in new students in the lower grades. We currently have very strong classes of over 30 students in both 4K and 5K, which is a great foundation for future years. This year we have worked to spread the word about our school through advertising, Preschool Story Time, the Preschool fair, continuous contact with our young parish families, and for the first time a Lumen Christi display window at Weyenberg Library. Through the rest of the year we will be focusing on development of an alumni database to further spread the word on our school. Please contact Maria Greisch at maria.greisch@fellfab.com if interested in this sub-committee.

6:30pm Dominiak Hall

On the agenda

- First 20 minutes is an open agenda for any topic, including from guest

- Budget process update

- Update from the Education Quality

Assurance Committee.

All are welcome to attend!

Questions or feedback on this

communication, please contact

Kim Althaus at

kimalthaus@gmail.com

Shamrock 2012 Teachers’ Treasures Raffle

WHEN? Wednesday, March 14th thru Friday, March 16th

WHERE? Lumen Christi Thiensville Campus:

• Wednesday – Each class will come as a group to buy tickets. • Thursday – 8am – 8:30 am for children who still want to buy tickets

can come individually to Dominiak Hall • Friday – 8am – 8:30 am last chance to buy tickets in Dominiak Hall

Lumen Christi Mequon Campus: • Wednesday, Thursday and Friday – Purchase tickets during lunch

hours in the cafeteria. WHO? All students who want to buy raffle tickets. WHAT? Our generous teachers have donated special treasures so our students can

join in the fun of Shamrock, too! The following pages list all the raffle treasures. Also included are 2 sheets of raffle tickets. Each prize has a code number. If you would like to try and win a prize, fill the tickets out at home, using the code numbers, and bring them back to school with your money. Extra raffle tickets will be available for sale at school on the designated days/times listed above.

HOW? Volunteers will be at school to collect the money, help the students fill out

their raffle tickets and make sure the tickets are put in the correct bags. COST? $1.00 per raffle ticket or checks made out to SHAMROCK QUESTIONS? Please call Anne Schultz (LCT) 512-0632 or Kim Skow (LCM) 236-0633

Raffle drawing will occur at the end of the day on Friday, March 16th

HAVE FUN!

May the luck of the Irish be with you!

Shamrock 2012 Teachers’ Treasure Raffle

Thiensville Campus Students T-1 Who wants to play a game of kickball with Father Dan? Father Dan will play an exciting

game of kickball with you and your class! (1 class winner) T-2 Father Aaron is delivering pizza for your class! You will get to hang out with Father

Aaron while eating pizza AND he will join you for recess! Lucky!! (1 class winner) T-3 “Principal for a Day” - What fun you could have? FUN!! (1 winner) T-4 Mrs. Milazzo is throwing an “ Ice Cream Sundae Party” for your class! Vanilla,

Chocolate, Strawberry?… (1 class winner) T-5 What are your favorite songs? Mrs. Krick is having a Sing-a –Long with your class! (1

class winner) T-6 SPIN JAMMERS- Spinning, Tossing, and Catching tricks with Mrs. Berns- Could you

have more fun than this? (2 winners) T-7 Join the teachers’ team for a “Shamrock Free Throw Contest” (students vs. teachers) Who

is going to win this year?- (5 lucky winners) T-8 Deliriously Delicious Root Beer Floats with Mrs. Gundrum for one lucky class!

Yummy!! (1 class winner) T-9 Come and join Mrs. King for a yummy lunch and a puppy chow treat! Aarf! Aarf!! ( 1

winner and a guest) T-10 Sports Time- Your class gets to have fun inside or outside with Mrs. Smart! Yahoo! (1

class winner) T-11 Here is your chance to ring Mrs. Lee’s lunchroom bell for your Lunch hour. For one day

you will be in charge of ringing the bell when announcements are made AND dismissing each of the tables at the end of the lunch hour. Included is a surprise treat for dessert! ( 2 winners)

T-12 Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders, Trouble….Who wants to play their favorite board game

with their classmates?(1 class winner)

T-13 Paints, Clay, Markers, whatever your heart desires….Mrs.Groth wants you to be “Art

Teacher” for an hour ! Creative!! ( 2 winners- Grades 1,2,3 only) T-14 Dress as your favorite sports team…..Brewers, Packers…your lucky class is Out of

Uniform! (1 class winner) T-15 Get out your sombrero…it’s time for a fun filled piñata for your class! Mrs. Neuville,

Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs. Wegner, Mrs. Callahan, Mrs. Stark and Mrs. Ittner have some amazing treats awaiting one lucky class!! (1 class winner)

T-16 Who doesn’t love “Veggie Tales?” Here’s a chance to win a “Veggie Tales” gift basket from Mrs. Lengell. In it you will find a video, book and maybe more! (1 winner) T-17 Something sure smells good!! Mrs. Wermers is baking delicious cookies and milk….just

the afternoon break from learning that your class needs!! (1 class winner) T-18 Who loves chocolate? One GIGANTIC Hershey bar for your Class to share!!

Mmmm…. (1 class winner) T-19 You can smell the bacon and eggs cookin’! Mrs. Melichar will present tickets to two

lucky families for “Breakfast on the Farm” at the Mark Meyer farm on Hwy KK. Several dairy promotion items will also be included for each winner. Wow!! (2 families)

T-20 Stocking Caps, baseball hats, the crazier the better! One lucky class gets to wear “Crazy

Hats” for the day! (2 class winners) T-21 What is your favorite card game? Go Fish, Crazy Eights, Uno, Rummy- that’s just a few

possibilities! Win this and you will win “Card Game Time” for your class. (1 class winner)

T-22 Mrs. Berns will give two sets of Sports Stacking Cups complete with a mesh carrying

bag, DVD, and Sport Stacking Instruction booklet (one purple, one bright green)! How fast can you stack? (2 lucky winners)

T-23 Mrs. Holton and Mrs. O’Byrne are delivering McDonald’s, Culver’s, Subway or Panera

for lunch?..You get to choose. (2 lucky winners- Kids who stay for lunch only) T-24 Who likes to play basketball? You could win a basketball in a bag! Swoosh!! (3

winners).

Shamrock 2012 Teachers’ Treasure Raffle

Mequon Campus Students

M1 Principal for a Day –

You call the shots and run the school for a day! (1 Winner)

M2 Gym Lunch and Recess –

Bring your own lunch and enjoy lunch recess in the gym with a group of friends and Mrs. Polikowski on a mutually agreed upon date. (1 Winner)

M3 Sundae Party -

Ice Cream! Hot Fudge! Sprinkles! You could win a sundae party for an entire class if you are the lucky winner! From the 5th Grade Teachers (Mrs. Brielmaier and Mrs. Quintero) (1 Winner)

M4 Do the Shuffle-

iPod shuffle 2GB From Mrs. Best, Mr. Carloni, Mrs. Groth, Mrs. Leider, Mrs. Lesmeister, Mrs. Lovejoy, Mrs. McCarragher, Mrs. Nackers, Mrs. Spitz, Mrs. Yingling. (2 Winners)

M5 Box Lunch-

You and one guest win a Jimmy John’s lunch including chips, soda and dessert from the 4th Grade Teachers –Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Suhr (3 Winners)

M6 I-Tune Gift Cards-

Need more tunes on your iPod? Want to download the newest releases? You can win this $15.00 I-tune gift card from Mrs. Tarcin (2 Winners)

M7 Basketball in a Bag –

Get a new basketball and a bag to carry it in! This is a great gift for those who love the game and for those who like to just practice their shots. (3 Winners)

M8 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!-

This one is for those who love chocolate or who love to share chocolate. One lucky person will be the owner of a 5lb Hershey Candy Bar. (to enjoy by yourself or share with your friends) ( 1 Winner)

M9 Welcome Office –

Come and join Mrs. McCormick in the morning as she welcomes & greets your friends. (5 Winners – one student per day for a week.)

M10 Breakfast Treat –

Choose either Donuts or Bagels to share with your class on a day agreed upon by you and your teacher. (1 Winner)

M11 Lunch with the Principals –

The winners can bring along a friend and have a Culver’s lunch courtesy of Mrs. Fyfe and Mrs. Hauke. (2 winners)

M12 Popcorn Pass –

Grab a free bag of popcorn at any Lumen Christi home game all school year long (2012-2013). The winners will be presented with a “Popcorn Pass” punch card. Present your card at the LC concessions and get your free bag! (3 winners)

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5th-8th Grade Track Registration Form I give permission of my son/daughter _______________________, to participate in the Lumen Christi school track program for 2012. Son/Daughter’s grade as of April 2012______________________. Events my child is interested in (please circle): **this does not guarantee they will do this event—it is a guide for coaches to indicate interest**

sprints (100m, 200m, 400m) middle distance (800m, mile) shot put, discus, long jump Parent(s) signature ______________________________________. Email address__________________________________________ (most communication will be done by email) Home Phone # _________________________________ Cell Phone # ___________________________________. Track t-shirts are provided as part of the registration fee and are worn for track meets throughout the season. These shirts do have a tendency to shrink so please keep that in mind when ordering your child’s size:

____Youth L ____Youth XL

____Adult S ____Adult M ____Adult L ____Adult XL

Please remember to send the track fee ($40) along with this registration form. Make checks payable to

Lumen Christi Athletics

Return all forms by March 16, 2012

March 1, 2012 Dear Interested 5th-8th Grade Track Participants, We hope everyone is excited to begin the track season! The coaches this year will be Wendy Kennedy and Andy Starsky. In order to complete registration for track, we need the registration form/t-shirt order form completed and a track sports fee of $40.00. If your child has not competed in a sport at Lumen Christi this year, it will be necessary to go to the school website, print, fill out, and turn in the Archdiocese Athletic Forms. It is imperative that we get these returned so that the track t-shirts are able to be ordered and completed before our first meet. Please have these turned in by March 16, 2012. Practice will begin March 27. We will have practices on Tuesdays and Fridays. The times of the practices will be communicated as soon as we have confirmed availability of the Homestead track. The practice and meet schedule are being finalized. When this finalizes, we will be sending out a parent volunteer helper sign up sheet. We had about 60 kids last year and may have that many this year as well. We are looking forward to a great season. Please direct any questions to Wendy Kennedy (262-238-8659 or kennedysw@earthlink.net) or Andy Starsky (andrew.starsky@marquette.edu) Sincerely, Wendy Kennedy & Andy Starsky