IN-BRIEF A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF ACTIVITIES

Lumen Christi Catholic School March 1, 2012 DAY DATE EVENT TIME PLACE

THURS. MAR. 1 Boys Padre Basketball Game TONIGHT 8:45 p.m. Mt. Mary’s Gym 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. Mequon Cafeteria THURS. MAR. 8 Mass 6th Grade 8:30 a.m. Mequon School Council Meeting 6:30 p.m. Dominiak Hall 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 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 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 WED. MAR. 28 Mass 3K 8:30 a.m. 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

Playground Duty for the Week of March 5th Mon. 5TH Tues. 6th Wed. 7th Thurs. 8th Fri. 9th

M-Brodzinski 242-3374 M-Cannon 238-1789 M-Ceelen 238-5550 M-Crivello 377-0847 M- Deguire 512-1542 T-Bahr 243-5268 T-Barlament 242-6243 T-Beckers 238-8758 T-Brackett 377-0354 T-Warshauer 512-1940

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. 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. MARKET DAY DESSERT BONUS DAYS ARE HERE - HELP OUR SCHOOL EARN A SPIRIT WEAR DAY! Don't forget to order Dessert during the Dessert Bonus Days this month at Market Day. The more desserts purchased, the more our school can earn! The fundraising committee is setting a school wide goal of 100 desserts purchased. If we reach this goal, Mrs. Hauke has agreed to give the school a Spirit Wear Day (date to be determined)! These desserts are great for the holidays (think Easter), First Communion, birthdays, and make great hostess gifts too! Market Day Orders are due in the school office by 3:00 on Friday, March 2nd. If you are ordering online, orders are due by 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 3rd. Order pick up is scheduled for Wednesday, March 7th from 3-4 at the LCM cafeteria. You can go directly to the Market Day website to order. If you are a new customer ordering online, use the code FIVEOFF to save $5 off a $25 order at www.marketday.com. Questions? email Katie Hartzheim at khartzheim@wi.rr.com. 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!

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

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Come cheer on our 8th grade Boys’ & Girls’

Basketball Teams in the Padre Serra Basketball

Tournament!

Boys’ 1st Round Game – Thursday, March 1st at 8:45pm

Girls’ 1st Round Game – Friday, March 9th at 5:30pm

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All games are held at the Mount Mary College Bloechl

Recreation Center, 2929 92nd St., Milwaukee

A Spirit Bus for 4th-8th graders will be heading to the games. Find the permission slip on the school website!

Catch the school spirit & support our teams! GO SAINTS!!!!

March 1, 2012 Dear Interested 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

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

SCHOOL COUNCIL UPDATE

March 1, 2012

We’re currently working on addressing the concerns raised during the January 12th School Forum

regarding our middle school model. We decided we needed feedback from teachers, parents,

and 6th grade students to help us to figure out what issues need to be addressed, as well as what

has worked well. A parent follow-up meeting was held on February 15th. A teacher survey is

currently being created and distributed, and parent/student surveys will be conducted following

the teacher survey.

The plan is to review the initial feedback regarding the middle school model at the March 8th

School Council meeting.

Anyone interested in becoming more involved and informed about this sub-committee can

contact Sheila Dunne at kdunne1@wi.rr.com .

Education Quality Assurance Committee Update

We’re focused on strengthening the relationship between our School and the Parish and the Catholic Formation ministry. Several activities are planned to achieve this:

- The hands from school children and Catholic Formation will be posted in the shape of a candle to promote the mission. See it at both campuses!

- The 1st graders from school and Catholic Formation will be gathering the people on the first night of the mission.

- The 8th grade school students will be helping with the dinner on the 3rd night of the mission. - We’re working on a joint service project between the school children and Catholic

Formation. - We’re facilitating an idea exchange between teachers and catechists.

Please contact Michelle Correa at michelle.correa@sbcglobal.net with any questions or to get involved.

Faith Formation Committee Update

Next School Council Meeting is March 8 at 6:30pm in Dominiak Hall

Questions or feedback on this communication, please contact Kim Althaus at kimalthaus@gmail.com

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2012 Football Season

For boys entering 5th through 8th grades as of Fall 2012, who are interested in playing tackle football. Please find more information regarding the program online. Spots are limited and are being filled on a first come, first serve basis.

Register at jrhilltoppers.com

Thiensville-Mequon Youth Baseball Association

(TMYBA)

-2012 SEASON REGISTRATION-

PLAYER & UMPIRE REGISTRATION IS ON-LINE FOR 2012!!!

Players & Umpires are invited to go to the TMYBA website and register. WWW.TMYBA.ORG

Registration deadline is March 1, 2012

Registrations after March 1st will be charged a late fee. Registration for Rookie Baseball & Softball has been extended to

March 18th.

TMYBA is for youth that live or attend school within the Thiensville-Mequon community.

Boys and Girls Baseball (K5 – 9th grade) Girls Fast Pitch Softball (K5 – 8th grade)

(current school year) BASEBALL:

Rookies Machine pitch - K5 & 1st grade boys and girls (M/W or T/Th) A Machine pitch - 2nd grade boys and girls (M/W) AA Player pitch - 3rd and 4th grade boys and girls (M/W or T/Th) AAA Player pitch - 5th and 6th grade boys and girls (M-Th) Majors Player pitch - 7th, 8th, and 9th grade boys and girls (M-Th)

GIRLS FAST PITCH SOFTBALL: Rookies Machine pitch - K5 thru 2nd grade girls (T/Th) AA Machine pitch - 3rd and 4th grade girls (T/Th) AAA Player pitch - 5th and 6th grade girls (M/W) Majors Player pitch - 7th and 8th grade girls (T/TH)