January 26, 2018
Dear St. Al's Families,
You may have already heard that our Future City team was invited to be on the Morning Blend last Wednesday.
While there, we had a tour of the station and had some fun with the "green screen". It was a great time with great kids. I truly wish that both teams could go to Washington DC.
This weekend is our Catholic Schools Week open house. New families will start in the MPR-multi purpose room (cafeteria) and will be escorted around school.
We have a new incentive for you this year. If you refer a new family to us and they enroll, you will receive a $175.00 tuition credit on your TADS account. We have referral forms for this weekend and will also provide them for any tours throughout the year. The tuition credit is limited to one per family. It pays to encourage new families to join our school!
There will be about 10 alumni helping with the guided tours, but we sure could use a few more adults. The times are between 10-1:00. Even an hour of your time is appreciated. If you are available, come to the MPR and we will provide you with some notes to use along the tour.
Hope to see you on Sunday!
Mrs. Wadzinski
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CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK / OPEN HOUSE
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COME AND LEARN ABOUT THE ST. ALPHONSUS LEADERS IN VIRTUE (LIV) TEAM
DURING OPEN HOUSE!
Please take some time during Open House on Sunday, January 28th to come to the Community Room and enjoy a tasty treat! You will also have the opportunity to meet some of the St. Al’s LIV team parents, participate in a fun virtue based family activity and learn more about the VBRD program at our school. Hope to see you there!
The purpose of the LIV team is to bridge the gap between faculty and parents on understanding Virtue Based Restorative Discipline (VBRD). The VBRD program has been used by the faculty at St Al’s for two years. We are in our third year of practice and continue to strengthen our mission by building relationships with families to expand the use of virtue in both home and school and by increasing awareness of how to live in virtue with God.
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Open House Hot Dog Sale-REMINDER
The
LIV
(
L
eaders
I
n
V
irtue) team will be hosting this year's open house hot dog sale! We welcome and encourage all families to stop by the community room during open house hours this Sunday January, 28th. The St. Al's LIV team strives to strengthen the relationship between school and family by building awareness on how to live in virtue with God.
You will have the opportunity to meet some of the St. Al's LIV team members, participate in a fun virtue based family activity, learn more about the
VBRD
(
V
alues
B
ased
R
estorative
D
iscipline) program at our school and of course enjoy some tasty treats!
Proceeds from this sale will be used to help fund future activities and events that support the St. Al's LIV team mission. Please take time to stop by the community room during open house to see us!
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Reminders: Here are our activities for Catholic Schools week:
Sunday:
Open House from 10:00am-1:00 Bring a new family!
Monday:
HATS OFF to Catholic Schools Wear your favorite hat.
Tuesday:
Thankful Tuesday--Special writing activity for students; no homework night.
Wednesday
: Buddy Day--special activity at 2:00pm
Thursday:
Spirit wear-wear your favorite team shirt/sweatshirt
4K-3rd grade Dance in the Community Room
4th -8th grade "Name That Tune" in the gym
Friday:
Service Project Day
3K-3rd grade can wear PJ’S
4th-8th grade can wear sweats
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IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
01/28/18 Open House for New and Current Families 10AM - 1PM
01/29/18 Mad Science 3:10 PM - 4:10 PM
01/30/18 Chess Club Room 200 3:10 PM -4:30 PM
02/05/18 12:00 NOON Dismissal
02/05/18 - 02/07/18 Dine Out at Topper's Pizza 27th & Rawson 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
(Attend one night and non-uniform on 2/8/17)
02/06/18 Chess Club Room 200 3:10 PM - 4:30 PM
02/06/18 Home & School Mtg. in Rm. 200 6:30 PM
02/06/18 NET Retreat for 6-7 grade Community Room 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM
02/09/18 FUN FAIR
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Please note: The Mad Science date of February 5th has been moved to February 26th because the noon release time. Please adjust your calendar.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE MINUTES
The December School Committee minutes can be read by clicking the following link:
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STAR TESTING RESULTS
We have completed our second round of STAR Reading and Math assessments. The results will be coming home with students on Feb. 2nd in an envelope addressed to the parents. You will see a record of the tests taken so far this year along with a graph plotting the student scores for each test. We use this data to determine what types of differentiation we can do as teachers to meet the needs of each student. As parents, you can use this to determine if your child is making growth as you watch the scores trend upward. This can give you an indication of what academic areas to spend evening and weekend time with your child. Our hope is that with teamwork between teachers and parents, we will create a love of learning that leads to achievement in all of our students. We will administer at least one more STAR assessment this year.
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In this week's Friday Folder you will see a letter regarding this year's service project for the Sojourner Family Peace Center. We are asking that each family donate a
new
pair of pajamas and/or a book on Friday, Feb. 2nd. Additional information can be found on the insert. Thank you for your ongoing support for those in need.
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JUNIOR FORENSICS PROGRAM
The Junior Forensics Program for grades 3, 4, and 5 kicked off on Wednesday, January 24th! This is a wonderful opportunity for the students to improve public speaking skills and confidence. A letter and registration form were sent home with interested students. Workshops will be held on Tuesdays after school from 3-3:45pm. Coaches are needed! If interested, please contact Mrs. Ladenthin or Mrs. Gutche.
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Did you know one of the easiest ways to help make money for the school is by clipping box tops?? Each one is valued at 10 cents!
Our last check from box tops was over $2,000 all from clipping box tops from participating products! So clip and turn in those box tops!
Current Classroom Contest Rankings for 2nd
Trimester:
· Mrs. Ramion 1st place
· Ms. Uciechowski 2nd place
· Ms. Boyle 3rd place
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YEARBOOK ORDERS
Don't wait! Order now! Return orders to school by March 9th. Cost is only $10. Make check payable to Scholastic Reflections. If you did not receive an order form please let your child's teacher know.
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SAFETY PATROL
Cadets should report at 7:15 a.m. each scheduled day. They will have the privileged responsibility of assisting our parents and students during morning drop off.
They are supervised by a staff member.
29th – Feb.2nd
Mrs. Ligocki
Megan M.
Joaquin P.
John P.
Isaac V.
Aidan R.
Blake S.
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On Wednesday, January 24 we held the 2018 National Geographic School Bee. The finalists were:
- Fifth Graders: Brady M. and Luke S.
- Sixth Graders: Zach N. and Madison P.
- Seventh Graders: Ethan P. and Max H.
- Eighth Graders: John B. and William H.
Sixth Grader, Zachary Nagel became St. Alphonsus School’s National Geographic Bee winner. He received a medal and will advance to the next level of competition - a qualifying online test to determine Wisconsin competitors. Good Luck Zach!
Second Place winner was: Eighth Grader, William H.
Third Place winner was: Fifth Grader, Luke S.
Congratulations to everyone for a job well done!
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SNOWMEN (AND SNOWLADIES) IN THE BUILDING!
Our 4K students have been very busy decorating snowpeople! Each student was given a blank snowman and were asked to decorate the snowman any way they wanted with their family. You can see all 50 snowmen & snowladies in the main hallway coming up from the gym. Stop and see their winter creations at Open House.
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FUN FAIR IS 3 WEEKS AWAY!!
Fun Fair is 2 weeks away - February 9th 5:30-8:30 pm in the Gym, Community room and MPR!
See the following link for a description of some of the fun and exciting things you can expect at the 2018 Fun Fair Carnival! We have some great raffle items this year!
Also see the link to the Advanced Ticket Order form! Save yourself time and order tickets for general raffles and games ahead of time!
Thank you to everyone who sent in prizes/money for the prize room! Your donations are greatly appreciated.
Also, just a reminder to the 7th grade families to send in to the school office, their 4 cans of pringles and 8 pack of 20 oz soda bottles for the ring toss game.
Thank you!
The 6th Grade class
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LAST CALL FOR FUN FAIR RAFFLE ITEMS!
The Annual Fun Fair is Friday Feb 9th - less than one month away!
If you, someone you know, or an area business would like to donate a prize for the Fun Fair Raffle table, we would love to have it! Raffle items, baskets or gift cards would be wonderful prizes! Basket themes may include but are not limited to: sports, arts, tickets, books, entertainment items, food, clothing, toys, movies, and more!
Please be sure the basket contains new items and that its value is a minimum of $30.
Please let Kerri Singer (
Kerri.S
inger@wellscap.com
) know if you will be donating a basket or raffle item! Items will be need to be turned in to the school office no later than Friday Feb 2nd.
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8TH GRADE COUSINS SUB FUNDRAISER
Reminder!! 8th grade Cousins sub lunch is on Friday February 2, 2018.
There will be no hot lunch on Friday, February 2nd so you will need to send a cold lunch with your student that day if they do not order a Cousins sub lunch.
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Scholastic Book Fair Continues Online & This Weekend!
Additionally, the Book Fair will continue to be open on Saturday, January 27
th
, from 5:15-6:15pm and on Sunday, January 28
th
, from 8:30am-1:00pm after masses in the Community Room.
Books may be purchased with cash or check made out to St. Alphonsus Home and School. Charge cards will ONLY be accepted on Saturday and Sunday. Do not add sales tax to payments.
If you have any questions, contact Lindsay Rugg at 414-617-6180 and thank you for supporting your child's reading! Volunteers are still needed this weekend! Help is needed for clean-up, on the weekend of January 27
th
and 28
th
. We're using SignUpGenius to organize our sign-ups.
Thank you for your help in making this year's Scholastic Book Fair a success!
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FISH FRY 2018
This year's fish fry is less than one month away!
We'd like to invite everyone to join us at fish fry on Fridays during Lent. Invite your friends and family to the weekly St. Alphonsus fish fry.
The fish fry is an important fundraiser for our school, and we couldn't do it without everyone helping out.
Sign up today, there's so many ways to help! We're looking forward to seeing everyone there!
Grade Hosting Schedule
Feb 16 - 8th Grade
Feb 23 - 7th Grade
Mar 2 - 6th Grade
Mar 9 - 5th Grade
Mar 16 - K3 / K4 / K5 / 1 / 2 Grade
Mar 23 - 4th Grade
Mar 30 - 3rd Grade
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UPCOMING HOME & SCHOOL MEETINGS
Feb 6th
(tentative) Topics: Fish Fry, Recap of Jan events
Mar 6th
(tentative) Topics: Fish Fry
May 1st
(tentative) Topics: Teacher appreciation week
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Where is your Scrip voucher?
Scrip vouchers for last year’s purchases are being finished up and will be sent home next week. Keep an eye on Scrip’s Facebook page (link below) to see exactly when to expect it. Vouchers can be used toward your tuition deposit for the 2018-2019 school year and/or for remaining tuition payments this year.
When and where is Scrip available in the next week?
Sat. Jan. 27
th
4:00 - 4:30pm in the Community Room
Sun. Jan. 28
th
8:30 - 11:00am in the Community Room
Thurs. Feb. 1
st
Backpack mail (Please send orders in by Wednesday)
Fri. Feb. 2
nd
7:30-8:30 am in the School Lobby
Stay up to date with Scrip
Follow us on Facebook for the latest news. Find us at:
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St. Thomas More is holding grade school nights at two of their upcoming basketball games for all interested 7
th
and 8
th
graders. Students and their families will get into the games for free and students have the chance to win some St. Thomas More spirit gear. Please see the attached flyer for more information. Hope to see you there!
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FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN PREVIEW NIGHT
Mark your calendar for the Freshman Preview Night on both February 5th and February 7th at Franklin High School. This would be for any 8th grade students who might be attending Franklin High School in the fall of 2018.
Please see the flyer
HERE for more information.
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SURVEY MONKEY
In the next several weeks you will be receiving a Survey Monkey email regarding Church attendance. We ask that you be very honest. It is strictly anonymous. Your input will be very helpful.
Thank you in advance.
Pastoral Council
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