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Thank you to everyone who donated food and time to make this year's 4K-1st Grade Thanksgiving Feast a success!
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Nov. 21
House of Peace Food Items Due
Nov. 22
Spirit Wear Day (non-uniform bottoms)
2pm Basketball Pep Rally
2:30pm Chess Club (SAH)
2:30pm Brixology (Sci Lab)
Nov. 23
NO SCHOOL - Teachers In-Service
Nov. 24-25
NO SCHOOL - Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov. 28
NO SCHOOL - Sustaining the Mission
Nov. 29
2:30pm Brixology (Sci Lab)
2:30pm Chess Club (SAH)
Dec. 5
Dec. 6
2:30pm Brixology
2:30pm Chess Club
5:30-8pm Basketball Photos (SAH)
Dec. 7
No Children's Mass
3K-5K Fieldtrip (Rudolph play)
Dec. 8
8am Children's Mass (Holy Day)
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Parish Connection
-Nov. 21st Family Program.
-Nov. 23rd NO MORNING MASS.
-Nov. 23rd 6:30pm Thanksgiving Eve Mass
-Nov. 24th NO MASS
-Nov. 27th 9am No Childcare or Children's Liturgy.
-Nov. 28th 5:30-6:30pm
SPARK(DMC). Stop in for 15min or stay the hour.
-Nov. 28th 6:30-7pm
Vespers (Chapel).
-Nov. 30th 6:30pm Mission Trip make-up meeting (Youth Rm off PLC, enter from lower lot)
-Dec. 1st 2:30pm and/or 4:30pm
Children's Choir rehearsal. Gr. 3-8 can join the choir at anytime!
-Dec. 3rd 9-11am ALL Choirs Lessons and Carols Rehearsal.
-Dec. 3rd/4th the Giving Tree, grab a tag(s) before/or after all Masses.
-Dec. 4th/5th Family Program.
-Dec. 4th 4-5pm Lesson and Carols Concert.
-Dec. 5th 6:30-7pm Vespers.
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Be Thankful
"[Advent] is the season that the Church has always celebrated with special solemnity. We too should always observe it with faith and love, offering praise and thanksgiving to the Father for the mercy and love he has shown us in this mystery."
-St. Charles Borromeo
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Did you know?
Advent (from, "ad-venire" in Latin or "to come to") begins November 27th.
It is a season of preparation, the final days, December 17th-24th, of which focus on our preparation for
the Nativity. Advent devotions, like the
Advent wreath
, remind us of the meaning of the season. Advent calendars can help us prepare spiritually through daily activity and prayer. Consider starting a new Advent tradition with your family this season! Check out this Family Advent Calendar.
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Women's Advent Morning of Reflection with Mary Matestic
December 14th,
9-11:30am
Take a break from work, planning, buying, baking, & decorating. Give
yourself the gift of this present moment!! Join us at 9am for a light breakfast followed by a reflection. Childcare will be available with preregistration. Event Cost $10, click here to register.
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O Come Little Children
December 11th, 10:15-11:45am
Join us after Mass for this fun-filled St. Anthony tradition of singing Christmas carols, enjoying a delicious breakfast, making a craft, decorating cookies, and hearing the Nativity story. All ages welcome!
Please RSVP
if you plan to attend.
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 Need a Math Tutor?
High school senior and math wiz, Jenna Lange, attended St. Anthony from 5K-8th grade.
She's been tutoring students in middle school and high school for the past two years in subjects from basic math to calculus. Jenna is available to tutor your child at your home or the local library, after school or on weekends.
Call/text Jenna at 262-853-3854 if interested.
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Parent Cafe Tonight!
All adults are welcome for the Parent Cafe Session on Monday, Nov. 21; 6:25-7:25. The topic for discussion is How do we raise children in our Catholic Faith and be tolerant of other faiths?
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Do you wonder...
What the major themes of the Old
Testament are?
How we can understand the Creation accounts in Genesis?
How the New Testament connects to the Old Testament? Come for a presentation and discussion on our Catholic understanding of these topics on Saturday December 3rd from 8:15am-Noon. All are welcome at this Forming the Catechetical Spirit session! Contact Ann Fons if you plan to attend and have not already registered for the entire series.
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SAL Car Stickers For You!!
New Families - If you have yet to pick up your
FREE SAL car stickers, stop by the school office or request that they be sent home with your child.
Current Families - If you need replacement or additional stickers, please purchase them from the office:
2 Large stickers - $5 ($3 ea.)
2 Small stickers - $2 ($1.50 ea.)
Open House is approaching and we would love to see all cars promoting our school!!
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Advent 2016
Our Parish offers many opportunities for prayer, reconciliation and celebration during Advent. You can check out all that is offered
HERE.
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St. Anthony's Annual Concert of Lessons & Carols
Sunday, December 4th 4-5pm
Join us for a celebration of Scripture and Song, featuring the choirs of our parish!
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Future Crusader Service Opportunities
Students Gr. 5-8 & Family
Catholic Memorial is inviting students in Gr. 5-8 to participate in a blanket-making project for a local nursing home on November 23rd, 12:30-3:30pm. There will also be a family service opportunity at their annual dinner from 4-7pm that night. For more info or to sign up,
click here
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From the Desk of Ellen Knippel, Principal
Dear Parents,
As we begin our holiday break, I take this opportunity to thank all of you for your work and support in making this a very successful year! We have seen wonderful growth in our school enrollment, the addition of our 3K program and some great additions to an already gifted faculty! We are indeed blessed!
We welcome Mary Stawicki, who is teaching our 8th grade Math until Christmas and will then teach 6,7, and 8th until the end of the year. She comes to us with several years experience teaching Math.
Advent begins upon our return from Thanksgiving break. We will light the Advent wreath during a weekly all-school prayer service. We will begin our December BE Attitude of "
Be Prepared" as we seek ways to prepare ourselves for Christ's birth! Watch for additional ways we celebrate this beautiful season of Advent!
Many blessings to you and your families this Thanksgiving!
Blessings!
Mrs. Knippel
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Spirit Wear Day TOMORROW
On Tuesday, November 22nd, we will have a basketball pep rally. Students are permitted to wear Spirit Wear tops (St. Anthony/Mustangs logo) with non-uniform bottoms.
Since Spirit Wear orders have not arrived yet, Ellen will allow green or gold shirts (not Packers!) for those who do not have school Spirit Wear. This is the last time, however, that green/gold attire will be an acceptable substitute for Spirit Wear.
Thanksgiving Break, November 23-28
Our last day of school before Thanksgiving break is tomorrow! School will resume on Tuesday, November 29th.
Christmas Eve Mass Student Lectors
Traditionally, the grade school students have done the readings at the Christmas Eve 3pm and 5pm liturgies. Please let
Ellen Knippel know if your family would like to participate in either of these Masses!
SCRIP Contracts Due December 31st
If you plan to participate in our school's Scrip program and have not signed and returned the
Scrip Program Agreement, please do so by December 31st, 2016. If a family earns rebate credits but has not returned the signed agreement by this deadline, the credits will automatically be donated to our school. For information about our Scrip program or the Scrip contract,
click here.
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2016 Giving Tree, December 3rd-4th
Choose a tag(s) from the tree or the basket. A list of the eleven agencies supported along with suggestions is available in the Gathering Space. Gift cards can be purchased from the Scrip table. Please bring the NEW and UNWRAPPED items on the weekend of December 10th-11th. Thank you to the St. Anthony Girl Scouts for making the tree ornaments!
Service Club Opportunities for Gr. 5-8
Volunteer Near Home with your Family
Family Promise of Waukesha County helps homeless families in our area. Our parish will be helping provide volunteers and meals November 27th-December 3rd at Gethsemane Church in Pewaukee. Four times a year our parish commits to a week of short shifts that you will have the opportunity to provide food, serve a meal, or simply play with the children in the program. Adult volunteers are required to attend an orientation/training session. If you missed last Saturday's training, there will be more in 2017. Our next scheduled week to serve will be the week of February 19th, 2017. Please contact Terri Mahoney Ogden for more information.
Family Promise Donations Needed
Please consider donating an "immediate need" item to help
Family Promise and the homeless families they serve. Place items in the bin outside K3/K4 as students enter school in the morning or in the Gathering Space of church.
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win comforters!!...Gently used are ok and appreciated.
-liquid HE (high efficiency) laundry detergent for front loader
-diapers, any size larger than newborn
-dish soap
-men's and women's deodorant
-feminine hygiene products
-toilet paper
-printer ink HP950XLblack/HP951yellow/HP951Cyan/
HP951Magenta
Treat Bags for Seniors - All Ages!
Create a simple craft & pack treats and items in decorated bags for Seniors of Waukesha County after the 9am Mass on November 27th. Project will last an hour and include a light snack. All ages welcome!
 Donations of candy, snacks, etc. are also needed and can be dropped off at the parish offices by November 23rd.
Sign up here
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Middle Schoolers
There are Altar Server
slots open
for this Sunday! Please
Sign up!
House of Peace Food Boxes
Help check our packed holiday food boxes to ensure they're complete on November 22nd, 9-11am. Boxes then need to be delivered to the House of Peace in Milwaukee on the 22nd or 23rd, at your convenience. Sign up for one or both. Questions? Contact Laura Smyczek or 262-691-9170, x1103.
Summer Mission Trip
There are a few spaces left on the Mission Trip this summer. Register NOW on
line if you wish to take part. The makeup meeting for those who did not come on November 14 will be Wednesday, November 30th at 6:30pm in the Youth Room off the Parish Life Center. Enter from the lower parking lot.
St. Anthony GALA 2018
Coming next week... a brainstorming meeting to set the theme for the 2018 Faith Formation Fundraiser. Contact Suzanne Kain to give her your ideas. Text her at 414-460-3248 and/or click here for information on the type of
needed.
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Our
4K-1st graders performed songs and ate a Thanksgiving Feast for the 22nd consecutive year last Friday!
"Have you ever seen a turkey go this way and that way?..." The 4K "Turkeys" have!
Our 5K Indians sang "Grey squirrel! Grey squirrel! Swish your bushy tail! Put a nut between your toes, crinkle up your little nose..." And crinkle they did!
The 1st grade Pilgrims sang a little bit of 1620 history: "Oh the pilgrims! Seeking to be free! They came here to America for opportunity!"
To end the skits, the Pilgrim girls led everyone in prayer "Thank you for the world so sweet, Thank you for the food we eat. Thank you for the birds that sing, Thank you God for everything. Amen."
Pilgrims, Indians, and Turkeys concluded the festivities with a feast.
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Celebrations
Cathy Sellers, our third grade teacher, has recently become Mrs. Scholl!
Congratulations Cathy and Paul!
Welcome Hadley May!
Harlow and Kellan Hendrix have a new baby sister. Congratulations to parents Megan and Timothy!
First Week of Advent Prayer - HOPE
Heavenly father, as we begin Advent this Sunday, give light to our eyes and peace to our hearts. May Jesus find us watching in joyful anticipation when He comes. We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.
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Scrip will not be sold this weekend, November 26th/27th. Stop by the Scrip table in December to see what there is for holiday gifts and stocking stuffers! Happy Thanksgiving!
Now-December 16
$5 Scrip cards to Barnes & Noble, Panera Bread, and Starbucks are now available for sale. Stop by after Mass, send us an order through school mail, or visit
ShopwithScrip.com. They make great stocking stuffers!
Are you a business owner? Consider purchasing Scrip as employee gifts for the holidays. We have a number of $5 and $10 scrip cards available for purchase.
Thank-Scrip-ing Day, November 22nd
24 hours of SURPRISE Scrip bonuses tomorrow!
Check out this link for what you need to do to be prepared.
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Basketball Pep Rally, November 22nd
at 2pm! Don't forget to wear Spirit Wear!
Basketball Photos December 6th in St. Anthony Hall
5:30pm - Dempsey - 8th Grade Boys A
5:45pm - Wallschlaeger - 7th Grade Girls
6:00pm - Dryer - 6th Grade Girls
6:15pm - Szymanski - 5th Grade Girls
6:30pm - Dampier - 5th Grade Boys
6:45pm - Dunnick - 8th Grade Boys B
7:00pm - Beckes - 7th Grade Boys B
7:15pm - Diebold - 7th Grade Boys A
7:30pm - Kober - 6th Grade Boys A
7:45pm - Gottfried - 6th Grade Boys B
8:00pm - Nimz - 8th Grade Girls
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At Mass last Wednesday, Fr. Tony encouraged us to never give up trying to be more like Jesus every day, making our world a better place. Reminded us it takes great discipline, we have an amazing cheering squad in our community and that Jesus is the ultimate coach. Never give up!
At the end of Mass, the boxes we packed for Operation Christmas Child were blessed and then loaded to be taken to the drop-off site.
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Fall Festival Fun
Students enjoyed a fun morning of relays, games, crafts, snack and face painting planned by our middle school students.
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