September 21, 2017
                                                                                                           
Principal's Message
Dear Loyola Family,
 
Tomorrow our teaching faculty and administration will be embarking on a trip to Rochester Lourdes High School and our annual Together-in-Faith day. It is a day set forth by the Diocese of Winona for all teaching faculty and administration to come together and grow together as one. As you may have discovered the past few years we have had multiple Together-in-Faith days. This year we are only having one Together-in-Faith day which attributes to us have a few more school days on the schedule.
Please keep us in your prayers as we journey together tomorrow for safe travels and for a productive day helping us grow in our faith together. Here's to hoping we can come back with some new strategies and skills to bring back to our classrooms and school.
 
Last week, our newly formed Board of Trustees held their first official board meeting. Part of the meeting was an orientation from our Diocesan Superintendent Marsha Stenzel. I am hopeful we will be able to offer our board members two more development sessions throughout the year. Upon completion of orientation we determined the resposnibilites of each board member for the upcoming year.
  BoT Co-Chairs Fr. Timothy Reker & Michelle Zehnder Fischer
Chair Elect-Gary Zellmer
Sectretary/Treasurer-Tim Murray
Academics & Activities Reps-Sr. Mary Kay Gosch, Jen Fraze, Michelle Zehnder Fischer
Advancement Committee Reps-Beth Johnson & Tim Murray
Facilities Committee Rep-Pat McDurmott
Finance Committee Reps-Fr. Timothy Reker & Gary Zellmer
 

L-R back row: Adam Bemmels, Fr. Paul  van  de Crommert, Pat McDermott,
Gary Zellmer, Fr. Tim Reker, Fr. John Kunz, Fr.  Javier  Ibarra,  Larry Krmotich
L-R seated: Tim Murray, Michelle Zehnder Fischer, Beth Johnson,
Jen Fraze, Sr. Mary Kay Gosch

Lastly, we have a busy week coming up with our 2017 Homecoming Celebration. We were very happy to announce our homecoming court this week. I hope to see you all at some point over homecoming week. I have to thank our junior class student council, our seniors, and student council advisor Mrs. Kari Koester for their efforts in planning a wonderful homecoming week.
  
Grace Ellingworth, escorted by Carter Fogal, Eaden Javens, 
escorted by Ben Cahalan, Sarah Haugum, escorted by Cahlin Clow, 
Celestte Eichers, escorted by John Torgerson, and 
Elizabeth Peller, escorted by Landon Javens


Junior class student council

Sincerely,
  Adam Bemmels

All School News

REMINDER: NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, 9/22

PARENT/STUDENT VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED FOR THE CRUSADER CARNIVAL! Secondary  Students will receive service hours!   Click  here  to sign-up


VIRTUS TRAINING
Click here for upcoming Virtus sessions in and near Mankato.


2017 HOMECOMING 
Congratulations to our Homecoming Court:

Grace Ellingworth, escorted by Carter Fogal, Eaden Javens, 
escorted by Ben Cahalan, Sarah Haugum, escorted by Cahlin Clow, 
Celestte Eichers, escorted by John Torgerson, and 
Elizabeth Peller, escorted by Landon Javens

2017 Loyola Homecoming Dress Up Days:

Monday, 9/25   5-12  grades Dress up Day: Time Era Day
 Tuesday   K-12  grades Dress Up Day: Spirit Day
 Wednesday   5-12  grades Dress Up Day: Multiples Day
 Thursday   5-12  grades Dress Up Day: Tie Dye/Neon Day
 Friday   K-12  grades Dress Up Day:  Class Color Day 
 Class colors:  K - yellow  1st - orange  2nd - red  3rd - green  4th - light blue         
 5th - maroon  6th - lime green  7th - dark blue  8th - gray  9th - black   10th - white   11th- purple   12th- pink 

Coronation: Thursday, 10:40am. All are welcome

Friday events: 
9:15am 7-12 grade Wow Zone field trip. Permission slip here
1pm 7-12 grade Pep Fest in the gym.  Elementary students will join at  2pm. All are welcome to attend
4-6pm Crusader Carnival
7pm Football: Loyola Crusaders vs Buffalo Lake/Hector  
Loyola seniors and kindergarteners will lead us in the national anthem
Bonfire following football game

LIFETOUCH PICTURE RETAKES
Monday, 10/9
online ordering is available: www.mylifetouch.com  ID: KA017205Y1



GATHER4GOOD
Loyola Catholic School is excited to announce that  Gather4Good , a service event put on by Catholic United Financial, will be coming to our campus on Sunday, October 1, 12:15-1:30pm.
At Gather4Good events, people of all ages assemble care kits that are distributed locally to homeless and domestic abuse shelters and to those receiving help through the Catholic United Response program. At our Loyola event, we will also be packing an additional 1000 care kits (above and beyond the kits designated for local needs) to be sent to hurricane Harvey victims in their time of need.
We hope you and your family will consider joining us for a day of giving back. We would love your presence that day to help us assemble care kits or to help with additional volunteer needs throughout the event. Registration can be found at the Gather4Good website .
If you are interested in learning more or finding out how you can support the event or donate, visit the website or contact us at [email protected] with any questions you might have. 

HOME & SCHOOL ASSOCIATION NEWS
 All LCS parents are welcome!  To join click  here
Watch the Home & School page on the Loyola website for updates
Join our page on Facebook!

Click  here for September meeting minutes


Click here for the Crusader Carnival volunteer sign-up



SPIRIT SHOP NEWS
Shop the online Spirit Shop! Click here
Be sure to follow the Spirit Shop on Facebook for updates!

Upcoming Spirit Shop Sales:
9/21  3-7pm Homecoming Sale
11/30 3-7pm Santa Sale
 
Activities News
COUPON BOOK FUNDRAISER
Coupon books were sent home with the youngest child in your family earlier this week.   You can always check out more books or mobile passes from school.  Win Prizes! Top selling family  wins $100.00, $50.00 for 2nd and 3rd.  Pizza Party for best selling grade !  (Unless you specify a child on your return envelopes sales will be split between your children for the grade tallies).  The Booster Club receives 50% of all sales which goes toward the costs of co-curricular activities at Loyola. Last year this fundraiser was part of the reason we were able to give $75,000 back to Loyola Activities! 


Be sure to check our  Activities Calendar for upcoming events and activities! Come out and show your Crusader pride!
Quick References
ATTENDANCE LINE:
507-386-5312
Preschool News
Grandparents Day:
2 Day Preschool:
10/12 9:30-10:30am
3 Day, 5 Day Preschool:
10/13 9:30-10:30am
 
Elementary News
6th GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES:
students spent time surveying for an archaeological dig


Grades 4-8 Study Table
Mrs. Klasen will be holding "Study Table"  on Tuesday afternoons from  3:00-4:00pm, beginning Tuesday, 9/26.  These sessions are designed to help students with academics, organization, and time management skills. All 4th - 8th grade students are welcome to join us in the Media Center. 

Liturgical Music 4-6 grades
For those interested in joining Liturgical Music,  w e will practice Tuesdays and Wednesdays throughout the school year.

Secondary 7-12  News
WOW Zone grades 7-12
Friday, 9/29 
9:15am   CLICK  HERE  FOR PERMISSION SLIP AND INFO

Grades 4-8 Study Table
on Tuesday afternoons from 3:00-4:00pm, beginning Tuesday, 9/26.  These sessions are designed to help students with academics, organization, and time management skills. All 4th - 8th grade students are welcome to join us in the Media Center. 

Juniors: Students who are interested in taking the PSAT again this year should email Mrs. Arians by the end of this month.  It will be given at Loyola on Oct. 11th. This is the test that determines National Merit Scholars.
Juniors and Seniors:
 Our first college rep visit (Bethany Lutheran) is this Monday, 9/25 at 1:00pm in the Career Center.  Get a pass from Mrs. Arians or Mrs. Kirschner if you would like to attend.
Seniors: The Elks scholarship application is now live online.  Go to enf.elks.org/mvs to apply. The local Elks give out 12 $500. scholarships through this application!

Seniors:  The week of Oct. 23rd will be when you can submit a college application to any MnScu schools at no cost.  That would be the 7 state universities, which includes MSU, Mankato, and the 2 year technical and community colleges, which includes SCC.

Juniors and Seniors:
College reps are beginning to schedule visits to our school.  Click on the link in the Student Announcements or you can check Mrs. Arians' door for the schedule.

Juniors and Seniors:
 The National College Fair bulletin  has arrived.  It lists all the colleges that will be at the fair.  There are 3 sessions available: Wed., 9/27 9am-noon or 5-8pm, and Thurs. 9/28 from 9am-noon.  Remember that all juniors planning on a 4 year college should attend this college fair or the one being held at Bethany (Tues., 10/24 from 1-2:30pm).  Parents are encouraged to attend with their student.  Choose the questions you want to ask from the list in your packet you were given on College Night.  If you want ideas on which colleges to talk wit h, use the free college search at  www.bigfuture.org

The Junior Class Retreat will be held  Nov. 15 - 17 at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center.  We are in need of 4-5 parent volunteers to help chaperone.  If you are interested please email Sue Goebel   for more details. 
  
Please note: The 6th grade will still be attending Wolf Ridge next spring.
Juniors (and Sophomores who may take the ACT this school year): Mrs. Goebel will be offering the first ACT prep workshop on Friday, 9/22.  Be sure to keep that day open for this valuable, free preparation for the science portion of the ACT.  Since that portion is always last in the test, it is important to get as familiar as you can with the tables and graphs they use before you take the ACT for the first time.

ACT test   Registration
                           
10/28               9/22
12/9                 11/3
2/10                  1/5
4/14                  3/9
6/9                    5/4
7/14                  6/8

Mark Your Calendars

9/21  Spirit Shop Homecoming Sale 3-7pm
9/22  Teacher Inservice, No School                      
9/28 Coronation 10:40am 
 9/29 Homecoming
9/29 Crusader Carnival 4-6pm
10/1 Gather4Good Service Project 12:15-1:30pm
10/1 Scrip orders due 9pm
10/9 Picture retakes
10/10 No morning busing
10/15 Scrip orders due 9pm
10/19-20 No School
10/29 Scrip orders due 9pm
11/3 Wired to the Heart
11/9-11/12 9-12 Fall Musical, Cinderella
11/12 Scrip orders due 9pm
11/14 No morning busing
11/26 Scrip orders due 9pm
11/30 Spirit Shop Santa Sale 3-7pm

Elementary Mass: 9:50am
Secondary Mass: 10:40am




Please be sure you are checking the Community Calendar
for all upcoming events!