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Greetings,
We were very happy to finally have our Catholic Schools Week Mass on Wednesday. What a wonderful Mass it was as we recognized Steve and Pam Fink and their family and their contributions in so many ways to Loyola. We will be honoring the Joe Frederick, Sr. family at a later Mass. We recognized our birthdays for the months of February and August and with that came another moment to honor and embrace the memory of Sister Mary Beth Schraml. We also took the time to thank Dan McCarger for his time at Loyola. Dan's last day at Loyola is today.
In addition to Dan, we are very sad to announce Bridget Prehn, high school Spanish teacher's last day is today.
She will be focusing her time on her growing family. We thank Bridget for her years here at Loyola as an employee and all that she has added to our Spanish program.
We are working on a replacement for Bridget and will provide more updates as we have them. Mr. John Janc will be helping in Spanish all next week. Mr. Janc has been a regular sub at our school and has often subbed in our foreign language classrooms.
We had hoped to share several important things with you at the State of the School Address, including enrollment information and the process for next school year. We have heard a lot of feedback supporting a move to present our State of the School Report in a video in lieu of many events having to be rescheduled and a lack of time to fit it in so we are working on a release date for that video.
Speaking of the weather, as of right now there have not been any days added back into our calendar. However, discussions are ongoing about what do in case more severe weather cuts into our calendar. We will also monitor what ISD 77 does but have not heard anything definitive at this point. One thing to keep in mind when we are taking into account school closings is we have a number of student drivers who are coming in from the outskirts or outside of Mankato. Safety of all of our students and families is at the forefront of these decisions.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Adam Bemmels
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NO SCHOOL MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18
NO MASS NEXT WEEK
K-12 CONFERENCES: THURSDAY, 2/21 & TUESDAY 2/26
K-6: click
here to sign up; 7-12 is open house format
The Book Fair will be open both nights
FAMILY TOUR/SHADOW DAY: Friday, 3/8. If you know of a family who would like to see what Loyola is all about, encourage them to call to reserve a spot!
2019-20 CALENDAR
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK MASS
Our Catholic Schools Week may not have gone as planned thanks to the Minnesota weather, but on Wednesday we were finally able to come together to celebrate our all school Catholic Schools Week Mass.
BLOOD DRIVE
The Loyola Key Club is sponsoring a Blood Drive Tuesday Feb. 26. It will be held in the Loyola gym from 9am- 2pm. Please call 1-800-733-2767 or visit
www.redcrossblood.org and enter: LOYOLAHSKATO to schedule an ap
pointment. Due to the weather the Red Cross is very much in need of all blood types. Please consider becoming a donor. If you have any
questions contact Sue Goebel
sgoebel@loyolacatholicschool.org
SPRING ENRICHMENT AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES
The "Loyola After School Enrichment Classes and Events" Spring edition booklet is filled with after school class descriptions, registration instructions and Spring events. We have expanded the offerings and hope your child finds something of interest. The registration process is included in the booklet and I encourage you to sign up early as many classes will fill up quickly. Click
here to view the booklet.
FEBRUARY IS I LOVE TO READ MONTH
Loyola will be celebrating with dress up days, spontaneous drop everything and read moments, and we will be hosting a Family Reading Night.
Dress up days (PK-12)
Read a Tshirt on February 22
Dress as your favorite book character on February 28
Loyola Reads Night February 20, 6-8pm
Celebration Closing Ceremony -February 28
Students can dress as a book character. (PK-12th grade)
We will have a character parade
Culver's custard at lunch -PK-12
High school will be celebrating Snow Week this week
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
SUMMER CLUBHOUSE
Monday - Friday hours ranging from 7:00 am - 6:00 pm, No weekends, no evenings. Must be at least 16 yrs old to apply. Click here for application.
VIRTUS TRAINING
Safe Environment Re-Certification Training:
In February and March, the diocesan Safe Environment Office will launch
Keeping Our Promise Alive 3.0
, a VIRTUS online re-certification training for anyone who completed the "VIRTUS live training" in 2014 or earlier. Employees and volunteers of DOW-R parishes or schools that are due for re-certification will receive an email from VIRTUS Online with credentials to login and complete the training, which takes 30-40 minutes and can be done at any time of the day. Please click here for the flyer.
The SCRIP order dates for the next year have been updated on the Loyola website- click
here
for a complete list.
WEATHER RELATED SCHOOL CLOSING POLICY
Reminder: we follow District 77's decisions on school closings related to weather. Please be sure to pay attention to local media outlets for closing information. The District 77 letter can be found
here.
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Advancement Department News
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GOLF CLASSIC COMMITTEE MEETING- RESCHEDULED!
Please join us on Sunday, February 17 4:00pm at Grizzly's Grill for our first meeting to discuss this year's tournament! Topics will be:
- bidding options for the silent auction
- cap numbers
- ways to get spouses to the event for the social and dinner
- and anything else time would allow
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Athletics/Activities/Clubs News
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TONIGHT'S BOYS BASKETBALL GAME at NICOLLET- RESCHEDULED TO MONDAY, 2/18, 7:15pm
KNOWLEDGE BOWL
Loyola Royal Blue (Alexander Backman, Jerrid Buhs, Brendan Kane, and Micah Rentschler) placed second at the Cleveland Knowledge Bowl Invitational today. Congrats to all!
SPEECH
The Loyola Speech Team officially started there season on Saturday February 9 with their home tournament the "Crusader Classic". Results:
Duram Kelly placed 5th in Creative Expression
Sadie Blace placed 3rd in Discussion
Nic Goebel and Brayton Matuska placed 7th in Duo Interpretation
Marina Kerekes placed 4th in Extemporaneous Reading
Addison Fraze placed 5th in Great Speeches and 5th in Original Oratory
Brayton Matuska placed 6th in Humorous Interpretation
Sara Gardner placed 5th in Prose
Cyemone Nusser placed 3rd in Storytelling
Mankato Loyola placed 5th overall
PACK THE STANDS- BASKETBALL
DRAW THE CIRCLE WIDE CONCERT
Over 200 students will unite in song as choirs from Mankato
Loyola,
East, and West, High Schools and the Mankato Children's Chorus join musical forces for a collaborative concert benefiting The REACH and the Quentin Shevy family. The concert will be held February 24, 7:30pm at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 105 N. 5th Street. Free will donations accepted.
McDONALD'S BAND/CHOIR TRIP FUNDRAISER
McDonald's Band and Choir Fundraiser has been re-scheduled for Tuesday February 26. 4:30 - 7pm.
Be sure to check our Activities Calendar for upcoming events and activities! Come out and show your Crusader pride!
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