A MESSAGE FROM MRS. STALLMANN
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Good Afternoon St. Alphonsus Families -
We are excited that our 8
th
grade girls’ and boys’ basketball teams received invitation to the Padre Serra Tournament. This is a capstone invite-only tournament for 8
th
grade teams. Our boys will be playing their first game March 2, 12:15 pm at Mt. Mary University. I hope you will come and cheer on our boys! Our girls will have their first game March 10, 5:30 pm at Mt. Mary University.
Third Time Is the Charm! We have rescheduled our Open House (again!!) for March 5, 5-7 pm. This is Fat Tuesday and we are going to have lots of doughnut holes, chips, soda, and candy to help celebrate the day before Lent while you can walk around, visit with teachers, and see the great things happening at St. Alphonsus. Registration has already started for next school year as has our Referral Policy. Get a new family to join St. Alphonsus School (K4-8
th
) for next year and you can get $1,000 off next year’s tuition.
Our famous Fish Fry is starting soon. Stop in every Friday throughout Lent (March 8, 15, 22, 19, April 5, 12, 19) for great baked or fried fish along with homemade clam chowder, shrimp, mac & cheese, and chicken. Dine or carryout is available. Fish fry times are 4:30-7:00 pm.
Thank you to all who came to our Readers Workshop presentation.
If you missed that meeting, Mrs. Thiele and I discussed the readers workshop method. This method is used in our school in many subjects and grades but primarily reading. There are countless resources that can be used to help teachers create their lessons, one example being Lucy Calkins. Therefore, teachers pull from a variety of materials to allow for differentiation. The school’s focus for teachers this year is around enhancing their small group work, adding more extended reasoning, and differentiating for student's needs while providing resources for them to select from. We empower our teachers to adapt these old and new resources as they create engaging lessons. Don’t hesitate to ask your child’s teacher what resources he or she uses.
Finally, I wanted to make you aware of what seems to be the latest viral challenge targeting children. It is called the “Momo Challenge” and it centers around a disturbing character suggesting dangerous tasks for kids to perform, including potentially hurting themselves or hiding for an extended period of time. From what I have learned, these and other suggestions can be found spliced into some YouTube Kids videos, including Fortnite and Peppa the Pig. This challenge also occurs through an app called WhatsApp, which could function on both phones and tablets. We recommend you talk to your child about these kinds of challenges, in a way that you feel is appropriate for their understanding. Given the connection and concern with messages within YouTube Kids videos, we also recommend you monitor what your child is watching and screen the videos, even if they appear to be safe, to ensure their viewing does not include harmful messages.
Have a great weekend.
Mrs. Stallmann
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COUGAR CAFE NEWS
Dear St. Alphonsus School Parents,
The Cougar Café would like to bring to your early attention that the March lunch menu is on the website. As you will notice, there are 3 designated bag lunch days on March 26, 27, and 28
th
. Because of unusual staffing constraints, we ask that your child/children bring a bag lunch and beverage on these days. There will be NO hot lunch, cold milk, or a la carte on these days. There will also be NO a la carte on March 22 or 25 but, there WILL be hot lunch and cold milk available on these days.
Also, the lunch staff would like to make you aware that any lunch program purchases made on Friday, March 22 and Monday, March 25 will not be charged to your child’s lunch account until the staff return to work on Monday, April 1. This will show as a monetary “adjustment” to their lunch accounts. If you have a question about the items purchased on the 22
nd
and 25
th
, you can contact me in the office via email, cech@st-alphonsus.org, or phone 414-421-1760 ext. 820.
I apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. As always, if there are any questions please feel free to contact me.
Thank you,
Katie Cech
Food Service Manager
St. Alphonsus School
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SAFETY PATROL
Cadets should report at 7:20 a.m. each scheduled day. Please come in through the Cougar Club entrance on Churchway. They will have the privileged responsibility of assisting our parents and students during morning drop off. They are supervised by a staff member.
March 4 - 8
Mrs. Duckert, Room 409
Nickolas O.
Lauren P.
Kasey R.
Braden S.
Luke S.
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CALENDAR NOTES
03/05/19 Open House 5-7pm
03/06/19 Unity T-shirt Day
03/06/19 Ash Wednesday Mass 8:00 AM
03/06/19 Cousin's Subs -7700 S. Lovers Ln., Franklin 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
03/08/19 Fish Fry - Spangler Hall 4:30 PM
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SAVE THE DATE - Cousins Sub Lunch
The class of 2020 has been handed over the challenge to start raising money for their 8
th
grade class trip next year. we are starting with a Cousins Subs lunch on Friday March 29
th
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Please note that there will be no hot lunch service at all that day.
For
$5.50
your child will receive a bag lunch filled with their made-to-order sub, a water bottle, choice of chips and chocolate chip cookies!
Printed order forms will be sent in backpack mail next week but you can also find a copy attached to this newsletter.
PLEASE complete the order form by CLEARLY printing your child’s name AND homeroom number.
Please make payment of cash or check payable to “St. Alphonsus Home and School” with one check for your family’s total order. Please mark your envelope "Cousin’s Sub Lunch".
All orders are to be turned into the office by Friday, March 15
th
.
See the attachments for more details and thank you so much for supporting the class of 2020!
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2019 SPRING CONFERENCES
Spring Conferences are scheduled for March 14, 2019. A Sign up Genius has been created and will be available today at 4:00pm through March 12, 2019 at 4:00 pm. Use the link below to access the Signup Genius.
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ROSARY CLUB PRAYER WARRIORS
Many opportunities to participate in the February and March Rosary schedule are still available. Click on the link below sign up for to pray the Rosary for the needs of Mrs. Radish. The Rosary Guide is attached below.
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St. Gerard Scholarships
St. Gerard Scholarship applications are now available for eligible Catholic school students.
§ The St. Gerard Fund will award up to 100 scholarships for the 2019-2020 school year in the amount of $800 to eligible elementary students entering grades 3-8, and $1,000 to students that will be attending a qualifying Catholic high school in Milwaukee County: Cristo Rey Jesuit, Divine Savior Holy Angels, Dominican, Marquette, Messmer, Pius XI, St. Anthony, St. Joan Antida, and St. Thomas More.
§ Awards will be based primarily on:
1. Demonstrated volunteerism by the student and the student’s family in the school, church or community.
2. Academic achievement or demonstrated academic effort by the student.
3. Special financial need of the student’s family.
§ A completed application form must be submitted in hard copy to the school office by
April 5, 2019. Applications received after this date will not be considered.
§ Students who receive Choice funding are not eligible for this scholarship.
Please contact Janelle Luther at
lutherj@archmil.org
in the Schools’ office for additional information.
(The student must be currently attending a Catholic school to qualify for this scholarship)
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Join Home & School for Dine Out with St. Al’s at Cousins Subs
Dine Out with St. Al’s night is scheduled for Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at Cousins Subs (
7700 S. Lovers Lane Rd, Franklin, WI) from 3-8pm. Cousins Subs will donate 15% of proceeds to St. Al’s Home & School to support our school’s fundraising efforts. Students who bring in their Cousin Subs receipt to school on Thursday, March 7, 2019 are eligible to be out of uniform that day. See you all there!
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YEARBOOK
It's yearbook time! Order forms were sent home in Backpack Mail today. Please return your order form no later than March 8th.
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FISH FRY
This year's annual fish fry begins Friday, March 8th and runs through Friday, April 19th. The fish fry requires everyone's help to be successful.
Mark your calendars now to help out and attend this year's fish fry. Below are this year's grade assignments.
Date and Grade
- March 8 - 6th
- March 15 - 1st & 2nd
- March 22 - K3, K4 & 3rd
- March 29 - 8th
- April 5 - 7th
- April 12 - 4th
- April 19 - K5 & 5th
Some critical areas we're always looking for help are
- Friday Fryers
- Thursday night prep
- Friday night clean up
Everything is really easy to learn. Never helped in the kitchen before or came early to help set up? Try a new something new this year.
Any questions, please feel free to contact
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Home & School Meeting Time Change
Due to the open house, next week’s home & school meeting has been moved to 7:15pm.
Home & School is a great opportunity to learn more about the school, upcoming events and how you can get involved. Everyone is welcome!
We hope to see you there.
Any questions, please feel free to contact
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St. Alphonsus Athletics
On your mark, get set, go!
Basketball season has come to a close and now it’s time to lace up the running shoes and get in shape for the St. Alphonsus Track Team. The sign-up for track will open in the next few weeks. Please watch for sign-up details in this newsletter and in the St. Alphonsus Parish Bulletin.
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Congratulations 5th grade boys basketball team.
The St. Alphonsus White 5th Grade Boys Team finished 3rd place (out of 8 teams) at St. Leonard’s Boys Basketball Tournament this weekend. The players are: Brayden, Nick, Jacob, Alejandro, Ethan, C.J., Sam, Devin, Sam and Xavier. The coaches are: Joe Alivo and Joshua Yamat.
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Congratulations to one of our 6th grade boys basketball teams
for their 2nd place finish in the St. Mary's tournament this past weekend! Way to go Cougars!
Team: James, Sebastian, Ben V, Saxton, Garrett, Ray, Anthony, Nick, Ben W
Coaches: Wheeler, Turdo, Kastenholz, Willms
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Triple Dip with Scrip
Are you using Scrip when you attend Home & School Dine-out nights? Purchase Scrip and use it to pay for your purchases and you’ll help raise funds for Home & School, the general school budget AND your own tuition voucher, all at the same time! Plan ahead and stock up. The next dine-out night is at Cousin’s Subs on Wednesday, March 6
th
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When and where is Scrip available in the coming weeks?
- Sat. Mar. 2nd 4:00 - 4:30pm in the Community Room
- Sun. Mar. 3rd 8:30 - 11:00am in the Community Room
- Thurs. March 7th Backpack mail (Please send orders in by Wednesday)
- Fri. March 8th 7:30-8:30 am in the School Lobby
- Sat. March 9th 4:00 - 4:30pm in the Community Room
- Sun. March 10th 8:30 - 11:00am in the Community Room
Stay up to date with Scrip
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BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION
One more week for the classroom 2nd Trimester contest and the race is on between Mrs. Osberg and Mrs. Ramion. Who will be victorious?? The last day for the contest is March 5
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Classroom 2nd Trimester standings:
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Mrs. Osberg 1st place (24 sheets)
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Mrs. Ramion 2nd place (23 sheets)
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Mrs. Gutche 3rd place (18 sheets)
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Disney’s Newsies, the Broadway Musical
Greendale High School is presenting Disney’s Newsies featuring St. Alphonsus graduates Lauren G., Rachel M., Evan S., and Tommy Y. Performances are on March 8
th
, 15
th
and 16
th
at 7:30 pm, March 9
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at 4:00 pm, and March 10
th
at 2:00 pm. Tickets to evening performances are $10 for adults and $8 for students 18 & under. Tickets to the Saturday (March 9) and Sunday (March 10) matinees are all $7.
All Seats Are Reserved.
For more information, please call (414) 448-6465 and leave a message.
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DSHA Summer Camp
The 2019 Divine Savior Holy Angels Summer Cool registration is open! We’ve increased our number of camps and blocked our schedules to allow girls to stay all day at DSHA! Sign up for a week or for the whole summer! Early Bird Registration gives you 20% on almost all offerings until March 15
th
! Camps fill quickly so, sign up today at
dsha.info/summer.
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DSHA Almost Maine Tickets Available
Tickets are now available for the Winter Theatre Production by Divine Savior Holy Angels High School,
Almost, Maine!
Performances are March 8-10, 2019 in the Robert and Marie Hansen Family Fine Arts Theatre 4257 N. 100
th
St. Milwaukee, WI 53222. Go to
dsha.info/tickets
for more information.
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RUN FOR LUNGS 5K
EVERY BREATH COUNTS
A run has been organized by STM's class of 2020 to raise funds for lung transplant research. Click on the link below for more information.
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JOIN US FOR AN ITALIAN
WINE TASTING
SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2019
7:00 P.M.
ST. ALPHONSUS COMMUNITY ROOM
Click on the form below to RSVP.
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