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Hello everyone,
We continue to offer our support to Ryan Tontz and his family. We all signed a banner for Ryan that was presented to him before he left. Ryan's surgery was today in Boston and we are praying that everything went well!
It's no secret we added another snow day to our total for the year yesterday. We will not be making up this day as we added two days back in and with the recent approval of the "Snow Day Relief" from the legislature. Thank goodness we didn't have another one today! I've heard plenty of blame go around about this storm from it is the fault of the people who put their snowblowers away for the year to a spring sports person jinxing us by looking ahead to great spring weather the rest of the school year. Either way, thanks for your patience as we make adjustments on the fly with our weather.
The weather impacted our State Speech participants this week as well. With the uncertainty of the weather we decided for the team and coaches to head up to state on Wednesday. The state competition is today and we are looking forward to hearing the results this evening. Good luck Speech Team! We also had to postpone the pep fest due to the weather so look forward to one next week.
Our spring sports season has kicked off and has now been put on hold for the moment. Our teams are off to great starts and we look forward to them being back in competition soon. We sincerely appreciate everyone's participation this spring including our student-athletes, our teacher-coaches, all of our other dedicated coaches. And of course we thank our parents for their never-ending support of activities at Loyola!
Have a great weekend!
Adam Bemmels
School Leader/Preschool-12 Principal
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PLEASE NOTE:
Due to the number of weather closures this winter, Loyola will make the following calendar adjustments:
Added days:
Tuesday, March 26 ,
Thursday, April 18
District 77's regularly scheduled late starts on April 9th, and May 14th will become full school days. Morning busing will now be available on these days.
BUS TRANSPORTATION FOR 2019/20
Transportation forms will be sent home with each Loyola student next week. District 77 asks that ALL families complete the form, regardless if you will be using busing services.
Please remember the following District 77 guidelines:
- Please turn in all completed forms to the (Loyola) office by May 24.
- Students who fail to complete forms during spring registration must visit Central Registration over the summer to turn in forms.
- Forms received for all public and non public students after August 1st are not guaranteed busing or a pass until October 1st. Students who register during the spring are 1st priority
- Only students living within Mankato School Districts are eligible for busing
- K-5 students must live more than one mile walking distance from your school to be eligible for busing; 6-12 grades must be more thantwo miles
- All students are only allowed to be transported to and from one single address, and it must be the home of their parent/legal guardian, or an eligible daycare
- No transportation form = no bus pass = no ride
SUMMER CLUBHOUSE
We are excited to announce we are FULL for summer Clubhouse. 75 students will be joining us this summer at Loyola! We will be starting a waitlist.
We are looking for end-of-the-year/left-over school supplies for summer Clubhouse. If you have extra crayons, pencils, notebooks, folders etc we would love to use them for our summer Clubhouse program! We will have a box located by the main office.
REDEEMABLE COLLECTION
As the year is wrapping up we will be collecting Hy-Vee receipts until the last day of school. We can only accept receipts from this school year so they must be dated Sept. 1st or later.
ARE YOU SMARTER THAN THE 5th GRADERS?
Molly Koester will represent Loyola at the 6th annual Are You Smarter Than the 5th Graders? event on April 16, benefitting the Children's Museum. If you would like to attend, tickets can be found
here.
SENIOR PARTY FUNDRAISER- McTEACHER'S NIGHT!
Tuesday, April 16, 4:30-7pm, Madison Avenue McDonald's. 35% of your purchase total will go to support the senior party! Please show the below coupon. Drive thru or dine in!
SAVE THE DATE:
Loyola's Student Council will be hosting Mankato Ford Drive 4 UR School on May 4,
9:30am - 2:00pm. This is a great fundraiser for our school, please plan to participate! More info to come!
RE-ENROLLMENT FOR 2019-20
You should have received re-enrollment instructions via email earlier this week. Because the new
FACTS enrollment process is online, you are able to complete
re-enrollment from home. However, we are calling April our "Re-enrollment Month" and if you would like to stop in for re-enrollment help, staff will be available after school hours to help with the enrollment process on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays until 6:30pm throughout the month of April, excluding Monday, April 22 (Easter break).
Be sure to enroll by May 31 to take advantage of the early registration discounts:
1 installment plan receive 5% discount
2 installment plan receive 3% discount
10 installment plan receive 2% discount
A new billing system within FACTS, to set up your payment plans, will seamlessly be part of the online enrollment via FACTS. You may choose from three payment plans:
1 installment due May 1st or 15th
2 installments due May and October
10 monthly installments due May through February
If you have any questions, please contact Angela Casteel
2019/20 TUITION ASSISTANCE
We are excited to roll out our new Financial Aid application platform called FACTS Grant & Aid. We know you understand the value of a Loyola education and that as a part of the Loyola family, we know that you are making financial sacrifices to educate your children in the atmosphere and tradition Loyola provides. Thank you! Loyola Catholic School is able to provide tuition assistance to K-12 families who provide documentation of their financial need, via FACTS Grant & Aid. By offering tuition assistance, Catholic education becomes affordable for more families who desire a partnership with us.To start the financial aid process for 2019/20, click
here
SEEDS OF FAITH
The Seeds of Faith applications are available in the Finance Office. Seeds of Faith is financial assistance for need-based families. Seeds of Faith, a Catholic Foundation of Southern Minnesota has $134,400 to award for 2019-2020 school year. Last year they were able to help over 229 families with tuition assistance in Minnesota. You do not need to be Catholic to apply for this.
SUMMER LEAP CATALOG- summer camps and classes at Loyola, preschool-12!
SCRIP NEWS
We are looking for a new volunteer to take over the scrip program for the 2019-2020 school year. The SCRIP program runs solely on the help of volunteers and we would love to see this program continue! If you are interested in volunteering, please contact
scrip@loyolacatholicschool.org or call Angela Casteel: 507-388-0615
The SCRIP order dates for the next year have been updated on the Loyola website- click here for a complete list.
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Advancement Department News
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LUCKY 20 RAFFLE NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!
Ask your friends and family.
Proxy tickets can be turned in any time!
Loyola's one and only annual raffle!
With your help, we have an opportunity to raise $80,000 for our school.
Questions? Contact Ginger Leiferman 507-386-5381
CRUSADER GOLF CLASSIC- FILLING UP! REGISTER SOON!
Limited spots available! Those who have verbally committed, please send payment to hold your team's spot! Click
here to register! Early Bird registration ends Monday, April 15.
ROCKIN' ON THE HILL - BANDS ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK!
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Athletics/Activities/Clubs News
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STATE SPEECH
Congrats to the following Loyola students who are going on to State. Section results:
JD Jentges earned Section Champion in Informative Speaking
Sadie Blace earned 2nd in Discussion
Marina Kerekes earned 2nd in Extemp Reading
Addison Fraze earned a 3rd place in Great Speeches
The Speech State Tournament will take place on Friday (today) at Wayzata High School.
Be sure to check our
Activities Calendar
for upcoming events and activities! Come out and show your Crusader pride!
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