Middle School
Weekly Newsletter
9/2/20
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Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful.
And kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created.
And you will review the face of the earth. Amen.
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Morning Drop-off
Families that stop near an orange cone in the Northland parking lot should have your child(ren) exit the vehicle right away. Please don’t wait to have your child(ren) exit your vehicle until you stop directly in front of the door. Also, if you are the first to stop, please pull forward to the last cone closest to the football field.
This same thing applies to families that stop along the sidewalk near the tennis courts on Greenfield Street. Please have your child(ren) exit the vehicle right away. Please don’t wait to have your child(ren) exit the vehicle until you get closest to the building. Also, if you are the first to stop, please pull forward to the end of the sidewalk.
If we have many students exiting their vehicles at the same time, this will help keep the two car lines moving continuously and not back up traffic.
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Campus Ministry
We celebrated a Mass of the Holy Spirit with Fr. Bill yesterday. He invited us to be hopeful, humble, herald Hawks! Next week Tuesday, September 8th, we will gather with the 7th grade in the auditorium to celebrate the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary at 9:30am. You are invited to join the livestream with the rest of our XMS community. Go to Campus Ministry - XMS website to get the link.
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School Directory
The school directory will be underway in the next couple of weeks. For each student we will include their name and grade, their parents’ names and email address(es), home address and home phone. If you do not want to be included in the directory, or want to include/leave out specific information, please email Mrs. Cerdan at vcerdan@xaviercatholicschools.org by Monday, September 14th. Thank you.
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XMS Picture Day
School picture day at XMS will be tomorrow, Thursday, September 3rd starting in the morning. Students are encouraged to dress up, but at minimum they should be in school uniform. Students should bring their photo order envelope along with payment on the day of the pictures if they have not already turned it in.
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The world looks a little different right now and we cannot always gather in our traditional ways, BUT we still want to see our volunteers and get your feedback and input on what we should do this year because we also still need to raise money!
It is time to think way outside the box (we need ALL IDEAS) and be outside! Please plan to join us for a Celebrate brainstorming meeting on Wednesday, September 9 at noon. Please bring your lawn chair as we will be meeting socially distanced and outside at Xavier High School. (If there is inclement weather on Wednesday, our “rain date” will be Thursday, September 10 at noon.)
Please plan to join us to brainstorm and have some fun while we come together, catch up, and meet new friends. Celebrate is a great way to volunteer and to meet people from all campuses. Younger children not yet in school are always welcome at meetings.
Questions or can’t attend, but still want to be involved? Contact Lisa Pfaff at lpfaff@XavierCatholicSchools.org or 735-9380.
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Fall Sports at XMS
We are so excited to get Fall Sports rolling! This is going to be a different experience for our kiddos but it will also be a fantastic one.
Our cross country coach is Mr. Dennis Le Mere. Cross country will practice Monday-Thursday from 3:30-5:00pm.
We are currently looking for several volunteer coaches for our 7th/8th grade volleyball teams. If you are interested please contact me at bmunoz@xaviercatholicschool.org.
Football is run through Fox Valley Saints. Coach Peter Katz will be in contact with you about their season.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
God Bless,
Billie M. Muñoz, M.Ed
Xavier Middle School
Athletic Director/PE Teacher
bmunoz@xaviercatholicschools.org
(920)730-8849 x4234
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Sidewalk Poetry
Last February, the city of Appleton hosted a poetry contest. Six winners were chosen from all the poems submitted, and one of those belongs to 7th-grade student Mariel Pante. Over the summer, city workers replaced broken sidewalks with fresh concrete on which the poems are stamped. Mariel's poem can be found in three places around the city: 1515 E. Pershing Street, 2615 Crestview Drive, and 2319 S. Walden Avenue. Congratulations, Mariel! We are so proud of you!
Delicate red petals
catch the eye
Raindrops on your stem
while sunlight shines
upon your scarlet head
Crimson petals
the same hue
as the drops you drew
when your thorns
pierced the skin
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Lunch Payments
With the new school year beginning, this is a reminder that our hot lunch program is a pay as you go system and we ask that you keep a $10 minimum balance at all times. There are a few different ways you can make lunch payments this year:
- You can bring a check or cash to the Scrip Office (101 E Northland Ave), Monday thru Friday 8:00am until Noon
- There is a Drop Box at the Business/Scrip Office by Door #5
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You can mail a check to: Xavier Catholic Schools 101 E. Northland Avenue, Appleton, WI 54911
- You can send a check with your child and they can turn it in to their Kids Group Teacher
Information on the Free and Reduced Lunch Program was sent home in the family envelopes. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Roy Clark at rclark@xaviercatholicschools.org.
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From the Scrip Office:
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KWIK TRIP - Special Rebate for the Month of September 10%
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Physical Gift Cards Available - With the Scrip Office still closed to walk in business, we wanted to give people the opportunity to purchase physical gift cards again. We now offer curbside pickup on Monday to Friday from 8:00 am until Noon at the Scrip Office entrance on Northland Ave.
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Ordering - The scrip process will be the same as before: you will place an order on the ShopwithScrip website. If you do not have a ShopwithScrip account or need help placing your order, please email rclark@xaviercatholicschools.org or call 920-702-5510.
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Payment - It is preferable to pay for your order on the ShopwithScrip website with Presto Pay, MasterCard or Visa. If you cannot pay online, please bring a check when your order is ready for pick up.
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Curbside Pick Up - Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. until Noon at the Scrip Office entrance: 101 E. Northland Ave. When you arrive, call 920-702-5510 and we will bring out your order.
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Orders can go home with your children - As we are continuing to deal with the Covid-19 virus, we are limiting people who may enter our buildings. With that in mind, you will not be able to come into your school to pick up orders. You can have your child bring home your orders. However, you must first sign and return the permission slip. Please click here for the permission slip which allows your child to bring home orders throughout the current school year.
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Northland Avenue Parking Lot
For those students with last names starting L-Z, please note a few points to remember regarding the traffic patterns in the Northland Avenue parking lot:
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Please take time to review the traffic flow map.
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Students will enter through Door #5 in the morning.
- The Northland Ave. morning drop off zone is established for students to exit the vehicle; it is not designed to have the driver leave the vehicle and assist the student. If assistance is needed please pull into the middle parking stalls.
- During drop off and pick up times please do not back up a vehicle. Park in a position that allows you to pull forward. If you are unable to pull forward, please wait for that vehicle to move or until all foot traffic has stopped.
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If busses are in the Oneida Street parking lot, do not enter the area. This is a transfer area where students K to 12 may be moving to another bus to be transported to the next campus.
- The Northland Ave. parking lot after school is not a “pick up line”. Students are to walk to a parked vehicle. Staff are assigned to help monitor the traffic and assist the students crossing. If all the parking stalls are full when you first enter, please make a circle around the lot. Then most of the time a parking spot is found. Please remember to pull forward and do not back up when foot traffic is heavy.
Car Line off of Greenfield Street
For those students with last names starting A-K, you can access door #7 from Greenfield Street near the XMS tennis courts. You will need to travel west on Greenfield Street towards the tennis courts. As you travel west on Greenfield Street, look for the last parked car on the north side of the street. If you are the first car in the park-line, pull up to the entrance of the back parking lot near the tennis courts. You are not allowed to pick up or drop off in the back parking lot until after 4:00 PM. Pull in and park behind the last car parked leaving enough room for you to pull out without backing up if your children arrive before the car in front of you is ready to leave. Children should enter your vehicle from the passenger side only for safety reasons. When you have all your children, pull out slowly and continue west on Greenfield Street until you have to turn left on Morrison Street. If the car in front of you pulls out with their children, drive forward to close the gap. As cars continue to leave, the line should move slowly forward.
Please note a few points to remember when using this car line:
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Cars may only use the north side (football field/track side) of Greenfield for drop off and pick up. When cars use the south side of the street, other cars are not able to get through the middle of the street.
- Greenfield is used as a carline from 7:30-8:00 and 3:15-3:45.
- Cars that do not want to participate in the car line should use and or park on McArther Street. When cars either park on Greenfield or slowly drive down Greenfield right next to the car line hoping to spot their child so they can jump in the car, it is very disruptive to the process.
- Please be careful at the intersection of Greenfield and Drew, it can get very congested during pick up/drop off times. Be mindful of students crossing the street.
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Upcoming Events
Thur., Sept. 3
Mon., Sept. 7
Tue., Sep. 8
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