Weekly News, November 20, 2023

W280N2101 Prospect Avenue

Pewaukee, WI 53072

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Phone: 262-691-0460

Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Live the Gospel Values

Seek the Lost

Commit to our Faith and to Academic Excellence and Serve Others

“This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me.”

Luke 22:19

November 20, 2023

From the Desk of Mr. Marty Van Hulle, Principal

SAL Parents:

While Thanksgiving itself is not a religious feast day within the Catholic Church, the act of giving thanks aligns perfectly with the core Catholic values of gratitude and acknowledgment of our blessings. The idea of giving thanks has deep roots in Catholicism and Thanksgiving provides us a great opportunity to give thanks for all we have. Personally, I have much to be thankful for. From a loving, supportive family to good health and financial stability, I am grateful for the blessings bestowed upon me. It is my sincere hope that you and your family have a blessed Thanksgiving!

Take care and God bless,

M. Van Hulle

Principal, SAL

Upcoming Important Dates

Tuesday, November 21

Out of Uniform Day - Fall Colors/Thanksgiving Theme

Wednesday, November 22 through

Monday, November 27

Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday, November 28

Classes Resume

Culver's Night

Wednesday, December 06

Mission Shirt Day

Wednesday, December 13

Birthday Blessings Mass

Christmas Concert - 5:45 PM (New start time!)

Wednesday, December 20

Culver's Night

Friday, December 22

Early Release Day - 11:30 AM Release for Christmas Break

For the full, live calendar, please see here.

For the 2023-24 Event Calendar

For more information regarding the mass schedule, including which grades will be doing the preparation for mass and upcoming Birthday Blessings , click here.

School News

Out of Uniform Day - Tuesday, November 21

Students will have an out of uniform day on Tuesday, November 21. The theme is fall colors/Thanksgiving! It will be a great way to send our students off on the holiday break.

Volunteers Needed - Tomorrow

We have no playground or lunch helpers tomorrow. If you have any availability to help, please sign up here. Please don't forget to sign up for your three duties this trimester. Thank you for your ongoing support!

Culver's Night - Tuesday, November 28th

Join us next week Tuesday for Culver's night on Grandview! Student's don't forget to take home your blue out of uniform pass.

Pancreatic Cancer Fundraiser

In memory of Mrs. Tylinski November 1 - 30. Bring donations in the morning to the kindergarten lobby to place into your class jar. The winning class will receive a fun science experiment with Mr. Regenfelder!

Christmas Carols at Lakewood

Please join Troop 37519 as we sing Christmas Carols at Lakewood Assisted Living and Memory Care Center on December 6th. Please meet in the parking lot at 4:15 where we will walk in together to start signing. We will sing for about 20 minutes. We will have song booklets for the families to use. Hot Cocoa to follow. Address: 4065 North Calhoun Road Brookfield, WI 53005We ask that each child bring a Christmas card to give to the residents. We hope you can join us, RSVP here. If you have any questions please reach out to Marlo Dentice-Johnson

SAL Musical - Save the Date

SAL Musical Committee is happy to announce our spring performance will be Disney’s Moana Jr. Tryouts for interested students in 5th through 8th grade will be the end of January. (Students interested in auditioning are asked to have this form printed off and completed to bring with them to the auditions) Performances will be held Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28. Please save the date!

Called To Serve

Parent Volunteer Expectations

Trimester 2 Sign Up - Now available, sign up today! If you would like to be added to our sub list, please include your contact information to the spreadsheet on sign up. Thank you!

St. Anthony on the Lake School is a strong, vibrant school due to the help of many volunteers!

We are fortunate to provide more variety of volunteer opportunities to parents and be able to use classroom volunteers. In addition to any volunteer duties you wish to do, all families are expected to sign up for 3 specific duties per trimester (through Sign-Up Genius), St. Anthony on the Lake: Trimester 2 Volunteer Sign Up (signupgenius.com) This includes playground, lunch serving, lunchroom helper, or health room. If you are unable to come to help during the school day, you are asked to sign up and in turn, get a sub from the sub list.

Immediate Volunteer Needs

Tuesday, November 21 - Playground Helpers (2), Lunch Servers (2)

Tuesday, November 28 - Playground Helper, Lunch Server, Lunch Helper

Wednesday, November 29 - Playground Helper, Lunch Servers (2), Lunch Helper, Health Room

Thursday, November 30 - Playground Helpers (2), Lunch Servers (2), Lunch Helper

Friday, December 01 - Lunch Servers (2), Lunch Helper

Monday, December 04 - Playground Helper, Lunch Servers (2), Lunch Helper, Health Room

Tuesday, December 05 - Playground Helpers (2), Lunch Server, Lunch Helper

Wednesday, December 06 - Playground Helper, Lunch Helper

Thursday, December 07 - Playground Helper, Lunch Server, Lunch Helper

Friday, December 08 - Lunch Server, Lunch Helper

Special Volunteer Opportunities

We have a couple of special volunteer opportunity needs throughout the school year! Please contact the school office for additional information.

Office Tasks – help sporadically with larger office projects (mailings, tracking, organizing).

Playground and hot lunch duties will take place from 11:30-12:45pm (11:15am arrival time for checking in with the office). New this year, Health Room this year will take place from 12- 12:45pm. Please note: ALL volunteers must participate in Safe Environment education before they may volunteer.

Safe Environment Education

Anyone who is volunteering in any manner here at St. Anthony on the Lake will need to participate in a one-time training titled “Safe Environment Education”. This training is mandated by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. To register and for additional information, please go to the Safe Environment page on the Archdiocese website. Again, this training, along with a background check, is a one-time training requirement for all adults.

Open House Point Person Needed!

St. Anthony's Annual Open House will be on Sunday, January 28 beginning at 10:00 AM. This great event helps us to kick off our celebration of Catholic Schools Week! We are in need of support with our marketing for the Open House. If you would be interested in supporting our school through this role, please contact Ashley Packee (ashley.packee@gmail.com).

Prayers, Gratitude, and Celebration

We pray in thanksgiving for the many blessings that have been bestowed upon our school and parish family. May you have a blessed Thanksgiving.

Please keep the Brunner family in your prayers.

Please pray for Kyler Hogan and the entire Hogan family.

Please keep the Beckes family in your prayers.

Please keep the Drees family in your prayers.

Parish Opportunities

O Come Little Children

Families are invited to join us for this Advent tradition on December 10 after 9:00 Mass. This fun-filled event will include an interactive telling of the Christmas Story along with a light breakfast, songs, crafts, and cookie decorating. Register on mySAL or on the website .

Middle School Youth Group Upcoming Events

For other upcoming events, please see our Middle School Youth Group page!

Early Childhood Events & Moms Group

Click on this link to see the many fun and engaging activities for toddlers and preschoolers as well as time just for Moms: SAL Parish Early Childhood Events

Catholic Memorial Junior Wrestling

Catholic Memorial Jr. Wrestling registration is now open and available for any boys in first through eighth grade. For more information and to register, please see the website here.