Weekly News, November 27, 2023

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Pewaukee, WI 53072

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Luke 22:19

November 27, 2023

From the Desk of Mr. Marty Van Hulle, Principal

SAL Parents:

This weekend marks the arrival of Advent. And the use of the term arrival is most appropriate as the word Advent means “approach” or “coming”—as in the arrival of when Jesus was born here on earth. One of my favorite SAL traditions is the gathering of the entire school around the Advent wreath and candles each Monday morning in December (due to the uniqueness of this year’s calendar, we will convene to celebrate the final two weeks of Advent on Monday, December 18 and Friday, December 22). In addition to gathering as a school to worship, we are looking forward to the arrival of our first graders performing the Nativity Play on December 5 at 1:30 and our annual Christmas Concert on December 13 beginning at 5:45. A reminder to parents that we are going to have students report to their classrooms/homerooms for the concert. Classroom teachers will then escort their students to the church for the start of the performance.

It is inspiring to watch the entire student body gather with staff to pray and sing together during this holy time of year. As you may know the four candles: Hope, Love, Joy, and Peace symbolize the core tenets of Catholicism and the light of the candle flames represent the “Light of the World, Jesus,” coming to save us. During Advent we are called to keep watch and to leave behind our sinful ways and we also hear the recurring theme of a light shining through the darkness. It is my sincere hope that you have a blessed Advent and that you take the time to enjoy the solemnity of the season and to let your light shine through the darkness.

Take care and God bless,

M. Van Hulle

Principal, SAL

Upcoming Important Dates

Tuesday, November 28

Classes Resume

Culver's Night - 4-7pm

Friday, December 1

Culver's Patrons Out of Uniform Day

Wednesday, December 6

No School Mass

Friday, December 8

Mission Shirt Day

Immaculate Conception Mass - 8am

Report Card Envelopes Due

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 (no bus or EDC)

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

Giving Tree

Today, a form will be sent with the oldest and only if your family would like to participate through the school. Please return the completed form by Thursday, November 30th. Please see the flyer going home with more details.

Report Cards

Report cards are going home with each student today. Please sign and return the tan envelope to the school office by Friday, December 8th. We reuse the envelopes for each trimester.

Culver's Night - Tuesday, November 28th (tonight!)

Join us tonight for Culver's night on Grandview! Student's don't forget to take home your blue out of uniform pass. Our out of uniform day will be this Friday.

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 28 - Playground Helper, Lunch Helper

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

Thursday, November 30 - Playground Helpers, Lunch Servers, Lunch Helper, Health Room

Friday, December 01 - Lunch Servers, Lunch Helper

Monday, December 04 - Playground Helper, Lunch Servers, Lunch Helper

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

Wednesday, December 06 - Playground Helper, Lunch Helper

Thursday, December 07 - Lunch Server

Friday, December 08 - Lunch Server (2), 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

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.

Pray for Mrs. Laurie Straehler for a quick recovery from surgery.

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.