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Live the Gospel Values
Seek the Lost
Commit to our Faith and to Academic Excellence and Serve Others
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“This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me.”
Luke 22:19
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From the Desk of Mr. Marty Van Hulle, Principal
SAL Parents:
Today as we gathered to pray around the Advent candle, SAL was awash in purple to recognize those impacted by pancreatic cancer and to honor Mrs. Tylinski.
Mr. Regenfelder organized an all-school fundraiser to support pancreatic cancer research and raised over $625 in generous donations. Congratulations to the 8th graders who led the way in terms of the most money raised!
Father Tony’s homily this weekend focused on looking ahead and we have all sorts of activities to look forward to in the upcoming two weeks. In addition to the Christmas Concert on Wednesday, there are dress down days on Thursday (snowflake and/or blue), next Tuesday (wear red or white), and next Friday (red, white, green, comfy clothes). And of course, everyone is looking forward to the all school viewing of The Polar Express on Friday, December 22. This is also a prayerful time of year and Mrs. L’Empereur has done a great job of leading the 4th-8th graders through the recitation of a daily Christmas Novena.
We look forward to a great two weeks and to seeing everyone on Wednesday at the concert!
Take care and God bless,
M. Van Hulle
Principal, SAL
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Upcoming Important Dates
Wednesday, December 13
Birthday Blessings Mass
Mission Shirt Mass
Christmas Concert - 5:45 PM
Thursday, December 14
Snowflake or Blue Out of Uniform
Tuesday, December 19
Red and White Out of Uniform
Wednesday, December 20
School Mass
Culver's Night
Friday, December 22
Early Release Day - 11:30 AM release for Christmas Break
(Buses WILL run this day, No EDC)
Red, White, and Green Comfy Clothes Out of Uniform
Wednesday, January 03
Classes Resume
Mission Shirt Mass
The Week of Monday, January 08
MAP Testing
Wednesday, January 10
Birthday Blessings Mass
Monday, January 15
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No School
Wednesday, January 17
School Mass
Tuesday, January 23
Culver's Night
Wednesday, January 24
School Mass
Sunday, January 28
St. Anthony on the Lake Open House
January 29 - February 02
Catholic Schools Week
Wednesday, January 31
School Mass
For the full, live calendar, please see here.
For the 2023-24 Event Calendar
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For more information regarding the mass schedule, including which grades will be doing the preparation for mass and upcoming Birthday Blessings , click here. | | |
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December Birthday Blessing - This Wednesday
Students with a birthday in December can be dressed up, out of uniform on Wednesday and will receive a special blessing from Fr. Tony!
Christmas Concert
This year's program, Bless Us All, will be presented this Wednesday, December 13 at 5:45 PM. (Please note this time change as it is different than what was posted originally on the school calendar.) As is typical for many performing musicians, students in grades 1-8 are asked to wear white tops and black bottoms. Boys are welcome to wear a festive tie. Children in grades 3K, 4K, and 5K may wear their Christmas best! Please plan on having your musician in their homerooms by 5:30 PM that evening. Band members will receive their instructions from Mr. Krofta. As always, thank you for supporting music education in your child's life!
STEAM - registration is open!
Please see the flyer below and register for our winter STEAM program for grades 5K-5th! STEAM begins January 3rd.
Pancreatic Cancer Fundraiser
This year we decided to honor Mrs. Tylinski by raising money for the Pancreatic Cancer Foundation which provides support to those who have Pancreatic cancer. We set a school-wide goal of $300 and we achieved that and more. We raised over $625! The science experiment will be with the 8th grade class who finished with $22.97 per person. Thanks to all who contributed!
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Christmas Spirit Days
12/14 - Wear Snowflakes or Blue Day
12/19 - Wear Red and White Day
12/22 - Red, White and Green Comfy Clothes Day
On December 22nd, SAL will be showing the movie Polar Express to the entire school. The movie will be in lieu of Christmas parties so we are asking for donations of supplies for this event instead. We are also looking for parent volunteers to help with serving cocoa and popcorn and supervising the kids so the teachers can tie up loose ends in their classrooms during the movie. Please remember this event is for the entire school so we are looking for donations from every class/grade level to help make this event successful. Please have all supplies to SAL by the morning of 12/22. Please click this link to donate items for this special day.
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Christmas Break
School will be dismissed on December 22nd at 11:30am. All buses will be running, but there will be no EDC offered on that day. School resumes January 3rd.
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).
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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, December 12 - Playground Helpers (2), Lunch Helper
Thursday, December 14 - Playground Helpers (2), Lunch Servers (2), Lunch Helper
Friday, December 15 - Lunch Helper
Monday, December 18 - Lunch Servers (2)
Tuesday, December 19 - Lunch Server
Thursday, December 21 - Lunch Server, Lunch Helper
Wednesday, January 03 - Playground Helper, Lunch Server
Thursday, January 04 - Playground Helper, Lunch Server (2), Lunch Helper
Friday, January 05 - Playground Helper (2), Lunch Server, Lunch Helper
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.
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Student Government Update
St. Anthony on the Lake Student Government coordinated the Giving Tree outreach opportunity with the parish last week from December 4 through 8. On December 4, student government officers helped students select tags from the Giving Tree for items needed for 11 different organizations, including the Pewaukee Food Pantry, Lake Country Caring, Safe Babies/Healthy Families, and Guest House to name a few. Each day during the morning annoucements, the students learned information about the various organizations in the Giving Tree Ministry.
Giving tree donations were collected from all of the classrooms this morning by the 8th grade class. We thank all those families who contributed items for those in need.
Mrs. Audrey Anderson
Student Government Advisor
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Prayers, Gratitude, and Celebration | |
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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.
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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
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Marriage Enrichment Event - Trivia Night
Join the Marriage Enrichment Committee for our upcoming Trivia Night coming on Saturday, January 27! It is a really fun event filled with food, fellowship, and Trivia! Teams of six can either be made by you or you can sign up and we will put you with a team. Pizza, salad, dessert, beer, wine, and soda will be provided. If you have children, we are offering limited sign up for childcare and a movie for children 4 years old to 5th Grade for a fee. Contact Debbie Kusch at kusch@stanthony.cc to register for childcare. Click here to sign up for this great event and for additional information.
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Resetting The Table Workshop
Have you ever been having a delightful conversation and the tension instantly goes from 0-60 when someone says something someone disagrees with? Or is there a difficult conversation you know deep down you need to have with someone important to you but you are worried about being misunderstood, dismissed, or even cancelled?
On the morning of Saturday, January 13 we are hosting the nationally recognized God is Here in Bridging Divides - Resetting the Table Workshop to help us in these situations, get to what really is the heart of the matter in a conversation, and melt tensions when opinions differ. Our parish leadership thought it important enough to bring to us an expert in communication from Texas who facilitates this workshop across the country. "How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity" (Ps 133:1).
It seems like a long way off, but registration is required and we want to tailor the experience to participants, so we ask you to register here or via MySal by December 20. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Kate Burke at BurkeKLY@gmail.com.
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Box Tops
Scan receipts using the Box Tops app. Contact Angie Lois with questions.
Shop with Scrip
Contact the Scrip Coordinators with questions. Here is the website and enrollment code for Scrip.
Website: Raise Right link with enrollment code 8A9AC926897
SCRIP
Buy Scrip - Gift Cards to everywhere you shop!!
October: $7,130 in sales
and $436.32 in rebates back to our school
November: $11,962.50 in sales
and $1,031.35 in rebates back to our school
Thank you all for your continued support of this program that goes directly back to our school!!
Change your habits and help our school!!
*Need a gift card? Get your December Orders in now!*
For more information, please see our Scrip webpage. Questions: scrip@stanthony.cc
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