Report Cards Were Released for Viewing on Friday.

To access, please follow the below steps.

• Log into the Parent PowerSchool portal here.

• Click on Grades & Attendance on the left hand side.

• Select the Standards Grades tab on this screen. 

• Click each Course on this window and the Standards grades should open up. You can also select Expand All in the upper right hand corner to expand all courses at once.

Per the Milwaukee Archdiocese, we use a Standards-Based Grading method here at St. Alphonsus School. Here are what the standards mean:

• 1: This really only applies to students who demonstrate no knowledge of the standard. The student may be able to complete an assignment but only with assistance. 
• 2: The student isn't at mastery level but is learning the needed vocabulary and learning targets shown in the scoring guide. They stay at this level until they have shown full mastery of the standard being assessed. The student shows a partial understanding and is able to complete an assignment without assistance. 
• 3: The student has shown proficiency on the standard. Students may need more than one opportunity to demonstrate mastery of a standard. The student's understanding is demonstrated consistently and work is completed independently. 
• 4: The student has shown and applied the knowledge beyond what is expected at a given grade level. The student independently completes self-directed studies. It is high on Bloom's taxonomy level, beyond what has been taught in the classroom, something most students don't obtain, and is usually due to a combination of high ability, high interest, and/or high background knowledge.

If you have questions about how to access report cards, please email Mrs. Schermetzler. If you have questions about your student's grades, please email their homeroom teacher directly.

Sign Ups for our Winter Extracurricular Activities are Now Available!

Please check out the flyers below and click on this link to sign up. We would love to see Stage Stars get going here at St. Al's, so if you have a student who loves theatre, consider signing them up! Physical flyers will also be sent home this week.

December's Virtue is Gratitude!

Today we as a school celebrated with parisihioners at the 8am Mass for the Feast of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was a beautiful Mass and so nice to worship with more parishioners than usual!

How does the Immaculate Conception relate to gratitude? During this Mass, we celebrate God's immense grace in preserving Mary from sin, which in turn inspires us to thank God for His plan of salvation. The messages in today's gospel remind us to respond to His gifts with Mary's own humility, purity, and complete trust, making it a call to live lives of grace and thankfulness. Mary said yes, and today is a day to thank God for Mary not only saying yes, but also being a model of how to live a life dedicated to God's will.

Next week, we will again display our gratitude and generosity by hosting our annual Christmas Spirit Day, which will benefit the St. Alphonsus Food Pantry. The Food Pantry is serving more clients than ever before and this is an easy way for us a school to support them. You can find details about Christmas Spirit Day below!

SHOPPING FOR CHRISTMAS? Don't forget to use RaiseRight to purchase all those gift cards!

If you haven't started saving towards your tuition, now is a great time! SCRIP/RaiseRight offers so many gift cards to use for gifting or shopping. Does your company give away gift cards for year end bonuses? Start here!

SCRIP is an easy way to earn money for our school and tuition credit for yourself! We are excited to again be offering SCRIP for the 2025-2026 School Year. Please scan the QR code and fill out the SCRIP enrollment form & agreement below to get started. For questions, please contact our SCRIP coordinator, Michael Wusterbarth, via email here.

SCRIP Enrollment Form

SCRIP Agreement

Find our more information about SCRIP here!

Learn more about the SCRIP program

Learn how to download the app and get started

Learn how to shop with the app

Wednesday, December 10th is Dine Out Night at Cousins Subs and we hope to see you there!

Dine in or carry out from 3:00 to 8:00pm at the Franklin location, 7700 S. Lovers Lane Road. 20% of the sales will go to support St. Alphonsus. Remember to get a receipt (one per child) so that your student can be out of uniform tomorrow.

Come support our school and let Cousins do the cooking!

Dine Out Nights - the easiest and most delicious fundraisers around.

St. Thomas More High School Presents "A Christmas Chaos" - December 13 & 14

Looking for some laughs this holiday season? Then come on down to St. Thomas More High School to see their performance of Michael Wehrli's A Christmas Chaos!

This might not be the yuletide carol you're used to, but it is sure to leave you ho-ho-ho-ing with delight! Plus, see former Cougars Abby A (St. Al's Class of 2023) as Charity/Mary and Stuart T (St. Al's Class of 2022) as Scrooge. Performances are December 13th at 7pm and 14th at 2pm. Tickets will be available at the door.

We hope to see you at this Holly Jolly show!

St. Al's Women's Group Hosts Family Friendly Event!

The St. Al’s Women’s Group is hosting a family friendly celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of the Americas and the New Evangelization!

Want to learn more? Join us for a whole parish, family friendly event in the Community Room from 5:30-7p.m. on Friday, December 12th. We will pray, learn about the apparition, kids will be able to create a craft, and adults can gather in fellowship. If you are able, we'd love to share snacks. We will have a pizza arrive during our time together. If you would like to help defray the cost of the pizza, donations are welcome! 

Do you have items for the newsletter? To submit them or for questions and submission guidelines, please contact Amy Schermetzler.

Please note that submissions are due by 12:00pm Fridays.