Our Next Pizza Lunch Fundraiser of the Year is Tuesday, November 26th!

Order forms were sent home last week and are due by THIS Tuesday, November 19 (TOMORROW) in the morning. Please note that there is NO HOT LUNCH OR MILK served on this day, so if your students are not ordering the pizza lunch you will need to send a cold lunch. LATE ORDER FORMS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED--NO EXCEPTIONS. We are held to tight deadlines by the vendor and must have the order forms by Wednesday morning! 

You can find a copy of the form here.

Give Back To Your Favorite Catholic School Teacher!

In honor of Catholic Schools Week, January 26 to February 1, 2025, Catholic Financial Life is celebrating by holding our annual Give Back Contest!

Catholic school teachers serve an important role—to prepare the next generation for future success and reinforce Catholic values that will help children mature into Christ-like individuals. They help their students to live their faith beyond the walls of school buildings and navigate the intersection of faith and culture. So much of what teachers do has a profound impact on the lives of students.

How It Works

Nominate a Catholic school teacher here for a chance for them to receive a $500 cash prize in addition to a $4,000 donation to their school. Submission deadline is January 3, 2025. Voting will take place from January 13-17, 2025, on Catholic Financial Life’s website.

Parent-Teacher Conferences are November 21!

This year's conferences will take place on Thursday, November 21 from 4 to 8pm. You can sign up here--please look for your teacher's available slots to sign up for each specific class.

Middle School Parents (Grades 6-8) should sign up here with their students homeroom teacher only. This allows all middle school parents the opportunity for a conference. 5th Grade parents with who previously scheduled conferences with Ms. Morrison for Math will ONLY be meeting with Miss Peacock. Ms. Morrison will provide her with Math updates for the 5th grade.

Fall conferences are mandatory. If you cannot make this event or your teacher runs out of available slots that work with your schedule, please reach out to them directly to reschedule. Similarly, please also note that you will not find a slot for Ms. Hall, our Spanish teacher, Mrs. Baur, our Guidance Counselor, or Mr. Gutche, our PE teacher. If you have concerns or questions for Spanish, Counseling, or PE, please email those teachers individually and set up a time to discuss your concerns. They have limited availability due to their part time schedule. Thank you!

Ms. Hall  mhall@st-alphonsus.org

Mrs. Baur hbaur@st-alphonsus.org

Mr. Gutche justingutche@st-alphonsus.org

Out of Uniform Dates - November

We thought it might be easier for you to have a list of days that are Out-Of-Uniform either with a pass or with special circumstances for the whole month, so here are the Out-of-Uniform Days for November:

11/21

Out of Uniform with Dine Out Night purchase on 11/20 (receipt required)

11/22

Last Friday of the Month

Out of Uniform with Purchased Pass

We've Made Some Updates to the School Store!

We have added long sleeve Carolina Blue polos to the school store and are making a few other items "approved" for Mass so you can have a lot of options to keep your student warm in church in the coming months. We 've also added a sweater option to the store! Please refer to the Visual Guide sent out in previous newsletters to help you understand what is and is not allowed to be worn at Mass. You can also view a PDF here.

In addition, we have added some items for Christmas, including some items for Grandparents (pictured)! Please check out the store here and cross off some early gift shopping!

The drop dead date for Christmas orders will be December 6. This would guarantee you will have your items by our last day of school before Christmas break, Friday, December 20.

Signing up for SCRIP is easy!

The enrollment code for new families is 2DB1B8CC1943. You can also check out our Enrollment Forms and FAQ on our school website. If you would like to order via paper order form, you can find that here.

Any questions, please call or email our SCRIP coordinator, Vickie Major at 414-704-0526 or via email here.

Join St. Alphonsus Home & School at the Milwaukee Wave game!

St. Alphonsus Catholic School is the featured organization at the Milwaukee Wave game on January 18 at 6:05pm. We hope you can attend, watch a great game and support St Alphonsus Catholic School! 

Please use this link to buy your tickets and we’ll see you at the game! St. Alphonsus School will get a percentage of the money from each ticket sold at this link, so feel free to spread the word & share this with your family and friends. We encourage school families to sit in section 204, 205, or 206, so consider purchasing your tickets in those seats!

The Stewardship Committee Would Love Your Help on Name Tag Sundays!

The Stewardship Committee will be holding Name Tag "Sunday" on the weekends that we have Hospitality. We're still a small committee and haven't started recruiting members yet. Rather than the 2 of us working the name tag tables all weekend, we are hoping that school families could help.  There will be 2 tables in the Gathering Space at which we’ll have name tags, markers and signage (you won’t have to do the set-up). We’ll need at least one person at each table.

Tasks:

• Arrive 30 minutes before mass (we want to make sure that the folks who come early to mass are greeted too)
• Stand at the table and welcome parishioners as they come into mass
• Encourage them to make and wear a name tag
• Have a friendly, upbeat disposition
• Greet and make small talk with your fellow parishioners

Kiddos and other family members are welcome to help too! Please click on this sign-up genius to sign up for November & December. More dates coming soon!

If you're going to be at mass, why not help out? All we ask is that you come to mass 30 minutes early, stand at one of the tables, welcome your fellow parishioners and invite them to wear a name tag!

if you have any questions, please contact Sue Ruedinger.