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Important Dates to Remember | |
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03/08
Dine Out Night
Cousins Subs
03/09
Optional Parent/Teacher Conferences
3:30 - 7:30pm
03/10
11:30am Dismissal
03/22
Dine Out Night
Portillo's
04/04 & 04/05
Living Stations of the Cross
6:30pm (04/04) and 2:00pm (04/05)
04/06
11:30am Dismissal
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04/07
Good Friday
No School
04/08 - 04/16
Easter Break
No School
04/19
Dine Out Night
Cousins
04/21
Parish Auction
Details Below
04/28
Father Daughter Dance
05/04
Spring Music Concert
6:00pm
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Save the Date for State of the School!
Join us for our annual State of the School presentation on Tuesday, May 23 at 6:00pm.
We will hear from Father Kevin and Principal Johnston as well as celebrate some of our wins this year.
NEW! This year we will be offering food & adult beverages at this event, along with a chance to socialize. Please mark your calendars now and note that this event is FOR ADULTS ONLY.
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Photography & Video for our New School Website: Monday, March 6 and Wednesday, March 8
Have you visited our new school website yet? There are a lot of cool features and functions! As part of our ongoing updates, we will be having a photographer/videographer in school on Monday, March 6 and Wednesday, March 8 to get photos and videos of our amazing school that we can use on the website and in future social media posts.
We picked a Monday and a Wednesday so that we can highlight both a Uniform day as well as our Unity shirts/Mass day. We are hoping to get great footage that can be used for years to come, so please have your students dressed especially neat on these days!
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Financial & Scholarship Information | |
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HOW TO ACCESS YOUR HOUSEHOLD PAID TUITION TAX REPORT
1. Go to TADS.com
2. Login to your TADS account
3. Click on” Billing” and then look below the blue box for the “Household Paid Tuition Tax Report.”
4. Click on Household Paid Tuition Tax Report
5. Enter the year for which you need the information and a statement will appear that details the fees you paid in that year. These include: Tuition Deposit, Tuition, and field trips.
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2023-2024 St. Gerard Fund
The St. Gerard Fund is now accepting applications for Catholic school scholarships for students currently in grades 2-8. The St. Gerard Fund has expanded to provide scholarships to deserving 8th graders who will be attending a Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
Please view this letter for complete information.
The completed application must be returned to school, attention Ginger Young, on or before than April 7, 2023. You can download the application form here.
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St. Alphonsus Spirit Wear Sale | |
Last chance to get your St. Alphonsus Spirit Wear and join us in wearing it on the first Friday of each month!
For a limited time, we are offering the chance to purchase some awesome St. Alphonsus spirit wear to benefit our 8th grade class. Get your St. Alphonsus hats, hoodies, polos, and more!
The site will close for sales this weekend, Sunday, March 5 at 11:59pm.
20% of the revenue from these orders are being donated the St. Alphonsus 8th Grade Class, and a lot of the spirit wear is also "uniform-approved." All polos, plain crewneck sweatshirts, and the full zip-front fleece jacket will be approved for daily uniform wear.
We are now designating the first Friday of the month as St. Alphonsus Spirit Wear Day. Students can wear out-of-uniform approved pants like jeans and ANY St. Alphonsus Spirit Wear on the first Friday of each month from now until the end of the school year. So don't delay and get your spirit wear today! and help us support the St. Alphonsus 8th Grade Class!
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Last Call for JOY Shirts!
We will be placing one final order for "Joy" shirts for either your children or the adults in your family.
Please use this form to indicate the sizes you would like to order. Only one name is needed per family. The entire order will be sent home with one person in the family.
The cost for each shirt is $10.00. This cost will be charged to your TADS account.
Order forms are due on Friday, March 10. Please return the form to your child's homeroom teacher.
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Earlier this week some of our 6th and 7th grade students had a chance to participate in the CMH Stem Challenge at Catholic Memorial High School!
The event featured over 300 students from 25 schools. Teams were asked to build a bridge that was at least 15 inches long and could hold weight, using the CMH Propel Stem process and concepts. Later, there was a big awards ceremony and we even heard from the mayor of Waukesha. It was an amazing time and some great STEM learning!
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Home & School Happenings
The Home & School committee has some new faces and is ready to work on ways to support community building & fundraising for our school! H&S oversees events like the Fun Run, Father Daughter Dance and Dine Out Nights. Parent teams help organize the different activities that help make our school a fun & welcoming place to be. We look forward to working with everyone at our school & encourage you to message us if you have any questions/concerns or would like to get involved. Look for more information in upcoming newsletters.
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Julie Klimczak, Treasurer | |
Holly Lewandowski, Secretary | |
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Dine Out Night At Cousins Subs on 3/8!
Next Wednesday, March 8th is our next Dine Out Night at Cousins Subs and we hope to see you there! Dine in or carry out from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. 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 the following day.
Thanks for your continued support!
Dine Out Nights - the easiest and most delicious fundraisers around.
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Donation & Service Opportunities | |
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Last Week for Blessing Bags!
The 4th grade Girl Scout Troop 11412 is putting together blessing bags to donate to the food pantry!
Please consider donating needed hygiene items such as shampoo, body wash, hand soap, deodorant, toothpaste, etc.
A box will be placed outside the school office until March 8th.
Thank you in advance for your help!
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Graphic Novel Books Club Starting in March!
This is a FREE co-curricular during the school day for students in Grades 2-4 OR grades 5-8.
Our club for grades 2-4 will meet on Tuesdays for 3 weeks, and our club for grades 5-8 will meet on Fridays for 6 weeks. Each week, we will read & discuss a different, grade-level appropriate graphic novel.
The club will meet in the library during lunch and recess on designated days. You can register here. If you have previously registered your child this past fall, no need to register again!
For questions, please contact Mrs. Schermetzler. Also look for a letter home in backpack mail next week!
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Join us on Friday, April 21 for the Annual Parish Auction! Registration Now Open!
Get ready for a night sure to sparkle - registration for the Parish Auction, Denim and Diamonds, is now live! Visit our website to register.
In the meantime, we are still looking for sponsorships and donations for the auction. We have several school parents on the auction committee who will be working to put together some auction baskets and artwork pieces to be bid on at the auction. You can get an idea of what we are looking for in this letter, and some of the specific basket themes we are looking to target are: Book Club, Gardening, Grillers' Delight, Outdoor Adventures, Arts & Crafts, and Local Vendors. If you have items that would fit these themes, please send them our way! You can send your donation items directly to school (please label them Parish Auction, Attn: Amy Schermetzler) with a completed donation form. You can also fill out a sponsorship form here.
Or, do you have something cool you could donate for a live auction item? Maybe you have a boat and we can plan a package involving a boat trip on a local lake. Or do you have a condo or cottage home-away-from-home we could base a live auction package on? If so, we would love to hear from you. You can contact Sue Ruedinger, Debbie Sievert, or Amy Schermetzler here at school with your ideas.
We will also need student volunteers again this year! This counts as service hours for the kids, saves St. Al’s the money we’d otherwise have to pay for adult waitstaff and is a lot of fun!
Students should arrive at 4:30 and will be done between 9:30 and 10:00. Students will assist with table and other set up, as well as serve appetizers to guests during cocktail hour. After that they will work in the dining room, clearing salad plates, serving entrees, bringing coffee carafes to the tables and clearing plates, glasses, silverware, etc. at the end of the meal. We will feed students dinner shortly after arrival.
Student in grades 4-8 are eligible to serve. High schoolers are also welcome. You can sign up your student here.
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Area Sports, High School, & Summer Camp News | |
Character Kids announces Summer Theatre Camps
The snow may be falling but it's time to start thinking about sunny days ahead! Join us this summer for a variety of theatre camps! We've got mini show camps like Encanto, Sing, Broadway Bound, and so much more. Or join us for two weeks and put on a full production of Disney's The Jungle Book KIDS!
Learn more and register here.
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Franklin Public Schools Summer Learning Registration Now Open!
Franklin Summer Learning Program is gearing up! Registration will be open from Tuesday, February 21, through Sunday, March 12. Families will have 3 weeks to register for programming.
Visit the Franklin Summer Learning Program webpage to view the registration guide and course information.
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Pro-Life Wisconsin Art Contest
Love painting, drawing, photography, or graphic design?
Students can submit their artwork for a chance to win the 2023 Pro-Life Wisconsin Art Contest for their grade. Winning entries will be printed as a prayer card and distributed in church and through PLW. Learn more here.
The contest is open from now through May 1, 2023.
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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 5:00pm Wednesdays.
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