Learning, Loving, and Leading through Christ

October 5, 2022

From The Desk of Mr. Johnston

Dear St. Alphonsus Catholic School Families,

This school year is flying by and we are off to a great start! There are a number of events coming up in October that I outlined last week. We are so excited to bring all of these to our families!

One new program that you may or may not know about is our school students lectoring at Sunday mass. This past Sunday our students were lectors at the 9am mass. It was great to have our students using their talents and represent our school in front of the whole parish.

We will be doing this again on November 6th. We would love to have a strong showing of school students and families at the 9am mass on this day as we will once again have students lectoring. Please mark your calendars, have your student wear their unity shirt and we hope to see everyone there! If your student is in the 4th grade or older and is interested in being a lector on this Sunday, please have them tell their teacher or Mrs. Schermetzler. More dates for the winter will be announced soon!

In addition, all students, Christian Formation and school, will have designated days that they will be able to volunteer at Sunday masses. Please look in the newsletter for the next opportunity for this as well.

As a reminder there is no school on October 6th and 7th for teacher in-service.

Please enjoy the rest of the newsletter.

Thank you and have a wonderful long weekend!

Russ Johnston

Important Dates to Remember

10/6 & 10/7

No School

Teacher In-Service

10/12

Dine Out Night

Cousins Subs, Franklin

10/20

No School

Parent Teacher Conferences

10am-2pm and 3-7pm

10/21

No School

10/28

Trunk or Treat

5-7pm

October Lunch Menu

Trunk or Treat Sign Up Now Open!

Please join us for our first annual Trunk or Treat, on Friday, October 28 from 5-7pm, where the kids can wear their Halloween costumes and go car-to-car trick or treating in our school parking lot! Siblings are welcome--this is sure to be a great event for the whole family!

We are SO excited to be hosting this event and would love to have your support in hosting a Trunk!

What does it take to host a Trunk?

Arrive 30-60 minutes before the event begins to set up
Decorate your trunk (check out Pinterest for some fun ideas!) with child appropriate decorations
Supply and hand out candy to kids that trick or treat from your trunk
Be able to stay the entire event 5-7pm

It's going to be a great night! Use this link to sign up to host a trunk. Deadline to sign up is Friday, October 21.

8th Grade Pizza Lunch Fundraiser

The first pizza lunch fundraiser for the 8th Grade class is coming up on October 14!

We will be serving Domino's Pizza at lunch. The order forms came home via backpack mail last week or you can download a copy of the form here. Please turn in your order forms by Monday, October 10.

The 8th Grade Class of 2023 thanks you for your support!

Home & School News

Dine Out Night At Cousins Subs!

Next Wednesday, October 12th is 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.

Come support our school and let Cousins do the cooking next week!

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

Extracurricular Opportunities

Graphic Novel Book Clubs Are Coming!

Students have been patiently waiting for Graphic Novel Book Clubs to start...and they are coming soon!

Mrs. Schermetzler needs just a few more weeks to get everything organized, but more information will be sent out shortly.

Thank you and your students for your patience!

Join Youth Choir!

We are happy to announce that youth choir is back! We are inviting all students in grades 2-8 to participate.

You can learn more about how to sign up here.

Halloween Costume Drive

The 5th Grade Girl Scout Troop is doing a Halloween Costume drive this year!

We are collecting new and gently used Halloween costumes of all sizes which will be donated to kids whose parents might not be able to get them one.

Our "Halloween for every kid" drive will go through Thursday, October 20. Costumes can be dropped off in the box by the office.

Costume accessories and unopened makeup are welcome as well. Please no toy weapons.

Thank you!

Jennifer Rekowski & Amelia Brost

Troop #10363 leaders

Other School & Parish News

Serve others by making some baked goods to share with Southside Meal Program!

We have a great need for baked goods on October 19, 2022.

St. Alphonsus helps to serve and provide dessert to the people who come for dinner at the Southside Meal Program.

Please contact Karla if you can help - we need a total of 4-5 dozen cookies/bars/etc. Any help you give is greatly appreciated!

Mass Greeters Wanted: 4th Grade, October 16th

Let's show our parish how welcoming our 4th grade students are at St. Als! All Fourth Graders are invited to act as greeters at the October 16 11:00am Mass.

Students can come at 10:45am to the parish library before the 11:00am mass. No sign-up is needed, just come with a smile!

Please Join Us for a Brainstorming Meeting for the 2022-2023 Parish Auction!

As mentioned at Back to School Night, the Parish Auction Committee will be hosting a brainstorming meeting at Pastoral Council Member Debbie Sievert's house on Wednesday, October 19 at 7pm.

Please join us and bring your fresh ideas for this year's Parish Auction, our premiere social event for the year! RSVP to Debbie via email here, or via phone at 414-491-2561. For additional questions, you can also contact Sue Ruedinger via email here or via phone at 414-731-0537.

Next Parish Women's Group Meeting: THIS SATURDAY!

Join the St. Alphonsus Women's Group this Saturday morning, October 8 at 9:30 am in the Parish Ministry Center for "Ask a Priest."

Fr. Patrick will be joining us to answer any questions we have about the Catholic faith, church teaching, etc. As always, we will have coffee and donuts. Please join us if you are able!

Any questions, please reach out to Lauren Miller here.

Join Catholic Central High School for their Open House Open House coming up on October 12 at 5:30pm.

Meet their staff & students, tour the school, get a free popcorn, or grab dinner at the Jacob's Smokehouse food truck.

For more information, scan the graphic at the left, or you can take a look at their flyer here.

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.