Dear Families,

Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences Begin Next Week

Thank you for scheduling your required November conference. If you are not able to attend, please reach out to your child's teacher directly to reschedule a conference for December 5th. We appreciate you meeting with them to celebrate your child's successes and discuss any areas needing improvement. Partnering with your child's teacher is fundamental to your child's educational success, and the teachers appreciate your support!

We ask that our families arrive a few minutes early for your scheduled conference time. There is no need to check in at the office on Monday or Tuesday - just head straight to the classroom. Teachers will have their schedules posted on their doors, and chairs outside the room, to wait. Siblings 4 years old and up may wait in the school library to watch a video or read a book, and they will be supervised by one of our teachers. Please note, our library-supervising teachers are not able to watch toddlers or babies. Please find childcare at home for these younger ones. The library will be open Monday, November 21st, 2022, from 10:00am-7:30pm (No supervision between 12:30pm-1:00pm and 4:00pm-5:00pm) and Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022, from 8:00am-12:00pm. Thank you!

The school will close after all conferences finish on Tuesday (around noon), and the entire school staff will enjoy an extended break. For them and for you school families, I offer this prayer:

Thanksgiving Prayer

 "Almighty Father,

I thank you for our St. Louise families and faculty, and for all the blessings that You pour out on us each day. I give thanks for the support of school parents, the talent of our teachers, the dedication of school staff, and the hard work and kind hearts of our school students! Along with all of them, we give thanks to You for this wonderful St. Louise community we have created, knowing You are watching over and guiding us.

Lord God, Heavenly King,

I ask that our St. Louise parents, students, and staff continue to be blessed by feeling Your love and presence in our lives. We know that this life is not all there is; that the best is yet to come if we live for You. So, help us each day to live our lives in ways that honor and please You. And may we never forget to give You all the praise and glory and thanks, not just on Thanksgiving, but every day. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen."

Quiz Question

The first and 7th person to email me the correct answer will receive a Charger Card.

Question: In 1941, which president signed into law officially making the fourth Thursday in November the national holiday for Thanksgiving Day?

Blessings on a Wonderful Thanksgiving,

Mr. Mike Fuerte

Principal

Donations & Drives

Parish

Who is this Son of Man? 

Even when Jesus was walking the earth people were wondering about this mysterious title for Jesus. Other titles like Christ, Son of God, Lord, Savior, and Word were more understandable and have passed into common usage, likely because their full meaning was illuminated by the cross. Son of Man on the other hand did not pass into common usage, even in the early Church, likely out of respect for the fact that it is Jesus’s title for himself. In the New Testament it was only used by Jesus himself, with two exceptions: the above quote from John, where people ponder the mystery of the Son of Man, and once by St. Stephen, who was quoting Jesus during his martyrdom.

Even Jesus’s usage of the title only contributes to its mystery. The title is often used to refer either to Jesus’s great humility (“the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head” ) or to his divinity (“the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins” ). The title, Son of Man, by its mysterious and paradoxical nature both conceals the mystery of who Jesus is and slowly reveals the truth of who he is . This is the very nature of being a follower of Christ, of living in the Christian mystery, true discipleship entails a gradual uncovering of what it means to be a Christian. There is always more to uncover about God and that is the reality that the Son of Man, both the title and the person, slowly unveils to us. 

Another aspect of the title is that it emphasizes Jesus’s humanity. As Pope Benedict XVI writes, Jesus “comes from God and he is God. But that is precisely what makes him—having assumed human nature—the bringer of true humanity” . The Son of Man, as truly human and truly divine, reveals to us what it is to be human. Jesus shows us that to be human is to be united with God. And we unite ourselves to God by doing what Jesus did, offering our lives to God as followers of the Son of Man.

Fr. Nehnevaj 

"Let us pray to the divine goodness for one another that His mercy may pour out on us His blessings of grace and light so that we may glorify Him eternally."

— St. Louise de Marillac

3B just finished stuffing over 200 envelopes for The New Bethlehem Shelter Programs that Mrs. Nightingale oversees. Many students chose service over recess time. We are so proud of this amazing group of 3rd grade students.

After providing service for the New Bethlehem Programs,

they then celebrated by making sock puppets based upon a story read last week.

St. Louise Speech Tournament 💕

Thank you to our alumni who helped judge the tournament.

Our Ofrenda for the Day of the Dead

PreK-A with the beautiful quilt made by Barbara Mann

Widodo Karli Family

Antezana Family

Antezana