Dear Parents,

This past week has been busy here at St. Al’s. Player’s from the UIS Women’s

soccer team came and spent the day with students in P.E. classes, students

caroled at Schnucks and the KC breakfast to support Catholic Education

(thanks to all who attended), we had a food drive for Catholic Charities, we

collected stocking items for homebound parishioners, and more. Such a

busy time of giving to others. Thank you to everyone who helped with any of

these endeavors.

Through the business of the season, which sometimes distracts us from the

reason of the season, we also found time to worship and honor God through

our Monday morning Advent celebrations. You can see them on our Face-

book page at www.facebook.com/st.aloysius.chargers.

Yesterday students in grades 3-8 received the Sacrament of Reconciliation

after our All School Mass. We thank Fr. Clint, Fr. Jim Isaacson, and Fr. Wayne

Stock for coming to serve our students.

We would like to help the people of Taylorville as well. This Friday, students

can have a dress down day for a $2.00 or more donation. All proceeds will

go to aid the city of Taylorville and their recovery from the tornado that

struck their community.

*Important Reminders:

—There are early dismissals at 1:30pm on Dec. 12. and 1:30pm on Dec.

21st. Dec. 21st there will not be aftercare following the 1:30 dismissal.

—Christmas break begins on Dec. 24. School will resume on Thursday,

Jan. 3rd.

—Pizza Order forms coming home are due back Friday Dec. 14th.

• Mini-Mega-Raffle: Please have all Mini Mega Tickets turned in by

Wednesday, December 19th for the final drawing on December 20th.

Please remember that each family, grades K-8, are responsible for

selling 10 tickets. Remaining balances for unsold tickets will be applied

to tuition one month after the close of the fundraising event. If you have

any questions please contact Jaimie Kauffman

at jaimie.kauffman@saintaloysius.org or 217- 544-4554.

• St. Nick Shopper TOMORROW: Shopping lists were sent home Mon-

day. If you would like your child to have the opportunity to shop for

Christmas gifts please return the shopping list in an envelope with pay-

ment. Gifts for all ages are available for $3.50 each.

Calendar

• December 12— 1:30

Dismissal

• December 13— St.

Nick Shopper

• December 19— MMR

tickets are Due

• December 20—

Christmas Program,

final MMR Drawing

• December 21— Class-

room Christmas par-

ties, 1:30 Dismissal,

NO AFTERCARE

• December 24—

January 2– Christ-

mas Break

• January 3— School

Resumes

December 12, 2018

Phil 2:1-2

Principal’s Newsletter

• Sleigh Bells and Snowflakes- An Evening With Your Children: The Christmas program will take

place at 6:30pm on Dec. 20th in the school gymnasium. Grades PS-8 will perform. Mr. Martin is in

need of parent volunteers for set-up and to help dismantle things following the pro-

gram. Service hours will be given. Parents can contact Mr. Martin at lynn.martin@saintaloysius.org if

they are interested in helping.

• Pee Wee Basketball: Don’t forget to have sign-up forms in before December 16th for the Pee Wee

Basketball League for grades PK – 4th. Forms can be sent to the school office marked Jason Copelin .

• Knights Christmas Classic Tournament: This annual basketball tournament for 5th and 6th grade

boys will take place December 26-29th. Volunteers are needed each day in the following areas: gate

coverage, concessions, official clock, scorer, referees. Please see our Facebook page for a schedule.

• Bingo: Our weekly Saturday bingo at Caritas Hall supports our school budget. It takes a lot of volun-

teers throughout the year. This is also a great opportunity to earn service hours! These monies benefit

the school by keeping our tuition costs down. Many thanks for your cooperation and participation!

Thanks to our volunteers that last two weeks... Delba Wheatly, Ian and Jennifer Pollock, Rhonda Mills,

Joanne Mitchell, and Richard Camden , Ed Strode, Ron Kohlrus, and Vanessa Riley.

• Shop at Amazon.com….you can actually support St. Aloysius School. Go to: https://

smile.amazon.com and choose St. Aloysius as the organization you support. It’s that simple. It doesn't

cost anything and St. Aloysius then gets a percentage from every purchase.

• The SHG Placement Test will be offered on Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 8:30am. Doors open at

8:00am Becky Jones, Tuition Manager, and Sr. Katherine O'Connor, President, will be available to an-

swer parents' questions at 8:30am in the Choral Room. Please contact our Registrar at 217-787-1595

ext. 126 if you are unable to take the test. Students will need to bring #2 Pencils and $10 testing fee.

No calculators will be allowed. Pre-registration online is required by Friday January 11. Use the fol-

lowing link to register: http://bit.ly/SHGPlacementTest2019.

Because it’s all about Jesus,

Rich Harkins

Dress Down Day for Christmas

Sponsored by: Student Council No Charge/Donation

Students may come in dress down attire on

Friday, December 21st as long as they are

in Christmas colors or Holiday attire.

Merry Christmas!

Thank you to these 4th and 5th grade

students (Seth M., Logan M., Emma

R., Sullivan G., and Aryannah R.) who

represented St. Aloysius School at the

Annual KC Christmas Breakfast. —-————->

Maggie R.

lights the

2nd advent

candle

while Jadyn

F. reads.

Our students have been on an ADVENT-ure this

Advent season to prepare for Christ’s birth. This

week we watched the Shepherds as they talked

about their jobs to care for the sheep by keeping

them safe and making sure they have food to

eat. The shepherds told the stories of other

shepherds in the Bible such as Moses, Abraham,

and David. They reminded us to be faithful to

God like Abraham and pray like David while we

wait for our Messiah to come. You can view the

Advent skits on the St. Aloysius School Facebook

page. Be on the lookout for the Angel skit next

Monday. All are welcome to join us for the final

two Advent Ceremonies . They will be Monday

Dec. 17 and 8:20 and Friday Dec. 21 at 8:30.

The 3 Wisemen help us begin our ADVENT-ure