Weekly News, April 08, 2024

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Pewaukee, WI 53072

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Phone: 262-691-0460

Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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“This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me.”

Luke 22:19

April 08, 2024

From the Desk of Mr. Marty Van Hulle, Principal

SAL Parents:

And down the stretch we go . . . ! It’s hard to believe that we are so rapidly approaching the end of the school year. And as we head toward the finish line a reminder that your efforts as volunteers are as critical as ever. Unfortunately, we have been short handed when it comes to helpers during our lunch periods for the past few weeks. We are able to manage the cafeteria with school staff; however, having parent assistance during recess and to give Bekah a break in the office is necessary. Please be sure you are doing your best to fulfill your family’s obligations to assist as needed. Our sign up can be found here. Have a great week ahead!

Take care and God bless,

M. Van Hulle

Principal, SAL

Upcoming Important Dates

April 8

Classes Resume

April 10

School Mass - Mission Shirts

Chess Club - 2:30-3:30pm

April 12

Principal for the Day - Out of Uniform Theme NCAA/College Team

April 17

School Mass - Birthday Blessings

April 23

Culver's Night

April 24

School Mass

April 27-28

School Musical

April 29

Band Fest

April 29 - May 3

MAP Testing

For the full, live calendar, please see here.

For the 2023-24 Event Calendar

Upcoming 2024-25 Event Calendar

For more information regarding the mass schedule, including which grades will be doing the preparation for mass and upcoming Birthday Blessings , click here.

School News

Mission Shirts Mass Wednesday

Students are asked to wear their Mission Shirts for mass on Wednesday. Thank you!

Out of Uniform - This Friday

Our Principal for the Day Out of Uniform theme is NCAA/College Team. Students can be out of uniform supporting any NCAA or College Team!

2024-25 Bus Transportation Registration for First Student (Waukesha)

St. Anthony students residing within the Waukesha School District that would like busing next school year will need to fill out the online transportation request form. The form should be completed by June 15. Parents will receive a confirmation email after they submit each request so they know that the request was received.

Student Government: Lenten Tuna Collection

Our Lenten Tuna Collection concluded on Friday, March 22. The final total was an amazing 1,052 cans to donate to the Pewaukee Food Pantry.

Our final classroom results are the following:

4K 7.8 cans per student

2nd grade 6.9 cans

3rd grade 5.8 cans

8th grade 5.7 cans

1st grade 5 cans

5th grade 4.7 cans

6th grade 3.7 cans

7th grade 3.4 cans

4th grade 2.95 cans

5K 2.9 cans

3K 2.7 cans

Thank you for supporting this outreach opportunity that directly helps our community.

Help Needed - EDC

We are looking for assistance with our after school EDC Program – specifically, from the 2:30 – 3:30 time frame. Monday’s and Thursday’s are our greatest need. If you, or anyone you know is interested in volunteering or taking on a paid position is EDC, please let us know.

March EDC Billing

Our March EDC bill is ready to pay online here. Please check your account at your earliest convenience. Thank you!

Brewers Math Day Field Trip - Grades 3rd-8th

On Wednesday, May 15, students in grades 3-8 will be heading to AmFam Field for Brewer Math Day. As part of the day, students will learn basic statistics through the game of baseball. Staff will receive a workbook to incorporate into their math lessons prior to the game and at the game, students will use their math skills to complete portions of the workbook.

The game against the Pittsburgh Pirates begins at 12:10 so we will be departing from SAL at 10:30 on the 15^th . We will head home from AmFam at 3:15 and our goal is to return to SAL between 3:45 and 4:00.

Each ticket includes a free hot dog and bottled water; in addition, students can either pack a cold lunch to eat on the bus or purchase additional items at the ballpark should they so choose.

Students will wear SAL Spirit Wear (or their Mission Shirts), and weather permitting, shorts for the game.

School Advisory Commission

St. Anthony on the Lake's School Advisory Commission held its March meeting last week. Minutes from this session will be available soon.

Discernment to become a member of the commission will be held on Monday, May 13th at 6:30. If you have any questions or would like to know more please contact Ashley Packee at ashley.packee@gmail.com.

Minutes from the November 13, 2023 meeting and January, 2024 can be reviewed here.

Bingo at Lakewood - Scout Event

Please join Troop 37519 as we play bingo at Lakewood Assisted Living and Memory Care Center on Wednesday, April 10. Please meet in the parking lot at 4:15 where we will walk in together to play bingo. We will play 4 or 5 games of bingo with the residents. Each child or two would be partnered to play bingo with a resident. We ask that each child bring a card or picture to give to the residents. We hope you can join us. If you have any questions please reach out to Marlo Dentice-Johnson @ marbar12@yahoo.com Address: 4065 North Calhoun Road Brookfield, WI 53005

Athletics Banquet - Monday, May 6

Come join us for the 2023-24 Athletics Banquet! It will be held Monday May 6th 6-8 pm in the PLC.

Celebrating all SAL track, cross country, basketball, volleyball, and cheer athletes. RSVP Today! Additional details will be coming soon.

Called To Serve

Spring Clean Up

Time to spruce up our parish grounds! Saturday, April 20th from 8am-12pm. Any time you can join us is a big help. Please contact Bob Bluhm if you are interested in volunteering!

Parent Volunteer Expectations

Trimester 3 Sign Up - Now available, sign up today! If you would like to be added to our sub list, please include your contact information to the spreadsheet on sign up. Thank you!

St. Anthony on the Lake School is a strong, vibrant school due to the help of many volunteers!

We are fortunate to provide more variety of volunteer opportunities to parents and be able to use classroom volunteers. In addition to any volunteer duties you wish to do, all families are expected to sign up for 3 specific duties per trimester (through Sign-Up Genius), St. Anthony on the Lake: Trimester 3 Volunteer Sign Up (signupgenius.com) This includes playground, lunch serving, lunchroom helper, or health room. If you are unable to come to help during the school day, you are asked to sign up and in turn, get a sub from the sub list.

Immediate Volunteer Needs

Tuesday, April 09 - Playground Helper, Lunch Servers (2), Lunch Helper

Wednesday, April 10 - Lunch Server (2)

Thursday, April 11 - Lunch Servers (2), Lunch Helper

Friday, April 12 - Playground Helper, Lunch Server

Monday, April 15 - Playground Helper, Lunch Server (2), Lunch Helper

Tuesday, April 16 - Lunch Server (2)

Wednesday, April 17 - Lunch Server (2), Health Room Volunteer

Thursday, April 18 - Playground Helper, Lunch Server (2), Lunch Helper

Friday, April 19 - Playground Helper (2), Lunch Servers, Lunch Helper

Safe Environment Education

Anyone who is volunteering in any manner here at St. Anthony on the Lake will need to participate in a one-time training titled “Safe Environment Education”. This training is mandated by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. To register and for additional information, please go to the Safe Environment page on the Archdiocese website. Again, this training, along with a background check, is a one-time training requirement for all adults.

Greeters at Sunday Mass

Would your family like to greeters on Sunday Mornings at Church? Greeters play an important part in welcoming parishioners and visitors to Mass each week. Greeters have several important duties before Mass begins. They welcome people into the building, show them where to hang coats, where to find the restrooms and where the childcare room is.

How does your family become Greeters? You will need to contact the Music and Liturgy Office and have your family’s name added to the Greeters Participation Group of MySAL. Once your name is in the Participation Group you can go in at anytime and sign up for the date and Mass time you wish.

If you have any questions, contact Vincent LaTona in the Prayer and Worship Office at 262 691-1173 ex. 1109 or by email at latonav@stanthony.cc.

Prayers, Gratitude, and Celebration

God is Here Awards

Nora Goggins (6th) - cleaning up the classroom floor unprompted!
Ethan Hamilton (7th) - helped pick up balls outside for recess!
August Lois (2nd) - offering comfort to a friend!
Kendal Walsh (3K) - helped pick up blocks after recess!

Please keep Fr. Ken in your prayers.

Please keep the Brunner family in your prayers.

Please pray for Kyler Hogan and the entire Hogan family.

Please keep the Drees family in your prayers.

Parish Opportunities

Middle School Youth Group Upcoming Events

For other upcoming events, please see our Middle School Youth Group page!

Early Childhood Events & Moms Group

Click on this link to see the many fun and engaging activities for toddlers and preschoolers as well as time just for Moms: SAL Parish Early Childhood Events

Catholic Memorial Youth Football Registration

Attention boys currently enrolled in 3^rd through 7^th grades interested in playing football this fall. Catholic Memorial Jr. Crusader football registration is now open. Registration and additional information can be found here.