I am so glad to see all the students back after Christmas break! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and got to spend quality time with your family. Here you will find important information as we enter the second semester of the school year!
- Panda Express Night:
- The 8th grade fundraiser at Panda Express is tonight from 4:00-8:00!
- Christmas Program:
- Tonight at 6:00. Please have your student in the classroom by 5:45 PM so that we can prepare for the program. Reminder- all students should have black bottoms and a white top. Boys should have a collared top.
- Christmas Party:
- Our Christmas party has been moved to tomorrow, January 9th at 2:00. If you would like to come, all parents are welcome to attend!
- Conferences:
- Conferences begin next week- Tuesday, January 13th.
- Half-Day/No-School:
- As a reminder, January 15th will be early dismissal at 12 pm. There is no school January 16th for conferences and no school January 19th for MLK Jr. Day.
Memory
Monday, January 12
Memory 1
What is the Office of the Keys?
The Office of the Keys is that special authority which Christ has given to His
Church on earth to forgive the sins of repentant sinners, but to withhold
forgiveness from the unrepentant as long as they do not repent.
Where is this written?
This is what St. John the Evangelist writes in chapter twenty: The Lord Jesus
breathed on His disciples and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive
anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not
forgiven.” (John 20:22–23)
What do you believe according to these words?
I believe that when the called ministers of Christ deal with us by His divine
command, in particular when they exclude openly unrepentant sinners from the
Christian congregation and absolve those who repent of their sins and want to do
better, this is just as valid and certain, even in heaven, as if Christ our dear Lord
dealt with us Himself.
Thursday, January 15
Memory 2
Matthew 15:10-11 And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and
understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what
comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”
Matthew 17:22-23 As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of
Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him, and he
will be raised on the third day.” And they were greatly distressed.
Important Dates:
- January 9th- 7/8th Grade Basketball @ Hope
- January 10th- 7/8th Grade Basketball @ Hope
- January 10th – Open House
- January 13th – 16th – Student Parent Teacher Conferences
- January 15th – Early Dismissal – 12 pm
- January 16th – No School
- January 19th – No School – MLK, Jr. Day
- January 20th- 7/8th Grade Basketball @ Hope
- January 23rd- Boys Basketball @ Hope
- January 24th- 7/8th Grade Basketball @ Calvary
- January 25th – 6th – 8th Choir Sings at 10:30 Service