The St. Luke Good News

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Dear St. Luke Families,

As we continue our journey through this blessed Easter season, we powerfully see God's joy shining through our students. It brings a smile to my heart to see our students actively engaged in learning and enjoying the beautiful outdoors, especially now that the spring weather has finally arrived. It's also inspiring to see so many of our grade 6-8 students participate on our school badminton team. As two full teams, while many schools are only fielding one team, they come together to represent the small, yet mighty, St. Luke's school community as they play against other school communities. We are very proud of their dedication and effort to represent our wonderful school. At St. Luke's, we always strive to create an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to reach their full potential.

We continue to encourage all our students to approach each day with enthusiasm, positivity, and a commitment to excellence as we work to create a positive difference in the lives of those around us and in the world at large.

Have a blessed weekend and thank you for entrusting your wonderful children to our care.

Sean Gregg

Assistant Principal

• April 19 - Friday Kindergarten Day
• April 19 - Movie Night in the Gym

• April 22 - School Council Meeting
• April 26 - Reading Buddies
• May 1 - Grade 6 Immunizations
• May 1 - Early Dismissal
• May 3 - PD Day - No School
• May 5-10 - Catholic Education Week
• May 8 - HATS ON FOR MENTAL HEALTH
• May 9 - World Catholic Education Day
• May 14-15 - Adoration
• May 16/17/20 - NO SCHOOL

EICS is proposing a new technology fee for students in Grades K through 12 to help cover the increasing costs of providing technology resources. This new fee will replace the K-3 technology fee of $20.00. The proposed fee will be $30.00 per student and will fund various hardware and software needs, such as Chromebooks, Adobe and Microsoft licenses, career guidance software, accessibility software, specialty math software, library software, and other licenses determined by school administration. However, the fee will not be used for network or technology infrastructure costs or staff devices or software.

If you have any questions about either of these fees, please call the school 780-922-5920.

Thank-you to our Trustees and Superintendent Corrigan for connecting and visiting St. Luke this week! Visit our Facebook page to view the video of their visit.

Please read this letter from EICS Board of Trustees Chair Le-Ann Ewaskiw regarding the importance of declaring support of Catholic schools in regards to property tax.

Our latest edition of the EICS Board of Trustees Monthly Highlights can be found on our website.

Our Praise and Worship Celebration is every Tuesday morning at 8:20. Everyone is welcome!

All EICS students are invited to participate in this year's Annual GrACE Contest in Partnership with the REAL Foundation. 2023-2024 Theme: Go Light Our World, “Let your light shine before others that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16

GrACE exists to inspire, invigorate and embolden the spirit of Catholic education in order to unite, engage, educate and communicate with one voice on its behalf. GrACE, in partnership with the REAL Foundation, is happy to present this contest to EICS students. This is our sixth annual GrACE Contest: A Celebration of Catholic Education.

We invite EICS students of all grade levels to submit work reflecting the importance of, and their experience with or contribution to Catholic education. This year our theme is Go Light Our World. Entries need to reflect this theme. It is often helpful if students include a few sentences to go with their entry on how it is connected to this year’s theme.

Student Submissions could include such things as (but not limited to):

• A work of art

• A poster

• A formal or informal essay

• Original music

• Poetry

• A presentation (video or otherwise) of social justice work

Contest Rules

All Submissions due to your school chaplain, Miss Boehm, by April 22

Prizes will be presented May 5 in each community’s parish (This is the kick-off to Catholic Education Week). There will be 14 prizes!

• K-8 students = 50 dollar prize in the form of a gift card

• 9-12 students = 100 dollar prize in the form of a gift card

Our students got to experience the Prayer Labyrinth this week!!

A Prayer Labyrinth is a labyrinth used to facilitate prayer, meditation, spiritual transformation, and/or global unity. The most famous Prayer Labyrinths today include an ancient one in the Cathedral of Chartres, France, another in the Cathedral of Duomo di Siena, Tuscany; and two maintained by Grace Cathedral, an Episcopal church in San Francisco.

We had a wonderful visit from Fr. Mario this week

YAC News!!

Three YAC virtual sessions are being provided for at home viewers. Simply click on one of the links below to watch and learn from home! **Links will be live on the 13th!
Session 1 - Marty Chan
Heroes Assembled: Create your own superhero and adventure story.
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Join the live stream on Zoom

Session 2 - David A. Robertson
Bringing Comic Books to Life
Noon - 1 p.m.
Join the live stream on Microsoft Teams

Session 3 - Kris Marks
Hear These Words - How Stories Become Songs.
1:20 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Join the live stream on Microsoft Teams

St. Luke School Council is hosting Family Movie Night on Friday, April 19 at 5:30pm in the gym! Bring your blankets!!

SPRING FUNDRAISER

South Cooking Lake Greenhouse Gift Certificates Spring Fundraiser

South Cooking Lake Greenhouses is once again ready to help us brighten our spaces while we wait on Mother Nature!

St. Luke Parent Association is happy to help provide the opportunity to beautify your spaces (as well as purchase the perfect Mother’s Day gift!), while supporting the students of St. Luke along with our local and much-loved greenhouse.

How to Purchase / Things to Know:

-Certificates are sold in $25.00 denominations only

-Funds for purchase can be e-transferred to St. Luke Parent Association at stlukepatreasurer@gmail.com (no password necessary). Please ensure that your transfer memo includes your name and “SCL Greenhouse”.

-Please fill out the Google Form (link below) completely before submitting payment and feel free to share this Google Form with your family and friends!

https://forms.gle/f3mEqYtP8mc2eeCJ7

-Please keep in mind that we are volunteers and may require up to 48 hours to prepare your gift certificates

-The order form is currently open to orders!!

-Last day for gift certificate sales will be June 7, 2024

South Cooking Lake Greenhouses opens April 25, 2024!! Please check out SCL Greenhouses website at http://www.southcookinglakegreenhouses.ca for information on greenhouse hours, shopping and items available for the 2024 season.

This Lent EICS is continuing to partner with Catholic Social Services to support Refugees and Newcomers.

Every day Catholic Social Services is called upon to support women, men and children coming from countries such as Syria, Dominican Republic of Congo, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, Venezuela, Honduras…. who have fled their country of origin in search of safety and the opportunity to rebuild their lives.

Presently CSS provides settlement support to clients in need of emergency accommodation. Many are arriving with few personal items and limited financial means.

Donations made to this Lenten Campaign will go towards Catholic Social Services, Refugees and Newcomers Fund which helps CSS respond to the urgent needs of these clients, and allows us to provide food, clothing, school supplies and accommodations for the refugees who need it most.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the book fair before spring break. It was a huge success, and so much fun! Because of all your generosity , we were able to take $1,386.35 worth of product from the book fair, for our library at St. Luke! That's amazing!! There are a lot of new and exciting books that all our students and staff will get to read and enjoy!

Your support for our school library is greatly appreciated!!

Mrs. Scoggins

The Gospel reading invites us to witness the transformative moment when Jesus calls His first disciples, unveiling a powerful message of immediate response and a radical shift in life's purpose.

DID YOU KNOW: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Sherwood Park has MANY resources to help families in need of basic necessities. Please share this information with any families at your school who could use the help, especially newcomers to Canada.

The Clothing Nook - FREE clothing, shoes and bedding for all ages. Located in the lower level of OLPH Church and run entirely by volunteers. (Also a great place for local families to DONATE out-grown clothing or shoes that are still in excellent condition.) See hours of operation below.

Society of St. Vincent de Paul - Another dedicated volunteer team collects and distributes donations of furniture, mattresses and other household items. Please share their phone number with any families your know who are in need. Donations always welcome. Contact SSVP for pick up/drop off appointments.

Check out this spring program guide below.

Masses at OLPH will be livestreamed. Please join using this link. https://www.facebook.com/olphsherwoodpark/videos/

Visit OLPH Website for more information about the parish and in regards to sacramental preparation.

Visit www.facebook.com/olphsherwoodpark

St. Francis of Assisi Parish is administered by Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Sherwood Park. Please contact the parish for confession times and more information.

Clergy: Reverend Jim Corrigan, Pastor

Mass Time: Sunday 11:00

Email Address: StFrancisAssisi.Tofield(at)caedm.ca

5523 - 50 Street Tofield, AB T0B 4J0

See map: Google Maps

Principal

Email: Stl@eics.ab.ca
Website: stl.eics.ab.ca
Location: 22139 South Cooking Lake Road, Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
Phone: 780-922-5920
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stlukeeics
Twitter: @stlcs_EICS