St. Luke Weekly Memo

This week we will talk about “transfiguration.” Transfiguration means a complete change of appearance to be more beautiful. The Bible tells us that one day Jesus took three of His disciples, Peter, James, and John, and went up on a mountain to pray.

As Jesus prayed, His face was changed and His clothes became a dazzling white. Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared and began talking to Jesus. Peter and the others had fallen asleep and when they woke up, they saw Jesus and the other two talking.They were amazed at that wonderful sight!

Do you know what caused the face of Jesus to be changed and His clothes to become dazzling white? It was because they were in the presence of God!

The Apostle Paul said in a letter he wrote to the church at Corinth, "For God, who said, 'Let there be light in the darkness,' has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ."

You and I have many wonderful experiences in our daily walk with Jesus. Others can see that we have the love of Jesus in our heart by seeing his reflection shining bright in us! We want to thank God for the joy we experience in Jesus.Jesus helps us to reflect that joy in our bright, shining faces.

Join Us on Tuesday at 9:00am

During the weeks of April 6-16, grade 4 and 7 students in our school division will be writing the Canadian Achievement Test, 4th Edition (CAT.4). The CAT is a testing system designed to assess a child's achievement in the following basic skill areas: reading, language, spelling, and mathematics.The purpose of this standardized testing is to obtain information to assist teachers and other school staff in meeting the needs of individual students. The results can be useful for discovering strengths and areas of need. Please contact your child’s teacher and/or the Collaborative Response Coordinator, Yasmin Akhtar, if you have any questions.

Pick-up and Drop off has been going well this year. Just a few reminders:

• We are asking that if you are dropping your child off to park to the right of the newly marked handicapped signs or in the overflow parking lot. There is a pedestrian walk sign that we encourage ALL students to use for safety. If they are crossing anywhere else, vehicles may not be able to see students as they cross.

• Please DO NOT let your child enter the school until the busses have cleared the parking lot. Once the busses have left the parking lot the children being dropped off can enter the school through their designated doors.

• When picking up we will be loading the busses first. When the busses have cleared the parking lot the children being pick-up will exit the building.

• Please pull right up as far as you can to the sign in the pick-up lane to prevent traffic from backing up. Please do not stop at the doors students need to enter and exit.

• Reminder that the first bell is at 8:25. Prayer and Announcements begin at 8:30.

Thank-you for all your assistance this year with the traffic flow.

Our Grade 8's have begun the transition process to ABJ. We had the ABJ Councillors in on Thursday to talk about the fantastic year they will have in grade 9. A reminder to have the options forms filled out by Thursday as we will begin the online registration process at this time If you would like to virtual tour ABJ here is the link to the ABJ virtual open house.

To put it simply, Mr. Driedger is the absolute best! He works incredibly hard and is always willing and eager to help both the staff and students at St.Luke. Mr. Driedger is a tech guru, a dungeon master, a basketball star, a chicken farmer, a leather worker, and the list goes on. We are so blessed to have Mr. Driedger's expertise and passion within our school walls. He’s a master teacher, colleague, and friend. Thank you for all you do Mr. Driedger! Our school community wouldn’t be the same without you!

For more infromation on Kindergarten, Pre-Kindergarten, KinderPlus and our St. Luke's Out of School Care Program please visit the webpage here. This webpage includes a Kindergarten calculator, programming informaiton and transportation information.

EICS Student Registration here

OUR NEXT MEETING

Please join us Monday, March 15th, 2021 at 6:30pm for our next virtual School Council and Parent Association meeting.

Help us funraise for the school by purchasing your groceries at Save On Foods Wye Road in Sherwood Park!

Leave your receipts into library box outside the school. (Please no photo copies or purchases with lottery, prescriptions, gift cards or tobacco products on them)

Once per month the receipts will be picked up and Save On Foods will write your school a cheque for 5% of the total amount of groceries purchased.

Monday, March 1

Tuesday, March 2

• Praise and Worship at 9:00am. Please join us! Click here

Wednesday, March 3

• Early Out! Classes end at 2:00

Thursday, March 4

• Grade 8 ABJ Online Registration at 12:40
  
• Priests Visit

Friday, March 5

• PD Day - No classes for students!

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 sacremental preparation.

Read the lastest bullitin from OLPH. First Sunday of Lent!

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

Phone: 780-467-5470

Mrs. Cathy Hinger

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