Dec. 7th: No School

Professional

Development

Dec. 23th , Christmas

Vacation begins

Jan. 4, Classes

Resume

Calendar Notes

KNIGHT NEWS Kuemper Catholic School Kuemper High School December 2020

From the Principal’s Desk . . . We just came off some really warm temps not too long ago and now it's looking a bit more like winter is approaching outside. In fact its lightly snowing right now (but thankfully melting immediately) I wouldn’t mind those warmer temperatures back, although I’d never complain about a nice gentle snow on Christmas Day. It has certainly been an historic year. We are so incredibly grateful that we have been able to have face to face school for the whole year so far for the majority of our students, with little spread of COVID within our school or our activities. We know there are many things during this pandemic we cannot control, so we greatly appreciate your efforts at home to continue to follow the guidance so we have a better chance of keeping our most vulnerable as safe as possible, our hospital serving our residents, keep our kids in school face to face, and keep our activities going strong. We especially appreciate your support of keeping students learning if they are impacted by a quarantine, exposure, or testing positive themselves. For any student who is home, but not symptomatic, we expect that they are logged in daily following their normal class schedule. We know for most of you may be at work while they are home during the day and we understand. But your encouragement and support of them staying in tune with their learning makes the transition back to school so much easier. If you have any issues during the quarantine, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the specific teacher or myself right away so we can problem solve. We have received so many notes so far that encourage us, that for those students who take full advantage of the ability to attend live class remotely at their normal class time, how much more learning they retain. We are now entering into my favorite Church season (though I completely recognize Lent and Easter are more important) of Advent. This quiet season of anticipation of great joy mirrors the natural ebb and flow of the seasons at this time. Things begin to quiet, the days grow shorter, and we all huddle in a bit more. Waiting. Anticipating. Such a beautiful time to reflect and cherish our faith and our families. We continue to work hard at school to keep adapting our teaching to not only meet the needs of our students today, but also with the changing realities of this school year in particular. We are discussing more what rigor looks like in the 2020 school year, and how we keep students engaged and growing academically, spiritually? How do we continue to also develop skills and tendencies to become successful adults? We are grateful at this time to count all of you as members of our Kuemper family and we hope you have a truly blessed Advent!

Spreading Christmas Joy KHS has a tradition of giving to the needy this season. For several reasons this year adopting a family for Christmas is not going to work. But even though we won't be buying presents for families this year we can still be present to others who because of age or health are isolated and lonely. The Theology department decided to reach out to the people in nursing homes, assisted living and shut ins. All Theology students will be making and sending a card to a resident. All are invited to also join in this effort. It could be making decorations for their door or room. You could film a short presentation, carol or greeting on YouTube for a site that they could watch on their tablets. It doesn’t have to be much to let them know you care, they love to hear good local news and would love our prayers for them - a spiritual bouquet. Let Deacon Tim Murphy know if you would like to help in anyway. Send any questions or if you would like to help to tjmurphy@kuemper.org.

Holiday Scrip Calendar

Use Scrip for all your holiday needs! - Christmas Presents for your family, teachers, child care providers, mail carrier, hair stylist etc - Groceries for Christmas dinner or your holiday goodies -Gas cards for roadtrip to Grandmas or for your college student to get home -Gift cards make great stocking stuffers! Not a scrip user? Contact Sarah Muhlbauer to get started & start saving on your tuition! sbmuhlbauer@kuemper.org or 712-792-2123 ext 624 Please note: No Scrip week of 11/23 for Thanksgiving

Break No Scrip weeks of 12/21 - 1/1 for Christmas Break Scrip resumes January 4

Large Group Speech

Large Group Speech - Speech will be held this year, but like most activities during this pandemic, it will be different. Students will be able to perform in small groups and there will be district and state contests. The contests can be done virtually or at a location with judges in a small venue of no more than 5 schools present. We appreciate your continued support and are anxious to get rehearsals started. We expect Kuemper groups to be successful! -Mrs. Glass and Mrs. Gute

Senior News Turn in senior pictures for the 2020-21 Lance yearbook before March. Fiscus and Niceswanger will supply us with the picture you selected, any other photographs should be sent to rdwintermote@kuemper.org.

The slide show for Baccalaureate requires a baby or toddler picture of every senior. Please write the senior’s name on the back of the photo and send it to Rusty Wintermote with your senior. They will be scanned and returned right away. If there is a digital copy, send it to rdwintermote@kuemper.org

Mission Honduras

Raffle drawing

The decision has been made to carry over the Mission Honduras raffle money into the TFJO account. Father Behm, surrounded by the Father Kuemper Grotto drew three winning raffle tickets. The tumbler was full of over 200 raffle tickets. Normally these ticket sales would be over 500-600 tickets, but since we had to "pull the plug" on Mission Honduras sales were lighter than normal. Third place goes to Rita Anderson. 2nd place goes to Ken Nees

First place and a $500 winner was Mr. Mark Kloser. Mr. Kloser was to have gone into Honduras and Mr Kloser sold

a good share of raffle tickets. Mr. Kloser has graciously decided to give back his winnings. That is around 3,000

meals that Mark has personally given back to the people of Honduras through the TFJO packing event yet to be

realized. Spring 2021 GOD willing!

Did You Know?

Please take a moment to fill out a free/reduced price meal application if you haven't already. There are a few Kuemper programs that are funded based on free/reduced numbers. Go to kuemper.org/meals & download the "Free/Reduced Meal Application", fill out & return the completed form to Jina Brincks, 116 S. East Street, Carroll, IA 51401 or email to jabrincks@kuemper.org. Thank you!

December & January

Guidance Calendar

December 12- ACT Test Date January 8- ACT Registration Deadline for February Test Date

Senior Guidance

All seniors should have college applications completed by now. Families are also encouraged to file the FAFSA if they have not done so already. More local scholarship opportunities should be arriving soon!! Please have your student check their school emails, "2021 Scholarships" Google Drive folder, and scholarship board in the hall outside of Ms. Hackathorn’s office for scholarship opportunities as they become available. A list of current scholarship opportunities available can also be found on the Kuemper website by going to the School Information drop down menu, then click High School, and Senior Scholarships. This list is being continuously updated as new scholarships become available. All applications may be turned into Ms. Hackathorn.

Course Registration for the 2021

-2022 School Year Course registration for the 2021-22 year will begin in January/February. Students will receive registration materials in school. Parents, you are encouraged to review your son/daughter's course requests. These will be able to view through Infinite Campus once course requests have been entered and the course booklet can be found on the Kuemper website. It is important to review the course requests, and make any necessary changes prior to building the schedule. Making final course selections beforehand will ensure students are scheduled into appropriate & desired courses in the 21-22 school year.