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Christmas Parade On November 25, 2011
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School and the entire community of Junction City celebrated with a Christmas Parade on November 25, 2011. All the groups gathered at Junction City High School at 4:00 pm. There were different decorations and different characters for Christmas. All the
the center of downtown. Two students held the school banner and behind them the school band played Christmas songs. There was cheering along the entire route. The Christmas parade is one of the loveliest and special moments for Christmas that we celebrate.
St. Xavier’s Food Drive!!!! School Goal- 3000 Food items!!! When- November 15 - January 27 Please help your child(ren) help those in need!! St. Xavier’s annual Open Door food drive helps feed local families in need!! Our school goal this year is to try and collect 3000 food items!! Please send any non-perishable food donations in with your child at anytime during the food drive! The more the better!!
SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT The mission of Saint Xavier Catholic School is to educate the whole person— body, mind and spirit—in Christian values in accordance with our Catholic faith tradition.
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K-4 Christmas Concert On December 7, all students in Kindergarten through 4th grade, along with the St. Xavier Stringers, performed their annual Christmas concert. All the students dressed up as pilgrim children or elves. Held in the church , the concert included songs such as “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”, “Here We Come A-Caroling”, and “Silent Night”, where the audience was invited to sing along. Mrs. Corlett accompanied with the violin on “O Christmas, Christmas”. The first year students in Stringers performed traditional Christmas songs such as “Jingle Bells”, “Jolly Old St. Nicholas”, and “Dreidle”. Second year Stringers performed “We Three Kings”, “Up on the Housetop”, “Angels We Have Heard on High”, and “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”. Together they played “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”. All the students seemed to enjoy the feedback from the audience to all their hard work. In my opinion, the students did a fantastic job and should keep up the good work and dedication! -By Cayley Reeves
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Musical Update Choir and Band This year’s high school choir has grown in numbers and also in talent! The choir consists of 18 members. The choir sang at the Hoover Opera House as a opening act for a play going on at the time on Saturday, December 3rd. They also performed their first concert on Thursday, December 8th at Saint Xavier. Middle school choir has also grown and has growing talent. Mr. Weber is their instructor and they too performed their first
concert on Thursday, December 8th at Saint Xavier. Our school band has recently participated the towns Christmas Parade playing a wide array of Christmas melodies. The band along with the choirs performed a concert on Thursday, December 8th at Saint Xavier. They played the national anthem and a mixture of Christmas songs.
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St. Xavier High School Boy’s Head Coach – Kent Griffin The boy’s first home game was on December 13, against Word of Life. The boys lost the game with a score of 55-26. Coach G says ,”It’s a moral victory and it gives us something to build on, the only way to get better is to play better teams. They pointed out some weaknesses that we can work on in practice. We expect teams to have a tougher time of playing us. We feel we can win our next couple of games.” Good luck in the next game.
Girl’s Head Coach – Jamie Humlicek The girl’s first home game was also on December 13, against Word of Life. They fell to their opponent 58-16. Coach H says,” The team is working on the fundamentals and is continues to improve.” Best of luck in the next game.
Next home game : January 6th vs. B&B @ 7:30
1/5 - @ ST.X .vs. Hope 5:00 1/12 -@ST.X .vs. Centre 5:00 1/19 - Lucky (Manhattan ) -5:00 1/23 - Abilene (boys) 4:00
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Benedic Flores Alexander Long Matthew Nyberg Broc Fontenot Jemika Pearce Joshua Keating Natalie Santa Christopher Vercher Jakob Vercher Zahira Tanaka Maddison Nickerson Jacob Black Jayson Harris Kara Griffin Rebecca Peterson Nicholas Murphy
10th grade 10th grade 10th grade 9th grade 8th grade 6th grade 6th grade 5th grade 4nd grade 3st grade 2st grade 1st grade Kindergarten Kindergarten Kindergarten Kindergarten
Students hold shower for Baby Jesus A baby shower for Jesus was held on December 16 at Saint Xavier Catholic School. Students brought wrapped baby items to Mass which were taken up to the altar during the Offertory. After Mass, the gifts were brought back to the school, unwrapped and given to Birthline a pregnancy resource center that cares for mothers and babies. After students unwrapped the gifts, they were treated to muffins and juice in the school cafeteria. The school has had its annual shower for Baby Jesus for more than 20 years.
Zahirah Tanaka carries her gift to place on the altar during Mass.
St. Xavier Fifth Grade Students Honored A D.A.R.E. Culmination ceremony took place on December 16, 2011 at St. Xavier Catholic School. Fifth grade students from Kent Griffin’s class were guests of honor. Officer Jay M. Wigton of the Junction City Police Department was the students’ instructor for the course. Following the recitation of The Pledge of Allegiance, students and their families were welcomed by principal, Lori Balderrama. Shelby Wood was announced as the essay winner. After being presented with her award, Shelby read her winning essay to the audience. Awards were presented to the fifth grades students by Wigton, Balderrama and Assistant Principal, Russell Swisher. Refreshments were served to the graduates and their families following the ceremony. Honored students were Darlie Calixte, McKayla Greer, Hope Hanlen, Matthew Henning, Jennifer Jeanmarie, Jacob Keating, Cesar Robles, Leah Smith, Micah Smith, Christopher Blake Vercher, and Shelby Wood.
“GUESS WHO” This year the Yearbook Staff is going to continue the mystery person mini game. Like last year, it’s a game that anyone can play as long as you are a student of St. Xavier School. In this game, anyone has an opportunity to “Guess Who’’ the mystery person is. In addition, if anyone can guess the right answer, he/she will be able to claim a prize. For more information just ask Mrs. Fowler. Place your guesses in the box that is located in the computer lab. One winner will be selected at the end of every month.
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