On November 25, 2011
The St. Xavier Catholic School and the entire com-munity of Junction City celebrated with a Christmas Parade on November 25, 2011. All the groups gath-ered at Junction City High School at 4:00 pm. There were different decorations and different characters for Christmas. All the
groups started marching at 5:30 pm along 6th street to 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 Christ-mas that we celebrate.
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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.
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 dona-
tions in with your child at anytime during the food drive! The more the better!!
December
P A G E 2 X F A C T O R F I L E S
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
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.
Choir and Band
Musical Update
P A G E 4 X F A C T O R F I L E S
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.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Next home game : January 6th vs. B&B @ 7:30
St. Xavier High School
1/5 - @ ST.X .vs. Hope 5:00
1/12 [email protected] .vs. Centre 5:00
1/19 - Lucky (Manhattan ) -5:00
1/23 - Abilene (boys) 4:00
DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Name Grade
Benedic Flores 10th grade
Alexander Long 10th grade
Matthew Nyberg 10th grade
Broc Fontenot 9th grade
Jemika Pearce 8th grade
Joshua Keating 6th grade
Natalie Santa 6th grade
Christopher Vercher 5th grade
Jakob Vercher 4nd grade
Zahira Tanaka 3st grade
Maddison Nickerson 2st grade
Jacob Black 1st grade
Jayson Harris Kindergarten
Kara Griffin Kindergarten
Rebecca Peterson Kindergarten
Nicholas Murphy 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 Of-
fertory. 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 wel-
comed by principal, Lori Balderrama. Shelby Wood was announced as the essay winner. Af-
ter 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, Jen-
nifer Jeanmarie, Jacob Keating, Cesar Robles, Leah Smith, Micah Smith, Christopher Blake
Vercher, and Shelby Wood.
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 informa-
tion 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.
This person likes to play
sports, read, is very involved
in school, as well as out of
school, and is 5’ 9” tall.
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“GUESS WHO”
Last month’s Winner:
Kelli Terstegen
Last month’s mystery
per-
son:: Mrs. Meseke
Merry Christ
mas!