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.

Christmas Parade

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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 -@ST.X .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!