Announcements for 4/3/25 A Day

April 3, 2025

LUNCH: Students must order lunch a week in advance via a Google form here: Week of 04.07.2025-04.11.2025. https://forms.gle/wD8hRSzk7uBdbF4z7 - The deadline to order meals for the week is FRIDAY at 2:30pm. Funds will be deducted from the student/faculty My School Bucks account. **Orders are charged even if they are not picked up. ** Orders must be placed from the student’s Loyola Google account/email. Orders not picked up by the 2nd half of lunch will be made available for sale. If you will be late due a meeting, test, etc, please arrange to have your lunch picked up. Due to our vendor agreement with our Cafe provider, fast food or delivery are not allowed. Lunch should either be ordered from the Cafe, or brought from home. No exceptions.

MUTT HOUSE: We are asking that students bring dog toys, treats, food, etc to their home rooms by April 4th to go towards the Mutt House Rescue Shelter. The homeroom with the most donations gets a donut party sometime next week.

LACROSSE: If you are going to be in the Lafayette area this weekend, the varsity Loyola Lacrosse team has an away game at Southside High School Friday, April 4th at 5:30pm against St. Paul’s. Come support your Flyers if you are in the area!!

SGA: Executive Board Elections are coming up, and we are having an interest meeting Thursday during lunch in B3. If you’re interested in student government at higher level for next year in any regard, please attend.

Please support our fellow Flyer family, the Blanchards, as they recover from their recent house fire. Please donate at https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/prdembd?ref=ZZHNN9OEJC04EEM_ZZ66FM5BZAKMHUA.” The last day to donate is 4/4/25

BASKETBALL RUMMAGE SALE: On Saturday, April 5th, from 8 am - 12 pm, the boy's and girl's basketball teams will hold the inaugural Loyola Basketball Spring Rummage Sale. This is a fundraiser for both teams. Loyola Basketball Rummage Sale.png

SENIOR PARENTS: The deadline for Casino Night reservation/donation/volunteer is Friday, April 11. Tickets for the party are $110 per senior. This includes all food, drinks, entertainment and prizes. Checks should be made payable to Loyola Parents’ Association, with Casino Night in the memo section. Please submit the reservation form sent to your email with payment to the school office.

REGISTRATION: Registration for the 2025-2026 school year has begun. Please make sure your account has been created in FACTS in order to start the registration process. The link for information to create the FACTS Family Portal account is: https://factsmgt.com/

The deadline to register is Monday, March 17. After that date, the registration fee will increase to $500.

LA GATOR: **New 2025-2026 School Choice Funding Opportunity through the State of Louisiana, LA Gator**

Student applications for the 2025-2026 school year will open on March 1 and will be available at lagator.la.gov. The deadline to apply is April 15, 2025.

Prepare in advance and check your eligibility by reviewing the LA GATOR eligibility requirements to ensure you qualify and use the eligibility pre-screener to check your status.

STUDENT LEAD ROSARY: Student-led rosary every Tuesday at 7:15 am in the St. Michael Chapel. All students, faculty, and parents are welcome.

PARENT ROSARY: Loyola Parent Rosary Group will meet to pray the rosary every Wednesday at 1:30pm in St. Michael's Chapel. All parents are welcome to attend. Also, please email [email protected] with any prayer requests or questions.

SHIP: Support for Humanitarianism through Intercontinental Projects (SHIP) through LSU Health Shreveport will be hosting Pre-Med Day for high school students on Sunday, April 13th, 2025. Attached is a flyer with further information about the event.

SERVICE HOUR OPPORTUNITIES:

SJB VBS: Looking for Mountains of Fun! Volunteer for the Cathedral of St. John Berchmans VBS - True North, Trusting Jesus in a wild world. June 2nd - 6th 2025 8:00 am - 1:00 pm Volunteers are required to attend each day of VBS to help children learn in a fun creative way how we can Trust Jesus in all things. Volunteers can earn up to 20 plus hours, beginning on May 30, 2025, with orientation and volunteering the entire week of VBS.

Contact the Cathedral Office at (318) 221-5296 or visit our Cathedral website at www.sjbcathedral.org

SJS: Sporting clay tournament at the Shreveport Gun Club to benefit St. Joseph School. Volunteers are needed the day of the event, Saturday April 5. The times for volunteers would be from 11am-1pm.The duties would include calculating scores and picking up spent hulls and signage after the tournament has ended. Volunteers can contact Andrew Pringle via email ([email protected]) or phone 318.347.5227.

FOOD BANK: Food Bank of NWLA has a need for volunteers!! We’re reaching out to our amazing community to help fill the gap! Martha's Market and the Senior Box Distribution need volunteers for April!

If you're available, we’d love to have you! Your support makes a huge difference, especially in times like this. You can click on the links below to check out the sign ups.

CLICK HERE! Martha's Market Pantry APRIL 2025

CLICK HERE! CSFP - April 14th, 2025

GARDEN PARK:Garden Park meets every Wednesday, from 3 pm - 4 pm, at 9111 Linwood Avenue. Each week we participate in different and fun activities with the residents of Garden Park. For more information on this service hour opportunity, please contact Ms. Barker.

GREENWOOD CLEANUP DAY: The Town of Greenwood is coming together with Louisiana for "Love the Boot Week", which is Louisiana's largest litter removal and beautification effort. Citizens, volunteers, and law enforcement within the town along with town leaders, are volunteering their time on April 5, beginning at 8am to do an "outside-In" clean-up effort of the town. We will begin on the outskirts and work toward the center of town where we will all meet and fellowship at William Peter's Town Park. Please sign by going to Lovetheboot.org, click on volunteer at an event, and type in the zip code 71033. Volunteer under Greenwood is a Great Place to Live.

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