FROM MRS. BUHRMAN

Dear St. Luke Community,
 
We heard a message in mass this morning about God having a plan for each one of us. This caused me to reflect way back to when I was the middle school religion teacher here at St. Luke. I spent the summer reading, studying, and praying. I remember being very confused about this “plan” God had for me. I asked my husband, who is a theologian, how can God have a plan for me, if I have free will. He had a very simple response, he said, ”God has one plan for you and that is for you to be happy.” He went on to say that,”you can’t be happy without love, God is love. If you live in God’s love, you will be happy. If you practice the loving ways Jesus modeled for us, you will be happy.” 

Sometimes, the simple answers are the ones that resonate deeply to the soul. We make our connections and gain understanding of God through the Holy Spirit. This connection is all about love. The foundation of all we recognize as Christians is built on love. Jesus said the most important commandment is to love one another. It all became perfectly clear to me, God wants me to be happy. The way to feel happy is to love one another, and the love connects me to God. It was so simple, so pure. It all seemed to make sense and set me on a path to truly being close to God through loving one another.
 
This simple message of happiness and love is so beautiful. It can transform people, communities, and most importantly, hearts. We are all working together to teach our children that exact message of happiness. Loving one another leads to happiness, and that is God’s plan. Let’s work together to teach our children how to follow God’s plan through their actions every day. Together we can change our world, one heart at a time. 

Nadine Buhrman
 

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St. Luke Math Team Results

Saturday, October 23rd the St. Luke Math Team competed in the MESAC contest at the Basis Shavano School. We had very stiff competition from our archrivals, Flour Bluff Intermediate, who brought 2 bus loads of kids.  But our 6 competitors did not come away empty handed!

4th grader Makylee Bruce won 9th in Dictionary Skills
 
4th grader Sophia Rodriguez won 10th place in Dictionary Skills

6th grader Ayden Peña won
3rd in Dictionary
7th in Number Sense
1st in Maps Charts and Graphs

6th grader Andrew Sandoval won
8th in Dictionary
6th in Spelling
5th in Science
2nd in Maps Charts & Graphs
2nd in Calculator Applications
1st in History

7th grader Andrea Abejuela won
8th in Maps Charts & Graphs; 5th in History; 4th in Dictionary; 2nd in Spelling

8th grader Tam Nguyen won
7th Spelling; 4th Dictionary; 6th History
We are preparing for our December 11th meet at Alamo Heights Junior High. We have high expectations and a winning attitude!  Thank you for your support!
Ms. Herold,
Math Team Coach

Our heartfelt gratitude to Ms. Herold for her hard work and dedication!
 

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Congratulations to our Rebels football team on their outstanding season! The Rebels are the 2021 AIAL Champions!


Congratulations Volleyball! The Lady Rebels A and B teams both finished their seasons 2nd place in district. Way to go!
 

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Another Amazing Week of Experience Learning at St. Luke!

From coming together to raise funds for our Buddy Bench project at the Hope for the Future Fun Run to Red Ribbon Week activities to celebrating Halloween with the parish Senior Ministry to learning about absorbance in science class to strings class in our fine arts program, the Rebels have been learning and serving our community!
 

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A LOOK AHEAD…

Thurs., Oct. 28 – Living Rosary, 2:00pm
Fri., Oct 29 – PTC Chick-fil-A Lunch
Fri., Oct. 29 – Civvies Day, please make your Civvies Day donation online by 8:00 am
Fri., Oct. 29 – Halloween Car Cinema, Costume Contest, Treats!
Nov. 1 – Nov. 5 – Scholastic Book Fair, Library
Thurs., Nov. 4 – Retakes Individual Student Photos
Fri., Nov. 5 – Noon Dismissal, After-school Care available until 6:00pm
Fri., Nov. 12 – PTC Pizza Lunch, firm deadline to order Fri., Nov. 5
Fri., Nov. 12 - Civvies Day  

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