Announcements 3/2/23
LUNCH TODAY: SOUP BOWL STATION, CHEESEBURGER & FRIES, BUFFALO CRISPY CHICKEN SANDWICH, PIZZA
LUNCH FRIDAY: HAWAIIAN LOCO MOCO PLATE LUNCH, PIZZA, CHICKEN TENDERS, CORN DOG & FRIES
DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
MARCH 2, 2023
LUNCH TODAY: SOUP BOWL STATION, CHEESEBURGER & FRIES, BUFFALO CRISPY CHICKEN SANDWICH, PIZZA
LUNCH FRIDAY: HAWAIIAN LOCO MOCO PLATE LUNCH, PIZZA, CHICKEN TENDERS, CORN DOG & FRIES
HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Peccole Little League Opening Day – Volunteers Needed
Saturday, March 25, 2023 - 8AM – 3PM*
Rainbow Family Park (7151 W Oakey Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89117)
Please join us to celebrate Peccole Little League’s Opening Day. We need help with the following areas:
- Set-Up
- Ticket Sales
- Concessions
- Ticket Collection
- Game Attendant
- Clean Up
We understand student schedules are busy and welcome help for all or part of this time frame. Please contact Ashley Teel at (702) 526-7850 or peccoleashley@gmail.com (3/24)
NJHS and SHH are sponsoring an Easter Basket Drive benefiting Children's Heart Foundation. If you wish to donate an Easter basket or individual candies, plush toys, chocolate, etc., please bring them to the business office, front office, or to Mrs. Grant's room...224. (3/31)
Junior Golf Seminar
WEDNESDAY MARCH 29th from 6PM - 7PM, Faith Lutheran HS Arena Gym
Faith Lutheran MS + HS: Cy Frederick
SNJGA Tournament Director: Joe Sawaia
PGA Professional: Craig Barlow
Join us for a free informational seminar to discuss all things junior
golf in the Las Vegas Valley. Topics covered will range from:
Local junior golf & benefit of playing locally
Middle & high school golf opportunities
Understanding junior golf ranking systems
College recruiting and earning scholarships
2023-2024 High School Cheer Tryouts
The tryout registration is now available for all current/incoming 8th-11th graders. Please fill out the google form and more information will be sent to you by February 28th. If you have any questions, please see Coach Tonniges in 603, in the CPAC, across from the band room or email at tonnigest@flhsemail.org (3/23)
The tryout registration is now available for all current/incoming 8th-11th graders. Please fill out the google form and more information will be sent to you by February 28th. If you have any questions, please see Coach Tonniges in 603, in the CPAC, across from the band room or email at tonnigest@flhsemail.org (3/23)
LOOKING FOR A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME way to spend your SUMMER VACATION?
UPDATE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL- Available to all HS students.
For a variety of reasons, our location and dates have had to change for 22-23 international travel with our partner company, ACIS. We will have ONE trip opportunity for Summer 2023 (May 30- June 7). Our new location is GREECE! We will spend time in cities such as Athens, Kalamata, and Patras- with opportunities for an island-hopping cruise.
If you will be a rising 9th or outgoing 12th grader for Summer of 2023 (just finished 8th or just graduated from high school), we encourage you to apply as quickly as possible to lock in your lowest pricing. Follow the link for registration: https://acis.com/tripsite-trip-overview/?key=MjAyM3w5NTI2Mw
Please email Ms. Gieseke or Mr. Klenz for more information!"
FILM CLUB is an exciting AFTER SCHOOL CLUB where students can watch Movies with friends and gain insight into their production. We start at 2:45 on Thursdays in room 118 and end at varying times depending on the movie.
Want to help with chapel, but don’t like public speaking? Want to help document, film, and edit chapel services? If so, don’t hesitate to join the AV Club today! Beginners are welcome! Email skyler.tan24@flhsemail.org for more information!
Don't struggle alone! 24 hour one on one tutoring is available to all Faith students through our partnership with tutor.com by Princeton Review!
Students can access tutors (and a bunch of other homework support!) through the student Crusader Connect. Each of the core classes will have a "Homework Help" icon on the topics board with the link below. Clicking the link will take you to the tutors.
HS SPORTS INFORMATION
IMPORTANT INFORMATION/REMINDERS
REGISTERING FOR SPORTS IN AKTIVATE
(Formerly Register My Athlete)
--ALL athletes must be registered for sports in Aktivate.
--To start your registration, please log in and click on start/complete registration for the 2022/2023 school year.
--Aktivate instructions can be found on: Crusader Connect, Resources Page under Sports Physicals.
NIAA PHYSICAL FORMS
New physicals are required every 12 months.
--Physicals EXPIRE 12 months from the date of previous physical.
--Please upload into Aktivate, the completed NIAA Physical Forms B (2 pages) & D (1 page) in order to complete athlete’s registration.
--Physical forms/instructions can be found on: Crusader Connect, Resources Page under Sports Physicals.
COMPLETE/INCOMPLETE AKTIVATE REGISTRATIONS
--When a physical is approved, you will receive an email from Aktivate.
--If you don’t show receiving an email or want to check on the status of your athlete’s registration, please log into your Aktivate account.
TRANSFER STUDENTS
(For new 10TH, 11TH & 12TH GRADE ONLY)
If you are transferring from out of state or from another school you MUST complete your transfer in Aktivate ASAP. DO NOT WAIT. The approval process for transfer students can take weeks or months to get completed & approved. This could affect your athlete participating in their season.
If you have any questions, please contact Cindy Sideco.
MIDDLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
MS Track & Field practices begin 3/6!
The first three practices are divided up by grade. Sixth graders will report on Monday, March 6th, seventh graders on Tuesday, March 7th, and Wednesday, March 8th is for all eighth graders. ALL athletes are expected to be at practice on Thursday, March 9th. A "Completed" status on Aktivate is required. Athletes should change into practice clothes and report to the first set of bleachers at the track with all belongings and a full water bottle by 3:30pm. Practices this first week will conclude at 5:00pm. (3/9)
NJHS and SHH are sponsoring an Easter Basket Drive benefiting Children's Heart Foundation. If you wish to donate an Easter basket or individual candies, plush toys, chocolate, etc., please bring them to the business office, front office, or to Mrs. Grant's room...224. (3/31)
Reminder to 7th graders that NJHS applications are due to Mrs. Grant no later than Thursday, March 2 at 3:20. They must be delivered to her personally in room 224. (3/3)
MS Co-Ed Tennis is about to begin!
Interest Meeting: Monday, February 27th at 3:30pm in the Library
Interest Meeting: Monday, February 27th at 3:30pm in the Library
Tryouts 3/6 & 3/7 - 3:30-5:00pm
First practice will be 3/9 - 3:30-5:00pm
Season runs from Mid-March through the beginning of May
Junior Golf Seminar
WEDNESDAY MARCH 29th from 6PM - 7PM, Faith Lutheran HS Arena Gym
Faith Lutheran MS + HS: Cy Frederick
SNJGA Tournament Director: Joe Sawaia
PGA Professional: Craig Barlow
Join us for a free informational seminar to discuss all things junior
golf in the Las Vegas Valley. Topics covered will range from:
Local junior golf & benefit of playing locally
Middle & high school golf opportunities
Understanding junior golf ranking systems
College recruiting and earning scholarships
2023-2024 High School Cheer Tryouts
The tryout registration is now available for all current/incoming 8th-11th graders. Please fill out the google form and more information will be sent to you by February 28th. If you have any questions, please see Coach Tonniges in 603, in the CPAC, across from the band room or email at tonnigest@flhsemail.org (3/23)
The tryout registration is now available for all current/incoming 8th-11th graders. Please fill out the google form and more information will be sent to you by February 28th. If you have any questions, please see Coach Tonniges in 603, in the CPAC, across from the band room or email at tonnigest@flhsemail.org (3/23)
LOOKING FOR A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME way to spend your SUMMER VACATION?
UPDATE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL- Available to all HS and rising 9th grade students. For a variety of reasons, our location and dates have had to change for 22-23 international travel with our partner company, ACIS. We will have ONE trip opportunity for Summer 2023 (May 30- June 7). Our new location is GREECE! We will spend time in cities such as Athens, Kalamata, and Patras- with opportunities for an island-hopping cruise. If you will be a rising 9th or outgoing 12th grader for Summer of 2023 (just finished 8th or just graduated from high school), we encourage you to apply as quickly as possible to lock in your lowest pricing. Follow the link for registration: https://acis.com/tripsite-trip-overview/?key=MjAyM3w5NTI2Mw
Please email Ms. Gieseke or Mr. Klenz for more information!
Don't struggle alone! 24 hour one on one tutoring is available to all Faith students through our partnership with tutor.com by Princeton Review!
Students can access tutors (and a bunch of other homework support!) through the student Crusader Connect. Each of the core classes will have a "Homework Help" icon on the topics board with the link below. Clicking the link will take you to the tutors.
DEVOTIONS
Today’s Reading:
Daily Lectionary: Gen. 11:27-12:20, Mark 4:1-20
“Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path…Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil…Other seed fell among thorns…And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain…” (St. Mark 4:3-8)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. This Gospel text tends to cause a lot of navel-gazing. It makes us look at ourselves too much; and sometimes, we use this text to judge others, too. We try too hard to figure out which kind of soil we (and the people around us) are. We look too much at ourselves and others and forget the whole point of what is happening here at the very heart of the text. So, let’s focus on the sower.
Today’s farmers are very meticulous. Soil analysis, moisture content, drainage, nutrient levels—these all contribute to a successful harvest. The sower seems a bit foolish when you look at things that way. We are all about harvesting the most produce with the least amount of input. But the sower is just foolish.
He throws the seed all over the place, flinging it all over the ground with not the least bit of care as to where it lands. Sure, he ultimately gets a good crop that produces thirty, sixty, and a hundred times more than he planted, but what about the wasted seed?
What about it, indeed? Later, Jesus says this seed is the Word of God, and the types of soil reflect the types of people who hear it. Yes, it is imperative to be the soil in which the Word grows, but you didn’t make yourself that good soil, did you? The Sower has already plowed and prepared that soil to receive the Word.
Isaiah proclaims that God’s Word never returns to him empty; it always accomplishes what He sets out to do. So also with you. God’s Word has been landing in the soil of your ears for years. The Holy Spirit has been at work, creating and sustaining your faith. Plowing and turning the ‘soil’ within you so that you might reflect that faith to those around you.
The Word of God will continue to be scattered upon the earth, and there will be places and times when it lands on the road, between rocks, or among thorns. Thanks be to God that he, by the power of that same Word, can change even those hostile places into fertile ground to produce saving faith in the most unlikely places! In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.
Blessed Lord, You have caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning. Grant that we may so hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them that, by patience and comfort of Your holy Word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. (Collect for the Word)
-Pastor Duane Bamsch is the Pastor at Grace Lutheran Church in Grass Valley, CA and the President of Higher Things.
Audio Reflections Speaker: Patrick Sturdivant, Development and Marketing Executive at Higher Things.
Study Christ’s words on the cross to see how you can show more Christlike grace in your life. Perfect for group or individual study, each chapter has a Q&A at the end, and the back of the book includes a leader guide. Available now from Concordia Publishing House.
