Announcements 4/3/23
LUNCH TODAY: ORANGE CHICKEN W/RICE OR NOODLE, CHICKEN TENDERS, PIZZA, HOT DOG & FRIES
LUNCH TUESDAY: BEEF NACHOS W/RICE & BEANS, BACON & SWISS FRIED CHICKEN SANDWICH, PIZZA, CORN DOG & FRIES
DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
APRIL 3, 2023
LUNCH TODAY: ORANGE CHICKEN W/RICE OR NOODLE, CHICKEN TENDERS, PIZZA, HOT DOG & FRIES
LUNCH TUESDAY: BEEF NACHOS W/RICE & BEANS, BACON & SWISS FRIED CHICKEN SANDWICH, PIZZA, CORN DOG & FRIES
HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
CAN YOU HELP? Vassiliadis Elementary School Spring Event on Thursday, April 27th from 6-9pm. We will have concession stands, face painting, temporary tattoo's, cookie decorating, a sun catcher painting station and more! We are looking for student volunteers to come help run all booths. If you are interested in helping you can use this sign up to pick what you want to help with. Feel free to sign up for more then 1 hour. https://signup.com/go/aJiqDuR Contact Becky Desautels at 315-484-8799 or beckys.extras@gmail.com with questions. (4/25)
On April 8th, the Desert Dogs will be recognizing our HS girls lacrosse team during half time. If you like lacrosse and want to see the new professional team the Desert Dogs, use the link and get tickets for only $19 each. Go and cheer for our HS girls team and watch the Desert Dogs in action. (4/8)
This is a friendly reminder that you must have a case on your laptop as per school policy. The IT department has seen a substantial increase in damaged devices due to accidents compared to last year. If your computer is damaged and does not have a case on it, you will be charged the full price of the repair! The cost of the repair usually runs around $400 to $500 though this depends on the extent of the damage to the laptop. However, if you have a case on your laptop, you will only be charged $100 for the repair, barring certain circumstances. Of course, the best course of action is to be extra careful with the laptop that the school has assigned to you; please do not be careless with your laptop, such as grabbing it by the screen while it is open. We understand that as we get closer to the end of the school year, things can become hectic but we ask that you please maintain your laptop so that it can also survive! If you have any questions or concerns regarding the case you should use or anything else tech related, please do not hesitate to stop by the IT department.
If you are a current Sophomore (class of 2025) or Junior (class of 2024) and have a cumulative unweighted GPA of 4.0, please check for an email containing a google form from Mrs. Buuck. If you fall in that category and did not get an email, please contact Mrs. Buuck at buuckj@flhsemail.org. (4/6)
Volunteers are needed for the annual Hundley Foundation Walk for Epilepsy! This walk takes place April 23rd at Sunset Park. Volunteer Time: 7:30am - 12:00pm
Charity of the Month program seeking applications for 2023-2024.
In an effort to encourage strong values of philanthropy and community involvement among our students, the Office of Student Life offers the opportunity for students to propose a charity that will receive school-wide support. All charitable fundraising through this program is student led with student leaders working together with the High School Leadership Charity Chair and the Director of Student Life. If you would like to submit a charitable organization for consideration of support during the 2023-24 academic year, please fill out the form attached below. Forms must be returned to the Office of Student Life no later than April 12, 2023. Forms received after this date will not be considered. The application form is at the bottom of the announcement page. Any questions, contact Mrs. Buuck at buuckj@flhsemail.org. (4/10)
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
IMPORTANT INFORMATION/REMINDERS
REGISTERING FOR SPORTS IN AKTIVATE
(Formerly Register My Athlete)
**2023/2024 Aktivate Registration will open on 6/1/23**
--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.
NEW NIAA PHYSICAL FORMS INFORMATION effective 4/1/23
A new physical required every 12 months.
--Physicals EXPIRE 12 months from the date of previous physical.
--The new Pre-Participation form consists of three pages, HEALTH HISTORY FORM, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION FORM & MEDICAL ELIGIBILITY FORM
--Pages 1 and 2, the Health History Form (available in Spanish) and the Physical Examination Form must remain on file with the student’s medical provider. DO NOT upload these forms into Aktivate or turn them into Faith Lutheran.
--**Parents are required to upload page 3, Medical Eligibility Form to Aktivate for approval.**
--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 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
7th graders who applied to NJHS
Please check your emails for an email from Mrs. Grant that will outline the committee's decision. If you did not receive one, please email Mrs. Grant or go see her in room 224.
On April 8th, the Desert Dogs will be recognizing our HS girls lacrosse team during half time. If you like lacrosse and want to see the new professional team the Desert Dogs, use the link and get tickets for only $19 each. Go and cheer for our HS girls team and watch the Desert Dogs in action. (4/8)
MS Cheer Tryouts for 2023-2024. UPDATED
Interest Meeting: Monday, April 17th in the Library at 3:30pm
Interest Meeting: Monday, April 17th in the Library at 3:30pm
Tryouts: April 26th-28th in the Student Center (28th will be in the Aux Gym)
***If you are unable to attend the Interest meeting, please fill out the Google Form and we will send you tryout the information
If you have any questions please contact Coach Josie josiestanek06@gmail.com or Coach Gabby gabbyturner2010@gmail.com (4/28)
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: Matt. 26:1-27:66
Daily Lectionary: Ex 9:1-28, Lam. 2:1-22, Heb 3:1-19
Matthew 26:11: “For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.”
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. It’s easy to question the LORD when He encourages expensive perfume being poured on his feet rather than sold to care for the poor. This is the thing that drove Judas to the chief priests for silver to betray Him. Jesus responds, “The poor you will always have with you”. There will always be sinners who don’t care for them. And it’s unjust. It’s not ok.
We sinners have learned to speak in polarity. Black or white. Full or empty. So on one side, Judas is just wanting to care for the poor. On the other, social justice has become a topic reserved for the ungodly. What we should see is the importance of God. And somehow we’ve found ourselves in a position where we turn our backs on either the least of these, which will end poorly on the last day according to Jesus, or Jesus, which…also will end poorly on the last day. Either we seek justice in the world or joy in our Lord, but both times come up wanting.
Instead of contrasting helping the poor with time in church, justice and joy, let them both be found in Christ. He is our justice and our justification. He is our joy. Judas assumes he loves the poor more than the God who took flesh to die for them. Jesus refuses to let poverty imposed by other sinners divorce someone from the kingdom of heaven. There will be days when it is hard to find Jesus. There will be days when the poverty of this world is overpowering. On those days, the cross matters more, not less. Christ bore the cross for the oppressors and the oppressed. For the sinners and sinned against. We gather around His gifts because no matter what we build otherwise, justice will always be out of reach. No matter how hard we try, how much we give, there will always be more pain, but there is always enough Jesus. That doesn’t mean don’t try to care for the poor. It means make sure that above all else, the Gospel is the measurement of justice, because in Christ we are justified now. There, joy can endure all things. n the Name + of Jesus. Amen.
O sacred Head, now wounded, With grief and shame weighed down, Now scornfully surrounded With thorns, Thine only crown. O sacred Head, what glory, What bliss, till now was Thine! Yet, though despised and gory, I joy to call Thee mine. (O Sacred Head, Now Wounded, LSB 449:1)
– Pastor Kent Schaaf is Pastor at Grace Lutheran Church, Little Rock. AR.
Audio Reflections Speaker: Jonathan Lackey is an LCMS seminarian.
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.
