Announcements 2/2/17

SPECIAL TODAY:  PASTA W/MEATBALLS
SPECIAL FRIDAY:  BBQ CHICKEN SANDWICH
 DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 2, 2017
ALL SCHOOL
 
LUNCH TODAY: PASTA W/MEATBALLS
LUNCH FRIDAY: BBQ CHICKEN SANDWICH
 
HIGH SCHOOL
 
If you think you have ordered a Sadie's ticket, PLEASE READ!  
If the form is not generated from both accounts, the process is not completed correctly and FLHS does not have permission to charge your tuition account for the cost of the ticket and your name does not appear on the guest list.
Please be aware that the basic information (name, date's name, etc.) to be completed on the form should be filled out through the student's account.  Students are required to sign the form through the students' account.
Parents must sign the form that they agree to the charge on your student account and give you permission to attend the dance through their parent account. Only one parent's signature is required.
 
Please be aware that the time of the Sadie's dance has been changed7 - 7:30 pm check-in time.  7:30 - 9:30 dinner and dancing.  9:30 dance ends, doors open.
#spreadthenews #markyourcalendars 
 
High School Praise Band Auditions February 16th in the CPAC.  
Bring your Heart for Jesus, your guitar, your drums, Bring your keys and your bass. Bring your vocals and your passion for music.  
AUDITIONS:  Thursday, February 16th @ 3:15 in the CPAC.   
INFORMATIONAL meeting:  Thursday, February 9th @ 3:10 in Room 219.  
PACKETS:  available in room 219
 
Climbing Club begins in MARCH for students in all grades. The club will take place on Tuesdays from 3:30-4:45 at Red Rock Climbing Center. Cost is $40 and includes your month-long gym membership. For more information, please attend our info meeting on Tuesday, February 28 at 3:15in portable 51.
 
POLAND MISSION TRIP
Mr. Crowder is looking for students to join him this summer in Bielsko-Biala, Poland for the 3rd annual Day Camp.  We teach English, play games with kids, sing songs, do crafts, and have a great time meeting Polish youth who are around the same age, in addition to the most important job of sharing the Gospel with kids in Poland.  This trip will fulfill ALL your service hours, and is A LOT of fun.  The dates of this year's trip July 14-25, and the cost is $2,500, a slight decrease from last year.  The registration deadline is March 31.  If you have any questions, please see Mr. Crowder for details. (3/31)
 
SERVICE HOURS OPPORTUNITY:
If you are in need of service hours, here is an opportunity on Presidents weekend.  This race needs volunteers to man the aid station.  JackPot is a premier ultra running event located at Cornerstone Park in Henderson.  
Go to the link below to sign up.  
This is a long holiday weekend, so please take that into consideration before signing up.
See Ms Uhlig for more questions.  (2/17)
 
 
PRINCETON REVIEW SAT CLASS
In cooperation with Princeton Review, Faith Lutheran is offering Princeton Review's Ultimate SAT course on campus, which includes 30 hours of instruction and 4 full-length diagnostic practice exams on Saturday mornings at 9:00. This course is valued at $1099, but Faith students can take it for only $599. The next available course starts with a practice test on March 18 and runs mostly Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 9:00 PM through May 24 leading up to the June 3 SAT. Exact dates for the classes are listed below. To sign up please fill out the form at this link by March 6  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDJYTEl5VFF0UGR4Q3diUzFTUWF2RXc6MQ. The total $599 for the class will be added to your tuition bill once the class has begun. Contact Mr. Buikema at buikemad@flhsemail.org or 804-4400 for more information.    (3/6)
 Spring 2017 – SAT
3/18              Test 1
3/20              Class 1
3/22              Class 2
3/27              Class 3
3/29              Class 4
4/1                 Test 2
4/18              Class 5
4/19              Class 6
4/24              Class 7
4/26              Class 8
5/13              Test 3
5/15              Class 9
5/17              Class 10
5/20              Test 4
5/22              Class 11
5/24              Class 12
 
ATTENTION ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
If you want to work on speed, agility, and strength while learning MMA then you need to sign up for next years’ MMA Class.   You will need to sign up via the following google form link: MMA Google Doc
This link will also be sent out through constant contact.  If you have any questions, contact Coach Shallenberger at shallenbergerm@flhsemail.org
 
Seniors - If you are planning on graduating with an endorsement from one of our Academies, you need to fill out the appropriate Program Timeline & Checklist, have it signed by a counselor, and turn it in to the Academy Coordinator or their mailbox by February 15th. The Program Timeline & Checklist can be found on each Academy website, midway down the page. If you have questions regarding any adjustments made to the course requirements for you, see the Academy Coordinator to adjust it, but you must still submit paperwork by the deadline to receive the endorsement.
Justice & Advocacy - www.faithlutheranlv.org/JA - Ms. Uy (Courtroom)
Business & Entrepreneurship - www.faithlutheranlv.org/BE - Mr. Connolly (Room 122)
Film & Broadcast - www.faithlutheranlv.org/FB - Mr. Diaz or Mrs. Gravitt (Room 221)
STEM - www.faithlutheranlv.org/STEM - Mrs. Blank (Room 312)
 
Attention 8th-11th graders!  Would you like to visit the amazing Inca ruins of Machu Picchu?  Sail to an island on Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake? Explore Lima, the historic capital of Peru?  Or walk the streets of Cuzco, the ancient capital of the Incas?  Then join Ms. Gieseke and Mr. Crowder on a trip to Peru during spring break 2018 (March 29-April 7, 2018).  We know it is a long way off, but start thinking about it NOW.  If you have any questions or need further information, please talk to or email Ms. Gieseke or Mr. Crowder.  Stay tuned for more information!  (6/25)
 
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God." In Philippians 4:6, God calls us to pray to Him about anything and everything in all situations. A new prayer group is starting up to do just that. The group will meet twice a week on Mondays and Fridays in room 112 at 7am, and the sole purpose of the group will be to pray for this school and those in it, this city, this country, and this world. If you are in need of prayer, whether you are a faculty member or a student, you are welcome to come on Monday mornings starting on September 12 and the members of the group will pray for you in person. If you want to request prayer, but not in person, you can send emails to request@flhsemail.org. If you are interested in joining the group and praying for everything under the sun, please contact Hannah Hines by email (hh8604@flhsemail.org) for more information or to confirm your intent to join. The first informational meeting for the members will be sometime next week. More information on that meeting to come.      6/2
 
MIDDLE SCHOOL
All middle school students interested in a middle school eSports clubneed to see Mr. Schumacher after school in room 105 for more information and a permission slip
 
Current 7th Graders:
 
Applications for National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) will be distributed in the next few weeks.  If you qualify for an application, you will receive and email from Mrs. Grant.  You will then go to her room to pick up your application.  To be considered for membership, you must have attended Faith Lutheran all of sixth grade through first semester seventh grade.  The only exception to this rule is if you attended First Good Shepherd School all of sixth grade.  You must also have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.8. 
 
ATTENTION ATHLETES:  3rd quarter 3week check eligibility forms are due this Friday, Feb. 3rd at 3:30.  If Mr. Fredrick is not in his office, please place them in the black lock box outside his office. 
 
****New Club****
Are you interested in learning card tricks? Join the Card Trick Club! We will meet on Wednesdays (starting February 8) from 3:20-4:00 in room 219. You should bring a deck of cards and a few rubber bands. Questions? Email Mrs. Burns at burns@flhsemail.org.                        (2/28)
 
Climbing Club begins in MARCH for students in all grades. The club will take place on Tuesdays from 3:30-4:45 at Red Rock Climbing Center. Cost is $40 and includes your month-long gym membership. For more information, please attend our info meeting on Tuesday, February 28 at 3:15in portable 51.
 
Middle School Course Requests for the 2017-2018 School Year
If students have additional questions about scheduling, they will have the option to meet with a counselor. The links for students to use to sign up for these meetings will be included on the course request page. 
Course requests will be open until February 3.  
 
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God." In Philippians 4:6, God calls us to pray to Him about anything and everything in all situations. A new prayer group is starting up to do just that. The group will meet twice a week on Mondays and Fridays in room 112 at 7am, and the sole purpose of the group will be to pray for this school and those in it, this city, this country, and this world. If you are in need of prayer, whether you are a faculty member or a student, you are welcome to come on Monday mornings starting on September 12 and the members of the group will pray for you in person. If you want to request prayer, but not in person, you can send emails to request@flhsemail.org. If you are interested in joining the group and praying for everything under the sun, please contact Hannah Hines by email (hh8604@flhsemail.org) for more information or to confirm your intent to join. The first informational meeting for the members will be sometime next week. More information on that meeting to come.      6/2
 
Attention 8th-11th graders!  Would you like to visit the amazing Inca ruins of Machu Picchu?  Sail to an island on Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake? Explore Lima, the historic capital of Peru?  Or walk the streets of Cuzco, the ancient capital of the Incas?  Then join Ms. Gieseke and Mr. Crowder on a trip to Peru during spring break 2018 (March 29-April 7, 2018).  We know it is a long way off, but start thinking about it NOW.  The first informational meeting is Thursday, September 15th, at 6:30 p.m. in the library. If you have any questions or need further information, please talk to or email Ms. Gieseke or Mr. Crowder.  Stay tuned for more information!  (6/25)
 
DEVOTIONAL
Necessity of Suffering 
Psalm 105:17-43 He brought His people out of Egypt with joy, His chosen ones with rejoicing (v.43).
A chrysalis was hanging from a branch. Inside, a butterfly seemed to be struggling. Curious to witness its emergence, an observer waited. Time passed, however, and the insect was still trapped in its self-made prison. So the person made a small tear in the chrysalis— hoping to relieve the butterfly’s struggle and suffering. It soon died, for the struggle to be free is essential to making a butterfly strong enough to survive. Without adversity, it won’t achieve maturity.       
When we first read Psalm 105, it appears to be a joyful account of praise and worship, remembering all the things God had done for His people Israel. And it is! But if we look closer, we see that the events described were neither fun nor happy—quite the contrary. Joseph, used by God to deliver Israel, was first sold into slavery and dragged off in chains (vv.17-18). God’s chosen people were later mistreated and enslaved in Egypt (v.25).    
It couldn’t have been easy for the Israelites to see all the plagues of Egypt erupt around them while the Egyptians’ hate turned white hot against them (vv. 28-38). Even the accounts of Moses striking a rock to produce water and the arrival of quail in the desert were times of intense trial and stress for God’s people (vv.40-41). Whole families— exhausted, thirsty, hungry—wandered in a foreign desert.  
This is the way God works: providing in the midst of our suffering in order to develop and mature us. By doing so, He brings honor to His name and leads us to worship Him for who He is, not simply because life is going well. Struggles present opportunities to praise Him even as our faith is being tested. And His power provides what we need during our times of necessary suffering. —Russell Fralick
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Read Hebrews 5:5-9 and consider what Jesus experienced through suffering.
Can you ask God to make you thankful for your current challenges? What has He taught you through past trials to equip you to help others as they struggle today?
 
 
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