Announcements 8/29/17
LUNCH TODAY: PHILLY STEAK
LUNCH THURSDAY: GRILLED CHEESE
LUNCH THURSDAY: GRILLED CHEESE
DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 30, 2017
ALL SCHOOL
LUNCH TODAY: PHILLY STEAK
LUNCH THURSDAY: GRILLED CHEESE
HIGH SCHOOL
JOIN US NEXT WEEK at auditions for this year’s High School play HARVEY by Mary Chase.
The play, set in the early 1950’s revolves around Mr. Elwood P. Doud, who’s best friend is a 6-foot invisible rabbit, and chaos ensues!
Auditions will be AFTER SCHOOL:
Tuesday September 5th from 3:30-6:00pm
Wednesday September 6th from 3:30-6:00pm
And Callbacks will be Thursday September 4th from 4:30-7pm
And they will consist of reading “sides” from the script
Email marissam119@gmail.com with any questions! (9/5)
DECA meetingis TODAY at 6:30 pm in the library. (8/30)
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work backstage on a Faith Conservatory show? Now’s your chance to find out! Tech crew applications for HARVEY, the first play of the year, will be available in Mr. Ball’s room THIS WEDNESDAY August 30th and are due by 4:30pm on Thursday September 4th!
We hope you consider joining us for what is sure to be a hilariously fun show! (8/30)
If you have lost your ID card and need a new card printed please stop by the IT office in the library. If your ID card has the wrong ID number and you would like it reprinted please stop by the IT office.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN TRAVELING TO ITALY AND LOS ANGELES?
DO YOU ENJOY DEBATING CURRENT WORLD EVENTS?
DO YOU LIKE FREE PIZZA?
If you said yes to any of these things, come join the Model UN team.
Model U.N. is a simulation of the real United Nations; high school students collaborate to solve the world’s largest issues such as world hunger, water shortages and so forth! If you’re as excited as we are, come out and join us for the Annual Kick-off Practice and Pizza Social Thursday, August 31st, 7:00-8:30 in the library. See you there! (8/31)
STUDENTS, WE ARE SCANNING OUR NETWORK. Please make sure your phone is not on any of our networks. If we find it is, your name will be given to the principal and your phone blocked.
Along the same lines, we know that an individual can figure out the network password, but if we catch your device on the Teacher network, you will also be sent to the principal. If by chance we give you grace and ask you to get off the Teacher network, please do so.
Messaging on your school issued device is not allowed while at school. Period. If we catch you we will usually give you a kind reminder not to message while at school. If we catch you back to messaging and ignoring our request, we will keep the principals busy with you visiting them. They will share with you the consequences.
Games, like STEAM are not allowed at school. Please refrain from using them. If we give you a friendly reminder to not play games or have STEAM running and then catch you again, well, the principals will be busy.
Let us be nice to the principals and not violate these basic rules.
Thank you, the IT department
COMMUNITY CRUSADER SERVICE HOURS OPPORTUNITY:
Pigs for the Kids is having their third annual charity BBQ Competition and Festival on September 23, 2017. This charity benefits children and families fighting childhood cancer. They are currently needing volunteers for Saturday, September 23 from 2:00-6:00 and 5:30-10:00. For more information and to sign up to volunteer, go their website PigsForTheKids.org
Drone Racing - 6-12th graders
- Mr. Diaz, Room 332
- Fridays 3:20-4:20
- Information Meeting - TBD
- Cost - Drone Parts throughout year (9/1)
Applications are available for ViSA, Faith’s Visiting Student Ambassador program, for all students, 6th grade through 12th grade. You can pick up an application in the Admissions office (there are also extra applications outside of the Admissions door). Applications are due August 31st and there is a teacher recommendation included on the form. Any questions, please contact Lori Friel, Admissions Counselor, at lori.friel@flhsemail.org or (702) 804-4413. (8/31)
Our New State-of-the-art studio is up and running!! Want hands-on experience with film production equipment, videography, live broadcasting and mixing? Then come join the video production club!
Our First meeting is Monday after school in room 332 (F&B room) and get involved in the most predominant skills today. See or email Mr. Diaz for more information. (9/7)
NEW POLICY 2017-2018:Please be aware beginning in August 2017 students with negative lunch account balances will not be allowed to purchase food in the cafeteria or the concession stand. All students must have funds preloaded onto their lunch account in order to use the account to purchase food. Reminders can be set and funds can be added automatically via MySchoolBucks 24 hours/day and 7 days/week. Money added to lunch accounts through the school office must be received by the office before 10:00 am in order to be available the same day. (9/1)
In a collaborative effort with Las Vegas West Rotary Club, Faith Lutheran’s Middle School & High School’s Chapters of NHS,NJHS and Sociedad Hispanica Honorariaare collecting the following items in an effort to assist students attending West Preparatory Academywho are in need of the most basic back to school supplies.
Needed: Backpacks*Lunchboxes*Sneakers (all sizes) *New Socks*All basicschool supplies from crayons to notebooks to folders to pens.
Please consider donating any of the above items between now and September 1st. Donations can be dropped off in the front office or brought to Mrs. Grant’s room or Mr. Nagel’s room. (9/1)
MIDDLE SCHOOL
If you have lost your ID card and need a new card printed please stop by the IT office in the library. If your ID card has the wrong ID number and you would like it reprinted please stop by the IT office. (9/1)
STUDENTS, WE ARE SCANNING OUR NETWORK. Please make sure your phone is not on any of our networks. If we find it is, your name will be given to the principal and your phone blocked.
Along the same lines, we know that an individual can figure out the network password, but if we catch your device on the Teacher network, you will also be sent to the principal. If by chance we give you grace and ask you to get off the Teacher network, please do so.
Messaging on your school issued device is not allowed while at school. Period. If we catch you we will usually give you a kind reminder not to message while at school. If we catch you back to messaging and ignoring our request, we will keep the principals busy with you visiting them. They will share with you the consequences.
Games, like STEAM are not allowed at school. Please refrain from using them. If we give you a friendly reminder to not play games or have STEAM running and then catch you again, well, the principals will be busy.
Let us be nice to the principals and not violate these basic rules.
Thank you, the IT department
Drone Racing - 6-12th graders
- Mr. Diaz, Room 332
- Fridays 3:20-4:20
- Information Meeting - TBD
- Cost - Drone Parts throughout year
CX-DaR - 6-7th graders - VEX IQ Robotic Competitions and Drones
- Mr. Schumacher & Ms. Zamora, Room 221
- Thursdays 3:20-4:20
- Information Meeting - Sept. 14th at 3:20
- Cost - $50/student for full year (9/14)
Applications are available for ViSA, Faith’s Visiting Student Ambassador program, for all students, 6th grade through 12th grade. You can pick up an application in the Admissions office (there are also extra applications outside of the Admissions door). Applications are due August 31st and there is a teacher recommendation included on the form. Any questions, please contact Lori Friel, Admissions Counselor, at lori.friel@flhsemail.org or (702) 804-4413. (8/31)
Our New State-of-the-art studio is up and running!! Want hands-on experience with film production equipment, videography, live broadcasting and mixing? Then come join the video production club!
Our First meeting is Monday after school in room 332 (F&B room) and get involved in the most predominant skills today. See or email Mr. Diaz for more information. (9/7)
There will be an informational meeting for anyone interested in Pokemon Club on Wednesday, August 30th in Ms. Gilman's art room 101 at 3:20. Bring your cards or hand held video game for game play. (8/30)
The Builder's Club first informational meeting will be on Thursday, 8/31 at 7:30 a.m. in room 326. (8/31)
NEW POLICY 2017-2018:Please be aware beginning in August 2017 students with negative lunch account balances will not be allowed to purchase food in the cafeteria or the concession stand. All students must have funds preloaded onto their lunch account in order to use the account to purchase food. Reminders can be set and funds can be added automatically via MySchoolBucks 24 hours/day and 7 days/week. Money added to lunch accounts through the school office must be received by the office before 10:00 am in order to be available the same day. (9/1)
Mathcounts this year. It is open to any 6 - 8th grader who has a passion for math beyond what is taught in the classroom. We will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 - 5:00 pm with Mr. Kirkpatrick in room 327. Our first meeting will be Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 3:30 pm. If you are interested in Mathcounts, come on by. (9/7)
In a collaborative effort with Las Vegas West Rotary Club, Faith Lutheran’s Middle School & High School’s Chapters of NHS,NJHS and Sociedad Hispanica Honorariaare collecting the following items in an effort to assist students attending West Preparatory Academywho are in need of the most basic back to school supplies.
Needed: Backpacks*Lunchboxes*Sneakers (all sizes) *New Socks*All basicschool supplies from crayons to notebooks to folders to pens.
Please consider donating any of the above items between now and September 1st. Donations can be dropped off in the front office or brought to Mrs. Grant’s room or Mr. Nagel’s room. (9/1)
DEVOTIONAL
Unexpected
READ
After the fire, there was the sound of a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave (vv.12-13).
In American football, the start of a play is usually hard- hitting as players strive to overpower their opponents. But at the close of a middle school game in 2016, the quarterback simply stood up and started casually walking toward his opponent’s goal line. The opposing team was tricked by his calm demeanor and let him walk for twenty yards before realizing what was going on, and by then it was too late. The quarterback scored and his team won the game—all because he started the play in a way that no one expected.
God can also do things in unexpected ways. When we read of God speaking to Elijah in 1 Kings 19, we’re tempted to think, Surely God is present in the earthquake and the fire, in such mighty works of nature—that has to be God! (vv. 11-12). That assumption seems logical, but Elijah found that God isn’t limited to speaking through one type of circumstance or another. The prophet learned instead to focus on God’s voice—not his difficult circumstances.
I often over-rely on circumstances to determine whether God is at work or not and find myself saying things like, “I felt this sense of peace, and so it must be God,” or “Everything came together so easily that God must have been at work.” Events in life can be used by Him to guide us, but it’s vital that we carefully, prayerfully consider what to do.
Moses didn’t feel a sense of peace when called by God and neither did Gideon (Exodus 3:11; Judges 6:15). The best way for us to sense God’s leading isn’t by focusing on our feelings or circumstances, but by carefully seeking God’s wisdom. The Holy Spirit can use prayer, Scripture, and the godly counsel of others to help us make the right decisions—even if they’re unexpected. —Peter Chin
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Can circumstances sometimes point to God being at work? Have you ever been misled by that approach? How can you discern what God wants you to do?
