Announcements 12/21/17

FINALS WEEK:  BREAKFAST ONLY-SNACHS DURING BREAK-NO LUNCH!!!!
HAVE A GREAT BREAK! MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
 
DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
       THURSDAY
DECEMBER 21, 2017
ALL SCHOOL
 
FINALS WEEK: BREAKFAST ONLY–SNACKS DURING BREAK-NO LUNCH!!!!!
 
HIGH SCHOOL
African-America History Month, also known as Black History Month, has been celebrated in the United States since February 1926. The primary emphasis of the celebration is a coordinated effort to teach the history of African Americans to our nation's young people. This February, the African-American students of Faith Lutheran will be hosting African American History Week during the first week in February. The celebration will last for four days, and the students are preparing for a great celebration. If you have any questions, concerns or if you would like to help, please contact Elaynne Washington at 702-804-4411 or washingtone@flhsemail.org.
 
Interested in Leadership? Faith Lutheran's 2018-19 HS Student LeadershipTeam application packet is now available to anyone interested in leading their peers & making their mark on Faith Lutheran!  Put your passion into action!  Applications were emailed to all in the Class of 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022.  OR pick one up outside of Mrs. Buuck's office in the aux gym. 
 
COMMUNITY CRUSADER SERVICE HOURS OPPORTUNITY:
Dog Junkies Thrift Store is a dog rescue organization. They are looking for volunteers to help out in their thrift store located at 4611 N. Rancho between Craig & Lone Mountain. For more information, please call 702-682-3185. (12/21)
 
Want to directly help the environment?
Join Conservation Club! Take part in helping local animal populations and with helping national and recreational parks around the valley!
Interest meeting in Room 500 on January 11th at 3:15pm.
This club is for MS and HS students.  (1/11)
 
ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT TO SHOP FOR CHRISTMAS AT THE SHIELD!!! Pick a candy cane for a surprise discount (on highest item purchased). Free gift with a $50.00 purchase (while supplies last!)
Holiday Hours:
December 18th-21st: 7:30 – 4:00
December 22nd 10:00-2:00
December 25th – Jan 2nd closed for Christmas Break
Special shopping days Jan 3rd – Jan 5th 9:00 – 3:00
 
Accessing PSAT Scores
All the PSAT scores from the exam taken in October are now available. The breakdown of each section, including the correct answers as well as a personalized study plan from Khan Academy can be found on your College Board account at collegeboard.org. If you have not yet, you will need to create a College Board account in order to see your scores. The directions are below. Please, please, please...if you have already created an account do not create another, as this will severely complicate all dealings with College Board in the future, from SAT's to AP's to eventually sending scores to colleges. If you can't remember if you already have an account, please go through the "forgot my password" or "forgot my username" process to be certain. Any issues with accounts need to be directed to College Board rather than Faith Lutheran. Paper copies of scores will not be distributed as College Board no longer sends paper scores, however there will be test score interpretation assemblies during advisories in January for further information and to answer any questions.
-       Go to collegeboard.org
-       Click “Sign Up”
-       Go through the process of creating an account
-       When done, sign in with your new username and password
-       Click “PSAT 8/9”
-       If your scores do not appear, click “Add Scores”
-       You may be asked to enter your password again
-       You may be asked to update/double check all your information
-       Click “Update”
-       Scores should now be viewable
 
If you missed the High School Swim & Dive meeting for this upcoming Spring Season, please sign in on this LINK now.  You can access season info here. (1/5)
 
Used skateboards and skateboard decks needed! A Faith AP art student is creating a series of paintings on skateboard decks and is in need of used ones to paint. If you have one to donate, please drop in off in room 104 for Kayla Kujaczinski. Decks can be any size and in any condition. (12/21)
 
Auditions for new members of the Faith Conservatory of the Fine Arts 2018-2019 are coming up in January for all current 8th-11th graders.
Music: Instrumental and Vocal: Saturday, January 27th, from 9:00-12:00.
Theatre: Performance and Technical: Saturday, January 20th, from 10:00-4:00
Dance: Saturday, January 20th, from 9:30-11:30
Visual Arts: Portfolios Due: Tuesday, January 16th
                  Interviews: Monday & Tuesday, January 22nd-23rd
 Sign up for a time slot outside of Ms. Emily Slater’s (the Dean of Fine Arts) office in the CPAC or email her at SlaterE@FLHSemail.org for more information.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
African-America History Month, also known as Black History Month, has been celebrated in the United States since February 1926.The primary emphasis of the celebration is a coordinated effort to teach the history of African Americans to our nation's young people. This February, the African-American students of Faith Lutheran will be hosting African American History Week during the first week in February. The celebration will last for four days, and the students are preparing for a great celebration. If you have any questions, concerns or if you would like to help, please contact Elaynne Washington at 702-804-4411 or washingtone@flhsemail.org.
 
Interested in Leadership? Faith Lutheran's 2018-19 HS Student LeadershipTeam application packet is now available to anyone interested in leading their peers & making their mark on Faith Lutheran!  Put your passion into action!  Applications were emailed to all in the Class of 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022.  OR pick one up outside of Mrs. Buuck's office in the aux gym. (12/21)
 
Want to directly help the environment?
Join Conservation Club!Take part in helping local animal populations and with helping national and recreational parks around the valley!
Interest meeting in Room 500 on January 11th at 3:15pm.
This club is for MS and HS students. (1/11)
 
ONLY 1 DAYS LEFT TO SHOP FOR CHRISTMAS AT THE SHIELD!!! Pick a candy cane for a surprise discount (on highest item purchased). Free gift with a $50.00 purchase (while supplies last!)
Holiday Hours:
December 18th-21st: 7:30 – 4:00
December 22nd 10:00-2:00
December 25th – Jan 2nd closed for Christmas Break
Special shopping days Jan 3rd – Jan 5th 9:00 – 3:00.
 
My iPad is not charging, why?
We have seen some iPads reported as not charging. Yet when we put them on a proper charger they seem to be fine. In researching this issue, there are some common notes. Here is what I found.
One of the biggest issues when an iPad is not charging is using the wrong charger. The school provided every student with a proper charger. The charging blocks are larger than an iPhone charger and provide 12w of power to fill the batteries on an iPad. The charger looks like the image below.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Many times, we see an iPhone charger being used to charge the iPad. The iPhone brick delivers 5w of charging power (less than half of the iPad charger). This can cause problems for the iPad. It will cause the iPad to charge slower than designed and ultimately make the iPad report not charging. The iPhone charger looks like this: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On top of that, there are those that go out to replace a lost charger and find a super cheap one on eBay. These chargers are usually knock offs of the proper charger and have a 90% failure rate in a short time, but because of how they are made may also not provide the proper power for the iPad. Stay away from cheap replacements and get an Apple charger (required for school devices - since that is what we provided). 
Frayed, damaged cables or using cheap replacement cables come in as the number two reason the iPad will not charge properly. Frayed ends can short out or break internally giving intermittent times of working or not. These cables should be replaced as soon as possible with a certified Lightning to USB cable.
The third reason your iPad will not charge is a mashup of different issues. These range from shutting the iPad off, cleaning the Lightning port on the iPad, and on rare occasions it is the battery on the iPad that has gone bad.
Hopefully this has provided information that will help you keep you iPad charged and ready for school.
Blessings and Merry Christmas!
-from your IT department
2018/2019 Course Requests Now Open
6th grade through 8th grade have now had their class informational meetings about requesting classes for next year. Course Requests will be open on Crusader Connect until January 12th. We will not be able to accept course requests after January 12, so please make sure to submit them before the deadline.  Students who do not submit requests will have a schedule created for them.
 
Auditions for new members of the Faith Conservatory of the Fine Arts 2018-2019 are coming up in January for all current 8th-11th graders.
Music: Instrumental and Vocal: Saturday, January 27th, from 9:00-12:00.
Theatre: Performance and Technical: Saturday, January 20th, from 10:00-4:00
Dance: Saturday, January 20th, from 9:30-11:30
Visual Arts: Portfolios Due: Tuesday, January 16th
                  Interviews: Monday & Tuesday, January 22nd-23rd
 Sign up for a time slot outside of Ms. Emily Slater’s (the Dean of Fine Arts) office in the CPAC or email her at SlaterE@FLHSemail.org for more information.
 
DEVOTIONAL
Try to See People as God Sees Them
You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. 2 Corinthians 3:3
When you consider some of the people Jesus called to be His disciples, the word ‘dysfunctional’ comes to mind. But Jesus wasn’t put off. Like finding treasure in the trash, He was able to see their potential, draw it out and develop it. And that’s your story too, isn’t it? Paul writes, ‘You are a letter from Christ…written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God.’ Other people don’t write your story. Even you don’t. ‘The Spirit of the living God’ is writing it. That means your best days are still ahead! An old Bible lay on a bargain table along with hundreds of tattered books. A lot of people had picked it up and thumbed through its pages. It wasn’t in very good shape - certainly not worth two dollars - so it was cast aside. Then a man picked it up, stifled a shout, and rushing to the counter he paid the trivial asking price. Turns out it was an original Gutenberg estimated to be worth more than a million dollars! How many times did that old book change hands before it was redeemed? How many times did the world cast it aside, unaware of its value? The truth is, we were all passed over until Jesus saw value in us. But rather than paying bargain price, He paid the highest price possible. ‘While we were still sinners, Christ died for us’ (Romans 5:8). So, when you’re having a bad day, look in the mirror and remind yourself, ‘God loves me Calvary-worth!’ Then go out and try to see others as treasures God couldn’t live without; sinners Christ died to redeem.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me see others, often cast away, as people of great worth – as You see them. In Jesus’ Name, Amen

 
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