Announcements 12/7/18

LUNCH TODAY: BRATWURST
LUNCH MONDAY: SLOPPY JOES

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

FRIDAY

DECEMBER 7, 2018

ALL SCHOOL

LUNCH TODAY: BRATWURST

LUNCH MONDAY: SLOPPY JOES

HIGH SCHOOL

HAND-MADE CHRISTMAS GIFTS by NAHS and NJAHS Art Students will be sold the week of Dec.10th - 14th at MS and HS lunch times. Art students will sell a variety of art and craft items, including hand-knit scarves and beanie hats, ornaments, candles, stickers, bath bombs, hot-cocoa, custom sugar cookies, gift tags, greeting cards and artwork. Staff and students can shop during lunches. Great gift and stocking stuffer items!

Cash ONLY sales. Contact Mrs. Buchholz with questions.

Do you want a chance to win $50?Grab a partner and join our scavenger hunt Tuesday December 11 after school. Top three times get prizes! Sign up by emailing katie.youngson21@flhsemail.org

Do you want to join the band Imagine Dragons in helping spread pediatric cancer awareness? By rallying behind the cause and fundraising this allows for more children to be receive financial support while fighting this incurable disease. If you are an interested student in submitting for this charitable request please contact Ashley at ashley@trf.org.

For more information on the Tyler Robinson Foundation visit trf.org (12/20)

Greetings 9th and 10th graders,

We are having an informational swim meeting this coming Tuesday (December 11) at 2:45pm in Mr. Blank's room (408). You don't need any competitive experience. Coaches Blank and Gieseke will teach you all the flip turns, strokes and how to dive. Swim is a spring sport and we hope you'll be a part of it!

If you need some inspiration, watch our Trailer. (12/11)

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All HS boys interested in trying out for HS golf need to meet after school on Wednesday, December 12th at 2:50 in room 216.

High School Track and Field-

If you are interested in competing in high school track and field this year there is a quick information meeting next Tuesday December 11. This will take place right after school from 2:40 to 3:15 in room 502 (Student Council Room). We will cover information going in the winter pre-season, if you can’t make the meeting but still want information please contract Coach Kober (koberd@flhsemail.org) or Coach Tonniges (tonnigesj@flhsemail.org).

(12/11)

The Conservatory of Visual Arts is Proud to present the 2018 Senior Art Show. Featuring the work of Brenda Torres, Bella Lu, and Jessica Wright. A reception will be held Friday December 7th from 6:00-7:30 pm in the CPAC lobby. Please come to enjoy the work and support our talented artist.

HEY CRUSADER NATION!! Get your hot chocolate and Christmas sweaters ready. Its Christmas season!! December 13th is ugly sweater day. Come to school dressed in the ugliest sweater you can find! Best sweater competition at MS Lunches and at the HS Winter Sports Pep Rally. December 13^th at 6:30 P.M. is also our annual silent night basketball game!! Come in your sweater and be completely silent till our crusaders score 10 points!! Can’t wait to see you all there!! (12/13)

Trip to Los Angeles with the Film/Broadcast and Visual Art Departments - January 25 - 27, 2019

This trip is being organized by Faith Lutheran’s Film/Broadcasting and Visual Art Departments and is being offered to any HS student (9th-12th) interested in experiencing one of the great creative destinations in the USA. This is a collaborative opportunity for any student interested in film, photography, broadcasting and/or design. Students will tour a working film studio, Chapman University’s campus, learn about majors in film, broadcast and design, visit Hollywood, the Santa Monica Pier and take photography at various locations. Students will come face to face with historic film sets, Hollywood landmarks, as well as experience modern art and design. Deadline to sign up is December 15th.Students must contact one of the following teachers for more details and if interested in registering for this trip: Mrs. Buchholz, Ms. Gravitt, Mr. Diaz or Mr. Preston (12/14)

Invitations to join our Academies will be sent out via emailsONLYto students and parents by January 31st.Applications should be completed through Crusader Connect by February 15. If you are interested in joining one of our Academies, but are not contacted by that date, please check the website for entrance requirements and then contact us using the email link on the page:

Christ Academy - www.faithlutheranlv.org/ChristAcademy

Justice & Advocacy Academy - www.faithlutheranlv.org/JA

STEM Academy - www.faithlutheranlv.org/STEM

The Academy of Film & Broadcasting - www.faithlutheranlv.org/FB

The WCG Academy of Business & Entrepreneurship - www.faithlutheranlv.org/BE

Academy Seniors -Internship Paperwork due December 15 & Graduation Paperwork due January 31

Paperwork can be found on your Academy Group Page on Crusader Connect and must be printed, filled out, signed off by supervisors, and turned into Mrs. Blank by the above dates in order to graduate with your Academy Endorsement.

COMMUNITY CRUSADER SERVICEHOURS OPPORTUNITY:

OPPORTUNITY VILLAGE is looking for volunteers.

Volunteers may view shift details and sign up HERE

Magical Forest Nightly Shifts 4:30pm

(age 14-17 may serve WITH parents)

December 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26-31

Cheyenne’s Magical School Bus Tours (Daytime Magical Forest) 8:30am

(age 14-17 may serve WITH parents)

December 5, 6, 10, 12, 18

(12/7)

Nevada Ballet Theatre presents

Faith Lutheran Night at The Nutcracker

Saturday, December 8 at 7:30pm

Featuring a special pre-show lobby performance by Faith Lutheran students

A Special Holiday Experience with Great Seats for Great Prices!

20% Off for Faith Lutheran School Families

Link: https://tickets.thesmithcenter.com/single/SYOS.aspx?p=4368&promo=NBTE128&promotnmp=NBTE128

Or, Code: Mention NBTE128 when calling (702) 749-2000

The Nutcracker

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts
with Full Orchestra
Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography by James Canfield

Las Vegas’ Favorite Holiday Tradition includes a lobby performance by The Faith Lutheran School Students before the show!

Always new with special surprises! This beloved performance is the favorite of the winter season and makes for a memorable group experience! Choreographed by James Canfield, NBT's The Nutcracker is a magical journey through a larger than life world filled with waltzing flowers, nimble fairies, and moonlit snow. Glittering holiday cheer abounds as Clara and her handsome Prince travel from the warmth of her family home to a land of toy soldiers, mischievous rodents and exotic visitors from faraway lands.

In addition, our very own Faith Lutheran performers will entertain everyone before the performance in the Smith Center Lobby. We welcome our entire community to make this a truly special Faith Lutheran Night at The Nutcracker! (No children under 3 years of age are admitted; and everyone must have a ticket.)

Attention all ski and snow board enthusiasts. If you feel you missed any information from our meeting, or missed the meeting entirely, please go to the Faith ski/snowboard web page to get more information. If you would like to register to receive paperwork for trips, please click on this link: http://bit.ly/flhssnow Questions? Stop by room 308 and talk to Mrs. Naugle or email: flsnowboardskiclub@gmail.com(12/14)

High School Boys Lacrosse - Mark your Calendars!

If you are interested in playing high school lacrosse this year please join us for our Parent/Player Info Meeting on December 12 from 6-7PM in the Library. We will cover important dates, coaching philosophy, rules and regulations, and other pertinent 2019 season information. If you can't be in attendance but still wish to play lacrosse please contact Coach Schmidt (max.schmidt@flhsemail.org) (12/12)

Men's and Women's Swim & Dive Informational Meeting, Tu esday, December 11 at 2:45 in Coach Blank's room (room 408). Competitive swim background not required. Watch our Trailer. (12/11)

Let's get ready to Bowl! Gather your friends and come join Bowling Club on Wednesday, 11/28 and Wednesday, 12/12, from 4:00-5:00 at Red Rock Bowling Center to have some bowling fun with your friends before the Christmas break! Cost is only $4 (which includes 2 games and shoes). Sign up outside of room 115 or email Mrs. Frederick or Mrs. Cannito at frederickd@flhsemail.org or cannitos@flhsemail.org. (12/12)

Online Health Sign-up for High School Students

If you are in need of completing your high school health credit, the Spring 1 session of online Health begins January 14. If you would like to be enrolled in this class, you must fill out the form at this link by Friday January 4 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dEJZNUFJWENFaTBlYW83cHBnNzdxcmc6MQ. You will be charged an extra $350 on your tuition bill for this class if you are not enrolled in a study hall, early dismissal or late arrival for the 2018-2019 school year. If you took Health in 8th grade here at Faith or have taken Health at Las Vegas Day School, Adelson, Cornerstone, Alexander Dawson or The Meadows in 7th or 8th grade, your high school Health requirement is already complete and you do not need this class. I’m sorry but CCSD middle school Health is not cleared to count for high school credit by the state. Contact Dan Buikema at buikemad@flhsemail.org if you have any questions. (1/4)

SAT & ACT Class

In cooperation with Princeton Review, Faith Lutheran is offering Princeton Review's Ultimate combined ACT & SAT course on campus, which includes 25 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 January 26 and will run mostly Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 PM, concluding just before the March SAT and April ACT. The following class will begin with a practice test on April 6 and will run mostly Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:00 PM, concluding just before the June SAT and June ACT. Exact dates for the classes are listed below. To sign up please fill out the form at this link by January 11 for the Winter class or by March 22 for the Spring class. REGISTER 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 with questions.

Winter SAT/ACT 2019

1/26 Test 1

1/28 Class 1

1/30 Class 2

2/4 Class 3

2/6 Class 4

2/9 Test 2

2/11 Class 5

2/13 Class 6

2/19 Class 7

2/20 Class 8

2/23 Test 3

2/25 Class 9

2/27 Class 10

3/2 Test 4

3/4 Class 11

3/6 Class 12

Spring SAT/ACT 2019

4/6 Test 1

4/8 Class 1

4/10 Class 2

4/23 Class 3

4/24 Class 4

4/27 Test 2

4/29 Class 5

5/1 Class 6

5/13 Class 7

5/15 Class 8

5/18 Test 3

5/20 Class 9

5/22 Class 10

5/25 Test 4

5/28 Class 11

5/29 Class 12

(3/22)

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Cash ONLY sales. Contact Mrs. Buchholz with questions.

Want to know important information about upcoming events? Follow Student Life on social media and never miss a moment of the fun!

Twitter:

@iLive4Faith

Instagram:

Faith Student Life LV @ilive4faith (12/20)

NEWSIES AUDITIONS DEC 17-20.

Time to get ready for the next MS Musical!!

There will be a signup outside of my room... portable 58 -- not as cool as Moodle, but crusader connect doesn't work as well. Stop by and sign up-- if you don't we will have a wait line for people that just walk up but this way you can schedule something and not be waiting forever.

Please be advised that Dance Team is the only team that works with us in our rehearsal schedule. If you are in basketball or cheer, sorry -- we cannot cast you -- you have already made that team. Track and spring sports don't affect us too much -- but we do get first dibs on your time... ask Mr. Elliott if you need more clarification on this.

PLEASE - make sure your audition form is filled out before you come to the audition. It helps move things along. Mr. Elliott will send them to you if you sign up or if you ask for it.

The schedule for auditions so you know how it works

-Monday (12/17) and Tuesday (12/18) noon -4 - sign up recommended
sing, read, maybe read again

-Wednesday12/18 Noon - 2:00 - Dance call (ALL MUST ATTEND)

-Thursday 12/19 Noon -?? - Callbacks - if needed --

-Friday - cast list posted

I will share some prep stuff to those that sign up or email me and ask.

Here is a link to the script -- let me know if there is a song you want music to...

https://www.mtishows.com/news/read-disneys-newsies-for-free-ahead-of-march-1st-general-release

let Mr. Elliott know if you need anything else.

Hey middle schoolers THIS Friday we have a free dress day for KINDNESS WEEK. You are able to wear yellow shirts, the color of kindness! You can wear shirts that are yellow or shirts that are specifically about kindness if they are yellow. Free dress rules apply for your bottoms. Please note that all the other dress days this week are for HS students only. We can only participate on Friday because we have our own free dress days coming up in January in celebration of National Lutheran Schools Week. Practice KINDNESS all week long!

CARD TRICK CLUB WILL BE BACK IN JANUARY!! STARTING ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9 WE WILL BE MEETING IN ROOM 224 FROM 3:20-4:00. BRING YOUR DECK OF CARDS AND A FRIEND!

12U Softball Parent and Player Meeting

Any girls interested in playing softball who are 12 years old or younger and are not already on a travel softball team, should attend an interest meeting on Tuesday, December 11 at 6:00 pm in Room 502 in the Aux Gym. This season is part of the Northwest softball league and will start up after the Christmas break. Contact Coach Frederick with any questions: frederickc@flhsemail.org (12/11)

6th Grade Boys Basketball Tryouts

Tryouts for 6th grade boys who'd like to play basketball will be held on December 10- through December 13 from 5:30-7:00 pm in the Student Center. Contact Coach Frederick with any questions: frederickc@flhsemail.org (12/10)

Boys Lacrosse Info Meeting

There will be a brief informational meeting for boys interested in playing lacrosse and their parents on Thursday, December 6th at 5:00 pm in the Library. Tryouts will be in January. Contact Coach Taylor with any questions: taylorfamily06@centurylink.net (12/6)

Nevada Ballet Theatre presents

Faith Lutheran Night at The Nutcracker

Saturday, December 8 at 7:30pm

Featuring a special pre-show lobby performance by Faith Lutheran students

A Special Holiday Experience with Great Seats for Great Prices!

20% Off for Faith Lutheran School Families

Link: https://tickets.thesmithcenter.com/single/SYOS.aspx?p=4368&promo=NBTE128&promotnmp=NBTE128

Or, Code: Mention NBTE128 when calling (702) 749-2000

The Nutcracker

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts
with Full Orchestra
Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography by James Canfield

Las Vegas’ Favorite Holiday Tradition includes a lobby performance by The Faith Lutheran School Students before the show!

Attention All Girls Interested In Lacrosse

Interested in playing lacrosse in the spring?Join us for an informational preseason meeting on Wednesday, December 5th at 6:00 pm in Room 502 (old gym). The coaches will discuss the upcoming season and we also need to get a firm player count. Questions or can't make meeting - please email girlslacrosse@flhsemail.org. (12/5)

High School Academics Exploration Night

Wednesday, December 12th 5:30p-7:00p

Open to all 8th grade students! Why is Faith HS awesome? What are the Academies? When do I apply? How do I get into the Honors Institute? How does Faith Lutheran prepare me for college? Students and parents will hear from program directors and explore exciting spaces like the Courtroom, Greenhouse, and F&B Studio. Questions? Email admissions@flhsemail.org or call 702-804-4413 (12/12)

Let's get ready to Bowl! Gather your friends and come join Bowling Club on Wednesday, 12/12, from 4:00-5:00 at Red Rock Bowling Center to have some bowling fun with your friends before the Christmas break! Cost is only $4 (which includes 2 games and shoes). Sign up outside of room 115 or email Mrs. Frederick or Mrs. Cannito. at frederickd@flhsemail.org or cannitos@flhsemail.org. (12/12)

DEVOTIONAL

Daily Lectionary: Isaiah 24:1-13; 1 John 1:1-2:14

The new wine fails, the vine languishes, All the merry-hearted sigh. (Isaiah 24:7)

In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Take that, Christmas partiers, shoppers and carolers! Take that, Christmas joy! The Lord really lets loose by the prophet Isaiah. He’s gonna lay the smackdown on this world and all the people who love to live as if He doesn’t exist. That’s a happy thought at a time when the world is supposed to be celebrating “comfort and joy”!

And the Lord does come with a vengeance, on Good Friday. He lets loose with all He’s got upon His own Son—so much so that the sun’s light is snuffed out. The earth itself shatters. God Himself dies. Nothing merry or light-hearted there. There the one who turned water into wine languishes under the weight of the Law’s curse. There the one who is the true Vine is dried up and withered. There the one who brought many a smile is grimacing in pain. Then dead. Then buried.

Then alive. Risen. The judgment of God has passed. Sinners have been saved. Curse upon mankind has been lifted by Jesus, whose name means “Yahweh saves.” Light has shined in the darkness.

It always seems like there’s a tension this time of year between those who like to party with reckless abandon and those who want to keep things calm and reverent as we wait to celebrate Christmas. But how can we not have some joy even now? How can we not do some celebrating when the Lord has saved us?

Now, we go to the Lord’s house, to church, to rejoice in the wine given with His blood, the life given because we are grafted into Jesus, the Vine. Now we can’t help but be merry-hearted—even in Advent—because Jesus has come to save us, forgive our sins, and give us everlasting life.

The Old Testament people of God suffered when they turned away from Him. But the Lord always went after them—always brought them back. And having come in the flesh, He has given Himself for the life of the whole world. Sinners rejoice! Let the sad smile! Jesus has come and turned everything around—turned us back to Him and saved us. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.

Yet nights will bring their sadness And rob our hearts of peace, And sin in all its madness Around us may increase. But now one Star is beaming Whose rays have pierced the night: God comes for our redeeming From sins oppressive might. (The Night Will Soon Be Ending, LSB 337:4)

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