Announcements 2/8/24
LUNCH TODAY: Meatball Sub, Pizza, Crispy Chicken Sandwich, Cheese Quesadilla
LUNCH FRIDAY: Pasta Bowl & Bread Stick, Pizza, Chicken Tenders & FF, Corn Dog & Sweet Potato FF
DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
February 8, 2024
LUNCH TODAY: Meatball Sub, Pizza, Crispy Chicken Sandwich, Cheese Quesadilla
LUNCH FRIDAY: Pasta Bowl & Bread Stick, Pizza, Chicken Tenders & FF, Corn Dog & Sweet Potato FF
**Concessions will be serving sandwiches and wraps after school**
HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
High School Praise Band Auditions for the 2024-2025 school year are on March 5th at 3:00pm in the CPAC. Current 8th graders are welcome to audition. Questions? Contact Mr. Pullmann at pullmannp@flhsemail.org or stop by room 327. Praise Band Audition Packet (3/5)
If you are still considering trying out for golf, continue reading:
- If you cannot break 85 from the back tees, do not try out.
- If you cannot commit to daily practices Monday-Thursday, from 2/19 through 5/16, do not try out.
- You must speak to Coach Cheney ASAP.
- There is a mandatory meeting on Wednesday, 2/14, at 2:45.
- You must have a completed and approved Aktivate. You cannot try out without it.
- We will have pre-season practice days at Canyon Gate on the following dates:
Wednesday, 2/7 3:10-4:30
Monday, 2/12 3:10-4:30
Tryouts begin on Monday, 2/19, at 2:00 and will continue the rest of the week if necessary. (2/14)
Track & Field officially starts on February 17th at 8am. Please read the information HERE and fill out the season form. All athletes must be cleared for Track & Field on Aktivate. Athletes are welcome to come out for the track team until 2/22. (2/22)
Service Hour Opportunity!! The Hundley Foundation's Walk for Epilepsy is coming up on Saturday, April 20th and is in need of volunteers! For more information, please contact sasha@hundleyfoundation.org and see the attached flier. (4/20)
Attention! Attention! The application window for the 2024-25 school year at Faith Lutheran Middle School and High School will be closing on February 9th, 2024 at noon! Candidates must begin the application process by February 9th for consideration for the 2024-2025 school year. If you have already applied, please finish your checklist ASAP for consideration for the 2024-25 school year. You cannot be considered for enrollment until your checklist is complete. Decisions will be communicated to most applicants by late February. Thank you for your continued interest in Faith Lutheran! Please email the admissions office with any questions: admissions@flhsemail.org. Applicants relocating from outside of Vegas after February 9th, please contact the admissions office for more information. Please see attached flier for information. (2/9)
2024-2025 High School Cheer Tryouts
The tryout registration is now available for all current/incoming 8th-11th graders. Please fill out the google form and more information will be sent to you by February 28th. If you have any questions, please see Coach Tonniges in 603, in the CPAC, across from the band room or email at tonnigest@flhsemail.org (3/8)
The tryout registration is now available for all current/incoming 8th-11th graders. Please fill out the google form and more information will be sent to you by February 28th. If you have any questions, please see Coach Tonniges in 603, in the CPAC, across from the band room or email at tonnigest@flhsemail.org (3/8)
Applications for the Charity of the Month program will open on Thursday, Feb 1, 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. Each charity will be assigned a month where the Faith Family will be encouraged to contribute to fundraising or collection effort solicited for that month’s charity. All charitable fundraising through this program is student led with student leaders working together with the Director of Student Life. If you would like to submit a charitable organization for consideration of support during the 2024-25 academic year, please complete the Request for Consideration form. Forms are attached. Printed forms are located outside of the Office of Student Life. Requests for consideration must be submitted to the Office of Student Life no later than March 19, 2024. (3/8)
Multicultural Club Presents
Black History Month
" A Seat at the Table"
Inspired by Langston Hughes's words of I, Too, the theme of our Black History Month is " A Seat at the Table." There will be many events in which students and staff can participate in.
1. Middle School & High School Door Decorating
Decorate your door to showcase influential people of color, past and present, that have made a difference in our society, including music, politics, writers, actors or anyone who has changed our society!! Decorating can begin February 1 through February 15. Winning Class will receive Randy's Donuts!! There will be a winner for Middle School & High School. Teachers have been given information about how to sign up their class in the Monday Memo and Friday Bulletins.
2. A Seat at the Table Speakers
Multicultural Club's First A Seat at the Table will be a series of speaking engagements highlighting the individuals' speakers achievements and community work. Middle School teachers can sign up their 2nd block and high school teachers can sign up their advisory. Parents and staff are also welcome! Presentations will be on February 12th & February 23rd from 10:35am-11:15am. Individual high school students (with permission from your advisory teacher), staff & parents,
please click HERE to sign up for one or both events that will be held during our high school advisory period.
3. Soul Food Tasting
Chef Fab is whipping up some soul food to share on February 27th & 29th, during the High School lunch outside the Student Center. Stop by for a taste of some spectacular soul food!! (2/29)
Join us for our book "tasting" event at the Library! Come get a taste of 50 books in one hour! A fun collection of Books to Screen, Newbery Award Winners, Graphic Novels, Picture Books, The Classics and Non Fiction. Sample some or all in a speed dating type setting. Tuesday, Feb 13th 2:50 to 3:50. Sign up at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1W4mU4qLVKo66Lj5PaGG2g6oBSbZb9GOVpxtNjcZ5w50/edit See Mrs Bowline or Mrs Galvez with questions (2/12)
Have you been searching for a club that will allow you to discover more about your faith, and uplift your community in a positive way? If so, join Faith4Life! We meet every other Thursday at 3:00 pm in portable 67! Our next meeting is February 1st. Please reach out to Zohie.lopez24@flhsemail.org or Darius.Chapman@flhsemail.org if you have any questions! We can’t wait to see you there! (2/29)
The Servant Leadership Institute of Concordia University Irvine is excited to again announce our annual High School Leadership Academy for rising 10-12 grade students on Concordia's campus June 10-14, 2024. Please check out our Servant Leadership Institute website, look over the attachment and watch this highlight video of last year's academy and scheduled speakers/activities for more information. (3/29)
Peccole Little League Opening Day – Volunteers Needed
Saturday, March 2, 2024
8AM – 3PM*
Rainbow Family Park (7151 W Oakey Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89117)
Please join us to celebrate Peccole Little League’s Opening Day. We need help with the following areas:
• Set-Up
• Ticket Sales
• Concessions
• Ticket Collection
• Game Attendant
• Clean Up
*We understand student schedules are busy and welcome help for all or part of this time frame. Please email Kristine Lunsford at kris.peccole@gmail.com (2/29)
Saturday, March 2, 2024
8AM – 3PM*
Rainbow Family Park (7151 W Oakey Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89117)
Please join us to celebrate Peccole Little League’s Opening Day. We need help with the following areas:
• Set-Up
• Ticket Sales
• Concessions
• Ticket Collection
• Game Attendant
• Clean Up
*We understand student schedules are busy and welcome help for all or part of this time frame. Please email Kristine Lunsford at kris.peccole@gmail.com (2/29)
Tuesdays with Taylor - The Eras Bible Study
Come join Miss Becky for a Taylor Swift themed Bible Study. We will meet in portable 66 every Tuesday morning from 8am-8:30am. Breakfast snacks will be provided! Questions? Email becky.chaplin@faithlasvegas.org
ATTENTION: Parents of Spring Athletes: February 8th in the Arena Gym at 6:30 we will be holding an Athletic Parent meeting to learn about school and athletic department policies. Your attendance is appreciated and necessary. Thank you! FEBRUARY 8TH ARENA GYM 6:30 PM. (2/8)
Faith Lutheran is hosting its last Red Cross Blood Drive of the year on Wednesday, February 21, 2023.
Drive Details:
Site: Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School
Address: 2015 S Hualapai Way, Las Vegas, NV, 89117
Room Name: Class Room - Leadership Room 502
Date: Wednesday, February 21
Time: 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Click here to make an appointment
Site: Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School
Address: 2015 S Hualapai Way, Las Vegas, NV, 89117
Room Name: Class Room - Leadership Room 502
Date: Wednesday, February 21
Time: 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Click here to make an appointment
If you need additional information or have questions, please contact Mrs. Grant at grantk@flhsemail.org (2/21)
Be a mentor to a middle schooler working on the yearbook. Guide them in recognizing a good photo or help them with loading and opening a google drive on a laptop. Thursdays in rm 220 from 3:25-4:45. Contact Jodi.snodgrass@flhsemail.org for more details.
MostPrep's Winter/Spring 2024 SAT/ACT Classes
FLHS is pleased to announce that MostPrep will be running both SAT courses at FLHS in preparation for the two most popular SAT dates later in the school year and, for the first time at FLHS, an ACT course leading up to the school-based ACT on April 9. You may use this LINK to sign up for a class. There is a limit of 25 students per session, so registrations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. Please contact MostPrep by e-mail (mostprep@gmail.com) or phone (702-896-1307 -- this is a landline, so please don't send a text!) if you have any questions. Here is a list of course offerings; no student may register for more than 1 course, and these courses are only open to current juniors. FLHS will bill students' accounts for these courses after they begin.
SAT Winter Course, January 31 - March 8: This 6-week course ($700) aims to fully cover the most important content for the new digital SAT, all of which carries over to the ACT. Two proctored practice tests are included. This course will meet on Wednesday nights (7 - 9:30pm) and Friday afternoons (4 - 5:30pm), except for Ash Wednesday; the course will meet on Monday night that week instead. Practice tests will run from 8am - 10:30am on February 24 and March 2, which are the final two Saturdays before the March SAT. MostPrep recommends that students who have multiple AP classes take the March SAT so they can devote the time they need to studying for the AP tests, which they only get one chance to take!
ACT course, February 6 - April 4: This 8-week course ($800) aims to fully cover the most important content for the ACT, including the harder math and the science section, which are both beyond the scope of the SAT. Two proctored practice tests are included. This course will meet on Tuesday and Thursday evenings (7-9pm); the course will not meet over spring break. Practice tests will run from 8am - 11:30am on March 2 and March 23.
SAT Spring Course, March 27 - May 3: This 6-week course ($700) aims to fully cover the most important content for the new digital SAT, all of which carries over to the ACT. Two proctored practice tests are included. This course will meet on Wednesday nights (7 - 9:30pm) and Friday afternoons (4 - 5:30pm), except for Good Friday; the course will meet on Thursday afternoon that week instead. This course will not be meeting over spring break. Practice tests will run from 8am - 10:30am on April 20 and April 27, which are the final two Saturdays before the May SAT.
CLASS REGISTRATION LINK (4/15)
Grief in Common - This group is open to any student who is working through loss. We meet every Tuesday from 8am-845am. Please contact Mrs. Burns (burnsc@flhsemail.org) if you are interested in joining.
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
HS Sports Reminders
2023/2024 School Year
Aktivate:
If you are planning on participating in High School Sports, please complete your Aktivate registration for the 2023/2024 school year ASAP. The website is as follows: aktivate.com
HS Sports Physicals – Please use NEW NIAA Physical forms as of 4/1/23:
You can obtain the most current physical forms/instructions from Crusader Connect, Resources Page, under MS/HS Sports Registration Information.
Aktivate Instructions/NIAA New Physical forms to be used effective 4/1/23
Please do not use the physical forms provided by the doctor’s office. They are usually not current and will be rejected.
--Physicals expire 12 months from the date of the doctor’s signature. –Up to date physicals are required for the 2023/2024 school year. It is recommended to schedule your physical in June or July so it’s good for the whole year.
--All completed physicals must be uploaded into Aktivate for approval. –If your athlete’s physical expires before or during the season, they will not be allowed to try out for a team. Example: Your child is trying out for a fall sport, your previously completed physical was done on 11/10/22. The physical expired as of 11/10/23. It will not be valid for the 2023/2024 Fall season since it expires during the Fall season. A new physical must be obtained before the season in order for your athlete to tryout for their Fall sport.
HS Sport Season Schedule 2023/2024
Fall: Football – 7/31/23-11/21/23
Fall: Non-Football Sports – 8/5/23-11/21/23
Winter: 11/23/23-2/17/24
Spring: 2/17/24-5/18/24
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the HS Athletic Administrative Assistant at heidi.cohen@flhsemail.org or 702-804-4425
MIDDLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
High School Praise Band Auditions for the 2024-2025 school year are on March 5th at 3:00pm in the CPAC. Current 8th graders are welcome to audition. Questions? Contact Mr. Pullmann at pullmannp@flhsemail.org or stop by room 327. Praise Band Audition Packet (3/5)
7th Graders: Your NJHS applications are due no later than Thursday, February 22. Please hand deliver them to Mrs. Grant in room 224. If you have any questions regarding your application or the requirements, please see Mrs. Grant or email her at grantk@flhsemail.org. (2/22)
Attention! Attention! The application window for the 2024-25 school year at Faith Lutheran Middle School and High School will be closing on February 9th, 2024 at noon! Candidates must begin the application process by February 9th for consideration for the 2024-2025 school year. If you have already applied, please finish your checklist ASAP for consideration for the 2024-25 school year. You cannot be considered for enrollment until your checklist is complete. Decisions will be communicated to most applicants by late February. Thank you for your continued interest in Faith Lutheran! Please email the admissions office with any questions: admissions@flhsemail.org. Applicants relocating from outside of Vegas after February 9th, please contact the admissions office for more information. Please see attached flier for information. (2/9)
ATTENTION 7TH GRADE AMERICAN HISTORY STUDENTS!
There are a few spots available on the 7th grade history trip to Boston May 22-26. You will see all the sights of our Revolution! It is truly a trip of a lifetime! Go to School Tours of America and put in the trip code #A732. If you have any questions see Mrs. Carroll or Mr. Paquette (3/1)
All MS girls are invited to attend Bible Study Club on Wednesdays! Please come to room 113 from 3:20-4:20 for fun activities, snacks and fellowship in God’s word. Emma Schumacher, a HS student, leads the activities! See Mrs. Cheney in room 113 if you have questions.
Do you like performing and using your creative side?
Are you someone who lives out their faith in their daily life?
Have you considered Applied Christianity?
MS Applied Christianity Applications Now Open!
If you are interested in taking Applied Christianity class next year as a 7th or 8th grader please read on. Applications are NOW OPEN! You must fill out this application by February 2nd to be considered. Teacher Recommendation and Interview information is included on the application. Class rosters will be decided around Spring Break time. No, you don’t pick which class you are in or if you get to be with your friends.: )
FYI: In Applied Christianity, students study the Word of God, make applications of that study to the lives of students today, plan the order of worship from Invocation to Benediction (beginning to end), and lead their fellow students in worship each week. It is an exciting, challenging, and rewarding experience. Please see Ms Beyer or Mr. C. Pullmann with any other questions. Click to apply!
Application Road Map. February 2nd - Application’s Close
Interview: In room 116 February 5th and 6th and February 12th and 13th
February 5th Last Name A-L
7:30 am - 8:00 am
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
February 6th Last Name M-Z
7:30 am - 8:00 am
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
February 12th Last Name A-L
7:30 am - 8:00 am
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
February 13th Last Name M-Z
7:30 am - 8:00 am
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Mid March - Acceptance Letters will be sent out. (2/13)
Mid March - Acceptance Letters will be sent out. (2/13)
Tuesdays with Taylor - The Eras Bible Study
Come join Miss Becky for a Taylor Swift themed Bible Study. We will meet in portable 66 every Tuesday morning from 8am-8:30am. Breakfast snacks will be provided! Questions? Email becky.chaplin@faithlasvegas.org
Faith Lutheran is hosting its last Red Cross Blood Drive of the year on Wednesday, February 21, 2023.
Drive Details:
Site: Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School
Address: 2015 S Hualapai Way, Las Vegas, NV, 89117
Room Name: Class Room - Leadership Room 502
Date: Wednesday, February 21
Time: 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Click here to make an appointment
Site: Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School
Address: 2015 S Hualapai Way, Las Vegas, NV, 89117
Room Name: Class Room - Leadership Room 502
Date: Wednesday, February 21
Time: 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Click here to make an appointment
If you need additional information or have questions, please contact Mrs. Grant at grantk@flhsemail.org (2/21)
Yay for Thursday! Yearbook club meets on Thursdays in Mrs. Snodgrass's rm 220 from 3:25-4:45. This is open to 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade.
7th and 8th grade working lunch
7th and 8th grade working lunch will be held every Monday and Wednesday. This is a time to work on school work or study for a test, etc. If you would like to attend a working lunch, you must fill out this form ahead of time and bring your own lunch. Students will come to room 501 with their lunch and will stay the entire lunch period. Working lunch is limited to 25 students each lunch.
Grief in Common -This group is open to any student who is working through loss. We meet every Tuesday from 8am-845am. Please contact Mrs. Burns (burnsc@flhsemail.org) if you are interested in joining.
Current 8th graders…Are you interested in traveling internationally with Faith Lutheran in Summer 2024? As the new school year has begun, we are in full swing for trip sign-ups for this year's international ACIS trip. If you are interested, follow the Registration Link below. Each link will take you to the itinerary, dates, prices, insurance, and much more. Our Summer Trip is to France and Switzerland and will be led by Ms. Gieseke. As soon as you complete your registration and pay your deposit- your price will be locked in and your place secured. Information meetings will begin in late October/November. Any questions or concerns you may have can be directed to Greta Gieseke at giesekeg@flhsemail.org (2/1)
MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS
MS Tennis...Who Wants to Play?
Interest Meeting: February 20th 3:30pm in the library
Tryouts: March 4th and 5th / 3:45 - 5:30 PM
Practice starts: March 18th / 3:45 - 5:30 PM
Matches begin: March 27th
MS Tennis Interest Form Link (3/18)
Anyone Interested in MS Soccer
Interest Meeting: Feb 5th at 3:30pm in the library
Tryouts: Feb 26th, 27th, and 28th @ Community Park
First Team Practice: Feb 29th @ Community Park
Time for all Tryouts and Practice will be 3:30-5:00 PM
Kick-around: February 21st and 22nd at Community Park
***MS Softball *** Interested?
Tryouts: Feb 13th and 14th @ Community Park
First Team Practice: TBD
Time for all Tryouts TBD
Season runs Mid Feb through beginning of May
Reach out to Coach Finger if interested shanefinger@hotmail.com
2024-2025 High School Cheer Tryouts
The tryout registration is now available for all current/incoming 8th-11th graders. Please fill out the google form and more information will be sent to you by February 28th. If you have any questions, please see Coach Tonniges in 603, in the CPAC, across from the band room or email at tonnigest@flhsemail.org (3/8)
The tryout registration is now available for all current/incoming 8th-11th graders. Please fill out the google form and more information will be sent to you by February 28th. If you have any questions, please see Coach Tonniges in 603, in the CPAC, across from the band room or email at tonnigest@flhsemail.org (3/8)
Let's RUN.......MS Track and Field......Join us
Interest Meeting: February 13th / 3:30 PM in the Library
Practice starts: February 26th / 3:30 - 5:15 PM
Season runs from March through the beginning of May (2/26)
Calling all Golfers***MS Co-Ed GOLF
Interest Meeting: Monday 3/4 @ 3:30 PM in the Library
Tryouts: Will be the week of 3/18
Time for all Tryouts TBD
First Team Practice: Will be the week of 3/25
DEVOTIONS
Today’s Reading: Luther’s Small Catechism, 7th Commandment
Daily Lectionary: Job 5:1-27; John 2:13-25
As the head of the family should teach them in a simple way to his household.
Commandment 7: You shall not steal.
What does this mean?
We should fear and love God so that we do not take our neighbor’s money or possessions, or get them in any dishonest way, but help him to improve and protect his possessions and income.
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. God wants your property, your possessions, your wealth protected. He wants the same for your neighbor.
To uphold and protect our neighbor’s possessions, wealth, and income is nothing other than to recognize that all things come as gifts from God. The fertile land able to bring forth crops, property on which to build a home or a store or a factory, the ability to build and sustain a business, the talent to produce things needed by neighbors and society—all is given by God the Creator. He gives in the measure He chooses.
To steal from our neighbor, then, whether by outright theft or by clever design and deceit, is not just to harm our neighbor, but is to deny God as the giver of gifts. And even if our neighbor acted dishonestly in his gathering of his own wealth—perhaps by overcharging or by fraud or dishonest contract—our temptation to even-the-score is an attack on God. God is the judge. He will deal with the deceitfully gained wealth according to His own ways, which in this temporal life include His earthly instruments of police officers, judges, etc. (James 4:12).
Now we can see why a breaking of the Seventh Commandment is a breaking of the First Commandment. To steal from our neighbor is to act as judge (“that possession of my neighbor’s should be mine!”), and to act as judge is to set ourselves as our own god. On the other hand, to rejoice in our neighbor’s property and wealth, to help him improve and protect his possessions and income is to recognize God as the giver of gifts; it is to “fear, love, and trust in God above all things” (1st Commandment in your Catechism).
By these gifts of possessions and property, of wealth and income, God is setting us to serve our neighbor here on Earth. As we pray that our neighbor hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ and be given the gift of repentance and faith, we also pray that our neighbor be sustained and upheld in earthly life. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.
How clear is our vocation Lord, When once we heed Your call:
To live according to Your Word And daily learn, refreshed, restored,
That You are Lord of all And will not let us fall.
In what you give us, Lord, to do, Together or alone,
In old routines or ventures new, May we not cease to look to You,
The cross You hung upon—All You endeavored done. Amen. (LSB 853:1,4)
-Pastor Warren Graff is retired from Grace Lutheran Church, Albuquerque.
Audio Reflections Speaker: Pastor Jonathan Lackey is the pastor at Grace Lutheran Church, Vine Grove, Ky.
The Lutheran Reader’s Bible helps you develop a habit of devotion and Bible reading so you can slowly but intentionally understand and grow in God’s Word. Through introductions to the sixty-six books of the Bible, guided reading plans, and more, this Bible builds your confidence to study Scripture on your own
