Announcements 3/18/24
LUNCH TODAY: General Tso’s Chicken, Chicken Tenders, Pizza, Hog Dog & FF
LUNCH TUESDAY: Beef or Chicken Tacos, Pizza, Bacon Cheeseburger & FF, Chili Cheese Fries
DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
March 18, 2024
LUNCH TODAY: General Tso’s Chicken, Chicken Tenders, Pizza, Hog Dog & FF
LUNCH TUESDAY: Beef or Chicken Tacos, Pizza, Bacon Cheeseburger & FF, Chili Cheese Fries
**Concessions will be serving sandwiches and wraps after school**
HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
MCC is hosting a Women's Speaker Panel on Friday, March 22, during Advisory. The following speakers will be presenting: Our amazing principal, Kat Stokes, Raiders President, Sandra Douglass Morgan and Special Agent, Mari Panovich.
On behalf of St. Patrick's Day and Irish American Day, March 18, the Multicultural Club has hidden some lucky four leaf clovers around the building. Find a four leaf clover and visit Ms. Pishko's room, Portable 60 or Mrs. Powell's room, Portable 71 to pick up your Lucky Charms Crumbl cookie! Don't let the leprechaun fool you! Only FOUR leaf clovers will be collected to win! (3/18)
Starting March 5th, the charity of the month will be Books 4 the Kids. Books 4 the Kids supports the non-profit organization Cure 4 the Kids. This non-profit foundation helps children receive cancer treatments and the latest and most current treatments for specialized diseases. During treatment, the kids are provided with supplies such as books and craft supplies. Cure 4 the Kids is currently experiencing a shortage of books for patients to read during their infusions. If you can donate, please drop off books (children through young adult) or craft supplies in the donation boxes located near the Shield store and the Homestretch Greenhouse drop off locations. To raise funds, there will also be a bake sale from March 18th to 22nd (the week we return from Spring Break) during all lunches. Buy treats and support Books 4 the Kids! (4/5)
Consider being a Volunteer at our Resource Fair on Thursday, March 28 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm at Whitney Rec Center (Boulder Highway and Tropicana). Lutheran Social Services needs your help at their Easter Egg Hunt & Resource Fair. Sign up here. (3/25)
Just a reminder about our annual March Madness - Food Truck event. Students, please check the dates so that you know when your class will have your turn. YOU MUST HAVE YOUR STUDENT ID in order to participate! Please enter the event through the large green gate near the Greenhouse. All other gates leading to Homestretch Drive are off limits. Please check the attached flyer for a list of vendors, costs, etc. Feel free to check out the vendor websites for information regarding any food or dietary restrictions. The FL cafeteria will still be open and students/employees can still bring their lunch if they prefer. (3/28)
Calling all rising Juniors and Seniors for the 2024/2025 school year! The FBI Teen Academy is a two-day program that allows high school students an opportunity to get a comprehensive look into today's FBI. Students are provided with several
presentations on topics including terrorism, cybercrime, public corruption, evidence response, SWAT, and the day-to-day operations of a typical FBI office. Please see attached flier for information. (4/12)
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)
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)
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
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 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 (3/27)
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
Starting March 5th, the charity of the month will be Books 4 the Kids. Books 4 the Kids supports the non-profit organization Cure 4 the Kids. This non-profit foundation helps children receive cancer treatments and the latest and most current treatments for specialized diseases. During treatment, the kids are provided with supplies such as books and craft supplies. Cure 4 the Kids is currently experiencing a shortage of books for patients to read during their infusions. If you can donate, please drop off books (children through young adult) or craft supplies in the donation boxes located near the Shield store and the Homestretch Greenhouse drop off locations. To raise funds, there will also be a bake sale from March 18th to 22nd (the week we return from Spring Break) during all lunches. Buy treats and support Books 4 the Kids! (4/5)
Consider being a Volunteer at our Resource Fair on Thursday, March 28 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm at Whitney Rec Center (Boulder Highway and Tropicana). Lutheran Social Services needs your help at their Easter Egg Hunt & Resource Fair. Sign up here. (3/25)
Just a reminder about our annual March Madness - Food Truck event. Students, please check the dates so that you know when your class will have your turn. YOU MUST HAVE YOUR STUDENT ID in order to participate! Please enter the event through the large green gate near the Greenhouse. All other gates leading to Homestretch Drive are off limits. Please check the attached flyer for a list of vendors, costs, etc. Feel free to check out the vendor websites for information regarding any food or dietary restrictions. The FL cafeteria will still be open and students/employees can still bring their lunch if they prefer. (3/28)
ATTENTION ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS! You are invited to Bible Study Club on Wednesdays from 3:20 - 4:00 pm in room 113. Please note the new ending time! We have another great HS leader Connie Nkoroh who will start leading on March 20! Come for snacks, games, fellowship, and time in God's word. See Mrs. Cheney if you have questions! (3/20)
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
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.
MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS
Want to CHEER next year???
Interest Meeting: Tuesday 4/16 @ 3:30 PM in the Library
Tryouts: Will be April 24th-26th
3:30 - 5:30 pm in the Student Center
***MS DANCE TEAM***TRYOUTS
Interest Meeting: March 19th at 3:30 pm in Dance Room 203
Interest Meeting: March 19th at 3:30 pm in Dance Room 203
Tryouts: March 19th and 21st -3:30-5pm in Dance Room 203
Please come in proper dance attire and sneakers/jazz shoes, and hair pulled up.
Choreography taught on Tuesday and tryouts on Thursday.
Any questions please contact Ms Kim at kimberly.leheny@flhsemail.org
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: Jeremiah 31:31-37
Daily Lectionary: Exodus 2:1-22, Mark 14:32-52
And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” (Jeremiah 31:34)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. If you remember anything about Jeremiah you will remember that this guy loves to weep. Day and night tears streamed down his face, not because he was a cry baby, but because of the grief that he bore over the people of Israel, the nation of Judah. And because Jeremiah was God’s prophet, his tears were God’s tears. … Remember, the people were in exile and this was all from their own doing. For generation upon generation they had played footsie with other gods, batted eyes with foreign idols, and found themselves in the backseat of Baal’s car.
Their sin was idolatry, First Commandment stuff, but it was often expressed in terms of the Sixth Commandment because YHWH was their true Bridegroom that they had spurned. Jeremiah and the many prophets before him had constantly warned the people of their idolatrous adultery, but the people never listened. And so now they find themselves in Babylon, Jerusalem destroyed, Temple torn to the ground. Things couldn’t get any worse. They had broken the covenant God had made with them and now they reap the fruit of their labor.
But mystery of all mysteries, God is not yet finished with them. Like an ever faithful husband He promises to make another covenant with them. Not like the old one cut with the blood of bulls and goats, but a new one cut with the blood of a firstborn Lamb. It is this covenant that will last forever, that will never be broken. And the knowledge of the Lord will be written on their hearts, on your hearts, because He will forgive their iniquity in Christ and remember their sin no more because of the sacrifice of His Son.
And this promise of God will be yours until the eternal vastness of the heavens can be measured, which is just His way of saying, “This covenant in Christ will never end.” In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.
Come to Calv’ry’s holy mountain, Sinners, ruined by the fall; Here a pure and healing fountain Flows for you, for me, for all, In a full, perpetual tide, Opened when our Savior died. They that drink shall live forever; ‘Tis a soul renewing flood. God is faithful; God will never Break His covenant of blood, Signed when our Redeemer died, Sealed when He was glorified. (LSB 435:1,4)
-Pastor Eli Lietzau is pastor of Wheat Ridge Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
Audio Reflections Speaker: Pastor Jonathan Lackey is the pastor at Grace Lutheran Church, Vine Grove, Ky.
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