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Memorial Lutheran School
Building a Strong Foundation
News and Updates
September 28, 2012 |
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Headmaster's Greeting |
ALL YOUR MIND
Mark 12:28-"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."
Dr. Gene Edward Veith, Jr., Provost at Patrick Henry College, explains, "Loving God with all your heart must refer to loving God with the will and emotions. Loving God with all your soul must refer to the personal relationship with Him which comes through faith. Loving God with all your strength must refer to serving Him in our actions and good works." Having thus dealt with three of the four directives, he then asks, "What does loving God with all your mind involve?"[i]
His answer to that question is a beautiful summary of what makes education at Memorial Lutheran School Christian. Veith writes, "The whole process of curiosity, questioning, and discovery can be a journey, full of wonder and praise, into the mind of God, who created everything. Whatever can be studied, whether human nature or the physical universe, is what it is because God willed it and made it. All [human inquiry] amounts to nothing less than discovering God's will."[ii]
Rightly understood, Christian education is as expansive as the mind of God. It is not limiting but liberating. It is not aimless skepticism but purposeful and open-minded inquiry into what is good, true, and beautiful. Christian education teaches children that truth exists, that beauty can be defined, and that there are objective standards by which good and evil can be judged. These criteria are not imposed but implied, not presupposed but revealed. Thank God for our minds with which we love Him and learn of His world.
[i] Gene Edward Veith, Jr., Loving God with All Your Mind, (Westchester, Illinois: Crossway Books, 1987) 143
Pastor Heine Headmaster September 28, 2012 713-782-4022 ext. 317 
bheine@mlchouston.org |
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Kindergarten Class Sings in Church Sunday | |
 The Kindergarten class will be singing in church this Sunday, September 30, at the 11:00 a.m. service.
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Fall Festival Committee Meeting Monday at 5:30 p.m. | |
 There will be a Fall Festival Committee meeting on Monday at 5:30 p.m. in room 165, which is between the school office and Fellowship Hall/Commons area. If you have questions, you may email Marte Stangeland at mhkusa80@gmail.com.
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Character Counts! Dress in Purple Tuesday, October 2 | |
 This coming Tuesday, October 2, is a Character Counts! free dress day. Students may dress in purple. This month's character trait is Citizenship. If you have any questions, you mail email Mrs. Diane Lamberson at dlamberson@mlchouston.org.
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Girls Volleyball | |
 Volleyball next week: Tuesday, October 2 at Pilgrim - JV at 4 p.m. and Varsity at 5 p.m.; Thursday, October 4 here at home vs. Salem - JV at 4 p.m. and Varsity at 5 p.m.
Go Mustangs! |
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SCRIP Gift Cards for Fall Festival | |
 It's Fall Festival time again and many of you will be donating gift cards for the class baskets. Might we suggest using SCRIP for your purchases? This way our school benefits twice! Go to shopwithscrip.com and look for all the retailers that fit the category you are shopping for.
If you do not already have your FREE family account, link to our school with Enrollment Code: 5F3EAB3F29291.
Remember that many small orders add up to big savings for MLS. We have already made $170 since the beginning of this school year!
Look for a flyer in your child's Friday Folder for more ideas about using Scrip for your family purchases. Deborah St-Onge (simplystonge@mac.com) would love to answer any questions you may have. Happy shopping! |
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Prayers for Mrs. Kunz's mother | |
 We pray for Lupe Gallardo, mother of MLS Pre-School teacher Mrs. Kunz. Lupe suffered a stroke and we pray for her recovery. Mrs. Kunz has gone to South Texas to visit with her mother for a few days. We pray for her safe travels.
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Duke Talent Program for 4th - 6th grades | |
 We recently acknowledged our 7th grade students who qualified for the Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP). There is also a special Duke Talent Search program for qualified 4th-6th graders who score in the 95th percentile on a grade-level standardized achievement test.
Congratulations to: 6th graders Natalie Ledesma and Matthew Girma; 5th graders Aislinn Bohot and Reese McDermott, and 4th graders Chloe Cooper, Meera Krishnan, Maryann Lamberson, Magdalena Obersat and Amanda Von Ruff.
Enrollment with Duke TIP opens for this age level on October 1. The parents of our qualifying students received a letter this week letting them know that their child qualified.
These students who already excel on grade-level tests will benefit from taking the eighth-grade level EXPLORE test through Duke TIP. Above-level EXPLORE testing provides insight into individual student academic abilities by providing personal measures in English, math, reading and science. The test also provides invaluable testing experience, which will serve these students in middle school, high school, and beyond.
We are proud of our MLS students who continue to excel academically! |
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Students of the Week | |
 Each week, students are recognized for good behavior, special achievements, or something nice they have done. This past week's students of the week are:
Pre-K - Alexandra Brechan and Faith Ogunro; Kindergarten - Allyson Henke and Aubrey Klander; 1st grade - Jesse Adeyemi, Isabella Alejandre, Isaiah Bohot, Brigette Duttlinger, Mille Flinder, Hadley Howald, Rayleigh Nam, Victoria Rebber, Nelson Starbranch and Isabella Traverse; 3rd grade - Alyssa Meyers and Olivia St-Onge; 6th grade - Matthew Girma, Michael Halverson and Jude Olabi; 7th grade - Erica Bomar, Tara Nored and Ghonche Pooladian; 8th grade - Joyce Mambo, Alberto Pinto, Ateshi Singh, Joelle Tshikuta and Jazlynn Williams |
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Calendar - Events | |
Looking Ahead - Calendar:
- Sunday, September 30 - Kindergarten class sings in Church at the 11:00 a.m. service
- Monday, October 1 - Fall Festival Committee meeting 5:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, October 2 - "Dress in Purple Day" for Character Counts! Trait of Citizenship
- Wednesday, October 3 - 4th-8th grades to Jones Hall Houston Symphony
- Monday, October 8 - Houston Fire Department truck visits MLS 2 p.m. for Fire Safety Week
- Thursday, October 11 - Fall Festival Committee meeting 5:30 p.m. Church library
- Sunday, October 14 - 3rd and 4th grades sing in Church at the 11 a.m. service
- Wednesday, October 17 - No School for grades K to 8 - Parent-Teacher Conferences; childcare will be available
- Thursday, October 18 - K, 1st and 2nd grades to Dewberry Farm
- Friday, October 19 - MLS Band students play at Lutheran High North Football
- Friday, October 19 - Varsity Volleyball State tournament begins at Salem
- Sunday, October 21 - MLC Blood Drive
- Tuesday, October 23 - Pre-School and Pre-K to Old McDonald Farm
- Wednesday, October 24 - 8th grade to visit at Lutheran High North
- Thursday, October 25 - 3rd-5th grades to the Arboretum
- Monday, October 29 - Picture re-take/make-up day
- Wednesday, October 31 - Hansel and Gretel Opera performance comes to MLS
- Friday, November 2 - Fall Festival 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
- Friday, November 16 - Grandparents Day at MLS
You are welcome to call the school office at any time with questions - 713.782-4022. |
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| LouAnn Webber
Director of Admissions
Memorial Lutheran School
713-782-4022 school office |
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