November 15 - November 22, 2013

For all MLHS calendars and information please click here.

MISSION STATEMENT

Michigan Lutheran High School provides a Christ-centered secondary education to prepare young adults for lives of Christian service in their churches, workplaces, communities, the world, and for life with their Lord in eternity.

The MLHS Football Boosters will be hosting their 6^th Annual MLHS Football Fundraiser, "Sports Mania"

Saturday, November 16, 2013 at

Pebblewood Country Club in Bridgman.

5:30 PM doors open, 6:00 PM fun and social time and 6:30 PM dinner and special guest speaker followed by a live auction and dance.

This year we will be having Special Guest Speaker, MLHS Alumni, Rev. Michael Biedenbender. Rev. Biedenbender will talk about the importance of High School Athletics, Football and their influence in his life.

Tickets are $18.00. You may purchase tickets by contacting one of the following:

Julie Nitz (269) 422-2745 or ajnitz@aol.com

Becky Briney (269) 358-2998

MLHS School Office at (269) 429-7861, Ext 201.

Tickets must be purchased by Monday, November 12^th and will NOT be available at the door.

Wear your favorite Professional, College or Titan Game Day Attire and come and join the fun!

Things that will be raffled off to the highest bidder:

(2) 8 to 10 pound Briskets cooked by Mike Rimpel, Handmade Quilt, Corn Hole Bean Bag Game... Ladder Golf Game, Sports Movie Basket, Sports Mania Basket
Notre Dame Basket, Nerf Basket, Rivalry Basket, Car Basket / Sparkle Quick Lube, Wine and Chocolate Basket, Golf Package Basket, Michigan(Fruit/Product) Basket, Loma in Coloma Basket, Fast Food Basket, ML Sports Basket,
Dining Out Basket, Photo Shoot by Michele Rimpel
Pontoon Boat Trip on either Lake Michigan or the St. Joe River for 8, snacks and drinks included.
any more.........
Come, have a great time and help us raise money for the Football Program!

GUIDANCE

COLLEGE VISITS!

Nov.18 Concordia - Ann Arbor 11 - 1 PM

Nov. Northwood 8:30-1:30 PM

Nov. 21 Michigan Tech 11 AM

These college reps will have a table in the ML Center hallway to talk with students about their high school plans.

Scholarships Due Soon

The complete scholarship list including those listed below can be accessed on our website michiganlutheran.org

11/23 Martin Luther King Jr. Essay

11/24 MHSAA Scholar Athletic Award

Nominated by Administration

12/1 SAE Engineering

www.sae.org/students/engschlr.htm

$1,000-$10,000 Engineering major

12/1 Toyota Community Scholars

12/1 Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce

www.lakeshorechamber.org

$1,000 - Resident of Lakeshore SD - 3.0 GPA

12/1 U of M Dearborn Chancellor

3.6 GPA, ACT, Activities

12/5 Central Michigan Centralis

cmuad.nit@cmich.edu

3.5 GPA

12/7 Comcast Leaders & Achievers

2.8 GPA - Nominate 1 senior

12/15 Burger King

www.burgerking.com

2.5 GPA, Financial need, work 15 hours per week at any job

12/15 Western Michigan University

$4,000 annually

12/15 MI Society for Medical Research Essay

$500

Lake Michigan College Scholarship Opportunity

LMC is awarding any student who has at least a 2.5 GPA and 24 or higher on their ACT an automatic $1,000 scholarship to LMC. Students can receive more than that but they will have to complete our online scholarship app. which is found at www.lakemichigancollege.edu/scholarships

Priority of these funds will be given to 2014 graduates who have their applications entered by December 2013. This application only takes approximately 10 minutes.

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Selective Service Registration
Federal law says that all 18-year-old men must register with Selective Service within 30 days of their 18th birthday. Registration takes only a few minutes, and can be accomplished by visiting www.sss.gov. For additional information, call 1-847-688-6888. Failure to register can lead to fines, prison, or withholding of college grants.

COME CHEER ON THE TITANS!

FALL SPORTS

Click on each month to get the most recent sports calendar from MLHS.

PLEASE FIND ALL SCHEDULES AND CALENDARS AT

michiganlutheran.org

Activities

Athletics

Fall Sports Banquet

Tuesday, November 19th at 6:30

Parents, please check the ML website to find the work schedule for the banquet. You will find it under "Save the Date," Fall Banquet Schedule.

The annual fall sports banquet will be held on Tuesday, November 19, beginning at 6:30 PM. All participants in fall activities will receive recognition. Each family that plans to attend is asked to bring a main dish and salad, or a main dish and a dessert. Please provide your own table service. Please offer generous portions so that no one is left without enough to eat. Rolls and beverages will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you!

Click here to learn more...

Help your Thrivent Dollars Support Michigan Lutheran High School

HONEYWELL INSTANT ALERT

Go to https://instantalert.honeywell.com

If you are not a staff member in the school, click on 'parent' in the New User

Complete the student information form. Click "submit."

Complete the corresponding screen. Click "submit."

After receiving the mssg., click "Proceed" to get started with Instant Alert.

NOTE: Remember the login Name and Password so you may use it to update

When you register, be sure to select Michigan Lutheran High School

View and check details about yourself and you family members by clicking on "My Family" after successful login

Configure alert settings for yourself by clicking "Alert Setup"

CLick here for care packages for the Troops Information

HOW CAN YOU GIVE BACK TO OUR TROOPS?

Do you have a friend or family member deployed? Send us their address. On November 25th, MLHS students and our WELS Grade Schools are getting together to send Thank You Care Packages Overseas.

ROBOTICS UPDATE

Anyone interested in joining this amazing multi-school team, please contact Mr. Andy Pappenfuss, Dr. Dale Quattrin at Coloma High School or one of the team members at your school.

Our CW Tech FIRST robotics team submitted a video to Rockwell describing an app we will be developing relating to the theme: "Engineering Our Future: Next-Generation Innovators Envision a Brighter Future." This video was accepted as part of a competition for a $5,000 donation to our team. To win, we need lots and lots of votes. You may vote once a day between today and November 29th. For those that do not know about our team, please feel free to visit our website (cwtech-robotarians.org) Please spread this notice to family and friends. As is the case many Novembers, every vote makes a difference. The link is below.

http://www.rockwellautomation.com/rockwellautomation/news/110-anniversary/engineering-our-future.page?

Thank you for your help

Michigan Lutheran High School

Monday, November 25th - 1 PM

They will be presenting a 1 PM concert for the ML students, our WELS elementary schools.

Monday, November 25th - 7 PM

This concert is open for all our congregations and community friends that would like to attend.

Junior Class Chili Supper
The Chilli Supper is Sunday, December 8, prior to the Christmas Concert. The supper takes place from 5:00 to 6:30 PM in the MPR. Free-will offerings will be accepted toward the supper. Christmas cookies and candy will be sold be the pound.

SCRIP PROGRAM

Ready for Christmas?

Scrip cards make great Christmas Gifts!

There will be no scrip orders the week of November 25th...(the week before Thanksgiving)

Again this year, parents who participate in the Scrip program will split the profits generated with Michigan Lutheran. Specifically, 50% of the profits will be applied to the student's tuition, the other 50% will be kept by ML for current expenses. Relatives and friends may help increase an ML parent's order by having their orders placed on the ML parent's order form. If you have questions, please call Mrs. Bette Otte at 429-7861, ex. 212.

Scrip orders need to be turned in by 9:00 AM on Mondays. These orders will normally be available for pickup by Thursday of the same week. Orders placed after 9:00 AM may not be available until the following week.

PLEASE NOTE:

NEW 2013-14 MLHS STUDENT DIRECTORIES WHERE GIVEN OUT TO THE ELDEST STUDENT IN THE FAMILY TODAY. IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE AT HOME PLEASE ASK YOUR CHILD FOR IT.

DO YOU SHOP AMAZON.com?

There is a new way to shop on Amazon.com and support Michigan Lutheran High School at the same time! Go to http://smile.amazon.com/ch/38-1915418 and find Michigan Lutheran High School. Every time you purchase on this Smile.Amazon.com website, MLHS will receive a percentage of your purchase! You can find everything that is on Amazon.com and the prices and information are the same. Please consider helping out ML by using this site for all of your online purchases!

PROJECT CHRISTMAS

With God's blessings we are again planning "Project Christmas."* In this effort, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church of Benton Harbor, in cooperation with fellow WELS in the area (and some from farther away), and with assistance from a Thrivent grant, provides packages of food, clothing, and wrapped gifts for children to 90 needy Benton Harbor area families. We have scheduled the special Distribution Day for Saturday, December 14. A meal for all invited families and volunteers is also planned. We try to include and follow-up with the good news of Jesus to any unchurched families.

We would greatly appreciate any help your church members, Christian Day School or Sunday School children could give.

These are possible ways for your congregations and/or individual members to help:

1. Adopt a needy family for whom gifts are bought and wrapped.

2. Contribute non-perishable food items.

3. Make Monetary contributions.

4. Bring in good quality used clothing, bedding, towels, blankets, diapers, and sleepers.

5. Contribute like-new toys and Bible-based children's books and coloring books.

6. Volunteer to sort, set-up, clean-up items, etc. during the week of December 9 - 13.

7. Pray for God's blessing on "Project Christmas."

At this time we especially want to know which of our fellow congregations wish to adopt needy families for Project Christmas, and how many families you think your congregation members might adopt. Once we have the estimated number of families your congregation will sponsor, we will provide a list of families with a tag and information for each family. Your members who wish to sponsor a family can then pick a tag with the necessary information. We plan, God-willing, to have these lists and tags to your church before Thanksgiving so that you can post them.

We ask that gifts for the needy families be brought to St. Matthew's during the week of December 9 - 13 (before Friday if possible).

Praying for God's blessings,

Pastor Jeremy Laitinen, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church

Or Christina Wehrly, Secretary (church office)

Please call the above with any questions about Project Christmas 2013. To arrange a time to drop off food or other donated items before the week of December 9-13, please call our church office at the number listed above.

*"Project Christmas" is now also being called "Star of Hope" to co-ordinate with the other charitable and outreach efforts being undertaken at St. Matthew's School building under the name, "Projects of Hope".

Thanksgiving Holiday

Both the school and financial offices will be closed on Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29 for the holiday. Regular classes begin again on Monday, December 2, at 8 AM. We pray that you and your family have a safe and happy break, and that you use this opportunity to thank our Lord for His many gifts of grace. PLEASE NOTE: No SCRIP orders will be taken during the week of November 25. We apologize for any inconvenience.

MLHS Students performing at Martins - Stevensville

MLHS Festival Singers and a brass quintet from our band will be performing Christmas carols at the Martin's Supermarket in Stevensville on Thursday, December 19th, from 5-6:30 PM.

Music Notes from MLHS

ML SUNDAYS 2013/14 School Year

September 29 St. John's - Dowagiac, MI.........9 AM

October 6 Beautiful Savior - LaPorte, IN........9:30 AM (central time)

20 St. Paul's - South Haven, MI.........9 AM

November 17 St. Paul's - Stevensville, MI.......8 & 10:30 AM

24 Hope - Hartford, MI................10:30 AM

December 15 St. Pauls - Sodus ...................9 AM

January 12 Grace - Saint Joseph, MI.............8 & 10:30 AM

19 St. Matthew's - Benton Harbor.....9 AM

February 2 Trinity - Bangor, MI...................10:15 AM

9 Grace - Eau Claire, MI................9 AM

March 2 Good Shepherd - Benton Harbor, MI..9:30 AM

9 Peace - Granger, IN.......................9 AM

Paper Drive

Dates:

2013-14

Aug. 24

Dec.7

Mar. 1

May 24

Quick Links...

MLHS Website

What About Jesus Website

Parents Cross-Link Website

Quick Links...

CALENDAR COMMENTS

Nov. 16 - Sports Mania Football Boosters Dance and Auction 5:30

Nov. 17 - ML Sunday - St. Paul's Stevensville 8, 10:30 AM
Nov. 17 - Lutheran Choral Practice 6-8 PM
Nov. 18 - Concordia Ann Arbor Rep. 11 - 1 PM
Nov. 19 - Fall Sports Banquet 6:30
Nov. 21 - MI Tech Rep. 11 AM
Nov. 22 - 11:56 Dismissal
Nov. 22-23 Boys B-Team Tourney
Nov. 24 - ML Sunday - Hope, Hartford 10:30 AM
Nov. 24 - Lutheran Choral Practice 6-8 PM
Nov. 25 - Care packages for Troops

Nov. 25 - Koine concert 1 PM and 7 PM
Nov. 27 - 12:07 Dismissal
Nov. 28-29 Happy Thanksgiving! NO SCHOOL

MLHS Telephone (269)429-7861
Extensions are as follows:

Mr. Herbst 204

Mr. Briney 209

Mr. Eggert 215

Mrs. Eggert 216

Mrs. Gephart

Mrs. Plocher 211

Mr. Kruck 203

Mr. Lillo 208

Mrs. Otte 212

Mr. Pappenfuss 206

Rev. Schneider 207

Ms. Sperle 214

Mr. Stangl 210

Mrs. Sievert 201

Mrs. Styx

Mrs. Wunderlich