November 22 - November 29, 2013

 
    
  

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.

  

 

Special Schedule Change

Monday, November 25, Dismissal for ML students will be at 2 PM Proceeding the KOINE concert.  

 

 

 

NEWSFLASH : 

THERE ARE SOME EXTRA BOXES OF ORANGES AND GRAPEFRUIT JUST OFF THE TRUCK THAT CAME FROM FLORIDA!   THEY COULD BE YOURS.  IF YOU ARE INTERESTED CONTACT RYAN STANGL OR LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR THE ML MUSIC DEPARTMENT.   THESE WON'T LAST LONG SO CALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.   FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING
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.
  

  

 

 

 

 

 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.  







 

 GUIDANCE

 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    

      c[email protected]

     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

  
 Congratulations!
 ELISE ROSENBAUM  of  MICHIGAN LUTHERAN  High School  VOLLEYBALL  as Student Athlete of the Week for the week of  NOVEMBER 3, 2013.  Watch your MAILMAX for the full article.
 
Congratulations!
to MLHS Senior Greta Krieger.   Greta is the daughter of Freddy and Linda Krieger of Baroda, MI and has recently been crowned Miss Baroda in the Miss Baroda Pageant held at Bridgman High School on Sunday, November 17, 2013. 
 
  

  


 

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Help your Thrivent Dollars Support Michigan Lutheran High School

   

 

 

 

DID YOU RECEIVE A TEXT, PHONE CALL OR EMAIL LAST TUEDAY/ the Day of our snow day?   Honeywell Instant Alert is a great way to hear about school closings and emergencies.   Follow instructions below to sign up.   If you have questions please stop in or call the front office at ML. 

 

HONEYWELL INSTANT ALERT

Register for instant alerts to come to your house and cell phone.

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"

 

 

 

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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.

  

 

 

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HOLIDAY LUNCH at MLHS

Friday, December 13 there will be a special lunch served at MLHS.  Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, rolls, vegies and desserts are among some of the food that will be served this day by the ML MOMS.   Students may enjoy this meal for $3.50.

 
  

  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".

  

 

 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.

 

  

 

 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. 
  
  

 

 

 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

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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.


 

TITAN TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT
MLHS is hosting its annual boys' basketball Tip-off Tournament on Friday, December 13, and Saturday, December 14.  To prepare  for the tournament, students will be dismissed at 2:00 PM on Friday, December 13.

 

  

ATTENTION SENIORS Caps, Gowns, and Announcements:

 

The Herff Jones Company will be at school to take cap, gown and graduation announcement orders on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 during lunch.  If you are ordering announcements from them, a deposit will be required at the time of the order.  Please make all checks and money orders payable to Herff Jones.  The forms regarding measurements for caps and gowns are due this day; however, ordering announcements is optional.  The caps and gowns will be distributed in May, the week before graduation.  Everyone will be required to purchaseThere will be a fee for the cap and gown collected by ML upon pickup.

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CALENDAR COMMENTS

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. 26 - Herff Jones 8am Senior Meeting
Nov. 27 - 12:07 Dismissal
Nov. 28-29 Happy Thanksgiving!  NO SCHOOL
Dec. 8 - 5 PM Cookie Walk/Chili Supper
Dec. 8 - 7 PM Christmas Concert
Dec. 10 - Herff Jones - Senior Lunch Mting.
Dec. 13 - Tip Off Tournament - MLHS
Dec. 14 - Tip Off Tournament - MLHS
Dec. 15 - ML Sunday - St. Paul, Sodus 9 AM

 
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