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September 26 - October 3, 2014

~BACK TO SCHOOL~

MLHS WEBSITE

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 STUDENT/FACULTY/STAFF DIRECTORY WILL BE HANDED OUT TO YOUR STUDENT NEXT WEEK. The directory contains phone numbers, emails, and addresses of the students, staff and faculty. Please ask your student for the copy.

FRIDAY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

We have a shortage of volunteers to help prepare lunches on Fridays. If you can help on one or more Fridays a month please call Deb Kenyon at 269-214-6204. Help is needed from 10:00 am to 1:30 pm. We need additional volunteers to be able to continue offering hot lunch on Fridays. Thank you.

Freshman Car Wash

The Freshmen of MLHS will be holding their annual car wash on Saturday, September 27, from 11:00 AM until 3:00 PM. The car wash will be held at Mat's Auto Care, located at 2101 Niles Ave, St. Joseph.

Please come out and support the Freshman class! Your donations will help raise funds for their senior trip to Washington D.C.

Homecoming Dance

The Homecoming dance will be held on Saturday, October 11th at St. Paul's in Stevensville. Help is still needed. We are asking a few willing/able parents to provide some snacks; cookies, chips, brownies etc. They will be given pizza and soda. Please email asievert@michiganlutheran.org if you

The dance will start after the MLHS vs. Litchfield homecoming football game in River Valley and will end promptly at 11:30 pm. Students are to go directly from the football game to the dance. The doors at the dance will be locked aproximately 40 minutes after the football game ends. No one else will be permitted to come in unless special arrangements are made with Julie Nitz beforehand.

Come and have a great time at the first dance of the year!

Dance Fees

If you have not already done so, please submit your dance fees as soon as possible. The per-student dance fee for the entire year is only $20, and makes the three annual dances possible. Please email Mrs.Julie Nitz if you have questions ajnitz@aol.com. There will also be two more dances this school year; Christmas, and Winterfest.

GUIDANCE

ALL MLHS STUDENTS & PARENTS

New web address for PowerSchool: http://wels.powerschool.com

This change happened over the summer. The address that was used last year no longer works however your username and password should still be the same.

COLLEGE VISITS

A rep from these colleges will be in the center hallway during the listed date and time. Come to visit them.

Wisconsin Lutheran College - Oct. 1

Hope college - Oct. 9

Southwestern Michigan College - Oct. 14 11:30

SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINEAES ENGINEERS SCHOLARSHIPS ~ Deadline is soon!

Talk to Mr. Kruck ASAP

VFW Essay Contest Information Available

for Grades 9-12 The Voice of Democracy

the prizes range from $500 to $5,000

for a brochure with an application, rules, etc. email: Lee at vfw1137@aol.com

DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 1

SENIORS:

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.

TRANSCRIPT REQUEST?

Our office has gone to an online transfer of documents called "Parchment". Parchment is an online database that will transfer an official transcript to a college, or address requesting it. You can request your transcript by going to our ML Website: www.michiganlutheran.org and clicking on the box, "Request my transcript" on the right side of the home page. If you have any questions about this service, please contact Mrs. Sievert in the Office.

MLHS LOOKING FOR COACHES

The positions of varsity cheer coach and middle school boys and girls basketball coach are open. If interested in either of these, contact Mr. Eggert by email at jreggert@juno.com.

REDUCED PRICE FOR STUDENTS

Student presale tickets will be sold for the Red Arrow conference games. They are $2.00 and will be available the day of the game. Red Arrow conference schools are Eau Claire, Howardsville Christian, Lake Michigan Catholic, Grace Christian, Countryside Academy and River Valley.

You are supporting ML by buying a presale ticket, the money from presale stays with ML. Student tickets will be $5 if you purchase at the game.

EQUESTRIAN

Victoria Dumke will be participating in the regional equestrian meet at Berrien County Fairgrounds this Saturday, September 27th beginning at 8 AM.

ALUMNI

Jake Rushlow (MLHS class of 2011) is now working for the Executive Office of Governor Rick Snyder!

To report recent alumni news, please send information to asievert@michiganlutheran.org

Thank you for providing news for this section! We are always interested in knowing what our alumni are up to.

Camp Lor-Ray needs you!

Camp Lor-Ray plans to build a dual-line 600ft long zip-line in the middle of the family camp and kids' camp areas. This will be an additional cost (tbd) for all participants, and will be available at designated times during the summer.

All donations toward this project should be sent to Camp Lor-Ray (please refer to their web site for their address.

Kids are asked to contribute by saving their bottle/can return money and donating their profits.

ML Sunday Schedule

DATE TIME LOCATION
October 5, 2014 9:00 AM St. Paul - South Haven, MI
October 19, 2014 9:00 AM Peace - Granger, IN
October 26, 2014 9:30 AM (Central) Beautiful Savior - LaPorte, IN
November 16, 2014 10:30 AM Hope - Hartford, MI
November 23, 2014 10:45 AM Trinity - Bangor, MI
December 14, 2014 9:00 AM Grace - Eau Claire, MI
January 11, 2015 9:00 AM St. Matthew - Benton Harbor, MI
January 18, 2015 9:30 AM Good Shepherd - Benton Harbor, MI
February 1, 2015 8:00/10:30 AM Grace - St. Joseph, MI
February 8, 2015 8:00/10:30 AM St. Paul - Stevensville, MI
March 1, 2015 9:00 AM St. Paul - Sodus, MI
March 8, 2015 9:00 AM St. John - Dowagiac, MI

Access all assignments from your teachers daily planbook account: Go to Michiganlutheran.org and click on planbook.com. Find your students daily assignments listed there.

~BEAUTIFY OUR SCHOOL~

Commemorate a loved one, recognize an alumnus, a son or daughter, a teacher, your family, your class, or quote your favorite bible verse...on a Titan
Brick Paver that will be placed in the front outside entrance. Choose your brick size and engraved message. Pavers start at just $50! Fill out a form in the ML Office. Any profits occurred with this project will go toward our front hallway makeover.

Contact:Bill Kruck at (269) 556-9270 Ext.1310, email wkruck@michiganlutheran.org or Kathy Rimpel at (269)470-3959, email at krimpel6@yahoo.com for more details.

MLHS Online Spirit Store

The Titan online spirit store will be open again November 10 - 24. This is a great time to order items for Christmas.

Classic items continue to be available at the ML Spirit Shop...stadium chairs, polos, sweatshirts, and fall jackets are always for sale. Stop in and ask one of the secretaries to help you. Go Titans!

ART CLASS

The MLHS Art Classes are in need of Large Cardboard tubes aproximately 4'' in diameter and 18'' long. If you have any of these tubes please email the office or bring them in!

Thanks in advance,

Sherrie Styx, Art I and II

Attention all fruit farmers in the ML family:

On November 7-9, Michigan Lutheran High School is hosting the East Regional Choral Festival. There will be approximately 270 students and adults needing to be fed 4 meals and several snacks during that weekend. Since many of the visitors will be from places other than Michigan the food committee would like to give them a "taste of Michigan." If any of you are able to donate any fruit that would be great. We are looking for a few peaches and blueberries and quite a few apples. If you can help it would be best to contact Kris Pappenfuss 2269-759-4987. Thank-you so much! Watch for more details regarding the festival coming in the near future.

MLHS to Host 2014 East Regional WELS Choral Festival

Michigan Lutheran will be the host for this year's East Regional WELS Choral Festival. The festival will take place over the weekend of November 7-9, 2014, and will include two public performances by the participating choirs - a Pops Concert on Friday, November 7, at 7:00 PM, and a Sacred Concert on Sunday, November 9, at 2:00 PM.

Now in its 48^th year of existence, the WELS Choral Festivals bring together students from the various WELS area Lutheran high schools and prep schools across the synod for a weekend of music making and performance. This year's festival will be directed by Mr. Jon Hermanson, the choir director at Illinois Lutheran High School in Crete, Illinois, and Mr. Joel Ungemach, choir director at Manitowoc Lutheran High School in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

The festival will present a variety of musical pieces, from individually choreographed routines by the various participant choirs at the Pops Concert to fully-orchestrated mass numbers of over 200 singers and instrumentalists at the Sacred Concert on Sunday afternoon.

All are cordially invited to join us for these special events! Let's fill our gymnasium with people as we hear our musicians "Let the Light Shine" in the music they create that weekend!

Shop at Martins?

Register your advantage card at the website below and use our school code: 4094

Use your advantage card when you shop and we will accumulate points to be able to purchase things for our school. Thanks for your support!

MLHS HOMECOMING 2014

DRESS UP DAYS:

Monday, Oct. 6 ........Neon Day

Tuesday, Oct. 7...........Teacher Day

Wednesday, Oct. 8...............Inanimate Object day

Thursday, Oct. 9.............Class Pattern Day

Seniors- Tye Dye

Juniors-Flannel

Sophomores- Stripes

Freshman- Polka dots

Friday, Oct. 10.............Purple and White Day

ALL DRESS CODE RULES APPLY! NO YOGA PANTS or SPANDEX!

The Michigan Lutheran Football Boosters in cooperation with the ML Recruitment Committee are once again having their Homecoming Carnival on Friday, October 10th from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. We are looking for "LIKE NEW" stuffed animals. If you have some stuffed animals you would like to donate, please drop them off at ML.

We are also having a "Sweet Shoppe" at the carnival. If you are willing to donate some baked goods to be sold, please contact Julie Nitz at ajnitz@aol.com.

We hope you can join us.