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 2, 2014 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, which everyone will be required to purchase. There will be a fee for the cap and gown collected by ML upon pickup.

Christmas Families

Our international students enjoyed sharing Thanksgiving with a few local families. Some traveled, others stayed close to home. ML is looking for a few families to share Christmas and New Year's with our international students. All you need is a bit of extra room, patience and understanding, and a sense of humor. Contact Heidi Plocher, International Advisor, for more information on how you can participate in this unique ministry: 556-9270, ext. 1313.

  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 13. A meal for all invited families and volunteers is also planned. We try to 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.

We ask that gifts for the needy families be brought to St. Matthew's during the week of December 8 - 12(before Friday if possible).

St. Matthew's Lutheran Church 269-925-7292

Please call the above with any questions about Project Christmas 2014. To arrange a time to drop off food or other donated items before the week of December 8-12, please call our church office at the number listed above.

December 13-- Robotics Carnival @ Alwood Gym, Coloma Middle School

GUIDANCE:

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 SCRIP PROGRAM

Ready for Christmas?

Scrip cards make great Christmas Gifts!

There will be no scrip orders the week of November 24th...(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 429-1789 ext.2.

Area Lutheran High School Online (ALHSO)

All ALHSO courses are available during a student's junior or senior year enrolled at MLHS.

Students can take ALHSO courses as electives and required courses offered by MLHS must be taken at MLHS. 

The ALHSO grade will count as a credit and will be calculated into the GPA.

The course expenses are paid by the family (currently $250/semester).

Courses available in the 2014 spring semester:

• Astronomy (0.5 credit)
• Intro to Psychology (0.5 credit)
• Computer Graphics (0.5 credit)

These will all be done during a study hall online or in place of another elective course offered at MLHS.

For registration information, contact Mr. Herbst.

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