~ BACK TO SCHOOL~

August 17 - August 24, 2015

MLHS WEBSITE

MLHS CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MISSION STATEMENT

Michigan Lutheran High School provides Christ-centered learning for Christ-centered living.

Click here for the 15-16 school calendar

SUMMER OFFICE HOURS

The MLHS School Office will maintain the summer office hours of 10:00 - 1:00 PM. If you are making the trip to the school please call ahead to be sure there is someone available to help you. Have a blessed summer. We look forward to serving you in the 2015-16 school year.

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OPENING SERVICE

Michigan Lutheran High School will open its 46th school year on Sunday, August 23 at 3:00 pm at Grace Lutheran Church in St. Joseph, MI. The service will include installations of our three new teachers, Mrs. Terri Elder, Mr. Ryan Lemke, and Ms. Megan Wohlrabe. Please plan on attending to thank our Lord for another year of Christ-centered secondary education at MLHS

WELCOMING OUR NEW TEACHERS!

Please help us welcome our news teachers to Michigan Lutheran High School by providing goods or gift cards for our pantry shower. There will be a box for your to drop off items in the ML entryway during the week of Aug. 17-Aug. 21, or you can take them into Grace Lutheran or take them to the opening service on Aug. 23.

PARENT ORIENTATION

Parents of incoming freshmen and new students: Please plan to attend our parent orientation on Aug. 24th at 7 PM.

Come and meet the MLHS teachers and learn what the days at ML will be like for your students.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT

We Praise God for this gift of life!

Eden May Herbst was born Aug. 10 to Principal Matt and Sarah Herbst, and big brothers; Micah, Noah and Abel. She was 9 pounds one ounce. She is happy, and healthy, and was brought into God's family through the baptismal waters on Grace on Sunday, Aug. 16.

REMINDER: FALL SPORTS BEGIN AT MLHS!

Practices began last week for football, boys soccer, volleyball, and girl's golf.

Fall Sports pictures will take place on Tuesday, August 25. They should have received information from their coach.

Fall Program Ads are due on Wednesday, August 26. This too is information given out to the players by their coaches. The completed ads need to be given to students coaches on Wednesday, August 26.

BERRIEN COUNTY YOUTH FAIR

Michigan Lutheran and Grace Lutheran - Saint Joseph, will be having a booth at the Berrien County Youth Fair in Berrien Springs, MI this year - Aug. 17th - Aug.22nd. Come on out, stop by the booth and show your support for Christian Education in Southwest Michigan. We will have Titan "goodies" to hand out and also prizes to sign up for.

STUDENTS FROM HANDAN, CHINA

On Monday, August 17, 10 students from Handan No. 1 Middle School in Handan, China (Hebei Province) will be visiting southwest Michigan for one month. They will be living with local families, exploring our communities, attending classes at Grace Lutheran and Michigan Lutheran High School in St. Joseph, Michigan, but most importantly - hearing the Gospel message being shared in all of this. Please welcome our new friends! "Sharing Christ through Hospitality"

Want to be in "The Know" about ML?

If you, or somebody you know would benefit from a paper copy of our MLHS newsletter, please contact the school office at 429-7861 or email Amy Sievert at asievert@michiganlutheran.org. We will put you on a list, and send it home with your student. Please send the email you would like the newsletter to come to asievert@michiganlutheran.org and enter the subject, newsletter.

MLHS STUDENT LUNCHES

(subject to change)

MLHS Lunches: Fountain pop .50, 1.00. Cup of Water - Free, Fruit .75,

Always milk, hot pocket, 5 inch pizza, bottled pop, water or power aid available for purchase.

MONDAY: Cheeseburger 2.00, French fries 1.50, Salad 1.25

TUESDAY: Subway Box 4.00 (includes 6 inch sub, chips and cookie)

WEDNESDAY: ML MOMS Taco Bar with salad & with dessert 3.75

THURSDAY: Pizza Hut: 1.50/ Slice Pepperoni, Cheese or Sausage

FRIDAY: ML MOMS Pasta Bar with Salad & Dessert 3.75

ML MOMS NEED VOLUNTEERS

Lunch volunteers to help with Wednesday and Friday hot lunch are needed.

We especially need someone to coordinate volunteers for these days. Please contact the athletic office at 269-429-7861 ext 216.

First week of school (Aug. 24 - Aug. 28): There will only be lunch offered on Thursday (Pizza Hut). The students are responsible for bringing there own lunch for the remaining days.

Second Week (Aug. 31 - Sept. 4): There will only be lunch offered on Tuesday (Subway) and Thursday (Pizza Hut). The students are responsible for bringing their own lunch for the remaining days.

Third Week (Sept. 8 - Sept. 11): We plan to have lunch available all days. (See the weekly schedule above.)

GUIDANCE:

For more information on scholarship opportunities please go to michiganlutheran.org and go to our guidance page.

During the first couple months of the school year, colleges will be on campus to discuss the programs they offer and to help with any questions you have about their school. Please look at the monthly school calendar at michiganlutheran.org for those dates. If you have any further questions, please contact Mrs. Elder (ext. 203).

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.

MORE CLASS OPTIONS FOR MLHS STUDENTS

MLHS is improving its course offerings once again this year. Last year, ML implemented AP Chemistry and AP Stats right here at ML as well as did a trial run of online course offerings through Area Lutheran High Schools Online (ALHSO) where students took online AP US History as well as a graphics design course. This test run went very well and now we are opening this up to juniors and seniors this school year to take up to 20 additional online classes through ALHSO. What a blessing this resource will be to our students as they can seek out additional electives and courses that will benefit them in their own areas of interest. Our WELS Area Lutheran High Schools are working together to improve the quality of our already high standards and giving schools with limited resources this wonderful opportunity to expand our offerings through this great program.

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.

Middle School Athletic position available

These positions are open in the Titan Middle School Athletic Program: Boys Soccer Coach, 7^th Grade Volleyball Coach, Game manager, and assistant to Middle Schoool athletic Director. These are paid positions. If interested please contact John Eggert via email. jeggert@michiganlutheran.com

FOOTBALL BOOSTERS MEET

Head Coach Rich Zeiger will meet with the parents of football parents in the MPR at 6:30 on Wednesday, August 26^th. At 7:00, all those interested in supporting the football program will meet for the first booster meeting of the year. This is a very important meeting. All boosters should attend.