Metro-East Lutheran High School HIGHLIGHTS March 12, 2015 CHRIST LIVING GALATIANS 2:20 Please pray… For many attendees at the Home and Garden Show this weekend. • Giving thanks for the 24 newest members of the National Honor Society inducted this week. We invite all Lutheran High Supporters to attend the Knights of the Round Table Banquet and Hall of Honor Induction on March 22 at 5:30 p.m. RSVP to the school office. There is no charge for the event. • Important Upcoming Dates March 13 No School - Professional Development March 14 & 15 Metro-East Home and Garden Show March 22 Knights of the Round Table Banquet March 30-April 6 Easter Break - No School Announcements Metro-East Lutheran High is excited to announce the 2015 inductees to the Hall of Honor: ERIK HESS, Class of 1983, now serves as a Senior Vice President, Consumer Brand Strategy for the McDonald's Corporation. JOEL FRIEND, Class of 1993, distinguished himself as an accomplished student and participant in the Fine Arts at MELHS. He continues that leadership in his work with the Lyric Opera of Chicago along with running his own theater company, Without A Net Entertainment. JEREMY BECKER, Class of 1994, has served the Lutheran Church both locally and nationally as a Director of Christian Education for nearly twenty years including helping plan the National Youth Gatherings. DR. ALISON (REDDEN) WESSELS, Class of 2001, is a former standout athlete and valedictorian at Lutheran High. She is an Assistant Professor and Laboratory Coordinator at Washington University in St. Louis. Seniors- Jostens will be on campus Friday, March 20, to distribute graduation announcements and other items. If you have a balance due you should be receiving a notice in the mail. They will be here during the lunch periods. The Creative Writing and Book Club's next meeting is Friday, March 27 at Sacred Grounds after school. The "book" for the month of March is not a book, but a podcast titled Welcome to Night Vale. There are about fifty episodes of about thirty minutes each. Please listen to as many as you are able, and we hope you enjoy them. S L A P Congratulations to our Student Leaders and Achievers Program award winners: Marie Schultz for her service especially to the office staff, Andrea Jones for her hard work academically, and Connor Wallace for advancing to the Sectionals for the 3-point contest. Sports/Activities Schedules PAFs Spring weather and sports don’t always work together! Please watch for updates from the coaches. The Home and Garden show is this weekend!! Set up is underway. Please continue to spread the word. Free admission and free parking! Baseball- 3/21 at Calhoun, 3/23 at Marquette, 3/24 V Home v Wood River/ JV at Wood River, 3/26 V at Belleville West/ JV Home v. Belleville West, 3/27 Home v. Althoff, 3/28 at Nashville Boys Tennis- 3/19 at Hillsboro Boys Volleyball- 3/23 JV/V Home v. Granite City, 3/24 JV/V Home v. Alton Girls Soccer- 3/16 Home v. Roxana, 3/23 Home v. Hillsboro, 3/24 Home v. Jerseyville, 3/27 at Civic Memorial, 3/28 at Breese Central Clean out your closets and bring your old shoes! Collected shoes are sold and the money raised is used to supply safe drinking water around the world. In collaboration with the Home and Garden Show, we will be collecting shoes until March 27. Learn more about this project at www.shoemanwater.org. Scholastic Bowl- 3/14 Sectional Softball- 3/19 Home v. Marquette, 3/23 at Dupo, 3/28 at Southwestern Track- 3/14 Girls and Boys at Principia, 3/18 Girls and Boys at Dupo, 3/21 Boys at EIU-Charleston Indoor Invite, 3/26 Girls and Boys at Mt. Olive Trap Club- 3/12 Beginning of Olin Trap League Tryouts for the Dancer Knights for 2015-16 will take place March 23, 24, and 26 from 5:00-7:00pm. Sign up in the office. For more information see Mrs. Keily-Vann or Mrs. Wudtke. Summer Camps are being planned! So far these are the camp dates: The following colleges will be visiting MELHS. Please sign up with Mr. McLaughlin at least a day in advance and check with your teacher before attending the visit. Wednesday, March 19 - Eureka College (reschedule) Friday, March 27- SIU-Edwardsville Girls Basketball- May26-29 Girls Volleyball- June 1-5 Boys Volleyball- June 1-5 Band June 7-11 Wrestling- June 8-12 Boys Basketball- June 22-26 Drama- July 13-17 Dance- July 20-24 Senior Scholarship Tracker is up to $1,350,400 awarded to the Class of 2015. Please let Mr. McLaughlin know about any scholarships you are receiving from each school you have applied to! Registration for these camps will open at the end of MARCH. Watch for the camp flier to come soon! From the Academic Advisor