DECEMBER 23, 2009

Upcoming Events:

            Dec.    23 – Early Dismissal – 12:17 p.m.

                   24-31 – Christmas Break

            Jan.        1 – Christmas Break

                         4 – School Resumes – 7:53 a.m.

                         7 – Dordt College Concert Band at SCCHS – 2:25 p.m.

                         7 – CLC Honor’s Band – 7:00 p.m.

                         7 – NO Parent Focus Groups – 7:00 p.m.

                       11 – School Board Meeting – 7:00 p.m.

                       12 – Career Connections (10^th grade) – 9:15-11:30 a.m.

                       19 – Financial Aid Information Meeting in the Media Center – 6:00 p.m.

Upcoming Sports:

            Dec.    23 – BB (JV/Var) vs. St. Mary’s Springs – 6:00/7:30 p.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1.             GOLD NOTE ANNOUNCEMENTS:  Please have all Gold Note announcements in to the school office via email jwalvoort@scchs.com or written out by 12:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoons.

2.             HOT LUNCH:  Monday, January 4 – Hot Dogs - $1.25 & Sloppy Joes - $1.50

                                  Tuesday, January 5 – Pancakes & Sausage - $1.50/ 3 pancakes & 1 sausage

                                  Wednesday, January 6 – Grilled Cheese - $1.00 & Soup - 75¢

3.             Advanced notice:  Beginning in January, Wednesday hot lunch will alternate the grilled cheese and soup lunch with a breaded chicken sandwich lunch.  Please see the SCCHS web site for the new January/February hot lunch menu.  It will be posted by the end of the year.

4.             PARENT FOCUS GROUP POSTPONED:  The Parent Focus Group scheduled for January 7 has been postponed.  We will notify you of the new date once it has been decided.

5.             TUNE IN:  In case of inclement weather, tune into the following stations:

1)      WTMJ (620 AM) radio, todaystmj4.com or  TV (Channel 4)

2)      WHBL (1330 AM) or whbl.com

3)      FOX 6 – WITI-Milwaukee or fox6now.com

4)      WISN-TV, WISN.com or FM 106.1

5)      WBAY-TV2 or WBAY.com

6)      NBC26

If you do not have reception for these stations, call the school office (458-9981, prompt #6) for school closings.

6.             Counseling News from Mrs. Smies: 

Parents of Seniors:  A Financial Aid Information Meeting will be held January 19, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. at SCCHS in the Media Center. If you will be filling out financial aid applications for the first time, you won’t want to miss this meeting.  Students are encouraged to attend with parents. This meeting is presented by Dordt College but the information will apply to all colleges.

Career Connection 2010—All sophomore students will attend Career Connections on January 12, 2010 at UW-Sheboygan from 9:15—11:30 a.m. This event will provide helpful information to get started on a career path for the future. Area business leaders will assist students as they explore sixteen identified career clusters during question and answer sessions. More information will be mailed home.

Selective Service—Virtually every man living in America is required to register with Selective Service within 30 days of his 18^th birthday. Once registered, he stays eligible for programs and benefits connected to registration, such as college loans and grants, government jobs and job training. Selective Service now accepts early submission of registration information by 17 year old men. Selective Service holds their registration information and automatically enters their data into the system when they turn 18. The fastest way to register is online at www.sss.gov.

Lakeshore Health Care Alliance sponsors the Lakeshore Health Career Academy (www.lshca.org) for students in Manitowoc and Sheboygan Counties. The academy provides students attending high schools without a formal health career pathway the opportunity to explore health careers and prepare for higher education or employment through coursework and experiential learning. A limited number of grants are provided. More information and application forms are available in the Counseling Office.  Deadline for Spring Session is January 7, 2010.

Scholarship Application List—Seniors may pick up a list of scholarship availability in the Counseling Office. In the future this list will be available on the SCCHS website. Additions to the list are made as soon as Mrs. Smies receives information. All students do not meet qualifications for every scholarship offered but check the list carefully for those that do apply. Pay attention to deadline dates.

7.             PERSON TO DO BOOK:  Boys’ basketball is looking for someone to help with doing the book at away games.  Contact Jon Westlund at 458-9981 if interested.

8.             SCCHS WORK DAY:  On December 26, we will have a work day from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you need to fulfill your two hour work service requirement, come and help us wash windows, paint classrooms, glue down floor tile in the science lab, clean shower heads, wipe down scuffed bleacher seats, vacuum furnace registers, and replace desk tops.

9.             YOU ARE INVITED to SCCHS on January 7 at 2:25 p.m. to hear the 47-member Dordt College Concert Band during its Winter Tour along with several smaller ensembles under the direction of Bradley Miedema.

10.         Senior Parents:  Please consider placing a recognition ad for your graduate in the Yearbook.  The deadline for the early discount is drawing close.  A letter was attached two weeks ago with more information.

11.         ITEMS FOR SALE:  Former SCCHS soccer and volleyball jerseys, seat cushions, pom pons, and more!  More information is in the school office.

12.         SPACE HEATERS NEEDED:  SCCHS is in need of portable space heaters.  If anyone has one they would like to donate, please contact the school office at 458-9981.

13.         Prayer before boys’ Varsity Basketball games:  Anyone is welcome to join a group of moms to pray before the boys’ varsity games. We cheer the team on as they enter the gym and then find a quiet place, away from attention, to offer up prayers for them.  We pray that the players will be lights, remain injury free, and do their best for God and for the fans to be encouragers. At home games, we meet between the music room and industrial arts room hallway.  At away games, we exit after the boys run in and find a place to gather. Anyone is welcome to join us in praise for this season.

14.         AN ICE MACHINE IS NEEDED by the athletic department.  If anyone is interested in donating one or if anyone is interested in donating monetarily, please contact Jon Westlund, our athletic director, by calling the school office 458-9981 ext. 305 or emailing jwestlund@scchs.com.

15.         SEEKING A COACH:  Sheboygan County Christian High School is seeking a track coach.  For information and an application, please contact the athletic director, Jon Westlund, at 920-458-9981, ext. 305 or at jwestlund@scchs.com. 

16.         SCRIP:  Remember to use Scrip for grocery, travel, and entertainment needs.  There are also many great restaurant options to use while out shopping.  Kwik Trip cards give you 18% credit towards your tuition until January 6, 2010.  Scrip cards make wonderful stocking stuffers and last minute Christmas gifts.  For a complete list of offerings, see the Great Lakes Scrip website at www.glscrip.com.   Many cards for local businesses are kept in stock.  Please remember that it takes a couple of weeks to receive orders from the web listing.  Use the Gold Note attachment or stop at the office during school hours to purchase Scrip. 

17.         “WE CARE” PICK ‘N SAVE PROGRAM:  The We Care program provides an easy way to raise additional funds for non-profit organization through supportive shoppers who use their Advantage Plus Savers Club card.  At the service desk, please designate SCCHS (# 711625) as your choice non-profit organization, so SCCHS will receive a cash rebate each time you use your Advantage Plus Savers Club card. The amount received is a percentage of the total amount of We Care dollars that Pick ‘n Save contributes.  Currently SCCHS has $28.73 in their “We Care” account – if you shop at Pick ‘n Save, please remember to use your Advantage Plus Savers Club card to help us reach $50, the minimum needed to receive a check.

18.         ANNUAL PARENT UNIVERSITY:  On February 22, 2010, SASD will be hosting the 2nd Annual Parent University. Parent University is a part of the District-wide Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD) prevention programming and is underwritten by a DPI grant.  It is designed to inform school age parents and other adults of the pivotal role they play in strengthening a child's positive behaviors.  Topics and speakers are selected to give participants the skills to accomplish this.

This event is open to all residents of Sheboygan County.  Since this is an open event, they would like to have input from parents throughout the county.  We encourage SCCHS parents to fill out a brief survey to help inform them of time preferences, topics, and speakers.  The survey can be found at http://www.sheboygan.k12.wi.us/surveys, click on the 2^nd Annual Parent University Survey link.

19.         MOM’S IN TOUCH:  Let's "lift up holy hands in prayer." (1 Timothy 2:8)  We have something very special at Christian High – a Mom's In Touch International prayer ministry.  We welcome and invite all women associated with SCCHS to join us.  Even if you can't make it each week, please come when you are able.  We meet on Thursday mornings from 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. and/or Fridays from 8:00 – 9:15 a.m. in the prayer room off the library.  If God has laid upon your heart a desire to pray for Christian High, please contact Sue Dykstra 564-4212 or susandykstra@wi.rr.com.  Quoted from Alvin Vander Griend's devotional Love to Pray, "What we need most for solving the problems in our society is not more money, more education, more ideas, books or strategies.  Our prime need is hands lifted up in prayer.  'We can accomplish far more by our prayers than by our work.  Prayer...can do anything God can do!  When we pray, God works' (The Kneeling Christian.)”