Friday, October 16th, 2009 Day4

Friday, October 16th, 2009 Day 4

STAFF SUPERVISION	Oct. 5 – Oct. 16	Oct. 19 – Oct. 30
Grade 6-7 Lockers	Mr. Fast	Mrs. Herr
Grade 8 Lockers	Mrs. Hodder	Mr. Hudson
Grade 9 Lockers	Mr. Doerksen	Ms. Johnson
HS Cafeteria	Mr. Herr	Mr. Hiebert

STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

Babysitting opportunity in an Inner City church every Monday night for 1-2 hours. Can be used for service hours or a paid position. Must commit to every Monday 7-9 p.m. See Mrs. Herr for details.

STUDENT/PARENT INFORMATION

Grades 10-12 students (and their parents) who are interested in gathering university information from universities across Canada, are invited to attend the Canadian Universities Fair on Wednesday, November 4 @ St. John's Ravenscourt and on Thursday, November 5 at Balmoral Hall School. The events will run from 7-9 pm with displays and presentations taking place both evenings. No colleges or other educational establishments will be in attendance (only universities).

Attention Mr. Buhler's AP Literature Class: Please bring your IRA books for Monday's class.

Attention Grades 10-12 Students: This is a call to all writers, photographers, artists, and anyone else interested in publishing a student literary magazine! There will be an informational meeting on Tuesday, October 27 at Noon in Mr. Buhler's room (5208). Please bring your lunch.

Grade 9-12 Girls: The next meeting for Girls on Purpose will be held THIS COMING Monday Oct.19th in Mrs. Boersma's room 5100. We will be going to the library to do some research on needs in our community and coming up with our first service project idea.

Subway Cookie Dough Fund Raiser: Any students who want to take part in a new fund-raising opportunity selling Subway cookie dough must come to the fund-raising kickoff TODAY, Friday at lunch in the Choir room. Band and Choir members, along with volleyball and basketball players are invited to take part. It will be worth it.

Grade 12 Students: I would like to hold a series of lunch sessions highlighting a particular career that you would be interested in. Could you please let me (Mrs. Herr) know which career you would like to know about, so that I can invite someone in that field to come and speak to you. Also, if you have a suggestion for a speaker that we could invite, let me know as well.

Grade 11 & 12 Students: Canadian Mennonite University is holding a Campus Visit Day on October 23 (you're not in school that day) for you to visit the campus. Special activities are planned for that day. See Mrs. Herr for further information.

Grade 11 & 12 Students: The University of Winnipeg's Evening for Outstanding Students is taking place THIS coming Monday, October 19 at 7:00 pm. Students with high academic standing are invited for a presentation, displays and campus tours. See Mrs. Herr for an invitation.

French Club - Meeting TODAY, Friday, October 16th in Room 3100 at 12 noon. If you did not come to the first meeting and are still interested, please join us. Merci!

Attention Middle School students! Songwriters Club will meet THIS Monday, October 19th in the Upper Band Room. In the meantime, keep writing and gathering ideas!

PICTURE RETAKES FOR ALL STUDENTS WHO MISSED THEIR PICTURES : October 27th, 2009: If you missed picture day and are having your pictures taken for the first time…you must bring your form and money with you when you have your picture taken. If you don’t have a form…please get one from either office. If you are having re-takes….bring your picture package with you…hand it to the photographer when he RE-TAKES your pictures. DO NOT HAND ANY FORMS OR MONEY INTO THE OFFICES….they must be handed directly to the photographer.

MUSIC

Junior Vocal Jazz: Those students who have handed in contracts may sign up for auditions on the choir room door. Auditions begin on Monday at lunch in the choir room.

MBCI Fall Band Concert :The place to be Monday, November 2, 7:30 pm is the MBCI Fall Band Concert! Admission free in JP.

Senior Jazz Band: Membership roster has been finalized and the first rehearsal is TODAY (Friday) at lunch. See you there!

Junior Jazz Band Hopefuls: Check your email this evening about the final membership roster. First rehearsal is Tuesday at lunch. Trumpet players intending to audition see Mr. Klassen asap about an audition time.

Grade 6 Band: first full band rehearsal is Monday (FRIDAY) in the band room. Woodwind players make sure you go to the band room not the choir room.

SPORTS

40n4 Basketball: The teams and schedule are posted in the red gym and the website. Games begin Monday.

Monday, Oct. 19, Day 5
Raptors vs. Sixers

Thursday, Oct. 22, Day 2
Lakers vs. Celtics

Cross Country - Congratulations to Lauren Charnock and Simon Dueck who both placed 6th in a grueling race at Birds' Hill Park yesterday. Well run and well done!!

All Gr. 10 Girls interested in playing Basketball this year: There will be a brief meeting with Ms. Zimmermann in the Red Gym at Lunch on Wed. Oct. 21. Please come right at 11:55 am.

Grade 9 Boys Volleyball: Congratulations to the Grade 9 Boys Volleyball team for winning their league game last night against Robert Andrews, winning all three sets. Good luck this weekend at the AA Leach Tournament.

Cafeteria Daily Lunch Specials Week #5

Monday…

Tuesday…

Wednesday…

Thursday…

Friday… Beef & Vegetable Lasagna with Caesar Salad

Specials ($4.35)

Devotional Day 4, Friday, October 16, 2009

Ruth Castillos always wore a bright red dress and dark sunglasses. Each Wednesday at 9:30 am, she’d meet a stocky, bearded man in front of the drugstore. Quietly, he would exchange a bottle of pills for her package of dollars bills. Than Ruth would quickly, mysteriously slip into her car and drive briskly away to her tiny house in the country.

Besides going to the drugstore each week, Ruth rarely left home.

She almost never had visitors either. The only person who came to her house was a tall, handsome young man who stopped by each Friday afternoon – and stayed only an hour.

What do you think Ruth was doing? Drug dealing? Embezzling international funds? Hold hostages in her home?

Actually Ruth was struggling to hold her life together. She had an eye disorder that made it difficult for her to see in daylight – forcing her to wear dark sunglasses. During the day, she went out only to see the pharmacist because her mom was terminally ill and needed medicine. Her mom was so sick that neither she nor Ruth could have any visitors. So the only person who came by was a young doctor who made house calls on Fridays.

Ruth’s life was so dark that she wore red to cheer herself up.

It’s easy to jump to conclusions when you first hear about Ruth. I did. It’s easy to judge when you don’t know all the information. It’s easy, but it’s dangerous. Even if we do come to the right conclusions, we’re still wrong to judge.

Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you. God alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to save or to destroy. So what right do you have to judge your neighbor? ~James 4:11-12

Don’t try to do God’s job. He’s the only One who has any business judging people.

Prayer:

Dear God – Help us to be careful to jump to conclusions. Help us to catch each other and remind each other to get the right information. Help us to leave judgment of others’ actions to You God.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen