Monday, February 22nd, 2010 Day 5

Monday, February 22, 2010                                 DAY 5                          

STAFF SUPERVISION	Feb. 22 – Mar. 5	Mar. 8 – Mar. 19
Grade 6-7 Lockers	Mr. A. Fast	Mrs. D. Herr
Grade 8 Lockers	Mr. J. Hudson	Mr. R. Klassen
Grade 9 Lockers	Ms. J. Johnson	Mr. A. Klassen
HS Cafeteria	Mr. T. Herr	Mr. A. Hiebert

 

UNIVERSITY & COLLEAGE SCHOLARSHIP/AWARD INFORMATION

The Garfield Weston Awards are available for grade 12 students who will be attending COLLEGE in Canada in the fall of 2010 (including Red River). 25 entrance awards are available valued at $50,000. Applications must be received at their destination by March 23, 2010. See Mrs. Herr for further details.

 

GENERAL STUDENT NEWS

The City of Winnipeg is hiring program leaders for wading pools, facilities, children's and youth programs. The salary range is $9.36-$14.68. Applications are being accepted until April 9 at 510 Main Street or online at winnipeg.ca.

 

You can be an Olympic winner! Olympics Trivia Contest starts today in the library. Enter draw for Boston Pizza or $75 for Sports Chek. New questions daily.

 

Grade 11 Pre-Cal Math Contest Prep at lunch Mon., Tues., Wed. in Mr. Peters' room.

 

ATTENTION YEARBOOK COMMITTEE: Please plan to attend an important meeting with our Friesens representative at Noon on Friday, February 26 in Mr. Buhler's room (Rm. 5208).  Bring your lunch!

 

Sobeys fundraiser begins today and runs until March 8th.  No orders will be accepted after March 8th at 9:00 a.m. 

 

 MUSIC

Grade 8 Band Rehearsal: The extra percussion and low brass musicians performing with the Grade 8 Band at the Optimist Festival are reminded of their rehearsal on Tuesday, Feb. 23, Period 1 in the Band Room.

Optimist Band Festival: This week, three of our bands are performing at the Optimist Band Festival at the Convention Centre:

Grade 9 Band - Tuesday, 1:40 pm

Concert Band - Thursday, 7:50 pm

Grade 8 Band - Friday, 10:30 am

 

Band students - please take note of the schedules and rehearsal changes that have been communicated to you regarding this week.

 

Grade 9 Band: Full band rehearsal today (Monday) period 5.

 

Junior and Senior Jazz Bands: No rehearsals this week, as in your contracts.

Concert Choir: Monday Feb. 22 is full choir.

 

Junior Vocal Jazz: Girls meet today in JP at lunch.

 

LIBRARY

 

SPORTS

The grade 6/7 boys developmental team came in third place at the Munroe tournament over the weekend.  They defeated Lockport to advance to the semifinals and had an exciting game with Linden Christian.  They fell short at the end and defeated Grant Park for third place.  Great tournament guys!

Cafeteria Lunch Specials for February 16, 2010     Week # 3

Monday… Hot Beef Sandwich with onion rings

Tuesday… Greek Gyro, salad or wedges

Wednesday…Chicken Burger with fries or salad

Thursday…Hawks Burger and fries or salad

 Friday…. Spaghetti and meat-sauce with garden salad

Specials ($4.35)

 

Devotional                           Day 5, Monday, Feb.22, 2010

Fault Finder

 

Proverbs 28:13 ~ People who conceal their sins will not prosper, but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy.

 

            Whenever Judy blew it, she always blamed others. When I picked her up for a night out with friends and had to wait thirty minutes, she never even said she was sorry. She said her little sister had hogged the shower.

            In a history class, she never accepted the responsibility for her low grades. Whenever she botched a test, it was because “I can’t believe the picky details they expect us to remember!” Or, “None of this stuff is important anyway. Who cares about ancient history two hundred years ago?”

            It was the same in other areas of her life. When she forgot to add chocolate chips to the cookie dough, it was because I distracted her. And one day when she ran out of gas and was late for work, she blamed her dad for not filling the tank the day before. Finally I lost my patience with her.

            “No matter what happens, it’s always someone else’s fault,” I said. “Are you perfect or something? Have you ever told anyone you were sorry?”

            When I thought about Judy years later, I realized the basic difference between us was simply that she verbalized the kinds of excuses I often just mumbled silently to myself.

            Do you mumble under your breath? Do you blame others silently or out loud?  I think we are all guilty of this.  Unfortunately, blaming others only deceives us. We have to remember that bad things will happen to us and we will have trouble in life. Nothing is perfect. No one is perfect. We’ll run into snags. Let’s start assuming that life won’t be smooth so that when hard times come, we are not surprised and we won’t need to blame anyone for our circumstances. If it’s something wrong we’ve done, we need to admit our mistakes, confess them and move on.

 

Prayer:

Dear God – Help us to take responsibility for the mistakes we make and not blame others for them. Help us to remember that problems will come our way and there’s no need to point fingers. Help us to turn to you for help when we’re faced with challenges.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen

By Adrian Enns. Story by Rick Christian, One Year Devos for Students, 2009.