Thursday, March 18th, 2010 Day 5
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 DAY 5
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STAFF SUPERVISION |
Mar. 8 – Mar. 19 |
Mar. 22 - April 9 |
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Grade 6-7 Lockers |
Mrs. D. Herr |
Mrs. H. Lange/M. Ulrich |
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Grade 8 Lockers |
Mr. R. Klassen |
Mr. H. Kroeker |
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Grade 9 Lockers |
Mr. A. Klassen |
Mrs. L. Rew |
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HS Cafeteria |
Mr. A. Hiebert |
Mrs. H. Boersma |
UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP/AWARD INFORMATION
Upcoming Scholarship Deadlines:
U of Manitoba Agricultural and Food Sciences - March 26, 2010
Manitoba Youth Leadership - March 26, 2010
MTS Pursue Your Calling - April 23, 2010
Garfield Weston - March 23, 2010
Seven Oaks - April 29, 2010
See Mrs. Herr for further details or check the bulletin board by the high school Science classrooms.
All Grade 11 students will be attending the Career Symposium on April 8 for periods 4-7. Session details will be sent home as they become available.
Manitoba Blue Cross has a variety of scholarships available - see the poster on the Science bulletin board, or Mrs. Herr, for further details.
The next campus visit date for Providence & CMU is March 26.
GENERAL STUDENT NEWS
Congrats to Pi Day Memory Winners from Pre-Cal 30S!1st - Kevin Shek (280 digits), 2nd - Tia Boroski (230), 3rd - Kristin Froese (160), 4th - Kyle Smith (121), 5th - Brenden Schulz (117), 6th - Sabrina Swiridenko (72)
GLOBAL FOCUS WEEK: Global focus week starts next week. Check posters for details.
EARTH HOUR: On SATURDAY, March 27 at 8:30 pm, hundreds of millions of people around the world will turn off their lights for an hour to demand action on climate change. But that's just the beginning. Every hour, Canadians are taking small steps to lessen their impact on the environment. From hanging your clothes to dry to taking transit to work, those small steps add up to huge changes for the better. Get inspired by others who are living Earth Hour ever hour.
JP Decorating Committee: Interested in decorating JP for the Spring Concert? Please come to a meeting today, Thursday, March 18th at noon in room 3100 (Ms. Daly's room).
ATTENTION YEARBOOK COMMITTEE: Please plan to attend an important meeting with our Friesens representative at Noon on Tuesday, March 23 in Mr. Buhler's room (Rm. 5208). Bring your lunch!
The library is holding books for: Ethan Giesbrecht
Grade 12's: Before spring break, come to Mrs. Herr's office during a spare, to be sized for your grad gown.
MUSIC
SPORTS
Table Tennis: No table tennis today.
MBCI Hoodies
Drop by Mr. Plett's room and size on a hoodie. The first order will be made this Friday so get your order in by tomorrow. You can also check them out on our web page.
Regular $36.00
Special (double-stitched) $42.00
Hawks Club Volleyball (Boys)
Any boys in grades 6-11, who want to get a jump start in preparing for the volleyball season next fall, come to Mr. Plett's room to pick up and information sheet outlining our Hawks Volleyball program. It is a 6-8 week program that will start at the conclusion of the basketball season.
Boys Hawks Club Volleyball
There will be a practice this week for any boys in Grades 6-11 who are interested in playing Volleyball on one of the Hawks teams. Thursday 7:15-9:00
JVB BB TEAM: All members of the JVB basketball team- please meet in Mr. O's room at lunch today, (Thursday, March 18).
Cafeteria Lunch Specials For This Week
Monday…
Tuesday…
Wednesday…
Thursday…..Chicken Quesadilla with sour cream and salsa and tossed salad
Friday…. None
Specials ($4.35)
Devotional Day 5, Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Almost But Not Quite
Mark 12:34 ~ You are not far from the Kingdom of God.
Almost. It’s a sad-sounding, six-letter word that implies a fumbled opportunity, near-miss effort, fizzled dream, close-call decision, botched attempt, missed chance. The word means “nearly,” “just about,” “not quite.”
Almost is the pop fly that would have been caught had the sun not flashed in your eyes, the exam that would have been passed had you taken more time to study, the relationship that would have been salvaged had you not lost your temper, the appointment that would have been kept had you not run out of gas.
Almost is the fish that got away, the race lost on a technicality, the election defeat by a single vote.
Almost is the near-win attempt, the second-place finish, the runner-up effort, the foul tip, the misfire.
Almost is the rich young man who’d kept all the commandments since he was a little boy (Mark 10:17-22). But by refusing to sell his possessions and follow Jesus, he made it clear that he was unwilling to put Christ first in his life.
Almost is the teacher of the law whose questions of Jesus indicated he was “not far from the Kingdom of God” (Mark 12:28-34). But “not far” is not quite good enough. God wants us to come all the way to faith in him.
We are not told the outcome of this teacher’s encounter with Jesus, whether he ever came to trust in Jesus Christ. But perhaps the Gospel writer left it uncertain so that we would ask ourselves the question, “Have I entered the Kingdom of God?”
Prayer:
Dear God – Your Word says to confess our sins to you and believe you raised Jesus from the dead, and we’ll be saved. You extend friendship to us though we don’t deserve to be close to you, us being sinful and you being perfect. Thank you for your interest in us and our lives.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen