Metro-East
Lutheran High School
HIGHLIGHTS
January 20, 2017
Together in christ
matt. 18:20
Please pray…
Giving thanks for the
support of our area Lutheran churches and
schools.
For area families with 8th graders as they
consider high school options.
Important Upcoming Dates
January 24-26 Lutheran Schools Week Prayer Vigil
January 30 Home and Garden Show Meeting 6pm
February 2 Knight Stewards Meeting 6:30pm
February 7 Early Dismissal 1:10pm
Announcements
Creative Writing and Book Club will
meet again on January 27 at Sacred Grounds
after school. We hope to see you there.
Knight Stewards - The MELHS parent group will be
meeting Thursday, February 2nd at 6:30pm in the Media
Center. Agenda items include: Home & Garden Show
update, 2016 funding reports, new faculty/staff needs/
requests and finishing 2017 strong! There will be door
prizes! All are invited!
Amazon Smile - Thank you for using Amazon
Smile during the holidays. If you are a shopper
of Amazon, Metro-East Lutheran High School
can benefit form your purchases all year long.
Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible
AmazonSmile purchases to MELHS whenever you shop
on AmazonSmile. Use this link to start shopping:
http://smile.amazon.com/ch/37-1029182
Prayer Vigil - Metro-East Lutheran High School will be
hosting a 24-hour prayer vigil on January 24-26. The
vigil is part of our annual celebration of Lutheran Schools
Week, and it will be held adjacent to the main school
office. This prayer vigil will be held over the course of
three days with hours as follows:
Tuesday, January 24: 7am-4pm, 5pm-8pm
Wednesday, January 25: 7am-1pm
Thursday, January 26: 9am-3pm
Parents and other members of Lutheran High’s extended
family are also welcome and encouraged to participate in
this unique opportunity to be in prayer for our student
body and school. Students may sign up for time slots in
their Theology classes, and family members may join us
during any of the time periods listed above. If you wish
to sign up for a time, please contact Mr. Giordano at
656-0043 or [email protected].
Home and Garden Show - The 4th Annual Metro-East
Home and Garden Show will be held at MELHS on
March 18th and 19th. This is a big fundraiser for the
school and it takes lots of help to make it successful.
Help is needed in two main areas. First, help with
preparations. Please attend the next H&G meeting It will
be held on Monday, January 30th at 6pm in the Media
Center. An email was sent by Dr. Krause listing specific
areas of needed help.
Second, please come to the show! Companies that rent
out our booth space want to see lots of foot traffic. More
attendees we have will mean more success of this event,
now and in the future.
If you have any questions, please contact Karen Johnson:
618-304-3492 or [email protected].
Sports/Activities Schedules
Please watch for notices from the coaches regarding
any changes in practice times or events!
Boys Basketball– 1/20-21 Varsity Litchfield
Tournament, 1/24 Fr/JV/V H v. Roxana, 1/26 Fr/So H v.
St. Louis College Prep, 1/28 Fr H v. Southwestern, 1/30
Fr H v. Columbia
Bowling– 1/21 Boys Sectional at Collinsville, 1/24 at
Southwestern (Bowl Haven), 1/27-28 Boys State
Tournament
Cheerleading– 1/20/-24 Boys Basketball Litchfield
Tournament, 1/24 Boys Basketball Home
Dancer Knights– 1/24 half time of boys basketball game
(Senior Night)
Girls Basketball– 1/21-28 Varsity Carrollton Tournament, 1/30 JV/V at Mt. Olive
Scholar Bowl– 1/26 H v. Jerseyville, Mater Dei, East St.
Louis
Volunteer Spot - Winter sports are
underway. This means we need many
volunteers. There are a number of different
areas that you can volunteer to help including
selling tickets, concessions, scoreboard
operator, and more. All of these areas are needed to make
sure our athletic contests run smoothly. Any time that you
can help is greatly appreciated. To sign up to help, please
go to the following link: http://signup.com/go/RDHcPd
We are looking forward to a great winter season!
Fire Truck O’Toys Thank You - We are so blessed by
each of you as we exceeded our goal with a grand total of
5,858 TOYS donated in 2016!!! It is a huge testimony to
all of our MELHS families and community as we reached
our goal because of YOUR giving hearts! We are blown
away! You have made MANY children in the hospitals
very happy! Thank you! Thank you!! Until next year...
Wrestling– 1/21 Tourney at Centralia w/Marion, 1/27 at
St. Thomas More-Champaign
MELHS Spirit Wear - Get your
MELHS spirit wear from our on-line
apparel store. There are many great
customizable options.
http://www.sidelinestores.com/schools/illinois/edwardsville/
metro-east-lutheran-high-school
The bowling team celebrated
Senior Night yesterday with their
lone senior, Mike Coulson.
Special congrats to Mike, who
averaged a 191 score over 6
games to advance out of the
Salem IHSA Boys Regional!
Mike will roll in the IHSA
Sectional at Camelot Bowl in
Collinsville Saturday.
From the Academic Advisor
* College visits will be starting up soon. Check the
calendar outside Mr. McLaughlin’s office, and sign up
with him if you are interested in meeting with any of
those representatives.
* Seniors, Please send Mr. McLaughlin an email if you
receive a scholarship. We would love to hear from you.
So far we have over $700,000 worth of scholarships for
the graduating class of 2017!