Maritime Pulse Page 10 December 2015 Education choir present their Christmas concert. Our own Paul Llewellyn, Superintendent Joshua Graça began with a solo, as the choir surrounded the church and sang. The concert was Burman University beautiful and to end it off another Each year Burman University Maritimer, Jacob Slaunwhite, gave a brings all our high school seniors wonderful organ postlude. Our Maritime together from across students are highly respected out at to explore our only Canadian Burman University. Our students who Seventh-day Adventist University. This year over attend Burman are highly spoken of for their spiritual 140 students from across Canada came together lives and their involvement in the school. Our students at one time to attend the Burman Experience represent the East Coast very well! Weekend; on top of that, another 100 students Saturday night, after a great supper, our group went from our western provinces were on campus for down to the gym to watch the men’s and women’s a volleyball competition. finals of the volleyball competition and then by 11 pm Ten of our grade 12 students from Sandy Lake they were in bed—the result of the time change. Academy traveled out to Burman University to Sunday morning Burman U took all the students for a get a small taste of what it would be like to day at the West Mall. The students could attend our most affordable Seventh-day Adventist choose to go to the waterpark or the amusement park University. in the mall or just spend the day shopping at Canada’s largest mall. By the end of the day everyone experienced tired feet. The bus took everyone back, just in time for the acrobatic presentation by the Burman Acronaires. Monday morning the students had the opportunity to hear from some of the teachers that they would have if they enroll at Burman University next year. They also could fill out applications for the 2016/2017 school year and have the application fees waived. When Group pictured below with Antonia Lawrence (center) who is the east coast rep for Burman U. compared to all the other SDA universities in the US, Burman After an early morning flight to Edmonton we University’s tuition is just over half of what Andrews’ began with registration and a small tour of the University tuition is. Along with a very low tuition, campus on Friday afternoon, that was followed Burman gives many scholarships to make it even more by supper and a very packed vespers program on affordable for students. Friday night. Later Monday night, the SLA students caught an Sabbath morning our group was up early due to over-night flight back to and arrived very the three hour time change and enjoyed a nice tired, after a busy weekend and a sleepless flight. It breakfast together. Sabbath school followed and was great to have our young people experience first then our grade 12 students got to experience the hand, what our own university has to offer and to biggest small church in Canada. That is what the experience a full Sabbath of worship. I want to College Heights Church calls itself. Adam Diebert, encourage our youth to attend Burman University for the campus chaplain, gave an inspiring sermon their degree. Our educational statistics show that that was followed by another meal together in students that attend our k-12 schools and go onto SDA the cafeteria. higher education are more likely to stay in our church. Sabbath afternoon everyone in the group had the In fact, there is a 50% greater chance of them staying opportunity of watching the Burman University strong members in our church. Maritime Pulse Page 11 December 2015 Sandy Lake has been very busy with their program. I will let them fill you in on all the details. Thank you to Tracy DeMerchant for putting together the news.  TERRY FOX RUN PHOTOS News From Sandy Lake Academy God has blessed us again with another great year. We have had a busy start to our school year with things like participating in the Terry Fox Run (2 pictures on right), various music trips, anti-bullying day, educational field trips, a Week of Prayer, hosting a Thanksgiving Banquet, and organizing many different exciting fundraising events. The Elementary classes have welcomed our local library by coming in and presenting a great puppet show as well as reading some wonderful books with the students. Keep in contact with us through our Google Calendar which is linked to our website (www.sandylakeacademy.ca), by liking our official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/SandyLakeAcademy), and by following our Twitter feed (@SandyLakeAcdmy).

Some of the highlights of our school year thus far: SA Hosts Fall Fun Fair On Oct. 27, Sandy Lake Academy’s Student Association held its annual Fall Fun Fest for grades Reaching Out JP-12. For our first activity, students were divided This year the elementary students at Sandy Lake into groups and had to compete in an obstacle Academy have been working on reaching out to course. Each group had to start the course by senior citizens in their communities, and churches. climbing through a hoola-hoop. Then one-by-one One thing we are doing monthly is sending letters they would take turns climbing under a table, to shut-ins. Each pair of students have chosen one sweeping a pumpkin around pylons, person to “adopt” carrying balloons with paper plates, and write to each throwing bean bags into a bucket, month. Their and digging through a bucket of letters include shredded paper to find a piece of pictures, Bible paper with a word on it. Once each verses, and even person had gone through the course, crafts. Some they had to unscramble the words seniors have even they found in the bucket and figure written back to out the Bible verse about being us to say how thankful. After the obstacle course, much they the SA made crafts with the students enjoyed hearing to show each of the things they were from us! thankful for in their lives. Maritime Pulse Page 12 December 2015 This year for our annual “Green Christmas” Christmas With the Kids (Elementary Banquet event at the school we are inviting seniors for Seniors) from our churches to come and help the The Elementary students at SLA would like to younger kids choose and wrap their presents. invite you to have “Christmas with the Kids.” We are also having a Christmas banquet This is a mystery food Christmas banquet that and inviting seniors to join us for our mys- will also give you a sneak peek at what they will tery dinner. We will be performing selections be performing at the Christmas concert. This from our Christmas concert for them. banquet will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 16 Another project that we had the grades 4-6 from 11:45 am—1:00 pm in the upstairs class- students do, was to make quilts. They will be room. If you would like to attend, please register giving these out at the nursing home down by calling SLA at 902-835-8548, or by emailing the street from our school. Gina Walker at [email protected] We are looking forward to coming up with by Monday, Dec. 14th. There is no cost, but we other ways to include and reach out to are asking for either non-perishable food items seniors this school year. By Lindsay Walker & Dihlan Wilson (Elem. Student Ldr Club members) or money which will then be donated to the Parker Street Furniture and Food Bank. Cards for Veterans & Remembrance Day Chapel Parker Street Food Bank Drive This year at Sandy Lake Academy, on This year the students and staff at Sandy Lake November 10, the staff and students came Academy will be helping the Parker Street Food together to have a Remembrance Day Bank by collecting the necessary items needed chapel. At this chapel, we had our principal to fill the Christmas boxes that are sent out to tell us a story, and we had a moment of needy families at Christmastime. We are asking silence. We also had a musical selection by people who plan on attending the Christmas our music teachers. To help us remember, concert (Dec. 17) to please plan to bring a food we took time from our school day to make donation with them. cards for the veterans in the hospital. Annual Christmas Concert Each of the students got to make a card Sandy Lake Academy invites you to celebrate and decorate it for them. Our grand total the birth of our Saviour at our Annual Christmas was 175 cards. It helped to remind us of Concert on Thursday, December 17, at 7:00 pm. God’s great sacrifice of laying down His Please plan to bring a non-perishable food item own life for us. By Brooke Boehner, Gr 8. for the food bank. We’d love to see you there!

UPCOMING EVENTS: Worthy Student Scholarship Fund Green Christmas Christian education plays such a vital role in The Elementary classes at SLA will be the character development of our children, having their annual “Green Christmas” on preparing them for citizenship in Heaven. There December 14 & 15 and we need your help are families who are struggling financially to with any of the following: provide their children with an education in a  By donating wrapping paper, bows, and/or spiritual setting among Christian friends and name tags. teachers. Let’s all do our part to ensure that no  By volunteering to help sell and/or wrap student in is deprived of reaping the items on Dec. 14 and/or 15 during these invaluable benefits. Please contribute on a 8:25 am—3:35 pm. monthly basis to the Worthy Student Scholarship Fund. Make an investment in a young person’s  Sending in gently used items for students life that will offer eternal dividends. to buy. (No clothing please.) Please contact Martha Boehner at Please make your cheque payable to [email protected] by Sandy Lake Academy and mail it to: Dec. 7th if you are able to help in anyway. Treasurer, Sandy Lake Academy 435 Hammonds Plains Road

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