GO Day Helps Students Put Faith in Action
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Illiana’s Domincan Republic mission trip - 2 • Black history field the trip tours Chicago - 3 • Stories behind Illiana’s scholarships - 4 • • Fitness influencers of Illiana ) - 6 • Boys volleyball - 7 • Modern day slavery - 8 ) Read about Illiana’s Fine Illiana Christian High o School Ech ) Arts competition on page 5 Volume 73 Issue 8 April 26, 2019 Dyer, Indiana served with the rest of his sophomore class at Feed My Illiana AP Starving Children, said, “It [GO Day] demonstrated to me English seniors that servitude doesn’t have to be boring or painful; rather, it dominate can be fun.” Molenaar added, “The state essay main goal of the group was to quickly and accurately pro- competition duce as many bags of food as possible” in order to maxi- Madison Rogers mize their impact in feeding a Reporter starving population. Freshman Matthew Smits Seniors Andrew Roets said regarding his service at and Issy Neibert won first Camp Manitoqua, “Working and second place in the with friends, picking up sticks, statewide Letters about Photo by Sydney DeVries spreading mulch, and helping Literature Contest spon- Juniors Lucas Polman and Andrew Witvoet split logs at Faith and Action in Crete, Illinois. the camps was a lot of fun.” sored by the Indiana State “I was able to pray over Library, and Roets’s letter my homeroom and thank will now represent the state GO Day helps students put faith in action God for giving us the ability of Indiana in the Library of vice in over a dozen different at Feed My Starving Children to serve Him!” said junior Congress’s national con- Alex Wondaal locations in the Chicagoland while the junior and senior Grace Peterson who worked test. Co-Editor in Chief Region. classes were separated by at Emmanuel CRC’s thrift For the competition, Il- The freshman class homerooms and dispersed store. “My favorite part of GO liana’s AP English students On Wednesday, April 24, helped with landscaping at to other locations requiring day was being able to meet wrote and submitted let- all Illiana students participat- Camp Manitoqua and the fewer student helpers. the amazing volunteers and ters to authors who inspired ed in “GO Day,” a day of ser- sophomores packaged meals Simon Molenaar, who bonding with my homeroom.” them. Over 1,000 students all over Indiana submitted letters, and Illiana students showed extremely well. The state gave 25 letters indi- vidual recognition for their excellence, and Illiana stu- dents captured sixteen of those spots. Beside Roets’s and Neibert’s letters, Mad- die Holesinger and Emma Slings were both named as semifinalists. These four students all won cash priz- es. Twelve other students received honorable men- tions as well. “I was very proud of my students,” said English teacher Jeff DeVries. “All of their letters were well written and insightful, and I am so excited that Andrew won the whole state. What Illiana students helped the Young Life group raise money by picking up garbage along the road. Photo by Dave Gibson an honor!” The Indiana State Li- brary held an awards cer- First mission trip to West Virginia aids Young Life Youth Group emony on April 13 in In- Taylor Benes you’re there,” junior Gabby Good- McDowell’s local Young Life group people.” dianapolis. Justin Foust Reporter fellow said. with whom they worked every day. “I think I’m most excited not and Lauren Courtney joined The team left Illiana the morn- “We cleaned out their outreach for what we did, but for what we set Roets and Neibert for the Six Illiana students, English ing of Saturday, March 30, arriving center. Right now it’s an abandoned up to be done. I feel that that area is ceremony. Roets read his teacher Sara Johnson, and a par- in McDowell the same night. The school building, but they’re going just ready for Paul and his ministry letter aloud at the event. ent chaperone travelled over spring group then met Young Life coordi- to make it a place where kids can to have an explosion,” Johnson said. Neibert, Foust, and break to McDowell, West Virginia, nators, Paul and Faith Dick, and got come and stay and where they can “Often times we associate pov- Roets also attended author where the group cleaned out an out- to work. get solid meals [every] day,” Good- erty with being far away from us, but workshops the morning be- reach center for a Young Life youth Johnson said, “We had a con- fellow said. Beyond the work in the it’s here,” Johnson stated. “It’s in our fore the ceremony. group. nection there through Jan Beatty. outreach center, the team did small own backyard; it’s in our country, and Neibert said, “The ex- McDowell is the poorest county She is a Young Life coordinator tasks to help Paul and Faith, easing we really wanted to go somewhere perience was very different in the United States and has an im- for Lake Central and Munster, and weight off their shoulders. we could be a good help to people.” than I expected, although it mense substance and drug abuse some of our kids go to her Young Freshman Callie Boss said, Johnson hopes to continue was a lot of fun to talk and problem. “It’s like having a third- Life group. She really wanted to “My favorite part was getting to sending Illiana students to McDow- meet with the authors, both world country in your own country, partner with Illiana.” know people out there and getting to ell over spring breaks to continue the of whom were extremely and you don’t hear about it unless The Illiana group met up with know that I’m working and helping work that was started. nice. It was interesting.” 2 News Teenage girls’ PIE board’s Spring Supper emotions valid, raises funds for Excellence in Education program valuable Maddie Holesinger tours for the first hour. Dinner was Co-Editor in Chief served from 5-7, and people were he takes selfies wearing too much able to view the Fine Arts entries makeup. She doesn’t know when the On Tuesday, April 23, Illi- for the last hour. Soil in her car is running low, or what ana’s Parents in Education (PIE) The money raised through to do about it. She spends all of her money board held its first Spring Supper this even goes to the Excellence on Starbucks coffee and Hollister jeans. She in the new campus. This night in Education program. Every stays up late texting her newest boyfriend, was formerly known as “Evening year, teachers make wish lists who she says she’s in for Illiana,” but Wendy Vroom, a of items not covered by tuition. love with. Next week member of the PIE board, came The lists are then approved by when they break up with the new name to give the the PIE board and principal Peter up she’ll cry into night a more casual feel, hoping Boonstra, which is then in charge her pillow for two more people would come, espe- of raising the money to purchase days straight, but cially younger families. the items. Items purchased with it won’t be long Last year, over 200 people the money raised for this program before she attended. As of Monday night, this past year include a new pot- finds another around 100 people had RSVPed tery wheel, drum set, and docu- boy to obsess but Vroom hoped the number of ment scanner. over. attendees would climb to at least Illiana had one other event Y o u Haleigh Olthof 175-200, so that the board’s goal this year that went to the Excel- guessed it, of $10,000 can be reached. lence in Education program as Co-Feature Editor she’s a teen- Photo by Haleigh Olthof The night began at 5 and well. It was a sign painting party, age girl. Guests enjoy dinner at the Spring Supper, hosted by Illiana’s PIE board. ended at 8, with new campus which raised $1,000 in all. Or is she? I know a lot of teenage girls, and most of them are nothing like the above description. Illiana group paints, builds friendships I am a teenage girl myself, and I’ve spent a lot of time trying to avoid fitting that stereo- type. I had a head start, too: I’m not very in Dominican Republic emotional naturally. Growing up and even throughout most of my teenage years, it was Nina Verhagen got along extremely well, bonded pretty quickly, a rare occasion if I cried. Reporter Then senior year happened. My classes and worked together were harder than ever, I had decisions to make Nineteen Illiana effectively. It was fun about my future, I took on the responsibility of students traveled to to be their chaperone. I leadership on the cheer team, and at some point Santiago, DR Saturday, enjoyed this experience my disposition shifted. I found myself crying March 30 to spend spring a great deal and I got to over college applications, comments from my break volunteering at the know some more Illiana parents, and yes, even boy problems. And as Pathway to Jesus School, kids in a way that I don’t I sat on my bed sobbing--quietly and with the where they painted murals normally get to.” door locked, so no one would know--I would on the walls around the The Illiana students think, Why am I crying over this? I don’t want perimeter of Pathway to played with the children to be a stupid, emotional teenage girl.