November 2020| Volume Xxi | Number 4
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NOVEMBER 2020| VOLUME XXI | NUMBER 4 Principal’s Message Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. I Thessalonians 5:18 What will you be thankful for this Thanksgiving? Is it easy for you to count your blessings or will this be a year when you respond, “Well, I’m thankful for…, but…” Perhaps there have been enough challenges in your life in the last year that this Thanksgiving deserves an asterisk* next to it. I don’t believe that I’m living in my own little bubble of naivety, but I can think of numerous blessings at MVL for which I am so thankful: Each day, I get to come to school and work with a faculty and staff of Christians who love their Lord and our students. They put that love on display every day and it shows. TABLE OF CONTENTS Even though this year (and the last quarter of last year) has been a challenge, our students have demonstrated such resiliency and adaptability with all the changes. Smiling faces? I seem them every day. Our students love their Lord 2 Weather Policy and it shows. You, as parents of our students. With all three of these groups of people I’ve already mentioned, there’s a recurring theme. What a blessing each of them is. 3 Virtual Spirit of MVL You, as parents, are no different. You have entrusted your students into our care. You support your students as best as you are able. You communicate 4 Counselor Connection with us with notes or phone calls of commendation or concern. Our association, Board of Directors and friends of MVL continue to support MVL 5 Booster Club through their prayers and well wishes of encouragement and financial support. Again, what an awesome reflection of their love for our Lord. 6 AD Corner It’s often said that one’s true colors show through in times of crisis or challenge. These last months have been challenging – of that there is no doubt. But we have a 7 Lunch Menu great deal for which we can be thankful. 8 Calendar If I stopped the article here, one could be satisfied with the content. However, there’s a blessing that is missing: the foundation of the Christ-centered education we offer here at MVL. It centers around a God who loved us so much that He sent His Son Jesus to this earth to live the perfect life for us and die an innocent death. That’s why those four groups of people are such a blessing to MVL. They recognize and appreciate what our Lord has done for us. COVID – 19, social unrest, highly contested elections, unemployment and uncertain- ty… The challenges are all around us. Yet, as Christians, we can look at the fourth Thursday of November with such thankful hearts. No matter what happens in the world around us, we have Jesus. What a blessing! On behalf of all of us at MVL, have a blessed Thanksgiving! Training students for Christian lives 45638 561st Ave., New Ulm, MN 56073 Phone: 507.354.6851 mvl.org Scrip News Start thinking about using SCRIP for Christmas gifts. The Holiday Office Hours last week to order for Christmas will be the week of November 26-27 - Closed November 30th. Orders placed after December 7th will December 24-25 - Closed not be guaranteed to be filled. Check out all the vendors January 1 - Closed at glscrip.com and scrippro.com Inclement Weather Policy Amazon Smile With the coming of cold weather it may happen that we Amazon Smile is a website will decide to start school late, close school for the day or operated by Amazon with dismiss early. In such cases, the decision will be the same products, prices announced through our Infinite Campus Emergency and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is Messenger. You can customize the phone numbers and that when you shop on Amazon Smile, the Amazon Smile ways you will receive notification in your parent portal. Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eli- gible products to the charitable organization of your It is our intention to have a decision by 6:00 a.m. on those choice. Follow the link below to check some items off of mornings when we will be starting late or closing for the your Christmas list! day. At times, something could force a later decision and, smile.amazon.com/ch/41-1351315 in such cases, we would try to do that as soon as possible. We will continue utilizing the following radio and television stations: KNUJ-AM (860) and SAM-FM (107.3), MVL Giving Tuesday WCCO-AM (830), KEEZ-FM (99.1), KRBI-AM (1310) and Mark your calendar now for national #GivingTuesday KRBI-FM (105.5), KTOE-AM (1420), KXAC (100.5), KRRW on December 1! (101.5), KYSM (FAN-1230), KLGR-AM (1490) and Mix 97.7 FM, WCCO (4), KSTP (5), KMSP (9), KARE (11), and KEYC Stay tuned to mvl.org and facebook.com/mvlhs for more (12). details about how you can partner with MVL for this special day of giving. Parents have the final decision on questionable weather days. A student absent will be marked absent, but if MVL Wreath Sales parents contact us with their decision to send their child The annual Christmas wreath and greenery later, or keep them home due to the weather, those sales are going digital this year. absences are considered ‘weather-related’ and will not Visit mvlwreaths.givesmart.com to place count toward the eight allowed absences before losing your order, or call the MVL office at credit. 507-354-6851. Orders must be placed by Sunday, November 15 in order to pick-up Parents, we ask that you have a plan of action with your at your church before Thanksgiving. Not only will you get student if the weather is expected to turn bad during the to enjoy the scents of Christmas, but you'll also be helping course of the day. It is difficult to get messages to fund the purchase of new hymnals for students to students during the school day when we are trying to use in chapel! notify the media and other entities. Thanks in advance for your cooperation! New Ulm Optimist Club Donation MVL was very blessed to receive two separate donations to MVL activities in the last few weeks. The Optimist Club Student Teachers of New Ulm gifted our Trap and Skeet team with a $500 We welcome to MVL Alexandria Schmidt and gifts and gave the music department $3000 to purchase Sofia Spiegelberg. Both Alexandria and Sofia guitars for our students to learn how to play as part of are Seniors at MLC and will be student teaching Freshman music class. here with us this semester. We sincerely thank the good people at the New Ulm Op- We wish them well while they are here. Keep timist Club for their generosity! them in their prayers as they finish up their Senior years at MLC! 2 3 A Heartfelt and Sincere THANK YOU! Thank you to all the freshmen, sophomore, and junior students and to the faculty for your effort and attend- Parent-Teacher Conferences ance on the testing day. Parents/Guardians of these stu- On November 9th and 10th we have Parent-Teacher dents, thank you for understanding the importance of Conferences scheduled. If you did not get a chance to this day and for working family plans/vacations around sign up for conferences, please contact the teacher(s) you this day. For those students who were absent or unable would like to meet with directly to set up a time outside to be at school, a January exam will be offered for those of the parent-teacher conference days. who choose to participate. More information will be forthcoming for those students and families that fall into Be sure to note that on the days of Parent-Teacher this group. Thanks! Conferences, students will be dismissed from classes at – Mr. Smith noon. The MVL buses will run right away after school. Veterans’ Recognition Program We expect that it comes as no surprise that we will not Resources, Resources, and more Resources… be hosting our annual Veterans’ Recognition Program at Preparing for the ACT or SAT should be a gradual and Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School this year. That continuous task, rather than just cramming for the day is certainly one of the highlights of the year for respective test. However, cramming is still better than students, faculty, and staff, and we know that you and doing nothing at all. I just want to remind all students of your family members appreciate it, too. the resources that are readily available to them. As we look forward to another Veterans’ Day, we In my office (224), I have: certainly thank God for our veterans and active-duty Test preparation books that can be checked out military and the service that they are given for our An unlimited number of ACT prep guides (can be country and for each of us. We hope that you are doing printed as needed) well during this pandemic, and we pray that God would A limited number of SAT prep guides bless and keep you in the coming year and look forward to reconnecting with you next year. There are also some great online resources that can be accessed. These include: ACT Academy https://academy.act.org/ Khan Academy (SAT) https://www.khanacademy.org/signup Learning Express Library https://www- learningexpres shub.com.proxy.elm4you.org/productengine/ LELIndex.html#/learningexpresslibrary/libraryhome Lastly, I have a collection other college exploration guides, books, and resources available for checkout.