Maritime Pulse Page 4 March 2015 Education Sandy Lake has been very busy this school year. Paul Llewellyn, Superintendent I will let them fill you in on all the details. Thank you to Heather D. Harrington for putting together I have noticed something changing in some of the news.  our churches as I travel around the conference speaking in the churches. When it comes time for News From Sandy Lake Academy the children’s story, some of our smaller churches Pray 100 have 8-10 kids coming up for story. I have been During our Chapel and Prayer Warrior time, SLA overwhelmed at the fact that there seems to be students have begun praying for an increase in our a resurgence of young children in many of our enrollment next year. We have started “Pray 100,” churches. That is good news for the future of where our students are praying for the enrollment Christian education in . Could it be to reach 100 next school year. We have seen prayer that within the next 5 years we might seriously work many times at Sandy Lake Academy and we have to look at opening a few schools across the know with everyone praying, it will happen again. Maritimes? Whenever we have to do something, We are asking everyone to “Pray 100.” Let’s teach like open a new school, that is always good news. the kids how powerful prayer can be! Knowing that our children can come together to be Skating at the Oval educated in a Seventh-day Adventist environment. To kick off the week of midterm exams, SLA Please keep this in your prayers, that within the students enjoyed an afternoon skating at the oval next few years this will become a reality. Sandy Lake Academy is enjoying a great year, with the dorm being filled to capacity with 18 students. Our dorm parents, Donna and Charles Hodgins, will be retiring in June and we are actively looking for new dorm parents for the 2015/2016 school year. Sandy Lake is also praying for 100 students next year. The students and staff are praying every week for the numbers to increase to 100. If Sandy Lake is to continue to be financially viable, there will have to be numbers upwards to 100. Please join us as we pray for this to on Jan. 26. Although it was freezing cold, the sun- happen. One of the ways we want to accomplish shine, fresh air and exercise refreshed everyone’s this is by inviting church members, families, and minds before students were plunged into a week of students to recruit their friends and neighbors to intense studying. attend our school. Sandy Lake Academy will Ski Day give $500 to anyone that helps register a Fresh snow awaited our arrival at Martock ski hill student for the 2015/16 school year. One of on Feb. 23. The cars were packed with people and our recent campmeeting speakers had recruited their gear as we began the journey into the 9 kids to his school in one year and had Annapolis Valley from Sandy Lake Academy. When his tuition paid because he brought in so many we arrived, everyone lined up to receive their ski students that year. equipment. Soon all were prepared to have their We would also like to thank all the Maritime lesson on the hill; and with a day of skiing ahead of churches that have made Sandy Lake Academy us, we were filled with excitement as we ventured part of their church budget. This has really up on the tee-bar. We were given some tips and helped in keeping our dorm a beautiful place for began to slowly ski towards the bottom, making our students to live in during the school year and wide turns to show that we had control of our skis. allowed SLA to focus more funds into the local After the lessons and tests were completed, a sense school budget. Please continue your support for of accomplishment and freedom swept over the Sandy Lake Academy and make sure SLA is on group. With the permission of our instructors, we your daily prayer list. were permitted to ski on the whole hill, no longer

Maritime Pulse Page 5 March 2015 limited to the half- Pine Tree Academy Music Clinic way mark! Some March 25-29, SLA students in grades 9-12 will zipped down the be participating in the music clinic at Pine Tree hill and others Academy. Please pray for the safety of our meandered, while students and drivers as they travel to Maine for the brisk wind blew this amazing weekend.  past their rosy cheeks. Those inside the lodge stayed Sandy Lake Academy Offering cozy and enjoyed April 25, 2015 beavertails, games, Sandy Lake Academy will be the and each other’s company as they recipient of the Maritime Conference observed those Advance offering on April 25. skiing down the hill. A good time was As the only Seventh-day Adventist school had by all the Sandy in the Maritimes, Sandy Lake Academy is Lakers who attended! -–David Tingley, Gr. 12 providing a vital ministry for our youth and their families. Students are immersed

in a strong academic program with solid Christian standards and are guided by dedicated Christian teachers and dorm Cupcake Decorating Contest parents. On February 12, students at SLA were dismissed from classes half an hour early and sent to the gym. Your sacrificial giving is crucial to Bewildered looks filled many faces as they tried to enable Sandy Lake Academy to continue figure out what was happening. Jessica Llewellyn, its ministry to our students and their SA President, quickly explained to the crowd that they were going to participate in a Valentines families—daily impacting their lives for cupcake decorating contest. Students were divided Christ. Your generous donations are into their Prayer Warrior groups, given a cupcake, always welcome and needed. frosting and assorted candies to decorate their own cupcakes. They enthusiastically crafted their Please give generously! masterpieces with varied results from quirky to perfectionistic. Winners from each group (pictured below) were selected by the SA before the students SLA DORM PARENTS were dismissed to enjoy their sweet treats. Sandy Lake Academy is enjoying a great year with our dorm being filled to capacity with 18 students. Our dorm parents, Donna & Charles Hodgins, will be retiring in June and we are actively looking for new dorm parents for the upcoming 2015/2016 school year. The ideal candidate would be a husband and wife team who have a passion for the youth and Christian education. For more information and where to send a resume, please contact Kelly Loxdale at [email protected] Maritime Pulse Page 6 March 2015

Maritime Conference Sandy Lake Academy Scholarship

The Board of Directors and Administration of the Maritime Conference is pleased to present a new education initiative. The Conference has budgeted an annual amount of $30,000.00 for scholarships to support Christian education in the Maritimes.

The scholarship will be administered by the Maritime Conference Administrative Committee in consultation with the Maritime Conference Education Superintendent.

Purpose of Scholarship: To financially support non-Sandy Lake Academy constituent students from Seventh-day Adventist families living in the Maritimes to attend Sandy Lake Academy.

Amount Available: $3,000.00 per student per school year for dormitory students. $1,500.00 per student per school year for non-dormitory students. (Total available for the combined categories: $30,000.00)

Qualification: 1. Parents or student must be a member of a Maritime Conference Seventh-day Adventist Church living in the Maritimes. 2. Student must be in grades 9 – 12. 3. Student must maintain an acceptable grade in all subjects.

Disbursement: The scholarship will be paid on behalf of the student directly to Sandy Lake Academy. The scholarship will be disbursed in two payments: Dormitory students: $1,500.00 end of January. Non-dormitory students: $750.00 end of January. Dormitory students: $1,500.00 end of June. Non-dormitory students: $750.00 end of June. Any student who does not attend for the entire term will receive a pro-rated scholarship commensurate with the time period in attendance.

Application: All applications for the scholarship must be submitted to the Conference by August 15. (Scholarships will be awarded while funds are available up to $30,000.00)

Maritime Conference Sandy Lake Academy Scholarship Application Form School Year Applied For: Name of Parents: Address: Phone Number: E-mail Address: Church of Membership: Name of Student: Age: Grade:

Signature of Local Pastor Recommending Student:

Maritime Pulse Page 7 March 2015

Maritime Conference eSchool (PACeS/WCASC) Scholarship

The Board of Directors and Administration of the Maritime Conference is pleased to present a new education initiative. The Conference has budgeted an annual amount of $2,000 for scholarships to support students in the Maritimes who wish to enroll in ’s online PACeS program or ’s online WCASC program.

The scholarship will be administered by the Maritime Conference Administrative Committee in consultation with the Maritime Conference Education Superintendent.

Purpose of Scholarship: To financially support Maritime students who do not have access to a local Seventh-day Adventist Constituent School and who enroll in the PACeS or WCASC program.

Amount Available: $35.00 per student per month for ten months for K-6. $50.00 per student per month for ten months for 7-9. (Total available for the combined categories: $2,000.00)

Qualification: 1. Parents or student must be a member of a Maritime Conference Seventh-day Adventist Church living in the Maritimes. 2. Student must be in grades K – 9. 3. Student must maintain an acceptable grade in all subjects.

Disbursement: The scholarship will be paid on behalf of the student directly to PACeS or WCASC.

The scholarship will be disbursed in two payments: January and June

Any student who does not attend for the entire term will receive a pro-rated scholarship commensurate with the time period in attendance.

Application: All applications for the scholarship must be submitted to the Conference by August 15 of the upcoming school year.

(Scholarships will be awarded while funds are available up to $2,000.00)

Maritime Conference eSchool (PACeS/WCASC) Scholarship Application Form School Year Applied For: eSchool Program: Name of Parents: Address: Phone Number: E-mail Address: Church of Membership: Name of Student: Age: Grade:

Signature of Local Pastor Recommending Student: