Kelly Knowlden - PrincipalText Box: Immanuel Christian School Text Box: e-mail: ics@icshazleton.com www. icshazleton.com Text Box: Information Corner ▪If you are available in the middle of the day to help monitor high school students at lunch, we need a lunch monitor for Mondays and Wednesdays. ▪ The Race for Education Mailers are being worked on in the classroom on Tues.-Thurs. ▪ Are you a runner? Have you ever thrown a discus? Would you be interested in being a volunteer coach for track club? It is scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays after school. Could you call and let the office know of your interest? Also, drivers are needed. ▪ The Lost and Found table has an ICS hoodie (large) and some ICS sweat pants on it. Check it out for sweaters, coats and lunch containers. ▪ This Friday, you can purchase Hot Cocoa and Coffee! This will support the 8th grade leadership project of sending clothes to the Dominican Republic. Weekly ReminderFebruary 26, 2007Text Box: Why Do We Have to Learn This? This is a great question! It gives us a chance to combat the “hollow and deceptive philosophies” touted by our culture. Think of it this way: if there had been no sin, how would people think about education? Would it be drudgery? No! All people, instead, would see life as too short to understand how the world works? ( Even if they lived forever!) In our utilitarian society, man has decided that if something is not useful immediately, then it is not pursued or becomes thrown away. Likewise, in education, the usefulness of a specific subject has become the measure of its worth. Gone is the brain-stretching inquisitiveness that pursues all avenues of thought simply because God has given us this world to explore and rule. Gone are the standards of education that hold open all doors to knowledge as long as possible before devoting oneself to a specific academic pursuit. Now add to that hollow philosophy the deceptive whispers to men’s souls that THEY must determine whether something is useful. If each student is trying to determine the worth of what is studied, you can imagine the curriculum they would pick! Our ability to hold out for students the wonder of God’s world, the delight in learning as much as possible about it and emphasizing that NOW is their opportunity to learn, will fortify their souls against the cultural shouts of “What use will this be to me?” and “Why do I have to learn this?” Text Box: On Your Calendar ☻Mon. Feb. 26 ☻Last chess practice 2:30-3:15 ☻Drama begins! ☺Tues. Feb. 27 ☺Snacks available for 50¢ ☺BBC choir practice 2:30-3:15 ☻Wed. Feb. 28 ☻Grace Notes 7:30 a.m. ☻Chapel 8:10-8:50 All are welcome! ☻BBC choir practice 2:30-3:15 ☺Thurs. March 1 ☺Scrip orders due today ☺Interim reports for third quarter! ☺BBC choir practice 2:30-3:15 ☻Fri. Mar. 2 ☻Hot Cocoa Day sponsored by 8th grade leadership to send clothing to Dominican Republic ☻Race Pizza Party! We made our goal! ☺Mon. Mar 5 ☺All items due for yearbook! This includes buddy ads, photos for seniors, special ads for students and being a friend or patrons!