January 16, 2008

To Christian Parents
Susan Bondow
Starving for Perfection

People with anorexia severely limit their food intake, while people with bulimia indulge in bingeing (episodes of eating large amounts of food) and purging (vomiting or using laxatives). About half of all anorexics also have bulimic symptoms.

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) estimates that 10,000 bulimia cases and 11,000 anorexia cases were diagnosed in 1989. Studies indicate that by their first year of college, 4.5- 18% of women and 0.4% of men have histories of bulimia. As many as 1 in 100 females between the ages of 12 and 18 have struggled with anorexia.

Males account for only 5-10% of bulimia and anorexia cases. People of all races develop the disorders, but the vast majority of those diagnosed are white. Both disorders remain high on the mental health experts’ list of self-destructive behaviors among young people.

The subtle messages communicated by quick weight loss can be particularly damaging to young people like Angela. Feelings of insecurity fade rapidly. The more competent she feels, the more weight she will want to lose.

Two months after she began to take drastic measures to lose weight, Angela missed her menstrual period. Instead of concern, she actually felt relieved. In a sense, she was back to being a child again- physically at least.

Angela’s parents were concerned, too. But she didn’t notice her weight loss at first. She always wore loose, baggy clothing that concealed her withering body. What they did notice were her increasingly strange eating habits.

"She would sit at the supper table for an hour poking at her food, cutting it into tiny pieces, arranging and rearranging it on her plate, taking one bite, and then saying she was full," her mother explained. "She put herself in charge of meal preparation, baking cookies and cakes and insisting that we all eat, even though she would eat nothing herself." "It’s not only the eating that bothered me," her father added, "but the time she spent exercising- sometimes three, four, five hours a day."

Mission Project
The mission project for the first semester of this school year is the ELS mission effort to support Christian schools in the Amazon of Peru. The money will be used to support our missionaries and teachers spreading the Gospel in the cities and rainforests of Peru. Please set aside an offering for your child to bring. This offering is collected during our weekly chapel services.

Next semester’s offering will be taken in support of the Apache missions in East Fork, AZ.

1/9-> $28.43
Total-> $624.98

Hot Lunch- Price Change
Orders are taken on Mondays.
Tues.-> pizza from Rocky Rococo $2.25/slice
Wed.-> hard or soft shell beef tacos from Taco Bell $1.00 each
Thurs.-> Subs from Milio’s [Turkey or Ham ] $1.60
Sub Meal [includes an orange and a cookie] $2.60
Fri.-> Chicken Strips 3/$1.50
Chicken Strip Meal [includes string cheese and applesauce] $2.50

Winter Sports Practice Schedule
Boys’ A [gr. 7-8] Basketball- Mondays 3:00-4:15 and Wednesdays 4:15-5:30
Boys’ B [gr. 5-6] Basketball- Mondays 4:15-5:30 and Wednesdays 3:00-4:15
Girls’ A [gr. 7-8] Basketball- Tuesdays 3:00-4:15 and Thursdays 4:15-5:30
Girls’ B [gr. 5-6] Basketball- Tuesdays 4:15-5:30 and Thursdays 3:00-4:15
Cheerleaders A [gr. 7-8] Tuesdays 4:15-5:30
Cheerleaders B [gr. 5-6] Tuesdays 3:00-4:15

GradeKeeper
GradeKeeper is the teachers’ online grade book and is available for students in gr. 3-8. Please check your student’s progress regularly. Login IDs are available from your child’s teacher.

Report Cards
Report Cards for the second quarter were sent home with the students today.

Financial Aid for 08-09
Financial aid forms for 2008-09 for current school families are available from Mrs. Patten in the school office. The deadline for returning these forms is April 30. It is a good idea to finish your 2007 taxes prior to filling out the form.

Call News
School board has issued a Divine Call to Mr. Shu-Ting Lai to serve as principal and upper grades teacher beginning in the 2008-09 school year. Mr. Lai is currently serving at Holy Trinity in Okauchee, WI. He is married and has five children. Please keep Mr. Lai and his family in your prayers as he determines where the Lord wants his service.

Upcoming Events
1/16-> Second Quarter Report Cards sent home
1/18-> Away BB at St. John’s Jefferson 5:00
1/21-> No School- No ASC- Martin Luther King Day
1/23-> LLHS Future Freshmen Testing 6:30
1/25-> Home BB vs. Our Redeemer 5:00
1/26-> LLHS Future Freshmen Testing 8:30
2/1-> 11:20 Dismissal- 1:00 Teacher Inservice- ASC 11:20-5:30
2/1-> Home BB vs. Eastside
2/2-> Holy Cross B-team Basketball Tournament
2/3-> LLHS Visual Arts Fair
2/5-> Home A-girls’ BB game vs. Westside Christian
2/6-> Jr. Choir sings- Ash Wednesday Worship 6:30
2/8-> Away BB at St. John’s Juneau
2/13-> Mid Quarter Reports for 3^rd Quarter
2/15-17-> Eastside BB Tournament A-teams only
2/16-> LLHS Family Fest 9-12
2/20-> Jr. Choir sings- Lenten Worship 6:30
2/29-> No School –Curriculum Conference
2/29-3/2-> LLHS BB Tournament

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