Volume 12, no. 25 March 29, 2019

AA Weekly Andrews Academy’s Official Newsletter

This Friday at 7:00 in the Andrews Academy Chapel, we are hosting the Proclaim Evangelistic event for the community. We encourage all of you to come out for a night that will proclaim God and thank Him for all that He has done for us. We have so much to proclaim to God so we would like to provide a time where we, as a community, lift up God and declare his majesty. We encourage all to bring your family, friends, and individuals who may not have heard about Jesus before. The program will include worship in areas such as song, prayer, and a guest speaker for the evening. We will conclude with evangelism and leadership class providing refreshments for all. We hope to see all of you there!

Proclaim Community Vespers

IN THIS ISSUE

Proclaim Vespers…...………....1

Highlights at AA……….………2-8

Announcements……….……9-10

UPCOMING EVENTS

3/29 Evangelism Vespers

3/30 Orion Strings Performing

4/2 Academic Advising

4/3 Interactive Worship

4/4 Student Council

4/5 Class Withdraw Deadline

4/5 & 4/6 SA Banquet Prep.

4/7 SA Banquet

4/8-12 Student Week of Prayer

4/9 Dual Enrollment Meeting

4/13 Bells Performing

4/13 Silhouettes Preforming

4/14 Freshmen Fundraiser

4/16 SA Elections

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A variety show and dinner class fundraiser will occur Sunday, April 14 @ 5 PM at Andrews Acad-emy. Tickets for the dinner and show are $10 per individual, or $30 for a family of 4. Please see a freshman class member or sponsor to purchase tickets.

Freshman Got Talent

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Sophomore Class Fundraiser—Save the Date!!!

Come and enjoy a delicious Mexican Brunch on Easter Sunday, April 21 from 10:00-12:30pm in the Academy Commons. Tick-ets $8/ea. Family of 5/$30. The fun doesn’t stop there! There will be an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids!

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On March 12, 2019 twenty new members were inducted into the Andrews Academy, chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS), bringing the total membership to forty-one. This was the fifty-fourth annual NHS Induction Ceremony. Part of the service includes candle-lighting to representing the four pillars of the NHS Society: Scholarship, leadership, service, and character. Four members described the pillars of the NHS as they lit the can-dle. Following this there was a homily and then each inductee received a certificate of member-

ship.

NHS Induction

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Before spring break and again this Tuesday, seniors worked on important items to prepare for graduation and plan for college. Seniors did their parent tribute record-ing that will be viewed on Thursday night of graduation during class night. Seniors also individually met with An-drews University representatives to help in their applica-tion to Andrews University or to learn more about the application process for colleges in general. Also for the seniors who have already applied they learned how much scholarships they will be receiving. This ranges from $ 6000 to $ 14 000 a year they will be receiving while at AU. These scholarships are based on ACT/SAT scores and GPA. On Tuesday of this week they did more planning for graduation.

On March 8 Well over forty members of the class of 2019 enjoyed the afternoon and evening together at Ultra Camp in Niles. This was the class’ second to last class vespers and activity of their four years at AA. The afternoon began with rock climbing wall, foam pit, la-ser tag and more. After a few hours of playing every-one was ready to enjoy the pizza supper. Following supper our class pastor, Joshua, led in worship togeth-er. He divided the class into groups and had then act out a modern version of a Bible story. We thank Ultra Camp and the Ashley's for allowing our class to come and enjoy their facility for our activity and vespers together. We had a great time there. Please go to Facebook for many more photos

Seniors Preparing for Graduation and their Class Vespers

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Andrews Academy is pleased to announce the names of the students who made the honor roll for the first semester of the 2018 - 2019 school year. Freshman: Alex Aguilera, Joelle Atangana, Taylor Bates, Michaela Bokon, Caleb Braswell, George (Alex) Cancel, Johann Cheng, Maddy Coleman, Mara Clay-Humphrey, James Clayton, Bryndís Davis, Brandon Demarques, Joseph Diaz, Grace Dockerty, Holden Dodge, Guillermo(Memo) Dominguez, Niko-laz Feliciano, Conner Fortune, Ian Freeman, Nichollas Goncalves, Owen Hamel, Ian Hentschel, Nevaeh Hippler, Lauren Horvath, Matthew Horvath, Gabriel Krause, Portia Lacson, Ayana LeBlanc, Chris Lemon, Zachary Liebelt, Ben Loenser, Lizzy Lubbert, Brenna Lyons, Leo Martins, Mitchell Meekma, Mugabe Menani, Parker Muhlenbeck, Chris Mwashinga, Felipe Navia, Lucas Navia, Marissa Nelson, Arianna Pellegrini, Ben Proctor, Daniel Randall, Sam Rivas, Noel Salgado, Jeremy Samuel, Aundrea Sanford, Zothile Sibanda, Olivia Sipic, Angelisse Villamizar, Elena Weiss-Segui, Gianna Williams, Hailey Wilson, Megan Woods, Samantha Woolford-Hunt, Claire Yang Sophmores: Christina Bidwell, Nathan Carterman, Parker Case, Christopher Cervantes, Daniel Cruz, Ethan Delacruz, Zoe Drew, Lindsey Everett, Isaac Fournier, James Gietsel, Sara Hamstra, Cassandra Hendrickson, Joel Henry-Saturne, Ian Hildebrant, Johanna Hong, Avak Khan, Brendan Leffler, Giancarlo Leonor, Andry Lizardo, Jaden Lopez, Ethan Lubbert, Bethany Maydole, Natalie McArthur, Josiah Morrow, James Mosimbwa, Christopher Ngugi, Sofi Oudri, Asher Prouty, Samuel Reid, Veronica Rivas, Alex Radivojevic, Anthony Sanford, Walker Schalk, Brooke Scott, Sean Seigal, Ryleigh Snow, Kayleigh Swackhamer, Abigail Taylor, Peter Tumangday, Jakob VanDenburgh, Sebastian Wade, Eli Wilson Juniors: Lucas Aguiar, Leonardo Aguilera, Juan Alvarez-Wilches, Joshua Ashley, Gianna Bacchiocchi, Einra Baker, Hunter Baldwin, Jonathan Burn, Nathaniel Chung, Luke Drew, Malaika Ferguson, Nathan Fernandez, Isabella Goncalves, Spencer Goolsby, Emma Hamel, Shaya Hart, Jennifer Jean, Taeran Jeong, Katrina Johnson, Malik Jones, Rebecca Wambui Karanja, Nolan Keyes, Sion Kim, Songjun Kim, Isabella Kunze, Joshua Leffler, Jaden Leiter-man, Giovanni Leonor, Troy Liang, Andy Liang, Beatriz Martins, Raven Myers, Claire Orrison, Daniel Palacios-Worley, Hunter Penn, Nathan Penn, Eboni Regis, Faith Richardson, Logan Robbins, Jenisca Samuel, Flavia Sciarabba-Badenas, Verlencia Senatus, Maggie Steeves, Jalen Thomas, Mi-khael Tillman, Thomas Trinh, David Vine, Andrés Weiss-Segui, Chase Wiker, Gabriel Wilson, Jonathan Wright, Jessica Yi Seniors: Nathan Allyn, Julia Almeter, Danielle Atangana, Hyunwoo Baek, Matt Baltazar, Terry Bokombe- Bokefele, Melissa Buck, Katie Byrd, Megan Case, Jihoo Choi, Nathan Church, Katie Clayton, Kelli Coffen, Seth Coleman, Abby Crownover, Harrison Dent-Krick, Delilah Drew, Max Dronen, Rachel Duthie, Justin Flores, Brittney Gaban, Olivia Geiger, Elsie Getahun, Jared Goolsby, Jemila-Okera Greenidge, Maia Hamstra, Russell Harrison, Taylor Humphrey, Ashley Jankiewicz, Geonwoo Jo, MinSeo Kang, John Kent, Joshua Keough, Jiyeon Lee, Justin Liebelt, Anna Lonto, Grant Lubbert, Ryano Masengi, Nigel Maxwell, Kristijan Milovanovic, Christopher Morant, Esmirna Munoz, Simei Munoz, Adasa Munoz, Emma Nelson, Abiah Newton, Ryan Prabhu, Jack Proctor, Genna Prouty, Nicholas Radivojevic, Julia Randall, Tyler Ronto, Grant Sajdak, Leah Savona, Connor Scott, Bethany Shelley, Emma VanderWaal, Jonathon Woolford-Hunt, William Yoong, Ailun Zhang

Honor Roll

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This week’s assembly was an important one for students as they prepare for next school year. The various diplomas and expectations were discussed, as well as a description of classes, so that students, parents, and advi-sors can start the process of making class selections for next school year. An explana-tion of what steps are needed to complete the reapplication process was also given. One important step that takes some plan-ning is for parents and students to make an appointment with our financial advisor to finalize your plan for next school year.

Academic Orientation Assembly

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Improved Internet Service

A number of months ago, Andrews Academy applied for and received funding from a government program to im-prove internet services. A new fiber optic cable that will bring much better service is being installed this week. You may have noticed the many flags along the sidewalk of Garland Ave in front of AA. This is to show where other items are buried so that the new cable could be buried. Currently RMES gets their internet from AA, and AA gets its internet from Garland Apartments. There is great in-terdependency on each other. Now each building with have their own service and have much higher bandwidth. The grant paid the major portion ($76,000) for this new cable, while the school is paying the remaining portion ($3,300). We thank the AA board fi-nance committee as well as Ms. Gaytan for her careful financial planning and efforts to make this and other projects possible.

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On Monday some of the students went to the commons to pray in small groups, while others stayed in the chapel to hear Pastor Glassford draw a lesson from nature… human nature. He began by showing a short video of someone who had 45 diamondback rattle snakes in the foundation of their home, at one point they had 88! This was their “giant” they were facing! Our theme for the year is, “The Lord is Greater than the Giants you face.” When we confront fear (like a snake) we either run away from or fight to kill the snake (the giant). He then retold the story of the bland man being healed at Bethsaida (Mark 8:22-26). Jesus took him by the hand and healed him and said to not go into the village but to go direct-ly home. He didn’t explain why but he gave enough evidence to trust Him and to follow His instruction. Likewise He gives us enough evidence to trust His instruction even if He doesn’t tell us why. Could it be that some of the giants we face we would not need to if we just went “home” and not to the “village”. Let’s follow God’s instruction, He has given us enough evidence to trust in Him. On Tuesday, guest speaker Gina Gordon spoke for chapel. She shared a brief testimony about how she wished someone had told her that at times, the giants in her life might seem bigger than God. High school was a smooth ride for her, but college just wasn’t the same. She was depressed in her sophomore year of college, and this caused her to cry out to God for help. God seemed silent to her, and she felt hopeless and desperate. From this experience, she learned that sometimes all we can do is wait on God. It took her 2 years to be relieved of her depression, and this was a result of just waiting on God to do His work. She stated that while we wait, we should allow God to give us strength. And when we wait, we must let God be our shield.

Week of Chapels

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On Wednesday Kamaire Jones, AA freshmen, gave our devotional thought for the day. He talked about the importance of our words and actions and how it can affect us. The scripture reference was Proverbs 18:21 which states, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit." which Kamaire used to illustrate how words can alter our lives. Blake Shelley helped out in a demonstration of hitting a piece of dry wall and seeing the impact the hammer (words) can do to our dry wall (lives). Social Media and Music are two things that can really be hurtful to our spiritual growth if wee do not use it to uplift God. Kamaire ended with the thought that words and actions can alter our lives, do not turn drugs or feelings to fill your void, let Jesus come into your life and fill your life with peace and meaning. For Thursday chapel Pastor Reeves shared a sledding story in which he almost lost his life to a truck that drove right above him. He reflected on this experience and he asked the students if they are glad that they don’t always get what they want? He wanted to win the sledding race but because someone was ahead of him, this person was able to stop the truck before pastor Reeves was killed. Pastor Reeves told the students that he doesn’t always let his son get what he wants. Instead, he lets him do the things that are good for him. We have a blurred perception of the difference between danger and safety. Just like the prodigal son, we don’t always know what is best for us. However, we will find reasons for the decisions that God makes and the reasons behind His ways. In the pursuit of freedom in this world you actually be-come a slave to this world! He concluded with a plea that each of us will heed the words of Proverbs 3: 5-6, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” For more pictures from chapel please go to Facebook.

Week of Chapels

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ACADEMIC ADVISING

Tuesday’s assembly, April 2, will be dedicated to academic advising. In order to ensure this time is maximized, please make sure you bring your enrollment packet that you received March 26 as you meet with your advisor.

ATTENTION SENIORS

All Seniors report to the chapel on Tuesday, April 2, during academic advising.

SA SPRING BANQUET

AASA invites you to enjoy Adventure is Out There, an UP themed banquet on April 7. The ban-quet will begin at 4:00 pm at Andrews Academy and after dinner there will be bowling (transportation will be provided). We will be back at 9:00 pm.

RE-ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR

The snow has finally melted and our days are getting longer - all of this means that our days for the 2018-19 school year are numbered! As students looks forward to summer vacation, we are already looking ahead and making plans for next school year. Current students have received their re-enrollment packets. Students are invited to meet with their advisers to help create a schedule. We will be providing the assembly period on April 2 for students to meet with their advi-sors as well. Besides filling out the paperwork in the packet, parents must go online to complete the Renweb re-enrollment.

To complete our online reenrollment process, you will access our ParentsWeb through your existing login. If you do not have a login, please skip down to the second set of instructions and follow the Instructions for Creating a ParentsWeb Login listed below.

If you have a ParentsWeb login already – follow these steps.

If you have never logged into Parents Web – skip down to the next set of instructions.

Complete your child’s online enrollment by following the steps below.

To access ParentsWeb:

Please go to https://factsmgt.com/

Select ParentsWeb Login.

Enter AN-MI into the District Code field.

Enter your username and password. If you have forgotten your username or password, please click on the link provided.

After logging in, click on the Apple/Enroll button in the left menu.

Click on the Enrollment/Reenrollment button.

Announcements

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RE-ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR—Continued

Our Online Enrollment system will open with a link to the enrollment packet for your child. The online process should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Your information will be saved if you need to quit and come back later.

The Instructions and Enrollment Checklist page of the enrollment packet contains supplemental enrollment forms that also must be submitted. Further instructions on these forms are provided online.

If you have NEVER logged into Parents’ Web – START HERE!

Instructions for Creating a ParentsWeb Login (Only for Parents who have never logged into ParentsWeb.)

Please go to https://factsmgt.com/

Select ParentsWeb Login

After the RenWeb ParentsWeb Login screen opens, please select Create New ParentsWeb Account.

Enter AN-MI into the District Code field.

Enter in the Email field your email address as provided in your application to the school.

Click the Create Account button.

You will receive an email from Facts Customer Support containing a link that will allow you to create your username and password. For security purposes the link will re-main active for 6 hours.

Please click on the link. A Change/Create Password screen will open. You may use the de-fault username provided, or create a new username. Then type in your desired password into the Password field and Confirm Field.

Click on the Save Username and/or Password button.

Close the window.

Log into ParentsWeb as instructed above.

Our Online Enrollment system will open with a link to the enrollment packet for your child. The online process should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Your information will be saved if you need to quit and come back later.

The Instructions and Enrollment Checklist page of the enrollment packet contains supplemental enrollment forms that also must be submitted. Further instructions on these forms are provided online.

If you have any questions about the process, please contact the front office.

Announcements

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