Faith, SD

Three Faith students competed at the regional Oral Interp contest in Pierre on November 19, and all three of them advance to state competition. Bailee Hulm and Sarah Jordan advance in Duet, with Ken Bradbury’s play The Spot. Shawnee Price advances in Oratory with a cutting from Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl. The State Oral Interp Festival will be held in Huron on November 30 and December 1.

MaKayla McGinnis, Matthew Vig, and Amanda Reimer, along with Bailee, Sarah, and Shawnee, competed at district competition in Readers Theatre with a skit they wrote entitled He Says… She Says…. MaKayla competed in Serious Prose with “The Earthgame,” a cutting from Chris Chrutcher’s book The Sledding Hill. Amanda Reimer competed in Poetry with a cutting from Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself. MaKayla and Matthew were also timers at the regional contest in Pierre.

 (Article received from Patti Storm)

Nancy Reimer is offering a Microsoft Word class in the month of December.  Click on the link below for more information.  Hope to see you there.

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The Faith Ambulance is trying to bring a great Christmas event back to Faith.  They are hosting the PARADE OF LIGHTS on December 2nd on Main Street in Faith.  After the parade there will be a Family Social at the Legion on Main Street.  During this time there will be events for the kids including a visit from Santa and also the Faith Horizon’s group will be presenting the visions and goals for Faith that have been set forth in the meetings.  This is a very important step for the future of Faith and we are asking all of you to be a part of it.

There are also prizes for the various floats:
1.  Most Lights
2.  Most Religious
3.  Most Original
4.  Most Humorous We would like to encourage each business to have a float and to encourage others to also have one. Our goal is to have a minimum of 15 floats.  This would give Faith a great reputation for the parade and also encourage people to attend from surrounding communities for years to come. Line-up will be at 4:30 on Longhorn Street in front of the Faith School, and to register your float please call Hoss or Cindy at 967-2091 or Shawn at 863-2267 or email speterson@takini.net.

On November 13th, the Faith Student Council sponsored its 2nd annual Coed Volleyball Tournament.  Six teams, assembled from various staff and students, joined an excited crowd to fight for the bragging rights as champions.  The team that prevailed, were the Cavaliers consisting of the strong and mighty players coached by student council president, Jason Ingalls.  The team members were: Wayne Palmer, Lane (Bubba) Hildebrandt, Brock Williams, Hanna Brown, Bailee Hulm, and Jerylin Reed.  There was no charge to watch this event, a free-will offering was accepted.

Remember those “FUN” pre and post surveys that the Horizons Staff had you take during Study Circles and LeadershipPLENTY?

Believe it or not - it was for a purpose!  Those pre and post surveys help us to understand how much your community learned about poverty and about leadership by your participation in those specified curriculums.

As a result, we have assembled a community profile with the results of the pre and post surveys for both Study Circles and LeadershipPLENTY.  Check out your community results by clicking on the links found under “Survey Data” on the right hand side of your community blog.
   

On November 9th , the Faith School presented a Veteran’s Day program for the community and local veterans.  Spencer Gossel, senior class president, was the mcee for the program and gave a warm welcome to all the guests.  The American Legion color guard presented the flags.  The 4th and 5th graders entertained the audience with, “America The Beautiful” and “My Country Tis of Thee.”  The 8th grade class gave the audience a lesson on the proper way to fold a flag and the explained to us the significance of each fold.   Next, the 6th,7th, and 8th grade boys sang a medley of the different military branches.  While the elementary students presented flags that they made to our local veterans, the high school government students gave the audience a history of each military branch.  Following the history lesson, the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade girls sang “Welcome Home.”  The music selections were lead by music instructor Amy Wicks.

Mr. Dutton, the superintendent, gave the audience information on the letter writing program that is going on at the Faith school in the month of November.  He gave a presentation of his brother who is in Iraq and some of the things that he does over there.  Mr. Eric Bogue, also gave a presentation of a friend that is stationed overseas in Iraq.  Mr. Dutton went on to explain that all students from the Faith school will be writing a letter to military personnel that are stationed over in Iraq.  If you know anyone who is in active duty for any military branch in Iraq or elsewhere overseas and think they would enjoy letters from the Faith student’s, please contact the school with their mailing information.

 Following Mr. Dutton’s presentation, the song “If You’re Reading This” by Tim McGraw was played in memory of all who died in service to our country.  The color’s were retired by the American Legion ending the program.

On Sunday November 18th @ 12:00 pm the United Methodist Church will be presenting their Annual Thanksgiving Dinner.  Everyone is welcome!

Come and visit the Faith Library for the Fall Book Fair. This year’s theme is “Book Fair Blizzard - Chill out with a Good Book”. The Family Event is on Nov. 15 from 3-5 PM. The Cub Scouts and FHS Student Council will sponsor games, face painting, and other fun activities! Also, come and purchase books to support the classroom libraries.The Book Fair ends on Nov. 21. Thanks for supporting your children’s reading skills.

Also, Books Are Fun Christmas collection is here until Nov. 16. Come and purchase your gifts early!

On November 13, the Faith High School Student Council will be sponsoring the 2nd annual Coed Volleyball Tournament at the Faith Community Center beginning at 4pm.  Staff and students from the Faith School will be battling for the honor of being the 2007 champions.  If this is anything like last year’s tournament, this will be a fun-filled night for everyone! Concessions will be provided by the Junior class. Admission will be free-will offering. Come on everyone and cheer on your favorite team!