C H R I S T O U R R O C K

L U T H E R A N

H I G H S C H O O L

“ W h e r e F a i t h a n d

K n o w l e d g e G r o w ! ” J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 8

U P C O M I N G

E V E N T S :

Jan 4 - Beginning of

Third Quarter

Jan 15 - Martin Luther

King, Jr. Day–NO

SCHOOL

Jan 16 - ABOD

Meeting 7:00pm

Jan 21-27 - National

Lutheran School’s

Week

Jan 24 - Open House

6:30pm

Jan 28 - Trivia Day

2pm

Feb 1 - Annual

Foundation Mtg 7pm

Feb 8 - CORLHS

Blood Drive 2pm-6pm

Feb 24 - Polar Plunge

10am

Feb 28 - VIG Day

10:30am

C O R L H S e d u c a t e s

a n d e q u i p s

t o d a y ’ s y o u t h

i n f a i t h a n d

k n o w l e d g e w h i l e

g u i d i n g t h em t o

b e c om e C h r i s t i a n

l e a d e r s .

Christ Our Rock LHS

9545 Shattuc Rd.

Centralia, IL 62801

226-3315

www.corlhs.org

You are invited to the Christ Our Rock

Lutheran High School Foundation

Annual Meeting Thursday, February 1 at 7:00 p.m.

in the CORLHS Science Lab

The Foundation raises community, financial, and prayer

support for Christ Our Rock. At this meeting, the Foundation

officers will report on the activities from the past year

and the financial position of the foundation.

2018 STERLING EVENING DINNER & AUCTION

Enrolling for Fall 2018 Enrollment for Christ Our Rock for the 2018-

2019 school year continues its positive trend.

The school has already received several

applications for the freshman class.

Our second Open House for prospective

students is scheduled for Wednesday, January 24

6:30pm-8:00pm. Tours begin at 6:30pm followed

by a short presentation at 7:00pm. That evening

families will be able to visit the school, tour the

facilities, and talk with current students, parents,

and teachers. Transfer students and potential

freshman of all ages are encouraged to attend.

Christ Our Rock is able to accept applications

for transfer students at any time during the

school year, not just at the start of the semester.

Interested families not able to attend are

encouraged to contact the school office at

226-3315 to receive an information packet and

set an appointment to visit the school.

Things are underway for our annual auction to be held on Saturday, March 17. Mark your calendars to reserve the date as we are planning another entertaining event which is important to the fund raising efforts of CORLHS. We are expecting 400 attendees bidding on 400 items in the silent and live auctions. There is always something for everyone. There are three basic ways which you can help with the auction. First, we need items or services to auction off. Past auctions have included many unique items such as, home baked goodies, crafts, quilts, trips, dinners, gift certificates, memorabilia, furniture, electronics, loads of firewood, and tickets to events. If you don't have an item to donate please consider being

a financial sponsor. Second, volunteer your time serving on a committee for auction planning, item acquisition, ticket and book design, or event staffing. And third, plan to attend and bid high on your favorite items.

The Sterling Evening has become a major event for CORLHS. Not only does it serve as our largest fund raiser, but people look forward to the evening of entertainment. Guests see the Sterling Evening as a fun way to support COR. They are

more actively bidding which makes the auction atmosphere more thrilling. Just wait and see who bids highest for the first table to dine. Invitations will be mailed in February. Contact the school office for more information on ways to help, donating auction items, or sponsorship opportunities.

ADDITIONAL WEBSITE We have created an additional website for you to keep up with our athletics and activities that is kept up to date more often. We are currently working on making it more mobile friendly but the desktop edition works great. Be sure to check it out at www.corstallions.org.

COR TRIVIA DAY: We are planning our annual Trivia Day for Sun., Jan. 28th at CORLHS at 2p.m..

All proceeds will go to our Bus Fund. You may purchase a chair for $15 or a whole table of 8 chairs for $100. Open to all ages. Doors will open early at 1:30p.m. to decorate and set up. Popcorn will be provided and soda will be sold but you may bring your own goodies. (No alcohol) If you have never gone to a trivia event, give this a try. You’ll have a ball! If you can’t get anyone else to join, just sign up and we’ll assign you to a team. Put a group together today. Remember, the highest scoring congregation team gets the traveling trophy!

POLAR PLUNGE: The Christ Our Rock "Shivering Stallions" will again be participating in the Polar Plunge at Carlyle Lake on February 25, 2018. Proceeds go to Illinois Special Olympics. Please visit www.soill.org/polar-plunge/ to donate on your child's or participant's behalf.

FORMER STUDENT: For the first time in the McKendree University women's volleyball program history, there were two athletes that received All-American AVCA Division honors. Amanda Geiger, former CORLHS student,

was among two named to the Division II All-American Third-Team by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Senior right-side hitter, Geiger, finished the year averaging 3.88 kills and 3.40 digs per set. Amanda was named the 2017 Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year, and also named to the AVCA All-Midwest Region Team following her outstanding regular season campaign. The McKendree Bearcats finished their 2017 season with an overall record of 23-9, and made their second appearance in the NCAA Division II Volleyball Tournament. Congratulations Amanda!

COR ALUMNI UPDATE: We are trying to accumulate mailing addresses and email addresses of all COR alumni. If you are an alumnus of COR, a parent of one, or know of one in your family or congregation. Please email the information back to COR at jkroeger@corlhs.org. Thank you.

News

The Varsity Scholar Bowl Team finished their conference

season with a record of 11-1 which put them as the 2017-

2018 Conference Season Champions. The Varsity Team

placed 2nd at the MTC Varsity Conference Tournament. The Varsity Team will participate at the

Regional Tournament in March. The Junior-Varsity Team will participate at the Freshman-

Sophomore Tournament Thursday, January 11, at Clay City. Great job and good luck teams!

Girls Basketball : The Female edition of

the Silver Stallions basketball season continues to win. New Year but same result for the CORLHS Ladies basketball team. Coming off a disappointing 6th place finish at the Lebanon Christmas Tournament to end 2017, the Lady Stallions dominated once again in the Midland Trail Conference Tournament. Two wins led to defending the title as CORLHS rolled Wayne City 58-17 and ran past Woodlawn in the Championship game 54-20. Caroline Boehne was named tournament MVP, and joining her on with all tournament honors were teammates Georgia Agan and Macie Martin. CORLHS also defeated their annual matchup with Springfield Lutheran 55-41. Before that game Georgia Agan was recognized for scoring her 1000 point at Lebanon against Columbia on Dec. 29. Both Agan and Caroline Boehne recieved all Tournament honors at Lebanon. CORLHS record stands at 14-5. Congrats ladies and good luck!

Boys Basketball : Christ Our Rock boys basketball

team got up early on their first day of Christmas break and served the Patoka Food Pantry before a 2 hour basketball practice. They did a wonderful job and their hard work was very appreciated. They are currently 6-9 on the season took 5th in the Dieterich holiday tourney. Coach Britt says they are improving every game and are looking forward to the home stretch of the season.

Sports Shorts Memorials: A memorial or an honorary gift to a Christian school is certainly a fitting way to remember a friend or family member. Providing a Christian education to the next generation of Christian leaders is first class Kingdom building. The following memorials/honoraries were received recently during the month of November & December at Christ Our Rock:

MEMORIALS: Richard Beasley Ada “Fran” Frances Bennett Howard Kleiboeker Herschel Kasten Donny Berry Alfred Hugo Elmer Michael Helen Fischer Clarence Price Don Heard Del Fischer Terry Fark Carl W. Ramsour HONORARIES: Jerry & Millie Rakers Vernon & Betty Lippert

Thank you to David & Lisa Fuehne for adopting an extra month of mortgage payment for November! What a blessing! We encourage people to adopt an extra month mortgage payment for Jan.-Dec. 2018. Please consider adopting a month ($1,000 minimum). Contact the school office for more information.

Scholar Bowl Update

Happy New Year!