This time of year is always busy. It’s kicked off with the Extravaganza and wraps up with the Christmas Program. On November 3, MLA hosted our yearly Extravaganza. If you missed out, there is always next year. We were visited by action heroes, princesses, KC Wolf, and a couple of turtles. There was a new bounce house, some face painting, and games throughout the building. Around this time, we also kicked off Butterbraid sales. Butterbraids are delicious pastries that you bake. The profits from Butterbraid sales are used to cover the cost of field trips, purchase yearbooks for all students, and used to support other events and items at MLA. Butterbraids are on sale until Friday, November 15, and will be delivered on Thursday, November 21. Butterbraids must be picked up on Thursday because they have to stay frozen.
Monday, we also hosted about 15 veterans on a snowy Veterans Day morning. What a joy it was to be able to honor those in attendance and hear from Mrs. Kelli Campbell. Mrs. Campbell works for Folds of Honor. This organization helps provide scholarships to families who have lost loved ones in the service. This organization was the recipient of our 1st quarter chapel offering. We were able to donate over $700 to Folds of Honor.
During the month of November, MLA is hosting a ScripNow contest. Remember, when shopping if you purchase a ScripNow card on your phone, you will be entered into a drawing for a gift card. When using your phone, money earned will also be applied to your tuition. You can use Scrip to purchase gifts, groceries, airline tickets, auction items, and much more. There are only a few businesses that are not on Scrip.
Thanksgiving is late this month, and so the first Saturday in December is December 7. This Saturday has historically served as MLA’s Cookie Walk date. The cookie walk is another TEAM event that is used to support the school. MLA has asked all families to make 4 dozen cookies per child to bring to the cookie walk. The event is open to the public. People are able to select from the wonderful variety of cookies that we provide and do some shopping with vendors who participate.
Mark your calendars for December 13th, date of the MLA Christmas Program, led by the students. We will start rehearsing for the program in a couple of weeks. The Christmas Program is a blessing. The program allows the students to sing and speak God’s praises. What a blessed time of year this is.