Hello all you awesome ASAites! 

We had a great day today with our simulation. You all did terrific! Thanks for participating and putting your heart into it! :)

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This week be sure to read Chapter 6: Finding the Real You in TJEd for Teens.

We'll be discussing it in class next week, February 2nd. 

Be Prepared!!!

And for a reminder, get a copy of the classic you're wanting to read for our first discussion on March 16 so you can have plenty of time to read it and be prepared!

March 16 - CHOOSE 1 OF THESE 3 BOOKS: 

• The Magician's Nephew - by C.S. Lewis
•  The Alliance - by Gerald Lund
• The Dream Giver - by Bruce Wilkinson 

This semester in Core is going to be a little different than last semester! 

Hold on to your hats because it’s going to be

Since TJED for Teens speaks so much and so highly about reading classics and discussing them, we are going to do just that!!

1st We’ll finish reading TJED for Teens as per the schedule below.

2nd Then you’ll read two classics that you choose from the list below and be prepared to have incredible discussions with our Scholar Society leading them! How cool is that?!

Since we’ll be reading amazing books this semester and having more discussions, there will be no Inspirements so you have more time to read!

YES!

And of course, audiobooks are great!

Here’s the schedule of when the readings are due:

January 19 - TJEd for Teens chapter 5: Scholar Phase

 February 2 - TJEd for Teens  chapter 6: Finding the Real You

February 16 - TJEd for Teens  chapter 7 & 8: Success in the Next 20 Years, and One More Thing

March 16 - CHOOSE 1 OF THESE 3 BOOKS: 

• The Magician's Nephew - by C.S. Lewis
•  The Alliance - by Gerald Lund
• The Dream Giver - by Bruce Wilkinson 

April 20 - CHOOSE 1 OF THESE 3 BOOKS:

• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - by C.S. Lewis
• The Bronze Bow - by Elizabeth George Speare
• The Screwtape Letters - by C.S. Lewis 

 CHOOSE IN to becoming a Scholar!

The more of us that DO THIS, the more EPIC this semester will be!

THANK YOU to each and every one of you for doing such a tremendous job on our service project last week! You got every bit of that blue tape and sticky stuff off the floor.

You guys are the best!

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There's only One Inspirement this week:

Read chapter 4 of TJEd for Teens! 

You will LOVE this chapter!

Everyone who reads the chapter and is ready for our discussion next week on the 15th will earn a tasty reward!

Let's ALL do this!!!

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Chapter 4 of TJEd for Teens is due Dec. 15

instead of the 8th.

This is the BEST chapter! You will love it!

We will be doing our service project at the PAC in Core on the 8th. Yes!

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We've been so blessed to come to our new location at the PAC! What a great place to hold ASA! We talked a lot about the stewardship we have to take care of our new building, so we thought it would be good to have the inspirements this week be about stewardship.

This week's Inspirements:

 "…our life on earth is a stewardship of time and choices granted by our Creator. The word stewardship calls to mind the Lord’s law of consecration…" (Elder D. Todd Christofferson, Reflections of a Consecrated Life, Ensign, November 2010.)

Consider and discuss with someone or record in your Truth Book about the following. 

Apprentice Inspirements:

1. Read this about what "Steward/Stewardship" is. 

- What is a steward and what are their responsibilities? Discuss with your parents what it means to be a good steward.

- Who are stewards in your life? Make a list in your Truth Book. Find a way to express your gratitude for the responsible stewards in your life. 

Journeyman Inspirements:

1. Do the Apprentice Inspirements.
2. Listen, watch or read:

https://www.lds.org/ensign/2010/11/reflections-on-a-consecrated-life?lang=eng#listen=audio

Master Inspirements:

1. Do the Apprentice and Journeyman Inspirements.

2. Consider the following questions and write your answers in your Truth Book.

- As you understand stewardship and responsibility better does it change your perspective towards stewards in your life? In what ways?

- What do you have stewardship for? What is one thing you can do to improve upon one area in which you have stewardship?

Enjoy reading Chapter 4 "Falling in Love" of TJEd for Teens and be ready for an AWESOME book discussion on Dec. 8.

Remember, each person who reads the chapter and is ready for the discussion on Dec. 8 will receive a tasty reward!

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No Inspirements this week

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Heads UP! Each person who reads TJEd for Teens chapter 4 "Falling in Love With Learning" and is prepared for an awesome discussion of it on Dec 8, will receive a reward!

Be one of them! 

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This week in Core Leadership we had a couple of wonderful guest speakers come and teach us about their experiences while serving a Self Reliance mission in the Philippines. Their presentation was wonderful! They shared how powerful it is for a person to gain the skills and education that can then propel their life forward, lift them from poverty and help them to better live a full and enriching life. We are so appreciative of Brother & Sister Hansen for taking their time to come share with us!

This week's Inspirements

Apprentice:

1. Print out these two maps that are linked below and learn more about the Philippines. Follow the instructions on the papers then show your finished papers to one of your parents.(Be sure you have your parent's permission if you want to search for these answers online.)

World Map
Philippines Map

Journeyman:

1. Do the Apprentice Inspirements.

2. Brother & Sister Hansen talked about how their mission was spent helping people become more self-reliant, and how as they learned to become more self-reliant, they were able to grow and improve their lives. What areas in your life could you learn to be more self-reliant? Make a list in your Truth Book.

Some examples might be:

• keeping up in my student planner
• remembering to do my chores without being reminded
• getting up in the morning when I'm supposed to
• doing my school assignments now instead of pushing them off until later

Prayerfully consider your list and choose one thing from it and work diligently at being more self-reliant in that one thing for 3 days. At the end of the 3 days, report to your Heavenly Father how it went.

self-re·li·ant

adjective

1. reliant on one's own powers and resources rather than those of others.

Master:

1. Do the Apprentice & Journeyman Inspirements.

2. Look up Self-Reliance Services on LDS.org. These are the tools that Brother & Sister Hansen used to teach the people in the Philippines. Spend 1/2 hour or more perusing this incredible information, learning about the things that are interesting to you. Then tell someone about something interesting you learned from this site.

Thank you, Scholar Society, for a great lesson last Thursday!

Heads up:

Read TJEd for Teens Chapter 4 by Dec. 8.

You're going to LOVE this chapter! 

This week's Inspirements

Apprentice:
1. In TJEd for Teens it says, "Great mentoring changes your life. If you want a truly great education, find and follow good mentors." (pg 50)
    - In your Truth Book, identify and write down the names of good mentors you have in your life right now. They might include your piano teacher, Sunday School teacher, parents, friend, neighbor, books, etc. Think deep and broad and write down as many as come to mind. 
    - During this month of November, make an increased effort to express your gratitude to each one of them. :)

Journeyman:
1. Do the Apprentice Inspirement.

2. Watch these two video clips from the movie "Karate Kid." Observe how Daniel (the mentee) is being mentored by Miyagi (the karate mentor.) Daniel has come to Miyagi asking him to teach him karate. Miyagi agrees but has a curious way of beginning his teaching...

Karate Kid - "Wax On, Wax Off"

Karate Kid - "Show me Sand the Floor..."

3. Daniel was asked to do things that didn't seem to have anything to do with karate. But because he submitted himself to Miyagi's mentorship, he finally began to understand and began to see the value in it. 
    - Do a Word Study on the words Submit/Submission. (How to Do a Word Study) This will be an awesome study!

Master:
1. Do the Apprentice and Journeyman Inspirements.

2. As you step more willingly into the role of Mentee, you will learn more and more that your greatest and most trusted Mentor is your Father in Heaven. Neal A. Maxwell gave a tremendous talk about the need of being willing to submit to Him to achieve our greatest potential. Print out this talk and read it thoroughly, underlining and annotating as you go. For a deeper experience, pray before you read it, asking Heavenly Father to teach you specifically what you need to gain from reading it.

Willing to Submit