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FLAME Targets Lutheran School Leadership Gap

FLAME Targets Lutheran School Leadership Gap

Forty percent of all Lutheran elementary school principals are expected to be at or past retirement age by the year 2020.

Ann Ciaccio July 14, 2017 Lutheran Schools Read more

Team Up with Lansing School for Run, Walk or Crawl

Team Up with Lansing School for Run, Walk or Crawl

Make it your goal to run, walk or crawl with members of St. John Lutheran School in Lansing, Illinois, on September 16 — For God and Country.

Ann Ciaccio July 7, 2017July 6, 2017 Lutheran Schools Read more

Reunion at St. Paul Dorchester School

Reunion at St. Paul Dorchester School

Former students, faculty and friends are invited to contact St. Paul Lutheran School, on Dorchester in Chicago, for information on an all-class reunion, 1932-2000.

Ann Ciaccio July 6, 2017June 27, 2017 Lutheran Schools Read more

Grant Enables New STEM Focus at Aurora Lutheran School

Grant Enables New STEM Focus at Aurora Lutheran School

First-ever grant nets $192,000 from Dunham Fund to help St. Paul, Aurora, Illinois, become a STEM-integrated Lutheran school.

Ann Ciaccio June 22, 2017June 20, 2017 Lutheran Schools Read more

New Head of School at Walther Christian Academy

New Head of School at Walther Christian Academy

Walther Christian Academy’s Board of Directors has announced that Wayne Wenzel, Jr., is their new Head of School. He joins the ministry team at the Melrose Park, Illinois, school on July 1.

Ann Ciaccio June 13, 2017June 20, 2017 Lutheran Schools Read more

Luther North, Chicago, Suspends Operations

Luther North, Chicago, Suspends Operations

Luther North’s last graduation at Berteau Avenue Campus was June 3, 2017, as academic operations are suspended. Memorabilia sale is on June 15 and 17.

Ann Ciaccio June 12, 2017July 3, 2017 Lutheran Schools Read more

Sweets for South Sudan

Sweets for South Sudan

Sixth grade students at Immanuel Lutheran School, Batavia, Illinois, have helped more than 200 people in South Sudan gain access to clean water.

Ann Ciaccio April 24, 2017April 25, 2017 Lutheran Schools Read more

Rev. Karl Koeppen: District’s 2016 School Shepherd

Rev. Karl Koeppen: District’s 2016 School Shepherd

Rev. Karl Koeppen, senior pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and School in Bourbonnais, Illinois, has received the LCMS Northern Illinois District’s School Shepherd Award for 2016.

Ann Ciaccio February 17, 2017March 3, 2017 Lutheran Schools Read more

St. Paul School in Mount Prospect Earns Blue Ribbon

St. Paul School in Mount Prospect Earns Blue Ribbon

St. Paul Lutheran School in Mount Prospect, Illinios, has been recognized as a 2016 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Dept. of Education. Preschoolers celebrate planting blue pinwheels in the school yard.

Ann Ciaccio February 13, 2017 Lutheran Schools Read more

Joliet Preschool Dedicates Gift of New Sign

Joliet Preschool Dedicates Gift of New Sign

In September of every school year, the students and families of Our Savior Lutheran Preschool and Kindergarten in Joliet, Illinois, are invited to “Preschool Sunday.” This year was even more special.

Ann Ciaccio October 5, 2016December 12, 2016 Lutheran Schools Read more
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