Partners in Ministry:
for the 1:1 Initiative
Goal: $60,000 Our 1:1 Chromebook Initiative— begun school-wide in fall 2014—is a way to improve the teaching and learning atmosphere by equipping each student with a laptop.Your partnership will help improve the quality of teaching by providing additional options for teachers. This initiative also contributes to “greening” operations, Apr 1..................................................Easter Concert | 7p allowing for a more Apr 3–6...................................Easter Recess | no classes paperless environment, and Apr 8..........Sophomore\Senior Grandparents Day | 8a it equips students for futures in your technologicallyApr 10–11.......................... Electronics Recycling Event advanced world.Your Apr 12..........8/10:30 | A Cap @ St. Andrew Middleton partnership helps create a Apr 15...........State Champs Forensics Open House, 6p healthier, happier, proactive Apr 18...........................LES Fine Arts Fair competition learning environment that Apr 19....................7:45/10:15 | A Cap @ St. Luke Wttn benefits all of us right now FAF concerts | 1:30/4p and into the future! Apr 20.......................................Board of Regents | 6:30p Apr 24–May 9 Conference Art Exhibit at Edgewood College Apr 24...................................6th Grade “Play Day” | 10a Rho/Kentro Giving Society Reception | 5:30p Senior Art Show Murder’s in the Heir Spring Play | 7p Apr 25.................. WSMA State Music Festival, UW-W Murder’s in the Heir Spring Play | 7p Apr 29................................................LES Math Meet, 4p Scan the QR code or go to Senior Class Trip www.llhs.org/partners.html to see new information May 2...........................................May Banquet & Dance
April 2015
a publication of Lakeside Lutheran High School Volume 4 : Issue 8
Fed eration Connection
Events to Note
Look to www.capitolnorthconference.org for the most up-to-date spring sports schedules (baseball, boys’ golf, girls’ soccer, softball, track)
Contact Info
about your opportunities as a partner in ministry— opportunities for you to make a real and lasting impact, in prayer, with your strengths and through your offerings.
920-648-2321 • info@llhs.org • llhs.org • fb.com/yourllhs • @LakesideLuthHS
Phillips Brooks, the author of O Little Town of Bethlehem, wrote:
These words perfectly capture Easter’s spirit. They declare that Christ rose from the dead. More importantly, they confidently state that all believers in Jesus will also rise from the dead. We certainly hear this truth on Easter Sunday. But, the joyous sensation may last only a short time before we return to our old ways. Instead of focusing on our risen Savior, we become “navel gazers,” preoccupied with the here-and-now. We no longer look to the skies anticipating Jesus’ return. Rather, we look downward at our own miserable condition caused by sin. Christ’s resurrection points to our resurrection. Brooks’ words above—drawn from 1 Corinthians 15—give the reason for true Easter joy. In that chapter, Paul discusses Christ’s resurrection, the resurrection of the dead, and finally the transformation of the believer’s resurrected body. Near the chapter’s end, Paul proclaims,
[55-57]. Paul’s inspired words turn us from our own sinful state to the glory of Christ’s resurrection. They guide us from the here-and-now to heaven’s future glories. They give all believers in Christ joy, hope, and confidence in their own resurrection made possible by his resurrection. To paraphrase Brooks, “Let us say not merely, ‘Christ is risen,’ but ‘we shall rise.’” God bless your Easter victory celebration! Mr. Jim Grasby is principal of LLHS. Reach him at 920.648.2321 x 2204 or jgrasby@llhs.org
staff news and notes:
student news and notes:
Science teacher “amazed” by classroom blessings
Second grade is not too young for learning at LLHS
This article is 16th in a series of faculty and staff responses to why they’re thankful to serve at your Lakeside, along with recollections of moments that demonstrate the value of the investment of time and resources for the families who choose LLHS for their children. Mr. Damon Tracy is another example of an alum (LLHS class of 1983, in his case) who was privileged to be able to return in 1996 to teach and guide future graduates of Lakeside Lutheran, even as it helps him appreciate his past—including his time on a Navy submarine—and the Christian education that helped lead him to where he is today. He teaches in the science department, where his focus is Chemistry and Physics, but he has also taught other subjects, currently including Freshmen General Science and Health. He also heads audio/visual efforts for the campus, which includes supervising a student A/V group that manages the sound and video for functions including concerts, sports, drama, as well as the recent addition of Livestreaming various events. (follow LL events on new.livestream.com/llhslive)
Shares Mr. Tracy: “I am always amazed at how much the Lord blesses the students’ efforts— from the beginning of the year when the students in Chemistry
Lakeside teacher Steve Lauber saw his courseload reduced when he answered the call to be our Recruitment Director. At the time, he might have thought that would mean he would be teaching less, but in the three years he’s been at it, he’s found it really couldn’t be any further from reality; it’s just not all teenagers anymore.
are figuring out how to use math in a science context, all the way through to the final exam where I see them answering questions that they never would have understood at the beginning.” “I am also amazed at their curiosity about “things.” It might be anything —of course, in their eyes it always helps if it can draw the class slightly off the day’s topic—but we can usually make it relate somehow anyway. “There are students who might never raise a hand in class, but they will speak on subjects that they have heard about but were never formally taught: black holes, space travel, relativity, dinosaurs, blowing stuff up (very frequently asked about), life on a submarine, how things work, politics and more. It’s a testament to how important it is to keep students at this age surrounded by a Christ-centered, reliable environment where parents can feel confident in how these topics will be addressed.”
One of the “classes” for this spring’s second graders involves a tour, a “buswash” and lots of fun and helpful facts from the Lakeside “bus barn.”
Science teacher Mr. Tracy (see article, opposite) hosts young ones in the chemistry classroom, where they learn the scientific method, the physics of Legos, and whether a certain cheesy foodstuff makes for good rocket fuel.
In his work as our Lutheran Elementary School (LES) contact person, he has become the “face of Lakeside” to many of our area elementary students, and it not just the upper grades. In addition to visiting campus with their families for sports and music, little ones have time just for themselves. November has become the on-campus field trip month for 4th graders, February sees a beautiful kindergarten invasion at “Kinderfest,” while March and April belong to our federation’s second graders. Our young visitors sit in on our daily chapel/ devotions, meet older students from their school, see and safely touch equipment they’re usually told to avoid, experience a high school science classroom and work with materials and equipment usually reserved for older students.
It continues to be a win-win—for our Lutheran grade schools, and for your LLHS. Lakeside is privileged to share the priceless treasure we offer in continued Christian education during critical high school years, and so many grades, from kindergarten on, can have fun and learn during visits that give them a taste of life as a “big kid,” no matter where they attend high school. To learn more about Lakeside and the LES relationship, see “Grade School Events” on llhs.org
Reserve your tickets early for the spring play, where the ending can change each time it’s performed!