15.10-LLHS-FedCon

Stakeholders’ Open Forum • Wednesday, October 21, 6:30 p.m. • Choir Room

October 2015

a publication of Lakeside Lutheran High School Volume 5 : Issue 2

Open to all with a supportive interest in the future of the Lakeside Lutheran teen ministry, this forum will review the school’s strategic plan. Principal Jim Grasby will highlight how the Lord has already blessed efforts, as well as list goals for the current school year. Please consider yourself invited, and contact Principal Grasby with any questions or comments: jgrasby@llhs.org

See our redesigned website at llhs.org

Events to Note Oct 3..............................................................LES Volleyball Tournament @ LL | 8a Oct 4............................................................ A Cappella @ St. John Whitewater | 9a

Warrior Dance Clinic for K–8 | 1:30-3p Oct 6......Senior & Parents Night for both Soccer (4:45p) and Volleyball (5:15p) Oct 9................Senior Night Home Football v. Lodi (K–8 dancers perform) | 7p Oct 10.............................................................MPO fundraiser pickup/delivery | 9a

First Cadet/Beginner Band practice (also 10/17, 24, 31) | 9a Oct 11.............................................................. A Cap @ Zion, Columbus | 8/10:30a Oct 14...................................................Test & Registration Day | Classes out 1:30p

“Stand Up to Bullying” presentation to LES gr. 5–6 | 10a Oct 15....................Night with the Knights MLC Volleyball Clinic for gr. 7–8 | 4p Oct 18..................................................A Cap @ Holy Cross Madison | 8:15/10:30a Oct 19..........................................................................................Start of 2nd Quarter

Board of Regents | 6:30p Oct 21....................................................... Freshman/Junior Grandparents Day | 8a

LLHS Stakeholders Open Forum | 6:30p (see above for details) Oct 25......................................................... Area Reformation Service at LLHS | 4p Oct 27...................................................................8th Grade Welcome Night | 5:30p Oct 27–31...................................................... FFA National Convention, Louisville Oct 28........................................................... LES Basketball Coaches Clinic | 6:30p Oct 29–30............................................................ No classes (Teachers’ conference) Oct 31.................................................... Beginner Band Concert (band rm) | 9:45a Nov 1................................................................................Fall back to standard time!

LLHS & LES Fall Band Concert | 2p Nov 2.............................................Conference Academic Bowl at Poynette | 4:30p Nov 3......................................................................Fall Sports Awards Night | 6:30p

Contact Info

920-648-2321 • info@llhs.org • llhs.org • fb.com/yourllhs • @LakesideLuthHS

Fed eration Connection

Upside down Upside down.

During the previous decade’s economic downturn, upside down described situations in which people owed more on their mortgages than what their homes were actually worth.

Upside down. This term also describes our relationship with God. God makes it clear in his Word that we were upside down in our relationship with him.

More than that he says, “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins” (Ephesians 2:1). There was no value in us. There was no hope. We were dead with no hope of revival or life. Yet, in his love, God intervened and “made us alive with Christ even when we were dead” (Ephesians 2:5).

The sad truth is that many Americans lost their homes in the early 2000s after being upside down in their mortgages. They could not pay their mortgages. They had no place to live. Before God intervened, we faced a similar fate for eternity. But God did more than make us alive. He also promised us an eternity with him by “[raising] us up with Christ and [seating] us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:6). In eternity, we no longer fear sin and its effects because our future in heaven is made sure through Christ’s merits.

God’s gift of grace in our lives is unfathomable. It is pure love—and nothing less than that! Through God, we are no longer upside down, and his Word assures us of that.

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith— and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast (Ephesians 2:8-9) Mr. Jim Grasby is principal of Lakeside Lutheran; his column is featured each issue.

Reach him at 920.648.2321 x 2204 or jgrasby@llhs.org

faculty news and notes:

Jesus is here every day, in every space and every activity This article is the 21st 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.

for example, he and his Environmental Science students studied how the reduction in a particular species of bee around Lakeside affects the populations of other animals and the success of certain types of plants (see student feature on next page).

Mr. Lance Johnson is in his 22nd year as a science and technology instructor at your Lakeside Lutheran.

This year he is teaching Anatomy & Physiology, 9th grade Physical Science and CAD Technology. He is also coach for Cross Country and Track & Field teams. Raised and trained in the public education system, he knows that science and technology curricula can be taught well anywhere by knowledgeable instructors, but there’s a reason he pursued his WELS certification. “Jesus is here at LLHS not only every day,” Johnson says. “but he is also in every space and every activity—whether he is the subject of conversation or not. In a public school he has to stay inside me; here we talk about him and share him freely.”

The same holds true in a student’s educational environment, says Mr. Johnson. It’s not just in his classroom or on the field, either.

Lance Johnson implies it’s the little things that make all the difference. This shouldn’t be surprising coming from a science and technology teacher, who often needs to make it clear to students that it’s the “little stuff ”—whether in nature or biology or in computer code— that can result in huge differences in the ecosystem, a body’s health or the success of a computer application. Last year,

“It’s everywhere I look here at Lakeside,” he says. “I remember years ago standing in the hall before a concert, and a music teacher was speaking to a nervous student just as she was about to enter the packed gymnasium...’just remember, you are singing for your Lord, no one else’ she was told. Believe me, that’s a different message.”

His examples abound...how other schools’ coaches and officials walk across a track to tell him how polite and cooperative our athletes were during the meet—several times over the years...or how a student in a class may speak inappropriately and another student speaks up honestly and earnestly to that individual, reminding of the offense to the Lord.

“Laughing off misbehaving students may be the norm among high school students,” Johnson says. “But the kind, Christ-centered, from-the-heart response I’ve witnessed in my classes over the years indicates spiritually mature individuals who spoke up as well as or better than I could or did. These types of things—along with our opportunity for a daily walk with the Word in devotions and prayers—these work in my own faith-life too. I love that about Lakeside.”

student news and notes: Bee houses keep students buzzing Environmental Science students built bee houses and have placed them in the courtyard and behind the school in an effort to cultivate beneficial bee species around campus.

Mr. Johnson and Environmental Science students were busy bees last spring. Students designed, built and then “planted” little houses on campus meant to attract solitary native bees. These are small bees that do not sting unless forced to (they have no colony to become defensive about—no queens, no workers, no soldiers, etc.).

Solitary bee females will enter hollow twigs and lay 3 or more eggs, wall each one off with mud, and leave them to hatch out. “These species are important pollinators, so we have “planted” these “houses” near flowering plants,” says Mr. Johnson. “The plants in the back drainage ditch that have been planted over the years are all native to Wisconsin, are perennial, and have deep roots. This helps drain parking lot/roof top water into the soil, avoiding Rock Lake contamination. The bees we attract will add to what we call biodiversity: God’s way of ensuring a healthy, stable creation. What bees we attract will not sting you!”

Since this spring initiative, native bees have indeed begun to find the houses. Once they hatch, they share the Lakeside courtyard flora with many other species.

Want to read more about solitary bees or the bee house process?

Check out www.wingsinflight.com/gardbees.html and www.ncagr.gov/spcap/bee/documents/BuildingWildBeeHouses.pdf

Search “Lakeside Lutheran bee houses” on Facebook to see more photos.

Know who else has been a busy bee? Our videography expert Mr. Hackbarth, who was gifted a video drone from our friends at Twice is Nice. Check out his first video exploring the capabilities of this emerging technology!

https://youtu.be/7gFANc665sA ——>