July 2018 Lakeside Lutheran Federation Connection

The LLHS General Board elected the following to the Board of Regents on May 22: Pastor Paul Burk (Immanuel, Farmington), Brian Ertman (Bethany, Fort), teacher Steve Gartner (St. Paul, Lake Mills), Steve Krieser (Eastside, Madison), Glenn Lassanke (St. John, Watertown). Jeff Doyle (St. Mark, Watertown) and Steve Hoeft (St. Paul, Fort) were ratified as Operational Planning Committee (OPC) members.

e v e n t s to n o t e Your LLHS summer office hours: June 25–July 6: closed | July 9–27: 9 AM–1 PM | July 30 forward: 8 AM–4 PM

June 30..................................................... Warrior Band leaves on 15-day East Coast tour July 9–12....................................... Grade School Distance Running Camp | 8–10:30 AM July 13.......................................Warrior Booster Golf Outing (11 AM) & Dinner (5 PM) July 16–19....................................................... Grade School Volleyball & Football Camps July 22......................................................................................Football Equipment Handout July 23–26...............Grade School STEM (Science/Tech/Eng/Math) Camp | 8:30–noon August 1........................................................................................... Football practice begins Aug 1 & Aug 7............................................................. LLHS Registration Nights | 5–8 PM August 6.........................................................................................Girls Golf practice begins August 13.........................................Boys Soccer, XCountry & Volleyball practices begin August 17.................................................................... Freshmen Orientation | 8 AM August 20...............................................................................1st Day of classes 8 AM

All Welcome to Opening Service, Installation of new Faculty | 10 AM

Board of Regents | 6:30 PM August 31...............................................Development Office Appreciation Tent | 5–7 PM

First Home Football Game v. Lake Country Lutheran | 7 PM

The summer edition of the Lakeside Advantage magazine mailed recently. Does your household have children in K–8 but not receive a copy in the mail? We’d like to hear from you!

In this issue, grade school students are invited to dream a little by entering a photo contest that pictures what they might like to be when they’re older. Prizes for participating and LLHS tuition credit for the winners! See the mag for details, or go to llhs.org/advantagecontest Send an e-mail to contact us at info@llhs.org

Contact Info

920-648-2321 • info@llhs.org • 231 Woodland Beach Rd. Lake Mills, WI 53551

July 2018

a publication of Lakeside Lutheran High School Volume 7: Issue 11

FED eration CONnection

But first...LOVE When items are listed, often the chief one is first. This may well be true even in Scripture.

In Galatians 5, the Holy Spirit moved Paul to enumerate the fruit of the Spirit.

He writes, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” [v. 22-23a].

Did you notice which one led the list? Love!

Why is love important? Isn’t joy from forgiveness, forbearance to withstand provocation, or goodness to avoid temptation as important? While these—along with peace, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control—are part of Christian living, love encompasses them all.

Earlier in the chapter, Paul writes, “For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’” [v. 14]. This quote from Deuteronomy places love front-and-center in Christian living. A corollary command—“Love one another”—appears 12 times in the New Testament, three of them spoken by Jesus himself.

However, we would miss Paul’s point if we did not first recognize that love is not in our nature.

By nature, we are unlovable. Sin also leads us not to love others. It is “Christ’s love [that] compels us” to love because “he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him” [2 Corinthians 5:14-15].

Love heads the fruit of the Spirit for a reason. It is Christ’s primary command as demonstrated by his boundless love for sinners.

God, give us loving hearts like our Savior’s that reflect his selfless love.

Jim Grasby is principal of Lakeside Lutheran High. Reach him at 920.648.2321 or jgrasby@llhs.org

5 questions GC faculty “Five Questions with the Faculty” is a light-hearted look at the teaching staff at Lakeside Lutheran. This edition features Mr. Jeff Meske, who joined the faculty in 2013. He teaches Tech Ed, which includes three levels of woods, welding/metals, small engines, construction, CAD, environmental science and agricultural survey. He also coaches wrestling and is the FFA advisor.

Here are some other things you may—or may not— know about Mr. Meske: He met his wife, Jayne, who works in our Extended Learning Center and coaches soccer, when they were counselors at Camp Phillip in Wautoma. Members at St. John, Newville, they have three daughters, Mindy (LL ‘17), Emily (class of ‘19), and Haylee (class of ‘21).

school news E notes: ◊ Recent MLC grad Hannah Uher, whose husband, Eric, was assigned to Peace in Sun Prairie, has been assigned as our new science teacher. ◊ In addition to the retiring Jim Bauer and Lance Johnson, we said goodbye to Pastor Caleb Davisson after 12 years of service to Lakeside; he will join the ministry of Divine Savior Academy in Doral, Fla. ◊ Our student newspaper, the Warrior Times Weekly, was awarded first place by the American Scholastic Press Association, newspaper division. They also won Best Weekly Newspaper for schools under 500 students. ◊ 25 Class A entries earned a trip to WSMA State Festival at UW-Whitewater. 15 of those entries were awarded a first place there as well. The 24-member Warrior Percussion ensemble was awarded the prestigious WSMA Exemplary Performance Recognition Award & joined Kettle Moraine LHS for a May “Night of Percussion.” ◊ Warrior softball finished 10-7. Shannon Jones (Immanuel, Farmington) received all-conference 1st team honors. Kelsey Birschbach (Eastside, Madison), Meghan Splinter (St. Matthew, Oconomowoc) and Kylee Gnabasik (St. John, Jefferson) are 2nd team and Olivia Krieser (Eastside, Madison) received Honorable Mention.

What is your favorite thing to do on a Saturday?

I have always enjoyed doing something with my hands. Whether that be welding, woodworking, yard work or home maintenance, it puts my mind at the most peace. Saturdays do fill up with my daughters’ calendars though...

◊ Boys track & field team took conference this spring! Both girls and boys won Regional and 15 athletes—3 relays & 3 individual events—made State. Soph Collin Schulz (Bethany, Fort) took the D2 title in high jump (6’6) and senior Amber Rowoldt (St. Mark, Watertown) took 3rd in triple jump (36’1). Schulz and junior Casey Ponyicsanyi (St. Paul, Lake Mills) broke school records (high jump, 200M).

When you’re at your fave restaurant, what do you order?

Our family is 3/5 gluten-free so that limits our choices at times. In our quest to stay away from MSG and anything made from wheat, we can be found at Culver’s and Mexican stops. My ultimate favorite as a kid was the occasional Sunday stop at Pizza Hut for the thick dish pizzas with all the meat options on it.

◊ Baseball Coach Dretske: “This was the best season in nearly a decade for Warrior baseball at 12-6 and a trip to the regional championship. Thank you to everyone who supported and followed our team this year!” 1st team All-Conference: Dustin Pampel (St. John, Jefferson), Eric Pillard (St. Matthew, Oconomowoc), Alex Ryan (St. Paul, Lake Mills). 2nd team: Ben Hodel (St. Paul, Lake Mills). Honorable Mention: Carter Buchta (St. Paul, Ixonia), Michael Freson (St. Paul, Lake Mills), Trey Roth (St. John, Watertown), Carter Schneider (St. Paul, Lake Mills).

What is your favorite movie of all time?

The series that I read the most is Clive Cussler and his maritime adventures.

What’s one of your most humorous moments at LLHS? Last year at one of my chapels, I relayed to the students my relationship with my little sister, Robin. I was that brother who got her in trouble and pulled the innocent card even though I was the instigator. As I flashed a photo of my high school freshman self on the projector screen, even my daughters laughed at the thought of me being 95 pounds. Even as a senior, I wrestled 119 pounds.

What’s one of the most heartwarming moments of your time at LLHS? Besides the perpetual family atmosphere, I treasure seeing how God has blessed the Lakeside FFA chapter in its first few years with willing, interested members.

It was a neat memory to be on stage at the State FFA Convention in 2014 for the members to receive the charter when, unexpectedly, cannons fired off confetti.

◊ Warrior girls soccer finished 2-8-1. Emily Meske (St. John, Newville), Kat Schleef (St. Mark, Watertown), Maria Murray and Mia Murray (St. Andrew, Middleton) received all-conference honorable mention. ◊ On May 27, 85 seniors received diplomas. 77 plan to continue their education, three active military, and five to the workforce. For those pursuing higher education, 45 students report over $812,000 in scholarship offers from individuals, foundations, organizations, and the schools they applied to attend. ◊ Junior Lukas Heckmann (St. Andrew, Middleton) shot a 72 to win the Platteville Sectional for boys golf—and then captured the WIAA D2 individual STATE championship! He was also named Capitol Conference Golf Player of the Year.

Senior Isaac Heckmann was named an 2018 Honors Academic-All State honoree. ◊ Our A Cappella choir again sang the National Anthem at a Brewers game v. the Cubs at Miller Park June 11. More than 500 Warrior groupies had a great time!