March 2024
a publication of Lakeside Lutheran High School Volume 13: Issue 7
LLHS FED eration CONnection 920-648-2321 • info@llhs.org • 231 Woodland Beach Rd. Lake Mills, WI 53551
No One is Nice. When you’re a tourist and people are nice to you, are they really nice? My wife and I were walking through a pedestrian area, tourists looking for a place to eat. A nice man approached us—he wanted to know where we were from and what we were looking for. He gave us some advice and continued to make small talk with us— what a nice man! But, as it turns out, he had a motive. He wanted to sell us a timeshare. His niceness turned into heavy pressure as he tried to convince us to attend a 3-hour presentation. Then came his annoyance when we declined as politely as we could. In my disappointment with the human race, I thought to myself, “No one is nice!” Are you nice? God would like Christians to be “nice.” He calls it “kindness”—“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy… (and) kindness” (Galatians 5). It’s to do nice things for someone else without expecting anything in
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return, to help people, to encourage people, to care about other people—with no selfish motives. Are you kind?
Pastor Don Schultz is principal of Lakeside Lutheran. Reach him at 920.648.2321 or dschultz@llhs.org
Ultimately, God is our source of true kindness: “But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy” (Titus 3). God shows his kindness by giving us his Son as our Savior. Jesus is God’s kindness in the flesh. God gives and gives, because of his mercy.
Let’s walk in the footsteps of Jesus, showing kindness to the people God places into our lives. When you are “nice” to someone, they may be surprised to find out that you have no timeshare to sell. Instead, you are reflecting God’s love, showing the same kindness that he has shown to us. ❧DS
for elementary-aged boys & girls • June–July 2024
warrior youth football Girls Basketball June 10-13 for boys, grades 6–8 • August–October | register by April 1 Wrestling June 10-13 warrior windmill softball Boys Basketball June 17-20 for girls, ages 5–high school • runs May–July | register by March 20 Distance Running July 8-11 prepside mustangs baseball Boys Football July 15-18 Registration at leaguelineup.com/prepside ∆ scan w/phone cam ∆ STEM July 15-18 15U | 12U | 10U | 8/7U | 8/7/6U <for 1st year players register online! Girls Volleyball July 22-25 Incoming 9th graders are welcome to join high schools students for the start at Warrior Summer Speed & Strength program Soccer July 29-31 llhs.org/K8sports Keep an eye on llhs.org/apps/pages/summerprograms
Call News Update at Lakeside Lutheran
• Mr. Jeff Meske, our Ag & Tech Ed instructor for the past 11 years, has submitted his resignation, effective the end of this school year. • We’re pleased to report that Mr. Bill Tomlin, Lannon, Wis., has accepted our call to teach English 10, and that • Technology Director & Computing and Engineering instructor, Mr. Phil Dretske, will continue his ministry at LLHS. On February 20, the General Board sent out several calls to serve or continuing serving at Lakeside: • Mrs. Kathy Werre, who serves at Luther HS in Onalaska, to teach Spanish. • Mr. Jordan Schmitzer, serving at Michigan Luth. Seminary, for Anatomy, Earth-Enviro Science, CAD. • Mr. Tim McEachern, who serves at Wisconsin LHS in Milwaukee, to teach biology. • Mr. Benj Lawrenz, Watertown, to teach Tech Ed, including Woods, Metals, and/or Small Engines. • Mrs. Sophie Dorn was called to serve as an Extended Learning Center instructor. • Pastor Mark Toepel was issued a retirement call to serve as a part-time Latin instructor. Please pray for all these Christian ministers as they make decisions that glorify God.
lakeside good news notes E ❄ ❄ Winter is the season of welcome at your llhs
❄ Late in Jan. we welcomed 240 7th
graders to “Warrior for a Day.” They headed to different classes—religion, art, history, videography, science, tech ed, phy ed, STEM—to see what life is like as an LLHS student. After pizza, they socialized with roller-skating.
❄ February 16-18 we were again privileged to host 320+ elementary basketballers to our 22nd A-team Warrior tournament. 100s more were on campus to see which of the 19 teams persevered for trophies. Coach Asmus made a website featuring brackets, photos, the color program & more. Go to bit.ly/3ONABsy or scan the QR.
❄ Pops Concert again paired popular
upbeat music from our bands and choirs while we again provided the venue for our federation-wide elementary Visual Arts Fair that featured 100s of entries from 15 grade schools.
👏 Winter Carnival—Feb. 5-9—showcased dress up fun, plus a pie-eating competition, handball and volleyball tournaments. Look who won in volleyball—the faculty team! Visit llhs.smugmug.com for photos
❄ Senior wrestler Samuel Schmidt (165
lbs) [Peace, Janesville] advanced to the individual state tournament after 3 dominant wins for a solid third place at D2 sectionals in Campbellsport Feb 17. Sam is the first Warrior to make it to state since heavyweight Ben Ewings in 2012.
❄ Mr. Matthew Doering [St. Paul, Lake
Mills] has been selected to serve as the next Warrior head varsity football coach. He will step in after longtime head coach Paul Bauer [St. Paul, Lake Mills] retires from both teaching and coaching at the end of this school year.
❄ Freshman guard Paige Murphy [St. Luke,
❄ The next day we welcomed 300
kindergartners plus teachers and parent chaperones to our annual Kinderfest, where little ones moved through 14 entertaining educational stations, including robots, an obstacle course, a petting zoo and real firefighters!
👏🏽 Sports milestones👏🏽
Back: T. Hackbarth, J. Vanderhoof, E. Dorn, A. DeNoyer, J. Ziel. Front: S. Coron, S. Dorn, J. Krauklis>
🚧 watch L changes coming ��LL april 8 🚧
The front (south) lot will be a 1-way drive through lane only during construction starting April 8.
Watertown] entered her name early in the girls basketball program record book with her single-game 37 points in the team’s January conference road victory over Columbus. The record had previously been set in 2006 with 34 points by Lindsey Wetzel (‘07).
Have you heard about the changes coming to your LLHS this year? The cafeteria expansion and main entry remodel (Phase 2 of our Free2Act plan) is expected to begin Monday, April 8, 2024, when the main office doors will be inaccessible for several months. The atrium entrance (by the big blue cross) will be the main entrance until construction is complete, and parking and drive lanes will be affected while construction equipment is parked in the front. Look for more info to be communicated in coming weeks, watch for signage on campus to help direct you where to go, and thanks in advance for patience!