24.04 LLHS FedCon

LLHS FED eration CONnection I can’t believe it’s snowing in April

Why are we always so surprised when it snows in April? It’s Wisconsin. We experience days when it’s warm and sunny— almost picture perfect. And then comes the bitter cold, windy, snowy weather. It happens every year. And yet, we say, “I can’t believe that it’s so warm in March! But now I need a winter coat! How can this be?”

Are we really surprised? Or do we just like to complain? I wonder if it comes down to wishful thinking. We wish the weather was always good and always predictable—but that isn’t always the case.

Do you know what is always good and always predictable? God’s love for you. Every day, God’s love for you is the same: “For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him” (Psalm 103). You might experience wishful thinking about the weather. But you never have to wish that God would love you! God’s love is shining down on you every day, whether the sun is shining or not! This is true, even on days when it “feels like” God doesn’t love you. When you

april events

For up-to-the-minute changes, see Calendar under Quicklinks at llhs.org

April 1 Easter Monday—no classes

April 6 .......................................................................... LES Fine Arts Fest all day

April 7 FAF Concerts, 1:30 & 4p

April 8 ............................ Groundbreaking for cafeteria expansion (see below)

April 13 Grand Event Simply Blessed auction/social, 3p

April 20 last application day for Wisconsin Choice, see llhs.org/choice

April 24 Elemenatary Math Meet, 4p

April 26 6th Grade “Play Day” for Spring Musical 9:30a Rho/Kentro Giving Society Reception, 5:30p | Senior Art Show

April 27

Disney’s High School Musical musical, 7p >>

................................ WSMA State Music Festival, UW-Whitewater, 8a

April 28 .......................................

Disney’s High School Musical musical, 7p >>

Disney’s High School Musical musical, 2p >>

Keep llhs.org/apps/pages/ConstructionNews bookmarked for when you have questions about access and parking & more during our campus construction project that begins April 8.

sin, and you doubt that God still loves you, God says to you: “as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us” (Psalm 103). Your sins are always forgiven. Your soul is always loved. On good days and bad, when you feel it and when you don’t. Wouldn’t it be great if this spring we always had great weather? Maybe that will happen, maybe it won’t. Wouldn’t it be great if God always loved us and forgave us? God will always love and forgive us. His love is better and more predictable than the weather! ❧DS

Reach Principal Schultz at dschultz@llhs.org

Call decisions

• Mr. Caleb Kasper (‘98), currently an Industrial Arts teacher and chairman of the tech ed department for Oconomowoc High School, accepted our call to serve as our Industrial Arts teacher.

• Pastor Don Schultz returned a call to serve as pastor at Memorial Lutheran Church in Williamston, Mich.

• Mr. Jordan Schmitzer returned our call for Anatomy, Earth-Enviro Science, CAD. Call meeting pending at print time.

• Mrs. Sophie Dorn accepted the to continue serving as an Extended Learning Center instructor.

• Pastor Mark Toepel accepted the retirement call to serve as a part-time World Language instructor.

• Counselor Mrs. Hannah Uher resigned her call after Mr. Eric Uher accepted a call to Michigan.

Calls under consideration

• Mrs. Kathy Werre, who serves at Luther HS in Onalaska, to teach Spanish.

• Ms. Emily Muir, currently serving Evergreen Lutheran in Wash., to teach biology.

• Ms. Leah Nass, currently a counselor at Divine Savior Academy in Doral, Fla., to be a student counselor.

lakeside good news E notes

Ø With more than 90 musicians participating, we are thrilled to report that 34 of our 71 total entries earned a starred first rating at the WSMA SoloEnsemble District festival, qualifying 41 teens to perform at the State Festival April 27 at UW-Whitewater. State performers include the Warrior Percussion Ensemble, Swing Choir, a brass duet and quartet, a piano trio and 3 duets. In individual work, 14 vocal solos and 7 piano solos along with a violin, clarinet, trombone and 2 trumpet

solos earned trips to state. Of the 21 other Class A music pieces, 12 received a first, 9 seconds. 14 of 16 class B/C entries also earned a first. [photos at bit.ly/WSMA24]

Ø Since 2014 our varsity math team has won the Spring Capitol Conference Math Meet. Junior Joseph Metzger [Immanuel, Farmington] has taken first place individually overall for three years in a row at the spring conference meet.

Ø At the annual FFA banquet, we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Lakeside

winter sports accomplishments & more

Ø Warrior boys basketball are Division 3 state tournament runners up! In addition to being the first boys team to reach the state championship game, with a season 27-3 record, this year is the winningest season in program history. The post-season journey included wins v. Lomira (75-42), Beloit Turner (65-47), Lake Mills (69-57), Platteville (75-71) and Kiel (57-55) and a 65-54 loss to St. Thomas More. Warrior mom and professional photographer Jodi Wolfram [St. Paul, Fort] again captured amazing memories of the road to State: tjkwolfproductions.com

Ø Winter sport Warriors were awarded 8 post-season all-conference honors, including 2 first team all-conference spots, 4 second team honors, and 2 honorable mentions. Honorees include enior Sam Schmidt [Peace, Janesville], second team 165# wrestling; freshman Paige Murphy [St. Luke, Watertown], first team girls basketball and Conference Player of the Year; senior Ava Stein [St. Paul, Lake Mills], second team basketball; freshman Nadia Murphy [St. Luke, Watertown], honorable mention basketball; and for the boys, sophomore Wes Rahn [Bethany, Fort], unanimous first team; junior Kaycee Guzmann [Holy Cross, Madison] and senior Alex Reinke [St. Luke’s Watertown], second team; and senior Kooper Mlsna [St. Paul, Lake Mills], honorable mention.

Ø Girls basketball season record finished at 11-14. Seeded #5 in post-season tournament play, they lost in the regional final at #1 Waupun.

Ø Senior wrestler Sam Schmidt [Peace, Janesville] with a sectional 3rd place at 165#, became Lakeside’s first state qualifier since 2012. Soph Sabastian Murray [St. Andrew, Middleton] also competed at 190#.

Ø For a 3rd straight year, the boys cross country team earned WCCCA Academic All-State honors, given to athletes who competed in the state championship meet and include the top 5 runners carrying at least a 3.4 cumulative average GPA.

Lutheran chapter and the achievements of our FFA teens. The group thanked founder Jeff Meske [Hope in Deerfield] for his dedication as this is his final year.

Ø At the BCAW state bowling tournament, our Warriors finished 12th among 55 overall competing teams. Congrats to Christian Collins [St. Paul, Lake Mills], Zach Erickson [St. Paul, Fort], Aaron Hirsch [St. John, Watertown], Garret Parkhurst [St. Luke, Watertown], Caleb Studnicka [Peace, Sun Prairie] and Nathan Walker [St. Paul, Fort]

Ø Our Warrior 53551A robotics team earned a berth in the state tournament in Green Bay on March 3. The team included a captain, Daniel Ertman [Bethany, Fort], driver/builder, Cooper Jensen [Bethany, Fort], notebook scribe, Joey Dretske [Eastside, Madison] and coder, Will Hemling [St. Stephen, Beaver Dam]. With a 24th place in qualifying matches and 12th place in skills, they received a 10th seed in alliance bracket play and advanced to the quarterfinals before being eliminated.