May 2025 a publication of Lakeside Lutheran High School Volume 14: Issue 9
LLHS FED eration CONnection 920-648-2321 • info@llhs.org • 231 Woodland Beach Rd. Lake Mills, WI 53551
Will I Ever Leave High School? Seniors are looking forward to graduation. They can’t wait to leave high school behind! I remember having that feeling myself. And yet, here I am—decades later—still walking into a high school building every morning. Will I ever leave? Are you still in school? Probably not in the traditional sense, if you’re reading this article. But I hope you still consider yourself a student—someone who’s still learning, still growing, still discovering new things as you interact with people and the world around you. Most importantly, I pray that you never graduate from the Word of God. Maybe you stopped learning about math after you received your high school diploma. Maybe you haven’t cracked a history book since college. But I hope you never stop learning about the amazing grace that God shows you through the person and work of Jesus Christ. He lived and died and rose. For you! God encourages that same mindset when He speaks through the Apostle Paul in Philippians 1:9: “And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight…” How does love grow more and more? How can you deepen your knowledge and insight? By staying in the Word. By being a lifelong student of the Bible. By reading and
M AY E V E N T S For up-to-the-minute changes, see Calendar at llhs.org May 3 ...................................... Elementary BLAC Track Meet at LLHS | 8a NHS Car Wash (in bus lane) | 8a-noon Prom | 7-11p May 4 .............................................. A Cappella @ Immanuel, Deerfield | 9a Mandatory Summer Band mtg for Student & Parent | 6p May 6, 14 ....................................... Summer Band rehearsals | 6:30–8:30p May 7 ................................................................Academic Awards Night | 6:30p May 18 ................................. A Cappella @ St. Paul, Lake Mills | 8/10:30a Commencement Concert | 2p May 19 ........................................................................... Board of Regents | 6:30p May 20–22 .......................................... Exam Days | School out 5/23 10:45a May 24 ............................................................ Indoor Graduation Service | 11a May 27 ......................................................................................... General Board | 7p May 27, 29 ............................................ Summer Band rehearsals | 6:30–9p
pondering the good news about Jesus Christ. Reach Pastor Schultz
I’m sure there will come a day at dschultz@llhs.org when I no longer walk into a school building each morning. But I pray that I’ll never stop being a student of God’s Word. There’s always something new to discover when you ponder the great love of God in Christ Jesus. Your love will abound “more and more” as you do that. Your knowledge and insight will grow deeper. So may God bless you, too, as you “go to school” each day—opening your Bible, listening to God’s voice, and learning again and again just how deeply you are loved. It’s OK to never leave that kind of school ❧DS
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elebrate with us the academic gifts of the academic top ten in the class of 2025! Tessa Schmocker (St. Paul, Fort) is the valedictorian. The salutatorian is Elijah Vik (St. Paul, Fort). The remaining members of the Top Ten in rank order are Benjamin Krauklis (St. Paul, Lake Mills), Nolan Schweighardt (St. Paul, Lake Mills), Nicholas Bode (St. Paul, Lake Mills), Isabella Alvarez (Zion, Columbus), Joseph Metzger (Immanuel, Farmington/Abiding Shepherd, Cottage Grove), Carlee Uttech (St. Luke, Watertown), William Hemling (St. Stephen, Beaver Dam), Joshua Kutz (St. Paul, LMills) and Kathryn Schulz (St. Stephen, BDam).