School News Update

Retirements and enrollment create “The Year of the Call”

Please keep LLHS, our ministry training institutions and the entire WELS in prayer as the Lord guides us through a time of unprecedented vacancies in both teaching and pastoral ministries. Since Oct. 11, 2021, your LLHS has experienced 22 divine calls as a result of:

• 4 new positions (Religion, English, Math and Guidance departments) • 3 retirements (principal, choir director,

ELC Director—see p. 4) • 1 resignation to pursue a counseling degree (junior-senior religion)

After four reurned principal calls, our own Assistant Principal Pastor Don Schultz accepted a one-year call to serve as Principal. Our own John Dorn accepted a one-year call to serve as Assistant Principal. Jason Fry (‘03) accepted a oneyear, part-time call to teach junior religion and a math course.

We are thrilled to report that 3 of the 4 new position calls, as well as the music department call, have been accepted. Expect a lengthy feature in the next issue welcoming all our new faculty! The May 14 call day at MLC assigned us two graduates. Katelyn Edwards will teach a variety of English classes (after two returned calls), and Rebecca Johnson will serve in the Extended Learning Center! A fourth pastor is currently deliberating whether the Lord would have him serve our upperclassmen in religion classes. Three of our own received and reurned calls during the school year, and we are thankful to have them remain with us!

Meanwhile, with an incoming enrollment of more than 145 freshmen in the fall, enrollment is likely to exceed 500 students for the first time since the 2000s.

After four years teaching jr/sr religion and heading our Operation GO trips, this spring brings a fond farewell to Pastor Mike Helwig, who is pursuing a new ministry path as a counselor. Operation GO heads into year 8

Our 8th year of mission trips through Operation GO has 78 Warrior teens on nine teams throughout the US—from Louisiana to Alaska, from New Jersey to Arizona. The first team headed to Jarrel, Texas, over spring break and the rest of the trips head out from June-August:

• Truth in Love Ministry, Salt Lake City • Cross of Glory, Peoria Ariz. • Faith, Anchorage, Alaska (2 teams) • Shepherd of the Hills, West Bend, Wis. • Trinity, Abita Springs (NOLA) • The Way, Fredericksburg Virginia • Immanuel, Long Valley NJ

Warrior Band heads “Up North”

Warrior Band marches in 11 state parades this summer, including some new routes in northern Wisconsin for 4th of July in St. Germaine, Tomahawk, and Minocqua, and then two parades at the Michigan Cherry Festival. Catch them if you can!

• Fri, June 10: Brillion 9p • Sat, June 11: Appleton 2p • Sun, June 12: Mt. Horeb 12p • Sat, June 18: Cottage Grove 11:30a • Sun, June 19: Mukwonago 12p • Sat, June 25: Lake Mills 10:30a • Sun June 26: Kettle Moraine Days in Eagle at 12p, then Hartland 1:30p • Sun, July 3: St. Germaine 3p • Mon, July 4: Tomahawk 1p, then Minocqua 4p • Thurs, July 7: Traverse City 6:30p • Sat, July 9: Traverse City 11a

Competitive Team updates

» Forensics: For the 12th straight year,

Warrior 4N6 and coach Steve Lauber took conference championship. In April, the team went a new direction, at the state tournament of the Wisconsin

Forensics Coaching Association in Eau

Claire (WHSFA for many years). Among ~30 in our division, they came home as the D3 WFCA state runner-up! » Wrestling: Five wrestlers saw the podium at the Conference Tournament, with the 145-lber making sectionals. » Girls Basketball: Our Lady Warriors finished 16-10, after making it to the regional final game. Three were awarded all-conference honors. » Boys Basketball: With a final record of 17-8, the three all-conference selections included junior Levi Birkholz, who led conference scoring at 22.9/game avg. » Club Bowling: Our girls co-op team earned D1 Top 5 qualifier status at the Bowling Centers Association of Wisconsin high school state championships in Menasha in March. » Robotics: Our state-qualifier team went to VEX championship in Appleton with

“Bubba” the robot. Entering the singleelimination round at the middle of the pack, they almost upset the #1 seed! » Math Team: 94 Warriors mathletes were in at least one meet this school year, and 8 competed in all six. Varsity placed first in every math meet they competed in this year. Warrior JV & V teams are Capitol Conference champs again this year.

Fine Arts updates

» School of Rock–The Musical rocked this spring as 46 students were talent, backstage, sound & light crew—or in the pit band, where alum rocked as well including music director Brian Braatz

‘00 (rightmost) and Matt Borck ‘06 (sitting) on lead guitar.

» State Music Festival: 8 Class A soloensembles, including the 17-member

Warrior Percussion Ensemble, 3 piano solos and 2 duets, a drummer and a trombonist earned first ratings at state

WSMA at UW-Whitewater April 30. » “Last Hurrah” A Cappella Tour: In his final spring break trip, Director

Jim Buege and 39 singers toured the

Midwest, joining churches in Frankfort,

Ill., Lexington, Ky., and Carmel and Fort

Wayne, Ind., and visiting the Creation

Museum, Ark Encounter, Indy raceway, and a thoroughbred horse farm.

From first to last:

A first pic on the west gym bleachers has the 1963-64 KEMO yearbook staff looking different and yet much the same as the last pic taken on them of the 2022 National Hnor Society inductees taken on May 11, 2022.

West Gym renovation has officially begun! Generous donors and supporters have enabled this debt-free improvement—designed to enhance student chapel experiences and provide an auditorium-feel for fine arts performances while remaining usable as a gymnasium. We’re expecting the seating being ready for 550+ students and staff in chapel when school begins mid-August.

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/\ Deconstruction of the current bleachers began mid-May under the supervision of Tech Ed teacher Jeff Meske, who is allowing students in construction and woods classes to learn the process, skills and safety lessons involved, as well to be part of this historic school milestone. Please consider a gift today that will enable Lakeside Lutheran to continue to step freely into future improvements. \/

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<< supply chain victim? locker room project still w-i-p

It’s not as bad as it sounds, but we stilll don’t have a final view of the locker room project(s) by press time. We’re awaiting some finishing touches, including decal work in both the newly renovated boys’ and to-be-repainted girls’ rooms. Come for a tour this summer—it’s better in person anyway! Thanks to all who supported this much-needed work.