Lutheran High School Receives
$3 Million Dollar Gift!!!
Lutheran High School is proud to announce
that we are the recipients of a $3 million dollar gift from Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Greehey. LHS would like to extend our deepest thanks to the
Greehey family for their support of the ministry at LHS. The donation
will be used to fund construction of Phase I of the building plan, which
will include a double gym, band, art, and science classrooms along with a
weight room, locker rooms, and a cafeteria. Our Lord and Savior has
truly blessed Lutheran High School, and we give thanks to all who have been
called to be a part of the ministry at Lutheran High School over the past
thirteen years. May the Lord continue to provide and bless the
ministry opportunities presented before us in San Antonio.
Since the time I was a young child at the
peak of my awesome Lutheran education, my parents prayed and went to
planning meetings, prayed some more, raised some money, prayed some more and
went to more planning meetings for a Lutheran High School to be built in the
city of San Antonio. Even though I have moved away...I will continue
to go back, seek out the teachers that made impacts in my life and give my
support in anyway I can. I do this because I believe in the
Christ-centered goodness of this school. This [gift] has been another
amazing answer to my prayers."
-Megan Abbot Witte (Class of 2002)
Summer
Reading
Lutheran High School will be
conducting summer reading differently this year. Our advice to parents and
students: READ, READ, READ! Students who read for pleasure acquire better
writing technique and more sophisticated vocabularies in a natural and
painless manner. In an effort to make summer reading more engaging and
accessible, we will be using online discussion boards as the driving force
behind this year’s program. Students will be able to respond as they read
instead of taking tests when they return to school in August. We hope that
the “dread” factor disappears and is replaced with genuine enjoyment as
students read and respond thoughtfully to their reading selections.
In order to use the discussion
boards, students will need to sign up for an account on San Antonio Lutheran
Online (SALO). To do this, we would like all students to create a gmail
account with Google. Students should create an account that reads as
follows:
lastname.firstname@gmail.com.
This will allow the faculty to know who is responding to each post without
confusion. Most of the students will accomplish this task before the school
year is completed. Once the gmail account is setup, students will visit
http://salo.lhssa.org to sign up for an account. Don't worry if you get
an error that says an e-mail failed to send, Mr. Eickstead will manually
confirm your registration. For assistance in setting up an account,
please email Mr. Eickstead at
andrew.eickstead@lhssa.org. For more
information about summer reading requirements and to sign up and get
started, visit
http://salo.lhssa.org.
From the
Faculty
One of the aspects of teaching
that I enjoy is the rhythm of the academic year. We teachers have so
much to look forward to- beginning anew every August, journeying with
students and colleagues through ten months of skill building and discovery,
and evaluating and celebrating each May. This cycle doesn't truly
conclude; even before a school year ends, teachers are busy improving
curricula and making plans for the next school year. The metaphor that
I choose t symbolize this rhythm: the circle.
As we teach, we constantly sow
seeds, but we are rarely around when the "plants" mature. At times,
students we've taught years before will touch base with us and remind us
that our labors have not been in vain. Just a few weeks ago, I
received a graduation invitation from a former student who is graduating
from the Baylor School of Medicine in May. Along with the invitation,
he sent a brief note, and one of his sentiments touched me particularly:
"You were more than just our 9th (and 12th) grade English teacher. You
taught us to think about others (at a time when we were very selfish).
You taught us how to think about issues instead of following the crowd."
As a public school teacher, I was hampered from preaching my faith, but each
day I tried my best to exemplify Christian values. An analogy that I
choose to represent this rhythm: Imagine throwing a pebble into a pond
and enjoying the ripple effect.
Most importantly, the critical
rhythm for me is ongoing throughout life - the rhythm of faith.
Lutheran High School's theme this year has been God's Workmanship, as
illuminated in Ephesians 2:8-10: "For it is by grace that you have
been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of
God-not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in
advance for us to do." I am truly humbled and blessed by my
opportunity to share in the ministry at LHS, a ministry peopled by selfless
colleagues who work tirelessly not only to provide a quality education to
young adults, but more importantly to nurture "faith, discipleship, and
excellence to the glory of Jesus Christ." The symbol that I choose to
represent this rhythm: the cross. Revelation 1:8 reminds us of
the time frame for the rhythm of faith: "I am the Alpha and the
Omega,' says the Lord God, 'who is, and who was, and who is to come, the
Almighty.'"
-Pat Feola
