TEACHING ACADEMICS IS NOT ENOUGH
LUTHERAN SCHOOLS: BECAUSE TEACHING ACADEMICS IS NOT ENOUGH Students at Green Park Lutheran School work with touch pads during the 2020-21 school year. The Summer 2021 Tokyo Olympics highlighted not...
View ArticleThinking of the Future
Endowments to Benefit Lutheran Education The Lutheran Elementary School Association (LESA) offers the opportunity for donors to establish an endowment to fund Lutheran education in the St. Louis...
View ArticleThings to Consider when Choosing a Faith-Based Education
Photo credit: momcollective.com, St. Paul’s Lutheran & Joanna Hoeltge As St. Louis parents consider the ideal educational environment for their children, they are presented with a wide array of...
View ArticleGeospatial leaders hope St. Louis teachers will bring the technology to...
Photo credit: Kate Grumke, St. Louis Public Radio Dee Leible, a teacher at Christ Community Lutheran School, has applied geospatial technology in the classroom and ignited a profound sense of alignment...
View ArticleCongratulations to Freya Blackman, LESA’s 2023 Student Christian Leadership...
Congratulations to Freya Blackman, 14, eighth grader at Christ Community Lutheran School (CCLS) in Kirkwood, named the recipient of LESA’s 2023 Student Christian Leadership Award. Freya was nominated...
View ArticleZion Lutheran Church and School Wins Four Awards at Annual Best of the Best...
Sarah Koch, recipient of Best School Principal award for the second consecutive year. Zion Lutheran Church and School of Bethalto were recognized on December 1, 2023 at the 2023 Best of the Best...
View ArticleMetro Area Lutheran School Enrollment Increases for Fourth Consecutive Year
For the fourth consecutive year, Lutheran schools in the St. Louis metro area have increased enrollment. The 36 member schools included in the Lutheran Elementary School Association (LESA) encompass...
View ArticleCharacter.org names Child of God Lutheran School as a 2024 School of Character.
Character.org, a national advocate and leader for character, named Child of God Lutheran School of St. Peters, MO, as a 2024 State School of Character, the first Lutheran school to receive this...
View ArticleKevin Rudzinski is LEA’s Distinguished Lutheran Middle School Teacher
Kevin Rudzinski was selected to receive Lutheran Education Association’s 2024 Distinguished Lutheran Middle School Teacher Award. A 27-year veteran in Lutheran education, Kevin is the middle school...
View ArticleSt. Louis-area Lutheran Schools stayed open during the pandemic. Now they’re...
February 23, 2024–Excerpt from Monica Obradovic, St. Louis Post Dispatch Photo Credit: Laurie Skrivan, Post-Dispatch Since the fall of 2019, public school enrollment fell by 5,500 students in St. Louis...
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