LSUS  Board  of  Directors - 2011/2012 

Chairman, Cliff Dietrich - (Bethlehem)
Vice Chairman, Rev. Richard Lammert - (Zion)
Secretary,  Joseph Magsam - (Mt. Calvary)
Treasurer, Phil Habegger - (Bethlehem)

Beth Hollman - (Zion)
Jenny Manth - (Zion)

Lora Acker - (Peace)
John Bercot -  (Peace)
Christine Michael - (Peace)

Nancy Krumm - (Bethlehem)

Sandy Graf - (Mt. Calvary)
Jeff Patterson - (Mt. Calvary)

 BOD  Sets  2011 / 2012  Faculty 

May 27, 2011

Dear Parents,

Mr. Michael Oldenburg of Hartland, WI had been sent a call to be our principal beginning with the 2011-12 school year. The Lord led him to decline our call. Our Board of Directors will continue its search to find a permanent principal, but because of the time of year, that effort will not begin again until later this summer.

The Board has asked Mrs. Mary Ann Oberholtzer to serve us as principal until we are able to have a permanent principal in place. She has agreed, and we are confident she will serve well in that capacity.

The Board also has set the faculty for the 2011-12 school year. Besides Mrs. Oberholtzer the faculty members will be:

Mrs. Natalie Reynolds - Kindergarten                                                         


Mrs. Judith Sabel - 1st Grade


Mrs. Sheila Nehrenz - 

2nd Grade 

                                  


Mrs. Renee Bleke 
- 
3rd Grade



Miss Susan Mittelstaedt - 4th Grade                                         


Mr. Kenneth Stelzer - 5th Grade


Mr. Ren Frank - 6th Grade                                                         

             

                          Mr. Gene Koch - 7th Grade


Mr. Nate Doepner - 8th Grade 

                                                  


    Mrs. Christine Weaver - Technology Support        



Not returning for next year is Mrs. Diane Bultemeyer, who has accepted a teaching position at Wyneken Memorial Lutheran School.

As we close this school year and look ahead to the next we ask for your continued prayers for our school, its staff, our students and their parents, and our supporting congregations.

In the Lord’s service,

The Board of Directors of The Lutheran South Association


Principal Reports on NLSA Visit


As of May, 2011, we have accomplished a major task!  I am very pleased to report that we have been recommended for FULL National Lutheran School Accreditation.  Thank you to all those families that brought in food for the visit.  Thank you for your prayers during the visit also.  The team spent three days reading, looking, listening, talking, and writing.  They had a very large task!

We were commended for the diversity within our school.  This diversity is not only with ethnicity but also our church membership base.  God has provided so many families with a focus on worshiping regularly at various churches. This accreditation is more comprehensive than what the state even requires.  

We had no major deficiencies, but with any evaluation we have areas to work on.  During the next five-year goals, we will work on these areas.  The new principal, teachers, and board will have meetings on determining the priorities of the concerns to be remedied.

We had 14 strengths that the team emphasized. The list includes:

- Christ-centered ministry

- Our entire LSUS teachers and staff

- Cindy McKinney, curriculum coach

- Title 1 and Resource rooms

- Supportive pastors

- Supportive association with congregations and parents

- Our facilities: space, computer lab and the land that surrounds the school

- Our diverse student body

- Evangelism opportunities 

- Technology used in classrooms and the building

- Our Board of Directors

- LSUS Educational Philosophy

- Our specials teachers

- Community partnerships

It’s quite a list!  We have a ministry that is awesome. 

LuAnn LeBeau, principal



 Mrs.  Oberholtzer  Accepts  Principal  Position 

The Board of Directors of Lutheran South Unity School is happy to announce that Mrs. Mary Ann Oberholtzer has accepted their request to serve as Principal for the 2011-2012 school year.

Mrs. Oberholtzer has served on the faculty the last two years as teacher of Language Arts and Literature in Grades 6-8 as well as homeroom teacher for Grade 7.
Prior to coming to LSUS, Mrs. "O" taught for 11 years at Bethlehem Lutheran School as the 8th grade teacher.  She and her husband, Tom, as well as their three grown children, all graduated from Bethlehem.  The Oberholtzers continue their membership at Bethlehem where Tom serves the congregation as Vice Chairman.