WHY ENROLL IN A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL?

Your child will be spending 6 ½ hours a day at school, more time, probably, than he or she spends with you on a typical day. During that time, your child will be involved in a program with a teacher who has the potential to tremendously affect your child and the type of person he or she will become. Remember, your child will spend over 1,100 hours a year in any educational program they enroll in.

The following article was written by Dr. Carl Moser, Director of Schools for the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (retired) for Lutheran Education Association, Volume 2, Issue 3.

SHAPING THE FUTURE

The two primary reasons parents send their children to Lutheran schools are for quality of the education and the spiritual nature of the school, in that order. That is exactly what Lutheran schools provide, according to recent research.

Lutheran school students each year test at the 73rd percentile of standardized achievement tests. Students in Lutheran schools at every grade level have more developmental assets than Lutheran students in public schools, according to Search Institute.

The most important confirmation of the benefits of Lutheran schools, however, occurs daily in more than 10,000 classrooms across our country. The real benefit occurs when children enter a place where they know they are loved and cared for by their teacher, pastors, classmates, and most importantly by Christ. These children are in a place where they can openly share their faith and discuss every issue from a Christian perspective.

The benefit is also realized when Jennifer, a congregational leader, declares publicly that she is a Lutheran today because she attended a Lutheran school. Or in the words of David, who says that he learned the real meaning of the Gospel in a Lutheran classroom. Or in Barbara, the parent of a child who says that she had fallen away from the Lord, but through the faithful witness of her young child, a student in a Lutheran school, she became closer to God and active in her church.

Lutheran schools accomplish their mission: making disciples of Jesus Christ. Most importantly, by sharing the Gospel each day in class, our children grow up knowing Jesus as their personal Savior.