Saint James Lutheran School
A solid foundation
St. James Lutheran Church and School of Howard Lake is built on the rock – the foundation – of Jesus Christ.
“ The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:2
We believe, teach, and practice that God, our heavenly Father, creat ed the world in six days and that He sustains it.
We believe, teach, and practice that God created Adam and Eve, the first humans on this Earth and that He is the author of all life.
We believe, teach, and practice that marriage is the lifelong union of one man and one woman.
We believe, teach, and practice the sanctity of life and that no one is to take the life of another human. We believe that life begins at concep tion and that the taking of unborn life is murder, as is the euthanasia of any person.
We believe, teach, and practice that all humans are born sinful and that the only way to eternal life and heaven is through God’ s gift of faith and trust in Jesus Christ, who suffered, died, and rose again to save us from our sins.
We believe, teach, and practice that people have the responsibility to practice their faith in their everyday life and interactions as they love God and love others.
For more than 100 years, St. James Lutheran Church and School have been a part of the Howard Lake community,“ Equipping and Empower ing Families and Students through Christ.”
The school provides an education that nourishes and enriches stu dents biblically, academically, physically, and emotionally. In addition, the school introduces and reinforces Christian beliefs as taught in the student’ s home and church. St. James strives to provide a quality Christian education in a caring, safe, and secure environment where our stu dents can learn to the full extent of their God-given abilities.
More than 100 students in preschool through grade eight attend St. James Lutheran School. St. James holds accreditation through Na tional Lutheran School Accreditation. Preschool through fourth grade are taught in traditional, self-contained, single-teacher classrooms, while fifth through eighth grades move through a block class sched ule throughout the day. Grades five and six share a homeroom, as do grades seven and eight.
Students of various denominations or no church affiliation are wel come with the understanding that students will receive biblical instruc tion as well as traditions and doctrines of the Lutheran Church- Missou ri Synod.
The communities of Howard Lake, Cokato, Montrose, Waverly, Win sted, and the surrounding rural area are represented in the student en rollment, with some of the faculty also coming from outside the How ard Lake community.
St. James’ curriculum covers religion instruction and the core sub jects of math, reading, English, literature and writing, spelling, science, social studies, music, band for grades four to eight, and physical edu cation.
Religious instruction occurs at all grade levels, and all subject matter is taught with Jesus Christ as the foundation or basis – our rock.
Students in grades one through grade eight are tested three times using STARS, with Kindergarten testing once a year. Test results consis tently place St. James in the upper percentile nationwide.
St. James is served by a dedicated faculty of full and part-time teach ers and paraprofessionals. Pastor Loder, SLED( School Leadership Devel opment) certified, serves as the administrator of the school. Additional ly, parents, grandparents, and friends of the
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