Saint James Lutheran School
school volunteer, helping with the library, coaching, refereeing, providing transportation to and from games, listening to students read, serving as field trip chaperones, and helping with school programs.
Extracurricular activities include band, piano lessons, spelling con tests, science and social studies fairs, the interscholastic sports of vol leyball and basketball, and field trips throughout the school year.
St. James has great facilities and equipment, including a full-sized gymnasium, a library, Chromebooks, tablets, and interactive Smart boards.
The highlight of the school week is chapel, where the school body and any member of the church or community come together for wor ship, hearing God’ s Word, and responding with prayer, praise, and thanksgiving. The service is led by St. James’ Pastor Loder, Vicar Nicholas Totenhagen, or by a visiting pastor of another Lutheran Church – Missou ri Synod. The students are divided into chapel“ families” and sit with their“ family” during some chapel services. These“ families” also engage in non-curricular activities during the course of the school year. Another aspect of the weekly chapel is that students bring monetary offerings that are then given to non-profit charities.
The Parent Teacher League( PTL) is an organizational entity of the school, under the oversight of the Board of Elementary Education, that promotes and supports the school through a variety of activities and fundraisers, including the annual Celebrate St. James Drive and the Gala.
St. James operates a childcare day service for preschool children. Af ter the preschool session, students transition into child care services up until 5 p. m. on all weekdays.
St. James Lutheran School is located at 1000 Sixth Avenue, How ard Lake, MN, 55349. Contact Lead Administrator Pastor Mark Loder at church @ stjameshl. org of the school office at 320-543-2630 to learn more about St. James Lutheran, or email us at school @ stjameshl. org.
“ Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Psalm 22:6 ESV
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