Stories of Children’s Lives Changed

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Jul
11
A Second Grade Success Story

— written by Mark Reither, LSEM teacher at Trinity Lutheran School, Clinton Twp, MI — Early in October, a girl named Marie was diagnosed as Learning Disabled.  She was falling far behind her classmates, puzzled each day by tasks that demanded grade-level reading.  Marie loved school, fought each day to do well, understandably grew to dislike homework, […]

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Jul
09
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made Student Fearless About His Future!

In early 2018, we met Elijah, an 8th grade student at Trinity Lutheran School in Tinley Park, Illinois. His parents, Janelle and Jeff Floerke, know that his passion for sports helps him excel in school, and chose Trinity because it was a great environment for him to excel at both and deepen his faith in the Lord. […]

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Jul
06
Crown of Life Lutheran School Puts its Mission into Action

Located in Colleyville, Texas, a visit to Crown of Life Lutheran School’s web site reveals its mission, which is to “nurture the whole child academically, spiritually, emotionally, socially, and physically.” Principal Laura Cleland works every day to assure that every single child who enters Crown of Life’s doors knows that this mission is more than […]

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Jul
02
Future Cities Super Star Wins at National Competition

  Earlier this year, LSEM introduced four children who were “fearfully and wonderfully made.” One of these children, Ethan, participates in the Future Cities program at St. John Lutheran School in Rochester, Michigan. We are so pleased to share that this February, Ethan and his teammates won second place in the nationwide Future Cities Competition, […]

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Sep
12
Former LSEM Student Uses Her Experience to Help Others

Katie Bowden has found her niche.  Describing herself as “calm on the outside but a storm on the inside,” she was diagnosed with inattentive-type ADHD when she was in third grade at St. Peter, Macomb (Michigan).  Throughout her time at St. Peter, her family struggled to find out what worked best for her learning.  In […]

Sep
12
 LSEM Teacher Uses Skills to Connect with Teen Learners 

Kathy Martin loves working with teenagers. As the Student Support Services teacher at Mayer Lutheran High School in Mayer, Minnesota, LSEM teacher Kathy Martin gets to meet all incoming freshmen during a mandatory study and computer skills class that she co-teaches. She also assists other students one-on-one, helping them in her classroom space behind the […]

Sep
12
A Mother’s Voice: How Mia Transformed Her Struggles to Success 

When Mia was in first grade, I knew something wasn’t adding up with her learning. As the sibling of a dyslexic, I was keenly aware of the patterns to spot in her spelling and learning. She struggled with identifying sight words, and her weekly spelling list was a huge source of frustration for the whole […]

Sep
12
A Perfect Storm

By Kathy Martin, Mayer Lutheran High School, Mayer, MN LSEM is a blessing in many ways. Specifically, it allowed a perfect storm to take place at Mayer Lutheran High School. When thinking of a perfect storm, pictures of destruction and damage might come to mind, this is a different kind of perfect storm.  There was […]

Dec
31
You can. We can. The children can!

There’s an activity that we call Movement Time. It’s an opportunity for students in our iCAN programs to put down their pencils, close their books and get outside or in the gym for some good ol’ fashioned play and competition. For the children in our iCAN program, Movement Time is as much a rallying cry as […]

Dec
31
From shy and quiet to outgoing and involved

By Debbie Koehlinger – Indiana One student came to Lutheran South Unity as a 6th grader just moving from Arizona.  He always had his head down, wouldn’t make eye contact, and would speak so softly that it was almost impossible to hear him.  He was almost not accepted for enrollment at Lutheran South because he […]