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Dear Classmates, 

     We usually try to give you at least two messages per year to update you on things happening at CLHS, but I apologize for failing to give you any report from last year's second semester. We will try to give you a few highlights from that time period.

     CLHS was involved in the March for Life in January once again as they have been for many years. We had a charter busload involved in the event. Other Christian high schools from the FW area also participated. Both basketball teams had rather difficult years with both teams finishing below ,500. The girls' tennis team tied for the top spot in the SAC and also won the sectional. Mallory Weller, a junior, won the state track championship in the 1600 and 3200 races. She also finished first in a national meet earlier in the year. She is an incredible track athlete. The boys' soccer team lost in the state championship game last fall. The play "Newsies" was performed for the second time in the last few years and was once again attended by large crowds. Graduation ceremonies, as they have been for several years, were held at the Embassy. The choir under new leadership was still very successful, making it to the state finals once again. The band was also very successful in state competitions. 

Fall 2025

As we informed you earlier, the building campaign for CLHS will begin in earnest for the present building which has not had any major improvements since it was built the year after we graduated. The advanced gift portion of the campaign has pretty much been completed wtih a substantial amount already raised, If CLHS and our Lutheran schools mean as much to you as they do to me, I would encourage you to make a pledge for this project when the pledge materials reach you. 

Fall Sports - The fall sports for CLHS are boys' tennis, football, boys' soccer, and boys' and girls' cross country. Both CLHS cross country teams have been incredibly successful in the last ten years winning or going to the state finals many times. Football has fallen on hard times the last few years after their successful teams of ten years ago which included a state championship. Boys' soccer, as noted earlier, went to the state finals last year and has also been very successful for the past few years. Boys' tennis is usually a work in progress compared to the girls who have been very successful for the past five years. 

Enrollment - Enrollment is up this year going well past the 700 mark again. Some of our grade schools have also shown significant growth. CLHS still has an enrollment that is substantially Lutheran whereas many of our larger high schools across the country have a majority of non-Lutherans. The building improvements should also be a plus for potential enrollees.    

Koinonia - One of the great improvements from our time in high school is a program called koinonia whcih I have probably mentioned to you before. Koinonia groups are usually made up of three students from each grade level. That way each group returns nine of their twelve members the following year giving the groups great continuity. There are around sixty groups with a 700-student enrollment. There is an adult mentor with each group and one or two student leaders who are in charge of the meeting agenda each week. The groups have a devotion, prayer, discussion of the chapel message that week or of the school theme passages, and usually a time for some type of game or team-building activity. My wife Anne and I have been the mentors for a group for the past 15 years and have found it to be a very fulfilling ministry. I wish we had had something like it when we were in school. As I recall, I don't think we even had chapel every week.

God's blessing to all of you as another school year begins. Health is everything at this point in our lives, and we pray that all of you may be experiencing good health, both physically and spiritually.