St. Paul Lutheran School Lapeer, MI

Guided and empowered by the Holy Spirit, St. Paul Lutheran School provides Christ-centered training in God's Word integrated with excellence in education. The central purpose of our school is to nurture each child's faith in Christ as his or her Savior and to equip each child to live and bear witness to that faith.

The teachers of St. Paul Lutheran School personally and publicly bear witness to their faith in Jesus Christ. Teachers and students worship God and study His Word as found in the Bible. God's law is taught without apology. The Gospel of God's forgiveness through His Son, Jesus Christ, is taught with joy daily. The school serves as a mission agency of our church, in that all students, regardless of church background or membership, are taught according to this philosophy. Physical evidence of the Christian faith throughout the school helps to define and bear witness to the school's mission.

Using their God-given abilities, teachers and students strive for excellence as they use effective, current, learning and teaching materials. Students are prepared to become responsible stewards of their talents and treasures in a joy-filled Christian life.

St. Paul Lutheran School holds high, yet appropriate, expectations for its students and believes that all students need to be successful. Students need to be challenged and guided toward success. Appropriate evaluation of student performance, both formal and informal, occurs before, during and after teaching.

St. Paul Lutheran School seeks to develop the basic skills of learning, thinking, solving problems, making value judgments and decisions, and respecting self, others, and property. Our school teaches children how to apply concepts such as individual responsibility, the common good, Grace Alone, and living "by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2:20

St. Paul encourages parents to nurture their student's Christian education by having family devotions and taking their children to weekly worship services and Sunday school. A close relationship between school, home, and congregation is promoted. The school exists as a partner in the Christian growth and education of its students and their families.

St. Paul Lutheran School encourages our families to be involved in their student's education through a wide variety of volunteer opportunities and school activities, including weekly chapel services, opportunities to help in the classroom, a full interscholastic athletic program, and many school and PTO-sponsored family events.