Lutheran High School
of Indianapolis
5555 S Arlington Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46237
Phone:  317-787-5474
Fax:  317-787-2794

David Sommermeyer, Interim Executive Director
www.lhsi.org

…Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the Chief Cornerstone.
Ephesians 2:20

The mission of Lutheran High School of Indianapolis is to prepare young adults for a Christian life while providing academic excellence in a Christ-centered environment.

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The Lutheran High School Association will meet on Wednesday, May 4, 7:00 pm in the Hambrock Music Room (room 203). All are welcome; delegates are required to attend.

Athletes who will attend LHSI next year are invited to get their pre-participation sports screening exam at St. Francis Sports Medicine, 610 E Southport Rd, Suite 101, on Thursday, May 5, 8:00–9:00 pm. Cost is just $15. The IHSAA physical form must be partially filled out prior to the screening exam and is available in the high school office or online at www.lhsi.org at “Calendars/Forms” (click here). If the athlete knows of an existing condition (i.e., vision, heart, asthma, etc.) he or she must bring a doctor’s note to the screening.

The LHSI Instrumental Music Department presents its Spring Concert on Saturday, May 7, 4:00 pm in the Ruth Lilly Auditorium. Mr. Paul Johnson will direct selections by bands from the area Lutheran Schools as well as by the Lutheran High Wind and Jazz Ensembles.

The Choral Music Department’s Concert will take place on Sunday, May 15, also in the Ruth Lilly Auditorium. Join us at 4:00 pm as the Men’s and Women’s Choruses and Chamber Choir, under Mr. Patrick Winningham’s direction, present a variety of selections.

Seniors will be recognized during both concerts.

This year’s Academic Awards Chapel will be held on Tuesday, May 10, starting at 9:30 am in the Ruth Lilly Auditorium. You are welcome to join us as we honor LHSI students for their many academic accomplishments. Parents and guests of seniors are invited to stay following chapel for a reception in the auditorium lobby.

All 8th grade runners and occasional joggers are asked to attend Lutheran High's cross country parent meeting with their parents on Wednesday, May 11, 6:00–6:30 pm in room 113. Discussion will center around summer conditioning, weight training, and other pertinent issues. Meet Lutheran's coaches, have an opportunity to discuss running at the high school level, and gain an interest in how best we might combine our efforts to make this next year's season of running both challenging and fun for all involved. Please contact Pastor Armao (787-5474 x113 or click here to email) with questions. Thank you!

Join the Lutheran High School community for Spirit Day at Chick-fil-A next Thursday, May 12, 4:00-8:00 pm. Present the flyer when you order at either of two locations: 5240 E Southport Rd, Indianapolis (click here for a map); or 155 S Marlin Dr, Greenwood (click here for a map). Pick up a flyer at Lutheran High or download one from www.lhsi.org (click here). Be sure to present your Lutheran High Spirit Day flyer to the cashier when paying. All funds raised through Lutheran High Spirit Night benefit the school’s student assistance fund, which enables more students to receive a Christ-centered secondary college-prep education at Lutheran High School Indianapolis.

Graduation for the Class of 2011 will be held in the LHSI gym on Sunday, May 22, 2:00 pm.

Summer sports camps will be offered at LHSI during the month of June. Camps will be offered for coed cross country, coed soccer, coed volleyball, boys’ basketball, and girls’ basketball. All camps run for one week (three days for cross country) and are for students who have completed grades four through eight (grades one through eight for volleyball and girls' basketball). Registration forms and additional information are available at www.lhsi.org (click here) and at area Lutheran schools. For more information please contact Mr. Finchum, Athletic Director at 787-5474 x122.

Lutheran High School will conduct a Driver Education program May 31–June 18. Classes will be held 8:00–11:00 am on Tuesday–Saturday, May 31–June 4; and Monday–Friday, June 6–10. Students will learn and be tested over best driver practices, driver responsibilities, and Indiana driver rules. Students will also complete behind the wheel driving practice on county roads, state highways, interstates, and downtown streets. Times for driving practice is scheduled beyond regular class time. The fee for both class and driving practice is $360 and is payable to Lutheran High School. Students must be 15 years and 180 day old. Registration forms are available in the LHSI office or online at www.lhsi.org (click here). Please call 787-5474 with questions.

Money raised for this year's LuFest special appeal will help the school purchase two fourteen passenger buses to help keep up with the increasing transportation needs of the school for its students. If you would like to help us meet our $35,000 special appeal goal please donate at www.lhsi.org (click here). We have less than $12,000 to go!

The LHSI Academic Super Bowl Fine Arts team is headed to the Indiana State Finals at Purdue University on May 7 after emerging top scorers over all of the Fine Arts teams in the Super Bowl area competition last week. The LHSI team now ranks third in state among all Class 4 schools and hopes to bring home another state championship banner.

The LHSI Science team also won first place among Class 4 schools in last week's area meet, coming in just one point shy of also moving on to the state championship. The Math team took second and the English and Interdisciplinary teams took third.

Team members include SeungHa Lee (Math, Science), Sarah Lewer (English, Fine Arts), Andy Mayo (Science, Math), Sean Murphy (Science, Fine Arts), Luke Riley (Fine Arts, English) and Victoria Wirick (English). All six team members participated in the Interdisciplinary round.

Academic Super Bowl is sponsored by the Academic Competitions for Excellence (IACE), a program of the Indiana Association of School Principals. Academic Super Bowl is one of three annual IACE events, which also include Academic Spell Bowl held in the fall and Academic Decathlon held each winter. Super Bowl teams prepare in five subject areas: English, Fine Arts [visual arts and music], Social Studies, Science and Math on a common theme. The 2011 theme was "Latin America."

The LHSI Academic Super Bowl Team is (Front Row) Sean Murphy, Victoria Wirick, SeungHa Lee (Back Row) Don Fritz, (Coach), Andy Mayo, Luke Riley, and Sarah Lewer.

Keyboards are needed for the new Piano Class!! As one of the offerings from the music department, LHSI will offer class piano next year. There is a lot of interest in this class - but we need keyboards! If you have a piano keyboard at home that you are willing to either donate or let us borrow for the year, that would be greatly appreciated. The only two requirements are that it has full size keys (doesn't have to have all 88 though) and it can accept headphones. Please contact Patrick Winningham (click here to email or call 317-787-5474 x203) if you have an instrument that we could use. Thanks!

Travel to the Holy Land in 2012!! The religion department is offering the opportunity of a lifetime to travel to Israel and see Biblical history first hand. From June 2-12, 2012, students and parents will be able to travel around Israel in a fully guided tour to Old and New Testament sites to gain a better appreciation of the Bible and to strengthen individual faith through Bible study and reflection at these sites. There will also be an optional four day extension to Egypt available. Information about the trip is available from Mr. Patrick Winningham (click here to email or call 317-787-5474 x203).

Are you an alum of Lutheran High School? Have you moved, started a new job, married, graduated, become a parent, travelled, received an honor? If so, we’d love to hear from you! Please send news and notes to be included in this year’s Lutheran HighLights to Communications Director, Julie Pflug (click here).

Do you know someone interested in a Christ-centered, academically-excellent high school education? Lutheran High School is now accepting applications for admission to LHSI for Fall 2011 enrollment. Apply now by clicking here. If you have questions, please contact Jennifer Broughton, Director of Admissions, 317-787-5474 x218 or click here to email.

2010 Grads, please stop by the school office and pick up your yearbook.

If you plan to attend a sports event, be sure to check the online Athletic calendar at highschoolsports.net (click here), even if you have signed up for notifications.

Please remember to park in the Visitors spots in the parking lot if you need to come into the school during the school day. Please do not park in the circle, especially during drop-off and pick-up times, as this creates much congestion. Thank you!

The Learning Well, Inc. Notice of Privacy Practices may be downloaded at http://www.learningwellinc.org/Privacy-Notice.asp or is available from our nurse.

Look for the Lutheran High School of Indianapolis group on LinkedIn. To learn more, visit www.linkedin.com.

Help raise money for LHSI! Click here for a list of the many ways you can help out as you shop or recycle.

Community Events:

• Find out how to read and understand your Social Security statement and what it might mean to your financial future. A 30-minute workshop, “Your Social Security Statement – Understanding your retirement benefits and opportunities” will be held at Pipers Café and Grand Manor on Thursday, May 19, 6:00 pm. The dinner and workshop are free and are offered by Carsten Falkenberg, Wealth Advisor and Scott Poore, Financial Consultant. Contact Ivonne Zimmer at 317-352-9196 x13 or izimmer@stjohnindy.org by Friday, May 13, to reserve.
  
  
• A Night of Harmony with Circle City Sound Barbershop Chorus features Kentucky Vocal Union, Forefront, and all other Cardinal District quartets competing at the International Convention. This will be held at the Carmel Palladium on June 18, 7:00 pm. Please contact Scott Beverley at 317-752-4658 or click here to email for ticket information. Click here for a printable flyer.
  
• St. John Little Wings Childcare is now accepting applications for employment. Hours are flexible. All applicants must submit to a Limited Criminal History background check as required by the State of Indiana. Applicants must be at least 16 years of age. Job requires energy, creativity, patience for young children, and above all, a Love to share the ministry of Jesus. Send all resumes and inquiries to Kathleen Brandt by email by clicking here.
  
  
• Are you interested in going on a mission trip to India? Calvary India Mission is planning a mission trip led by Rev. Udhay Raji to Ambur, Tamil Nadu, India, in October 2011. Participants will teach Bible study for a women’s group, visit an orphanage, visit a school for deaf and blind students, and work with nursing students and pastors on their English pronunciations skills. If interested, please pick up a brochure from the information table in the Commons, or contact Marvin Hansen (786-0659, or click here to email) or Pastor Raji (click here to email). Total cost will be $2,500 - $3,000 per person.

We pray for:

• the family and friends of a student's grandfather, who recently passed away; family and friends of Ed Krol, father of an alumna, who passed away this week; Crystal Metschke, sister of student, recovering from surgery; Doris Steel, grandmother of a student, in need of healing; Jacob Korb, student, for healing and upcoming surgery; John Brown, uncle of a student, upcoming surgery and treatments; our Call Committee as it seeks someone to serve as Head of School at LHSI; all those suffering from the effects of bad weather; the people in Japan, including Clayton Huisenga (2006); those suffering from depression; those who are unemployed or underemployed;
  
• those recovering from surgery: Hazel Martin, grandmother of a student; the grandmother of a student; Cathy Yocum, mother of a student; Lisa Buck, mother of an alum; Ethan Hopkins; Ruth Armao; Stephanie Goddard; Pastor Art Wehrmeister; Marilyn Reust;
  
• those undergoing cancer treatments: Darrel Sombke, grandfather of a student; Rita Hartzburg, grandmother of a student; Allan Schultz; John Reust; Kim Cantrell; Megan Yoder; Mandy Rode;
  
• those in need of healing: Nick Karrman, cousin of a student, hospitalized following an auto accident; Karen Alter; Scott Freeman, uncle of a student; Jaden Hart, cousin of a student; Chris Leeuw (2000 – click here for info); Kyle Jackson, friend of a student;
  
• our servicemen and women, including alumna Amanda Brown (2005); Ashley Pflug, deployed; alumni Josh Bolton, Tyler Armao, Matt Buck, Aaron McCartney, Christopher Frische, Erik Boggs, Mike Longworth, Scott Aust, Zach Beaton, Joey Johnson, Grant Behning, Matt Stiller, Peter Burkhardt, Gabe Frische, Mark Orders-Woempner, Eric Duncan; Geoff Kamp; Ethan Buck; Jonathan Snow; Nathan Shelton; Capt Samuel Heider; Rich Hougesen; Chuck Land; Carl Griffin; Paul Schumacher; Nick Gibson; Jeff Sheehy; Luther Miller; Ryan Caudill.

Email prayer requests to jpflug@lhsi.org.

Sports and Events Calendar

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