On Thursday, March 7, our school’s principal, Mrs. Julie Berndt, hosted a meeting of principals from the region’s Lutheran schools. Our newly renovated chapel provided a fabulous setting for the meeting.

Every month, the Northwest Indiana Principals of local Missouri Synod Lutheran Schools take turns hosting monthly meetings.  Principals from as far east as St. Paul, Bremen, and Trinity, Elkhart, join with the principals from closer to the state line to the west, Trinity, Crown Point, and St. Paul’s, Munster.  Others come from Ascension in Gary, Trinity of Hobart, St Peter in North Judson, Resurrection of South Bend, and Immanuel of Valparaiso. Dr. Kevin Brockberg, Lutheran Schools of Indiana Superintendent from the District Office, and Scott Schumacher, Executive Director of the Lutheran Scholarship Grant Organization of Indiana (LSGOI) also regularly attend.

The NW Indiana Principals meet together to discuss topics that include current education curriculum standards, National Lutheran School Accreditation requirements, SGO information, district updates,  sharing best practices in Lutheran religion curriculum and activities, reviewing the Choice application process, enrollment and marketing procedures, and state reporting.  The group always begins its meetings with prayer and devotions.  At the end of each meeting, the principals share their school’s successes and challenges.  Once the meeting concludes, that group will have lunch together and have time for fellowship before returning to their schools.