History 

St. Paul’s Lutheran School traces its roots back to a kindergarten only setting that served the congregation from 1949 – 1957. As the program strengthened and the congregation began a time of rapid growth, the decision was made to start an elementary school. A pivotal piece of that process was to call a director/principal to take responsibility for this growth. The Lord provided just the right person in a brand new graduate – Mr. Loren Goehner. In the fall of 1957, the school opened for the first time with elementary grades of K – 4 as well as the kindergarten.

The school added a grade per year over the next four years, so by 1961, the doors opened with its current eight grades. The first graduating class in the spring of 1962 had six students. Classrooms contained two grades each, and Mr. Goehner was both a teacher and principal and served in that capacity until 1994, when Thomas Kolb, a son of the congregation and a teacher at Baltimore Lutheran School accepted a call to fill that position. For many years the school had remained a double grade classroom school, but new growth in the 1990s eventually brought about a grade per classroom environment.

St. Paul’s currently offers a two morning preschool 3s, a three morning pre-kindergarten 4s, elementary grades 1 – 5, and a middle school concept grades 6 – 8, located apart from the elementary and preschool. Approval to start an extended care program for the fall of 2010-11 has been given by the Board of Christian Education as well.

As we shift from a look back to a look ahead, we are confident that God will bless all that we undertake in his name and with his guidance. It is an exciting journey to anticipate.