12/01/2021 Principal's Note
In the next few weeks, you'll be receiving information about re-enrollment at Emanuel. I know it seems early, but the amount of planning that needs to go into a school year necessitates that we get that information as soon as possible.
Each time you need to re-enroll your child at Emanuel, a private, parochial, Lutheran school, you have a decision to make. Is the extra cost and work worth it, or would it be easier and cheaper to utilize the local public school? Yes, it would, but...
Your children are receiving something at Emanuel they cannot get from any other school system. Of course, they are being taught at a high level from top-notch teachers, but that isn't it; there are great teachers in other places. Sure, the staff at Emanuel care deeply about our students and work tirelessly to help them feel safe and successful, but that's not it either; school staff all over the place care about kids. No, what they get here is Jesus.
School-aged children are at a pivotal point in their development. In younger grades, they are learning how to interact with each other in social situations, and they are building their moral foundations. What better place for that than Emanuel, where Christ is our cornerstone? In middle grades, they are no longer "learning to read," they are "reading to learn," and they absorb new information like little sponges. What better place for that than Emanuel, where they will read and hear God's Word every single day? In upper grades/middle school, they are learning how to begin the transition into adulthood and what their value is to the world. What better place for that than Emanuel, where they are told that God himself valued them so much that he gave up his own life for them?
You see, what your children learn at Emanuel will affect them for the rest of their lives. Proverbs 22:6 says, "Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it" (NIV 2011). Your children will make mistakes; we all do. Some of them may wander from their Savior; many of us have been there, too. But praise God that you have chosen to ensure your children are learning not only what they need to know to be successful in the future, but also what they need to know to be in heaven for eternity!
Have a blessed rest of your week!
In Christ,
Principal Bill Fuerstenau