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Shoreland Lutheran High School
Private, 9-12 school in the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shoreland Lutheran High School (SLHS) is a Lutheran High School in Somers, Wisconsin, affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) and operated by a federation of 24 area congregations.[1]
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Description
SLHS is a private religious high school for grades nine through twelve. It is located on 17 acres (6.9 ha) in Somers, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.[2]
Shoreland Lutheran High School Federation, which operates the school, was organized Feb. 14, 1971.[3] It is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.[4]
The Shoreland Lutheran High School Federation also includes Wisconsin Lutheran School, which serves students in grades kindergarten through 8.[5][6]
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Early years
In 1968, "a layman a minister and a teacher coordinating committee" studied the possibility of establishing a school for four congregations (Friedens, St. Luke, Bethany, and Mt. Zion) of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.[7] In July 1971, the synod's Lutheran high school committee chose the name "Shoreland Lutheran High School".[8]
The first classes were offered during the 1971–72 school year in Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Grade School in Kenosha, for 27 tenth grade students.[9] During the second year of operation, the school moved to Mount Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church,[10] where 46 students were enrolled;[11] the enrollment was 78 during the school's third year.[9] By that year, the school was supported by seven congregations: the original four, plus the Lutheran Church of the Abiding Word, in Somers; Immanuel, in Waukesha; and Our Saviour Lutheran Church, in Zion.[12] SLHS officially became a four-year high school in the autumn of 1973,[12] and graduated its first class in May 1974.[13]
Funding a new building
As early as 1972, the Shoreland High School Foundation initiated "Project S" to raise $500,000 to build a new school building on property donated by Elmer Kirchner.[14]
In February 1975, its rising enrollment caused a move into a block of rooms on the third floor of the east wing of St. Joseph High School.[15] By October 1975, the school had relocated to Friedens Lutheran School, and the Shoreland School Board made plans to raise $1.4 million to build the school's first permanent home.[16] Enrollment in 1975 was 140 students.[17]
In December 1975, the school's first principal, E. J. Greve, dug the first shovel of dirt in a ground-breaking ceremony for construction of the new school building.[18] The new building was designed to be a 46,000-square-foot (4,300 m2) building with room for 350 students. Scheduled to open in 1976, the new school had eight classrooms, science rooms, an arts room, home economics rooms, music rooms, and a gymnasium.[19]
Building expansions
An addition to the west end and major internal renovations were completed in 1997.[20]
In April 2014, the Somers Town Board approved the school's plans for a 13,800-square-foot (1,280 m2) science wing addition, including three combination science labs and classrooms, a science technology engineering and mathematics classroom, a new mechanical room, and new handicapped accessible restrooms.[21] In September 2014, the school celebrated opening of the new $4.2 million wing,[22][23] and the start of the inaugural year of the STEM Project Lead the Way program.[24] Students participating in the program are eligible to earn college credits through the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE).
A final addition of an auxiliary gymnasium and auditorium in the near future will also include renovating the lunch area and office complex.[25]
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Athletics
Shoreland offers the sports as described in the SLHS Athletic Handbook[26] and the Wisconsin Sports Network.[27]
- Junior varsity, varsity football
- Junior varsity, varsity soccer
- Freshman, junior varsity, varsity boys' and girls' basketball
- Freshman, junior varsity, varsity girls' volleyball
- Junior varsity, varsity softball
- Junior varsity, varsity baseball
- Junior varsity, varsity girls' soccer
- Track and field
- Cross country
- Boys' and girls' golf
- Junior varsity, varsity wrestling
- Cheerleading
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