St. James Lutheran School has been a part of the Howard Lake community for more than 100 years.
music, band for grades four to eight, and physical education.
Religious instruction occurs at all grade levels, and all subject
ma� er is taught with Jesus Christ as the foundation or basis
– our rock.
Students in grades one through grade eight are tested three
times using STARS. Test results consistently place St. James in
the upper percentile nationwide.
St. James employs fi ve full-time and three part-time licensed
teachers, plus one para who provides remedial instruction and
works with individual students and small groups. Additionally,
parents, grandparents, and friends of the school volunteer,
helping with the library, coaching, refereeing, providing
transportation to and from games, listening to students read,
serving as fi eld trip chaperones, and helping with school
programs.
Extracurricular activities include piano lessons, spelling
contests, science and social studies fairs, the interscholastic
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sports of volleyball and basketball, and fi eld trips throughout
the school year. St. James has great facilities and equipment,
including a full-sized gymnasium, a library, Chromebooks,
tablets, and interactive Smartboards.
One special event that occurs weekly is chapel – a worship
experience for students in preschool through eighth grade.
The service, which includes the reading of God’s Word, singing,
prayers, and the involvement of all a� ending, is led by the
pastor of St. James Lutheran Church, the Reverend Mark Loder,
Vicar Staff ord Thompson, or by the pastor of another Lutheran
Church-Missouri Synod. The students are divided into chapel
“families,” and sit with their “family” each chapel service. These
“families” also engage in non-curricular activities during the
course of the school year. Another aspect of the weekly chapel
is that students bring monetary off erings that are then given
to non-profi t charities. The non-profi t picked for 2019-2020 is
Love INC.
The Parent Teacher League (PTL) is an organizational entity
of the school, under the oversight of the Board of Elementary
Education, that promotes and supports the school through
a variety of activities and fundraisers, including the annual
Celebrate St. James Drive and the Gala. St. James operates a
childcare day service for preschool children. A� er the preschool
session, students transition into childcare services up until 5
p.m. on all weekdays.
St. James Lutheran School is located at 1000 Sixth Avenue,
Howard Lake, MN 55349. Contact Lead Administrator Pastor
Mark Loder at [email protected] or the school offi ce at
320-543-2630 to learn more about St. James Lutheran, or email
[email protected].
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old
he will not depart from it.” Psalm 22:6 ESV
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