Luther Preparatory School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Luther Preparatory School

established = 1995
city = Watertown
state = Wisconsin
country = USA
type = Private co-educational residential secondary
affiliation = Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
students = 400 (approx)
grades = 9–12
faculty = 35
mascot = Phoenix
colors = Navy blue and gold
newspaper = The "Phoenix"
yearbook = The "Flame"
website = [http://www.lps.wels.net/ www.lps.wels.net]

Luther Preparatory School (LPS or Luther Prep), established in 1995, is a residential four-year secondary school located in Watertown, Wisconsin, USA and is owned and operated by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). Luther Prep, along with its sister prep school Michigan Lutheran Seminary in Saginaw, Michigan, focus on preparing students to become WELS pastors and teachers and to continue their education at Martin Luther College, a WELS college in New Ulm, Minnesota. Curriculum at LPS focuses on the liberal arts and religious studies.

LPS has enrollment of approximately 400 students; three-fourths of these live in dormitories on the 40 acre campus. There are currently 35 full-time faculty members and eight additional piano instructors. Ten tutors live with students in the dormitories.

History

LPS occupies the former combined campus of Northwestern College (a preministerial college established in 1865) and Northwestern Preparatory School (NPS, a high school), both run by the WELS. In 1995, Northwestern College was moved to New Ulm and combined with Dr. Martin Luther College to form Martin Luther College. In the same year, Martin Luther Preparatory School (MLPS) of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin was closed and combined with NPS to form Luther Preparatory School. As a historical note, MLPS was located on the former campus of Campion High School, a Jesuit preparatory school that was closed in 1975.

Purpose

According to the LPS website, the purpose of Luther Preparatory School is to prepare young men and women to become pastors and teachers for service in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. [Luther Preparatory School Mission and Purpose http://www.lps.wels.net/podium/default.aspx?t=45998]

Athletics

LPS plays in the Capitol Conference of WIAA. Fall sports include football and soccer for boys, volleyball and tennis for girls, and cross country for both. In the winter, there is boys' and girls' basketball. Spring sports for LPS are baseball, softball, track and field, boys' tennis and girls' soccer. Luther Prep also offer intramurals such as basketball and bowling.

References

* Braun, John A (2000). Together in Christ: A History of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Northwestern Publishing House. ISBN 0-8100-1211-1