MILWAUKEE, Feb. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
(WELS) -- the state's second largest private school system composed of 527
schools teaching 42,000 students -- will celebrate National Lutheran
Schools Week this March 2nd through 8th. Headquartered in Wauwatosa, WELS
currently has nearly 1,300 congregations and 400,000 active members living
in all 50 U.S. states and Canada.
Many of the more than 500 WELS preschools, elementary schools, high
schools and colleges can be found in southeast Wisconsin, including St.
Marcus Lutheran School, Christ-St. Peter Lutheran Schools, The Hope
Schools, Garden Homes Lutheran School in Milwaukee.
Students at WELS schools have typically earned higher achievement test
scores than national averages. In fall 2007, WELS students scored in the 72
percentile in reading for both grades 4 and 8 and in the 78 percentile for
8th grade math. In reading, language, mathematics, science and social
studies, WELS' national average scores were in the 65 percentile and above.
But WELS schools aren't just about test scores. "Education without
values is like a car without an engine or wheels. It simply won't get you
where you want to go," says WELS President Rev. Mark Schroeder. "We believe
in Christian education, because our faith in Christ is at the heart and
center of who we are and what we do. We believe that an education system
built on faith in Christ is one that gives children what is most valuable
in life."
To find the nearest WELS school to you, please visit
wels.locatorsearch.com.
ABOUT WELS:
Characterized as theologically conservative, WELS (http://www.wels.net)
and is the third largest Lutheran church body in America. Started in 1850
by three German pastors in Milwaukee, today WELS has grown to nearly 1,300
congregations in North America, including 400,000 baptized members served
by more than 1,000 pastors. National offices can be found at 2929 N.
Mayfair Rd., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Media Contacts:
Joel Hochmuth
WELS Director of Communications
414.256.3230
joel.hochmuth@sab.wels.net
Stacey McClenathan
Bee-line Communications, Inc.
847.668.0900
Stacey@beecommunications.com
SOURCE Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
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Related links:
http://www.wels.net
CONTACT:
Joel Hochmuth, Director of Communications of
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, +1-414-256-3230,
joel.hochmuth@sab.wels.net; or Stacey McClenathan of Bee-line
Communications, Inc., +1-847-668-0900,
Stacey@beecommunications.com, for Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran
Synod
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