St Luke's School http://www.stlukes-school.com Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:54:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Winter Sports video for Feb 2012 http://www.stlukes-school.com/winter-sports-video-for-feb-2012/ http://www.stlukes-school.com/winter-sports-video-for-feb-2012/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:26:34 +0000 Dr. Joseph Peck http://www.stlukes-school.com/?p=737 Fun videos of St. Luke’s students enjoying Winter Sports at Wintergreen Mountain Feb 2012

 

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Seeking Head of School for 2012-2013

St. Luke’s School was founded in 1979 as a mission of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church as a private semi-independent day school. This year St. Luke’s School is celebrating its 1st year of fully independent status, no longer being a mission of the church, and 32 years of academic excellence. Our Vision it to be recognized as the leader in world-class education and an inspirational beacon in our community. To enrich students’ lives daily with truth, freedom of expression, and academic excellence in a Christ-centered, all-embracing, safe and caring family environment. The school buildings, gymnasium, and associated facilities are on a 20 acre campus in the Town of Culpeper, in the Piedmont Region of Culpeper County, Virginia. Voted one of “America’s Top Ten Small Towns,” Culpeper enjoys the benefits of a small, rural community, as well as reasonable proximity to Washington, D.C., Richmond, Fredericksburg and Charlottesville. Families from Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock and Spotsylvania Counties are represented in our diverse students.

REQUIREMENTS:

COMMITED LEADER

  • St. Luke’s School seeks an accomplished, collaborative, creative, hard-working, and driven educational leader
  • Should have a strong sense of self to guide our committed students, faculty, administration and an active parent community
  • Be a visionary who embraces change, building on the strengths of St. Lukes as it moves towards the future
  • Charismatic and dynamic individual with strong interpersonal skills
  • Display an accessible and approachable style, demonstrating a willingness to listen to new ideas, while also offering creative solutions to a variety of challenges
  • Demonstrate the ability to recruit, develop, lead, motivate, and nurture outstanding students and teachers

Interested candidates are invited to submit a résumé and cover letter with statement of educational vision to Darren Caprarese, HOS Search Committee Chair, at dcaprarese@stlukes-school.com

]]> http://www.stlukes-school.com/st-lukes-school-employment-opportunity-seeking-head-of-school-for-2012-2013/feed/ 0 Important Update of the Head of School Seach Committee! http://www.stlukes-school.com/important-update-of-the-head-of-school-seach-committee/ http://www.stlukes-school.com/important-update-of-the-head-of-school-seach-committee/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:17:37 +0000 Dr. Joseph Peck http://www.stlukes-school.com/?p=714 From: Robin Schools
Date: Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Subject: Important Update of the Head of School Seach Committee!
To: Family and friends of St. Luke’s School

Hello Friends!

The work of searching for a permanent Head of School (HOS) has begun in earnest! A Head of School Search Committee convened by Board member Darren Caprarese has been tasked with developing an ideal candidate profile, assessing qualifications of prospective applicants, and interviewing final candidates. The following individuals have agreed to serve on the committee:

  • Darren Caprarese – Board member and parent
  • Sylke Heil – Board member and parent of alumni
  • Nancy Knewstep – faculty and parent of alumni
  • Lania Mohr – faculty and parent
  • Betsy Spencer– parent
  • Carol Kelsey – parent

The HOS Committee held its first meeting last week and is hard at work determining a process that will be exceedingly fair and equitable and ultimately yield the ideal person to lead STL into the future. In the coming weeks and months, the committee will report progress and invite your participation in the search process via email and newsletters. The decision to hire a new Head of School will be made by the Board of Directors as a whole, supported by the advice and counsel of the Search Committee and with active input from all parts of our STL community, including all faculty, staff, parents, and students.

The following estimated timeline provides an indication of the schedule we expect our search process to follow:

  • December to January — Search Committee develops qualifications of ideal candidate
  • January to March — Recruit candidates
  • April — Evaluate candidates through semifinalist and finalist stages
  • Prior to summer break — Head of School selection finalized and announced

As we move into the subsequent phase of the search for STL’s next Head of School, we hope you share the Committee’s sense of optimism and confidence as our school is thriving by every measure. It is crucial for the entire STL community of parents, friends, faculty and staff to be on the look out for potential qualified candidates. Networking is an extremely powerful tool for identifying candidates. Please spend some time reflecting on your network and forward resumes along to someone on the HOS Committee for consideration. With the help and support of faculty, staff, parents, friends, students and a deeply invested Board of Directors, we will lead STL to even higher heights. We hope and expect to have identified our new Head of School before the summer break.

If you have any input for members of the Search Committee at any time, please feel free to contact Darren Caprarese at dcaprarese@stlukes-school.com. We look forward to keeping you well informed and involved as we go through the various stages of our search.

Most sincerely,

The STL Head of School Search Committee

Robin F. Schools
Director of Admissions
St. Luke’s School
1211 E. Grandview Avenue
Culpeper, Virginia 22701
Phone: 540-825-8890
Fax: 540-825-4471

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Date: Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 6:38 PM
Subject: Teacher web site
To: STL Faculty

Hello all! Ms. Mohr and I were talking today about fun worksheets and activities and I told her I would send her a great web site. I thought maybe I should send it to all of you. You may already be aware of this site and may be using it, but I find it to be very helpful when I am working with homebound students and don’t have much info about their academic ability. Hope you can find something useful here.

www.superteacherworksheets.com

“You can learn more about a person in ten minutes of play than in a lifetime of conversation.” PLATO

Sheri C. Leddy
Independent Consultant
Rodan + Fields Dermatology
540-727-5616

http://sherileddy.myrandf.com

Changing Skin and Changing Lives

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The students at St. Luke’s School and Epiphany School joined forces for volleyball for the Fall of 2011.

 
St. Luke’s School hosted its biannual Fall consignment sale on Sept 30 and Oct 1, 2011. This was our best one ever.

 

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The students at St. Luke’s School and Epiphany School joined forces for volleyball for the Fall of 2011.

 
STL: 9th grade tea

On Friday Sept 23, 2011, Ms. Forte and her mother treated the 9th grade students at St Luke’s School to a fun and enlightening tea experience in Culpeper. More than words were imparted over this cup of tea. As our students enjoyed a spot of tea, they learned about life and schooling back when Ms. Forte’s mother attended. Savannah, Samantha & Carter learned life is always evolving.

 
STL: Lania Mohr’s class shares about the parable of the lost coin

On Friday Sept 23, 2011 during the weekly chapel service at St Luke’s School in Culpeper, VA, Lania Mohr’s kindergarten class shared about parable of the lost coin (Luke 15:8-10).

 
STL: Sarah Taliaferro shares the parable of the lost sheep

On Friday Sept 23, 2011 during the weekly chapel service at St Luke’s School in Culpeper, VA, Sarah Taliaferro read and discussed the parable of the sheep (Luke 15:1-7) for the preschool through grade 4 children.

 
STL: Back to School Luau

On Friday September 9, 2011 students, parents, teachers, grandparents, and Board members enjoyed a back to school luau at St Luke’s School in Culpeper, Virginia. Several people said this was the best back-to-school event they had ever experienced.

]]> http://www.stlukes-school.com/videos-for-sept-19-23/feed/ 0 STL Fall Consignment sale on Sept 30 and Oct 1 http://www.stlukes-school.com/stl-fall-consignment-sale-on-sept-30-and-oct-1/ http://www.stlukes-school.com/stl-fall-consignment-sale-on-sept-30-and-oct-1/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:45:10 +0000 Dr. Joseph Peck http://www.stlukes-school.com/?p=612 MARK YOUR CALENDARS-THE STL FALL CONSIGNMENT SALE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!

St. Luke’s is getting ready to host the ever-popular Fall Consignment Sale to be held on Friday, September 30th, and Saturday, October 1st. If you’ve never seen it before, plan to come check it out – our gym will be transformed into a huge department store! Wednesday, September 28th, is set-up, and drop-off time for consignors. On Thursday evening, September 29th, the sale will open to the consignors, the volunteers and the faculty. Then the sale officially opens to the public on Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Can you help? We need assistance on Thursday evening beginning at 5:30 p.m. and from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on Friday. If you can spare a couple of hours to help, please contact Jeri Beverstock (jbeverstock@stlukes-school.com) or Monica Stover (monicarstover@stlukes-school.com) as soon as possible. The Consignment Sales, fall and spring, are great fundraisers for our school and we thank you in advance for any time you can contribute to the cause!!

St. Luke’s School hosted its biannual Fall consignment sale on Sept 30 and Oct 1, 2011. This was our best one ever.

 

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On Friday Sept 16, 2011 during the weekly chapel service at St Luke’s School in Culpeper, VA, Erin Mitchell’s Kindergarten class shared and sang about creation. Wow! What a blast everyone had. This is fun. That’s the way learning about God should be.

 

 

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He concluded by saying, “Love one another! That should be your motto for the whole school year.”

 

 

St Luke's School intermediate students

St Luke's School grades 3-4

joy and laughter

Students listening

Student summer helpers

 
Join the conversation and share your comments below about St Luke’s School.

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Date: Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 1:33 PM
Subject: Change the World
To: “Dr. R. Joseph Peck”

This is a picture Vickie took and gave to me one Christmas that I now have hanging on my wall in my office at home knowing how important it was for me to know and understand how the impact my thinking was to changing the world. We all make ripples – the key is are they ripples of success that lead people towards their destiny or not. Are they ripples that empower us and others or disempower us and others?

How to Change the World

To me, this fits or goes well with Operation Compassion – as the faculty, staff, students and families of St. Lukes school seeks to change a world by making positive ripples in their own lives by changing (renewing) their own minds.

Here’s a poem I found and put in my book:

How to Change the World

Written on a tomb in Westminster Abbey

When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits, I dreamed of changing the world.

As I grew older and wiser I discovered the world would not change

So I shortened my sights somewhat and decided to change only my country,

But it too seemed unmovable.

As I grew into my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt,

I settled for changing only my family, those closest to me,

But alas, they would have none of it.

And now I realize as I lie on my death bed, if I had only changed myself first,

Then by example I might have changed my family,

From their inspiration and encouragement I would have been able to better my country,

And who knows, I might have even changed the world.
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