The Lutheran Church believes in the importance of education.

 

You parents cannot prepare a more dependable treasure for your children than an education in the liberal arts. House and home may burn down and disappear, but an education is easy to carry off."

   Martin Luther

 

St. John’s Lutheran School has enjoyed over 63 years of educating young minds.  We are one of over 1,632 Lutheran Day Schools operated by congregations of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.  We are a ministry of St. John’s Lutheran Church of Grand Haven, Michigan.  

As Lutherans we use the Bible-based teachings of Martin Luther which inspired the reformation of the Christian Church in the 16th century.  Our beliefs can be summarized in three short, simple, yet powerful phrases: Grace alone, Scripture alone, and Faith alone. 

Our program encompasses preschool, kindergarten, and grades 1-8.  Our curriculum complies with the standards of the State of Michigan and the Michigan District of the Lutheran Schools.  The areas of learning we offer include: Religion, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science and Mathematics.  We also offer Physical Education, Media, Music, Choir, Art, Drama, and Band.  We have athletic opportunities on campus and in conjunction with the Grand Haven Area Public Schools.  We have a full computer lab in which we use the curriculum called FUTUREKIDS.  

In setting us apart from other schools it is important to know that our teachers are professionally trained in Christian, synodical schools and certified by the State of Michigan.  We are a sponsored and supported ministry of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Grand Haven, Michigan.  We are accountable to the Department of Education of the Michigan District of Lutheran Schools.  Our curriculum is permeated by a Christian philosophy of education including daily instruction in religion and continuous training in Christian living.

We maintain a Christian School to fulfill a fundamental need––to help parents carry out their God-given responsibility to bring up their child “in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”  By doing this we also fulfill our instruction from Jesus to “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”  Matthew 28:19-20a. 

Lutheran schools give parents the opportunity to exercise their rights to religious freedom, even in their choice of their child’s school.  We have a tradition of excellence.  Our mission is to educate the whole child: spiritually, emotionally, mentally, academically, and physically.  We prepare children to succeed as moral, responsible, future leaders in their church and community. 

Our parents take pride in the level of excellence and spiritual awareness their child attains.  Parents become financial partners with our congregation in supporting their child’s mental, social, physical, and spiritual education and believe their child’s well-being is more than worth the cost.

If you would like to provide your child with a quality education in a nurturing environment where their body, mind, and spirit will be fed...please call today for more information.

(616) 842-0260

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St. John’s School Points of Pride

• ACCELERATED READER PROGRAM Over 445,000,000 words read by students for Accelerated Reader alone.
• March Reading Month Home of the Battle of the Books
• Collected over $4,000 in chapel offerings to help missions all over the world.
• Award winning Middle School English program
• Award winning Science Fair Program
• Family friendly tuition rates.

The chart below reflects the percentage of students who passed the MEAP test with a level of 1 or 2. These results indicate that a majority of the students in all grades tested at St. John’s Day School met or exceeded state standards.

As Lutherans we use the Bible-based teachings of Martin Luther which inspired the reformation of the Christian Church in the 16th century.  Our beliefs can be summarized in three short phrases: Grace alone, Scripture alone, and Faith alone. 

Grace alone:  “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9.  We believe in the Triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit coequal and coeternal, one God.  Though we are sinful and rebel against Him and do not deserve His love,  He sent Jesus, His Son, to live, die, and rise from the grave in order to pay the price for our salvation. 

Scripture alone:  The Bible is God’s inerrant and infallible Word, in which He reveals His Law and His Gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ.  The Bible is the single source for proper Christian doctrine. 

Faith alone:  Through His suffering and death, Jesus purchased and won forgiveness and eternal life for everyone.  Those who hear this good news and believe it have eternal life.  “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:16-17.