June 5, 2025

Newsletter:

Dear First Lutheran Family,

As the students finish the year, the work for us is just beginning. There is so much more for us to do. We will be working hard to promote your school. I have learned so much this year, but the one lesson that stands out above all others, is how much families need a better path for their children.

What we provide goes well beyond reading, writing and arithmetic. Families throughout Western Mass are truly struggling with thoughts and fears our parents never had to worry about. It was simple. You found a house or an apartment, and you sent your kids to school. There was nothing left to think about.

Today’s parents are presented with unimaginable challenges. So much so, that in some cases, the grades on the report card are the least of their worries. They worry about who is influencing their kids? What are they learning,  and when are they learning it? Bullies are treated like victims, and victims are treated like problems.

Proverbs 22:6 reads:

“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.”

I will continue to do everything I can to help families start their children off on the way they should go.

As for you, no matter how hard life gets, never forget that you have taken the steps to “start your children off on the way they should go.” Enrolling your children into our family has set them on a course that many families will never find. I am so happy for you and your amazing children.

I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all of you for making this the best year of my working career. I am so grateful for the opportunity to be a part of your lives. You all mean so much to me. Have a great summer, and Don’t Work Too Hard!

Please continue to pray for our school, our students, and our families.

“Lord, teach us to pray…”

Sincerely, 

Mr. Stone
Principal