Lutheran High School - Paw Prints Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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School awoke from its hot summer slumber to the sound of breaking bread and the clinking of chalices brimming with warm wine. What a sound! Kids filled the aisles and waited for their taste of God ' s prom- ises. Revern ' Bill Schmeling and Reverend Ronald Claw- son gave the kids their fill while Mr. Steve Tirmen- stein led the worship with songand guitar. This kind of service was new to the drab walls of LHS — it may have even surprised a few parents who heard of it— but we were richer for having shared Christ ' s body and blood in our own school among our own friends. We all waited for another service . and we waited and waited. It never did happen. But the joy of a fresh start went with us and the days zipped by carrying the promise of His love.

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wee willy woodwinds Shrill squeaks and groans and the sounds of escaping air fill the room containing the kids of the elementary school band. The band ' s main purpose is to introduce music to kids from the fifth grade to the eighth grade, to teach them to read it, play it, and ideally, love it. For those who reach these goals with a show of increased interest and talent is a promotion to a special group for the most advanced. The bands join together for small concerts and performances. In upper right hand corner they add their effect to Lutheran High ' s own band at Homecoming. Even though the result may not be on par with the philharmonic band, they display a real eagerness for learning, which in itself is pretty refreshing. For three semesters Mr. Glen Anderson has been traipsin ' off to the far corners of southern Cali- fornia teaching elementary band at different grade schools. He is also one of those members of Lu- theran High branded as a one period teacher. His classes included first semester — Modern Church, and second semester — Communications II. Al- though he feels there is a tremendous eagerness to learn among grade-schoolers, he prefers to teach high school (even taking into consideration the variety in enthusiasm from day to day). Of his teaching he explains, I try to help them create lines of communication — lines which express the feelings one has about himself and the people a- round him. When I am given the rough material I need to set up a communicative experience di- rected toward those around me, I can feel most productive — like when I ' m directing choirs and dramatic productions. To make his life more creative he would like to be given more of an op- portunity to function within an area in which he feels most gifted. Having taught grade school band for seven years, including four years at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in St. Paul, Minnesota and the past three years here at LHS, Mr. Larry Lebrecht has found that he prefers teaching older students to his younger grade school students. I find that the high school kids are in rriost cases very eager to learn the difference is that high schoolers don ' t accept what I say as easily as younger children. He comes in one period a day to teach What Others Believe, and then he ' s off to his classes at various grade schools teaching young children to make squeaks and squawks into music. I try to create in my students a closer love of God and all the things He has created for our pleas- ure. I like to experiment in teaching methods and visual aids. To make his life more fulfilling he would like to be able to teach full time at LHS. He ' d like to teach more religion classes to expand be- yond just teaching band.

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... . 77ave 6? d PHENDER PHILOSOPHIES ffl ffl F ' frhnaal A lot of people are driving around these days with their life philosophy stuck to the rear end of their car. What makes people sticker their bumpers with insults, idiocies and profound one-liners? They ' ve got something to say, that ' s why. If you can ' t tell everyone your message, what better way than to drive around with your thoughts covering every available inch of bumper? Stickers serve as information sources (in case you missed the morning paper) and as entertainment on the freeways as you ride along at two miles an hour. They complain, cry, curse, laugh and proclaim our faith f or us— m short, in long, they say the things we don ' t have the time or cour- age to say. WHAT THE READ ™e BIBLE ITU SCARE THE H£i± OUT OF YOU HEBRASKA-V