Concordia Lutheran High School - Luminarian Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Staff adapts to changes A year to remember. Those were the words to describe the 1983-84 school year. Many interesting and exciting things happened over the nine-month span. There were sever- al surprises, along with some new ar- rivals. At the start of the school year, Mr. John Marks replaced Mr. Terry Breininger as assistant principal, in charge of Student Services. Mr. Timothy Kinne became the Director of Choral Music, replacing Mr. Rob- ert Vogel. At the end of November, CLHS had visitors from the North Central Evaluation Association. This was an organization which evaluated the school, and gave suggestions on how to improve it. It is a year-long self-study of every academic de- partment plus all other aspects of the school. A four-day visit by 13 people from other schools follows. These people examine our self- study, along with our entire opera- tion, and make comments and or recommendations, explained Mr. Paul Buetow, assistant principal. The result s of this evaluation were good. The school is said to offer quality programming, and faculty members are all prepared and qualified, Buetow said. November was also the month of Miss Esther Ross ' 65th birthday, and during that month, she formally an- nounced that she was going to re- tire at the end of the 1983-84 school year. Ross joined Mr. Ken Kraemer as teachers who retired from CLHS this year. Both teachers felt relieved about their retirement. Said Ross, I ' m happy. I ' m relieved that I won ' t have to push at a breakneck speed to grade papers and tests. — Susie Lytal

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Auction called $ucce$$ After months of planning and hard work, the first annual Cadets in Ca- dence Auction debuted on Dec. 8 and 9. The two nights consisted of both silent and oral auctions. Thursday evening was the Preview Party from 7 to 10 at which students served hors d ' oeuvres donated by local country clubs. Although serving was hard work, it was exciting to meet new people, said senior Maureen Butler. The Ginger Bread Tree, at which people could select an orna- ment that matched merchandise was open along with the Henny Penny booth. Friday evening consisted of the remaining silent auction booths, a dinner catered by DuJour Restau- rant and the oral auction. Consulting on the auction was a professional auctioneer, Timothy Duggan from Illinois. Duggan said this was the best first-time auction he a had seen. The auction netted $87,000, ac- cording to general cfroJrmatvftoftoid Reinkina Contributing to thts suc- cess i - 300 vol under 25 chairmen, hours of work were Rein men, Louis and Joy Culmann, Bill and Sue Swift, and Jack and Patty De- Haven. The spirit of the Concordia stu- dents was one of the reasons why it was such a big success, said Mr. Dick Katt. Also the meeting of new people who helped was a worthy experience. According to Reinking, the auc- tion was accepted well, people en- joyed themselves and it brought to- gether Lutherans who felt strongly about supporting Concordia. — Tammy Reed