Features and Programs

Weekly Worship

Every Thursday morning at 8:35am, students in grades K-6 gather in the church for worship. Each week a different class (grades 1-6) serves as worship leader. Parents, members of the congregation, and other community members are encouraged to join in these weekly services.

The Baptismal Remembrance Blessing service is held on one Thursday of each month. Students baptized during that month come forward for an individual blessing.

Students bring their offering to worship on Thursday, and special mission projects are designated to receive the offering each trimester.

Gifted and Talented

The G/T teacher coordinates a pull-out program in grades 4-6, and provides enrichment opportunities for all students ingrades K-3.

Partners in Education

St. Paul's Lutheran School and Bartels Lutheran Home share a special ministry. Teachers and Bartels staff plan events each school year which allow students and residents at Bartels to partner in unique and powerful ways.

Fine Arts

From Kindergarten through sixth grade, students participate in music classes twice a week.

Students in 5th and 6th grade have the opportunity to participate in the band and orchestra programs at the public school. Students in grades 4-6 may also join the St. Paul's School Choir, and 6th grade students are encouraged to participate in a school handbell choir.

Students in grades 1-6 participate in art classes weekly, and kindergarten and preschool students have special art units during the year. Each year students create a ceramic figure from the nativity scene, building a complete set by the time they graduate from St. Paul's School.

Each class attends at least one production at one of the area performing arts theaters each year. We also seize special opportunities, like the special partnership and project with a local quilt artist.

Spanish

The Spanish program at St. Paul's gives children to start learning a foreign language at a young age. Students learn basic vocabulary and about the culture of the Spanish-speaking world.