St Peter's Lutheran School Columbus - Alumni

The St. Peter's Class of 1983 held their class reunion last week. It was an amazing event! The alums in attendance toured the church and school, which has changed a lot since 1983, enjoyed a great meal, shared favorite memories of their experience at St. Peter's, and participated in a trivia game. Former teachers in attendance also shared memories of the students in this class. After the reunion, many of the classmates continued their celebration downtown at a local pub. The event was truly awesome! Huge kudos go out to Matt Carothers, Heather Krebbs, and Cindy Weisner for organizing this special event.

If you have a milestone year from graduating from St. Peter's coming up, please consider holding a class reunion. Matt, Heather, and Cindy have a great template that you could follow.

Go, Lions! Thank you for being a part of the Pride!

The St. Peter's Class of 1983 will have a class reunion on Saturday, September 9. We are expecting about 50 people to attend this special event. Matt Carothers, Cindy Weisner, and Heather Krebbs have done a GREAT job organizing this event. Our hope is that this may inspire other classes to have reunions, as well. If you have an interest in this, please contact Scott Schumacher. He is more than happy to help you locate classmates and organize the event. Scott can be reached at 812-344-4724 or [email protected]

St. Peter's Lutheran School will its first annual golf outing at Otter Creek on Friday, September 1. All proceeds will be used to help fund our playground surface renovation. We still have openings for three teams! Please reach out to Scott Schumacher at 812-344-4724 or [email protected] if you have any questions. This promises to be a super fun event!

The 160th school year officially began two weeks ago. We are blessed to have 419 students enrolled in our school. Please keep our students, parents, teachers, and administrators in your prayers as they work together to "Ignite the Light" throughout the year. Our theme verse is Matthew 5:16, "Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."

The annual Kindy 500 was held today. What an absolute riot! Our kindergartners competed well in their homemade cars. We are so proud of them! The race consisted of a parade lap and then three race laps around our "track" in our new gymnasium, The Den. All racers even had to make a pit stop to change their "tires." What a great, feel good moment for our kindergartners and our entire school! Go, Lions!

Last week, St. Peter's joined Lutheran schools across the country to celebrate National Lutheran Schools Week. We give thanks to God for the tremendous opportunity we have to tell about the Love of Jesus to children every day in our school. We know that God continues to use our school and all Lutheran schools to make an eternal impact on the lives of the children entrusted to our care.

Highlights of the week included:
- Daily Dress-up Days
- Bounce Houses
- Staff v. 8th Grade Olympics (The 8th graders dominated!)
- Chapel Service (SIX children were baptized at this service!)

Please continue to keep your alma mater in your prayers, as we work hard to "transform lives and grow God's Kingdom!"

We congratulate our 8th grade girls' basketball team for winning the 2023 State Championship for the second consecutive year! Avery Johnson and Sydney Schiefer were named to the All-Tournament team. Our girls received an automatic bid to participate in the National Tournament the last week in March.

Our 8th grade boys' played well, too, earning a solid 3rd Place finish. Gage King and Leo Baker were named to the All-Tournament team. They hope to be selected to the National Tournament, as well.

Go, Lions! We are proud of you!

We congratulate our 8th grade girls' basketball team for winning their second consecutive Lutheran Invitation Tournament. Our girls defeated Holy Cross - Indianapolis, Emmanuel-St. Michaels' - Fort Wayne, and White Creek Lutheran for this championship run. All games were won by more than 25 points! Avery Johnson, Sidney Schiefer, and Rian Strietelmeier were selected to the All-tournament team. Our girls will compete for a state championship in Fort Wayne February 24-26. Go, Lions!

Greetings, St. Peter's Alumni! Our students have returned from a long Christmas break and are getting back into the swing of things. Please continue to pray for our students and teachers, as the third quarter is often times the hardest to get through. In spite of the gloomy weather and lack of breaks in the third quarter, there still is much to be excited about in our school. February is the height of the basketball season, with girls' and boys' Lutheran Invitational Tournaments and the Lutheran State Basketball Tournament. Look for additional posts in the upcoming month to find out how our teams perform in these tournaments. Go, Lions!

The Fall Fair was a HUGE success! Over 600 people attended this event. A great time was truly had by all. And remember... Fall Fair was resurrected because YOU asked for it! Thank you to all of our alumni who were so passionate about bringing back this event. We will absolute do this again next year!

We congratulate our boys and girls cross-country teams for both winning the first ever Indiana Lutheran State Meet. Both teams have qualified to compete at the National Lutheran Cross-country Meet at Concordia University - Wisconsin on October 22. Way to go Lions! We are proud of you!

Back by popular demand... Fall Fair is returning on Saturday, October 29 from 11:00am to 2:00pm at The Den and the old gymnasium! Families in our school, church, and community will have the opportunity to play games, win prizes, eat food, and simply have a ton of fun! All alumni are also invited to check out the fair. I know that many of our alums have incredibly positive memories of the Fall Fair. Come check out the latest version of this amazing event! We will also have an alumni "Meet and Greet" in the upper level of The Den. School memorabilia will be available for you to check out, but most importantly, our hope is that you can spend time connecting with your fellow alums.

We also are still in need of a few volunteers to help at the Fall Fair. If you are interested, please sign up on our volunteer link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090A4EA9AE28A1FA7-stpeters

We also are taking donations to put on the Fall Fair. If you are interested in making a donation, click on the QR code on the flyer.

If you have any questions about the Fall Fair, please contact our Director of Development, Scott Schumacher, at 812-344-4724 or [email protected].

Thank you for your support of the Fall Fair... and your ongoing support for St. Peter's Lutheran School!

St Peter's Lutheran School Columbus - Alumni Since 1863, students in our church and community have been attending St. Peter's Lutheran School. E