Garden Homes Lutheran School (GHLS) sits on the edge of Garden
Homes Historic District, our nation's first municipally sponsored,
community owned housing project, now a part of the City of
Milwaukee. The church and school came into existence on March 13,
1927. Our new school building, opened in the fall of
2004, enabled us to expand our enrollment as part of the
Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. Our old school, across Roosevelt
Drive from our current campus, is the home of the Light House Youth
Center, a Lutheran-Christian ministry for youth from
5thgrade through high school.
Our student body is usually around 250 children (K3-8) and is
nurtured by a loving and qualified staff of 16 teachers and 2
administrators, all holding undergraduate and/or graduate degrees
in education. Several Educational Assistants (EA) are
also employed to assist teachers and students. Classroom size
currently averages between 20 and 25 students.
GHLS is a Christian school in the Lutheran tradition. We are
owned and operated by Garden Homes Lutheran Church (GHLC).
Both GHLS and GHLC are members of the Wisconsin Evangelical
Lutheran Synod (WELS), headquartered in Milwaukee, but with
churches and schools all over the United States and in several
other countries. The WELS school system is the 4th largest
private/parochial school system in America.
GHLS is accredited by Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
School Accreditation (WELSSA) and the National Council on Private
School Education (NCPSE). We have been a Milwaukee Parental
Choice school since 2000, and are listed in the Great Schools
Directory for the State of Wisconsin.
GHLS seeks to educate the whole child: mind, body, and
soul, within a loving, positive, and supportive school culture
of high expectations and no excuses. Our curriculum is
tied to the Wisconsin State Standards and provides a complete
complement of courses for students that excel as well as those
who struggle. Special education and Title 1 services provide
additional support for students who need a little
extra.
All of the secular subjects traditionally taught at this
educational level are taught at GHLS (Math, Reading, Phonics,
Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, History, etc.) These
subjects, and all of GHLS’s curriculum, is tied to state
standards and “Christ-centered”, meaning that they are
presented with the absolute truth of God’s Word as their
ultimate guide. In every subject and every lesson,
opportunities are seized for presenting how God’s wisdom,
power, and love in Christ, are evident. Every day in every
class, students are encouraged to see God more clearly, love him
more dearly, and follow him more nearly.
In addition to teaching the traditional, secular subjects, GHLS
also teaches religion classes that are a more concentrated and
in-depth look at the Bible.
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