Faith Lutheran Jr/Sr High School

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Faith Lutheran Jr/Sr High School
Location
Summerlin, Clark County, Nevada
Information
Enrollment

1,200
Type Private School
Campus Summerlin
Color(s) maroon and gold
Established 1979

Faith Lutheran Jr/Sr High School is a private school founded in 1979 that is located in Summerlin, Clark County, Nevada. It is a religious school affiliated with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. Its executive director is Kevin Dunning.

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[edit] General

Faith Lutheran is most notably famous for its high caliber of students and legendary athletics. The school has established a reputation as a high school where diverse students from varied religious and socioeconomic backgrounds are offered a solid academic foundation based on Christian morals. Almost 100% of Faith graduates continue their education at the college level, with many attending some of the most presigious colleges in the nation, including Princeton, Stanford, and Yale. Although the school is affiliated with the Lutheran Church, many non-Christian families send their children to the school for the academics, the environment, the exceptional sports and fine arts extracurriculars and the standards that they require of every student.

[edit] Extracurricular activities

[edit] Sports

Faith offers three seasons of sports for both middle and high school.

spring sports: Baseball, Softball, Boys Golf, Track, Swimming

Faith Lutheran's Varsity Boys Basketball team has been 3A State Champion for 3 years in a row.

Faith Lutheran's mascot is the Crusader.

[edit] Fine arts

Faith's fine arts program includes both musical and visual arts. Any student, from grade 6-12, has to opportunity to join choir, band, or art classes.

[edit] Music

  • Choir
  • Wind Ensemble
  • Handbells
  • Drumline
  • Chapel "Praise Band"- Auditioned group of singers and performers that lead worship songs during chapel.
  • Jazz Band

[edit] Visual arts

  • Art
  • Photography
  • Art History

[edit] Theater

The theater program at Faith has grown in recent years and operates under the name: The Faith Lutheran Theatre Company. Drama Classes include: Middle School Drama, Middle School Clowning & Puppetry, High School Drama, Advanced Drama, and H.S. Stagecraft. As there is no performing arts center on campus and plays have been performed in the school's gym, cafeteria, and amphitheater. The school is breaking ground in late March 2007 as the multi-million dollar Chapel / Performing Arts Center project will be in full swing. The Center will include a state-of-the-art, 758 seat theatre with scene shop, costume storage, orchestra pit and fly space.

The program offers five theatrical productions a year: one summer theatre workshop production, two spotlight productions (one middle school, one high school), and two mainstage musicals (one middle school, one high school). High schoolers may participate in middle school shows by applying for a position on the technical crew.

Past shows that have been performed by the theater company include:

The Head of Theatrical Arts at Faith Lutheran is Erik Ball. He and his wife, Emily Ball direct and produce the shows at Faith and have even translated and modernized plays by William Shakespeare. Past examples include "A Midsemester Night's Dream" (from A Midsummer Night's Dream, set in a high school) and "The Comedy of Errors" (which was set in a circus-like environment).

[edit] Mellow Dramatists

The company also offers a theatrical "summer camp" called the "Mellow Dramatists." The camp begins in July and lasts six-weeks on specified Saturdays. The camp is open to all enrolled students. Students pay an enrollment fee ($300 as of 2007). This fee goes towards:

The camp also features competitive theatre games. Past games have included spoofs on Survivor, Fear Factor, the Olympics, and Who Wants to be a Millionaire?.

[edit] Journalism

Offered as both a class and an afterschool club, the journalism program has received high esteem. Advised by teacher Jody Rael, the class and club contribute articles and produce a reduced format newspaper called The Crusader Chronicle. It is magazine-sized, and usually 24 pages long, although the staff sometimes produces larger issues.

The Crusader Chronicle has won numerous awards from both the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Class Magazine. The newspaper has received "Best Newspaper" Award from the Review Journal four years in a row (2003-2004). It has also won "Best Issue Layout" from Class Magazine three years in a row (2004-2007). Individual staff members have also been awarded for individual achievements.

[edit] Clubs

Clubs offered by Faith include (but are not limited to):

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