Luther High School (Wisconsin)

Luther High School is a parochial school located in Onalaska, Wisconsin. It is associated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. The majority of the students come from a group of churches in the area with the same religious affiliation. Some students come from as far away as Tomah, Wisconsin or Lewiston, Minnesota.

Athletically they participate in the Coulee Conference in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA).

Luther High School hosted a 50th anniversary celebration in 2007. Current faculty, past faculty, and past students presented at the day-long celebration. A book containing a photographic history of the previous 25 was sold in conjunction with this event.

The football team made playoffs for the first time as a WIAA school in 2007. They finished the year with 7 wins and 3 losses.

The girls basketball team won the Coulee title in 2008 by going undefeated in conference and won the regionals beating Aquinas.

History

Luther High School opened up its doors on Sunday, September 8, 1957. The original class consisted of 29 ninth graders and they had their first class on September 14, 1957. The school was opened as a subsidiary of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod with the original feeder congregations being the four churches in the La Crosse area, First Lutheran, Mt. Calvary, Grace, and Immanuel. Of these four only First Lutheran and Immanuel had elementary school programs from which to draw students. The following years brought steady increases to their numbers (forty-six in 1958 and seventy-two in 1959) allowed for expansion of the school as well as necessitating an addition to the current school structure. Since then the school has had multiple additions to accommodate for growing class sizes as well as necessary technical advancements. ^[1]

Notable alumni

• Mathias Harter, Mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin^[2]
• Dan Kapanke, Wisconsin Senate^[3]

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