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Introduction
Hope Lutheran is a private Christian school committed to providing quality academic instruction and equipping students from preschool through grade 8 for lifelong learning. Our class size fosters academic excellence with an average student teacher ratio of 18:1. Hope Lutheran School is fully accredited through the National Lutheran School Accreditation. Adding enrichment programs in music, art, foreign language, physical education, drama, and technology enhances our challenging academic curriculum. By recognizing each child’s unique abilities, Hope Lutheran School nurtures each child in body, mind and spirit in a community that cares and lives the Christian faith.
Hope Lutheran School Profile
Hope Lutheran is a private Christian school located in beautiful West Seattle. Hope opened in 1959 with 88 students in grades K-5 and over time has grown to serve over 228 students from preschool through grade 8. Hope Lutheran School is fully accredited through the National Lutheran School Accreditation and Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges.
“A child’s mind and heart are God’s gifts; to be developed with care.”
Pastor Keith Eilers
Senior Pastor
Hope Lutheran Church & School |
Hope Lutheran School is committed to providing quality academic instruction and preparing our students to be life-long learners. Hope Lutheran School maintains a class size that fosters academic excellence with an average student teacher ratio of 18:1.
Hope Lutheran enhances our challenging academic curriculum with specialty teachers in music, physical education, special education and Spanish. Technology is incorporated into the curriculum with computers in the library and every classroom.
Hope students take the Iowa Achievement Test in the fall and typically score well above the national average.
Hope Lutheran School offers before and after school enrichment through our Extended School Care (ESC) program.
“There is no doubt in my mind that my 8 full years at Hope helped to shape me into the person that I am today. A person that cares about others, and tries to do what I can to make this an even better place for future generations.”
Mike Jensen
Hope Lutheran School Alum
Current School Board President |
Discovery Program
Hope Lutheran offers a Discovery Program that is affiliated with the National Institute for Learning Difficulties (NILD). Discovery is a one on one, multi-sensory program for students who have been diagnosed with specific learning difficulties. Starting in the fall we will also be offering the only Group Educational Therapy program in the state of Washington.
Athletics
Hope’s athletic program offers many team sports including cross country, volleyball, flag football, basketball, track, dance drill and cheerleading.
Hope’s student body is comprised of students from West Seattle and surrounding communities. Hope is affiliated with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Our student body is 40% Lutheran, but consists of other religions, including members of the Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Jewish faiths.
“I love how Hope keeps me informed about what is going on at school.
I feel like I am a full participant in my childs education.”
Jennifer Lulow
Current Hope Parent |
Enrollment
The total enrollment for the 2009/10 school year is 204 students.
Faculty
Twenty-seven faculty teach at Hope, with many holding academic degrees at the Masters level or higher.
Step-Up Program
Beginning this fall, Hope will be offering its Step-Up Program to students. Step-Up allows learners to acheive academically to the level they are ready for. Using class-room performance and scores from the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, teachers will be able to recommend students for advancement beyond their current grade level for specific areas of study. Middle school students will have the opportunity to earn high school credit for courses completed in the Step-Up Program.
“Hope was a fantastic place for me. It taught me the basics, but it also taught me how to be me. It gave me a great foundation tobuild on in high school”
Stephanie Antioqua
Class 0f 2005 |
Core Values
FOUNDation
Basis - Grounding - Solid - Center - Core
It’s on a solid FOUNDation that the rest of life is built.
Hope Lutheran School is in the FOUNDation business, pouring not concrete and footers, but helping parents establish a cornerston in their children that provides direction and strength for years to come.
First the FOUNDation
Then the FORMation
Building on a solid base, the rest of life takes shape.
While the shape of each child’s life is influenced by the materials present, the result is the same – a life of love and service and joy and fulfillment.
Hope Lutheran School is invested in the FORMation of each student, carefully helping parents shape the lives of their children.
It is a strong word
HOPE
It doesn’t mean ‘wishing” or a general desire that things turn out well.
It’s a word of certainty and assurance. The FUTURE is secure, which empowers the present. Hope Lutheran School provides FOUNDation and FORMation, which, in turn, results in HOPE for the FUTURE.
National Average
Students at Hope take the Iowa Basic Skills Test at the start of the school year. The graphs below show how our students rank academically. The bottom of the bar represents predicted grade level performance, the top of bar shows where our students rank.
 
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