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St. Lucas was founded on October 6, 1872. Classes were organized and taught by Pastor John Hodtwalker. Our present school property was purchase in 1891 for a cost of $2,000. A new four-room school was erected for $8,000. In 1896, Mr. Ernest Timm was called as a teacher. He served the congregation for 43 years, until retirement in 1939.

In 1919, the school was totally renovated. School rooms were remodeled, a large auditorium/gymnasium was added and four bowling alleys were installed in the basement. Dedication took place on December 9. In the same year, the school was accredited by the local public school authorities.

In 1956 our congregation joined the Wisconsin Lutheran High School Conference and a new Wisconsin Lutheran High School was dedicated in 1959. Financial support for the school was included in the congregation’s budget.

Permission was granted to a group of patrons in 1960 to operate a school bus. Shortly, after this, a second school bus was purchased. Over 50 riders availed themselves to this service. In 1963, a garage was erected to house the school buses. In, 1968, the school bus service was discontinued.

The old school, minus the gymnasium and bowling alleys was razed in 1961. Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new school were held on June 18, and a cornerstone laying service took place on July 23. The new school was dedicated on June 3, 1962. School enrollment for the 1961/62 school year was 240. In 1963, the school faculty was increased to eight full-time teachers when enrollment increased to 302.

In view of decreased school enrollment (196) the congregation approved the re-establishment of a school bus service with the purchase of a 54 passenger bus in 1974. In 1976, a 28 passenger bus was purchased and in 1977 a 36 passenger bus was purchased. Later, in 1980, a new 53 passenger school bus was purchased.

Plans for a new school building were approved on December 27, 1997 and began with the razing of the two houses to the north of the existing school and razing the existing school, gymnasium and bowling alleys.

In January of 1998 school functions were moved to Roosevelt School in West Allis, WI for the remainder of the 1998-1999 school year during construction of the new school.

Our new state-of-the-art school building was constructed from 1998-1999 and was dedicated with special service on September 19, 1999.

A school self-study report was prepared by members of the congregation from February 2001 through May of 2001 examining all aspects of our school with recommendations for improvement.

During the summers of 2001 and 2002, a dedicated team of St. Lucas members volunteered at Miller Park manning a concession stand during concerts and Milwaukee Brewers games. The highlight was working the 2002 All-Star Game. All monies were donated to the school debt retirement.

Jason Schultz arrived at St. Lucas in February 2002 as our new school administrator/principal. He faithfully served as school principles until June 2006.

Pastor Robert Gurgel served as our interim principle from 2006 – 2008. While he accepted the majority of the principle responsibilities, several members of the faculty also assisted with these tasks. During this time St. Lucas became a participant in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program.

In April of 2008 Michael Koester accepted the call to serve as our Director of Christian Education. He began his service at St. Lucas during the summer of 2008.