Last year, Mr. Thomack polled the school, asking what classes they’d like to take in the coming school year. When the results came in, American Sign Language was voted in to be an official class of the 2024-2025 school year. However, close behind it followed the proposition of a creative writing class and, with new classes on the mind, Mr. Schlecht was excited about the idea of teaching a class regarding the prophets of the Bible.
The creative writing class, taught by Mrs. Hollenbeck, introduced the idea of a year-long anthology in which students would attend ‘field trips’ to nearby locations to complete a series of different, yet connected stories. It also brought forth a topic-genre based project in which students would write about any open-ended topic in different genres to convey the same message. These projects, among others, would shape an all-new type of English class for LuHi students.
The prophets class, as proposed by Mr. Schlecht, would cover the seventeen books of the Bible that regard both the major and minor prophets. This class would be an in-depth study of these books, making sense of them and providing insight into the Christocentric nature of not only the Old testament, but the Bible as a whole.
Seeing the results of last year’s poll, and the exciting idea of a new class for a possible poll this year, a few students were asked what classes, among these, they’d like to see offered at LuHi, a myriad of answers arose.
Sophomore Alexandra “Alex” Younce said that she “[thinks] a creative writing class would be a blast.” She also went on to say that she knows “[Lutheran] had a culinary club, and [thinks] a culinary class would be cool.” She even stated that “Mr. Schlecht’s prophets class sounds like fun.”
Another student, sophomore Tabitha Parton offered her own insight on a class she would like to see, saying “I think we should have a class where you literally just go into a room and there’s a bunch of sleeping bags, and you sleep. Nap class– we need it more than kindergarteners… I think the culinary one would be fun, just so I could eat the stuff that they make.” A nap class would be a unique choice, for sure!
Sophomore Madeline Mcgarraugh pitched in, agreeing with her friend’s idea of a cooking-related class, saying that “the idea of a culinary class sounds great… Maybe something more arts related, like sewing or something like that would be nice.”
Then, freshmen Mika “MK” Kerley stated that she “would like to take a creative writing class, if LuHi offered it.” Sophomore Jackson Byer also interjected asking “Is there an eating class?” He soon agreed that a culinary class would be fun for him, too. Taryn Inkrott, also a sophomore at Lutheran responded, too, sharing that “If they offered [it], [she] would do culinary.”
It seems that the student body really favors a culinary class and a creative writing class, each of them engaging their interests most. If the school were to add new classes, it would be highly beneficial to use one of those.