Faculty and Staff Accomplishments

Kelly Beverly is now the faculty sponsor of Concordia’s National Honors Society chapter.

Crystal Castleman attended two Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) conferences.  The HOSA State Leadership Conference in Indianapolis with the CLHS HOSA: Future Health Professionals Club and the HOSA International Leadership Conference in Dallas, TX with two students that placed third in the state in CPR/First Aid.  Mrs. Castleman also attended the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) conference last fall.

Luanne Erdos coordinated the Honors Academy where five seniors made public presentations of their culminating Honors Academy Senior Research Projects. Leadership Speakers included Mr. Ryan Schoenefeld with Zimmer Biomet and Stacey Hartman with the Forensic Laboratory in Fort Wayne. Both speakers are graduates of CLHS. The CLHS DECA Chapter, supervised by Luanne, had a record membership of 36 members. Twenty nine students competed at the District DECA Competition held at Manchester University with every student qualifying through written testing and role play to advance to DECA State Competition in Indianapolis. FIve students qualified for the International DECA Competition in Orlando, Florida. CLHS DECA participant Kathryn Crook made the international stage for her written test score in Principles of Marketing.  This was a first for CLHS "making stage" at internationals. Luanne also worked with Senior Career Internship placements for the 2022 - 2023 school year.

The English Department has added great new teachers.  Jeanine Tietz joined us last year and they welcome Hannah Mundt this school year!  The department sponsored a College Essay Help Night in the first semester and a Poetry Slam in the second semester. Both were well received and attended.

Sarah Hellinger was awarded Concordia’s Staff in Service Award. 

Eric Kaschinske and his wife, Amy, celebrated two graduations this year.  Mason from Concordia University Wisconsin and Landon from CLHS. They are now proud parents of three CLHS alumni!

Dani Kiefer led multiple painting workshops teaching oil, watercolor and gouache techniques to corporate groups, teens and adults; many who have never painted before.  Her painting "August" was accepted and displayed at Artlink's Midwest Regional Exhibition November 2022 and her painting "Peace" was used as the illustration for the 2023 University of Saint Francis's Christmas Card.

Andy Klage completed student teaching at Columbus North High School, graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a bachelor’s degree in Social Studies Secondary Education, received the Chase C. Mooney Scholarship and John W. Foster Prize from the Indiana University History Department.  This past summer his fiancee, Amanda and he became engaged to be married in the summer of 2024.

Timothy LaCroix organized the CLHS German students who hosted 20 exchange students from our German American Partnership Program (GAPP) partner school in Lüdenscheid.  He and students then visited Germany for four weeks in March and April.

Kevin Macke, the CLHS Boys Soccer Head Coach, won his fifth Sectional title. He was named the 2023 Indiana Soccer Coaches Association Private/Parochial School District Coach of the Year. Kevin led our team to a Regional final berth after earning a Sectional championship the previous weekend. And while his on-field leadership is certainly worthy of being praised, the character he builds within his teams and the Christ-centered example he sets for his players is top-notch and something for which we are all blessed. Congratulations to Coach Macke on receiving this most deserving honor.

Jon Mitchell ran in the Fort 4 Fitness 10K!

Chris Murphy directed over 50 alumni in the summer musical, Big Fish.  There were over 110 students who participated in the summer drama/theater tech camp. Also 11 of the 16 Education Professions students that Chris is instructing intend to pursue teaching/church work as a profession.

Kim Nash was a legislative consultant to Indiana state representatives regarding new graduation requirements. 

Corrie Oberlin implemented a Naloxone Policy and a Sudden Cardiac Arrest Policy for CLHS.

Jennifer Porath was selected to be the guest conductor for Concordia University Nebraska's National Honor Band in November 2022.

Tim Reinking was an Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology National Exam reader.

Sally Rish was awarded Concordia’s Teacher of the Year at our closing school chapel. Mrs. Rish is one of our four teachers who work in our Study Center, providing learning support to our students. Prior to her work in the Study Center, Mrs. Rish worked in our Student Services office. 

Deborah Rockrohr attended the Concordia Deaconess three day professional development conference in June.

Pam Rusher was awarded Concordia’s Teacher in Service Award.

Dawn Schuller and Wendy Bentz attended the FACTS conference so that they could learn more about our new school information system and help with the implementation.

Jeanine Tietz attended a four day Advanced Placement (AP) Summer Institute for AP English Language & Composition and participated in the AP TIP-IN Mock Exam in March to provide progress feedback to her students.   She enjoyed using all her Christian classroom decorations again after several years in a public school!

Mindy Walz participated in the AP-TIP teacher support program and in Mock Exam reading, which is designed to equip AP teachers to empower their students for success.  All AP English Literature students, which Mindy teaches, earned a score of 3 or higher on the AP Exam.  

Heidi Wilkinson traveled to Munich for an Education Foundations (EF) training tour, led her first EF tour with six students and one parent to Belize for a conservation biology trip and led the third annual Rocket Science camp for 6th-8th grade students.