Session 2000
Effective: March 10, 2000
� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1820 � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � A Resolution celebrating 125 years of Christian education by the
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� � � WHEREAS,� In 1874 the Rev. P. G. Germann, pastor of the newly
organized St. John's Lutheran Church, organized, as a private undertak-
ing, a school in the church basement at Second and Harrison Streets. The
school soon became a church project; in 1885 the congregation built a
two room school and in 1888 added a third room; and

� � � WHEREAS,� In 1919 the church bought three lots at Fourth and Har-
rison and opened a new school at this location in 1922. By 1948 this facility
had grown to a five-room operation. In 1949 the church purchased a plot
of ground at Seventh and Roosevelt and on July 3, 1951, the Lutheran
School Association, Topeka, Kansas, was organized by four Missouri
Synod Lutheran Churches in the Topeka area. A new school opened at
the Seventh and Roosevelt location in September of 1952. Subsequently,
a north addition of three classrooms was opened in 1958 and in 1977 a
south addition was completed providing three more classrooms, a teacher
workroom and offices. In 1999 the school opened a new facility at 1732
Gage providing services for infants through kindergarten; and

� � � WHEREAS,� With an enrollment today of nearly 350 students and chil-
dren attending the nurturing program, Topeka Lutheran School has pro-
vided quality, Christian schooling to over 1,400 individuals. The history
of Topeka Lutheran School is that of parents who refused to relinquish
the responsibility of educating their children to others and of working
tenaciously to provide the best possible education for their children. Their
success is evidenced by the need for further expansion of the school for
the future: Now, therefore,

� � � Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas:�That we congrat-
ulate the Topeka Lutheran School upon its 125th anniversary of providing
quality education to the Topeka community; and

� � � Be it further resolved:�That the Secretary of the Senate be directed
to provide an enrolled copy of this resolution to the Topeka Lutheran
School Foundation, Inc., 701 S.W. Roosevelt Street, Topeka, Kansas
66606.

Senate Resolution No. 1820 was sponsored by Senator Marge Petty.