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Holly Strudthoff s 16-year tenure as an educator at Trinity Lutheran has helped prepare her to become the school s new director, but her ties to the school run so much deeper than her time in the classroom.
Trinity Lutheran has always been a home in different capacities, Strudthoff said. When she first moved to Fremont and visited the school for the first time, Strudthoff said she knew her family had found a special place. We were just really impressed with the people and particularly the school, she said.Â
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There is a Bible verse in the the book of Esther that Greg Rathke refers to when he thinks back to his five-year tenure at Trinity Lutheran School. I really think about Esther and how I think it was her uncle who said for such a time as this, Rathke said.
Rathke arrived at Trinity Lutheran School five years ago as the school s next principal. Prior to his time at the local Fremont school, Rathke had never had an administrative position.Â
One of his earliest memories at Trinity is attempting to put together an elementary schedule after spending years working at the high school level.Â
If you asked Brett Meyer his outlook for Trinity Lutheran School for the fall semester amid the COVID-19 pandemic, he would have told you the school was walking on eggshells.
âI think there was just a lot of fear and just the unknown of being shut down and how this would impact our students and teachers in terms of just health and the transfer of the virus,â said Meyer, STEM Coordinator at the 150-student school. âIt was extremely cautious when we started, letâs put it that way.â
Since August, the school has found solid footing under the blueprint it used to mitigate the spread of the virus. From the first day of class to dismissal for Christmas break in December, Meyer said the school only reported three positive COVID-19 cases. None of those cases were tied to in-school activities.