We are excited to announce the formation of an Alumni Advisory Board at La Lumiere. Members of the board will support the school’s mission and be a trusted voice for new initiatives, strategic planning, fundraising, and overall connection to La Lu.
Read MoreWhat an absolutely unbelievable evening La Lu Palooza was! Between an unprecedented 4:1 match in honor of the late Mary Lou Linnen, two dynamo event chairs in Britt Whitfield and Jacqueline Kronk, and a tent full of fearless revelers, Saturday turned out to be, by many measures, the biggest night in our school’s history
Read MoreOn May 28, 2021, we celebrated our graduating seniors at La Lumiere’s 54th Commencement. In an unprecedented academic year, our graduates found that we were stronger and better when we faced challenges together. At the end of the prior academic year, the Prefect Board selected the phrase, “Together, We Will …” as this year’s school motto. With this mentality, our graduates were destined to seize the opportunity to be on-campus and learning, together.
Read MoreHelmut Jahn, the architect of the Marsch Gymnasium at La Lumiere, leaves behind a large collection of iconic buildings from his over half-century of design work. Jahn, who was 81-years-old, was struck and killed when out riding his bike over the weekend.
Read MoreTo celebrate Ash Wednesday, La Lumiere students and faculty gathered in the Fine Arts Building with Fr. Lou DelFra, C.S.C, who serves as the Director of Pastoral Life for the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) at Notre Dame. The Ash Wednesday Mass marks the beginning of the season of Lent.
Read MoreTheo Smith, a sophomore from Long Beach, Indiana, was recently selected to the All-State Honor Band. The honor band is a part of 2021 Indiana Bandmasters Association’s Virtual All-State Bands.
Read MoreThis fall, Dr. Francis Yun gave a recital to the La Lumiere community to celebrate the one year anniversary of the acquisition of the school’s grand piano! The theme of the recital was embracing difficulty.
Read MoreWe have been fortunate at La Lumiere to have Rachael von Eschenbach and Mindi Dugard from Mindful U, an organization that provides yoga and mindfulness lessons to students and teachers, lead our students in a five-session series of mindfulness tools and exercises over the past several weeks.
Read MoreLa Lumiere students and faculty gathered to worship together under a canopy of autumn leaves in the Amphitheater. Fr. Pete McCormick, C.S.C., Holy Cross priest and Director of Campus Ministry at the University of Notre Dame, came out to La Lumiere’s campus to serve as the guest presider for the School’s Mass. The liturgy celebrated the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary.
Read MoreJudy’s Cressless Rivulet, located on the north side of the Lake Road, is an integral part of the fabric of the La Lumiere landscape, and one that needed a helping hand to restore it to its former glory. As part of our larger efforts to promote place-based learning at La Lumiere, a group of four students worked with Brian Tonino ’12 and Mrs. Judy Smith to take the first step in the restoration process over the course of the past two weekends.
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