Potential into Reality Children`s Lives Touched by LASE in 2013

2013-2014
Potential into Reality
Dear Friends of LASE:
Since its founding in 1956, Lutheran Association for
Special Education (LASE) has nurtured the hearts and
minds of thousands of children with special needs.
Lutheran schools are still instrumental in unfolding
the potential of every child, including those with mild
learning challenges. Hope is unbridled for families
who want their children to grow through a Biblically
based education.
This past year LASE has focused on collaborating
with our partner schools to ensure that all children
learn and flourish. LASE began the 2013-14 school
year with the LASE Insights Series Workshops which
helped over 100 Lutheran school teachers work with
children with learning challenges. LASE also launched
a monthly e-news letter this year for Lutheran
teachers with helpful tips and tactics for working with
special needs children. By partnering with dedicated
educators from Lutheran schools, LASE leads the way
in inspiring the God given potential of every child
into reality. Thanks for believing in our children and
for your constant support!
In Christ,
Lori Christiansen, Ed. S.
Executive Director
Dr. Joe Bordeaux
LASE Board Chair
Children’s Lives Touched by
LASE in 2013-14
5
36
52
180
158
148
321
900
Learning Connection Tutoring Services
English Speakers of Other Languages
Speech and Language Therapy
Observations, Monitoring, and Consultation
Resource Services
Educational Resource Consultant Services
Speech and Language Screening and/or Testing
Total Lives touched by LASE
Scholarships for Special
Education Tuition
$6,390
$62,600
$68,990
Elementary Scholarships
High School Scholarships for LASE Learning Center (Luth. High St. Charles)
Total Scholarships Awarded 2013-14
LASE MISSION
STATEMENT
Lutheran Association
for Special Education
will assist and support
schools to address the
cognitive, social and
spiritual development
of children with special
needs, so they may fully
enjoy their God-given
potential.
LASE Revenue and Expenses
FISCAL YEAR AUGUST 1, 2013 TO JULY 31, 2014
Revenue
Contract and School Tuition
$584,714
Fundraising 137,972
School Health Services
94,759
Donations
91,703
Grants
94,314
Interest and Dividends
88,594
Total Revenue
$1,092,056
53%
13%
9%
8%
9%
8%
100%
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Joseph Bordeaux, Chair
Bette Schlie, Vice-Chair
Judy Ruf, Treasurer
Michele Berra
Don Hugo
Boone Jackson
Diana Meers
John Obermann
Steve Siepman
Expenses
Educational$688,119
Tuition Assistance
37,181
Management and General
219,587
Fundraising and Development
62,552
Health Services
89,958
Total Expenses
$1,097,397
63%
3%
20%
6%
8%
100%
ADVISORY BOARD
Paul Crisler
Dave Drewes
Warren Fick
Dennis Gehrke
Chris James
Sandy Meyer
Ted Schuessler
Kermit Starnes
Robert Wold
Our Promise to You
Total Operating Gain (Loss)
$(5,341)
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments$136,401
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets$131,060
Lori Christiansen, Ed.S.
Executive Director
Karen Scuito
Director of Fundraising
& Events
PARTNER
SCHOOLS
2013-2014
Our LASE Promise is that we will partner
with parents, educators, and schools by
providing solution-focused expertise and
encouragement that transforms their
desire to inspire the God give potential of
every child into reality.
Our teachers tell how they deliver on this
promise daily:
“As an educator for LASE, I try everyday
to make a difference in the lives of
students, teachers and parents. It may be
to give encouragement to a parent who
had lost hope. It may be to play a game
with a child to show them that yes indeed
they can learn all the states and capitols.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Atonement
Child of God
Green Park
Immanuel, Olivette
Immanuel, St. Charles
It may be to demonstrate for a teacher
an alternate way of teaching. Whatever it
is, I try to inspire each child’s God given
potential every day!”
“I deliver on the promise first by thinking
of myself as a partner. I am not in charge,
although I may at times sit in the driver’s
seat. Nor am I an observer, although
sometimes I need to observe to know
what needs to be done. A partner is open
to the ideas of others and flexible enough
to make changes to find what works. A
partner is supportive of the rest of her
team. As a partner I seek out solutions
where everyone wins.”
Immanuel, Wentzville
Lutheran High St. Charles
Messiah, Weldon Spring
Our Savior, Fenton
St. Mark’s, Eureka
Salem, Affton
Salem, Black Jack
Word of Life
Zion, St. Charles
“Our son used to come home from school
and cry every night. Because of the special
help he now gets through LASE, our son is
smiling again. Thanks for making a positive
change in our family’s life.” – LASE Parent
LASE Donors, Event Supporters,
and Sponsors 2013-2014
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR CHILDREN!
EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO ENSURE THE ACCURACY OF THIS LIST.
Bill Adams
Jan Ahrens
Steve H. and Cathleen
M. Albers
Ronald and Karen
Allman
American Legion Post
299
Carl and Ann Anderson
Ascension Lutheran
Church Women
John and Kit Auble
Tom Auffenberg
Baisch and Skinner, Inc.
Matt Bayes
Richard D. Beck
Michael and Sandra
Becker
Nikki Becker
Ryan Beile
Mark E. and Debbie D.
Belew
James W. and Elsie M.
Bernthal
Dave and Michele
Berra
Ralph J. and Frieda M.
Bettlach
Brent and Ashley
Beumer
Richard and Judith
Beumer
Leroy Biesenthal
Craig Billingsley
Marci Boland
Lillian Bolozky
Nancy Bolozky
Joe and Betty Bordeaux
Melissa Bowers
Kimberly Braddy
Robert and Teddy
Branom
William C. and Jeanette
Breyer
Elroy and Ruth
Brockopp
Steve Brokaw
Gerald and Dorothy
Buethe
Bill Bunte
Jean Burnett
Cardinals Care
Stephen J. and Gail R.
Carter
Marvin E. and Beverly
J. Caspersen
Cass Commercial Bank
Margie Cass
Iris Castiglia
Julie Chaleff
Florence R.
Christiansen
Joel and Lori
Christiansen
Rachel Christiansen
Christ Ev. Lutheran
Church
Randy and Sue Clark
Christine Cleaveland
Color Art Integrated
Interiors
Concordia Lutheran
Church
Concordia Publishing
House
Ralph and Janet
Crawford
Creative
Communications for
the Parish
Paul and Carolyn
Crisler
James and Vickie
Dankenbring
Raymond and Lois
Dankenbring
Tom and Anna
Dankenbring
Juli Darlington
Charles and Deborah
Davis
Astrid DeBuhr
Deborah Decker
Paul and Ellen
Devantier
Jim and Millie Diehl
Roger and Barbara L.
Dierberg
Don and Sue Dobbs
David and Rene’
Drewes
Karen Drier
Brent and Jan
Duesenberg
Robert Duesenberg
Karl A. and Anne L.
Dunajcik
Karen Dunlap
James M. and Marcia A.
Eckrich
John and Kathy Eckrich
Anne M. Edgren
Jane Edwards
Sunny Edwards
Dean and Erica
Eggerding
SCHOOL HEALTH
SERVICES
Abiding Savior
Christ Community
Grace Chapel
Green Park (Associate)
Immanuel, Olivette
Our Savior, Fenton
Salem, Affton
St. Paul’s, Des Peres
Zion, St. Charles
(NURSING)
Elaine Eggerding
Herbert and Jackie
Eggerding
Ruth Eggers
Lawrence H. and
Sharon Ehlmann
Anita Eickhoff
Employees Community
Fund of Boeing
John and Mary England
Alan Erdman
JoAnn Erselius
EverReady Services
James D. and Joan R.
Fackler
Fred and June
Fangmann
Bonnie Feicht
Joan Ferguson
Kathy Ferguson
Donald Fick
Warren E. and Phyllis
A. Fick
Spencer and Judy
Fienup
Liane Figur
Mike Fink
Foam Supplies, Inc.
Karen Foster
Susan Franson
Chester and Ruth
Frazier
Merle and Phyllis
Freitag
Linda Fuchs
Ruth M. Funck
Gregory and Jenny
Gastler
Greg Gates
Gateway Technology
Solutions LLC
Lori George
Bradley J. and Theresa
M. Gibson
Ron Gittemeier
Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church,
Arnold
Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church,
Manchester
David A. and Kathleen
M. Gramlich
David R. and Edith M.
Grieshaber
Sandy Griffard
Jennifer Grimm
Charles and Margy
Groennert
Paul and Cheryl Grosse
Vernon D. and Betty J.
Gundermann
Gary and Cindy
Guthrie
Susan Habegger
Peggy Haeger
Irene Haerther
Ellen L. Hageman
Donald E. and Gail L.
Hahn
Susan Halm
Mark Hanneken
Greg Hantak
Bruce M. and Judith A.
Hartung
Teresa Haynes
Nancy Hecht
J. Philip and Shirley
Hellwege
Joel and Marcia Hempel
Joyce Hennen
Elmer and Mildred
Herring
Walter G. and Dorothy
A. Hick
Bernice Hilgert
Duane E. and Marjorie
W. Hingst
Ralph W. and Sara J.
Hochgrebe
David and Connie
Hoffman
Darlene Y. Hoffmann
Jan Hoffmann
Karl E. Holderle, III
Joyce E. Hollrah
Howard C. and Wilma
L. Holman
Joyce Holtmann
Al and Susan Holzborn
Sandra Hood
John and Cleta Hoover
Betty Horrell
Addie Horstman
Fred and Sandy Hughes
Jason and Erica Hughes
Marilyn Hughes
Denis and Sandra Hugo
Allan and Barbara
Huning
In Faith Community
Foundation
Boone and Jill Jackson
Tom and Chris James
Maxine Jeffrie
Laura Jensen
David Jockenhoefer
Pearl Joersz
Dorothy Johnson
Thomas P. and
Adrienne R. Johnson
OUR LASE PROMISE: LASE partners with parents,
educators, and schools by providing solution-focused expertise and encouragement that transforms their desire to
inspire the God given potential of every child into reality.
Lester C. and Wanda L.
Kaempfe
Tim and Kathleen
Kalinowski
Darek Kankel
Raymond and Ann
Karasek, Jr
Debbie Kasten
Wayne and Sharon
Kaufmann
Michael and Patricia
Keen
Kenneth E. and Judith
W. Kempen
Lois Kendellen
Derek Kenkel
Kristine Keppel
David and Karen Keske
Robert and Lawanda
Kieffer
Harold and Barbara
Kiehl
Steve and Linda
Kienstra
Jack Killoren
Betty Kling
Bob and Leslie Kluge
Grace Koewing
Alyce Korte
Richard J. and Mary L.
Kovach
Paul and Laura Kowert
Glenn and Cindy Kraft
Carl and Dorothy
Krause
Dale and Debra
Kreienkamp
Terri Kreienkamp
Christine Krenning
Larry and Joan Krueger
Robert and Ruth
Krueger
Dale and Karen Kruse
Donald E. and Susan
H. Kruse
Greg and Katie Kuester
Gary and Judith
Kupferle
Karen Kurtz
Gerald and Carolyn
Kwentus
Joe and Cindy Lammert
Ray and Janet Lammert
Marjorie Lang
David and Gertrude
Learman
Marilyn Lehenbauer
Gene and Linda Lehr
Don and Lori Leupold
Marsha Lewis
Matthew and Diane
Lewis
William E. and Sharon
Lichtenberg
Versa Lindemann
Joseph and Sandra
Loduca
Norb and Margot Loebs
Laurence E. and Carol
Lumpe
Lutheran Church
Extension Fund
Lutheran Church of the
Living Christ
Lutheran Foundation
Of St. Louis
Lutheran School of
Nursing Alumni
Lutheran Trust
Tim and Sue Madden
Carol Markway
George and Mary B.
Marshall, Jr.
Betty Marting
Myron A. and Shirley
L. Marty
Daniel and Christine
Mattson
Harry A. and Deanna
Mauchenheimer, Jr.
Sally McCarthy
Michael and Janine
McGovern
Richard N. and Irene
McLaughlin
Diana Meers
James E. and Janey A.
Menner
George E. and Dolores
Mertz
Kathryn Meyer
Paul and Sandra Meyer
Ralph and Jana Meyer
William F. and Sharon
K. Meyer
Denis and Sandra Meyr
Paul and Gwen
Middeke
Jane Mihalevich
Milton Gaebler
Charitable Foundation
Dave Montandon
Tom and Lucille
Moorman
Barbara Morrison
Diana Mortensen
Chris Moss
Joan Scheele Mueller
Kenneth and Cindy
Mueller
Rick and Kathleen
Mueller
Teresa Mueller
Dave and Jane Muzik
Monica Nagel
Rick and Sue
Nahmensen
JoAnn Nappier
Carlton A. Nebel
Robert W. and Esther
O. Negwer
Robert and Ida
Neumann
Clarence H. and Joan
G. Newberry, Jr.
Ruth Nolle
Andy and Alice Nutis
Pat and Victoria
O’Neill
John and Donita
Obermann
Marge Ockrassa
Lynne O’Connell
Keith and Kathy
Odegard
Gail Olson
Our Redeemer Ladies
Guild
Elizabeth Pacheco
John and Sharon Pahde
Lenora Parker
Kristina Paul
Aaron and Jennifer
Pawlitz
Peace Lutheran Men’s
Club
Milton Perko
Vicki Petkovich
Judy Pfeiffer
Warren W. Pflantz
Beverly Phillips
Karen Piedimonte
Susan Pinkel
Raymond and Doris
Plahn
Jerry and Judy Potthoff
Kerry Pozaric
Paul and Carol Prange
William J. and Judith
C. Preuss
William and Janet
Profilet
Susan Puryear
David Rachell
Jeanine Rainey
Erwin J. and Karen J.
Rasch
Dorothea N. Rau
Shirley Rauh
Carrie Reck-Meyer
Shirley Rector
Ellen Reichert
Jack Reiner
Mary Reinhardt
Lutheran Church of the
Resurrection
Beau Rheinberg
Barbara Rheinecker
Phyllis Richter
Doris Rittmann
Sue Robertson
Roxanne Rohlfing
Mary Roth
Ellis and Joyce
Rottmann
Ruez Law Firm, LLC
Rick and Judy Ruf
Elaine Ruff
Jim and Donna Russell
Salem Ladies Guild,
Affton
Clara Salzman
Carl and Joyce Sattovia
Carl Saubert and
Muriel Perillat
Allen W. and Diane J.
Schade
Martin W. and Linda J.
Schaper
Darrell and Debra
Schelp
Michael J. and Karen
M. Scheve
James and Bette Schlie
Steven and Deborah
Schmich
James and Sherry
Schmid
David and Gladys
Schmidt
Donald and Carol
Schmidt
Lois Schmidt
Scott and Susie
Schmieding
Walter M. and Lee H.
Schoedel
Vicki Schrader
Eugene E. and Jaclyn R.
Schroeder
Ted Schuessler
Donald and Wilma
Schuhmann
Jonathan and Sue
Schultz
Walter M. and Angela
Schulz
Marjorie Schuppan
Rodney E. and Ruth I.
Schury
Karen Scuito
Tom and Teresa Seiler
3558 S. Jefferson Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63118
Norman and Darleen
Sell
Richard G. and Carolyn
R. Sellke
Al and Ruth Senske
Roger Sexton
Robert A. Shively
Timothy and Pamela
Shocklee
Stephen S. and Sandra
L. Siepman
Ralph Simon
Janet Sims
Mark and Barbara
Smith
Gib Snyder
Jerry and Linda Snyder
Gary Spieler
Carole Spree
Glen M. and Patti
Sprich
St. Louis Christmas
Carolers Association
Kermit and Karen
Starnes
Jeannie Steenberge
Joseph J. and Donna
Steiner
William and Teresa
Steinkoetter
Dennis and Diane Stout
Christine Stratmann
Vicki Strohm
Anita Sutter
Take Charge of
Education
Aaron and Laura Telle
Audrey Telle
Jean Tenholder
Pat Thayer
Dianne Thies
Thrivent Central
St. Charles County
Chapter
Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans
Thrivent Jefferson
County Chapter
Thrivent Mid So. St.
Louis County Chapter
Thrivent North St.
Charles County
Chapter
Thrivent South St.
Louis Chapter
Thrivent W. St. Charles
County Chapter
Thrivent West St. Louis
County Chapter
The Tilles Fund
Gary and Diane Timm
Freiderica Timmerman
Michael and Chris
Tomlinson
David A. and Delores
E. Trampe
Sarah Trulaske
UMB Bank
Eugenia Urban
Variety the Children’s
Charity of St. Louis
Mel and Kathleen Vasel
David and Karen
Vaughn
Jane Victor
Mike and Emilie
Vincent
Nicki Vitale
Stuart and Janet
Vogelsmeier
Barbara Wagner
Betty Wall
Richard and Diane Wall
JoAnn Londoff Walsh
Barb Wanzel
Mary Warner
Woody Weigandt
Mark and Judy
Weinrich
Gerald E. and Karen P.
Wendt
Linda Wentzel
Milfred G. and Nelda F.
Wesselschmidt
Karen West
Barbara Wietecter
LeRoy and Jane Wilke
Peter and Doris Wille
Judith Winker
Paul and Phyllis
Witbrodt
Wilmar and Louise
Woelzlein
Shirley Wolters
Connie Workman
Arthur F. and Margaret
L. Young
Sally Zehnle
Karl and Lorena Ziegler
Lois D. Ziegler
Mary Zoughi
Gayle Zumwalt
“The expertise
of our LASE
teacher
has been
invaluable to
both teachers
and students
at our school”
– LASE
Principal
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