Operating Lutheran Academy in the current six buildings has been a complicated endeavor and in the long term, is unsustainable. What’s more, trying to continue in the current premises would not allow further growth. This is why the leadership at Lutheran Academy came to the decision to purchase the historic Neografia building and turn it into a school. The grand opening of the new premises took place on the first day of school, 2015. Continue reading
A teacher’s job is never easy. On the contrary, standing in front of children every day, addressing school bureaucracy, collective dynamics, and even such banalities as trying to find a parking space can be exhausting. It’s no wonder that sometimes a teacher can feel like a squeezed sponge—bent from use and without water! Continue reading
A new stage of life has just commenced for 2446 freshman students in the bachelor degree program, 1264 students in the master’s degree program, and 109 new PhD students at the University of Žilina. The joy of new possibilities and opportunities accompanied other good news. The university defended its position as a university and is ranked among the top research universities in Slovakia and abroad.
The Civil Association Against Corruption this year announced the literary competition entitled WE WANT LIFE WITHOUT BRIBES AND CORRUPTION. This second edition of the competition was attended by pupils grades 5-9 to include elementary through high school students from all over Slovakia. Participants were divided into two age categories. In the high school category, a student of the Lutheran Academy in Martin got rewarding silver. Continue reading
At the beginning of October, Matej and Mirko Mlynčekovci will celebrate their eighth birthday. They live in a family house in Sučany and both agree that it is an excellent place to live where they can go right outside to play. “Since childhood we love movement – we inherited it from our father. He has done sports all his life and encourages us to play. Mom takes care of us so that we have something to eat when we get starved from training,” brothers Mlynčekovci say with a smile. Continue reading
Lutheran kindergarten experienced its first farewell to its students. We said goodbye to Small Giraffes, the oldest of our nursery kids, as we saw them off to school.
Students of Lutheran Academy in Martin have achieved above-average results in several different biblical competitions. These students are exemplary representatives of our school, and are exhibiting a good testimony to their own faith as well as their dedication to Gospel values.
The Word of God contains many recommendations for how one should keep on the narrow path that runs with the way of the Lord. One of these recommendations is in Hebrews – “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unaware.” (Hebrews 13,2). This Bible verse spoke to the teacher of the Lutheran kindergarten to our preschoolers and kindergartners (Lutheran preschool and kindergarten in Martin). Continue reading
Since we no longer have classroom board games (e.g. Scrabble, Tick Tock Boom), we have finally approved the selection of new games that were of the most interesting. Teachers, however, wanted us to earn the money to buy these games ourselves. So we started to think how… Continue reading
Ahoj!
I had always wanted to know more about where my family came from. Traveling with a church group this summer, I visited Slovakia, a beautiful country with acres of farmland, fields of sunflowers and rows of wheat. With the help of the generous people I met along the way, I was able to walk in my grandfather’s footsteps and meet a family member I didn’t know I had. For the rest of my story, please keep reading! Continue reading
