Mission Statement
Proclaiming Jesus Christ through Excellence in Education.

Office: 4947 Alton Parkway, Irvine, CA  92604
Principal: Mr. Jeffrey Beavers
Assistant Principal:  Mr. Brian Underwood
Director: Dr. William Bartlett
Phone: (949) 916-0897
Email: office@clshs.org

Web site: www.clshs.org
Annual Tuition: $9,500 for 2007-2008;  $9,975 for 2008-2009.
Additional Fees: $500 registration fee

Scholarship Program: Need based.  Please see "Financial Aid Appication" under "Parents" on web site.
Application Deadline: Now registering for 2008-2009 school year.  Our 2007-2008 enrollment is 70 freshmen and 30 sophomores.  our projected 2008-2009 enrollment will be 110-freshmen (all new students), 70 sophomores (40 new sophomore students), and 30 juniors. 

Crean Lutheran South is a full-service, high quality Christian High School located near the easily accessed 1-5 & 405 freeway intersection (no Christian high school is presently in the city of Irvine or within 10 miles of this intersection), serving a 1.5 million population area.

During its first two academic years, 2007-2008 and 2008-2009, Crean Lutheran South will lease a beautiful and brand new 2-story, 31,000 square foot classroom building at 4947 Alton Parkway, in Irvine – on the campus of St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church. Weplan to move into our permanent campus, near the I-5/405 intersection, in our third academic year, 2009-2010. During our first two years, being just 2 miles from the beautiful Concordia University-Irvine campus (one of our Lutheran schools) and less than 1 miles from Irvine Valley College, we will use their gymnasiums and athletic fields.

Crean Lutheran South is academically excellent and distinctively Christ-centered:

Lutheran Education Is Not Only Christian, But Also Academically Excellent
In a recently published study (Jan. 2006), Lutheran schools scored significantly higher academically than all other schools (public, Catholic, charter, and other Protestant). Data for this study was derived from “the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics exam. When compared with other subjects (like reading, for instance), math is more heavily influenced by school than home experiences, so studying math achievement provides clearer insights into the relative performance of different types of schools. The 2003 NAEP samples are over ten times larger than in any previous NAEP administration, providing achievement and student, teacher, and administrator survey data on over 190,000 4th graders (up from 13,855 in 2000) in 7,485 schools, and more than 153,000 8th graders (up from 15,930 in 2000) in 6,092 schools.” (Christopher Lubienski, “Charter, Private, Public Schools and Academic Achievement,” p. 3). 

CLS  Will Meet the UC A-G Entrance Requirements
Crean Lutheran South meet or exceed the University of California “A-G” subject area requirements ensuring that LHS-OC students can participate fully in the first-year programs at the university (specifically the UC system) and other elite institutions in a wide variety of fields of study. In order to meet or exceed this standard, LHS-OC will ensure that the UC A-G Standard’s required 15 year-long high school courses will meet UC approval and be offered to all students.

AP Courses
Crean Lutheran South offers AP (Advanced Placement) courses in a broad spectrum of subject matters.

Technology
Crean Lutheran South integrates technology both into the curriculum and into the instructional methodology. Students will learn how to use technology both in terms of being competent in the commonly used business and educational software programs, and being immersed in on-line learning, communication, and hybrid (on-line and in-class) education.

CIF Eligibility (California Interscholastic Federation)
In our first year, 2007-2008, we compete at the JV level, fielding teams made up of freshmen, sophomores and juniors. CIF rules require that all new schools complete at the JV level for their first year only; after the first year, the school is eligible for varsity competition. Our first year, we will have freshmen, sophomores, and juniors and will therefore field competitive teams at the JV level, scheduling appropriate competition in that first year. Starting in our second year, CLS  will be eligible for full varsity competition.

 

Being a brand new school, we will unfortunately not be able to issue I-20 forms to non-resident international students during our first academic year, 2007-2008.  However, we anticipate that we will be able to issue I-20 forms for international students beginning in our second academic year, 2008-2009.   We will establish an international studies department and will warmly welcome international students as an important segment of our 21st century, global educational environment and family! 

Crean Lutheran South  Will Offer Special Needs Education
Special Needs education is offered to as large of spectrum of special needs students as possible.  Crean Lutheran South has a "Learning Success" program and a full time resource specialist teacher who works individually with students and families who benefit from individualized educational planning. 

Christian nurture within the Academic Program of Crean Lutheran South 
In the four years of Crean Lutheran South High (9th-12th grade), all students & faculty will read through the entire Bible, using a school-wide calendarization, and in a manner which is integrated across the curriculum. All graduates would have the distinction of having read through entire Bible.

• Honor the Bible as the standard by which we must evaluate all belief, instruction, policy, and practice (2 Tim. 3:16).

• Remain true to our statement of faith (2 Tim. 1:13).

Qualifications for Leadership

• Be servant leaders of evident ability and character (Ex. 18:21; 1 Tim. 3:1-13).

Spiritual Resources and Commitment

• Stay in close fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Don’t give Him reason to say, “I have this against you, that you have left your first love”( Rev. 2:4).

• Do the work of CLS in the Lord’s wisdom, strength, and passions rather than trying to do it on your own or according to your will, not His Word. (Gal. 2:20; 3:3).

• Show a consistent pattern of behavior that distinguishes us as the Lord’s people, whether on or off the job (1 Pet. 1:14-15).

• Always trust in God and do what is right (1 Pet. 3:16).

Concern for Those We Serve

• Provide the kind of personal, prompt, and practical attention that we would want for ourselves (2 Cor. 4:5, 15).

• Speak the truth in love. Avoid being unnecessarily offensive (2 Tim. 2:24).

• Cultivate an open and honest relationship with those who respond to our efforts (2 Cor. 4:2).

Quality of Service

• Strive for a quality of workmanship and presentation that will dignify, strengthen, and enhance our message (1 Cor. 10:31).

• Be faithful stewards of every resource entrusted to us (1 Cor. 4:2).

Character of Service

• Reflect Titus 2:7-8: In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness {8} and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.

• Reflect the highest sexual moral integrity consistent with Scripture… celibacy when single, fidelity when married. (Eph. 5:3)

• Marriage, reflecting God’s love for His children, is to be honored. While divorce tragically occurs in this life, it is always taken seriously, and may be grounds for termination of employment or disqualification from consideration for employment. Rare exceptions, agreed to by both principal and the board of directors, may be granted in unusual situations where repentance, counseling, and profession of agreement with God’s Word regarding marriage and divorce are professed. (I Cor. 7)

• Support the Bible’s intent that marriage be between one man and one woman in life-long commitment. (Rom. 1:18-23)

• Avoid indebtedness (Rom. 13:8).

• Never make our organizational survival the dominant motive for decisions (Phil. 1:19-26).

• Avoid self-congratulation (Prov. 27:2).

Relationship to the Whole Ministry

• Recognize, respect and support what the Lord is doing through all ministries of the church—not just your area. (1 Cor. 1:10-13).

• Avoid any lifestyle or work-practice that would compromise our purpose or weaken our effectiveness (2 Cor. 6:14).

• Conduct your ministries in a way that supports, encourages, and complements the whole church (Eph. 4:1-7).