CHAPEL SERVICES First through eighth grade chapel services are conducted every morning at 8:03 a.m. Wednesday’s chapel service is a 35-minute community Eucharist that is open to the entire St. Luke’s Church and School community. Our PK3-K service is held Mondays-Thursdays, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Friday’s service includes all students, PK3-8th grade. Family members are always welcome to join us for chapel services, but we encourage students to continue to sit with their classmates. Students are expected to behave respectfully and attentively during chapel and assemblies. Backpacks and other personal items are not permitted in the sanctuary during chapel service.
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND CLUBS Co-curricular activities at St. Luke's provide enrichment opportunities in areas of interest that may not be fully explored during the school day. Classes offered range from chess to the Sound of St. Luke’s. For our older students, student organizations such as the Student Voice and National Junior Honor Society will continue to be club options along with various interest clubs sponsored by faculty members.
DANCES St. Luke’s hosts two middle level dances per year. These events are open to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students from St. Luke’s and other area middle schools. St. Luke’s administrators work closely with Student Voice and Parent Council to organize these events. Details about dates and times are provided well in advance of the dances. The following dress code will be enforced: no bare midriffs, bare backs, bare shoulders, revealing necklines, or spaghetti straps. No overly short apparel, no less than mid-thigh. For boys, all shirts should have sleeves.
DECLAMATIONS AND CHAPEL TALKS Declamation is a unique feature of the St. Luke's experience. Declamation provides practice in public speaking and lifelong appreciation of poetry and literary craft. Through their participation, students learn the elements of successful recitation: sufficient volume, voice inflection, proper speed and pauses, and good eye contact. Every student in the 1st-8th grades will offer at least one public declamation for their parents and/or peers over the course of this year. We will also have a special declamation day for non-English declamations during the spring semester. Community members are invited to support our declaimers. Eighth grade students also write and prepare one original chapel talk to deliver before graduation. This talk is both a summative demonstration of the public speaking skills each student has acquired at St. Luke's and a personal reflection on the most meaningful aspect of the student's educational experience. Students submit their speeches to the chapel talk advisor at