"To be a person is to have a story to tell."
Isak Dinesen

As human beings, we all have the need to share our stories and hear the stories of others. In language arts, we have the opportunity to learn and grow from sharing our own stories and reading the stories of others.

“Tell me a fact and I’ll learn.
Tell me a truth and I’ll believe.
But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.”
Indian Proverb

Through reading and writing, we not only learn and discover together, but we also understand and grow together. At St. John Lutheran School, we also have the unique opportunity to discover and understand God's story and our place in it.

"Story is the most natural way of enlarging and deepening our sense of reality, and then enlisting us as participants in it. Stories open doors to areas or aspects of life that we didn't know were there, or had quit noticing out of overfamiliarity, or supposed were out-of-bounds to us. They then welcome us in."
Eugene H. Peterson