About Us
We are a Lutheran school supported and operated by Lord of Life Lutheran Church, but both the church and the school are part of a larger Lutheran church body, the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). We are also affiliated with a Lutheran High School, Rocky Mountain Lutheran High School (RMLHS), and we consider ourselves a “feeder school” for RMLHS.
It has been a trademark of our 300+ school of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) in the United States to test higher than any other schools around the country. Our own teachers have been trained at nationally accredited educational colleges. They use multiple teaching strategies to reach each individual child, and our small classroom sizes help to get that individualized attention. The children not only recieve academic training, but also are taught in visual and performing arts, as well as physical education.
Our teachers show a deep care and concern for the whole child- spiritually, educationally, and socially.
Josh Glowicki
Growing up in a small town in Michigan, Mr. Glowicki attended public school through eighth grade. He then attended Michigan Lutheran Seminary in Saginaw, Michigan for his high school years. This school is a prep school which helps prepare students for the public ministry. He attended college at Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota. He took the five year program and graduated in 1998 with a bachelor of science in teaching degree. His fifth year was an emphasis in Physical Education.
Mr. Glowicki’s first teaching call was to Hoskins, Nebraska where he taught fourth through eighth grade in a two room school. He taught there for three years. From there he went to Yale, Michigan for three years where he taught sixth through eighth grade and served as the Principal. In 2004 he moved to Thornton, Colorado to open Lord of Life Lutheran School. He currently serves as Principal and teaches grades six through eight.
Adam Frey
Mr. Frey grew up in small town Nebraska where he attended the local WELS Lutheran grade school and high school. He then went on to Martin Luther College for the next five years and earned a degree in elementary education and secondary education with a major in Physical Education.
Mr. Frey and his wife, Larissa have a two-year-old son, Evan and a newborn, Natalie.
Mr. Frey is a big sports fan, and spends most of his free time watching or playing sports. His favorite sport teams are the Huskers, Jets, and Red Sox.
In the classroom Mr. Frey strives to reach all the parts of each learner- mentally, socially, and physically through auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learning experiences. He uses various teaching methods in group work, classroom instruction, and physical education classes.
Chelsey Hanel
Mrs. Hanel graduated from Martin Luther College May of 2007 with a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Music. In the coming years, she hopes to integrate more music education and experiences into the curriculum in all levels at Lord of Life School.
Mrs. Hanel’s interests include music, reading, art, Wisconsin sports teams and, of course, any form of coffee. In her classroom, Mrs. Hanel will encourage problem solving activities and learning based on visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning.
Shaun Glowicki
Mrs. Glowicki grew up in Milwaukee, WI and attended both a WELS Lutheran grade school and high school. She then went to Martin Luther College for four years and recieved a Bachelor of Science degree in Education.
Mrs. Glowicki has taught on and off for the past 10 years and has experience in teaching preschool to 5th grade.
In the classroom Mrs. Glowicki uses various methods of teaching to reach every learner. She thinks it’s great to teach at a Lutheran school so she can use God’s Word in every aspect of teaching.
Mrs. Glowicki is married to Mr. Glowicki and together they have 4 children. When she’s not busy with her kids or students her hobbies include gardening, scrapbooking, and reading. She also loves spending time outdoors downhill skiing, playing tennis, biking, and going for walks.
Carol Schmidt
Mrs. Schmidt grew up on a small farm near Madison, Wisconsin. After graduating from Martin Luther College, she taught grades 3 to 5 for five years in Sanborn, MN. She then moved to Aurora, IL and taught grades K to 4 for five years. When she moved to Colorado, she worked at King Soopers and then one year for the Colorado Preschool Program. She has been teaching preschool at Lord of Life for the past three years.
Her husband, Robert, and she have been married 18 years. They have four children.
Nicole Shade
Mrs. Shade has been a member of Lord of Life Lutheran Church for nearly 15 years. She is married to Clint Shade, better known as Coach Shade. She has three children.
When Lord of Life Lutheran School opened in 2004 she was blessed with opportunity to be the school secretary. This has turned into a job of many titles including nurse, hot lunch lady, teacher assistant, substitute, sign language teacher (the list goes on). She herself says that she couldn’t ask for a better job. Every day she gets to experience God’s work through the amazing staff and students we have here at Lord of Life. If you need anything, she would love you to know to just contact her and she will gladly point you in the right direction!
Phillip Sievert
Pastor Phil Sievert is our Pastor at Lord of Life Lutheran Church on 120th Ave and Northaven Circle. Pastor Sievert teaches religion classes to 5th through 8th graders at Lord of Life Lutheran School and shares God’s Word at the Wednesday morning chapel services (and helps coach different sports when he can find the time).
Pastor Sievert views our school as a valuable tool to carry out the mission Jesus has given to his church on earth, to make disciples of all nations, baptizing and teaching. “What a great ministry opportunity for our church - to teach children the wisest message of all, that Jesus is their Savior.”
Pastor Sievert and his wife, Shannon, have 4 children - Eli and Grace go to our LOL grade school and Hannah and Greta are enrolled at RMLHS.