St. Paul Lutheran School Getting New Principal

WESTLAKE -- Jeremy Louden has been hired as the next principal of St.
Paul Lutheran School, 27981 Detroit Road, Westlake.

Louden is expected to begin his duties this summer.

“After just a few years in the classroom, Mr. Louden's superiors told him he
was going to be an administrator some day. He continued teaching and added two Master's
Degrees in Administration and is now primed to put all this
preparation into his leadership of St. Paul Lutheran School,” said
Interim Principal Rev. Dr. David Buegler. “There is a verse in the
Bible that says, 'For Such A Time As This... I am thrilled to quote
that verse to speak about our excitement in bringing Jeremy Louden
from Texas to Ohio for such a time as this.”

A 2002 graduate of Lutheran West High School, Louden grew up attending
West Park Lutheran School in Cleveland. He is a graduate of
Concordia College in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and most recently has been
a teacher at Lutheran South Academy in Houston, Texas since 2007.
Louden is an award-winning basketball coach and band director, and
holds two Master's Degrees: one in Educational Administration and one
in Coaching and Athletics. He has also completed the Lutheran Church
Missouri Synod (LCMS) School Leadership Development (SLED)
certification.

Louden is married to Elizabeth Louden, a teacher who also hails from Ohio.
They are the parents of Natalie, 6, and Maverick, 3, and also expect
their third child in October.

Louden was chosen by the St. Paul Lutheran Call Committee and School Board
members for the position after an extensive search process. St. Paul
Lutheran School will celebrate its 160th anniversary next
year.