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Whiz Kid: Lutheran South Track Star Is Graduation Speaker
Jon Lauer is our first Whiz Kid from Lutheran High School South.
Name: Jon Lauer
School: Lutheran High School South
Grade: 12
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Activities and Accomplishments: Jon has been named the graduation class speaker for the class of 2011. He is a state track medalist and has been a member of the varsity track team for four years. He recently broke a 30-year-old school track record in the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.73 seconds. He’s a KAIROS small group worship leader, president of Messengers (a student chapel drama group) and a member of the Lancer Singers. He is an honor roll student. He is also in the National Honor Society and the National German Honor Society. He also played soccer at LHSS for four years and basketball for three years.
Key to Awesomeness: “It’s really not about me. It’s about using the gifts that God has given me to glorify him.”
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