Our new School Principal, Richard Nordmeyer

Rich Nordmeyer is motivated today by the same thing that motivated him to enter the Lutheran teaching ministry 3 decades ago, the love of children. As an administrator he wants to provide a safe and secure environment where children can develop those special gifts and talents that God has blessed them with. That simple philosophy drives him to challenge staff and parents to be a part of that process giving each child the opportunity to do so.

Rich and his wife, Donna, love to travel. Rich’s love for history and geography has taken him to almost every state in the union, Europe, Canada, Mexico. Someday he hopes to travel to South America and the Far East. Having grown up south of Chicago both Rich and Donna are avid Chicago sports vans. Growing up on the farm in Illinois Rich developed a love of gardening; whether it is planting vegetable gardens or perennial flower gardens.

Rich received his B.A. degree from Concordia University, River Forest and his M.A. in education from the University of Evansville. He has served in the teaching ministry in Lutheran congregations in Evansville, IN; Ann Arbor, MI; Kankakee, IL; and now Costa Mesa, CA. He feels that teaching at many different grade levels during those years has helped him to be a more effective administrator. He has served on many different committees at the district level both in Michigan and Illinois and has been active with the National Lutheran School Accreditation teams.

His wife Donna worked for Hospice of Michigan and Hospice of Kankakee for the last fifteen years. Just recently, she made a vocation change and is now a flight attendant for Southwest Airlines. Donna has played hand bells in the church hand bell choir and has been active in the congregation on the parish fellowship board and other areas. The Nordmeyers have two grown children, Nicholas and Erin. Both are single and have full time employment in Illinois.