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Saxony Lutheran High School is a private,
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), also known as the Missouri Synod, is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 1.8 million members, it is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States. The LC ...
high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
located in
Jackson, Missouri Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. It is a principal city of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO- IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of Jackson was 15,481 at the 2020 census ...
, United States.


Organization

The governing body of Saxony is a board of regents. This consists of two members from each participating Lutheran congregation. The board of regents appoints an executive board. Saxony Lutheran has four elementary feeder schools, and twenty-four associate Lutheran churches. The school's facilities can accommodate 300 students, and had 226 students enrolled in the 2014–15 school year. It is a coeducational school that educates in grades 9–12.


History

Saxony Lutheran High School was established in September 1999, holding classes in rented premises. The school bought a parcel of land in Fruitland in January 2000, for $320,000. The current premises were opened, on that site, in the fall of 2004. In 2009, north-west and north-east wings were added to the building.


Athletics

Saxony is a member of the
Missouri State High School Activities Association The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) is the governing body for high school activities throughout the state of Missouri. Approximately 580 high schools are members of MSHSAA. The MSHSAA conducts championship-level activi ...
, which they joined in summer 2002. Their first athletic event, under the Association, was held on November 26, 2002. A new gymnasium was opened in November 2004. Teams use the mascot, and compete under the title, 'Crusaders'. The athletic activities that the school offers are baseball, boys basketball, boys soccer, cheer-leading, cross country, girls basketball, girls soccer, golf, softball, swimming, track, and volleyball.


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* {{authority control High schools in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Private high schools in Missouri Lutheran schools in Missouri Educational institutions established in 1999 1999 establishments in Missouri Secondary schools affiliated with the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod