About Us

Hephatha Lutheran School was established in 1983 with a vision to minister and educate the young people in a new, booming community. Through the years, the school has grown and become an environment that the faculty members, church members, and other stakeholders feels blessed to call home.

Hephatha grades are Preschool-8th grade. The Preschool and the grade school has approximately 200 students each. Hephatha offers an enriched curriculum with music and band, computers, library, electives, and Homework Club, Spanish (K-8), band, chess club, art club, Artmasters, cheerleading, drill team, theatre, and after school sports for grades 5-8.

Over the past 4 years 78% of Hephatha’s graduates attended Lutheran High School of Orange County. After high school our graduates have attended various places for higher education such as: Concordia, Notre Dame, Princeton, Chapman, USC, UCLA, and many others.

Information received from graduates and their families is that students that attend Hephatha for their elementary and or junior high years are well prepared for high school and higher education. This is consistent with Hephatha’s school philosophy and our expected school wide learning results.

Hephatha Lutheran School is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and National Lutheran School Accreditation. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) awarded Hephatha Lutheran School a full 6-year accreditation.

Hephatha Lutheran School is led by our Principal K.J. Voelker. To contact her or the school office on enrollment information please call 714 637-0887 ext 101 or email her at kjvoelker@sbcglobal.net. Other phone extensions and e-mail addresses are available in the Staff Directory.

SCHOOL’S MISSION STATEMENT:

The mission of Hephatha Lutheran School is, by the grace of God, to build up the family of Christ, to grow in faith, to assist families in discipling their children in a Christian Community, and to provide an enriched educational experience wherein all will find identity, purpose, and power for their lives in Christ by living in grace and in the knowledge of Him as their personal Lord and Savior.

School Hours:

Kindergarten: 8:30 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Grades 1-8: 8:20 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

School Office: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Students may arrive on campus at 7:00 a.m. but they must go to SAC. Any student arriving on campus after 8:00 a.m. will wait at the lunch tables until their teacher takes them to the classroom at 8:15 a.m. Kindergartner's day starts at 8:30 a.m. If they arrive on campus after 8:00 a.m. they are to go to the playground where they are supervised and taken to the classroom at 8:30 a.m.

At the end of the day Kinders are dismissed at 2:45 and the rest of the school at 3:00. SAC is available until 6:00 p.m. for those students who are not picked up by 3:15.

The school year begins in Aug. and ends in June. (Please see the calendar for complete details.)

Before and After School Care:

SAC: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Additional Information is available on the: SAC page