Zion Lutheran School in Lincoln selects new Principal
Dr. Steve Parry to join the ZLS family July 1st

 

[March 01, 2023]  Since August 2020, Zion Lutheran School has been operating under interim leadership. We are grateful for those who have filled in to help our school move forward during a pandemic and all that came with that trying time in our world.

We are also grateful to our staff who have worked hard alongside interim leadership to maintain our one-of-a-kind culture and academic excellence during this time of transition.

Since the Fall of 2020, our doors have stayed open, students have been able to meet in person, and we have even seen an increase in enrollment. We are excited for the bright future God has ahead of us!

In January, we announced to our current ZLS families that Dr. Steve Parry has accepted the position of Principal at Zion Lutheran School. We are excited to share this news with the Lincoln community. Dr. Parry will be joining the ZLS family on July 1, 2023. Dr. Parry is a central Illinois native. Born and raised in Peoria, he attended a Lutheran grade school and received a B.A. in secondary education from Concordia University in Chicago in 1990.

He has served Lutheran schools in Illinois, Minnesota, and Indiana, earning a Master's degree in History in 1994 and a PhD in Professional Education Studies in 2007. He currently resides in Bloomington with his wife, Jennifer, who is a pharmacist at Jewel-Osco. They have two adult children: Joshua, who lives in Bloomington and works at a pet daycare, and Katey, who is finishing studies at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.

[Jodie Merritt
Administrative Assistant
Zion Lutheran School]