Mr. Michael Yurk has seved as Principal at St. Paul since
2008.
Mr. Yurk was born and raised in Sheboygan, WI. He attended
Christian day school at Trinity Lutheran and graduated from
Sheboygan Lutheran High School. After high school he attended
Concordia University Wisconsin and majored in Secondary Education -
Business and computer science with a minor in religion.
Prior to coming to St. Paul, Mr. Yurk served at Luther North
High School in Chicago. During his 15 years at North he
served as Assstant Principal, Dean of Students and Athletic
Director along with teaching and coaching. In 2006, Michael
received his Masters in Educational Administration from Concordia
University Wisconsin.
Mr. Yurk is a graduate of The Van Lunen Center:
Executive Management in Christian Schools Fellowship Program
and serves on the LEA
(Lutheran Educators Association) National Board of Directors
(2016-2019).
Mr. Yurk is a member of the following professional
organizations:
- Lutheran Education Association (Board of Directors Member)
- National Association of Elementary School Principals
- The Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development
- Wisconsin Association of Supervision and Curriculum
Development
- Van Lunen Fellowship
- National Association of Secondary School Principals
- Association for Computing Machinery
Mr. Yurk has received the following professional awards:
- 2017 National Distinguished Principal (National Association of
Elementary Principals)
- 2017 South Wisconsin District Administrator of the Year
- 2017 Herb Kohl Excellence in School Leadership Award
Finalist
Mr. Yurk's interest include spending time with family, sports,
landscaping, grilling and the outdoors.
Christian education is an important part of our
society - especially in today's world. Christian education brings
so much more than required state curriculum. It is developing
spiritual, emotional, physical and social needs of our young
students. As educators we are only with our students for a small
portion of their lives. However the impact that we get to make on
them usually lasts an entire life time. The focal point of my
ministry and the mission of St. Paul will continue to be "Train a
child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn
from it." Proverbs 22:6