Valley Lutheran Parents,

My name is Andrew L. Kudray. I am an education student from

Concordia University Ann Arbor. I will be student teaching this semester with
Mr. Barry Wittig. This is a bold, new journey for me, but that does not mean
that I will not help provide an educational experience for your children that is
well worth your hard-earned money.
I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about myself. As
aforementioned, I am an education student at Concordia University in Ann
Arbor, Michigan. However, my hometown is Shelby Township, which is near
Macomb. My home church is Faith Lutheran in Troy (the one with Senior
Pastor Warren Arndt). I have never lived in Saginaw before, but my initial
impressions have been very positive. I greatly appreciate and respect such a
close-knit and kind community, especially one that is devout and vocal
regarding our shared Christian faith. In fact, this community that is present
in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod is one of the reasons that I wish to
enter teaching in schools affiliated with the LCMS.
From an educational standpoint, I am the byproduct of two worlds. I
was a public school student up to and including sixth grade. Beginning in
seventh grade, I became a student at Trinity Lutheran in Utica. Following
eighth grade (also at Trinity), I went to Lutheran High School North in
Macomb, graduating in 2009. I have experienced great experiences in the
public schools, but the LCMS school system has changed my life in so many
great ways; I am more knowledgeable about my faith and I have learned

much about the secular world as well. I do not merely want to teach in LCMS
schools.
I want to teach because of LCMS schools.