No school Monday, January 18, 2027 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The school office is closed. Classes resume Tuesday, January 19.
Families sometimes ask, so it is worth saying: the federal holiday honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the twentieth-century American civil-rights leader. Our school is named for a different man — Martin Luther, the sixteenth-century German reformer whose recovery of the Gospel gave us the Lutheran church. Dr. King’s father took the name Martin Luther in the reformer’s honor, which is how the two names ended up in the same century.
Enrollment for 2027–28 opens to the public the next day, Tuesday, January 19. If you have been meaning to enroll, the long weekend is a good time to get it done.
Martin Luther School serves Early Childhood through 8th grade at 2616 S Connecticut Ave in Joplin, Missouri. The full 2026–27 school calendar has every date for the year. Questions? Call the school office at (417) 624-1403.