Trinity Charter School began partnering with Bokenkamp in 2004 and has campuses at each of the four children's centers in Texas: - Krause in Katy - New Life at Canyon Lake - Nelson in Denton - Bokenkamp in Corpus Christi. The charter school system was created to allow educators and therapists to develop curriculum to address the needs of the emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children at the centers.

New Life Children's Center is an
affiliated program of Lutheran Social Services.

 

New year brings new leadership to
charter school for abused, neglected children
July 12, 2005

Austin - Longtime Central Texas educator Bruce Rockstroh has been named Educational Director of Trinity Charter School, which has campuses at each of the four Texas children’s residential treatment centers owned and operated by Lutheran Social Services: New Life at Canyon Lake, Bokenkamp at Corpus Christi, Krause at Katy and Nelson at Denton.

Rockstroh is responsible for the education of more than 400 emotionally disturbed children.

The charter school system, which begins its second school year in August, allows educators and therapists to develop curriculum to address the needs of the emotionally and behaviorally disturbed students at the centers. Because the children come from homes where education was not a priority and their lives are recently disrupted while in the child welfare system, they are often two to three grade levels behind when they are admitted to the centers. Trinity Charter School’s goal is to help the children reach grade level so they can succeed academically after being discharged.

“I hope to inspire the faculty and staff to find new ways to help students learn and grow,” said Rockstroh. “Together, we can create dynamic, caring schools that extend learning well beyond the traditional school day and include a holistic approach to education.”

Rockstroh earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Texas Lutheran University and a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is a lifelong Lutheran, attended Wartburg Seminary and has worked in several church positions, including Director at Camp Chrysalis. Rockstroh brings 15 years of experience as a teacher and administrator to Trinity Charter School.

With four residential treatment centers serving more than 240 abused and neglected children in Texas every day and an award-winning foster care program that serves more than 1,100 children, LSS is the largest provider of residential services to abused, neglected and troubled children statewide.

Lutheran Social Services is the social service arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. LSS annually serves more than 23,000 children, elderly and poor in Texas and Louisiana regardless of religious beliefs, ethnicity, gender or age. Its affiliated ministries include children’s residential treatment, therapeutic foster care, adoption, emergency assistance, services to the poor, health care and retirement centers, adult day care and disaster response.

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