Mount Hope Lutheran Church began as a mission church in Casper, Wyoming in 1962. The church building was completed in 1964 and an educational wing was added in 1982. A preschool for three and four year olds began the following year and has continued to the present. But just as our Saxon forefathers in 1839 had a vision to provide day schools with all churches, the members at Mount Hope Lutheran Church intended to start a school. In mid July of 1996, in response to the preschool parents asking for a kindergarten, the chairman of the Board of Education contacted Betty Garwood, who was teaching in public school in Sheridan, Wyoming. He asked if she would be able to prepare a kindergarten classroom, order materials, and teach during the 1996-1997 school year. She agreed and in July the voters approved the resolution for implementation of a day school in the fall of 1996, beginning with kindergarten.