page_title: Winnebago Lutheran Academy
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Winnebago Lutheran Academy / History
caption_attribution_description: The entrance for Winnebago Lutheran Academy in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
context_page_description: Winnebago Lutheran Academy, also known as WLA, is a private Lutheran high school in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin associated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
context_section_description: It is the second oldest WELS high school, after Wisconsin Lutheran High School in Milwaukee. The school was founded in 1925 by St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Fond du Lac. After its start at the corner of Second and Marr Streets in downtown Fond du Lac next to St. Peter's Church, the academy was moved in 1955 to its current location at 475 E. Merrill Ave.
  It is the parent school of WLA Schools, a group of Lutheran grade schools. The schools are spread about a
  50-mile radius from Fond du Lac.
caption: The main entrance of Winnebago Lutheran Academy
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