History
Luther College was founded in 1913 as Luther Academy, with classrooms and dormitory space for 32 male students in Melville, Saskatchewan. Women first enrolled as non-residential students in 1920. In 1926, the school relocated to a larger campus in Regina and began offering university level courses. The college used to be officially affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan until 1968, and opened new residence halls and academic buildings on the University of Regina campus in 1971. The high school continues to occupy the 1926 campus.
On December 7, 2007, Saskatchewan Roughriders Head Coach Kent Austin visited the high school to speak to the students and brought the Grey Cup.
On September 23, 2008, a former student of Luther College returned during the schools daily chapel and held the congregation hostage. He returned with what appeared to be a firearm. He held the majority of the student body and the staff hostage in the gym. He forced the school's chaplain Larry Fry to read a letter he had prepared. The letter detailed why the student thought he had been wrongfully expelled. Partway through the ordeal the student let some people leave but many others just ran outside, where a very large police force was gathered. Eventually the school's principal Mark Anderson noticed that the weapon was in fact a pellet gun. Anderson made a move to disarm the student, during the struggle the Regina police SWAT unit moved in and apprehended the student. There were no physical injuries, and school did resume the next day. The former student who cannot be named due to Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act received a probationary sentence.
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