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LMH departments award students

Lancaster Mennonite High School presented department awards to 12 seniors at its annual awards assembly on May 13. Each academic department selects one senior to receive that department’s award for outstanding work, ability, and leadership within the department. This year’s selections are:

Left to right: Emily Shank, Kyle Kreider,
Yixin Zhang, Matthew Lauver, Rachel
Saunders, Tyler Beaston, Saier Zeng, Isaiah
Rivera, Michelle Bendit, Jeffrey Miller, Kristen
Garber and Donald Benkendorf

• Agriculture: Kristen Garber, daughter of Joe and Yvonne Garber, Lancaster
• Art: Michelle Bendit, daughter of David and Deborah Bendit, Landisville
• Business: Yixin Zhang, daughter of Bing Zhang and Qinghuai Zeng, Beijing, China
• English: Emily Shank, daughter of Rowland and Donna Shank, Lancaster
• Family and Consumer Sciences: Rachel Saunders, daughter of Alan and Grace Saunders, Nottingham
• Mathematics: Kyle Kreider, son of Bruce and Beverly Kreider, Mount Joy
• Music: Isaiah Rivera, son of Marisol Sarabria, Columbia
• Physical Education: Donald Benkendorf, son of Donald and Lynn Benkendorf, Willow Street
• Science: Saier Zeng, daughter of John Hanlon and Guangting Sui, Lancaster
• Social Studies: Matthew Lauver, son of David and Alice Lauver, Conestoga
• Technology Education: Jeffrey Miller, son of Paul and Karen Miller, Elizabethtown
• World Language: Tyler Beaston, son of Robert and Rebecca Beaston, Elizabethtown