Commencement for the Lancaster Mennonite High School class of 2016 was held 10 a.m. Saturday, June 4, in the Weaver Auditorium of the Calvin & Janet High Fine Arts Center, Lancaster Campus, 2176 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster. Commencement was preceded by a Senior Class Dedication service Friday night, June 3, in the same location.

The keynote speaker for commencement was Jon Carlson, pastor of Forest Hills Mennonite Church. Jon is a member of the Locust Grove Site Council, parent of LM students and spouse of Lyn, a teacher at LMH. Jon is also a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Executive Committee.

 

Three students were chosen to speak at the Senior Class Dedication service in lieu of a valedictorian and salutatorian: Benjamin Stutzman, son of James Stutzman and Ann Martin, Lancaster (Presidential Academic Fitness Award, Mathematics Department Award); Alexis Jones, daughter of Lisa Toodle, Lancaster; and Obse Tolla, daughter of Tolla Medeksa and Mulunesh Macha, Lancaster (International Student Leadership Award).

Degrees were awarded by Elvin N. Kennel, LMH principal; Elizabeth Landis, associate principal; Miles E. Yoder, assistant superintendent, and Diane Zimmerman Umble, Ph.D., board chair.

The class motto was “Don’t count the days, make the days count,” and the class verse is “For I know the plans I have for you, declared the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11)

The class procession was led by Madeleine Trompeter, class president; Clara Fong, vice president; Wenyuan “Iris” Wang, recording secretary; Faith Dinger, attendance secretary; and Luke Trimble, treasurer.

LANCASTER MENNONITE HIGH SCHOOL – CLASS OF 2016

CLASS OFFICERS

Madeleine Trompeter- President

Clara Fong- Vice President

Wenyuan “Iris” Wang- Recording Secretary

Faith Dinger- Attendance Secretary

Luke Trimble- Treasurer

 

  • Salem Abebe
  • Bethel B. Alemayehu
  • Jeisha M. Arroyo Acosta
  • Katie Rae Ashley
  • Evan C. Augsburger
  • Andrew Christopher Baak
  • Ryan Bailey
  • Alexander J. Baker
  • Abigail Katherine Beiler
  • Natnail Getachew Belete
  • Judah Blumbergs
  • Alex Michael Bollinger
  • Drew Michael Bollinger
  • Rebekah Renee Boone
  • Benjamin J. Breisinger
  • Naomi  Bronkema
  • Hannah L. Brubaker
  • Julian Samuel Graybill Brubaker
  • Breanna Buckner
  • Anyi Cai
  • Lauren Cairns
  • Kehang Chang
  • Vanessa Rose Charles
  • Ting Hon Cheung
  • Bora Choi
  • Isabella Breanna Clair
  • Hadassah Sara Colbert
  • Isreali David Colon
  • Annika Christine Cook
  • Joshua Daniel Davenport
  • James B. Davidson
  • Sophia Mei Rong Deibert
  • Madison Dietrich
  • Faith E. Dinger
  • James W. Duncan
  • John E. Ebaugh
  • Emma Lindsey Eitzen
  • Kenni E. Farrar
  • Nathan T. Flanders
  • Tsz Wing Fong
  • Maia Garber
  • Marshall Q. Gehman
  • Trenton A. Good
  • Collin T. Green
  • Marc Anthony Hall II
  • Nathaniel J. Harnish
  • Kathryn Hernquist
  • Faith Hershey
  • Alexandra B. Hill
  • Ruohan Hu
  • Cody Hurst
  • Joshua D.S. Imhof
  • Anna Elizabeth Jackson
  • Victoria Estelle Jarvis
  • Nathanael Jean-Philippe
  • Lucas Curt Jemison
  • Alexis Michelle Jones
  • Mariah Morgan Kaltenstein
  • Hyunwoo Kang
  • Erin Melissa Kauffman
  • Kyle J. Kerr
  • Kaden Kieffer
  • Ryan Kindelberger
  • Abigail M. King
  • Jack Daniel Kintigh
  • Josiah Curtis Kratz
  • Ivan Kuliashou
  • Alexa R. Kurtz
  • Rebecca Ann Lauver
  • Cheuk Lam Law
  • Emily Adeline Leaman
  • Kara Marie Leaman
  • Tsz Ching Lee
  • Heather Rose Leiby
  • Jiayi Grace Li
  • Wei Lin
  • Yang Liu
  • Qiaodan Lou
  • Alex Yaniel Malave Rodriguez
  • Seth Aaron Thomas Mann
  • Holly Gabrielle Martin
  • Sophia Martin
  • Madeline Hope Mast
  • Michael McAnany
  • Katherine McCoy
  • Madison Marie Monschein
  • Elijah Montanez
  • Jared David Mosteller
  • Victor Muhagachi
  • Su Youn Na
  • Jeremy Newswanger
  • Duc Tri Nguyen
  • Khai Mac Nguyen
  • Michael O’Brien
  • Sanghyun Park
  • Madison Victoria Peck
  • Emily Caris Peifer
  • Kate Elizabeth Phillips
  • Ezra Prescott
  • Noelle Rae Price
  • Damyan Zachary Reserve
  • Kyle D. Richards
  • Beardsley Rimpel
  • Keven Rios
  • Nelson Andy Rivera
  • Raven Rita Rodriguez
  • Briana Chantel Romero
  • Charles H. Ross
  • Sarah Rundle
  • Brian Sanvicente
  • Alison Sauder
  • Jeremy Dean Sauder
  • Changyu Shi
  • Isaac T. Sommers
  • Rachel Joy Steckbeck
  • Monica Erin Steffy
  • Rachel Stone
  • Benjamin Robert Stutzman
  • Chenxuan Sun
  • Sarah Taylor
  • Tatyana Anita Taylor
  • Edna E. Tesfaye
  • Vaughn Halsey Thompson
  • Obse M. Tolla
  • Ky An Tran
  • Luke Jeremiah Trimble
  • Madeleine Ruth Trompeter
  • Malena Tyson
  • Rajen Upreti
  • Nguyen Thao Van
  • Thuy Tien Ho Van
  • Stephanie Alizz Vazquez
  • Terrill Jordan Verling
  • Nicholas Steven Roth Walter
  • WenYuan Wang
  • Mingyang Wang
  • Seth Jaron Weaver
  • Katelyn Elizabeth Wenger
  • Lindsey Nicole White
  • Ekshesh A. Wurwur
  • Jiawei Xu
  • Bryce D. Yoder
  • Lea Quinn Zangari
  • Jingjing Zhang
  • Haoyuan Zheng
  • Linxuan Zhu
  • Siwei Zhu
  • Xinlei Zhu