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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