ALL CAMPUSES

Spring Open House/High School Spring Concert
A Spring Open House is set for Sunday, May 18 from 1–3 p.m. for parents and students interested in learning more about PreK–12 opportunities at Lancaster Mennonite’s four campuses.

The event, to be held in Alumni Dining Hall at the Lancaster campus, will include conversations with staff, program and scholarship information, campus tours, and refreshments. Please share this information with families you know who would benefit from the many opportunities at LMS. We are accepting applications for all grade levels at Kraybill, Lancaster, Locust Grove, and New Danville for the 2008-09 school year.

Everyone is also invited to the high school spring concert at 3 p.m. that day in the Fine Arts Center.

Tuition Payment Options for 2008-09
Sometime in the next week each family will be mailed a Tuition Agreement form with detailed information about the tuition options for 2008-09. You will use this form to select the tuition payment option for your children at LMS. There will be three options:

1. Payment in Full by Check/Cash by June 10, 2008.
2. Monthly Automatic Bank Withdrawal (12 months, June 10, 2008, to May 11, 2009)—no fee
3. Monthly Coupon Booklet (12 months, June 10, 2008, to May 11, 2009). There is a $10 monthly fee for this option.

Please return the Tuition Agreement form to the school office by May 12.

Art Preview, Locust Grove auction—this weekend!
The Locust Grove Campus will hold its 34th Chicken Barbecue and Benefit Auction on Friday, April 25. On Thursday, April 24, there will be an Art Preview Reception from 4-7 p.m., exhibiting originals and limited-edition prints by numerous local artists including Julia Swartz, Liz Hess, Freiman Stoltzfus, etc. Refreshments will be served.

On Friday, the 25th, the Chicken Barbecue is set for 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the Benefit Auction starts at 4:00, featuring specialty items, art and handcrafted items, lawn and garden items, gift certificates, collectibles, and more. Call (717) 394-7107 for more information.

Les Miserables—this weekend!
High school students will perform Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo, during the school’s 29th annual Arts Festival Thursday through Saturday, April 24–26. Times are 7:30 each evening and 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $8.00 for students and $10.00 for adults except for Saturday’s matinee when they will be $1.00 off. For tickets call (717) 299-0436, ext. 340, or come to the box office Monday through Friday, 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

The Arts Festival will be open before and after each performance. Prospective students with free LMS passes must make reservations with friends or family to ensure being seated together.

Dinner theatre, Les Miserables—call today!
For tickets to the annual LMS Dinner Theatre for Saturday evening, April 26, call Deborah Sprunger immediately at (717) 394-7107. Tickets are $40.00 each.

Kraybill auction May 9 and 10
The Kraybill Campus of Lancaster Mennonite School will hold its annual Benefit Auction & Pig Roast Friday and Saturday, May 9 and 10, offering unique experiences, food and merchandise. Friday features an all-you-can-eat southern style Pig Roast from 4:30–7:30 p.m. Friday’s 6:30 auction will feature items specifically for children, women and men. Saturday’s auction begins at 8:30 a.m. and includes a quilt sale at 1 p.m. A wide variety of food and children’s activities are available throughout the event. Click here for detailed auction information and pictures. You may also call (717) 653-5236.

LMS Golf tournament—still room in morning group!
The LMS Golf Tournament will be held at Lancaster Host Golf Resort on Wednesday, April 30. The fee of $85 per golfer includes light food before the round, greens fee, cart, meal following round, and prizes. Don’t miss this fun event as we raise $32,000 toward our Annual Fund. For a brochure, click here, or call Deb Sprunger at 394-7107.

MSC Choir Festival
The Mennonite Middle School Choir Festival, sponsored by Mennonite Schools Council, will hold a public concert Friday evening, May 2, at 7:00 in the Fine Arts Center, Lancaster Campus.

One or two adult volunteers are needed to help John Miller with this event, since he will be directing the entire group this year. Help is needed, especially 8–9 a.m., at lunch, and 5–7 p.m. Please contact Mr. Miller at millerjj@lancastermennonite.org if you can help.

Honor rolls
The honor rolls for all campuses are here:

• High School
• Middle School

Campus Chorale performances in May 

• Sunday, May 4, 10 a.m. at Mellinger Mennonite Church
• Sunday, May 4, 7 p.m. at Goodville Mennonite Church
• Sunday, May 18, 3 p.m., Spring Concert at Lanc. Fine Arts Center
• Sunday, May 18, 7 p.m. at Stumptown Mennonite Church
• Friday, May 30, 6:30 p.m. at LMS Fine Arts Center

Campus Chorale will record this year’s music on Saturday, May 17, and will have CDs available for sale shortly thereafter. Cost is $10. Contact Mr. Miller at millerjj@lancastermennonite.org.

Mennonite Children’s Choir
The Mennonite Children’s Choir of Lancaster, a program of LMS, will perform Sunday, May 3, 7 p.m. at New Holland Mennonite Church; and Sunday, May 4, 6 p.m. at Mount Joy Mennonite Church. All are welcome.

Spring recital for Mrs. Ide’s students
A spring piano recital for Mrs. Ide’s students will be held Monday May 12, 3:30 p.m. in the chapel at Mennonite Home, 1520 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster.

Middle school programs at KR and Lanc.
The Kraybill and Lancaster campuses will hold middle school music programs Tuesday, May 20, at 7 p.m. at their campuses. Family and friends are invited.

Eighth grade recognition
The Eighth Grade Recognition at the Lancaster and Locust Grove campuses will be held Thursday, May 29, at 7 p.m. Kraybill will hold theirs on May 30 at 9 a.m. Parents, grandparents, relatives and friends are invited to this significant event.

Fellowship of the Spring
This year’s trip to Spruce Lake involves both 7th and 8th graders from the Lancaster and Locust Grove campuses. Students will be camping in tents, doing nature study, orienteering, hiking and worshipping together. The dates are May 27–29.

  

Mennonite Sports Organization (MSO)
Elementary Programs
This fall the MSO will offer two sports: Boys Soccer (Grades PreK-6) and Girls Field Hockey (Grades 1-6). Please go to www.mennonitesports.org to register. For more information contact Jeff Shank at (717) 394-7107.

Annual Fund update
Giving to the Annual Fund is currently $510,000 toward the $1,000,000 that is needed by June 30. We ask each parent to give as the Lord has blessed them to help reach this goal for the Christian education of our children. The upcoming campus auctions and the LMS Golf Tournament are important events to help reach this important goal for our children. Thanks for your prayers, your giving and your participation in these funding events. We hope that, in addition to providing needed dollars, these events are times of fun and community building.

Camp opportunities
The Lancaster County Career and Technology Center and the Workforce Investment Board are providing three exciting Gold Collar Career Camps June 16–20, open to all Lancaster County students in grades 6–8. The cost is $50. The Brownstown Camp will focus on Green Energy and Green Construction careers. The Mount Joy Camp theme is Robotics and Engineering careers, and the Willow Street Camp will explore Healthcare careers. Registration forms are available at each school and should be completed by May 23.

Joint music event a first for LG and ND
For the first time, grades 3–5 students at Locust Grove and New Danville will perform a joint elementary spring concert. It will be held May 9, 7 p.m., at the Fine Arts Center at the Lancaster Campus. All students will sing, and grades 4 and 5 also will participate in the band.

Congratulations!
           

• Three LMH students won national awards in the Scholastics Art Contest. Sophomore Carli Bowman (digital photography) and junior Erika Babikow (black and white photography) won Gold awards, and senior Jung Gu Kim (mixed media) won a Silver. Click here for a complete list of LMS students whose work appeared in the local Scholastics Art Show this year.

• Junior Katelyn Vanderhoff was named Paradise Rotary Club Student-of-the-Month for May.

•  Four Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) members who attended the state competition now qualify for the National Competition which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, in June. They are: Laura Benkendorf, who placed 2nd in Accounting I, and three who placed 2nd in a group event called Management Decision—Chad Newcomer, Peter Mickley and Calvin Ruth.

• Maggie Nicholas has been selected to participate in the 2008 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) All State chorus festival which will be held at Hershey during the PMEA State Conference. She placed first in soprano I.

• On March 19, four LMMS students competed in the 55th Annual Lancaster Newspapers Science & Engineering Fair. They are: Katerina Warren, John Satriale, Chloe Mattilio, and Isaac King.

• On March 12, 10 LMMS students competed in the Regional Science Olympiad at Millersville University. The team medaled in Balloon Launch Glider, Robo Cross, Scrambler, and Trajectory. They are: Kirsten Sherick, Nicholas Dorozynsky, Austin Kirby, Amanda Potts, Raquel Wenk, David Sprunger, Daniel Sprunger, Chloe Mattilio, Aaron Blakely, Steven Wasilewski.

• The following HS students received recognition at the annual FFA banquet in early April: Kandace Hershey, Star Keystone for On Farm Placement; Katie Zimmerman, Star Keystone for Off Farm Placement; Derek Nissley, Outstanding Keystone Male Leader; Charise Garber, Outstanding Keystone Female Leader; Bryan Miller, American Welding Society; and Suzanne Yocum, Dekalb Agricultural Accomplishment Award.
Red Rose Speaking Awards: Caitlyn Kelly, Second in Jr. Prepared Public Speaking; Josiah Rohrer, First in Extemporaneous Speaking; Kelsey Good, Second in Creed Speaking; Kristen Garber, Third in Creed Speaking; and Andrea Rohrer, Fifth in Creed Speaking. All of these students represented Lancaster County at the Regional Contest on April 16.

LMS summer sports camps and enrichment
Sign up before May 30 to avoid a late fee! 

Revised since the school calendar was printed!

Basketball

Girls basketball, grades 5–10	July 7–11
Boys basketball, grades 5–10	July 21–25

Field Hockey

Jr. high field hockey, grades 6–8	June 9–13
Sr. high field hockey, grades 9–12	August 4–8

Boys Lacrosse

Advanced skills, grades 9–12	June 16–19
Learn to play, grades 6–12	June 16–19*

Soccer

Elem. Coed soccer, grades 1–5	June 23–27
Jr. high boys soccer, grades 6–8	July 7–11
Girls soccer, grades 6–12	July 28–August 1
Sr. high boys soccer, grades 9–12	August 4–8

Tennis

Intermediate tennis, grades 4–8	July 28–Aug. 1
Advanced tennis, grades 9–12	Aug. 4–8

Volleyball

Girls jr. high volleyball, grades 6–9

July 14–18

Summer enrichment opportunities

Coed culinary arts, grades 4–9	July 14–18
Intro. to Stop-motion animation, grades 6–10	July 15–17**
Intro. to video production (iMovie), gr. 7–10	July 14–18**
Intro. to digital photography, grades 6–10	July 21 & 22
Middle school drama, grades 6–8	July 28–Aug. 1
Digital video editing, grades 6–12	July 23–25
Spiritual fitness, grades 10–12	June 6–8

Get a brochure and application here, or call Rachel Denlinger at (717) 299-0436, ext. 310.

*Will be held at the Locust Grove Campus (this camp was missed on the printed brochure but is included on the web site application)
**Will be held at the Kraybill Campus.

All other camps will be held at the Lancaster Campus.

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