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Superintendent’s note
On February 10, I participated in the dedication of the Kristin L. Palazzo Gallery at the Kraybill Campus—for me a moving event. Kristin attended Kraybill Campus and then LMH. She died in the fall of 2006 while in her junior year.
Kristin was a dedicated Christian, excellent student, talented artist and teen role model. This hero of faith has now crossed to the heavenly realm and is part of the cloud of witnesses described in Hebrews Chapter 12. We celebrated her life in the building dedication and now want to preserve her story to invite future generations of students to holistic growth.
The dedication was also a time to reflect on the LMS commit- ment to the arts and holistic education, at a time when some schools are cutting back on recess, art, music and other important areas in order to increase their emphasis on testing. At LMS we also provide time for Bible classes and chapel or classroom devotions. The dedication reminded me of the LMS commitment to educate the whole child and the community support we receive for this vision.
Our students’ college entrance examination scores, along with feedback from recent graduates, informs us that caring about the whole person not only improves test scores; it also prepares students for life after their PreK–12 educational experience.
We pray that this gallery and the story of Kristin will continue to inspire a Christian vision for future generations of elementary and secondary students. We believe this vision is an LMS distinctive worth our celebration and investment.
J. Richard Thomas
Looking Ahead - All Campuses
| Feb. 22 & 23 | LG MS Drama, Charlotte’s Web, 7 p.m |
| Feb. 24 | HS Winter Concert, 3 p.m |
| Feb. 25–29 | Quilting Bee at Lancaster, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. |
| Feb. 29 | MSC HS Band/Orch. Fest. Concert at Lanc., 7 p.m. |
| March 6 | PreK–8 Early Dismissal (12:00 for KR, 12:30 for LG and ND, 12:44 for LMMS) |
| March 6 | Parent-Teacher Conferences for PreK–8, 1–8:30 p.m. |
| March 8 | LG Soup, Salad & Sundae Supper at LG, 4-7 p.m. |
| March 19 | End of Third Quarter |
| March 20 | No classes/Snow Make-up |
| March 21 | Good Friday, No Classes, School Offices Closed |
| March 24 | No classes/Snow Make-up |
| March 27 | Prospective Student Day |
| March 27–28 | Lanc. MS drama, Anne of Green Gables, 7 p.m. |
Looking Ahead for:
In This Issue...
- Applications for next year/openings in all grades
- Prospective Student Day
- Applications for scholarships and financial aid
- Honor rolls
- Winter Concert on February 24
- Quilting Bee—Lancaster
- MSC Band/Orchestra Festival
- Campus Chorale—March schedule
- Volunteers needed for alumni phonathon
- Super Supper—Locust Grove Campus
- NYC Day Trip—still room for 24!
- Track and Field Facility
- Parents of preschoolers
- Upcoming drama performances
- Les Miserables dinner theatre—order tickets today
- Golf tournament—fun way to help students
- Stewardship University
- Mennonite Children’s Choir
- Student achievements
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ALL CAMPUSES
Applications for next year/openings in all grades
Students who have not yet returned their registration forms for the 2008-09 school year are encouraged to do so as soon as possible. Having course requests in early allows the school to build the best schedule possible for students. There are openings in all grades for next year. Please encourage prospective students to consider the opportunities at Lancaster Mennonite’s four campuses.
Prospective Student Day
March 27 is a Prospective Student Day at all campuses. This is a day for prospective students to consider the faith-infused opportunities of an excellent education at LMS. Times are 8:05–3:05 a.m. for the high school and morning only for other grades. To register, call Kraybill at (717) 653-5236; Lancaster at (717) 299-0436, ext. 311; Locust Grove at (717) 394-7107; and New Danville at (717) 872-2506. Parents should arrange transportation.
Applications for scholarships and financial aid
Scholarships and financial aid must be applied for each year. Applications were sent home with the 2008-09 registration form in December. Additional applications are available at the school offices or on the school’s website, www.lancastermennonite.org. Current families should apply (pink form) no later than April 18. The purpose of financial aid is to make attendance at LMS available to all families, regardless of income. Please note that your 2007 federal tax form (Form 1040) is the one that is needed for this year’s application. If you sent your 2006 federal tax form, please send in your 2007 form as soon as it is completed. Form 1040 is required before financial aid will be awarded, due to EITC requirements. Call Janet Kreider at (717) 653-5236, ext. 201, if you have questions.
Honor rolls
Honor rolls for second quarter are available.
Winter Concert on February 24
You are invited to the high school Winter Concert on Sunday, February 24, at 3 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center. Support your students and enjoy all the school’s music groups.
Quilting Bee—Lancaster
The Lancaster campus will hold its quilting bee February 25–29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Alumni Dining Hall lobby. The noon
meal will be provided. Quilters can also help by donating or finishing a top, donating a completed quilt, or making a special quilt or wall hanging. Call Gary Hiller at (717) 653-5236.
MSC Band/Orchestra Festival
The High School Band/Orchestra Festival, sponsored by Mennonite Schools Council (MSC), will be held at Lancaster Mennonite’s Fine Arts Center Friday, February 29. The public concert is at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited.
Campus Chorale—March schedule
You are cordially invited to attend a Campus Chorale program this spring. Here is the March schedule:
• March 2, 7 p.m., Mountville Mennonite Church
• March 9, 10 a.m. Keystone Baptist Church, Red Lion
• March 9, 7 p.m., East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church
• March 30, 10 a.m., Hershey Mennonite Church
• March 30, 7.p.m., Florin Church of the Brethren
Volunteers needed for alumni phonathon
We need parent volunteers on March 3, 4, 6 and 13 from 5:30–9:00 p.m. to help with this year’s alumni phonathon (don’t worry, there is a script provided). This is our largest fund raiser for the annual fund, and we need your help to reach our goal of $180,000. Please call Jeff Shank or Deb Sprunger at (717) 394-7107 if you are willing to volunteer. Thanks!
Super Supper—Locust Grove Campus
Locust Grove’s annual Soup, Salad, and Sundae Supper will be held Saturday, March 8, from 4–7 p.m. at the Locust Grove Campus. Tickets are available at the Locust Grove office—$7.00 for adults, $4.00 for children ages 3-12. Come and enjoy Lancaster County’s best soup, bread and salad, and make your own sundae. All funds raised will go toward the Playground Fund for Locust Grove. This event is being combined with our Family Fun Night; many games and activities are being planned for the evening. Pottery Works will also be present for a fun time of painting pottery.
NYC Day Trip—still room for 24!
Tickets are still available for the bus trip to New York City on March 22. Executive Coach is offering transportation for 55 persons at $40 each. This is a great opportunity for you, your friends, family, or Sunday School class. E-mail Deborah Sprunger at sprungerdl@lancastermennonite.org
TRACK AND FIELD FACILITY
By Heidi Stoltzfus, director of advancement
So far, $405,000 has been contributed toward a new track and field facility at the Lancaster Campus. Our goal is to start this project as soon as possible. We need you, our community, to let others know why this is needed for our students. A track and field program can accommodate many students, and it encourages healthy life styles. Yet, we are the only school in the league who cannot host or practice at our own facility. Currently our students must go to Lampeter-Strasburg and practice after LS practices. This makes for some late evenings for our students.
Please encourage persons to give; an additional $550,000 is needed before groundbreaking can occur. This year the Iron Bridge Run/Walk raised over $33,000 to help the project. Thank you for participating in that event! Next year it will be held in September, so start thinking now about who can sponsor you as you run or walk.
If you’re interested in giving, have ideas of others who might support the project, or have questions, please contact Heidi Stoltzfus at (717) 394-7107 or stoltzfushe@lancastermennonite.org
Parents of preschoolers
Story Time Pre-school will be held 9:00–10:15 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday mornings March 25–May 15 for children ages 3–5. Sponsored by the high school child development classes, this event is held at the Lancaster Campus in the family and consumer science department on the lower level of Graybill Hall. For more information and to register, call Cheryl Miller at (717) 299-0436, ext. 426.
Upcoming drama performances
• Locust Grove middle school students will perform Charlotte’s Web this Friday and Saturday, February 22 and 23, at 7 p.m. at Locust Grove. An offering will be received in lieu of tickets.
• LMMS will perform Anne of Green Gables, Thursday and Friday, March 27 & 28, at 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center. Tickets at the door will be $3.00 for students and $5.00 for adults.
• High school students will perform Les Miserables 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, on sale now (if exact payment is included) 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 send payment and a self-addressed stamped envelope to LMH Musical, 2176 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, Pa., 17602. Reserved tickets need to be claimed at least 30 minutes before the performance. Groups rates are available upon request.
Les Miserables dinner theatre—order tickets today
You are invited to the LMS Dinner Theatre sponsored by the Alumni Association on Saturday, April 26. The evening includes appetizers at 5:00 in the dining hall gathering area, dinner at 5:45 in Alumni Dining Hall, browsing through the Arts and Crafts Festival, and reserved seating for the 7:30 performance of Les Miserables. Please include payment with your order ($40.00 each). Parties who wish to dine together should register at the same time and list all guests. Meal options include chicken cordon bleu, carved ham, and a vegetarian lasagna. Call (717) 394-7107.
Golf tournament—fun way to help students
This year’s LMS Golf Tournament (morning and afternoon rounds) will be held at the Lancaster Host Golf Resort on Wednesday, April 30. The fee of $85 per golfer includes a light snack before round, greens fee, cart, meal following round, and prizes (both skill and door). In addition, non-golfers are invited to attend the meals following the rounds. Brochures will be sent in a few days. For more information, contact Deborah Sprunger at (717) 394-7107 or sprungerdl@lancastermennonite.org.
Stewardship University
LMS will host Stewardship University on Saturday, March 1, at the Lancaster Campus. Students, staff and parents are invited to attend this educational opportunity that promotes holistic stewardship. Students will be able to take these classes at no cost. For more information call (800) 348-7468, ext. 269, or write to education@mma-online.org.
Mennonite Children’s Choir
The Mennonite Children’s Choir of Lancaster and four local musicians—Rosemary Siegrist, Doris Hall-Gulati, Christy Heatwole and Ryan Kauffman—will present a concert Sunday, February 24, to benefit Mennonite Central Committee’s relief work in Sudan. The concert, titled “Beyond Ourselves,” begins at 3 p.m. at Neffsville Mennonite Church.
Student achievements
• Four students received recognition in the recent Newspaper in Education Week’s contests. At New Danville, kindergarten student Kearstin Groff received 2nd place in the “illustrating headlines” category. At Locust Grove (all eighth graders), Morgan Steffy took third place and Taylor Smith took honorable mention in journalism. Sophia Mast took first place for the “design an ad” contest. Please look for entries in the March 4 issue of the Intelligencer Journal and/or the Lancaster New Era.
• Seven LMH students received awards during the 2008 Scholastic Writing Contest. They are senior Sara Lefever, Gold Key for personal essay; senior Suzanne Yocom, Silver Key for poetry; and five who received a Certificate of Merit—junior Alexandra Diamantoni, personal essay; senior Audrey Ebersole, personal essay; senior Jenna Ebersole, journalism; junior Lucas Good, personal essay; senior Chelsea Vecchiarelli, personal essay. The pieces were written for English teachers Jane Moyer, Kathleen Engle and Jonathan Metzler.
• Ted Maust has been selected as a finalist in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program. The selection of 8,200 Merit Scholarship winners from more than 15,000 finalists is now in progress; winners will be announced in the spring.
• Junior Heidi Weaver has been named Paradise Rotary Club Student-of-the-Month for March.
• Senior Darren Weinhold recently received Teen of the Week honors with the Lancaster New Era.
• The HS girls basketball team won the section 4 title by beating Lancaster Catholic in a one-game playoff. They then took second place in the League finals and advanced to District playoffs.
• The high school chess team finished their regular season in first place, with 14 wins, two losses. They will face Warwick or Hempfield in the final round of playoffs for the League title. Several team members will also compete at States on March 8 and 9 at Carlisle.
• In Lancaster Mennonite School’s recent Middle School Spelling Bee, Lancaster Campus eighth grader Amy Mishler took first place, Kraybill Campus sixth grader Jesse Schatz placed second, and Lancaster Campus seventh grader Aaron Blakely took third.
• Three high school juniors have qualified for PMEA Region V state music festivals. Maggie Nicholas, soprano I, will participate in the chorus festival March 27–29 at Lititz Christian. Eric Umble, clarinet, will participate in both the band and orchestra festivals, and Devin Troy, violin, will participate in the orchestra festival. Band will be held February 21–23 at Shippensburg University, and orchestra March 6–8 at Williamsport Area High School. Public concerts are Friday at 7 p.m., and Saturday at 2 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
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