May 2009 - All Campuses

ALL CAMPUSES

Openings in all grades
Openings remain at all grade levels except for PreK and kindergarten at the Kraybill Campus which has a waiting list for both. Please encourage your friends to check out our excellent PreK–12 program by calling the Kraybill Campus at (717) 653-5236, New Danville at (717) 872-2506, Locust Grove at (717) 394-7107, or Lancaster at (717) 299-0436, ext. 312. Financial aid and scholarships are still available; contact Janet Kreider at (717) 653-5236, ext. 201, for more information.

High school commencement activities and eighth grade recognition
The Class Dedication for seniors will be held Friday, May 29, at 7:00. Commencement for seniors will be held Saturday, May 30, at 10 a.m. in the Calvin and Janet High Fine Arts Center. Reservations are not needed for Friday, but for Saturday the entire auditorium is reserved for ticket holders until 9:50 a.m. Persons not holding tickets may watch commencement on video in Alumni Dining Hall.

Eighth grade recognition programs will be held Tuesday, June 2, at 7 p.m. at the Lancaster and Locust Grove campuses, and Wednesday, June 3, at 8:45 a.m. at Kraybill. Annual fund update Letters are being sent to LMS friends in early June, inviting them to invest in our students before the end of the fiscal year on June 30. Approximately $225,000 is needed to meet the gifts line in the operating budget. Please consider the most generous gift you can, and send it to LMS before June 30.

Seventh Grade Retreat—a reminder
The all-school Seventh Grade Retreat will be held May 26–28 at Spruce Lake Wilderness Camp in the Poconos. The cost is $85 for transportation, food, activities, and lodging.

Starting next year, the Seventh Grade Retreat moves to the fall. Parents of present sixth graders, please put September 15–17, 2009, on your calendar now! The location will be Refreshing Mountain Camp near Stephens, north of the Turnpike. The first day will mostly be experienced at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area. The basic format will otherwise follow the Spruce Lake trip.

Golf tournament benefits Annual Fund
Thank you to all who helped raise approximately $28,000 for the Annual Fund during the April 29 LMS Golf Tournament. A big thank you to our five corporate sponsors as well as our Eagle, Blazer and Lightning sponsors. Thanks, too, to our student helpers and our volunteer golf committee: Al Shirk, Lisa Horst, John Mattilo, Cheryl Miller and Fred Winey. Interested in being a corporate sponsor in next year’s event? Contact Heidi Stoltzfus at (717) 299-0436, ext. 308.

Linda Ebersole Memorial Golf Tournament
Mark your calendar for the Linda Ebersole Memorial Golf Tournament that will be held Friday, September 18, at the Lancaster Host Golf Resort. The shotgun start is set for 1 p.m., and the format is individual. A meal and the awards ceremony (more than 20 prizes) follow the round. The cost is $85.00 each. Save the date!

Prayer and Praise
A Prayer and Praise flyer is sent out bi-monthly that includes numerous LMS prayer requests and praise items. If you would like to receive this flyer, please contact Deborah Sprunger at sprungerdl@lancastermennonite.org or (717) 299-0436, ext. 701..

Photo art show
The high school’s Photo 2 students will open an art exhibit in the Sound and Vision Gallery at Glick Audio and Video with a reception on Friday, May 22, from 7–9 p.m. The show will run through August.

Middle School Fine Arts Festival a success
The third annual LMS Middle School Fine Arts Festival on April 2 drew an even larger crowd than last year. The event included a combined band and strings group (from all campuses), two handbell choirs, and five choirs (including three from Kraybill). There were 26 individual/small group entries this year which included instrumental, vocal, and piano categories.

Parents were delighted with the talent and training represented in the outstanding art show, organized by art teachers from all campuses. The music judges noted that students who participated last year were even better this year.

Thanks to the work of many, this event has not only provided a forum for featuring the arts in our schools, but it has also helped our music and art students grow.

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 Susan Burkholder at (717) 394-7107 or burkholdersr@lancastermennonite.org.

Accomplishments

• This spring girls soccer won their section championship.
• Aaron Gish, Seth Moffett, and Taylor Wenger have been invited to enter the 2010 Merit Scholarship Program. These juniors are among the 50,000 highest-scoring participants of the 1.5 million program entrants.
• Kaela Landis will represent LMH at the 2009 Best of the Class Luncheon at Millersville University in May. Throughout the summer, she will be featured with other seniors on WGAL‘s Best of the Class updates.
• Juniors Mollie Lehman and Jonathan Hershberger will attend the Rotary Leaders Conference at Messiah College this summer.
• Freshman Nick Bybel remained undefeated in the regular season boys tennis schedule and went on to win the Lancaster Lebanon League Class AA crown as well as the District 3 Championship.
• Senior Matt Hostetter won golds in the long and triple jumps during the L-L League Track and Field Championship Meet on May 9.
• For the 12th year in a row for the girls and the 7th year in a row for the boys, Kraybill track teams placed first in the Commonwealth Christian Athletic Conference and the Mid-Atlantic Christian Schools Association.
• In the Lancaster-Lebanon County Safe Driving Competition, Andrew Krieder finished first in the Perceptual Driving Test with the highest score ever recorded in this particular category. Kori Wenger tied for first in the Pre trip vehicle check, and Brandon Dimmig finished third.
• The following students are the top three winners in the pie baking contest held this spring: Greg Ebersol, first; Seok (Daniel) Ahn, second; and Lauren Longenecker, third. The pies were auctioned off at Locust Grove’s annual auction.
• Forty-two LG students had poems selected to be published in Creative Communication's “A Celebration of Poets” this Spring. Fifth graders: Luis Arauz, Jonathan Becker, Hannah Brubaker, Vanessa Charles, Joshua Imhof, Hadassah-Sara Lanson, Heather Leiby, Madeline Mast, Emily Peifer, Ashley Smoker, and Tara Stoltzfus. Sixth graders: Sophi Ali, Mikayla Eby, Alexa Evans, Erin Groff, John Hursh, Lindsey Kreider, Shayna Landis, Michelle Nathan, Wandy Ortega, Rudy Rigano, Austin Sauder, Mason Stoltzfus, Keeton Yost, Ben Zook. Seventh graders: Elizabeth Byler, Emely D'Oleo, Julianna Dorozynsky, Joe Eberly, Bethany Eby, Lucas Forte, Kate Frey, Carolyn Krasley, Sophia Mast, Caleb Prescott, Fransesca Rosario, Heather Rudy. Eighth graders: Danielle Godfrey, Marshall Horst, Zac Hummel, Priscilla Perez, Sara Schlosser.
• Locust Grove eighth grader Marshall Horst, and seventh grader Sophia Mast both received a Certificate of Merit during the 2009 Scholastic Writing Contest.
• Go to www.lancastermennonite.org for details for the following accomplishments:
• On April 14, 68 HS students were inducted into the National Honor Society. The students were chosen by the faculty on the basis of scholarship, character, leadership and service.
• Twenty incoming ninth graders have been awarded Freshman Scholarships of $1,000 each, for 2009-10. The scholarships were awarded on the basis of academic performance, character, leadership, and school and community involvement.

• Staff Recognition

  At a staff appreciation banquet on May 4, staff members were recognized for their years of service to the school.  Click here for a list of staff recognized for years of service.

   

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