A Message from the Superintendent

Dear friend:

Your partnership and investment are crucial for Lancaster Mennonite School to thrive. Without your investment, many of our students would not be here to take advantage of the opportunities we offer. The result would be an elitist school that would not reflect the values of our faith community.

Opportunities—we all like them. We provide opportunities for our children and our grandchildren. LMS provides valuable opportunities to a wide spectrum of students through many disciplines including FFA, music, drama, athletics and more. We also offer 14 Advanced Placement classes, and our PreK and learning support programs are highly respected throughout the county.

Now, there is excitement about Mandarin Chinese being added for the fall. This goes hand in hand with our goal to be a place where local and global meet—where students think and act globally. Our graduate profile states that students, upon completing their schooling at LMS, should:

• Practice global awareness, cultural sensitivity and humility, and respect, with an anti-racist lifestyle and compassionate living
• Have a love for God’s creation and its diversity in the natural environment and peoples
• Cultivate a world view informed by Anabaptist/Christian faith Respect all human life, and show commitment to forgiveness, understanding, reconciliation and non-violent resolution of conflict
• Participate and be accountable in the life of a church community Maintain healthy relationships with … family, church, workplace and community

These values are in our DNA and thus are interwoven into the curriculum through Bible memory, earth care clubs, chapels, history and economics classes, and many other ways. Value is added to education at LMS through character development, community, diversity, global connections, quality academics and teachers who love their students.

At the recent Senior Parent Night, some seniors publicly thanked their parents for sacrifices that made it possible for them to attend LMS. That thanks extends to you as well! 

This year over $1 million is needed in gifts to the Annual Fund. Alumni Phonathon, Race for Education, and other campus events help us move toward this goal, but we are not there yet. To end the year with a positive balance in the operating account, $295,000 is needed before June 30.

We invite you to take advantage of this opportunity to make a generous investment that will add value to an LMS education. Children for generations to come will thank you.

Shalom!

J. Richard Thomas
Superintendent

PS to alumni and parents: The phonathon Challenge Fund Match still stands. Take advantage of this opportunity to maximize your giving by sending your gift today, marked for the LMS Phonathon. Thank you for your support of our students!