High School Academics

At Lancaster Mennonite High School, we take pride in pushing our brightest students to academic excellence. We offer a broad range of challenging university-level courses, including classes taught by professors from Eastern Mennonite University and Harrisburg Area Community College.

LM has a variety of the core STEAM classes for high school students looking to gain the knowledge from the coursework, strengthen 21st century skills, and attain tools needed to succeed in the workplace of the future. In addition LM provides extracurricular clubs, sports and competitions to participate in.

Classes Include:

• AP Biology
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Chemistry
• AP Computer Science Principles
• AP Computer Science A (coming 2021-22)
• AP Physics C: Mechanics
• AP Statistics
• Honors Physics
• Technology and Design
• Music – Instrumental, choir, band and orchestra
• Art – 2D Design, Painting, Drawing, Photography, and Sculpture
• Culinary Arts
• And many more…

Each spring, students select their courses, both requirements and electives, for the following school year. This is a process that involves the support of their parents, advisory group leader and school counselor. Typically students will take time in advisory groups to select courses for the following school year. Once the advisor and student select courses, the course selection form requires a parent signature. With parental approval, the course selection form is then submitted to the guidance office for the counselor’s final approval before being submitted.

Our grading scale is modeled off of the standard high school grading system.

• A (Superior):                       90-100
• B (Good):                            80-89
• C (Average):                        70-79
• D (Below Average):             60-69
• F (Unsatisfactory):               Below 60

Lancaster Mennonite School realizes that many significant lifelong skills and interests are developed outside the classroom setting. Mini-courses for grades 11 and 12 and class experiences for grades 9 and 10 provide opportunities for students to learn with their peers and teachers and benefit from teachers’ expertise and creativity.

Mini-courses are a minimum of three days and may include overnight trips or day trips for those three days. Students may count school-led summer trips as their mini-course prior to their junior or senior years. Mini-courses focus on an academic area and/or service and occur every two years (spring of even years). Students receive a pass/fail grade for 0.25 credit.