Spring 2012 - Lancaster Mennonite School

Awards Highlight Excellent writing CurriculumFern ClemmerTwelve students received Gold Key writing awards through the Lancaster CountyRegional Scholastic Writing Awards Contest, showcasing the strength of the LMSwriting curriculum. Senior Natalie Brubaker’s piece was also nominated for theAmerican Voices award at the national level. Gold Key winners include, left to right:Zachary Yoder (9), Grace Jemison (12), Faith Dinger (8), Natalie Brubaker (12), SophiaMartin (8), Rebecca Lauver (8), Maia Garber (8), Lydia Rittenhouse (12), LucasJemison (8), Lara Strickler (12), Benjamin Stutzman (8) and Kate Hernquist(8)Students excel at PAComputer FairThrough opportunities to develope her talentsat LMH, senior Morgan Steffy, shown above,took first and second place at the PA ComputerFair in high school web page design. KraybillCampus eighth-graders Bryce Yoder and JosiahKratz also took first place prizes in the middleschool computer animation and digital videocategories, respectively. The computer fair was alocal competition for all schools in Lancaster andLebanon counties. All three students qualifiedfor the state competition in Carlisle in May.Zachary LeesMaria WaterfieldNIE writing awardsSophomore Maria Waterfield and Kraybill Campusfourth-grader Zachary Lees won first placeawards in the Newspapers In Education JournalismContest. They both received a cash awardand their writings and photos appeared in theIntelligencer Journal/New Era in March.Two athletic scholarships awardedTwo LMH seniors received athleticscholarships to join Division 1 programsin the fall. Abigail Basom will play fieldhockey for Liberty University in Virginiaand Keegan Rosenberry will continue hissoccer career at Georgetown Universityin Washington, D.C.Abby BasomKeegan RosenberryLancaster Symphony FinalistsLancaster Mennonite’s reputation for excellence inall areas was enhanced as LMS musicians capturedthe top two honors in the Lancaster SymphonyOrchestra competition on March 18 at Franklin &Marshall College.Freshman Ziyue Wang, 15 (standing), took tophonors with her performance of Mendelssohn’sPiano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, opus 25 andearned a $4,000 scholarship.Sophomore Yudan Wang finished second andreceived a $200 prize.Rheinheimerearns toprecognitionIn a season that saw hereclipse the 1,000-pointmark and snag the thirdspot on the all-time leadingscorers’ list, senior JessicaRheinheimer also earned thetitle of Lancaster Newspapers’ Girls BasketballPlayer of the Year.Rheinheimer finished her career with 1,303career points, averaging 17 points per game thisseason, and led the Blazers to the league final.She will play for Eastern Mennonite Universitynext year.After coaching for seven seasons, SherriGorman will be stepping down from the girlsbasketball program to coach at her alma mater,Elizabethtown College. Gorman led the Blazersto a District 3 Class AAA title in 2008.Eli PassageBridges S P R I N G 2 0 1 2 | 9