Winter 2009 - Lancaster Mennonite School

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Locust Grove students catch the visionFor five Locust Grove ChallengeProgram* students, Dharavi, aslum in India, is no longer just a doton a map.It all began when teacher BarbaraJosephian introduced her fifth gradeclass to the unit on cities in whichstudents study how metropolitanareas work and then build a modelcity to illustrate what they havelearned. During the introduction,Josephian gave examples of citiesin third world countries that aren’tworking at all. When the class asked,“What are slums?” and “What is athird world country?” Josephian sawthe teachable moment.Bringing her May 2007 issue ofNational Geographic magazine to the next class period,Josephian shared pictures and stories about Dharavi wherechildren play in sewers, and malnutrition and pollutionabound. The students learned that nearly two billion worldcitizens live in slums, with one million of them in Dharavi’sapproximately one square mile area. It was then thatone student piped up, “Why don’t we rebuild Dharavi?”The four others quickly caught the vision, and before longthey were crawling around on a made-to-scale map ofDharavi, making infrastructure decisions that will createbetter living conditions. For example, their model city willfeature taller apartment buildings so a 200-square-foot livingarea will house 12 persons instead of 24.The students recently talked about how it feels to knowothers have so little when we in the U.S. have so much.“I hate it,” Abbey King said. “I feel, like, glutinous.”“We should try to do something about it,” added JulianBrubaker. Though the students tried to comfort themselvesLeft to right: Abbey King, Julian Brubaker, Seth Weaver, teacher Barbara Josephian,Rebecca Lauver and Emily Peifer.with the knowledge that the slum dwellers have differentexpectations and experience happiness in ways unrelatedto riches, they concluded that slum conditions are unjust.Their enthusiasm spread to the whole Locust GroveCampus. As a result, the March 31 Family Science Nightwill focus on projects that can help citizens of the thirdworld, and Locust Grove’s annual Valentines Project willbenefit orphan children in Zambia, Africa.“It’s wonderful when students grasp a concept likepoverty and world need,” Principal Judi Mollenkof said.“And when they transfer that into something they can do,that’s the school’s mission right there—‘transforming studentsso they can change our world.’ That’s what we’reall about.” ■*Lancaster Mennonite’s Challenge Program is designed to helpmeet the needs of academically gifted students by enriching andextending their education beyond the regular curriculum.■ Mary Anne Garber,who worked infood services at theLancaster Campusfor over three years,died Saturday,November 22,2008, after an automobileaccident.Students and staff Mary Anne Garberat the Lancaster Campus rememberedand celebrated Garber’s life during amemorial service held January 8 duringchapel.■ In December, the Kraybill Campusraised $2,950 for plastic sheeting thatwill allow Mennonite Central Committeeto provide shelter for over 1,000Chinese families who lost their homesduring the May earthquake. In addition,Locust Grove students donated non-perishablefood items for local food banks,and New Danville students collected115 shoebox gifts for Operation ChristmasChild, a program of Samaritan’sPurse. Shoe boxes were filled withschool supplies, small toys, and hygieneitems.New Danville students with some of theshoebox gifts they collected for OperationChristmas Child. Left to right: Emily Rosenfeld,Micaiah Barley, Josiah Sugden andErmisha Wanore. PHOTO: EDIE HESS8 BRIDGES • WINTER 2009
Celebratingachievements• Five music students were honored recently. LMS seniorEric Umble was selected to represent Pennsylvania in the2009 Music Educators National Conference (MENC) All-Eastern conference which will be held March 12-15 inProvidence, R.I. Eric will play his clarinet with a selectgroup of musicians made up of the best members fromall the State bands and orchestras on the East Coast. It isthe highest honor a high schooler can receive in thesecompetitions.In addition, four LMS students have been selected toparticipate in the Pa. Music Educator Association (PMEA)District 7 music festivals this winter. Senior Tyler Landis,tenor 1, was selected for the District 7 Chorus Festival.Qualifying for the District 7 Orchestra Festival are sophomoreDawon Suh, junior Andrea Mast, and junior DoyeonKim—all violinists. In photo at right the musicians are,seated, left to right: Andrea Mast and Dawon Suh. Standing,left to right: Doyeon Kim, Eric Umble and Tyler Landis.• Senior Jordon Smucker, shown at right, has been awardedan athletic scholarship for baseball from Binghamton University,a Division 1 program.As announced in the fall issue of Bridges, KatelynVanderhoff has been awarded a full basketball scholarshipfrom University of Maine, also a Division 1 school. InDecember, Vanderhoff reached her 1,000th career pointduring a game with Cocalico that was a 54–22 win for theBlazers. Vanderhoff is shown at far right with parentsCarol, left, and Bob Vanderhoff, along with coachSherri Gorman.• Golf coach Deryl Denlinger, at right, wasnamed Coach of the Year for leading histeam to its fifth straight Section Threetitle and a runner-up finish in the Lancaster-LebanonLeague team competition.Also under his leadership, seniorMatt Burkhart won the L-L Leaguechampionship, and son David Denlinger,also a senior, captured the PIAA title—thefirst Lancaster Countian to do so since 1988.• Other fall sports accomplishments include the field hockeyteam being named a co-section champion, boys crosscountry winning their division championship, and boyssoccer winning their section championship.• Students at the Kraybill, Locust Grove and New Danvillecampuses raised over $112,300 during their annual Racefor Education events, with Kraybill bringing in $90,000.The fund raiser benefits the Annual Fund.New Danville students participate in their Race for Education eventthat was held in the fall. PHOTO: EDIE HESSBRIDGES • WINTER 2009 9
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