Conestoga Valley townlively.com
JANUARY 8, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 3
With education fair, local Christian schools are organizing and uniting BY JEFF FALK
Christian schools in Lancaster County have never really been competitors. Now they’re working together to align their missions
and streamline their efforts. T he up coming C hr ist i an Education Fair is an event that’s designed to draw strength from numbers, explore and promote the increasing popularity of See Education fair pg 2
Members of The Valley Voice staff gather for a photo during a school field trip.
Newspaper serves as amplifier for CVHS students’ voices BY JEFF FALK
“If they have any involvement in The Valley Voice, I want them to take away that they have a voice through writing.” ‘I will publish editorials, but I won’t publish rants.’ (Editorials) are opinion based on facts. It’s organized. We try to do our best to make sure when we’re reporting on things that it’s as accurate, fact-based and
unbiased as possible.” T he Valley Voice is not a printed newspaper; it’s a publication that appears totally online. It’s the product of a club or an extracurricular activity whose 10 to 12 members are CVHS students in grades nine through 12. They meet as an editorial staff one morning each week before the start of the school day. “They definitely tend to be self-motivated students,” said Lapp. “It’s extra work outside the classroom. It’s not easy. Many have leadership abilities and enjoy writing. If some students don’t enjoy writing, they may do photography. There is a place for students who don’t enjoy writing.” “I joined the Valley Voice because I wanted to have a voice at Conestoga Valley High School,” said Claire Shenk, the student newspaper’s editor in
Students from (clockwise from top left) Mount Calvary Christian School, Lititz Area Mennonite School, Dayspring Christian Academy and Lancaster County Christian School showcase some of the activities offered at their schools.
Sparking creativity Annual Kids’ Woodworking Day held BY ANN MEAD ASH
“I believe we’re created in God’s image, and God is a creator, and we’re meant to be creators as well,” said Levi King, chief operating officer with Quarry View Building Group. “Things like (Kids’ Woodworking Day) can bring that out.” Levi and his brother, Ben, who is president of Quarry View, began holding Kids’ Woodworking Day in 2018, when the organization partnered with Way of Jesus Academy through a board
See The Valley Voice pg 8
member of the academy whom they knew. The event invites area children to work with Quarry View employees and volunteers to create a woodworking project they can take home. This year, Quarry View partnered with The Factory Ministries to invite area children to participate at Quarry View’s headquarters on a former farm at 2603 Lincoln Highway East, Ronks, that the company remodeled and opened a year ago. Adam Nagle, executive director with The Factory Ministries, said See Sparking creativity pg 3
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ewspapers ser ve their communities by keeping readers informed, connecting neighbors and highlighting social causes. The Valley Voice seeks to do similar things for the Conestoga Valley School District community. A student-operated and student-published newspaper, The Valley Voice is a source, a resource and a learning tool. It teaches the role that newspapers can play in our society and encourages students to write about things affecting their worlds. “(T he Valley Voice) is the voice for the entire campus and the Conestoga Valley student community,” said Janae Lapp, The Valley Voice’s publication’s adviser and a journalism and English teacher at Conestoga
Valley High School (CVHS). “ W hen we ’re wr iting about things in our school, (being a voice) is something we’ve got to be so aware of. I tell (the students), ‘You’re students, but you’re also reporters.’ I tell them,