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JUNE 25, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 27
KBA Students Will Live and Learn Their Faith Every Day BY JEFF FALK
Founding a school is a huge, complicated undertaking that requires in-depth planning and critical thinking, and it’s not without risk. For Kingdom
Builders Academy (KBA), it is truly a leap of faith. “It’s a larger undertaking because we’re starting from the ground up,” said KBA principal Kelly Burrows. “It takes a lot finances, a lot of people, and
See Kingdom Builders Academy pg 9
Members of CVHS’ Class of 2025 process into the main hall at Calvary Church.
CVHS Presents Its Next Group of Productive Citizens based on a timed schedule. It’s the beginning of self-exploration and independence. Now they can set their own time schedules and set their own goals. I think we’ve laid a lot of the groundwork needed to be successful. But life isn’t going to be as rigid as it was the last four years.” During the evening hours of June 6, CVHS sent forth 346 new members of society during its 67th commencement exercises held at Calvar y Church. The two-hour celebratory ceremony afforded students, along with their families and friends, an opportunity to reflect on their scholastic careers, to revel in the moment and to peer into bright futures. “I think it’s a culmination of
“Celebrate America!” Concert Planned
all the emotions,” said Fox, who served as the commencement’s master of ceremonies. “(The graduates) are excited for the next step. It’s an excitement that has built up, and it ends with a celebratory time with family and friends.” After the students processed to their seats, the audience heard three inspirational student speeches - “Closing the Gaps” from Alex Rivera Jr., “The Power of Opportunity and Legacy” from Cindy Fuentes-Perez and general remarks from Class of 2025 president Camden Zoll. The crowd also heard from Conestoga Valley School District superintendent Daniel Hartman and school board member Idette Groff.
Train Service to Event Added BY ANN MEAD ASH
In 2024, Kat Prickett of Perfect Harmony planned the first “Celebrate America!” concert on the lawn at Paradise Station. The free concert featured the New Holland Band playing a number of patriotic tunes, the vocal trio of Perfect Harmony, and fireworks in a special Independence Day event. This year, the event will be bigger than before. “We are doing more than last year,”
said Fred Hughes, director of the New Holland Band. “Celebrate America!” will be held at The Barn at Paradise Station, 312 Paradise Lane, Ronks, on Thursday, July 3. Food Truck Alley, featuring vendors and activities, will open at 4 p.m., and the concert will begin at 7:30 p.m., with fireworks scheduled for 9:15 p.m. The rain date for the event will be Sunday, July 6. Food available for purchase at
See CVHS Commencement pg 2
See “Celebrate America!” pg 7
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eading, writing and arithmetic. The high school experience imparts a great many lessons on a great many subjects to its students. But perhaps the most profound lesson that schooling can teach young adults is how to be lifelong learners. A scholastic education can spark interest and create a thirst for knowledge and ideas that is unquenchable. “I think graduation is both a beginning and an end,” said Matt Fox, who’s been the Conestoga Valley High School principal for two years. “It’s an ending for high school students living their lives
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Children interested in Kingdom Builders Academy tour the private school’s facilities.