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L-S Staff, Students Say Goodbye to Maya BY GEORGE DEIBEL
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very dog has its day. For Maya, that day was May 27. Maya is retiring as full-time facility dog at Lampeter-Strasburg (L-S) High School, and the 10-and-a-half-year-old Labrador retriever was given a sentimental sendoff replete with balloons, photographs, a guest book for students to sign, and, of course, plenty of treats. “I feel like she has uplifted the spirits of everyone,” said school psychologist Kristin Glass. “She
BY GEORGE DEIBEL
“People talking, really smiling / A man playing guitar / And singing for us all / Will you help him change the world? / Can you dig it? Yes, I can / And I’ve been waiting such a long time.” - “Saturday in the Park” by Chicago
Parks Foundation is celebrating 10 years of concerts in the amphitheater by bringing back some of its top crowd-drawing acts on four summer Saturday nights. Sounds of Strasburg Free Concerts will be held at 6:30 p.m. on June 21, July 12, July 26, and Aug. 9 at Strasburg Community Park, 151 Precision Ave., Strasburg. See Free Concerts pg 7
Patti Creighton is the organizer of the Sounds of Strasburg Free Concerts series. Photo by George Deibel
Outdoors Experiences Will “Peak” Teens’ Interest BY GEORGE DEIBEL
Maya greets school psychologist Kristin Glass. Photo by George Deibel
theirs. She gets out and about.” Maya spends her nights at the home of special education consultant Gerald Kauf hold, and Glass is her primary handler while she is in the building. Glass gets emotional when discussing Maya’s impact. “I have loved working with her these past nine years,” said Glass. “She has made my job so much easier. I’m a school psychologist, and kids come in and there’s an instant rapport. She
helps de-stress me as well. She’s very good at knowing when I’m anxious, so she helps me with that. Seeing how much she has touched the lives of students here and has helped kids, I am going to horribly miss her.” Glass noted that Maya will bump into the arm of someone who is struggling and sit by people she senses are stressed. “She has given me a lot of information and really helps me do my job in a way I couldn’t normally do it,”
It’s said that faith will move mountains. Mountain Conquerors participants are neither required to move a mountain nor expected to scale one on their own. Instead they will have an oppor tunity to embark on a p o te nt i a l l y l i fe - a l te r i n g adventure. Mountain Conquerors is an organization founded in 2010 by pastor Matt Kroll. “It is an outdoor camp that teaches
leadership skills, life skills, and grows character,” he said. “It provides the experience of a lifetime. That’s our motto, and that’s what we do.” Until this year, the expedition, which is free thanks to sponsors, was only available for boys ages 13 to 16. MCg, Mountain Conquerors Girls, will have a separate trip for girls in the same age range. Applicants must be residents of Lancaster County. The inaugural MCg, which will be led by Kari Stauffer, will take place Monday, June 30, to See Conquerors pg 5
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“She has really changed my life working with her, and I have seen the change she has made here.” just walks down the hallway, and kids smile. They can be coming in having a really bad day, and all of a sudden, they are excited and feeling a lot better.” Glass stated that Maya provides a soothing presence. “I think for a lot of kids, it’s just having that calm comfort in the classroom that brings the stress level down,” she said. “(Maya) specifically works with a couple students who have had panic attacks and a lot of stress and anxiety, and she helps alleviate that so they can get back to class and function for the rest of the day.” Maya has visited English, biology, and special education classes. “She has a schedule just like students,” Glass said. “It’s a little different every day, unlike
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