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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIII • NO 39
Making Mentoring Work BY ANN MEAD ASH
eachers are known for their ability to touch the future, but area business people will have that opportunity as well thanks to a partnership between Pequea Valley School District (PVSD) and the Lancaster Chamber. An open house to introduce the First Choice Discovery Program, a work-based program offering career exploration and mentoring to every sophomore, will be held at Pequea Valley High School (PVHS) on Thursday, Sept. 22, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Follow-up events focused on mentor training, critical skill building, réumés, and interviewing will be held monthly during 2022. A career pathways fair is planned for February 2023. According to PVSD assistant superintendent Rich Eby, the program fits neatly into the district’s goals. “Our vision continues to be (that) we want to prepare every (student) for his or her post secondary first choice,” said Eby, who noted that one way to reach
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Students in the Pequea Valley School District will have opportunities to connect with mentors from area businesses to help explore careers through the First Choice Discovery Program.
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Golf Outing Will Support Wreaths Across America
Homecoming Celebration Announced
BY ANN MEAD ASH
BY ANN MEAD ASH
Aubrey Kreider, director of marketing and communications with Lancaster Mennonite School (LMS), is looking forward to this year’s Fall Festival and Homecoming for a particular reason. “(For the first time), all grades pre-K through 12 are unified here at one campus,” said Kreider. “In the past, everyone was always welcome at homecoming, but now it feels like it is everyone’s campus.” See LMS pg 4
social capital,” explained Eby. “This program is an attempt to build human capital with an adult for every kid,” added Erb, who hopes that by Job Shadowing Day, which will be held on Friday, March 24, 2023, the district will bus students to a number of employers around the county. See PVSD pg 3
Working to organize the annual Wreaths Across America golf outing are (from left) Clair Beiler, Paula Diem, Greg Minnich, and (not pictured) Ben Ingles.
Several years ago, Paula Diem of Gap was taking bus trips to Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C., to take part in annual Wreaths Across America ceremonies held there. W hen Diem learned that it was possible to hold the ceremonies locally and distribute wreaths to area veterans’ graves, she became the Gap area location coordinator for Wreaths Across America. See Wreaths Across America pg 12
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