 | | Join us for Celebration, Learning, Impact! Allon Lefever Networking Breakfast April 12
& Bent Creek Golf Outing June 19 |
Dear HMS parents, , Please consider joining us for one or both of our spring business networking events! Join us for our 7th Annual Business Networking Breakfast at WJTL's Landis Hall, in Manheim on April 12, 6:45-9:00 am. Seats are filling up so reserve your spot today! - a special breakfast from Shady Maple Catering
- special guest, Allon Lefever, on values-driven leadership with honest and practical insights from his distinguished business career
- a Q&A time with Allon
- informal networking with community business leaders
- tours of the WJTL Radio Station (FM 90.3) and concert/outreach facility
HMS organizes this special event each year as a thank-you to our business community who invests in Christian education. You make a world of difference for our students by sharing in and out of the classrooms, providing need-based scholarships through EITC/OSTC contributions, and helping to sponsor or donate to our events. Thank you for partnering with us to point young people to a life of integrity based on God's principles for living, relationships and service. Together with you, we are making a positive impact on the future of our community! Jody Fausnight Director of Advancement P.S. Read on below for more about business partnerships with our new High School Venture Program and some examples on how you continue to make a difference! |
Private club amenities and inviting landscapes will welcome golf enthusiasts for the annual Friends of Hinkletown Mennonite School Golf Tournament on June 19 in Lititz. A new look and course experience are yours for discovery at Bent Creek. Don't miss this memorable event that benefits the mission of HMS. Click here for special early bird golfer pricing (prior to March 31). Outing participants will enjoy: - Warm-up time at the putting green and/or driving range at 11 am
- Boxed lunch and fellowship on the patio after registration
- Tee off at 12:30 pm
- Dinner program and awards banquet 5:00-6:15 pm
Golf with us and/or consider a sponsorship that avails this elite club and outing to you and key clients, employees or friends. Registration brochures will be mailed soon, but you can download the info now:
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classroom and utilize community resources
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 Venture Program Offers
Business-Student Partnership Opportunities The Venture Program at HMS is our non-traditional, flexible high school option to help students connect their learning to faith and life. We focus on making sure that our students continue to improve their soft skills that will make them good students, employees, and community members.
Our 9th and 10th graders spend time job shadowing twice a year. Those experiences may be for a half or full-day, and days/times can be scheduled at the convenience of the business or organization. Our 11th and 12th graders can complete an internship/apprenticeship for high school credit (at least 100 hours of on-site experience) scheduled at the convenience of the business/organization. | | | Middle school students in the Entrepreneurship & Careers Cluster were challenged to touch the world from where they live by HMS alumnus Jennie Groff, co-owner of Stroopie Company in Lancaster, PA.
HMS uses the Entrepreneurship & Careers Enrichment Cluster and the High School Venture Program to help students pay attention to soft skills (i.e. eye contact, developing strong written and verbal communication skills) and explore their personal gifts to help identify how they can contribute in their community. |
So far this year, our 9th and 10th graders have job-shadowed a diesel mechanic, car mechanic, a large animal veterinarian, at a coffee shop, church, hair salon, firehouse, website design company, and graphic design company. Future shadowing experiences will take place at a marketing firm, construction company, greenhouse, and with emergency personnel. We are always looking for additional businesses and organizations to become a community partner! We want our students to learn from the good work being done by local businesses and their leaders. We invite businesses to prayerfully consider how you can invest in the upcoming workforce by allowing our students to shadow and/or intern at your business, building a mentor relationship with a Hinkletown student or connecting with our students for a field trip or school visit. |
HMS Students and Alumni
Reflect the Values of Our Community! | | | | More than 1200 guests packed out four showings of our middle school production of Anne of Green Gables in February. | |
We enjoy reading and sharing stories from our alumni. Thanks to the support of our generous business community, HMS can continue its mission of Christ-centered education that prepares students for life and service. Wanda Stauffer (1990 alum and current HMS parent): "My teachers were kind and gracious, and inspired me to do my best. HMS has come alongside of us and supports what we want to instill in our children: Love for the Lord, for His word, and service to others simultaneously with an excellent education. I have loved watching each of our children grow in their gifts over the years at HMS." | | | Annual STEM projects for grades 3-5: Students carried out the engineering process (design, build, evaluate) through six building challenges that involved science, technology, engineering & math. |
Loren Martin (1989 alum and airline pilot): "I really enjoy being...a servant leader...to act and speak with humility and assume the very best about others....Pilots are in a unique position (since) we really can affect how the day goes for everyone else (flight attendants, gate agents, ground handling personnel). When we go the extra step to be a servant to all the 'moving parts' trying to run a good airline, it goes a long way in gaining 'buy in' from others who will then do their best toward the common goal....
My original plan was to be an aircraft mechanic. I've now flown for three different airlines...and am very happy to be a pilot for Delta Airlines."
See how your involvement is changing lives and shaping our communities through these and other alumni:
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