This week the students and teachers of Lampeter-Strasburg High School came together to dance in the halls, lip-sync to “Footloose”, and raise awareness for the upcoming Mini-THON.
Students lined the hallways, preparing for the lip dub.
Together they created an epic lip dub, which is a music video in which lip-syncing and audio dubbing are combined. The main goal of the lip dub was to get even more students to take part in the Mini-THON, which raises money for childhood cancer.
Mr. Shockey had his head shaved while the lip dub was filmed!
Excited to get out of fourth period on Friday, the students happily gathered with their teams or clubs, dressing up in crazy costumes and dancing around to “Footloose”, creating an amazing video which you can view on YouTube or see during the morning announcements on Monday.
The Lampeter-Strasburg Mini-THON will take place February 9-10, where students will raise money for the Four Diamonds Fund, which supports families battling childhood cancer at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center.
Cheyanne Waller and Steven Greenwood lip-syncing as the lip dub was filmed.
But meanwhile, a group of students is hard at work, preparing for the event. During one of the recent Mini-THON meetings, the group was brainstorming a way to get more students to attend. When a student suggested creating a lip dub, everyone jumped on board. Every morning and afternoon students were reminded to gather every crazy prop they could, and discuss with their fellow team and club members how they could participate in the video. In only four days, LSHS teachers and students pulled it off. This creative and entertaining video will for sure raise more awareness for the Mini-THON.
Students smile as the camera approaches.
Mrs. Shehan supervised the lip dub creation, as well as the Mini-THON committee. She says the students really did all of the work, with Thomas Shockey and Sarah Capoferri as the unofficial chairpersons, and Kelsey Kimmel, Xynthie Ortiz, and Morgan Bucher helping with the practice rounds. Jonathan Klein, Bobby Bennethum, and Ethan Sauder worked together as the videography crew, filming and editing the video. Additionally, 15 more students offered their help to lip-sync for the lip dub.
Band members gathered together to play music in the background of the lip dub.
Mrs. Shehan said she loved seeing these students step up to take on leadership roles to make this happen, and hopes the lip dub helps create more school spirit. She wants to say a thank you to Dr. Westphal for her support, Mrs. Shockey for having a lot of props and costumes to include, and to all the students and staff who participated!
L-S faculty team
That Friday night a faculty game against Solanco was also held to raise over $500 money for the Mini-THON, and an upcoming Parent’s Night Out for elementary students will also be held for Mini-THON awareness next week. All students are encouraged to take part in the Mini-THON and help raise money for childhood cancer!
If you have not heard about the Lampeter Cafe, you must be either living under a rock because everyone is talking about the new cafe on the corner of Lampeter and Village Road. It opened last month, the same day the Lampeter Fair began.
The menu mainly consists of quiche & soup with drinks and other small items. Visit their Facebook page for the latest offerings. As more kitchen equipment arrives, there will be additional items on the menu.
My mother is one of the managers. From what I have heard from her, they are incredibly busy. Patience is greatly appreciated as they figure out what they are doing.
When you walk in the main doors, you enter that main area where you can order food and drinks. The first floor has a big seating area, along with a summer kitchen where there is a giant fireplace that was used years ago.
On the second floor, there is more general seating as well as a big event space room which has folding tables and a flat screen television for presenting. I love to…
During a night filled with business leaders, their guests and clients, (and Philadelphia Eagles' Quarterback, Carson Wentz!), a few Lampeter-Strasburg students took to the stage to open the Lancaster Chamber's 146th Annual Dinner.
Straight out of the award winning movie "The Greatest Showman", Third Graders Piper Davidson, Cooper Frizado, and Zack Frizado, Seventh Grader Tanner Emerling, and Seniors Nolan Davidson and Brendan Massar dressed in "steampunk circus" dazzled the crowd with singing and dancing to open and close the event.
Having only two days to pull together a crowd-pleasing opening, they worked with other students active in local theater to entertain over 2600 guests! It truly was a night to remember!
In My Own WordsIn this installment of In My Own Words, Lyana Hall shares her experience about being adopted from Southern China and growing up in the United States.
I was born in what at the time was called the Guangdong province located in Southern China. When I was 15 months old, I was adopted on November 22. When that happened I gained new and amazing parents. The plane ride wasn’t the greatest thing only because at the time I had an ear infection.
Months after I was adopted my entire extended family went to Disney World. My mom would push me around in my stroller so I would be able to look around. The Disney trip was breathe taking. Every day we did and saw something new. There were amazing pleasures to explore. We watched fireworks and went to the zoo.
I had a great time with my older cousin Stacey. I look up to her as my older sister. She has always been there for me. Then there is my other cousin, Megan. She is a lot older than me and has always been supportive and loving.
