The Lehigh Valley Christian High School year is coming to a close.

This past weekend, the Junior-Senior Banquet took place with the theme "Sunset in Paradise." This formal occasion allows students to dress up for an evening of food, fellowship and fun.

Senior Chapel allowed seniors to say farewell to the school and honor and thank their teachers, and Junior Chapel gave underclassmen a chance to say farewell to and honor the seniors.

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Last week, the senior class took final exams and are now on a class trip to Texas. The underclassmen take trips today, May 30, to Knoebles, Dorney Park, the beach and the Catasauqua Park. Final exams for the underclassmen are the first week of June.

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The school year ends Friday, June 7, with our Awards Convocation at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church on Howertown Road and our 25th annual commencement that evening at Cedar Crest Bible Fellowship Church in Allentown. The public is welcome to attend both events.

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At the PIAA District XI meet, Colton Rex placed fourth in the boys 400-meter run. Miroslava Sheregi took ninth in girls shot put. Jacob Stith and Rachel Loar were named team MVPs at the athletic awards event last week.

The Cougar baseball team played in the first round of the District XI playoffs and suffered a heartbreaking defeat to Moravian Academy, 7-6. Jacob Sheriff was named team MVP at the athletic awards event last week, and also earned all-conference honors, as did Joshua Kochsmeier.

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Abby Parnell, Lizzie Ruppert and Matt Weaver, from from LVCHS' production of the musical "Annie," performed in the opening and closing numbers for the Freddy Awards at the State Theatre in Easton last week. Video clips are available on the WFMZ website.

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The 2013 yearbooks were distributed last week. The dedication honors Henry Crush for his 25 years of service at LVCHS. Special thanks to Deanna Gehman and her staff for a great job!

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Class officer elections for the coming school year have been selected. Senior officers will be Geneva Piergiovanni (president), Rebecca Sutton (vice-president), Seak Lay (treasurer) and Rachel Prusak (secretary). Junior officers include Jader Restrepo (president), Alicia Smith (vice president), Joshua Rapp (treasurer) and Jacob Rapp (secretary). Sophomore officers are Andrew Groff (president), Brayden Rickoski (vice president) and Matt Weaver (treasurer). Joshua Brennan was appointed by the faculty to serve as student chaplain.

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Enrollment for the 2013-14 school year is underway. Applications will be accepted as long as seats are still available.

The Funding the Future dessert event raised more than $100,000 to help fund scholarships.