The Spring 2019 issue of Lamplighter will be on its way to you in a few days, but the content is now available online, including:

• A story about Dock's new Project-Based Learning initiative, which will impact curriculum at both campuses.
• Coverage of Arts Day 2019, with the theme, "Harmony"
• A look at some of the key happenings from both the EC-Grade 8 and Grades 9-12 campuses
• Links to spring golf tournament registration, 2019 Country Fair & Auction page, and more!

There is additional online content available on many pages, which you can link to by scrolling over the page.

Spring 2019 Lamplighter

Dock senior Carolina Fraser won a 2016 Audubon Photography Award in the youth category for a photo she captured of two Frigate birds in the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America. For that photo, she was in the right place at the right time.

Now, Fraser is being recognized for another photo she captured—and this time she was in the right place for a long time. The Audubon Society has once again recognized Fraser, this time for a photo she snapped of a loon chick snuggled underneath the wings of its mother (above). The photo was taken in June 2018 during an “Ultimate Loon” photography workshop in British Columbia.

Loon chicks are born with their eyes open and covered in down. They ditch their nest for the water within a couple of days, but depend on their parents for the first few months of their life. Chicks often climb onto their parents’ backs or tuck under their wings for warmth and protection. To Fraser, this sounded like an opportunity for a unique shot, but it was almost impossible to tell when a chick was underneath its mother.

“The first few times I'd seen the loon inside the parent’s wing, I had an idea I wanted to get a unique up-close photo of the chick enclosed,” she says. The shot required a keen eye and great patience—but it looks like Fraser was successful. Congratulations, Carolina, it's an awesome shot!

Read the full story on the Audubon website

See more of Carolina's work

Dock Mennonite Academy's Touring Choir kicked off its 2019 season Sunday with a concert at Towamencin Mennonite Church. The choir, an auditioned group of juniors and seniors, will perform at a series of concerts and festivals this spring, including the Mennonite Schools Council Choral Festival in Lancaster, as well as at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The choir's 2019 theme is "How Can I Keep From Singing?" The photograph on the cover of the choir's 2019 program was taken by senior Carolina Fraser. The public is invited to enjoy any of the choir's spring concerts.

Spring 2019 Touring Choir Itinerary

March 24  Fairview Village Church of the Nazarene, 8:25 a.m.

March 29-31  Carnegie Hall, New York City

April 7  Souderton Mennonite Church, 9:30 a.m.

April 12-14  Mennonite Schools Council Choir Festival, Lancaster, PA

April 28  Salford Mennonite Church, 9:00 a.m.

May 19  Franconia Mennonite Church, 10:15 a.m.

May 22  Dock Spring Concert, 7:00 p.m.

June 2  Blooming Glen Mennonite Church, 9:30 a.m.

June 2  Zion Mennonite Church, 7:00 p.m.

June 8  Dock Commencement, 6:00 p.m.

A HUGE thank you to everyone who came out on March 12 to support our All-School Service Night. You helped us bring comfort to the people of Iraq and Ukraine by helping to color and knot quilts, coloring Ukrainian eggs, purchasing authentic comfort food from those countries, playing badminton, packaging pencils and band-aids, and even duct taping two of our staff to the wall!

Thanks also to our local partners, Mennonite Central Committee and the MCC Material Resource Center in Harleysville. We collected over 2,600 pencils, 7,500 band-aids, and 6,500 bags to put them in—and had a lot of fun every step of the way.

And if you weren't there for the highlight of the evening, here's your opportunity to see it on video:

Tale of the Tape

 

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