Student Life

Student Life

Providing a wide variety of Student Life options is a part of our whole-child approach. Co-curricular opportunities such as interscholastic sports, performing and fine arts, leadership electives and other learning opportunities add value to the education our students receive. Involvement in sports encourages students to stay healthy and active while learning how to work together as a team. The performing and fine arts help to develop motor skills, creativity, and confidence. Hands-on and experiential learning allows students to see how knowledge connects to real life. Our schoolwide Enrichment Clusters take education beyond the classroom so students can gain new interests and learn valuable life skills.

Interscholastic Sports

The HMS Hawks are members of the CCAC League. (Commonwealth of Christian Athletes Conference) For High School Varsity sports, we co-op with Conestoga Christian School for Boys Varsity Volleyball. In addition, we offer the following sports:

  • Gr. K-8: Cross Country
  • Gr. 3-5: Jr. Hawks Basketball and Soccer
  • Middle School Gr. 6-8: Basketball, Soccer, Track & Field, and Volleyball
  • Gr. 9-12: Boys Varsity Volleyball

Music Program

In addition to grade-level choirs and instrumental learning, we offer the following co-curricular music opportunities:

  • Junior and Senior Strings
  • Junior and Senior Band
  • Middle school Chamber Choir
  • Senior Chorus
  • Worship team
  • Other elective groups/ensembles such as music composition or a capella singing

Drama

Some drama opportunities are integrated within the core program while others become elective in older grades:

  • Bethlehem Walk – the Nativity story performed by grades 1 & 2
  • Pilgrim Simulation – acting out the story of the early settlers by grade 3
  • Intermediate Musical – performed by grades 4 & 5
  • Middle School Drama – a full-stage play performed and produced by students in grades 6-8
  • High school drama opportunities through Cavod Academy’s Theater Instructional and Internship Programs

Middle School Leadership Electives

During mid-day flex times, students are invited to participate in leadership developing opportunities each week:

  • School newspaper
  • Student Council
  • Schoolwide morning announcements
  • Service Period
  • Chapel Planning

Enrichment

Every student gets opportunities to learn beyond the textbook and connect learning to life:

  • Enrichment clusters (7-week elective mini-courses mixed across grades 1-8)
  • STEM projects for all students in grades 3-5
  • Math 24 Competitions for students in grades 5 – 8
  • Young Writers Week – grades 1-8 write stories around a theme and then share them together across grades at a Young Writer’s Celebration.
  • Academic Extension – gifted programming
  • Qualifying students participate in an art and music adjudication/competition through ACSI (Association of Christian Schools International)
  • HMS participates in the Pennsylvania and Lancaster/Lebanon Music Educators Band and Strings Festivals. Middle school and high school students can qualify and participate in district band and strings ensembles.