Students from Lower Dauphin (LD) School District were recently recognized for their skills and accomplishments.

Seven students from Lower Dauphin High School have been accepted to participate in the ACE (Architecture, Construction, Engineering) program this school year. The ACE Program takes place after school, with students from Dauphin, Cumberland, Perry, and York counties meeting with mentors to discuss principles in design and construction from contracting and engineering to architecture and landscaping. Each student will also design a community built of shipping containers for this year's individual project. Students from Lower Dauphin include juniors Abdi Henry, Braylee Klinger, Cali Mease, Logan Pedersen, and Nathaniel Wappman and sophomores Henry Lewis and Lauryn Parcon.

Eight Lower Dauphin vocalists qualified by audition for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 7 Choral Festival to be held on Friday, Jan. 13, and Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, at Solanco High School, Quarryville. The singers include Nathaniel Wolfe, Olivia Carter, Audrey Meyers, Aden Weigle, Abigail Foran, Kaitlyn Hoffman, Abrianna Nissley, and Timothy Fausnight. At the end of the festival, the students will join students from an eight-county region to perform on Jan. 14 at 5 p.m. under the direction of Dr. Robert Bigley, director of choral studies and chorale and chamber singers at Lancaster Bible College.

Nine Lower Dauphin High School musicians were selected by audition to perform in the Lebanon Valley College (LVC) Honors Orchestra on Nov. 5. The Honors Orchestra Festival provides an opportunity to rehearse and be directed by Dr. Johannes Dietrich, director of symphony orchestra and professor of instrumental music at LVC. In addition, Bridging the Gap, a violin-bass duo, will work with the students. This duo features Peter Wilson, former concertmaster of the President's Own Marine Band, and his colleague Aaron Clay, current principal bass player of the President's Own Marine Band. Representing Lower Dauphin are Lauren Gula, Makenna Haldeman, Lila Markowitz, and Ananya Patil on violin; Aaron Gingrich, Joseph Goduto, and Marina Weidman on viola; Ada Hickey on cello; and Antonio Mardegain on bass. In addition to the festival experience, students are eligible to receive a $10,000 scholarship should they decide to attend LVC.