The Impact of Christian Education Abbie DiGiovanni While choosing Lakeside always seemed like a good decision, at the time I was just thinking this was going to be the place I would go to school for the next four years. Turns out, I accomplished and participated in much more than I would have ever expected. I had just moved all the way from Virginia Beach and didn’t know anyone else going into school. All the teachers’ friendliness and the students’ kindness made me feel very welcome, and I ended up making so many amazing, lifelong friends. Lakeside’s amazing academics have definitely prepared me for my future. Though it was challenging at times, I had great help from teachers and even students who were always really understanding. Besides academics, I have had opportunity to participate in many different activities and even traveled to California with the A Cappella Choir, and Michigan, Arizona, and New York with Operation Go mission trips. With encouragement from many of my peers, I’ve decided to attend MLC and major in early childhood education. Lakeside encourages and equips so many students to discover their passions, and I’m so glad I decided to come here four short years ago.
Abbie, daughter of Michelle DiGiovanni and Michael DiGiovanni, is a member of St. John, Jefferson. She graduated along with 91 others in the LLHS Class of 2020.
Left: Abbie, along with several other Warriors, were preparing for a weekend onstage performing Disney’s High School Musical: The Musical when the COVID-19 pandemic shortcircuited those plans. On a summer 2019 Operation GO mission trip (center), she helped host a VBS for Immanuel Lutheran Church in Long Valley, NJ (close to NYC). Abbie also enjoyed great success in Warrior Forensics (right).
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