"Yavneh had the tight-knit community I needed, and, while this is school, we also have a lot of fun at Yavneh," said Lane, a Dallas native, who transferred from Jasper High School, at the semester break of his Freshman year. "As much time as we spend at school, that's really important."

The son of Leah and David, and older brother to Jake, Lane is affiliated with Congregation Beth Torah and also Congregation Nishmat Am. A member of BBYO's Louis D. Brandeis chapter, a volunteer with Dallas  Ramps - help build ramps at nearby residences of those living with disabilities, an accomplished Tae Kwon Do student, on-Campus Lane is a talented percussionist of Yavneh's Music Ensemble.

"I have taught many students here at Yavneh, but I cannot remember ever teaching a student that was as serious about understanding the material as Lane," said Rabbi Meir Tannenbaum, Associate Principal of Judaic Curriculum. "He has an unquenchable thirst for knowledge in all areas. He truly wants to know and understand everything and is never satisfied with the quick and easy answer. It is Lane's drive for deeper understanding and comprehension that will certainly help him succeed in all of his endeavors.

With dreams of becoming a game developer, Lane is applying to DigiPen, the only four-year accredited college that specializes in Game Development (also the headquarters of Nintendo), as well as to Rochester Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon, Drexel, Rice University, and Texas A&M universities. "I enjoy the creative spatial design of games, and I really respect the thinking, the 'smarts' behind them," said Lane who has already designed games and completed a course in Java coding. "I've had handheld games since I was six and I love how you can be transported to another place, the interactivity of it."

Lane made the most of his Senior Summer '12, taking a Java programming language course at Southern Methodist University, serving as a marketing intern at HBR Technologies, a managed IT services provider, and traveling to Israel, with his family, to celebrate his brother's bar mitzvah.

"During the several years that I taught Lane it was wonderful to see his development and maturation as an individual and a student," said former Judaic faculty member, Rabbi Howard Wolk. "He was always the first one in class and always a serious student who thought things out, was analytical and showed a strong desire to learn."

"Whether we were studying Jewish law or history, Lane demonstrated a strong attachment to the subject and felt that it was really relevant to him. Over the years he has grown in self-confidence and he has become comfortable expressing his opinion and point of view."

Rabbi Wolk, now the fulltime Community Chaplain at Jewish Family Service, is just one of many proud of Lane. "Lane's maturity was both a pre-requisite for and a by-product of his internships," said Rabbi Wolk. "As his teacher I was very proud to hear glowing reports from JFS staff members about his dedication and how he made a positive impression on others."

"I helped build CHAI's facebook, You Tube, Tumblr and other resources while growing in my own understanding of how those living with cognitive disabilities should be treated," said Lane whose served as a Social Media Intern, through JFS' Rabbi Gerald J. Klein Summer Internship program at CHAI/Community Homes for Adults, Inc. "CHAI is an incredible opportunity and Dallas is very lucky to have it here."

Dallas IS lucky to have CHAI, and Yavneh IS lucky, blessed, and honored to have had Lane set the example of what a Yavneh student is to our community.