The Best Class Ever Challenge
January 1 - September 15, 2025
LSM has 21 Best Classes Ever.
Which classes will claim bona fide bragging rights for 2025?
The Leadership Southern Maryland (LSM) Alumni Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Best Class Ever (BCE) Challenge. Each LSM class claims to be the Best Class Ever. From January 1st to September 15th, we challenged all LSM classes to demonstrate which class truly holds that distinction! Graduates earned points for their classes by engaging in a range of LSM and community activities that demonstrate their commitment to engagement and service. The class with the most points on September 15th (at 11:59pm ET) was declared the official Best Class Ever for 2024!
Earn BCE points for your class by joining or renewing your membership in the LSM Alumni Association, attending LSM events, donating to LSM, volunteering with LSM or in the community, and through other means, detailed below.
The Best Class Ever for 2025 will be announced at Homecoming in October!
BCE Challenge Point System
- LSMAA Membership: 1-yr = 5 pts / 5-yr = 10 pts / Lifetime = 25 pts
- LSM Event Attendance: 1 point each for June 9th Golf Tournament (including guests!), LSM Alumni Socials, LEAP Information Sessions, etc.
- LSM Donations: Up to $500 = 1 pt / $501-$1,000 = 5 pts / $1,001 – $5,000 = 10 pts / $5,001+ = 25 pts
- LSM Sponsorships: Up to $1,000 = 5 pts / $1,001 – $5,000 = 10 pts / $5,001+ = 25 pts
- Nominations: 1 point for each Executive Program or LEAP nomination
- LSM Alumni Book Club Participation (“Best Read Class”): 1 point for each meeting
- Social Media Shares: 1 point for every Facebook or LinkedIn post shared
- LSM Board Membership: 5 points for each member
- LSM Committee Membership: 2 points for each member
- Alumni Ambassadors: 1 point for each class ambassador
- Community Engagement (“Most Community-Engaged Class”): 1 point for every hour of service to LSM or other community organizations (Based on honor system. Click the button below to “Enter Volunteer Hours.”)
Remember to log your volunteer hours to keep your class current on the leaderboard!
Report Your BCE-Eligible Activities
Class members may now earn BCE Challenge points by self-reporting eligible activities. Use the buttons below as follows:
- Enter Volunteer Hours: Record hours served with LSM and with other community organizations.
- Enter LSM Participation: Record event attendance, Executive Program and LEAP nominations, Book Club participation, and social media shares.
- Enter LSM Donations / Sponsorships: Record financial gifts to LSM.
LSM staff will record your LSMAA membership, LSM board membership, LSM committee membership, and Alumni Ambassador status, and will verify LSM participation, donations, and sponsorships.
Congratulations to all of our 2024 Best Class Ever Challenge winners!
#LSM Proud
LSM ’23 earned distinction as the Official Best Class Ever for 2024.
LSM ’24 won recognition as the Most Giving Class of 2024. LSM ’16 is LSM’s Most Community-Engaged Class of 2024.
