Dhanzel Mangona, worked on designing and decorating his own guitar for his IB MYP Personal Project Showcase.
In April, some 150 10th-grade students from Lee High School participated in the first IB MYP Personal Project Showcase. Students displayed presentations of their Personal Projects that they have been working on since the end of their 9th-grade year. The projects take students through a process of inquiry into something of interest to the student, hence the Personal Project. In addition to their products, students were also required to write a reflection paper that was scored by their supervisor. Supervisors worked with 1-4 students to guide them through the process.
Students from art classes and seminars showcased their artistic skills and inspirations at the Lee High School Art Show
Army JROTC 11th-grade students Kevin and Craig Hamilton went to the Battalion Eagle Award Ceremony at Thomas Edison High School with Assistant Principal Erin Sikes-Thurston. Both young men won awards for their physical fitness and for being scholar athletes.
English 9 students wrote children’s books and then took a field trip to the Springfield Estates Elementary, where they read their books to first-grade students. The Lee students are from Terry Burch and Rebecca Wong’s classes and the first graders are in Ms. Teresa Larson’s class.
Physics teacher Heather Hotchkiss has been named a Finalist for FCPS Outstanding Teacher of the Year. She ran the science fair where 21/22 entered science fair projects placed at the FCPS Regional Science Fair in March with a first place and a Grand Prize Nominee among the winners. She is a Knowles Science Teaching Fellow, for which the group’s mission is to develop teacher leaders and improve STEM education in the United States.
Junior Michael Christensen, a Computer Graphics 3 student, finished as a county-wide finalist in the 2016 Herndon Tech Art awards, and was awarded a cash prize for his 3-D print design “Steam Dice” in the category of “Other Digital Media.”
Counselor Dr. David Checcino composed an orchestra piece for the Lee HS Chamber Orchestra and it was played on May 18 th in the Spring concert. It is called “Hometown – A Reminiscence.” He dedicated it to his parents, who bought him a trumpet when he was in the fifth grade and would not let him quit playing it. The two transitions in a minor key for solo instruments are meant to evoke nostalgia and they were played on violin by senior Meghan Mitchell and on cello by sophomore Wegahta Habtemichal. “Putting this piece together has indeed been an act of reminiscence for me; perhaps it will invite you to reminisce about your hometown.”