FamiLEE Focus

April 8, 2024 (Mon)

• Solar Eclipse Viewing Activity

• HCS Desegregation Advisory Committee Meeting in the Lecture Hall: 6:00pm

April 9, 2024 (Tue)

• ACT Plus Writing Test for Juniors: 8:30am

• E-Learning Day for 9th, 10th & 12th Graders

• Varsity Baseball vs. Columbia @ Columbia HS: 5:00pm

April 10, 2024 (Wed)

• Track & Field Huntsville Metro Championships Meet @ Alabama A&M: 3:00pm-6:00pm

• Huntsville City Schools Capital Plan Meeting in the Lecture Hall: 5:30-7:30pm

April 11, 2024 (Thu)

• Softball vs. Buckhorn @ Lee HS: 4:30pm

April 12, 2024 (Fri)

• Softball @ Mae Jemison Jaguar Tournament: Opponents & Times TBA
  

April 13, 2024 (Sat)

• ACT Test @ Lee: 8:00am

• Track & Field Sparkman Senator Classic Meet @ Sparkman HS: 9:00am-1:00pm

April 14, 2024 (Sun)

Two Weeks Ahead

April 15, 2024 (Mon)

• Freshman Field Trip to Nashville

• Deadline to apply for SOAR HBCU Scholars Program

• Volleyball Tryouts in the Big Gym: 4:00pm-6:00pm

April 16, 2024 (Tue)

• Volleyball Tryouts in the Big Gym: 4:00pm-6:00pm

• Softball vs. Randolph @ Randolph HS: 5:00pm

April 17, 2024 (Wed)

• PLC Meeting in Room 219 during planning period

• PST Meeting

• Tennis Sectionals @ Alabama A&M: Times TBD

• Volleyball Tryouts in the Big Gym: 4:00pm-6:00pm

April 18, 2024 (Thu)

• Tennis Sectionals @ Alabama A&M: Times TBD

• Minority Pre-Law Conference Field Trip @ AAMU

April 19, 2024 (Fri)

April 20, 2024 (Sat)

April 21, 2024 (Sun)

Upcoming Events

• May 1-2: Creative Writing Magnet’s Readers’ Theatre - 6:30 PM Black Box Theater

From the Desk of the Magnet Directors

Theatre Magnet Director- Mr. Kisor

• It’s the week of the show! We all have had Little Mermaid on our brains nonstop all week! Come out this weekend full of wonderful theatre under the sea!
• Thursday April 3rd, 4th & 5th @ 7pm as well as a special 2pm performance at 2pm

Vocal Magnet Director- Ms. Daniel

• This week has been so exciting! Many of our students are in the cast of our production “The Little Mermaid”, so we have been busy cleaning scenes and songs. Our students are having a blast participating on stage and also supporting by being a part of the Pit Ensemble.
• Future Events/Preparation:

• All-State Show Choir April 24-26 So excited for Matthew Snodgrass and Savannah Walker!!!

• Country Showdown April 30, 2024 @ 6:00 p.m. Please save the Date! Location is Too Be Announced Very Soon! Full meal, Dessert, and an AMAZING SHOW! $20 Tickets

• We have received a couple more performance opportunities for the year!

• April 16 Special Guest Master Class (Select Students)

• Our Tampa Trip is here! Payments are due! Tentative Tampa parent meeting on April 15 in the Choir Room. There will be a zoom link emailed out to parents next week.

• The month of March was a great month!

• Our concert choir participated in the State Choral Performance Assessment!. Our students did an outstanding job during their sight-reading assessment. They scored a Superior Rating and an Overall Superior on their performance!

• Our students performed well during this year's State Solo-Ensemble Assessment in Florence, Alabama.

• Miriam Bentley (Solo)- Superior Rating

• Torey Rice (Solo)- Superior Rating

• Timothy Perkins (Solo)- Excellent Rating

• Linda Mathis (Solo)- Superior Rating

• SSA Ensemble- Superior Rating

• TTBB Ensemble- Superior Rating

• End of the Year Students will receive a form to fill out all of their hours that they have completed this semester next week.

Instrumental Director- Mr. Pearson

• We’re so proud of our student musicians who are playing in the orchestra for our school production of The Little Mermaid!
• We are also looking forward to more exciting performances of the Little Mermaid and State Solo and Ensemble!

Director of Technical Theatre- Ms. Campolongo

• Thank you to all of the students and volunteers who helped build The Little Mermaid!! The show looks amazing. I’m so proud and thankful for everyone’s hard work. :D

• Students working backstage also have a brush up rehearsal on Wednesday April 10th after school to prepare for our school shows April 11th and 12th. Students will have time during class this upcoming week to catch up on homework and make up tests from other classes to help recover from tech week.

• All students need to log their hours into the classroom log book. I will be inputting the hours out of 60 this week into the gradebook. It is a test grade. This is so students and parents can see what the grade is currently and keep track of the progress.

Dance Magnet Director- Mrs. Hunkapillar

• As all the other Magnet teachers have stated…. Little Mermaid week is here!!!!! Every Magnet teacher has several students involved in this production-actors, singers, dancers, tech, media, art, band/orchestra, and creative writing students! These kids have worked so hard all week for this musical! Last night was opening night and as always-these kids brought the magic! As their choreographer-I am so proud to see them shine on stage!!!! Please try to come out and support our kids!! They are so very talented!!!
• In Dance class next week-we will pick up with: Major Company finishing up senior choreography projects and their solos. Majors will continue working on the finale as well. Minor Company will continue cleaning their class pieces and finishing up our senior tribute piece. Both companies will have the concert adjudication on Tuesday, April 16 during their class block. This is when other magnet directors and admin will watch all concert pieces and give the dancers constructive feedback.
• I have given all dancers the performance procedures and expectations handout. I sent pictures of this handout to our DME Parent GroupMe and I will post these on their schoology groups.
• Dance Magnet concert- “Listen” is April 25 and 26 at 7:00 in the MainStage Theater. Tickets are all $5.00.
• Have a great weekend!

Creative Writing Magnet Director- Ms. Sisson

• The first proof of our literary magazine arrived on Wednesday. Immediately, the editors started scouring it and finding areas for improvement. It’s the best FIRST proof I’ve ever seen come from our magnet!
• The social media team has all our announcements, sneak peeks, and shout outs lined up for the public! The team leads have everything scheduled to lead up to our lit mag release.
• Everyone is preparing their Readers’ Theatre piece for May 1st and 2nd. We’re figuring out which pieces work best, flow of program, marketing, and presentation. This will be one to remember, for sure.
• Shoutout to the following authors for being recognized for their original writing in the STATE from The Alabama Writers Forum:
• Jude Copeland - Fiction Judge’s Special Recognition
• Darianne Ewing - Poetry Judge’s Special Recognition
• Jude Copeland & Cas Dunn - Poetry Certificates of Merit

Visual Arts Magnet Directors- Mrs. Johnson and Ms. Radowski

• Upcoming field trip April 26th for Vis Arts Magnet I-IV/AP

• Painting- Finalizing sunset lamp paintings
• Drawing - finalizing self expression piece

Photography Magnet Director- Mr. Willmarth

• Students are taking their digitally manipulated images, we are printing them out, and they are then colorzing them using watercolors. Creating mixed media pieces from original photography

Film and Video Director- Mr. Lee

• It’s show week! Film and Video team is testing the new live director equipment and cameras so we capture every moment of stage magic!