FamiLEE Focus

The Weekly Newsletter of Lee High School…

Where Great Things Are Happening!

Website: https://www.huntsvillecityschools.org/o/lhs
Phone: 256-428-8150
Facebook: facebook.com/leehighhsv
Twitter: @leehighhsv

We are so thankful that the Independent Musical Productions (IMP) presented a shortened version of Color Purple for our students this morning. It was a great performance.

Just a reminder that our state accountability testing on April 9, 2024. Please continue to discuss with your child the importance of focusing in class, completing assignments on time, and the goal to do their personal best on all testing.

The Artemis Virtual Academy application is open now. If you and your child are considering being virtual next year, please apply. You will not have another virtual option after school starts.

Have a good weekend!

If you need to send in absence excuses, please email lee.attendance@hsv-k12.org.

Have a great weekend!!!

Sincerely,

Kitrise Torain

LHS Principal

#GreatThingsHappeningAtLee

Happy Birthday to the following students who have birthdays this week!

• February 26 - Talanyi Collins-Russell and Morgan Horton
• February 27 - Ian Beck and TeNeyah Benford
• February 29 - Faye Robinson
• March 1 - Dustin-Leigh Davis and Deangelo Singleton
• March 2 - Baboucarr Kassama (BK) and Corien Moore
• March 3 - Zakiyah Harper, Daniel Battle, Jakahla Sawyer, Lucia Ramons Saban, and Arturo Arreloa

Attention FamiLEE! One of our 2023-24 goals is to keep our overall attendance rate at 95% or higher for the entire school year. We were at 92.29% last week are currently at 94.07% for the year. We need your help to continue to improve and reach our goal! Attendance is one of the most important factors that influences how students do in school, and we need each student with us at school every day!!!

*Attention Seniors! Senior Portraits need to be taken at Prestige if you have not already had them done. Please call 855-918-2930 to make an appointment or click this link.

*Yearbooks are on sale now! Now - January 10th the price is $40 for standard and $45 for Personalized. January 11th -March 30th the cost is $45 for standard and $50 for personalized

The deadline to order is March 30th. Order online only on MySchoolFees.

*Check student fees online! LHS student fees can be viewed and paid online anytime by visiting https://secure3.myschoolfees.com select AL-HUNTSVILLE CITY-LEE HIGH, and register as a New User. You will need your student’s PowerSchool ID Number. You may also pay by cash or check at the school. Remember to check fees periodically for any changes that may occur. If you need help or have any questions, please contact our Bookkeeper at 256-428-8150 or by email at tamala.swopes@hsv-k12.org.

• Shout-out to our Freshmen of the Week from this week! Kim Madison comes to us from Chapman Middle. At Lee, she is on the swim team and in the baseball manager. In her spare time, Kim enjoys sleeping and spending time with her siblings. When she graduates high school she would like to go to Duke to major in nursing and become a labor and delivery nurse. Her favorite teacher at Lee is Coach B because she is a welcoming person, is funny, and keeps it real with people. Zach Bumbalough comes to us from AAA Middle. Here at Lee he is in the Media Arts magnet. In his spare time he likes to workout and play basketball. When he graduates from high school he wants to go to college at UNA and major in film. His favorite teacher at Lee is Mr. Lee because he is real chill and laid back and teaches us a lot. Congratulation to both of them for representing our FamiLEE values so well!
• Shout-out to our adapted PE team for their victory over Columbia on Thursday!
• Shout out to Ms. Daniel, Mr. Jordan, and all the student and alumni performers who made this week's Soul Cafe in the cafeteria a success!!!
  

Congratulations to Ms. Angelia Martin and Ms. Yafei Jiang, our staff spotlights this week! We thankful for all you do to make the FamiLEE great.

Ms. Angelia Martin is a very dedicated to her students. She loves and cares for the whole child. She is a welcomed presence around the school and works hard to make sure all students are successful. We appreciate all of her hard work and commitment.

Ms. Yafei Jiang is an amazing math teacher that focuses on making sure our students love math and are successful. She uses hands on manipulatives and activities to engage students and motivates them to love math. We are very thankful to have her as part of the FamiLEE!

Upcoming Events

• Film & Video on location filming for Math Nation at Forced Inductions in Hazel Green, AL is being rescheduled due to conflicts with the Math Nation team.

• Creative Writing Magnet - Poetry Out Loud State Competition at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery, AL on March 6, 2024.

• Build Little Mermaid: Monday Feb 26 - Thursday Feb 29 from 4:00 - 6:30

• Build Little Mermaid: Friday March 1 from 4:00 - 6:00

• Build Little Mermaid: Saturday March 2 from 10:00 - 4:00

Parent Volunteer Opportunities

• Antigone Now Ushers, Concession Stand & Box Office. A Sign up genius has been created in Performing Arts GroupMe. For any questions, reach out to Kisor.

• Come help build the Little Mermaid!! Parent calls on Thursday 29th 4:00-6:30 and Saturday 10:00-4:00

• We recommend bringing your own drills and tape measures or other power tools you think would be useful. Make sure your name is on it.

From the Desk of the Magnet Directors

Theatre Magnet Director- Mr. Kisor

• This past weekend we had multiple community opportunities to showcase our Theatre Performance Magnet students. First we had an amazing time showcasing our upcoming performance of Little Mermaid at the 2024 Curriculum fair where we had students perform two different numbers. Our Ursula performed “Poor Unfortunate Souls” and we re-composed a version of “Part of Your World” that was performed by two of our Ariel’s! It was a great opportunity to get out in the community and showcase the talent of our students. On top of that performance, we had an opportunity to take a morning workshop with the cast of the touring company of “To Kill a Mockingbird” followed by exclusive tickets to see the show. It was a very successful weekend with some wonderful outcomes and learning opportunities. This week our Theatre Management class has been delving into the proper structure of what it means to have a representational program or company. Why it is important that companies have mission statements, values and goals to continually work on building their company to new levels . Students have been working on exercises to figure out our WHY, what makes Lee Theatre Magnet unique? What are our strengths and how do we grow the program and what do we want it to look like in 3 years. It has been a wonderful discussion in figuring out these students' perceptions and vision for what this program can become.

• Magnet Photos will happen February 27th @ 9:15am. Photos will be taken for:

• Al Thespians Members Troupe #2879

• Theatre Magnet Students

• Antigone Now opens Feb 22nd and runs through the 24th! Come check it out!

Director of Technical Theatre- Ms. Campolongo

Hello!! This week, the focus in our class has been to finish final preparations for Antigone Now that opens this Thursday. Students will now be shifting their focus towards Little Mermaid which opens at the beginning of April. We will be having multiple parent volunteer opportunities as well. Everyone is welcome. All experience levels accepted.

There are a few assignments due soon. They are all considered test grades and they are the following:

• Coral Project: Due March 1st

• Assignment can be found on Schoology

• First 10 Hours Milestone: Due March 8th

• Hours must be logged into the logbook in class

• It is recommended that students attempt to do more than 10 hours so they are not scrambling to try to reach their 60 hours by the end of the semester

• Please remember that 60 hours of extra curricular work is required for all Tech magnet students. Please see our Schoology page for more information about the hours’ requirement.

• 3rd 9 weeks’ Work Call attendance: Due March 8th

• All students are required to attend either 2 full after school work calls or 1 full weekend work call before spring break for a total of 6 hours.

• Students can break up the weekend calls over 2 work calls.

• We encourage students to attend more to keep up with the demands of the production and reach their hours’ requirements.

• There is a Sign Up Genius link on Schoology. Students must sign up prior to arriving at the call. Attendance will be taken.

Additionally, here are the individual Schoology class codes:

• Scenic Design and Construction II: 9TGR-DW8Z-H596R

• Scenic Design and Construction III: 2KRX-7HKX-FKV9F

• Lighting and Sound Design II: 6TSR-5B2F-3TGVN

• Lighting and Sound Design III: 5V94-WTZ9-FP72R

• Costume Design and Construction II: WNZM-JZF5-NWW9F

• Costume Design and Construction III: JFQB-Q9PW-MB66M

Dance Magnet Director- Mrs. Hunkapillar

• This week in class, DME has been working on new pieces for the spring concert. Once we finish all class pieces, the seniors in the Major Company will begin their choreography projects. These dancers will be posting their cast lists at the end of the week. Senior rehearsals will begin in the next week or two.
• Minor company will be finishing up their last class piece in the next week or two. Then we will begin the cleaning process. Auditions for Major/Elite Company will be March 6 during 2nd block class time.
• Concert Adjudication (test grade) will be Apr 10, 2024-this is when each company performs their class pieces in front of a magnet panel and they receive constructive feedback on their performance.
• Our company pictures for the yearbook will be on February 27-Major company will be at 9:00 and Minor company will be at 10:30. All dancers will wear company black-I have some leotards that dancers may borrow. They will all need to wear their own black leggings for the pictures.
• Also next week will be the Black History program and our Major company will be performing “Le Freak” (our opening number from the fall concert). Lots of things are happening right before spring break-very important for all dancers to be in class on time and ready to work. Let’s have a great week!!

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

• Painting- Painting is working on a personal still life. They are required to use one piece of cloth, one reflective item and a minimum of 3 personal pieces in the artwork. Maximum size is 9x12, acrylic on canvas.
• Our mermaid paintings & drawings have been completed and several will be on display at The Little Mermaid production put on by our theater department in April. Others will be on display in the Fine Arts hallway at the same time. We appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with theater.
• These two pieces are from Painting II (Tamara Haynes) and Drawing III (Jae Maksym)
• Acrylic on canvas 16x20 and Watercolor, Gouache and Pen on Watercolor paper.
• Drawing - Drawing students are working on their “Beyond the Border” assignment. This has the students creating a 4x6 block that has a colorful animal, insect or mythical creature, that extends past (breaks the barrier) the 4x6 block on at least 3 sides. Those three spots stay in color, everything else outside the block is in black and white only.
• AP studio art: Welcome back Mrs. Johnson!!

Film and Video Director- Mr. Lee

• All Magnet students are required to complete hours outside of the school day. Those sign ups are available on Sign Up Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F49AEA92BA2F4C25-48095019-2024
• Starting next week, we will be filming and editing Behind the Scenes Rehearsal Footage & Interviews with the cast and crew from Little Mermaid. Our plan is to release one each school week leading up to the musical! See the Behind The Scenes video from Antigone Now below.
• https://youtu.be/RcgYHiFqwZU

Attention Seniors! The Huntsville Council of PTAs annually awards up to 12 (twelve) $500 scholarships (a maximum of two scholarships per high school in the Huntsville City Schools system) provided such schools are in good standing with the Huntsville Council of PTAs and with Alabama PTA.

• Scholarships are awarded to Huntsville City School seniors who plan to pursue higher education at any accredited institute of higher learning, including vocation and trade schools as well as two-year and four-year universities/colleges.
• The funds for these scholarships are raised through the contributions of our local units and concessions at Milton Frank Stadium.
• Scholarship deadline: March 1st
• Apply at this link!

Please click here for the PowerPoint from the February Senior Parent Meeting.

It is our goal that all seniors will be enrolled, employed, and/or enlisted by the end of the summer. We are here to help!

• 12th Grade Counselor: Chris White (chris.white@hsv-k12.org)
• Graduation Coach: Patrick Holder (patrick.holder@hsv-k12.org)
• Senior Sponsor: Nicole Fields (nicole.fields@hsv-k12.org)
• HCS College Counselor: Lacey Guthrie (lacey.guthrie@hsv-k12.org) – at Lee every Monday, available for students and parents/guardians.
• HCS Career Counselor: Cary Watkins (cary.watkins@hsv-k12.org – at Lee every Thursday, available for students and parents/guardians.
• National Guard Recruiter: Wendell Williams (205-746-4155) – can help with all branches of the military.

• Parent Interest Survey & Sign up here: https://forms.gle/2g7VSrC2atn9vHSf7
• Questions? Email us! ptsafamilee@gmail.com

Friday, March 8: E-Learning Day for Students

Monday, March 11-Friday, March 15: Spring Break, No School

Friday, March 22: 3rd Quarter Report Cards Go Home

Tuesday, April 9: ACT Plus Writing Test for Juniors, 8:30am

Tuesday, April 9: E-Learning Day for 9th, 10th, and 12th Grade Students

Thursday, April 25: 4th Quarter Progress Reports Go Home

Thursday, May 23: Last Day of School, Half Day

Friday, May 24: Class of 2024 Graduation Ceremony @ the VBC, 3:00pm

Tuesday, May 28: 2nd Semester Report Cards Mailed Home