Stevenson H.S. violinist to perform at Carnegie Hall

Adlai E. Stevenson High School senior Justin J. Lee was selected to participate in the 2018 High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall. He will perform violin in February with the Honors Symphony Orchestra.

Earlier this year, Lee auditioned for the Honors Performance Series and was accepted after a review by the honors selection board. Lee will join performers from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Guam, six Canadian provinces, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Mexico, New Zealand, Qatar, South Korea and the United Kingdom for a special performance at Carnegie Hall.

Lee studies violin under the guidance of Betty Haag-Kuhnke at the Betty Haag Academy of Music in Buffalo Grove. He is also a member of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, Stevenson High School Patriot Orchestra and Magical Strings of Youth.

The Honors Performance Series was created to showcase accomplished individual high school performers on an international level by allowing them to study under master conductors and perform in the celebrated venue Carnegie Hall. The Honors Performance Series is presented by educational travel organization World Strides.

• Plum Grove Junior High School teacher Sharon Lennstrom was one of 27 middle school science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) educators in the country to be named Northrop Grumman Foundation Teachers Academy Fellows for the 2017-18 school year.

The Teacher Fellows were selected by the Northrop Grumman Foundation and the National Science Teachers Association on the basis of several criteria, including displaying a strong desire to advance STEM education and apply real-world applications in the classroom.

Selected from school districts in Northrop Grumman communities across the country, the Teacher Fellows will participate in a variety of science, technology, and engineering-related activities and professional learning opportunities.

• U.S. Air Force Airman Blake M. Jorda graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills.

Jorda, the son of Joshua P. Jorda of Arlington Heights and Dawn L. Jorda of South Elgin, and brother of Kyle D. Jorda of South Elgin, is a 2017 graduate of John Hersey High School, Arlington Heights.

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