POE students got a chance to see the F-35.

Discovery Middle School

             On November 19, 2015,  65 STEM students from Discovery Middle School received a personal tour of LAMPE.  

     The students got a chance to see the Engineering Lab, Multimedia area, and a demonstration of manufacturing a robot.

AVC TheatreTour

The Tech Theatre students took a Behind-the-Scenes tour at AVC's theatre.  The students had the opportunity to see, first hand, how a large theatre is operated and managed.  Several former LAMPE students have gone through AVC's theatre production program.

LAMPE Tour for Endeavour MS

Endeavour Middle School

LAMPE Ambassadors

 (Above from left)

Rose, Lanyell, Alex, Kirsten, Kayla, Michael, and Ian were the LAMPE Ambassadors of the day. 

46 STEM students from Endeavour MS came to visit LAMPE.  The students had the opportunity to see all of the LAMPE classes including the Engineering Lab.  There were a lot of questions asked as the students got the chance to see what LAMPE was all about.

AV Press

AV Press article - November 3, 2015

Resume Workshop

LAMPE / SkillsUSA students attended a Resume workshop conducted by Ms. Reinford.  The students used the workshop time to create and update their personal resumes.

High Speed Rail & Bridge Project

Rick Simon, from the High Speed Rail project, gives a presentation to over 300 STEM students that filled the theatre.  The Engineering students were able to discuss engineering techniques and ask questions regarding the High Speed Rail project.

Amargosa Creek Middle School

Alex gives an overview of LAMPE to the eighth grade STEM students from Amargosa Middle School. 

Kirsten and Nick gives the eight graders a tour of the Engineering Lab, and displays a couple of the robots.

Making the Connection in Honors English 9

Check out Engineering student Blake Vogel's "Silent Auction" in Ms. Banks Honors English 9 class.

Mars Challenge

Students in Ms Guertin's class had to try to save the Martian (have you seen Martian with Matt Damon, yet?)  Here is the video of the IED students that were able to save Matt Damon.

Volunteering

MD2 students and SkillsUSA President Jaushua, and Vice-President Kelsey, volunteer at the VA home in Lancaster.  They were there to help the residents with any computer problems and issues.

Salute to Youth

Kirsten and Lanyell, working the booth at this year's Salute to Youth.

Logo Winner

Congratulations to Ha Bui, for winning the Salute to Youth logo competition.

Ha is in Mr. Robertson's ATP class.

Honorable mentions went to;
Kirsten Barrow, MD2
Alex Gugler, MD2
Aziz Tugung, MD2
Vinne Virk, MD2

Engineering a High Speed Rail

Edwin and Anon at the High Speed Rail forum

High Speed Rail Project

LAMPE teachers, Mr. Robertson and Mr. Cottrell, and LAMPE engineering students, Edwin and Martin with Michelle Boehm, the Southern California Regional Director of the High Speed Rail project.

The students were able to meet and speak with several experienced engineers on the High Speed Rail project team.

Hitting The Target

Mr. Cottrell's IED students

After discussing Nasa’s challenge of dropping items on target on the moon and planets such as Mars, students were given the challenge of building a device to move across the classroom on a line carrying a payload (marble) and somehow release the marble hitting the target.

 

It was an interesting challenge with many different designs and several successful on target drops.

 

LAMPE in the Homecoming Parade

Multimedia Design 1 students carried the LAMPE banner

Students from Mr. Robertson's Multimedia 1 class carried the LAMPE banner during the Homecoming Parade.

Banner design by Ha Bui.

SkillsUSA Leadership Conference

Jaushua and Kelsey attended the SkillsUSA Leadership Conference on Saturday September 26.  They attended 4 workshops that taught them how to become better leaders.

Jaushua is the 2015/16 SkillsUSA President and Kelsey is the Vice President for LnHS.

Jaushua and Kelsey with Mr. Robertson and
Mr. Paliza at this year's SkillsUSA Leadership Conference, held at Warren High School, in Downey, CA.

Principle of Engineering (POE)

Ms Arriola's POE Class

Principle of Engineering (POE) students were treated to a variety of hands-on experiences by members of the Hazmat squad.  

The students were able to use the tools used by the fire department, as well as participating in a class presentation and question and answer section.

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs

Ms Banks' LAMPE English Class

MS Banks' Honors English 9 LAMPE students compete to build the tallest tower, using spaghetti and meatballs (mini marshmallows).

Ms Guertin - IED

Tin Foil Project Winners

The task was to build a structure 

as tall as possible with only 

25 feet of aluminum foil.  

No other materials could be used 

and the students needed to build it 

in 25 minutes with proper 

documentation of the design process.

Mr. Cottrell's IED classes

The Winning Design

The task was to build a structure 

as tall as possible with only 

25 feet of aluminum foil.  

No other materials could be used 

and the students needed to build it 

in 25 minutes with proper 

documentation of the design process.

Ms Arriola's POE Class

 

Alumni - Natalie Wenzel

Hey  everyone, this year the LAMPE program is going to have a new blog written from the perspective of a LAMPE alumni, updated every month. My name is Natalie, and I will be writing as many helpful entries as I can. In this blog I will be covering:

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-My time with the LAMPE program

-Helpful tips for applying to college

-How LAMPE has helped me in college

-And other helpful college tips (how to stay organized, coping with the changes, getting involved, etc.)

(DRob asked me to do an introduction of myself on the first blog, so here it goes)

My name is Natalie Wenzel, and I graduated with the class of 2015. While at LnHS, I was involved in: the LAMPE program, the robotics team, speech & poetry club, link crew, CSF, and drama/creative writing classes. It was pretty dang hectic, but a lot of fun once I learned how to manage my time. I like cats, video games, baking, rap music (yeezus, whom DROb hates apparently), and graphic design.

I deeply miss being involved in LAMPE, and I hope everyone in the program right now gets the most out of it. It’s pretty cool.

If you have any specific questions/topics you would like to hear about you can email me at nataliealiealie@gmail.com and I’ll be happy to get back to you as soon as I can.

Otter Pops!

LAMPE students were able to enjoy Otter Pops during lunch.  This was the 2nd Ice Cream social for the summer school students.

Just another fun way to stay cool!

Summer School Health

One More Week

Students in the LAMPE Health class continue making progress.  With the completion of Health this summer, students have the opportunity to choose more electives in their sophomore year.

One more week and summer school is over!

Summer School - Head Start

Students are getting ahead this summer by taking Health.

This is a great benefit to the students because now they get 2 electives during their sophomore year, instead of 1.  An elective for LAMPE and an elective for Foreign Language.

How did you spend your summer?

2015 Planning Retreat

Academy teachers spent time off campus, during the summer, planning for the new school year and the start of LAMPE.  The team worked on curriculum development, group projects, field trips and work-based learning for the 2015 school year.

2015 is going to be a fantastic year!

Ice Cream Social

Mary, a year 3 lampe student, helps make rootbeer floats for the incoming freshman lampe students, during summer school lunch time.  

Summer School is a great time for incoming freshman to get familiar to the high school campus and culture.

Rootbeer floats just makes it that much easier.

Welcome Class of 2019

Welcome to LAMPE, Class of 2019.  LAMPE stands for Lancaster Academy of Multimedia Production and Engineering.

We are really looking forward to all of you joining the LAMPE family.  To date, we have 4 Intro to Engineering (IED) classes, 1 Principle of Engineering (POE), and 2 Multimedia (MD1) classes for this school year.

This year is the 20th anniversary of LnHS. The doors were first opened in 1995.  This is also the official year of the LAMPE academy.  LAMPE has been around for over 5 years as a Multimedia Program, this is the first official year that we are recognized as an academy.

I anticipate this school year being full of fun activities so please check this page often, to stay updated on all of your LAMPE news. I hope all of you have a wonderful year, and again, welcome to the LAMPE family.