Dee Lee, Editor-in-Chief
Hi, my name is Dee Lee and I am a senior. This is my third year on staff, and I am so excited to serve as one of the co-Editor-in-Chiefs this year! Outside of the lab, I participate in clubs like Model UN, Happy Crew, TSA and more. I also love to spend time with family and friends, take naps, travel and get sweet treats! This year, I’m so excited to lead and nourish the talents of our staff roster, most of whom are completely new. I really hope to report at more events and try working on longer-form content! I also really hope to restart my column from sophomore year, the Monthly Mixtape! I love what I do here in Rockmedia, and I hope you all do too! Make sure to follow us on all platforms @rcrockmedia, and check back frequently for some fun content on our website!
![Alexander Oki ‘28 picks up trash in the lower parking lot Feb. 20. According to Keep America Beautiful, the majority of the trash found on both roads and waterways consists of fast food wrappers and packaging, receipts and plastic beverage bottles. Clubs like the National Honor Society (NHS) offer students the opportunity to earn service hours by cleaning up the trash in the parking lots. “[The trash] makes us look very unhygienic and unmotivated to be a proper school,” Emberlyse Vidal ‘28 said. “It makes us look like we just don't care about our students' environments.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260220_1355020-2-1200x904.jpg)
![With a marker in hand, Sophia Foldery ‘26 writes notes about the events of the Columbian Exchange on a whiteboard in preparation for AP World History: Modern exam May 5. Foldery met with a group of classmates taking the same course to study each unit of the course in preparation for their class final exam and AP exam. AP testing week started on May 6 and continues through May 17, with the AP World History: Modern exam taking place May 15 at 8 a.m. “I’m definitely stressed [about the exam], but I’ve been reviewing a lot of the information to relieve my stress,” Foldery said. “I especially like working with friends, because they usually save me on the topics that I don’t know.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_0340-1200x1200.jpg)
![Prisha Gupta ‘26 and Shreya Ganesh ‘24 work on a project with their Starbucks red cups during Access Nov. 16. The day marked Starbucks’ annual “Red Cup Day,” where customers who order any handcrafted beverage received one holiday-themed 16-ounce reusable cup. Shiven Patel ‘26 also purchased a drink and received a red cup. “I think Red Cup Day made us get into the festive spirit. The smell of the Starbucks gave [me] the thought of sugar cookies and Santa,” Patel said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_7065-1200x1200.jpg)
![Zoe Katsoulas ‘26 presses her mooncake into a mold in Jenny Xian’s period seven Chinese IV Sept. 28. The class celebrated the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, which started Sept. 29, by making mooncakes. ”I liked pressing [the mooncake] in the mold and then seeing the flower design and eating it when I got to eat it,“ classmate Ella Scheichenost ‘26 said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_5924-921x1200.jpg)
![JD Freivogel ‘24 practices guitar while looking at sheet music in Benjamin Dale’s period seven Guitar II Sept. 5. The class worked on various sheet music compositions and presented finger exercises. “It's nice just having a class that's kind of like a break from everything. I originally started taking it because I figured [that] practicing by myself wasn't that fun, but if I forced myself to practice, however many times a week, then I could get good at it,” Freivogel said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_5175-1200x1200.jpg)