Recent ActivityInstructor: Ms. Peters
The Justice Academy House is a unique program at Lehman High School which offers students and exciting course of study which may include Law, Psychology and Forensic Science in addition to completing the required four years of high school subjects outlined by New York State. The program is especially designed for students interested in pursuing a career in law, psychology or criminal justice. Many of these elective courses qualify students for transferable college credit at recuded rates from Mercy College, with which Lehman has an ongoing partnership. At all levels of their high school career, Justice Academy students will participate in special activities which will enrich, expand and challenge their abilities, such as field trips to state and federal courts, hospitals, college and legislative meetings; visits by guests speakers from government, law enforcement, law firms, courts, social and medical service agencies; participation in numerous in-school conferences, moot court and mock trial competitions and special events. The clubs affiliated with the House include Psychology Club, Law Team, Debate Model U.N., Building with Books and RAPP.
Group Announcements Achievement Awards Celebration!On Thursday, May 21, 2009 the Academy of Computer Technology, Justice Academy, World of Work and Performing Arts houses and the joined forces with the Business, Technology, Music and Art Department to celebrate their students’ achievements. Students and their families enjoyed a light dinner prior to the awards presentation in the auditorium. Students were presented with awards in recognition of their academic achievement, service, leadership and excellence in Business, Technology, Music and Art.
This event has grown every year since Ms. Peters and Mr. Li teamed up four years ago to for a small awards ceremony in the library that gathered no more than 30-40 people. Since then, it has become a full blown stage production that feeds and entertains over 200 students, parents, faculty and staff.
Naima Rivera opened the evening with her rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.
A group of talented singers led by Mr. Baboff provided a musical interlude. Lourdes Arias, Nandanie Dunderath and Arianna Goodin performed Hey Little Child, an original composition by Alan Baboff and Fred Lederman.
The students of the Drama Club added to the evening’s festivities with an encore performance of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Footloose from this year’s spring musical “Back to the 80’s.”
Dr. Bekkala and her students contribute their artistic talent by tastefully decorating the lobby and auditorium. The cover and back page of this year’s program included artwork from two students in your class Dr. Bekkala’s class. These drawings made this year’s program special, unique and beautiful.
The Mr. DiGruccio, Dr. Bekkala, Mr. Rose, Ms. Kaplan, Mr. Elia, Mr. Bland, Mr. Baboff, Mr. Morales, Mr. Rader and Mr. Li worked together as a team to create a memorable evening for the students and their families.
Special thanks go to Ms. Pinto and the Parents’ Association for serving dinner and providing coffee and cake for the event.
Computer Forensics Class Wins Awards
Students from the Lehman Computer Forensics class won Outstanding Group Presentation and Best Technical Analysis at the 3rd Annual Computer Forensics Competition on May 8, 2009 at Pace Seidenberg School of Computer Studies. Computer forensic techniques are frequently used in to gather evidence when investigating crimes that committed with the help of computers. The main challenge of this competition was to investigate a fictional case of computer software theft. The task was to present the evidence that they discovered to the president of the fictional gaming company “Really Great Games.” The team narrowed the list potential suspects down to disgruntled employee or a hacker from China. As is turns out, it was an “inside job.” The owner of the company was illegally selling his company’s software to Asian bootleggers.  Justice Academy Field Trip to Federal CourtThe Justics Academy experienced first hand an FBI agent testify in a trial against an alleged terrorist. They were also able to meet Judge Gerald Lynch, who was recently nominated by President Obama to The 2nd Circuit Appellate Division of Federal Court
 Mock Trial CompetitionOn Tuesday March 3rd the Lehman Law Team prevailed against Columbia Prep High School. This was our second win in the citywide Mentor Mock Trial Competition. In the first round we competed against Bronx School of Law and Finance on February 25, 2009 at Manhattan Criminal Court in the fictional case of Cross vs. Porter. We won both rounds thanks to the efforts of student lawyers Doug Galluzzo, Josh Zarcone and Darren Ganesh, and witnesses Yanique Robinson, Maylene Fortuna, James Randall, Johamna Hernandez, Chris Summo and Nick Summo. All members of the team provided valuable support and backup. Although we got a "bye" and went directly to round 4 (9th place citywide) we were knocked out by St. Agnes HS for Boys in round 4. On to next year's competition!
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