FFHS Stars In Education

Pictured Left to Right:  (front row) Cellists Sydney Harrison, Cameron Lewis, Claire Thomas (second row) Violinists Mabel Soe, Anna Buchanan, Violist Kate Talafero, Violinist Samantha Drumm (back row) Bassist Morgan Leatherwood, Violinist Katie O'Dell, Violist Patrick Heisse, Violinist Susan Pizzuti

Demonstrating the 21st Century skills of creativity and innovation and the life skills of accountability, adaptability, self-direction, and personal and social responsibility, eleven students at First Flight High School in grades 9-12 and one from First Flight Middle in grade 8 make up the Seaside Strings, a newly formed string orchestra sponsored by the Dare County Youth Orchestra and Dare County Schools.  The seeds of this project actually grew from a grant provided by the Dare Education Foundation in partnership with the Outer Banks Community Foundation which enabled the creation of a strings "feeder" program at First Flight Middle School.  The orchestra will be playing at several community performances throughout the year.

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