Hailey Lyons
My Career Pathway
Throughout my four years of high school my career pathway has changed multiple times. I first came to iLEAD Academy wanting to become an engineer but then decided to switch into the nursing pathway. During my junior year I decided I did not want to become a nurse and instead started on the biomedical pathway. Although I continue to take classes within the biomedical field, I have also enrolled in a business class. My interest in business has grown throughout the past few years and I believe it is my final decision.
High School Classes
Language Arts/English
Freshman Year: English 9
Sophomore Year: English 10
Junior Year: Writing I (ENG 101)
Senior Year: Writing II (ENG 102)
Total College Credits: 6
Mathematics
8TH Grade: Algebra I
Freshman Year: Geometry
Sophomore Year: Algebra II
Junior Year: College Algebra
Senior Year: Statistics
Total College Credits: 6
History
Freshman Year: World History
Sophomore Year: N/a
Junior Year: History of US Since 1865 (HIS 109), Comparative Religion (REL 130), Psychology (PSY 110)
Senior Year: Sociology (SOC 101)
Total College Credits: 12
Science
Freshman Year: N/A
Sophomore Year: Health Care Delivery & Mgmt. (HST 102), Medical Term. (AHS 115), Health Care Com. (HST 103)
Junior Year: Human Anatomy & Physiology I (BIO 137)
Senior Year: Biology II (BIO 152 & 153), Chemistry (CHE 140 & 145), Human Anatomy & Physiology II (BIO 139)
Total College Credits: 25
Other/Foreign Language
Freshman Year: Introduction to Computers (CIT 105), Intro to Engineering (PLW 100), P.E.
Sophomore Year: Management of Support Services, Spanish I
Junior Year: Basic Public Speaking (COM 181), Spanish II (SPA 101)
Senior Year: Music (MUS 100), Business (BAS 160)
Total College Credits: 20
Earned:
High School Diploma
(May 2020)
&
Associates of Science
(May 2020)
GPA: 3.8
Total Credit Hours: 69
projects
iLEAD Academy Maker Fair
Every year iLead Academy holds a Maker Faire to raise money for two clubs, the Technology Student Association (TSA), the Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) & VEX-Robotics. I was chosen to organize the entire event along with two other team members. Every team member was designated different jobs to complete in order to make the fundraiser a success. I was in charge of creating forms, maintaining spreadsheets, creating barcodes for all items being sold and meeting with students. This project opened my eyes to a new career field I am now interested in, business.
Biotechnology (2018)
The chosen problem for this years biotech multimedia presentation was, GMO's. Some research, I did throughout this project was, information on pesticides, herbicides, how foods become genetically modified, etc. My team and I placed 1st for our multimedia presentation this year as well. This project showed me that agricultural science is not something I would want to pursue for a career.
Our Website: https://gmofoodstsa.weebly.com/genetically-modified-foods.html
Biotechnology (2019)
As I explained above I am currently taking classes in the bio-med pathway. For this project I was required to research a problem in the field of marine biology and create a solution. After creating a multi-media presentation on our chosen problem which was dead zones, my group and I presented it in-front of three judges. We received 1st place for all of our hard work and dedication. In the end this project showed me, I am definitely interested in the science field but I would rather not pursue marine biology.
Sealed Ecosystem
Ecology is the study of the interrealationships between organisms and their environment. For this lab project I created a small ecosystem in a gallon jar. There are many factors that make an ecosystem, animals, plants, and non-living things such as rocks and water. The materials included were, dirty rocks, dechlorinated water, algae and protozoan culture, 1 Elodea plant, 3 snails, and pond water. Each week I recorded the temperature, how much sunlight the jar was getting, and any changes in the snails, water or plants.
