My name is Lee Rivera. I teach the orchestra program at KIPP Sharpstown College Prep. The mission of our school is a very powerful one... to ensure that our students internalize the habits of self-reliance, honor, achievement, responsibility to others, and persistence in order to become life-long learners capable of excelling in college and committed to transforming tomorrow.

I teach string orchestra to fifth through eighth grade students. My main goal for my students is that they learn to become life-long music lovers, and are able to pass that love of music onto future generations. We value the fine arts very highly at our school. So much so, that each and every student is enrolled in one of our five fine arts classes (orchestra, choir, visual art, dance and theatre) for all four years they are here.

We work very hard to provide the students with a high quality arts education along side their rigorous study in the other content areas. With this in mind, I fully believe we help to make our students into well rounded and community conscience individuals who will become strong productive members of our society in the future.