莱镇青少年计算机组爱国者日的故事

Lexington Youth STEM Team 莱克星顿华协青年STEM团队成立于2020年，目前拥有30多名学生，他们都对计算机科学充满热情。该团队由马萨诸塞大学教授丁薇博士带领。她和她的团队参与了超过十多个项目，包括2020年莱克星顿爱国者日Miles & Smiles网站。

在今年的爱国者日游行中，计算机小组成员David Zhao，Cassidy Xu和Ashley Zhang为当地企业举广告横幅，William Zhang和Kevin Zhu为华协举旗，Irene Gao和Ethan Shao举着STEM团队的海报，他们和华协的其他成员一起在游行途中得到了一路掌声。这项活动的组长是Ivy Tang，她与团队沟通，并和朋友Hannah Guo一起设计制作了海报。Ivy这样描述她的海报设计理念：“我最初不确定如何填补这么大的空间。我想要一个简单的设计，同时也能传达我们团队的努力工作和进步。我受到游行爱国主题的启发，在海报中融入了美国国旗的红蓝颜色。海报中心是一台计算机，下面鲜花盛开，每朵鲜花添加一个项目的名称，象征着在技术的帮助下为社区做出贡献的力量就像鲜花绽放，使我们的社区莱克星顿更加美好。最终，我也希望更多的人通过海报可以了解我们的项目，看到我们团队中每个成员的努力。”

The Lexington Youth STEM team was established in 2020, and now has over 30 students, all joined by their passion for computer science. The team is led by Dr. Wei Ding, a professor at the University of Massachusetts. She and her team have worked on a variety of more than seven projects, including the 2020 Patriots Day Miles & Smiles website. For this year’s Patriots Day Parade, David Zhao, Cassidy Xu and Ashley Zhang helped hold advertising banners for local businesses, while William Zhang and Kevin Zhu volunteered to hold the CAAL banner. Irene Gao and Ethan Shao proudly held the team’s poster. Along the parade route, the group and other members of CAAL were showered with applause from the audience. The team lead for this activity was Ivy Tang, who communicated with the team and designed the poster with the help of her friend Hannah Guo. Ivy described the process of her poster development as the following: “I was initially unsure about how to fill such a large space. I wanted a simple design that was also communicative of our team’s progress and hard work. I was inspired by the theme of the parade and incorporated aspects of the American flag in the poster. Additionally, I added names of our projects in flowers along with a computer, symbolizing the blooming of contributions to the community with the aid of technology. Team members also offered thoughtful suggestions. Ultimately, I hope more people will be able to appreciate our projects and the efforts of each member on our team”.