MSA WEEKLY UPDATES
Math & Science Academy 03.02.20
MSA MONTHLY MEETING EXPECTATIONS
I want to remind students of some important expectations when you attend the monthly MSA Meeting.
- Be present – give your attention to the space and the process of the meeting. That means giving your attention to the speaker(s) at the meeting. Not socializing with your peers or on your technology while the speaker(s) are talking.
- Be engage – actively engage in planned activities during the meeting.
Although the monthly MSA meeting is not mandatory, we encourage you to attend the meeting to further your learning, fulfill enrichment requirement and receive academy updates. However, we want to create an environment where students can engage, respect and learn from each other without disruptions.
As we approach spring break, I encourage all those who have not completed their enrichment and YES hours requirements to seek opportunities to do so over Spring Break. If you attending an activity over the break for enrichment requirement and need approval, just send me an email. Also, a reminder there are online enrichment opportunities below that you can do over the Spring Break.
SAVE THE DATE
MSA Peer Tutoring
Bel Inizio Need Volunteers
https://www.bel-inizio.org/volunteers/
Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
Any non-profit 501 (c) 3 designated company is eligible for students volunteer. Remember a maximum of 8 hours per day may be earned. Be certain to have your volunteer forms signed and then upload to the Volunteer Submission Form. The locations below are samples of where you may volunteer. This list is just a sample and does not have every location where you can volunteer.
1. Child Advocates
a. http://www.childadvocates.org/volunteer
2. Second Mile Mission Center
a. Here is the link to volunteer; http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4da4ae28a7f49-techies.
3. Boys and Girls Club of Houston
a. Here is the link to volunteer; http://www.bgclubs-houston.org/Volunteers.
4. Friends of Down Syndrome
a. http://www.friendsofdownsyndrome.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/volunteer-application-2017.pdf.
5. Houston Food Bank
a. Here is the link; http://www.houstonfoodbank.org/volunteer/volunteer.
6. Houston Methodist Hospital System
a. at 281.274.7127; hmslvolunteers@houstonmethodist.org.
b. Volunteer Services at Main Methodist: Contact: 713.441.3351
QUESTIONS ABOUT YES HOURS?
***Please see the Dulles Website for directions to submit volunteer hours http://www.dhsyesprogram.org/Account/Login
Any questions regarding your YES Hours, please email support@dhsyesprogram.org
ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES
NASA Launches $30,000 Competition for Innovative Thinkers, Developers
Challenge Overview
Imagine a world hot enough to turn lead into a puddle, where the atmospheric pressure can crush a nuclear-powered submarine. Now imagine sending a rover to explore that world.
Venus, ancient sister of Earth with a planetary environment just this side of hellish, has been visited by a handful of probes since the early days of space flight. Of the many missions to our celestial neighbor, only about a dozen have made contact with the surface of the planet. The longest-lived landers only managed to function for a couple of hours before succumbing to the relentlessly oppressive heat and pressure.
Despite the punishing conditions, previous missions to Venus have nevertheless delivered important information, such as:
- Surface temperature: in excess of 450°C
- Surface pressure: 92 times that of Earth
- Wind speeds: 0.3 – 1.3 meters per second
- Due to the extreme pressure, this low wind speed feels almost like gale-force winds here on Earth
- Length of Venusian day: 116 Earth day
This is a great opportunity for juniors who are looking for their senior project. I will consider making this a group project if you can get your team together. A team can not be more than 5 students.
Rice ELITE Summer Camp
Online Enrichment Opportunities Through Alison
Applications for Duke University Summer Session 2020
Be ready to apply December 3! Click the link below for the program of interest to you:
Summer Program for High School Seniors - UT MD Anderson School of Health Professions
The School of Health Professions at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center would like to announce that applications open soon for the 60th Annual Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation High School Summer Program in Biomedical Sciences June 8 – July 24, 2020. Applications available Nov. 1, 2019 – Jan. 16, 2020.
Attached is our informational flyer for potential applicants to the program (current seniors in a Texas public, private, charter, or home school graduating prior to the start of the program). For more information visit our web page (http://bit.ly/SHP-HS-Summer) or contact me directly. In short, we will select 10 students and pair each to mentor under an MD Anderson faculty member. The participants will work during normal business hours in their mentor’s laboratory working on research.
Students will receive a scholarship to help defray expenses during the program. The program does not provide for housing, parking, transportation, food, or otherwise.
No new applications will be taken after January 16. We hope to choose the students by early March.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Program Manager
School of Health Professions
RATrevino1@mdanderson.edu
T 713-792-1606
F 713-792-0800
IMPORTANT RESOURCES
College Information for Students and Parents
Ms. Warren is the College and Career adviser at Dulles. The CCR center will be open for students to seek advisement, work on college applications, apply for scholarships, write and revise college essays, pick up college brochures, and attend college visits. Parents are also welcome to the resource center if they have questions and concerns regarding post secondary education/careers. This is an exciting addition to all Fort Bend ISD campuses, and the college and career adviser is here to help advise both students and parents.. Please make sure to check her newsletter out frequently for update college information. https://www.smore.com/dc9xr
Chevron Science and Engineering Fair.
Internationational and State Participants
Nail Lakhani
Jayanth Pratap
Abhinav Sinha
State Participants
Anvi Garyali
Sneha Sinha
Alan Makosa
Please congratulate Chelsea Tang
Please congratulate Chelsea Tang for being Class Champion – Painting, at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. Her artwork will be displayed during HLS&R and auctioned off on March 15!
Please congratulate freshman, Beryl Zhu
Please congratulate freshman, Beryl Zhu, for being selected as a TOP TEN winner in the “Celebrating Art” contest presented by Blick Art Materials. She was selected out of thousands of entries as one of the ten best art pieces in her grade division (grades 7-9) for the entire U.S.
Dulles Decathlon finished 1st at the Region VII Academic Decathlon Meet
Dulles Decathlon finished 1st at the Region VII Academic Decathlon Meet. They took 7 of the 15 overall individual medals and 1st place in the Super Quiz event! The team also took home a lot of individual event medals
U.S. Presidential Scholar Candidate
Names in order in the picture:
Principal King-Knowles, Kiran Thirukonda, Taylor Shui, Michael Brough, Tony Jha, Ethan Zahid, and MSA Coordinator, Donald Lam.
Houston High School Mathematics Contest
Over the weekend Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society) members competed at the University of Houston High School Mathematics Contest. The following students received individual Awards:
Alex Liu: Physics and Statistics
Anaya Bawiskar: Algebra II
Tony Dong: Algebra II
Amogha Pokkulandra: Number Sense
ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS – IMPORTANT MESSAGE
ACADEMY REQUIREMENT DEADLINES
Submission Deadlines
Outside Enrichment Activities
First Semester – December 9, 2019
Second Semester – May 11, 2020
Volunteer Hours
First Semester – December 31, 2019
Second Semester
for Class of 2020 – March 30, 2020
for Classes 2021, 2022, & 2023 – May 4, 2020