DMA Weekly Update
Week of October 28th
Coordinator Update
Coordinator Weekly Schedule
Tuesday: HHS/Admin Office
Wednesday: THS
Thursday: THS/Admin Office
Friday: Admin Office/THS
Upcoming Events
10/29: DMA Academy Open House: HHS
11/1: Academy Application Opens 8th Grade Students
11/1: Progress Report 3 Ends
11/22: Progress Report 4 Ends
11/25-29: Thanksgiving Break
Schoology Class Codes
Graduation Class - Schoology Code
Class of 2020 - 3CKZ4-D82P2
Class of 2021- FG6CQ-RZD6J
Class of 2022 - 8JNQT-6XRNF
Class of 2023 - 6WX8-CP4H-9F2WT
Remind Codes
Text the correct code to the number 81010
@dmaco2020 – C/O 2020
@dmaco2021 – C/O 2021
@dmaco2022 – C/O 2022
@dmaco2023 – C/O 2023
Academy Requirement Deadlines
Submission Deadlines
Outside Enrichment Activities
First Semester – December 9, 2019
Second Semester – May 11, 2020
Volunteer Hours
First Semester – December 2, 2019
Second Semester
for Class of 2020 – March 30, 2020
for Classes 2021, 2022, & 2023 – May 4, 2020
The Science Ambassador Scholarship
CTE Student Ambassadors Needed
Click Here for more information and to apply.
LaunchX Summer Program
Our summer program taps into the potential of ambitious high school students, supporting you through the process of launching an actual startup.
Join a highly-curated group of promising young entrepreneurs from around the globe for four intense weeks. You'll learn from industry experts and work in a group of peer co-founders to build real products and solve business challenges in viable ways.
LaunchX isn't a business plan competition - students start real companies. These startups are driven by using the design thinking process to discover innovative opportunities, backed by extensive market research, multiple iterations of prototypes and user testing, and gaining traction through getting real customers and partnerships.
Apply now to become a part of this amazing community.
Deadline
Dec 15 2019 11:59 PM (EST)
Digital Media Summer Programs
Impactful Learning in 2020
All-new offerings to share with you!
From 2D Animation Production & Character Development, to Adventures in Game Design, there is something your young creator is sure to love!
Digital Media Academy isn’t just the best place to learn STEM skills. It’s also an incredible opportunity to build friendships, develop critical life skills, and learn to communicate more effectively in the modern world.
Click Here for more information.
Emma Bowen Foundation
The Emma Bowen Foundation is a nonprofit organization that is building a more diverse media and tech industry by recruiting promising students of color like you and placing them in multi-year paid internships at some of the nation's leading media companies.
Diversity is important in all areas of the media industry. We offer fellowships that prepare students for careers in the Business of Media, Content of Media and Innovation of Media. Whether you're interested in being a producer, a journalist, a web developer, an engineer, a business executive, a PR agent, or in any other career in the media or tech industry, the Emma Bowen Fellowship is here to help you get your start.
The Summer 2020 Application in now open!
The initial application has a few key components:
- The EBF Summer Online Application
- A LinkedIn Profile with Photo
- Your Resume
Women in Toys Scholarship
GenHERation and Women in Toys, Licensing, and Entertainment (WIT) have partnered together to award a talented young woman a $2,500 scholarship in 2020.
The WIT Scholarship is funded by the WIT Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation that proudly supports its commitment to education by granting scholarships to outstanding women currently pursuing degrees in preparation for careers in a wide array of industry-related fields.
Apply HERE by Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 11:59 PM EST.
#THINKBEFOREYOUPOST - PSA CONTEST
The FBI’s It’s Not A Joke #ThinkBeforeYouPost campaign aims at ending hoax threats by educating our community youth regarding the consequences of making hoax threats against schools.
We are inviting high school students, from around the greater Houston area, to create a video PSA encouraging students to refrain from making hoax threats.
See flier for more information and visit www.schoolpsa.com
THINK TANK 2020
For more information, visit
ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES
October 29
November 2
10th Annual Houston Black College Expo
Sat, Nov 2, 2019 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM CDT
The Black College Expo™ is an event the highlights over 50 of the 104 historically black colleges and universities, along with other higher learning institutions and educational services. It was developed 18 years ago to serve as a vital link between minorities and college admissions. Although the purpose is to educate ALL students about HBCUs and the college admission process, you'll find public colleges, private colleges, ivy leagues, and even military colleges on site. The overall goal is to encourage and promote the importance of higher education.
Click Here for more information and for ticketing information.
November 2
November 9
Young Women Energized
FREE STEM EVENT
SATURDAY, November 9, 2019
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN
Click Here for more information.
November 15
Lesa Tran Lu – Professor, Department of Chemistry
Professor Lesa Tran Lu is a Lecturer of Chemistry at Rice University and a Faculty Resident Associate of Sid Richardson College. She received her B.S. in Chemistry from Rice University in 2007 and continued her Ph.D. studies there as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. Under the mentorship of Lon J. Wilson, Tran’s graduate work focused on developing gadolinium-loaded carbon nanostructures as medical agents to improve stem cell retention and MRI detection in cardiomyoplasty. This work was awarded 1 of 200 $1M NIH Challenge Grants in 2009.
In 2012, she joined the Rice teaching faculty to transform the way General Chemistry is taught by developing a form of structured inquiry-based learning model known as the Student-Centered Active Learning at Rice (SCAL@R) method. Using the SCAL@R method, she has taught over 1200 students and mentored over 45 student teaching assistants. With her colleagues, Tran studies the impact of the SCAL@R method on student learning, study habits, and attitudes towards learning in General Chemistry. Tran also teaches the Chemistry of Cooking, an elective course taught in collaboration with Rice Housing & Dining and Houston-area chefs and business owners. In this course, basic chemical concepts are covered and reinforced with guided-inquiry kitchen laboratory assignments, such as how to create the “perfect” chocolate chip cookie, burger patty, or apple pie. In recent years, Tran has taught other courses including the Chemistry of Art and managed the Chemistry Undergraduate Research Program.
November 18
DMA Enrichment 11/18: FIDM The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
Location: HHS Library
Date: November 18
Time: 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Please Click Here to sign up and reserve your spot!
CURRENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
GENEROSITY FEEDS (NOV. 2)
Join MOD Pizza and Generosity Feeds for an Epic Day, creating over 45,000 meals in 3 communities across the Houston Metro Area. Invite your friends and family to join you and get ready to Change the Math in Child Hunger! Click here for more information. Ms. Sonja Gillette can sign your YES volunteer form at the event.
https://generosityfeeds.org/events/tackle-weekend-hunger-galleria-houston-tx/
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Quail Valley Middle School Math Club Volunteers needed.
High School students are needed to assist the math clubs during afternoon tutorials for competition. Students with strong math skills are encouraged to assist with the club.
Click here to sign up.
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2019 Holy Cross Church Pumpkin Patch
Sat Oct 5, 2019 – Sat Nov 2, 2019
More Information and Sign up can be found here.
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Second mile food fair
Every Saturday 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM
Volunteers help sort and repackage up to 20,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables and distribute up to 200+ families in need that come to second Mile on that day you can sign up for two shifts of two hours or more at www.secondmile.org/volunteer. Volunteers should wear comfortable clothes and shoes.
Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
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
HHS Academies Booster Club
Parents we want you involved at school! Be sure to complete the FBISD Criminal History Application so that you can volunteer at events and on field trips. Parent support is essential to student success and we LOVE having you at school and involved! If you have not renewed your membership with our Booster Club, you can do so online. Our Booster Club is a key component of our success. It is essential that each of our families join every year!
Click here for more information and to join the Academies Booster Club!
Digital Media Academy
Email: amber.boston@fortbendisd.com
Website: www.fortbendisd.com/digitalmedia
Location: 3333 Hurricane Lane, Missouri City, TX, USA
Phone: (281)634-3106
Twitter: @DigitalMediaACA