ENGINEERING ACADEMY Weekly Updates
Week of September 21, 2020
FBISD F2F/ONLINE TRANISTION TIMELINE
September 23: Staff members return to campus
September 28: PreK/Kinder
September 30: 1st Grade
October 2: 2nd Grade
October 5: 6th/9th Grade
October 6: 3rd Grade
October 7: 7th/10th Grade
October 8: 4th Grade
October 9: 5th/8th/11th/12th Grades
Girl Bytes Workshop Interest Form
Interested in getting a head start in programming by learning new and exciting coding languages? Then, you're in the right place! Dulles Girl Bytes, an organization dedicated to providing an equal access for women to explore STEM fields, is hosting virtual workshops where we'll teach you Java, Python, HTML, Scratch, MIT AppInventor, SQL, and more. Whether you've never coded anything in the past or are a coding wiz, you are welcome to attend!
Please fill out this form if you would be interested in attending. tinyurl.com/gbworkshops.
If you are not a girl but would still like to attend the workshop, please email us at dullesgirlbytes@gmail.com. If you have another questions, please contact us at our email as well
NASA’s High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS)
NASA’s High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) applications are now open! HAS is an authentic learning experience for Texas high school juniors to engage with NASA’s mission to become the next generation of explorers. Students learn about different STEM related fields of study they might want to pursue in college. Following a series of online lessons, highest achieving students attend an all-expenses-paid, week-long visit to the NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston during the summer. Selected participants plan a team based Artemis themed mission to Moon and Mars with the guidance of NASA scientists and engineers. Both the online and onsite portions are free to participants.
Applications are available for students beginning September 8, 2020 through October 21, 2020.
FREE Saturday Morning Science With BCM
Registration is open for SMS Fall thru Sept. 30, 2020 . PLEASE NOTE: we will be unable to accept any late registrations, as we must ensure we do not exceed capacity restrictions on the virtual platform.
IMPORTANT - REGISTRATION INSTRUCTION: You can register by clicking the blue Registration button below. The first screen on the registration portal will state, "Did Student Attend SMS Session 01?" Clicking "no" will prevent you from registering. Please click "Yes" even if you have not previously attended SMS.
Program Cost
There is no cost for the SMS Fall 2020 program. Please note this may not apply to future SMS Fall program years.
MAYOR'S YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL
The City of Sugar Land is now accepting applications for our Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council for the 2020-2021 class.
To apply, students must:
- Be incoming high school junior
- Residents of Sugar Land city limits or ETJ
- Complete online application here
Applications close September 22 at 11:59pm. For more details and instructions visit the MYAC website.
Please share this information with your eligible students!
For any questions, please contact us at myac@sugarlandtx.gov.
Online Enrichment Through Alison
You can select the topic you want to learn about. Email me the course link and name for approval before you take it. These are free courses, DO NOT PAY for anything. Take a picture of the screen when you complete the course as your evidence. Insert the picture into the enrichment form https://alison.com/courses/science
Online Enrichment Through EdX
You can select the topic you want to learn about. Email me the course link and name for approval before you take it. These are free courses, DO NOT PAY for anything. Take a picture of the screen when you complete the course as your evidence. Insert the picture into the enrichment form https://www.edx.org/
Fort Bend Regional Council
Here is an opportunity to earn service hours. Help an area nonprofit and promote positivity in your community by creating media content (videos, memes, interviews, or discussions) that promotes having fun, making good choices and being drug free.
Contact Leigh Haynes at 281-207-2426 or lhaynes@fortbendcouncil.org or
Instagram - @fbrc_squad
Tutor Children Virtually With TeensGive
Our virtual volunteering options are a dream come true for our volunteers and their parents alike by removing the transportation component and opening up communities well beyond our local area and allowing direct interaction with people that need our help.
Sessions are delivered via laptops and even phones and are all recorded to ensure quality and safety.
Color A Smile Virtual Volunteer Opportunity
Details
Organization: Color a smile, a Non-profit organization, 501 (C) (3). Founded in 1986.
Students take printouts from the website, color them and mail it to Color A Smile foundation. Before mailing, Mr. Lam needs to approve the hours based on the coloring sheets worked by the students and track it for MSA. The below link explains steps required for tracking volunteer credits.
Instructions for the volunteer work and credits
Archive Historical Documents
Fans of history may be interested in becoming citizen archivists for a non-profit organization such as the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Would you enjoy transcribing speeches made by Franklin Roosevelt, case histories made by the Tennessee Valley Authority during the Great Depression, or cataloguing Purple Hearts awarded between 1942-1963? All of these tasks are awaiting the help of virtual volunteers right now. The Smithsonian also engages citizen scholars in tasks such as transcribing diaries of prominent Americans or joining the Wikipedia Volunteer Program’s efforts to strengthen the website’s offerings on Smithsonian-relevant content.
A Word From the Counselor
Y.E.S. Program Updates
All documents for Y.E.S. (i.e. Application, Guidelines, and Service Documentation Forms) can be found on the campus website under the Clubs/Organizations tab.
If you have concerns regarding the service opportunities available and if they are acceptable, please email Mrs. Braiyon Sands at braiyon.sands@fortbendisd.com.
As of now, the requirement for service hours for seniors/Academy Students to received credit and Y.E.S. Medals for graduation is 85 hours instead of 100 due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Until further notice, please hold on to any service documentation until we have a better idea of how/when we will begin our transition to on campus learning. It is not necessary to email me any of that information at this time
FBISD HARN College Fair- Live TEAMS
Students, welcome to the first VIRTUAL COLLEGE FAIR! Over the next six weeks, you will have the opportunity to interact with 24 different colleges around the US. Each Wednesday, we will be conducting four, one-hour sessions with two universities in each session. The live events will take place in Microsoft TEAMS, please see below for the links to each session. We will record each session and share after the event on this webpage for those who are unable to attend.
Questions About Transportation
I know some of you have been asking about transportation for academies students who have chosen to return to face to face instructions. It's my hope after the district has a better picture of the number of students request face-to-face instruction, FBISD transportation will be better able to coordinate bus routes for pick-up and drop-off. If you have specific questions about your child transportation you can contact FBISD Transportation at (281) 634-4077 or email them at
transport.support@fortbendisd.com.
For further concerns or questions you can always go on FBISD Let's Talk and voice your concerns or questions. This is the best way for FBISD leadership to hear your concerns and questions.
FBISD Technology Resources
Remind Code
Join remind to get the latest academy news and updates
Text the correct code to the number 81010
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Schoology
Schoology Codes
Class of 2021 - 3PXGJ-ZX2NB
Class of 2022 - 944J5-PCV4R
Class of 2023 - W7TJ-WW8J-R5GKD
Class of 2024 - NQK8-BJ8F-KHGC3
Student Body Meeting Dates
Student Body Meeting Dates (Currently all student body meeting will be virtual). All Student Body Meeting is eligible as an enrichment credit.
- September 8
- October 13
- November 10
- December 8
- January 12
- February 9
- March 9
- April 13