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PTSA Update
CALLING The Class of 2023
Copies of the 2022-2023 Kellam PTSA Scholarship Application can be found in the Counseling department or on Scholarship Central.
The deadline for all applications is April 21, 2023. No late applications will be accepted. For any questions, please feel free to email Pamula.poteet@gmail.com.
THE PTSA IS IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS TO FILL THE FOLLOWING
POSITIONS FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR.
President
Responsible for leading the PTSA and is the association's presiding officer and official representative.
Vice-President (Membership)
Plans and promotes membership campaigns and events; maintains the membership database
Treasurer
Manages the PTSA finances by keeping accurate financial records and preparing for the annual audit.
GradFest Coordinator
Manages the all-Knight celebration for the Senior Class; coordinates with vendors to secure a venue and sponsorships; organizes Grad-Fest details and logistics; develops and oversees fundraising opportunities.
If you are interested in any of these positions and have any questions/concerns regarding these positions, please get in touch with any PTSA Board Member – KellamKnightsPTSA@outlook.com
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Culturally Speaking: Women in STEM - Whose shoulders do you stand on?
Studies in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) historically are not entered by females. Yet women have been making significant groundbreaking contributions to the field of STEM for over a hundred years. These foremothers often overcame great hardships, receiving little recognition for their work. Yet they foraged on.
Who are these groundbreaking women? Most people have heard the name, Marie Curie. You may recall that she is known for her pioneering research in radioactivity. She discovered the elements radium and polonium. However, many other women have made extraordinary contributions to the field of STEM that you might not be so familiar with.
Here is a short list of notable women in STEM and their accomplishments. Whose shoulders would you be standing on? Who helped pave the way for girls in STEM?
Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910)
The first woman to receive an MD
Established the New York Infirmary for Women and Children
Author of numerous books, including Medicine as a Profession for Women
Nettie Stevens (1861-1912)
Discovered the X and Y Chromosomes
Established links between heredity and chromosomes
Lise Meitner (1878-1968)
Known as the Mother of Nuclear Power
Discovered nuclear fission.
Katharine Burr Blodgett (1889-1979)
Created non-reflective glass
Developed a device to measure humidity
Florence Seibert (1897-1991)
Developed standards still used today for TB (tuberculosis testing)
Cecilia Payne (1900-1979)
First-person- male or female- to earn a doctorate in astronomy from Harvard
First, to answer the question, “What are stars made of?”
Grace Hopper (1906-1992)
Known as the “Queen of Code”
Computer programmer, mathematician, and military leader
Helped build one of the first computers
Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997)
First Lady of Physics
Joined the Manhattan Project working with the army in the development of the atomic bomb
I have worked with male colleagues to disprove a law of symmetry in physics.
Katherine Johnson (1918-2020)
Research mathematician for NASA
Computations affected every major space program
Antonia Novello (1944-Present)
The first woman to be appointed Surgeon General.
Sally Ride (1951-2012)
Astronaut
The first woman to go into space
Mae C. Jemison (1956-Present)
Astronaut
Science mission specialist
First African American woman to go into space
These are a few women who paved the way for girls today to pursue careers in STEM. Yet, only 28% of the STEM workforce is female. Computer science and engineering are some of the highest-paying and fastest-growing fields, yet women occupy less than a third of the workforce. How do we close this gender gap? Do not underestimate the math skills of girls/women. Give them the confidence to break the glass ceiling in male-dominated fields. Give girls role models like those women listed above to follow—foster curiosity and questioning. Let the question “Why?” be part of the everyday. Believe in your children. Let them shoot for the moon. You may find them there one day!
Counseling Update
AP Testing
AP Exams will be administered from May 1 – May 12 at Kellam. Families should review their student’s testing schedule in Total Registration and reach out to Kellam’s AP Coordinator, Juliana Caruso, as soon as possible if there are any known conflicts. Also, please be sure the contact emails and phone numbers in Total Registration for both students and parents are correct as important testing information, room locations, and logistics will be sent to those contacts in the coming weeks. Please be on the lookout for that communication.
As a reminder, all balances must be paid in full no later than March 8. This is also the deadline for any late exam registrations. If a student wishes to cancel an exam, they should request the cancellation in Total Registration to initiate the refund, minus the $40 cancellation fee.
Class of 2023 Scholarships
As we spring into Scholarship Season, our school counseling department would like to share information to help encourage seniors to search, find, and apply for scholarships.
To search for local scholarships, students are encouraged to utilize our school division’s scholarship website, Scholarship Central, and our school’s scholarship listings, Kellam Senior Scholarships. Both resources are updated on a regular basis, so it is important to check the sites regularly for new scholarship opportunities.
We also need your help to identify all students who have been offered a scholarship. This information will be used to determine scholarship totals for the Class of 2023 as well as recognitions for the Senior Awards Program this June. Individual scholarships, money offered from potential colleges, and the GI Bill should be reported. This Google Form provides instructions and additional details: Class of 2023 Scholarship Reporting.
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