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Mill Creek Jazz Festival
On Saturday, November 22, 2003, Jackson High School hosted the Mill Creek Jazz Festival. Participating bands included Heatherwood Middle School (Dave Stangland, Director), Marysville Junior High School (Peter Joseph, Director), Whitman Middle School (Ray Baldwin, Director), Jackson High School Jazz Combo (Lesley Moffat, Director), Bremerton High School (Craig White, Director), Tyee High School (Lyn Nelthropp, Director), Chief Sealth High School (Debbie Meyer, Director), Granite Falls High School (Jim Katsafanas, Director), and Jackson High School (Lesley Moffat, Director). The festival was a series of music clinics and performances.
Academic Events Cosponsored by AP/IB Boosters
12/10/2003 Online Learning Symposium
Henry M. Jackson High School will host a symposium on December 10th, 2003 from 7 PM – 9 PM that presents online learning opportunities for middle school students, high school students, parents and other life-long learners.
There will be three speakers:
Paul Bruno (Apex Learning in Bellevue Washington) will discuss the many courses from Apex ranging from middle school supplemental curriculum courses to high school AP courses.
http://www.apexlearning.com/Connie Broughton (Managing Director of Washington Online) will discuss learning opportunities for parents and others interested in online courses from the many community and technical colleges in Washington State.
http://www.waol.orgSally Lancaster (Everett School District Assistant Principal of Alternative Programs) will discuss the existing credit recovery program – Online High School.
http://www.everett.wednet.edu/online/The following link has more information on this symposium.
http://www.apibboosters.org/OnlineLearningSymposium.htmlSponsored by AP/IB Boosters and Hosted by Henry M. Jackson High School
2/10/2004 UW Summer Programs for Middle School Students Information Night
Speaker:
Dr. Maren Halvorsen, the Associate Director for the Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center
Abstract:
The UW Middle School Short Courses are one week all day courses open to all students entering 6th - 8th grade. The 2004 summer courses will be announced in February. The 2003 summer courses included: In the Courthouse, Kids Invent Robotics, Exploring Art through Architecture, and Young Writers Workshop. The UW Summer Challenge is a three-week summer commuter program offered by the Halbert & Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars for qualifying students currently in the 5th or 6th grade. If you are currently in 7th, 8th, or 9th grade (qualified students currently in 10th grade may be admitted to Precalculus or Chemistry) Summer Stretch may be an option for you. It is a five-week commuter program of high school classes. The program offers an opportunity for vigorous academic challenge in the company of other capable students.
Sponsored by:
AP/IB Boosters and Heatherwood PTA
Additional Academic Events Advocated by AP/IB Boosters:
1/10/2004 National Portfolio Day at Cornish College of the Arts
National Portfolio Days help further the artistic development of young artists by bringing together experienced college representatives to review work and offer critique. National Portfolio Days are about the exchange of information: about your work, yourself, your college plans, your concerns. They are not an examination or a competition.
2/4/2004 Inglemoor HS International Baccalaureate Program Info Day
Learn about the International Baccalaureate Program at Inglemoor High School
2/4/2004 UW Mini Medical School
Among the many exciting programs this year, you will discover, from a medical student’s perspective, what it is like to interview for and attend medical school; you’ll watch a robotic patient undergo anesthesia in preparation for surgery, and you’ll get an inside view of the work taking place at the Harborview Trauma and Burn Center.
We recommend that the attendees be at least 15 years of age.
2/5/2004 Sno-Isle Skills Center - Open House
Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center is a public school offering technical training for high school students from: Arlington , Darrington, Edmonds , Everett , Granite Falls , Lake Stevens , Lakewood , Marysville, Monroe , Mukilteo, Skykomish, Snohomish, South Whidbey , Sultan and other school districts. (Administered by Mukilteo School District #6)
2/27/2004 UW World Languages Day
Today's high school juniors and seniors have the opportunity and the challenge of living in a world whose boundaries are becoming smaller and smaller. Our country is engaged politically, economically and even militarily with many nations today. We do not know today where the future will take us in terms of our international engagements. It is more and more essential, as well as mind-opening, to learn other languages and to become familiar with the cultures of our world neighbors.
Attend every session you can on World Languages day and see your horizons expand.
Here are just a few of the many sessions offered this year:
Arabic Calligraphy
Hispanic Dance
Culture and Languages of India
Russian Superstitions
Bulgarian Authenticity
Sound of the Trade Winds: Caribbean Folk Music
Italian Cinema
Ancient Medicine
Islam: Religion and Culture
The Lowdown on Latin American Languages
Inuktitut: Language and Culture of the Inuit in Canada's Far North
3/22/2004 UW Math Day
Cutting-edge topics in the mathematical sciences are presented by top faculty during this one-day event. Participants choose among five morning and two afternoon sessions covering topics from predicting the weather to future network behavior. Panel discussions, one on careers in mathematics and the other on the experiences of undergraduate math students, round out the day's activities.
Please note: Math Day lectures are geared to the level of 10th and 11th grade students. We encourage attendance of only those younger students who are capable of understanding advanced mathematics.
4/23/2004 University of Washington School of Art Open House
Join the faculty, staff and students for the fourth annual School of Art OPEN HOUSE. Listen to lectures, watch demonstrations, bid in auctions, and peruse student work for sale. All three School of Art facilities will be open for guests to tour.
4/23/2004 UW Health Sciences Open House
Biennial Event, Free, Open to all ages. You will be able to see and participate in some of the latest innovations and technologies in health and medical sciences developed at the University of Washington's Health Sciences Center and its affiliates.
Many of the exhibits are hands-on and interactive, while others feature virtual reality medical presentations, high-tech patient simulators and computerized models of recent research discoveries. We will also have special lectures on important health topics, science movies and tours of some of our labs.
4/30/2004 UW Engineering Open House
Annual Event, Free. For students of all ages from grades K-12, prospective high school & college transfer students, teachers, and all others who are interested in learning more about engineering and the College of Engineering.
5/3 – 5/14/2004 National Advanced Placement (AP) Exams
5/4-5/25/2004 International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Exams
Robert C. Vaughan, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Academy for Young
Scholars
Robinson Center for Young Scholars
University of
Washington
Box 351630 Guthrie Annex II
Seattle, Washington
98195-1630
(206)543-4160 (voice) (206)685-3890 (fax)
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The UW Talent Search application and a newsletter article can be accessed on the AP/IB Boosters webpage, item 1.6 Guides.
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http://www.apibboosters.org/Calendar.html
We have much to be thankful for . . Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you,
Todd Aagard
Chairperson
AP/IB Boosters
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