Sam Greene
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Mar 14
APES EcoColumns
In the EcoColumn project, students in Mrs. Dean’s AP Environmental Science class design, build, and monitor the interconnected chambers of an “EcoColumn”. Each student becomes an expert in one of the three environments: aquatic, decomposition, or terrestrial. Measurements and adjustments are made to create a healthy system. This week we started observing the changes in these …
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Mar 02
Regional SEF Results
CHS/Magnet students in grades 9-12 participated in the regional Science and Engineering Fair (SEF) on Saturday, March 1st. Chaperoned by SEF guru Ron Wright and CHS teacher extraordinaire Kim Newman, Camas students entered seven projects. The results were amazing. Each project earned first place in its category. Additionally, best in show was earned by two …
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Feb 21
STEM Summer Program at UMass Amherst
UMass Amherst in offering a 6-week Research Intensive, which places high school students in professional working labs. Several departments are participating, including Biology and Psychology as well as Biochemistry and Food Science. Descriptions of all of the labs available can be found at the following link: http://www.umass.edu/summercollege/research-intensives. They are also offering several 2-week intensives in …
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Feb 14
MST APES Peer Mentoring at Lacamas
9th grade MST APES students demonstrated their abilities this week with the highest level of assessment: the ability to teach their learning targets to others. To do so, they peer mentored and taught Ms. Sturges’ class of 2nd graders from Lacamas Elementary the concepts of biodiversity and sustainability. They accomplished this by building EcoColumns and recording their observations, and …
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Feb 06
2013 Magnet Alumna Published in Journal of Neuroscience
Recent CHS/Magnet grad Eden Pollock helped design a study whose results were recently published in The Journal of Neuroscience: Presynaptic Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation in a Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease. Pollock attends University of Washington. Congratulations, Eden! “Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies are associated with abnormal neuronal aggregation of α-synuclein. However, the mechanisms of …
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Jan 27
NASA WISH Scholars Program
NASA is accepting applications until noon CST Monday, Feb. 3, for its 2014 Women in STEM High School (WISH) Aerospace Scholars program, in which high school junior girls can jump-start their future careers by exploring possibilities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
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Jan 24
Alex’s Wish
Magnet sophomore Alex Harte was diagnosed with T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma on June 19, 2013. Since then he’s been through countless treatments to get him on the road to recovery, which has even allowed him to come back to CHS to attend a limited schedule when he’s feeling well enough to do so. As part of …
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Jan 23
Financial Aid Dos and Don’ts
Finding the funds to pay for a post-secondary education can be a stressful endeavor. Tis the season for the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and financial aid packages from colleges begin arriving soon as well. Should your student not receive enough financial aid to make attendance possible, I encourage students to contact the …
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Jan 22
National Youth Science Camp
The NATIONAL YOUTH SCIENCE CAMP is an honors program for two high achieving high school students from each state in the nation and others from around the world. This residential summer experience is held in a rustic setting in West Virginia’s eastern mountains and has honored and challenged more than 5,000 participants since it began …
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Jan 14
Parent Information Meeting
Join us on January 16, 2014, at 7:00 PM in the CHS North Commons to hear more about the program, meet current students and staff, and get answers to questions you might have about the program and application process.
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