Thank you to those who were able to make it to last night’s Zoom Info Night Webinar for the CHS MST Magnet Program. If you were unable to make it and/or you’d like to review …
We are pleased to announce that a couple of MST student artists recently won awards at this year’s ESD 112 Art awards ceremony. Congrats to Laura and Ryan and all the CHS/MST students who were …
The Southwest Washington Regional Science and Engineering Fair took place via Zoom on Saturday, March 2. Numerous MST students presented their research and received awards for their work, including being promoted to the Washington State …
We’d like to invite current 8th grade parents, guardians, and students to an informational Zoom webinar about the Camas High School MST Magnet program that’s scheduled for Thursday, March 28th, from 6:30 – 7:30 pm: …
Congratulations to CHS students Aarav Shah (MST) , Maile Yancey, and Rafa Lavagnino (MST) for finalist and semi-finalist selections in the highly competitive national merit-based scholarship to participate in an intensive international language and cultural …
We’re just under a couple of hours away from the launch of the NASA/SpaceX Crew 8. Pilot Michael Barrat, CHS class of ’77 and friend of the MST program, is strapped in and ready to …
Congratulations to MST student Zaina Abu Hweij and Iris Ta for being selected as an NCWIT National Award Recipient for 2023-2024. They were selected for demonstrating an outstanding interest in and passion for computing and …
Thank you for your patience with the shuffling of our admissions timeline. See below for the revised dates and deadlines for this year’s CHS MST Magnet admissions process. Our application is live, but we recommend …
About once per semester, MST parents band together to provide lunch for the MST staff and students to help build community between grade levels while sharing a meal. All evidence suggests that this last Wednesday’s …
Due to various factors, we are having to reschedule our webinar parent/student info night to later next month, exact date and time TBD. We will also be pushing back the dates for testing and teacher …
We’d like to invite current 8th grade parents, guardians, and students to an informational Zoom webinar about the Camas High School MST Magnet program that’s scheduled for Wednesday, February 21st, from 6:30 – 7:30 pm: https://camas-wednet-edu.zoom.us/s/86984152506
During the meeting, you’ll hear from MST students and staff about the application process and the unique characteristics of our program and its students. You will also have the option of asking questions in real time via the chat that will be answered by MST staff as they are asked.
For more information about the program prior to the meeting, please visit our website to review the admissions timeline, application process, sample schedules, etc. CHS MST Magnet Program Website
If after reviewing the website you have questions ahead of the informational meeting, please feel free to contact Tom Morris or Sam Greene at Camas High School.
Congrats to MST Senior Ayla Crowell who was recently named as a recipient of a prestigious scholarship award. Cooke College Scholars are selected based on exceptional academic ability and achievement, financial need, persistence, service to others, and leadership. Students must be current high school seniors residing in the United States. Scholarships are awarded without respect to religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, geographic region, race or ethnicity. The Cooke College Scholarship provides Scholars with the opportunity to graduate with as little debt as possible. The award, which is last dollar funding after all institutional aid, can provide as much as $55,000 per year to pursue a bachelor’s degree at any accredited undergraduate institution. Learn more about the College Scholarship Program here and sign up to be notified when the next application opens in fall 2024. Congrats, Ayla!
See below for important dates and deadlines related to this year’s CHS MST Magnet admissions process. Our application is live, but we recommend students visit the MST Admissions Portal and take the time to learn about the program before rushing to submit an application. There is no advantage to an early submission of application.
Each December our freshmen and sophomore students present their 1st semester project study progress to a panel of staff and program graduates. It’s one of the highlights of our year, as graduates returning home from college, grad school, work, get to spend time with family and friends and also reconnect with our program and help give feedback. After formal presentations from the students, our grads participate in a panel where they share their post-high school experience with us. This is one of the three panels that took place in our three presentation rooms. If you watch the video of the grad panel, be sure to turn on the auto-generated subtitles to help you “hear” what they’re saying. (Room #2 Panel & Room #3 Panel)
On December 11th, 2023, the Magnet senior class presented their summer internship work and projects to the Camas School District school board and community at the Zellerbach Administration Center. After the poster fair, staff, students, and community convened for the regular school board meeting to hear formal presentations of internships by seniors Shiven Friedeman and Madi Williams.
Mr. Friedeman collaborated with Dr. Guo in California to observe technological trends in medicine and collect data on their efficacy. His abstract goes into further detail on this process: “The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness and longevity of … new forms of technology in patients following operation. The sample group with which data was derived all had PAD or CKD, surgical treatment involving the use of new technology within the last 12 months, and two ultrasounds surrounding the time of surgery. Based on a paired t-test, we fail to reject the null hypothesis, supporting the notion that these technologies have a prolonged effect on the body; however, there is not enough information to reasonably conclude that these technologies are more efficient. In order to answer the guiding question, more data over a greater period of time is required.” Poster: Impact of Modern Vascular Technology on Patient Health
Ms. Williams conducted an internship at the PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center within the anatomic pathology department working with Dr. Singh and Dr. Allen. Here’s a synopsis of her work: “The purpose of my research was to determine if the PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center needed to refine its practice of formalin use within the anatomic pathology department. Currently, if a sample is removed from the patient in the operating room over the weekend, it will be placed in the fridge in the gross room until the lab techs can place it on formalin on Monday. Because this allows the sample multiple days to begin autolysis, the pathologists were interested to see how often this degradation period would actually affect their ability to get a diagnosis from the sample. This information could then be used to determine if the practice in the gross room at the hospital needs to be changed in order to improve patient care …”Poster: The Effects of Delay with Formalin Use in Pathology
Congratulations, seniors, on completing your internships and moving one step closer to graduation!
Congrats to 2019 CHS/MST alumna Rachel Blair on the recent publication of her thesis research on military justice in Chile. In her words: “I am excited to share that my paper on military justice in Chile has been published! Thank you to the Mary Gates Endowment for supporting this research, my wonderful thesis advisor Angelina Godoy and the JSJIS team for their collaboration and insight during this process.”
The Camas High School MST Magnet program (45 students and 5 staff) took a field trip this past weekend to Ashland, Oregon, the home of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, to see productions of Romeo and Juliet and Rent, as well as participating in a workshop on Saturday morning with OSF staff. The trip was a rousing success, representing our triumphant return to this beloved field trip that last happened in 2019! A special thanks to the students, staff, and parents who worked together to make this yet another memorable trip. We are already counting the days till the 2025 trip!
Each year we host an orientation for our incoming freshman class where our newest students, staff, and upperclassmen play ice breakers, tour the school, and compete in the annual Magnet Olympics. Congratulations to this year’s winners: Liya B., Adiv C., Elly J., Kyla J., and Grant P. Their inscribed name plaque joins a long and distinguished list of Magnet Olympic winners going back over a decade. Nice work, Magnetos!
See below for a recent release from our friends at M.I.T. These are great, well-run programs that are offered. We’ve had several students benefit from them.
We are excited to announce the BWSI Fall Program (virtual) for 10th and 11th Grade female students starting in October. The program is completely free, all students need are laptops and wifi to be a part of the program. If a student does not have a laptop they can reach out to us for a loaner so make sure that doesn’t stop anyone from signing up. While all BWSI programs are open to eligible students of any gender identity, this fall program is designed to encourage and support female students in STEM.
We are offering the following programs: Girls Who Program Autonomous Cars! Girls Who Design, Build and Fly Model Aircraft! Girls Who Want to Learn Many Interesting Things (MIT)! Girls Who Program Cognitive Assistants! Girls Who Want to Learn Back to bASICs! Girls Who Program Racing Drones!
WHO: High School 10th and 11th Grade Female Students (9th grade students can apply as well, but first spots will be given to those in 10/11th grade)
WHEN: Saturdays 11am-2pm (EST): October 14, 21, 28, November 4, 11, 18, December 2, 9, 2023
The attached brochure has more information on what each course will be offering. We would love it if you could share with your students. The first page has all the information and can be posted around your school or emailed to your students!
Must fill out application link to be considered, the application is very quick. Students must sign up by September 18, 2023.
We appreciate your help in letting your students know about this program for them and look forward to seeing them participate in the program!
Magnetos from grades 9-12 (and even a few alumni) attended our annual end of the year picnic on Friday, June 2nd, at Grass Valley Park in Camas, WA. The sunshine was flowing, as well as the spikeball, volleyball, basketball, burgers, and dogs. Thank you to all the MST parents and students who contributed side dishes, condiments, drinks, etc. for this annual tradition. We’re almost there, Magnetos …
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