Jan 21

And the POL winner is …

Magnet sophomore Alaya Mays advanced from our classroom Poetry Out Loud competition, a national poetry recitation contest CHS participates in, to the school wide competition that was held on 01/21/16 at CHS. Alaya competed against approximately 40 other class winners from various CHS English classes, grades 9-12. Guess what? She took home top honors!  Congratulations to Alaya for her inspired recitation of Bob Hicok’s After Working Sixty Hours for What Reason.  She advances to the Regional POL competition set for 5 PM, Tuesday, February 2nd, at ESD 112 in Vancouver, WA. Bravo!

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Jan 19

Helpers Needed for 03/02 Fox Science Fair

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Magnetos, Fox elementary is looking for some help giving feedback to students on their annual Science Fair projects.  Are you interested in helping students hone their work and building up their identity as young, budding scientists? March 2nd is the date.  The time is in two slots: 5:15-6:00pm OR 6:00-6:45pm. The location is Fox (see above for address if you’re not sure).  This is a great way to show your involvement in the community. If you’re interested, sign up here.  Dorothy Fox Science Fair Sign Up

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Jan 08

WA Junior Science and Humanities Symposium

Interested in taking your work to the next level with the Washington Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (WJSHS)? Deadlines are approaching, if you are.  Check out this opportunity that a few of our Magnetos have successfully taken on in the past, and be sure to check in with Mrs. Newman:

“We invite all interested Washington State high school students in grades 9-12 to participate in the Washington Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (WJSHS), which is sponsored by the School of Education at Seattle Pacific University, in cooperation with the Academy of Applied Science and the Army Research Office, the Office of Naval Research, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.”

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Dec 27

Magnet Freshman Cottrell Recognized in Columbian

Magnet freshman Miles Cottrell was recently recognized in The Columbian for his Eagle Scout project to build bird house kits for children at the Randall Children’s Hospital, “a public school program to support students during their hospitalization and ongoing treatment plans.” Read the full write up here:  Camas teen who fought leukemia gives back to hospital

Fourteen-year-old Miles Cottrell of Camas delivers bird house kits he made for the kids at the Randall Children's Hospital school. (Steve Dipaola for the Columbian)

Fourteen-year-old Miles Cottrell of Camas delivers bird house kits he made for the kids at the Randall Children’s Hospital school. (Steve Dipaola for the Columbian)

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Dec 16

December Mini-Symposium

In December of each year we host a smaller version of the full-blown, 9-12th grade research Symposium we put on in May of each year.  This mini-event is a presentation of the undersclassmen’s first phase of research.  We enlist the help of our upperclassmen and recent graduates who act as panelists to offer constructive feedback in our efforts to help them develop their work and prepare for phase II of their second semester projects.

This year’s graduate panelists, spanning the Magnet graduate classes of 2012-2015, offered insight gleaned from 4 years of CHS MST Magnet work, not to mention undergraduate experiences from their new alma maters: Stanford, UCLA, Cal Poly, University of Richmond, Western Washington University, BYU, and Seattle Pacific University. Their participation in this activity is the perfect illustration of our team approach to learning about research and refining our ability to present our findings.  Congratulations to all of the freshmen and sophomore presenters, and a hearty thanks to the grads for donating their time and expertise in developing our “Magnetos”!

 

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Dec 15

Senior School Board Showcase

On December 14th, 2015, the entire 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 and listened to formal presentations of internships by seniors Tammy Chen and Anna Roche.

Ms. Chen conducted her internship over the summer at Portland State University, working with PSU’s SERVe project, seeking to determine if the Veteran Supportive Supervisory Training (VSST) is effective by analyzing the validity of surveys they administer: Methods of Measuring Military Dyads’ Eating Behavior

Ms. Roche continued her work with zebrafish at Washington State University Vancouver in the Coffin Lab. According to Ms. Roche, ” Several drugs, including aminoglycosides and chemotherapy agents, are known for their ototoxicity. The ototoxic potential of most therapeutic compounds is unknown. FDA-approved drugs are not tested for ototoxicity, so their potential to affect hearing goes unrecognized. There no FDA oversight and the manufacturer is responsible for ensuring the safety of their natural products.Using the zebrafish lateral line, we screened a natural products library to identify new potential ototoxins. We found three flavonols from the Gingko Biloba plant, quercetin, kaempferol, and isorhamnetin, all demonstrated significant ototoxicity.” Ginkgo Biloba Flavonols cause Oxidative Damage in Zebrafish Hair Cells

Congratulations, seniors, on your successful internships and projects!

 

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Dec 14

Kaiser Permanente Health Care Career Scholarship

“In 2008, Kaiser Permanente Northwest founded the Health Care Career Scholarship Program to help students in Oregon and Southwest Washington achieve their dreams of becoming health care professionals. Since then, Kaiser Permanente Northwest has invested more than $2.3 million in the program, including scholarship awards totaling more than $2 million.

Scholarships are awarded annually to at least one qualified senior at each of 133 public high schools in the Kaiser Permanente Northwest service area, which spans from north of Longview, Washington, to Eugene, Oregon (Kaiser Permanente plan to open an office in Eugene in 2016).”

Scholarship amounts for college-bound high school seniors are $2,000, $5,000, or $10,000. The majority of the scholarships are for $2,000. Those in higher amounts are awarded to the most qualified applicants from across all eligible high schools. The $5,000 and $10,000 awards are split into two equal payments distributed in fall of the first and second years of college. All awards are nonrenewable.

Once scholarship recipients have reached their second year of college, they are eligible to:

  • Apply to be considered for an additional one-time scholarship of $2,000 to be utilized toward their third year of college.
  • Apply for paid summer internships at Kaiser Permanente that are available exclusively to scholarship recipients.”

For more info, visit this link: Kaiser Northwest Health Care Career Scholarship

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Dec 11

VFW Honors Magnet Sophomore

Magnet sophomore Duy Vuong rose to the challenge (like he always does) when presented with the extra credit opportunity Mr. Greene offered in early November via the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) audio/essay contest.  In this national competition about “40,000 high school students from across the country enter to win a share of the $2 million in educational scholarships and incentives …” available to students who compete.  The local competition, sponsored by VFW members at post 4278, received about 600 entries from high school students in Clark and Skamania counties, about 80 of those from Camas High School.  Duy’s response to the prompt, “My vision for America”, earned a 3rd place, including a framed certificate and a $200 dollar honorarium for his efforts. Congratulations, Duy!  If you’d like to read his award winning entry, here it is:  Duy’s Vision for America.

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Dec 10

Magnet Breakfast Scheduled for 12/18

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Magnetos,

We’ve almost made it to winter break!  39 hours of school, to be exact.

We will be holding a Magnet breakfast on Friday, December 18th.  The breakfast begins at 7:30 and will be in rooms 506-508.  This is a great time to eat some awesome food and socialize with fellow Magnet students.  So be there!!

Seasons Greetings!

Hailey Dewey

Senior, MST ASB Secretary

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Dec 02

UW Neuroscience Paid Summer Internship

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Who is this for?

Are you a high school student interested in becoming an engineer or scientist? Do the fields of neuroscience, mathematics, computer science, and biomedical research fascinate you? Do you have a relative in the Seattle area you could stay with and have a way to get to UW on a daily basis? If you answered yes to these questions, then you could spend your summer as a student researcher at the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE) on the University of Washington’s Seattle campus.

Young Scholars will:

  • Work in a lab alongside a team of researchers conducting neural engineering research.
  • Receive mentoring from a graduate student.
  • Learn a variety of skills, which may include MATLAB, computer programming, lab safety, bioethics, technical communication, and scientific presentation.
  • Participate in our Summer Research Symposium.
  • Be paid a $4,500 stipend for the 9 week program.

What is the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering?

The CSNE develops innovative modes of human-computer interaction by connecting brains with technology. We study signals from the brain, use that information to cause an action–such as moving a prosthetic hand or computer cursor–and provide useful information back to the brain. Our research is aimed at significantly improving the quality of life for people with spinal cord injury, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and other disabilities. By designing closed-loop neural-interactive systems we hope to help restore mobility as well as sensory and motor functions.

Applications available now!
Apply online: www.csne-erc.org
Applications due: February 1st, 2016

Questions?
Go to www.csne-erc.org for information, videos, FAQs, and applications.
Contact Kristen Bergsman at bergsman@uw.edu

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