Tag: interdisciplinary

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 …

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Study abroad? Learn a language? Free, you say?

Here are a couple of scholarship/study opportunities that you might find intriguing … In retrospect, by the way, I personally wish I would have done something like this (as scary as it would have been to leave the comforts of home) when I was in high school and/or college. I did travel and live abroad …

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Magnet Frosh Earn Honors in Envirothon

A group of four Magnet freshmen recently competed in the Southwest Regional Envirothon with a special focus on urban forestry. There are 6 regional events in the state and the top performers are invited to a statewide competition taking place later in May. The team took 1st place in the Wildlife category, and 2nd place overall out of …

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Magnet Knowledge Bowlers Continue Streak

The Camas High School Knowledge Bowl team is blessed with an abundance of talent.  Of particular merit this season, however, has been one of our Junior Varsity teams that is currently ranked 1st out of 42 JV teams in the Region. JV#4, comprised of Magnet sophomores and one Magnet freshmen, posted the highest score of …

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Student Film Festival

Call for Entries: Student Film Festival ​This is a quick reminder that the deadline for Student Film Festival entries is February 4! The Student Film Festival is a video contest created just for K-12 students. Finalists will have their short films shown at the Liberty Theatre. Finalist videos may also be featured on the District …

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Magnet Sophomore Places in VFW Essay Contest

Magnet sophomore Nathan Chillian debated the effort to reward ratio when he considered the extra credit writing assignment Mr. Greene offered in early November via the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) essay contest.  In the end, Chillian decided it was worth it. Little did he know when he submitted his essay that (besides getting …

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Bubble Lab for MST APES

Mrs. Dean’s MST APES class (AP Environmental Science) recently did some hands-on lab work using bubbles as models to understand survivorship curves.  Go APES!

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Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS)

Teacher & Student Applications are Available Now! “Since 2006, Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS) has been giving Washington state’s high school juniors and teachers the unique opportunity to explore educational and career pathways in the world of STEM while interacting with like-minded peers from across the state. WAS participants will get an inside look at Washington’s …

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Symposium 2014

Our annual CHS MST Magnet Research Symposium is a showcase of original student research and project work done over the course of the year in grades 9-12.  We displayed close to 40 projects in the CHS commons last night, 06/04/14. This project study is at the heart of what our program strives to be: an …

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Adventures in Non-Fiction

Sophomore Pre-AP English students in the Magnet read Malcom Gladwell’s book Outliers, in which he explores the hidden factors that play into achievement and success. For our study of the book, students are assigned sections of the book to teach the class. They design lessons tied to the Common Core standards, develop learning targets and …

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