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CTE NEWS 101 South 6th Avenue, Yakima, WA 98902 | 509-573-2003 January/February, 2015 Links: yakimaschools.org cte-yakima.org facebook.com/pages/CTE-Yakima Governor Inslee and Reverend Jesse Jackson Speak on the Importance of Equality in STEM Education New Report Outlines Economic Impacts of Immediate STEM Education Investments December 2, 2014 WashingtonSTEM.org REDMOND, Wash. – Gov. Jay Inslee today introduced his STEM Education Innovation Alliance that is charged with strengthening STEM education in Washington state at Washington STEM's third Annual STEM Summit at Microsoft's Redmond campus. Gov. Inslee was joined by Reverend Jesse Jackson at the Summit. Reverend Jackson spoke of the need for gender and minority equality in STEM education and jobs. He also spoke on the need for great STEM teachers and providing all kids with chal- lenging STEM opportunities. "Washington state's STEM economy con- tinues to grow, but our education system isn't keeping up with the demand from em- ployers for a highly trained STEM work- force," said Gov. Jay Inslee. "Today the STEM Education Innovation Alliance starts its task of bringing together communities from across the state to develop a plan to ensure we are preparing our homegrown students to compete for the STEM jobs of Washington state's innovation economy." The Legislature passed, and Inslee signed Yakima School District Career & Technology Education Department Newsletter Issue 4 In This Issue WA STEM Summit Recreating Holiday Ads! Students Investigate Crime Scene! LC Students Develop Prototypes—a Contribution to Industry Ready, Set, —Create! FCCLA Leadership Students Compete at Regionals Freshman Continues In Spite of Disadvantage Students Volunteer—Walker Drives Them to Rod’s House Davis Sophomore Donates Bracelet Creation to Rod’s House Principles of Tech Instructor Engages Students Operation Rescue Kitty—Stage 1 Complete DECA & SkillsUSA Regional Compe- tition Results REON Project Scholarship Information February is CTE Month Upcoming Events Career & Technical Education http://www.k12.wa.us/CareerTechEd/ The definition of Career and Technical Education (CTE), according to the Washington State Office of the Super- intendent of Public Instruction, “is a planned program of courses and learn- ing experiences that begins with explo- ration of career options, supports basic academic and life skills, and enables achievement of high academic stand- ards, leadership, preparation for indus- try-defined work, and advanced and continuing education.” Above Reverend Jesse Jackson, below, CTE Director, Moe Broom and Business & Marketing Instructor, Vicki Dwight. (Photos & article from Washington STEM press release) into law, the comprehensive STEM educa- tion initiative in 2013, which included the creation of a STEM Education Innovation Alliance and a STEM Benchmark Report Card. Gov. Jay Inslee announced in August that the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices awarded Wash- ington state a $170,000 grant to support the governor's efforts to bolster STEM educa- tion and launch his STEM Education Inno- vation Alliance. Continued on page 3 Moe Broom, CTE Director 509-573-2001 Jno Hinson, CTE Specialist 509-573-2016 Eric Franz, CTE Specialist 509-573-2017 Troy Selfridge, PDC Specialist 509-573-2008 Lisa Bossert, Financial Secretary 509-573-2002 Ilda Parra, Program Secretary 509-573-2003 "... Leadership tomorrow depends on how we educate our students today— especially in science, technology, en- gineering and math." —President Barack Obama September 16, 2010

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CTE NEWS 101 South 6th Avenue, Yakima, WA 98902 | 509-573-2003 January/February, 2015 Links: yakimaschools.org cte-yakima.org facebook.com/pages/CTE-Yakima

Governor Inslee and Reverend Jesse Jackson Speak on the Importance of Equality in STEM Education New Report Outlines Economic Impacts of Immediate STEM Education Investments December 2, 2014 WashingtonSTEM.org

REDMOND, Wash. – Gov. Jay Inslee today introduced his STEM Education Innovation Alliance that is charged with strengthening STEM education in Washington state at Washington STEM's third Annual STEM Summit at Microsoft's Redmond campus. Gov. Inslee was joined by Reverend Jesse Jackson at the Summit. Reverend Jackson spoke of the need for gender and minority equality in STEM education and jobs. He also spoke on the need for great STEM teachers and providing all kids with chal-lenging STEM opportunities. "Washington state's STEM economy con-tinues to grow, but our education system isn't keeping up with the demand from em-ployers for a highly trained STEM work-force," said Gov. Jay Inslee. "Today the STEM Education Innovation Alliance starts its task of bringing together communities from across the state to develop a plan to ensure we are preparing our homegrown students to compete for the STEM jobs of Washington state's innovation economy."

The Legislature passed, and Inslee signed

Yakima School District Career & Technology Education Department Newsletter Issue 4

In This Issue

WA STEM Summit

Recreating Holiday Ads!

Students Investigate Crime Scene!

LC Students Develop Prototypes—a

Contribution to Industry

Ready, Set, —Create!

FCCLA Leadership Students Compete

at Regionals

Freshman Continues In Spite of

Disadvantage

Students Volunteer—Walker Drives

Them to Rod’s House

Davis Sophomore Donates Bracelet

Creation to Rod’s House

Principles of Tech Instructor Engages

Students

Operation Rescue Kitty—Stage 1

Complete

DECA & SkillsUSA Regional Compe-

tition Results

REON Project

Scholarship Information

February is CTE Month

Upcoming Events

Career & Technical Education

http://www.k12.wa.us/CareerTechEd/

The definition of Career and Technical Education (CTE), according to the Washington State Office of the Super-intendent of Public Instruction, “is a planned program of courses and learn-ing experiences that begins with explo-ration of career options, supports basic academic and life skills, and enables achievement of high academic stand-ards, leadership, preparation for indus-try-defined work, and advanced and continuing education.”

Above Reverend Jesse Jackson, below, CTE Director, Moe Broom and Business & Marketing Instructor, Vicki Dwight.

(Photos & article from Washington STEM press release)

into law, the comprehensive STEM educa-tion initiative in 2013, which included the creation of a STEM Education Innovation Alliance and a STEM Benchmark Report Card. Gov. Jay Inslee announced in August that the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices awarded Wash-ington state a $170,000 grant to support the governor's efforts to bolster STEM educa-tion and launch his STEM Education Inno-vation Alliance.

Continued on page 3

Moe Broom, CTE Director

509-573-2001

Jno Hinson, CTE Specialist

509-573-2016

Eric Franz, CTE Specialist

509-573-2017

Troy Selfridge, PDC Specialist

509-573-2008

Lisa Bossert, Financial Secretary

509-573-2002

Ilda Parra, Program Secretary

509-573-2003

"... Leadership tomorrow depends on how we educate our students today—especially in science, technology, en-gineering and math."

—President Barack Obama September 16, 2010

Yakima School District Career & Technology Education Department Newsletter Page 2 of 8

Lewis and Clark students completely

recreate Albertson’s holiday display ad!

Students photographed all the products

in the ad (Thank you, Albertsons!),

dropped out the background, and adjust-

ed the correct exposure using Adobe

Photoshop Elements. They then added

and designed the header and added the

product just as it was displayed in the

Yakima Herald—with a few minor ex-

ceptions, of course!

LC’s Visual Communications Instruc-

tor, Stephen Wolfe, said the project

was a complete success, other than

keeping the students from “Eating the

Props!”

Students Investigate

CRIME SCENE

Ann-Michael Turner’s Principles of Bio-medical Science class at Davis High School has a special assign-ment—to investigate a fictional crime scene using a lab technique called gel electrophoresis! Gel electrophoresis is a method for sep-aration and analysis of macromolecules (DNA, RNA and proteins) and their frag-ments, based on their size and charge. Electrically charged molecules migrate through the gel under the influence of an electric field. Students are able to compare DNA samples to determine identity of individ-uals based on DNA evidence that is left at a crime scene, such as blood, hair, etc., and is also used for paternity test-ing. The process consists of inserting a small DNA sample in to a gel, the gel goes in to a chamber and electricity is added causing the pieces of DNA to move down the gel. Larger pieces of DNA stay closer to the top of the gel and smaller pieces move farther down the gel, this movement creates patterns and bands in the gels that students can then read and interpret. Students use this technique in the investigation of the death of the fictional Anna Garcia to determine which suspect left DNA at the crime scene. Students used the same technique to determine the father of fictional Anna Garcia’s unborn baby. Biomedical Science is a rigorous and relevant four-course sequence that al-lows students to play the roles of bio-medical professionals as they investi-gate and study the concepts of human medicine, physiology, genetics, microbi-ology, and public health. Photos at right are of students perform-ing gel electrophoresis in the lab. Ann-Michael Turner Bio-medical Science Davis High School

Principles of Bio-Medical Recreating Holiday Ads!

Science

Wolfe’s students and LC principal, Victor Nourani.

Yakima School District Career & Technology Education Department Newsletter Page 3 of 8

At the Summit, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) also released the findings of a new report, Opportunity for All: Investing in Washington State’s STEM Education Pipeline, outlining the return on investment in STEM education and how investing in key areas now can have an immediate impact on Washing-ton state’s economy and global competi-tiveness. Currently, only 40 percent of high school students in Washington graduate with competency in the STEM topics that are critical for the state's economy. And only 9 out of 100 children born in Washington will go on to be employed in a STEM-related field—far fewer than the number of people needed to fill Washington jobs requiring STEM-related skills. BCG found that with a $650 million annual investment in STEM education, the state could realize significant economic and social benefits, including:

$4.5 billion in additional tax revenues

and social-spending savings per year, a sevenfold return on investment

$12.6 billion in salary increases, lifting

nearly 100,000 people out of poverty

8,000 STEM jobs and an additional

16,000 indirect jobs, reducing the num-ber of unemployed Washingtonians by 18 percent

30 percent increase in women and un-

derrepresented minorities in STEM jobs

Washington STEM CEO Patrick D’Ame-lio introduced The Washington STEM Framework for Action and Accountabil-ity. The Framework is a research-based tool developed to spur greater coordina-tion, smarter investments, and clear results in STEM education. Governor Inslee's STEM Education In-novation Alliance met at the Summit and adopted the Framework and will use it to guide their actions and develop the STEM Benchmark Report Card that will monitor progress in aligning strategic plans, resources, and activities in order to prepare students for STEM-related jobs and careers, with the long-term goal of improving educational, work-force, and economic outcomes.

About Washington STEM

Washington STEM is a statewide nonprofit advancing

excellence, equity, and innovation in science, technology,

engineering, and math (STEM) education. Launched in

March 2011 with support from the business, education,

and philanthropic communities, our goal is to reimagine

and revitalize STEM education across Washington. For

more information, go to www.washingtonstem.org

STEM Education (continued from page 1)

Liberty Bottle Works in Union Gap produces recycled aluminum water bot-tles for a nation-wide market. CEO Ryan Clark asked Lewis & Clark Middle School Technology Foundations In-structor, Jeremy Wuitschick, to 3D-Print prototypes for lids to their new water bottle design.

LC CTE students printed and performed all of the post processing work (remove support material, remove raft, sand off plastic flash, and smoothing) on these prototypes.

Mr. Clark will use these prototypes to pitch the $1.8 million project to the Liberty Board of Directors—and it all started with LC CTE kids creating prototypes that will be used in indus-

try!

LC Students Develop Pro-totypes—a Contribution to Industry

"All Washington state students need to be STEM literate, prepared, and in-spired for post-secondary degrees and certificates, and able to contribute to the demands of a highly-skilled and diverse STEM-driven workforce and society," said D'Amelio. "The Framework rallies communities across the state around common goals and commitments to ac-tion so Washington state will lead the nation in STEM literacy.”

Senator Andy Hill and Representative Ross Hunter also gave a preview of STEM in Olympia. They discussed the need to meet the McCleary mandate while balancing the needs of other ser-vices, that STEM education is part of the definition of basic education, and one of the best investments to improve the economic vitality of the state is to invest in STEM teachers and degrees.

There were more than 320 participants, educators, students, businesses, com-munity leaders, and elected officials at the Summit — sharing promising prac-tices in STEM education from across Washington state and the country in-cluding teaching the Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Desiree Hall, a teacher at Bremerton's West Hills STEM Academy shared her experience adjust-ing to the new standards and how they have positively impacted her teaching and her students learning.

“The Common Core State Standards for Math and Next Generation Science Standards pushes my students’ thinking in ways they’ve never been challenged before,” said Hall. “While it hasn’t al-ways been easy for me to teach and my students to learn, my kids meet the chal-lenge in the classroom everyday. The results for my students are improved math scores and increased enthusiasm for solving real-world STEM problems.”

Yakima School District Career & Technology Education Department Newsletter Page 4 of 8

Ready, Set,—Create!

Suzanne Walker, Family and Consumer Science instruc-tor and FCCLA Advisor at Eisenhower High School, and her leadership students competed at FCCLA Regionals at Kittitas High School this month. Her students did an out-

standing job!

Cameron Chin’s, Savannah Worley’s, and Patricia Steele’s star event project was FCCLA Chapter Service Display-Senior Category. Their project involved collecting donations for homeless teens who use Rod's House ser-vices and delivering 30 hygiene care boxes and snack bags with food and water.

IKE FCCLA chapter members also toured Rod’s House and discussed with staff concerns and needs of homeless teens in Yakima. IKE FCCLA members will be making dinner for homeless teens who attend Rod's House in April.

Veronica Gonzalez-Delgado’s and David Gonzalez’s star event project was FCCLA Chapter Service Display-Junior Category. Their project was to create a media poster and banner that would make students, staff, and community members aware of special needs and disabled students as

they walk through IKE. A banner and posters were made and IKE FCCLA chapter members helped to place them in hallways and commons.

Evaluators and Room Con-sultants for the regional star events were Sarah Godinez, Daniella Mock, William Behl.

Suzanne Walker, IKE Food Science Instructor

Eisenhower guid-

ance specialist,

Stephani Kinney,

shared photos taken

at the Skills USA

Jewelry Competi-

tion held at Eisen-

hower January 12.

Davis and Eisenhower jewelry/art

students participated by submitting

creative, unique pieces to be judged.

Above: Cameron Chin, Savannah Worley, Patricia Steele (Chapter Service Display-Senior Category) Silver Rating.

Right: Veronica Gonzalez-Delgado and David Gonza-lez (Chapter Service Display-Junior Category) earned a Gold Rating-Eligible to com-pete at 2015 FCCLA Lead-ership Conference in Wenatchee, WA (Mar 25-27, 2015).

Leadership Students

Compete at Regionals

Yakima School District Career & Technology Education Department Newsletter Page 5 of 8

Congratulations to Eisenhower Freshman, Brandon Smith, for an outstanding performance at a SkillsUSA Welding Fabrication Competition held at Ike on February 12!

Smith and skilled Eisenhower Jun-ior Reid Whaley planned to compete as a team, but Whaley fell ill the night before the competition and was una-ble to attend. Smith continued on his own and scored 755 out of 1,000 points and placed 3rd! Outstand-

ing job, Brandon Smith!

Gary Kurpgeweit IKE Welding Instructor

Suzanne Walker’s Food Science class at Eisenhower offered to help the needy using their skills—so off they went! Well, not exact-ly. In reality, there were many more steps Walker took to get there, from scheduling a donation date with the non-profit, complet-ing district transportation paper-work, getting parent permission slips, to preparing and transport-ing the food! Not an easy task, but for Walker, it’s worth it!

Rod’s House meal program pro-vides hungry youth with hot meals daily. Walker’s students are scheduled to make a second de-livery in April. Great community engagement makes the pro-

gram successful!

The bench pictured was designed by Smith and Whaley for the competition.

Freshman Continues In

Spite of Disadvantage

Brandon Smith is pictured below, at work in the classroom.

Cristofer Mendez Figueroa, a 10th grade Davis High School jewelry design student, created a bracelet that was auctioned off at Rod’s House during their “In

Their Shoes” fundraising event.

The essence and vision of the artist lives within the form of his

creation!

Davis Sophomore Donates

Bracelet Creation to Rod’s

House

Students Volunteer—

Walker Drives Them to

Rod’s House

Since opening in September of 2009, Rod’s House has been a resource center for hundreds of homeless and at-risk youth between the ages of 14 and 21. You can learn from In Their Shoes blog.

Yakima School District Career & Technology Education Department Newsletter Page 6 of 8

Work in —Work out —Efficiency—Mechanical Ad-vantage + Engaged Students!

Matt Christensen, Principles of Tech-nology STEM Instructor at Davis High School knows how to make learning fun and engaging for students by creating a lab outdoors and teaching students about pulley systems—hands on! Not to worry the maximum height was 40 inch-es (with 22KN minimum strength gear), but wouldn’t it be fun to take them higher!

Davis High School Principles of Technology instructor, Matt Christensen, and his students check height.

Operation “Rescue Kitty”—Stage One Com-plete! Matt Christensen’s Principles of Technolo-

gy class works on operation “Rescue Kitty!” This version of the mechanics was 4.18.16, but stu-dents in mechanical engineering and robotics powered through and developed a 100% reliable climbing robot! Recue Kitty Stage 2 will go into development next. Stage one carries Stage 2 to the top of the rope. Stage two grabs a stuffed toy, de-taches from stage one and de-scends a zip line to be driven back to its distraught owner! Christensen hopes to have a public performance in the courtyard this spring! Engineering is all about the-ater arts. Davis High School is on the rise!

Click here for the video! (VBrick users only.)

Yakima School District Career & Technology Education Department Newsletter Page 7 of 8

CENTRAL WASHINGTON SCHOOLS SELECTED TO STUDY OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM 26 January, 2015 Contact: John Keller 805-574-0337; [email protected]

SAN LUIS OBISPO — High schools and colleges from 14 Central Washington communities have been selected to participate in a five-year citizen science astronomy research project to study the outer solar system. Schools from Oroville to Goldendale will join a total of 60 communities stretching across the western United States to form the Research and Education Collaborative Occul-tation Network (RECON).

Funded by the National Science Foundation, RECON is led by planetary scien-tists John Keller from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Calif. and Marc Buie of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo. “The goal of RECON is to deter-mine the sizes, densities and other characteristics of newly discovered Kuiper Belt Objects orbiting the sun beyond Neptune,” Buie said. “Because these ob-jects have been relatively undisturbed since their formation, they hold important clues about the origins of our solar system.”

During the fall, Keller and Buie traveled more than 3,000 miles through Wash-ington, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona and California. This week, the two scientists announced the communities that will receive telescopes, cameras and training to join this five-year research effort. The RECON network in Washington will stretch along Highway 97 from Oroville to Wenatchee and follow Highway 82 from Ellensburg to Pasco. Goldendale represents the southernmost site in the state.

“The project design requires telescopes spaced every 30 miles stretching from the Canadian border down to the Mexican border,” Keller said. “We’ve been thrilled by the extremely positive responses from all of the students, teachers and community members we’ve met.”

Oroville science teacher Ed Booker said, “The team and students of Oroville Junior and Senior High Schools are looking forward to being part of an actual science research project by providing data and participating as actual scientists through this program.”

“We are most excited about being on the cutting edge of space discovery. Being a part of history and understanding our outer universe are very exciting,” said Nikki Medved, Gear-Up coordinator at Brewster High School.

Central Washington University will also participate in the project. “For CWU, this is the opportunity for pre-service teachers and other interested undergraduates

Gathered around the newly received telescope: Shawnee Ledbeter, Jewel Brumley, Ryan Alexan-der, Gabriel Stotz, Dave Bush and Jennifer Hento with Eisenhower High and Washington Middle

school students.

to work with high school students on a science research project,” said Physics Professor Bruce Palmquist.

Telescopes and cameras will be delivered to these communities over the next month. During the spring, representatives from each community will receive training at workshops held in Kingman, Ariz., and Pasco, Wash. By early May, the network will be fully prepared to conduct up to eight coordinated observation campaigns of Kuiper Belt Objects each year through 2019.

For a full list of schools involved in the project, visit the RECON website at

www.tnorecon.net. Community members interested in joining local teams on

this project are encouraged to contact [email protected].

About RECON RECON – the Research and Education Cooperative Occultation Network – is a citizen science research project aimed at exploring the outer solar system. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences, this pro-ject involves teachers, students, amateur astronomers, and community members from across the Western United States in coordinated telescope observations to measure the sizes of objects from a region called the Kuiper Belt. Washington RECON Communities: Oroville, Tonasket, Okanogan, Brewster, Che-lan/Manson, Entiat, Wenatchee, Ellensburg, Yakima, Toppenish/White Swan, Pasco, Goldendale.

The RECON project just launched at Eisenhower High School led by Principles of Technology instructor, Gabe Stotz. It will involve high school and middle school CTE students. The tele-scope has arrived, and the teachers have had their first meeting!

Let the exploring begin!

DECA Students Qualify for State

Eisenhower High School Business and Marketing instructor, Mike Dwyer reports that the following students will be competing

at DECA State! Congratulations!

Carlos Capetillo 1st Place Sports Marketing Promotion Plan (Team)

Zachary Clark 1st Place Sports Marketing Promotion Plan (Team)

Chandlor Martinez 1st Place Sports Marketing Promotion Plan (Team)

Kelsey Walker 1st Place Financial Consulting

Blanca Zapien 2nd Place Financial Consulting

Makena Fischer Financial Services Team

Ciera Lynn Financial Services Team

Sydnee Averill 4th Place Buying and Merchandising Team

Jessica Hernandez 4th Place Buying and Merchandising Team

Jacob Carter 4th Place Quick Serve Restaurant

SkillsUSA Results Eisenhower Photography Instructor, Lance Johnson, reports the results of the 2015 Skills USA Regional Photography Competition. Jesus Garcia 1st Place Eisenhower Brandy Eddy 2nd Place Eisenhower Maribel Solano 3rd Place Eisenhower Jessica Sanchez 4th Place Eisenhower

Garcia, Eddy, and Solano will head to state in April! Congratulations!

“The Yakima School District complies with federal and state laws, and applicable regulations regarding discrimination on the basis of any protected class as defined by law. This holds true for all district employment and opportunities. The Yakima School District specifically does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, genetic information, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, non-job related sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.”

“Inquiries regarding compliance and/or grievance procedures may be directed to the school district’s Title IX compliance officer and ADA coordinator, Jill Kelleher, (509) 573-7066, [email protected], 104 N. 4th Avenue, Yakima, WA 98902. Inquiries regarding OCR issues may be directed to Kelli York, OCR Compliance Officer, (509) 573-7015, [email protected], 104 N. 4th Avenue, Yakima, WA 98902. Inquiries regarding Section 504 requirements may be directed to Nancy McHenry, (509) 573-7005, [email protected], 104 N. 4th Avenue, Yakima, WA 98902.”

“Individuals with disabilities who require assistance or special arrangements to attend a program or activity sponsored by the Yakima School District should contact the district’s compliance officer, Jill Kelleher, 104 N. 4th Avenue, Yakima, WA 98902, (509) 573-7066, [email protected], 24 hours in advance of the event to inquire about reasonable accommodation. Inquiries regarding compliance, and/or grievance procedures may also be directed to Jill Kelleher. Deaf, deaf-blind, hard of hearing, and/or speech impaired individuals may access Washington Relay Services by calling 7-1-1- or 1-800-833-6388.”

Upcoming Events

WAVA Conference February 23-24, 2015 Centralia, WA WITEA Spring Conference March 12-14 Wenatchee, WA TSA State Conference March 26-28 Bellevue, WA NW NATA March 27-29 Spokane, WA SkillsUSA State Conference April 2-4 Tacoma, WA Project RECON April 16-19 Pasco, WA SkillsUSA National Conference June 22-26, 2015 Louisville, KY TSA National Conference June 28-July 2 Dallas, TX

Yakima School District Career & Technology Education Department Newsletter Page 8 of 8

AAUW Tech Trek WA | STEM Summer Camp for 8th Grade Girls | Request for Nomina-tions

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is bringing the AAUW National Tech Trek Program ("Tech Trek"), an exciting weeklong summer camp focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) for girls going into eighth grade in fall 2015, to the campuses of Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma) from July 12-18 and Eastern Washington University (Cheney) from July 26-Aug 1. AAUW and AAUW-WA are or-ganizing both camps. Visit our website (techtrek-wa.aauw.net) for more infor-mation. If Tech Trek is new to you, we request you nominate girls from your school to attend the Washington camp closest to their home. Cost for selected campers is only $50 for the week; the additional $900 cost is completely supported by scholarships for all girls.

Washington State Opportunity Scholarship

The Washington State Opportunity Scholar-

ship (WSOS) supports low- and middle-income students pursuing eligible high-demand majors in science, technology, engi-neering, math (STEM) or health care and en-courages recipients to work in Washington state once they complete their degrees. The amount of funding that selected students will be eligible to receive each year will vary based on the number of credits they have completed. Please see Award Amounts for additional information.

There will be over 750 new scholarship recipi-

ents selected for 2015-16.

Eligibility Criteria Applicants must meet the following eligibility

criteria:

Must be a Washington state resident (as defined in

RCW 28B.15.012)

Must have earned a high school diploma or GED

from a Washington State high school or institution by June 2015.Please note: If you graduated from high school outside of Washington State, you are not eligible.

Must be pursuing an eligible high-demand major (by

alphabet; by category) in science, technology, engi-neering, math (STEM) or health care.

Must be working toward a first bachelor’s degree, (i.e.

four-year degree).

Must be enrolling in an eligible Washington state

college or university fall term 2015.Please note: If you will be attending a public community or technical college Fall 2015 that does not offer a four-year degree in your eligible high-demand major you must be planning to transfer to one of the four-year colleg-es/universities referenced above by the time you have earned 90 quarter credits.

Must be planning to enroll as a full time college

student (12+ credits) fall term 2015.

Must be a high school senior, or a college fresh-

man or sophomore at the time of applica-tion. Please note: College students who will have earned more than 90 quarter credits or more than 60 semester credits at the start of fall term 2015 are not eligible. Running Start, AP, IB and transfer credits that your college has accept-ed count toward that total.

Must have a cumulative grade point average

(GPA) through fall quarter or semester 2014 of at least 2.75 (on a 4.0 scale).Please note: We un-derstand that The Evergreen State College (TESC) does not issue GPA’s. The College Suc-cess Foundation has a partnership with The Evergreen State College in which we will deter-mine if you satisfy this requirement. In addition, if you attend a high school that does not provide GPA’s, you are eligible to complete the applica-tion, and we will follow up with your high school to determine eligibility.

Must file the 2015-16 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at www.fafsa.gov by Mon-day, March 9, 2015.Please note: students who

are not eligible to file the FAFSA, or who file only the Washington Application for State Financial Aid (WASFA) are not eligible to apply.

Must apply for Federal Education tax credits if

eligible.

Must have a family income (adjusted gross in-

come plus all untaxed income) less than the amount listed by family size on this chart. (Note: Unless you qualified to submit the FAFSA as an independent student, the family income amounts are those reported by your parent(s) on your 2015-16 FAFSA).

Deadline The application for 2015-2016 is now available.

The deadline for the online application is Monday, March 2, 2015 at 5 p.m. PST.

February is CTE Month!

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Winners of ACTE's CTE Month 2015 PSA Video Contest:

1st place - "CTE Innovators" by Goose Creek CISD

2nd place - "A Thanks to Our CTE Teachers" by Clear Brook HS

3rd place - "Synonyms" by Indiana County Technology Center