Sophomores in Chemistry Honors came up with some very creative ideas for "keeping something cold." The open-ended challenge to harness the reaction of baking soda, citric acid, and water resulted in designs for organ transport, migraine headache treatment, historical document preservation, personal comfort in a hot car, and body-cooling clothing.  Design thinking allowed them to focus their prototypes based on empathy and ideation to best solve a problem.

Our STEM cohort met with Principal Process Engineer Ashraf Farassati '10 who works at Edwards Lifesciences. Ashraf has been involved in many informational interviews with our STEM students and shared some broad insights into the engineering field. Read more...

Seniors in the Focus Program are participating in a series of three Financial Workshops, hosted by Equifax Account Executive Brian Flynn. As they graduate and become more financially independent, seniors will practice the skills they learned about banking and budgeting,  paying bills, borrowing money, and monitoring their credit. The third workshop this week will introduce stocks and investing - improving their understanding of how markets work and how they can invest in their future.

Juniors and seniors in Ms. Mead's Earth Science class put their creativity to the test. After designing a small structure to withstand liquefaction caused by an earthquake and one that would NOT, they tested their structures in a tub of sand and water. Some not-so-surprising results were observed!