Spots are currently filled for this fieldtrip, but we are so excited to take our first-level biomedical students to tour the headquarters of the FBI building here in Washington DC-students will learn about forensics, cybersecurity, casework, and the variety of jobs within the FBI.

This Tuesday, November 13, is the monthly session where we facilitate discussion towards the betterment of the academies. Every month we have a theme, this months theme is Family. From there, we have activities to go along with the theme. This session is nothing but hearing your opinions. Let your voice be heard, so change can be made. Additionally, your equity officers are asking for help planning by registering on this link:

For our biomed students, our partnership with George Washington University's Urban Health Projects is back! This is open to biomed students and counts toward the work-based learning requirements to graduate the academy.  Please come to the college and career center during lunch on Wednesday, October 18th! They  mission is to promote public health education. Their sessions include snacks and are highly engaging and interactive and run by graduate students.  For more information about this series, please check out their webpage

Come see our engineering students showcase on December 6^th from 6:00-8:00 as they displaytheir current class projects in this evening event where we welcome judges and community partners in the field of engineering to come judge and give feedback to our young engineers. For the second half of the evening, our judges and students trade places and our judges present their latest projects, research, and 'day in the life' and our students have the opportunity to network.

We are always looking for more judges to support this Expo especially since the size our engineering academy has blossomed and we want to make sure all of our students get feedback. If you or anyone in your network would be willing to serve as a judge, please fill out and/or share this landing page link with more detailed information about the event as well the sign-up link. Ms. McClure will follow up with those who sign up to schedule a judges virtual call in advance of the event to ensure clarity (and excitement!)

On November 15^th a fieldtrip to the first and second level engineering students to meet with an architecture firm who designed Tyler Hall- the new state-of-the-art building on Morgan State Universities' campus. Students will also get to tour the engineering and architectural college at Morgan State University and learn about what a major in this field looks like. 45 slots are available, fieldtrip forms are available with Ms. McClure, Mr. Meyers and Dr. Sharma.

Amazing opportunity for IT and engineering seniors; Students can use this link to apply to a 40,000 Amazon scholarship. Seniors, please review the eligibility requirements and get to it!

Do you have other ideas for fieldtrip experiences for our Biomed, Engineering, and IT students? We know that our academy families are well-connected to amazing opportunities in the DMV area. If you have a connection or idea for a fieldtrip related to the world of health sciences, we would love to hear form you! go to https://scimatech.org/connect/ and just click the box that says 'Lead a tour/host a fieldtrip within your field.'

For current eligible juniors (and seniors who have not yet completed a Career-Ready Internship), an email with the application link and all of the steps for the CRI paid summer internship opportunity through the academy was sent out two weeks ago. If you believe you are eligible, but have not received an email with this important information, please check your spam.  If it is not there, please let Ms. McClure know so she can check into it...it went to whichever email is in aspen and I know sometimes there are changes there. Once you have applied (deadline January 5th), the next step is to complete the Tenacity course that will appear on your Canvas in the next couple of weeks-we are just waiting for Central to load it-more detailed instructions will come from Ms. McClure once loaded.   Ms. McClure will be reaching out this week if you have not applied yet and are eligible-don't limit your options, at least apply.