Tuesday, July 30, 2013
It’s almost here – the first day of school!
Mark your calendar, set your alarm, synchronize your watches – the FIRST DAY of school is Wednesday, August 14, 2013.
The school day runs from 8:15am – 3:15pm each day. The building is open
from 7:30am – 5:00pm each day with supervision. See you soon!
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Summer Hours and Parking
Hello Dayton Regional STEM School parents.
Just want you to be aware that we are operating on reduced, summer
hours here at the School: Monday through Friday from 9:00-11:30am and
then from 12:30-2:00pm. During those times, the front doors to the
School will be open. The BEST thing to do is call ahead to make sure
someone will be here at the School to save yourself a trip.
Additionally, the front parking area of the School will be undergoing
some changes over the summer. Please be aware that access into the
parking lot and front door may be a bit more challenging – several of
the entrance drives may be closed off and you will need to enter
closer to Frickers. Be on the lookout for cones and cordoned-off
areas- you may have to park towards Dollar General and walk a bit to
get into the front door. This summer inconvenience will result in a
safer front parking lot for next fall.
Thanks for your patience and understanding!
Just want you to be aware that we are operating on reduced, summer
hours here at the School: Monday through Friday from 9:00-11:30am and
then from 12:30-2:00pm. During those times, the front doors to the
School will be open. The BEST thing to do is call ahead to make sure
someone will be here at the School to save yourself a trip.
Additionally, the front parking area of the School will be undergoing
some changes over the summer. Please be aware that access into the
parking lot and front door may be a bit more challenging – several of
the entrance drives may be closed off and you will need to enter
closer to Frickers. Be on the lookout for cones and cordoned-off
areas- you may have to park towards Dollar General and walk a bit to
get into the front door. This summer inconvenience will result in a
safer front parking lot for next fall.
Thanks for your patience and understanding!
CyberPatriot Recruitment
Dear parents of all High School Students:
Dayton Regional STEM School is planning the 2013-14 CyberPatriot and other cybersecurity competitions. Last year was the first CyberPatriot competition for the school and we placed third in Ohio.
The CyberPatriot program is the premiere national high school cyber defense competition and was created to inspire high school students toward careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines critical to our nation’s future. See attachment and web site linked below.
Dayton Regional STEM School is planning the 2013-14 CyberPatriot and other cybersecurity competitions. Last year was the first CyberPatriot competition for the school and we placed third in Ohio.
The CyberPatriot program is the premiere national high school cyber defense competition and was created to inspire high school students toward careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines critical to our nation’s future. See attachment and web site linked below.
http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/Pages/default.aspx
We also competed in the Carnegie Mellon picoCTF competition and hope to participate again this year.
https://picoctf.com/faq
In addition we may add the US Cyber Challenge competitions (CyberFoundation and CyberQuest).
http://www.uscyberchallenge.org/
If interested please email Dr Brian Kowal at famlekowal@aol.com with the following information:
Student Name:
Student Grade:
Parent Name:
Student Email Address:
Parent Email Address:
Contact Phone Number:
Parent Able To Assist (Y/N)?:
Parent Cyber Background:
Zero Waste School
STEM students and teachers made it onto Channel 7 last night! Check out
the students explaining our goal of becoming a ‘zero waste’ school by
next year. Watch the full story by navigating to http://www.whiotv.com/videos/news/kettering-students-get-lesson-on-going-green/v38Ny
Year In Review 2012-2013
As the year draws to a close, it’s nice to look back and recap many
of the things that our students and teachers have accomplished. Below
is a list of many of the things that have happened over the course of
the 2012-2013 school year that we wanted to highlight. We may have
missed some, but there are so many amazing things going on that it’s
hard to keep track of it all! Be sure to come and see what your students
have done at the Exhibition Night this Friday, June 7th, from 4-7, with the play at 4:30!
-Our 10th graders did an amazing job on their OGTs this year, with the following passing rates:
- Tess, Leif, David, and Tyler placed 3rd overall at this year’s Junior Council on World Affairs Quiz Bowl. They finished 3rd out of 55 teams total from schools all around the Dayton area.
- Kennan French, one of our 11th grade students, was awarded the 2nd place prize for his essay submission to a McGraw-Hill essay contest during Mrs. Durkee’s US Government course.
-The CyberPatriots team in the first year saw both teams finish in the first quartile nationally.
-On March 16th, the following Science Olympians received medals at the Piqua Regional:
Division C (High School)
- Students Josh Jordan (12th Grade) and Kennan French (11th Grade) competed in the Kettering Rotary Club’s “4 Way Test” Speech Contest. Josh Jordan earned 1st place in the competition.
- The following students placed in the Ohio Mathematics League Algebra I contest:
- For the past two years 12-year old scientists Josie Baudendistel has been studying forensic scavenging patterns for her science fair projects in conjunction with Dr. Eric Benbow, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Dayton. She has successfully funded her project through crowdfunding and will be able to conduct her research.
-Our science fair students performed admirably this past year at the State Science Fair as ‘State Science Fair Scholars’. The following students were recognized:
9th graders
Congratulations to all those mentioned and all of the ones who didn’t make it on here!
-Our 10th graders did an amazing job on their OGTs this year, with the following passing rates:
- Reading- 100%
- Math- 95%
- Writing 100%
- Science- 98 %
- Social Studies 97%
- Tess, Leif, David, and Tyler placed 3rd overall at this year’s Junior Council on World Affairs Quiz Bowl. They finished 3rd out of 55 teams total from schools all around the Dayton area.
- Kennan French, one of our 11th grade students, was awarded the 2nd place prize for his essay submission to a McGraw-Hill essay contest during Mrs. Durkee’s US Government course.
-The CyberPatriots team in the first year saw both teams finish in the first quartile nationally.
-On March 16th, the following Science Olympians received medals at the Piqua Regional:
Division C (High School)
- 4th Place Chemistry Lab (Josh & Cheikh)
- 5th Place Fermi Questions (Josh & Cheikh)
- 6th Place Materials Science (Anne & Matt)
- 6th Place Shock Value (Orlando & Ryan)
- Eric Towe and Omena Mushale – Air force Award
- Ean Milligan – APA award and certificate
- Jacob Penick
- Vidur Prasad – Society of American Engineers award for best engineering project; Plaque and $150 and invite to Banquet; Levin Porter Architects award for innovative use of materials in traditional and non-traditional applications; $50 and front row baseball tickets; McAulay-Brown award for best engineering project; $100 Army Certificate
- Students Josh Jordan (12th Grade) and Kennan French (11th Grade) competed in the Kettering Rotary Club’s “4 Way Test” Speech Contest. Josh Jordan earned 1st place in the competition.
- The following students placed in the Ohio Mathematics League Algebra I contest:
- First place- Nathan Keefer (score 18)
- Second place (tie)- Vidur Prasad and Evan Bailey (score 17)
- Third place (tie)- Brianna Hayslett and Anders Sondergaard (score 16)
- For the past two years 12-year old scientists Josie Baudendistel has been studying forensic scavenging patterns for her science fair projects in conjunction with Dr. Eric Benbow, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Dayton. She has successfully funded her project through crowdfunding and will be able to conduct her research.
-Our science fair students performed admirably this past year at the State Science Fair as ‘State Science Fair Scholars’. The following students were recognized:
9th graders
- Niky Hicks
- Ean Millagan
- Caleb Tracy
- Jacob Penick
- Shari Gordnier
- Eric Towe and Omena Mushale
- Tess Greene and Abby Bowman
- Bharath Ramini and Aaron Joy
Congratulations to all those mentioned and all of the ones who didn’t make it on here!
FIRST Tech Challenge Recruitment
Parents of high school students,
The Dayton Regional STEM School participates in the FIRST Tech Challenge. FIRST Tech Challenge allows students an opportunity to compete in robotics-based competitions. The program is open to any DRSS high school student.
Recruitment has started for the 2013-2014 school year. Students interested in joining the program should email their application and essay to Mr. Anticoli (steve.anticoli@wright.edu) as soon as possible. You will find our FTC program rules and application linked below.
Rules
Application
Please contact Mr. Anticoli (steve.anticoli@wright.edu) with any questions.
The Dayton Regional STEM School participates in the FIRST Tech Challenge. FIRST Tech Challenge allows students an opportunity to compete in robotics-based competitions. The program is open to any DRSS high school student.
Recruitment has started for the 2013-2014 school year. Students interested in joining the program should email their application and essay to Mr. Anticoli (steve.anticoli@wright.edu) as soon as possible. You will find our FTC program rules and application linked below.
Rules
Application
Please contact Mr. Anticoli (steve.anticoli@wright.edu) with any questions.
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