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The Montgomery STEM Board is a collaboration among MHS academic clubs and teams to promote involvement and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Check out our bulletin board near the entrance of the science wing!
Check out our club directory here.
Jenny Huang
President
Savan Patel
Vice President
rbulusu@mtsd.us
The Academic League team participates in a round-robin style academic competition along with ten other schools in Somerset County. Each match is played in the format of a turn-based 60-minute quiz game, and following the completion of the nine-week season, the students and teams are ranked against every other student and team in the state. Questions cover nearly every subject, including fictional characters, sports, current events, historical figures, foreign culture, physics, and fine arts. MHS is represented by two teams in the Academic League: varsity and junior varsity. Each team competes against peers who are at the equivalent level within their respective school. Montgomery has been very successful in each season of the Academic League, consistently placing within the top three teams at each tier of competition. For the past two years, the varsity team has secured a top place finish and junior varsity has placed second.
American Chemical Society
montgomeryacs@gmail.com
With more than 161,000 members, the American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world’s largest scientific society and one of the world’s leading sources of authoritative scientific information. A nonprofit organization, chartered by Congress, ACS is at the forefront of the evolving worldwide chemical enterprise.
Chemistry is all around us. The air we breathe is dictated by the laws of chemistry, our movements and actions have a deep root in chemistry, and even the ice cream we eat was made by chemistry! Taking this into account, the purpose of ACS is to adapt our knowledge of the subject with our daily lives in an interesting and unique manner through activities such as, but not limited to, labs, guest speakers, and a potential field trip to the Frick Chemistry Laboratory in Princeton University. Founded on the spirit of discovery, passion, and service, ACS provides members with an abundance of opportunities. ACS will provide both independent tutoring by upperclassmen established in the field of chemistry as well as group sessions in preparation for assessments. Furthermore, members will get the opportunity to develop their own research project, which can be presented in a STEM event at the end of the year.
Computer Science Club
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Interested in coding? Join the MHS Computer Science Club! It's a community where both veteran and new coders can develop their programming skills in a supportive and fun environment. At meetings, members can participate in coding workshops (offered in a wide range of languages such as Java, Swift, Python, etc.) and use their newly gained knowledge to develop interesting apps and programs. Meeting activities also include tech project-building and experimenting with available hardware - we have the Oculus Rift, Arduinos, and much more!. The club also sends teams to compete in hackathons, which are exciting, weekend-long marathons of computer science learning and project development. Additionally, we host a variety of outreach events for the community that members can get involved with, such as a Kids' Tech Night, and MHS's very own hackathon, MontyHacks (Volunteering hours are awarded). Our mission is to inspire a wider range of students to develop their passions for Computer Science. Meetings are on Thursdays in E2313.
For more information, feel free to email us or join our Facebook group! (links above)
montyenviroclub@gmail.com
cougar1403@gmail.com
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics has been competing in FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) competitions since 2004, winning a wide range of awards and earning high rankings at competitions. Each year, students build a robot to compete against other high schools from all over the world. Due to the magnitude of this task, participation on the team is year-round. The team structure is broken down into two sides, the robot and the team side, and each side consists of four teams. On the robot side are the mechanical, electrical, programming, and design teams. On the team side are the audio/visual, communications, business, and strategy teams. During the preseason, students are taught everything pertinent to their specific team. During the six-week build season, students take what they have learned and apply it in either building the robot or in team activities. After build season, the team competes in several competitions throughout the region. Last year, Cougar Robotics achieved a first place victory in the FIRST Mid-Atlantic Robotics District Competition at Bridgewater-Raritan for the first time in the team's history. A major component of Team 1403’s activities is inspiring the younger generation through STEM education. To achieve this goal, the team participates in a number of community outreach events from conducting summer enrichment camps to interactive demonstrations.
Discover Club
discoverclubmhs@gmail.com
In Discover Club, we take articles from popular science magazines such as Scientific American, Discover, and Popular Science and have stimulating discussions about them. These topics range from the teenage brain to dark matter in space, so there is a wide variety of material. The purpose of this club is to help students understand and grow to love science outside of the basic science that is taught in classes at school. We also encourage students to find inspiration from these articles to become more involved in other clubs in school and potentially find research internships or ideas to pursue later on in life. Our discussions are guaranteed to be fun and engaging, so join to be a part of this wonderful group of people as soon as possible!
engineermontgomery@gmail.com
Engineer Montgomery is a club about applying your scientific, mathematical and creative skills through many challenges. In this club you will get to learn about different types of engineering fields while doing hands on challenges to get a feel for the projects they may work on in the real world. Guest speakers will also help club members throughout the year to inform students of the jobs or projects they are working on. Members will choose their own teams who will compete against each other in order to produce the winning design. Club members will also get a chance to help younger children with simpler projects in order to introduce them to different types of engineering. This will be done through community fundraisers and through visits to the Elementary Schools. Dream, plan, and create with Engineer Montgomery!
The Cougar Coders Club mission is to stimulate interest and inspire career paths for young minds, both boys and girls alike, and prepare them for the jobs of tomorrow to effectively contribute to the modern technology-driven world. Our goal is to build a solid foundation for AP Computer Science and encourage everyone to explore how fascinating programming can be. We will be involved in hands-on programming experience, and interact with eminent guest speakers who are at the forefront of the IT field. You can also compete in exciting challenges for fun prizes! We will organize several fundraisers and volunteer opportunities - proceeds will go towards different organizations that help foster Computer Science skills in students. The CCC is a great club for people who are passionate and curious about coding, regardless of skill level. Join us and explore hands-on JAVA programming!
The MHS Environmental Club aims to do whatever it can to help the environment. You can participate in community service with things such as stream cleanups, but also you can learn a lot about what sort of things make up our environment, and even can compete in the annual Envirothon (environmental science competition). We help tend the school garden, we help out at local events such as Fall Festival and the Earth Day Fair, and much more! We're very relaxed and open to new ideas and suggestions too. Meetings will either be on Tuesday with Mr. Resch. See you there!
montgomeryigem@gmail.com
iGEM was a new club in Montgomery High School during the 2013-2014 school year. We are a group of 40 motivated students hoping to pursue careers in STEM and management. iGEM stands for International Genetically Engineered Machine and is a club based on synthetic biology. Using bacterial transformation and genetic engineering, we are focused on creating simple solutions to everyday problems. Our team structure is broken down into three main branches: Research and Development, Operations and Technology. On the R&D Team, members participate in rigorous research and are able to gain wet lab experience through the various practices needed to create a needed protein. R&D members do not have to have taken biology, as we will teach all members during our preseason. Operations works to keep the team structure stable as well as manage administrative tasks. Finally, Technology works on the team Wiki, which is entered into competition on its own. In June, we participate in an international symposium competition held on the campus of MIT. This past year, we had designed a plasmid, bacteria DNA, that would help adolescents reduce acne production. Through this, we have learned so much about science and hope to inspire the next generation of STEM professionals.
Monty InvenTeams
montyinvent@gmail.com
The Monty InvenTeams consists of a group of high school students, who are excited to explore the challenges within the community and to create a project that addresses these problems. Geared towards the MIT Lemelson-InvenTeams competition, Monty InvenTeams has biweekly meetings, in which members discuss about local and global problems and research possible solutions.
Math League
Math League has a meeting every month, where each meeting will begin with a focus on one kind of really fun type of math problem or puzzle and an amazing trick for solving it. Then the rest of the meeting will consist of people informally playing math games or solving math puzzles. There is no required level of mathematics ability! All are welcome to explore the countless inquiries in the field of math. In addition to the club meetings, there is a math league team that competes in the Central Jersey Math League. These are individual based math contests that are set as qualifiers for the American Regional Mathematics League competition, which takes place closer to the summer. We meet on Wednesdays in the math hallway.
Science Bowl
Science Bowl is a Jeopardy!/Quiz Bowl-themed contest that contains topics largely in science and math. In this fast-paced contest, students use buzzers to answer questions in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, mathematics, and general and earth sciences in order to earn points for their team. Every year, a regional competition is held at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratories, and the winning team is selected to attend the National Science Bowl competition in Washington D.C. Come if you are interested in science or math and want to have fun while doing it! Our club meets every Friday during the second half of Unit Lunch.
Science League
Science League is a regional competition that assess students' knowledge in various science classes offered in the high school ranging from Physics, Environmental Science, Chemistry, and Biology. Once a month for four months starting in the winter, interested students will visit a school where all the high schools affiliated with Science League in the area will come to participate in the test. Afterwards, you will be rewarded with food! The tests assess students' current grasp on the material, so the tests evolve as students learn more and more throughout the year. Science League is not only a great opportunity to expand your knowledge of the subject, it is also a chance to relax with your friends once in a while!
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Science Olympiad is a national competition that tests students’ knowledge in various scientific fields. In the MHS team, members choose their events and prepare collaboratively for competitions. We encourage members to actively seek knowledge of how the universe works, and to try and transform our own lives, as is the nature of all scientific endeavors. Watching our launched bottle rocket turn into a speck in the sky, uncovering the greenhouse's countless buckets of colorful, giant mineral specimens, and holding my breadth as my teammates poured sand into the bucket pulling down on our delicate balsa wood tower have made Science Olympiad a very memorable experience for me. I hope you will join the MHS Science Olympiad family and have an equally fulfilling experience!
TEAMS
The Academic League team participates in a round-robin style academic competition along with ten other schools in Somerset County. Each match is played in the format of a turn-based 60-minute quiz game, and following the completion of the nine-week season, the students and teams are ranked against every other student and team in the state. Questions cover nearly every subject, including fictional characters, sports, current events, historical figures, foreign culture, physics, and fine arts. MHS is represented by two teams in the Academic League: varsity and junior varsity. Each team competes against peers who are at the equivalent level within their respective school. Montgomery has been very successful in each season of the Academic League, consistently placing within the top three teams at each tier of competition. For the past two years, the varsity team has secured a top place finish and junior varsity has placed second.
Techsters
www.thetechsters.wordpress.com
Instagram- @techsters_ums Twitter- @gotechsters
Techsters is an after school tech club at Montgomery Upper Middle School with the goal of exposing middle-schoolers to the STEAM field. Techsters remains at the middle school to help students get involved with STEAM at an early age, and to help members narrow down their interests before entering high school. The ‘A’ in STEAM stands for Art which includes activities like graphic design and cinematography which are practiced at Techsters. We focus on empowering girls to speak up and get involved in the STEAM
field and discovering how technology and entrepreneurship work seamlessly together, through hands-on activities and guest speaker sessions. Some of the professionals we have gotten to work with include: The Director of Code for Princeton, Rube Goldberg's Granddaughter, the CEO and Co-Founder of Major League Hacking, Princeton University Computer Science Graduates, and entrepreneurs in and around the Princeton area. Techsters members are also encouraged to attend out of school events to expand their knowledge of the STEAM field. To name a few, the Live Video Chat Session with Women at NASA, Documentary Screenings and Panel Discussions about the STEAM Gender Gap, and hackathons. In fact, at the 2nd Annual Code For Princeton Civic Hackathon in June 2016, the Techsters team won 1st place!
The Young Entrepreneurs Club of New Jerseyyoungentrepreneurs@yecnj.com
YEC NJ’s mission is to help build a community of students around the nation who are interested in entrepreneurship and business. By the time these students are in college, there will be a network of young entrepreneurs who will be motivated to start their own busines
ses. We do this by hearing from guest speakers from companies including Google, Facebook, BlackRock, AppNexus, and many more. Our student leadership team developed a curriculum which follows the entrepreneurial process to launching a startup. This curriculum is endorsed the Princeton University Entrepreneurship Club, Drexel's Close School of Entrepreneurship, Rutgers University Entrepreneurial Society, and our speakers. In addition, we will be analyzing case studies, taking field trips to local startups and corporations, and pursuing social entrepreneurship projects. We also organize events such as MontyHacks, MHS’s first hackathon in partnership with the Computer Science Club. For more information, please see our website: www.yecnj.com
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