Are you interested in doing research this summer?

Opportunity to join the Horizon Academic Research Program. In this program, you work one-on-one with a mentor from Oxford, Cambridge, or the Ivy League. By the end, you will have developed a 20-page professional research paper that can be submitted for publication or academic competitions.

This is an opportunity to:

-          Develop advanced research and writing skills

-          Explore a potential major in depth

-          Work closely with world-class mentors

-          Build a meaningful academic project for college applications

Scholarships are available for the best applicants! The summer application deadline is March 15 — Apply here

Summer opportunity at the University of Shady Grove for any students who may be interested in STEM. This highly competitive program is offered at cost for $200 per participant, with only 50 spots available. The fee includes all materials required for the team-based projects students will complete during the program. Last year, the program received over 400 applications, with just 50 students selected. The camp is administered by The University of Maryland’s Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering program. 

Application link: https://linktr.ee/umd.cpse

Promotional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2IU95wVnPA

News article from last year: https://mocoshow.com/2024/09/25/umds-cyber-physical-systems-engineering-showcases-demo-day-at-usg-sponsored/

Internship Summer School:

We will once again be offering a summer internship program through MCPS for school credit. There are a few changes this year, so please read this email in full. 

• Course Dates: June 22nd through July 31st

• Registration Deadline: Thursday, June 18th (the last day of school)

• Internship Credit: 0.5 credit or 75 hours. Note: there will NOT be an opportunity for students to earn 1.0 credit for 150 hours this summer. If they need 150 hours to fulfil a program requirement, they will need to talk with their home internship coordinator about options to get the remaining 75 hours.

• Assignments: Weekly reflections and hour entries in Kuder, career-centric lessons and accompanying assignments from Kuder, weekly webinars (two times offered for student convenience - Monday evenings or Tuesday mornings. These sessions are mandatory to receive school credit).

• Internship Opportunities: Students should work with the IC at their home school to find a placement for the summer or use the Kuder Navigator platform. I do not have a database of opportunities for students. If they contact me and ask, I will refer them back to their home school IC. 

• Summer Internship Website: All questions, dates, and information can be found here. Please share with your schools. 

• Summer Internship Syllabus: Grading policies, dates, requirements.

• Summer Internship Registration: Students may not register until they have a placement secured. Interested students should find an internship first, then register. 

There will be parent/student interest meetings held via Zoom on Wednesday, March 11th, at either 4:00 PM or 7:00 PM, and again on Thursday, May 7th, at 4:00 PM or 7:00 PM. These are not mandatory to attend, but a good time for parents and students to come and get their questions answered.