Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS) announced today that four MIHS students are among 160 talented juniors from across the state whose academic performance on the WAS Phase One curriculum qualified them for Phase Two—the WAS Summer Residency. They are:
- Katie Bell
- Nolan Conway
- Nathan Schuler
- Kevyn Tran
The WAS program is a free, competitive, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education program for Washington State high school juniors affiliated with NASA Johnson Space Center’s National High School Aerospace Scholars program. Its primary goal is to excite and prepare students to pursue careers pathways in STEM fields using a distance-learning curriculum developed in partnership with NASA and the University of Washington.
These talented and motivated students were among the 285 who began competing in December 2012 for a spot in one of the four WAS Summer Residency sessions by completing ten by-weekly lessons developed by NASA and the University of Washington. Through a special partnership with the University of Washington, WAS Phase One students were also able to register for $237 to earn five UW credits in Space and Space Travel – ESS 102 (a course which satisfies the Natural World area of knowledge requirement for graduation from the University of Washington) based on their successful completion of the WAS curriculum. An invitation to participate in a Summer Residency was extended to the 160 top scoring students based on their academic achievement on the Phase One lessons.
“Congratulations to these hard-working students and their families,” said Superintendent Gary Plano. “This is a tremendous opportunity and a great start to their future careers in STEM fields.”
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