Congratulations to our five Gateway freshmen students - B. Brito, S. Hussein, D. John, O. Oyedeji, and J. Valcin - who represented our program admirably at today's Job Shadow Day at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
For students who were not able to participate in this event, please stay tuned for the next opportunity to visit Dana-Farber. Our Dana-Farber contacts currently are working to confirm an afterschool field trip opportunity for Gateway students to visit their Department of Radiology.
This coming week, we have a Friday afterschool opportunity for students to visit the Harvard Medical School/Partners Healthcare Center for Genetics and Genomics. Permission slips will be distributed in all Gateway science classes early next week, and I also will email the permission form to all Gateway parents with email addresses. We may need to pick out of a hat for this one, as limited spaces are available.
More Upcoming Medical/Science Explorations
Upcoming Medical/Science Explorations - Grade 9
As I will announce in tomorrow's Biology classes, a number of opportunities are now available for Gateway ninth-graders to explore their interests in medicine and biomedical science.
First, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has invited us to send a small number of ninth-grade students to participate in their Job Shadow Day on January 30. Applications will be distributed to interested students tomorrow, and they will be due back to Dr. Wu by the end of Friday, January 23.
Secondly, we will be nominating students to participate in Harvard Medical School's Mentoring for Science 9 program, which meets afterschool on Wednesdays during the spring. Students will be asked to express their interest in this program during Biology class tomorrow, and applications will be due to HMS on Tuesday, January 27.
Finally, all ninth-grade students are invited to enter Harvard Medical School's Reflection in Action contest, in which students explore medical/health themes through original artistic works. Students who submit winning entries will be invited to participate in a daylong symposium at Harvard Medical School in April. Interested students are invited to meet with Dr. Wu tomorrow afterschool, in Mrs. Shields' room.
First Gateway Academic Night (1/15)
This Thursday, our Gateway program will host its first Academic Night for Gateway families, to showcase the creative projects that have been undertaken in the Gateway classrooms this year.
All students who are accompanied by an adult family member will receive extra credit (details to be determined by our teachers later this week). Also, all students who volunteer to help our teachers set up and break down this event will be rewarded with pizza before the start of the program!
