Spring Seminar 2025 Applications Open - Jan 20th, 2025

Check out the highlights from our Science Spring Seminar with speakers Dr. Benedict Ifedi, Dr. Brooke Johnson, and Sydney Jones!   Chemistry, sports nutrition and culinary arts came alive as students participated in a salsa making competition. Students learned about the enzyme alliinase which becomes the anti inflammatory compound allicin when garlic is chopped making salsa a great recovery snack! Students competed to see who could make their salsa be the most nutritious and tastiest! 

Check out the highlights from our Engineering Spring Seminar featuring speaker, Cameron Lavergne.  Students designed traditional olympic events into their own Sphero Olympic Games, and then competed against each other in their respective teams. Students heard heard from Ms. Lavergne about finding the "best fit" for you in your career and how being open to pivoting is fundamental in successfully achieving any goal.

We concluded our 2024 Spring Seminar Series with our Math Seminar. Students competed in Mason’s MoneyBall Challenge where students created their own companies, prioritized budget line items and competed in sports challenges to determine their companies Profit and Loss margins which they then had to reconcile.  Students heard from our amazing panelist Chaundra Frank and Trey Schuman about using this summer not only for rest and relaxation but to go out and try new things, master a new skill, discover another passion.