TJHSST’s Prathik Naidu Looks to Combine Passion for Biology with Computer Science
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology junior Prathik Naidu, 17, already has a great deal of accomplishments under his belt. In middle school, Prathik developed a passion for computational biology and began writing computer programs to understand biological data. To learn more about this field, he spent two summers at Johns Hopkins University where he worked
Op-Ed: Are We Losing Steam with STEM? By Patty Reed, FCPS School Board Member
Patty Reed is an incumbent Fairfax County Public Schools School Board member representing Providence District since 2009. She is up for re-election Nov. 3 and has been endorsed by the two teachers’ unions, Fairfax Education Association and Fairfax County Federation of Teachers, Class Size Counts and The Washington Post. Her husband, Craig Reed, is the Senior
2015 K-12 STEM Symposium Break-Out Sessions: Local Math and Science Leaders Talk Tips and Tricks to Spark Interest in Children at Different Age Levels
The 2015 K-12 STEM Symposium will feature break-out classroom sessions to provide resources for parents with children at different age levels to find out what age-appropriate STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) options are out there. Three different speakers will separately address parents with students in elementary, middle and high school. Elementary School Dogwood Elementary School
2015 K-12 STEM Symposium Speaker Pooja Chandrashekar Among 8 FCPS Students Named Semi-Finalists in 2015 Intel Science Talent Search
Eight students from Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) have been named semifinalists in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search, including one student who is scheduled to speak at the upcoming 2015 K-12 STEM Symposium. The students, with their project names in italics, are: Tim Cha of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), Advanced
Sponsors, Exhibitors, Presenters Sought for FCPS Annual STEM-H Expo Feb. 21
Fairfax County Public Schools‘ (FCPS) six high school academies are seeking sponsors, exhibitors and presenters for its annual STEM-H (science, technology, engineering, math, and health and medical sciences) Expo, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 21, at Chantilly High School. Colleges, businesses, industries and other organizations that educate for, do business in or support the STEM-H fields are
WashExec RollCall: Your Inside Look at Our Network’s Professional Activity
WashExec Executive RollCall: JD Kathuria pulls from the broader WashingtonExec network to dish out the area’s who’s who and what’s what. When it comes to striking deals, who you know trumps what you know in the government contracting community. And with three years of WashingtonExec’s outcome and result-oriented networking programs and events behind us, I’ve decided to expand our networking
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