New Orleans Charter Science & Math High School (Sci High)
About the Organization:
The New Orleans Charter Science and Math High School (Sci High), an open admissions public charter high school, offers a rigorous, lab-based education in science, math, and technology that prepares students to major in those programs at the college level.
Sci High has a student enrollment of nearly 400 students who come from all parts of New Orleans. Its student population is 86% African-American and 57% female.
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Approved Project:
Summer Science Internships
Project Description and Status:
Sci High’s Summer Science Internship Program places students in real-world research and business environments to continue their learning during the summer months. In 2008, 42 Sci High students participated in the program, interning for such employers as Summer Bridge , Rethink New Orleans, Ochsner Hospital System, Audubon Zoo Summer Camp, Tulane Cancer Center , Meditab Pharmaceuticals, Tulane Center for Bioenvironmental Research, YA/YA Young Aspirations/Young Artists, LOOP --Louisiana Outdoor Outreach Program, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Chevron. These experiences provide the students with important connections between the classroom and world-at -large. Not only do the internships allow students to learn more about work in particular fields, but it also enables them to grow personally and professionally, gaining critical communication and leadership skills along the way. Operation Kids funding paid for 25 of the 2008 internships.
Project Cost:
$41,000
Funds Still Needed:
This project is fully funded and completed.
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Marquita Reynolds completed a Sci High summer internship at Tulane Cancer Research Center in the summer of 2007. The senior worked with Ann Clesi and Dr. Sue to assess the differential effects of prostrate cancer on African-American and white men. |
Kinshasa Rushing discusses the research she conducted at Tulane Cancer Research Center in 2007. A junior at Sci High, she worked with Dr. Cecilia Sanchez to determine which medicines healed wounds in skin and heart tissue more quickly. More than 50 Sci High students fulfilled internships in 2007, researching everything from hypertension to DNA. |
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At the completion of their summer internships, students display their work alongside their fellow researchers, including graduate and undergraduate students, and they must defend their techniques and their results to a team of scientific experts. Sci High senior Jasmine Lewis worked at the Tulane Cancer Research Center with autonomic mugenic elements, which are believed to create cancer by inserting themselves into DNA strands. |
