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The Conroe Independent School District Academy of Science and Technology, in Conroe, Texas is a specialized magnet school in science and technology; also a member of NCSSSMST. It was founded at Oak Ridge High School with the first graduates in 1993. The AST relocated to The Woodlands College Park High School in stages from 2005 to 2007. The current Academy headmistress is Dr. Susan Caffery. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Conroe Independent School District (CISD) is a school district based in Conroe, Texas (USA). ... The city of Conroe is the county seatGR6 of Montgomery County in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan area. ... In the U.S. system of education, a magnet school is a public school which offers innovative courses, specialized training, etc. ... -1... Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge High School is a secondary school located in southern unincorporated Montgomery County, Texas, USA. Oak Ridge High School is a 5A school in the Conroe Independent School District. ... The Woodlands College Park High School is a high school in The Woodlands area of unincorporated Montgomery County, Texas in the United States that is operated by the Conroe Independent School District Opening in the fall of 2005, it will initially take pupils from grades 9 to 11 and pupils...

Math, science, and electives in these areas are taught by the AST faculty, with most of these classes including students only from the Academy. All other courses are taken with the high school along with students who are not in the magnet program.

In order to obtain membership to the Academy of Science and Technology, one must go through a process of applying, testing, and essay reviewing. A selected portion of the students are invited to an interview with two members of the Academy of Science and Technology faculty before being accepted. For each class, between 65 and 77 students are accepted. There are approximately 270 students in the Academy.

Academy Mission

Additional AST Requirements

Research And Problems

Each AST student is required to complete a Research And Problems project for local credit each year. In the first year, all are required to do science fair. Many students proceed to the Science and Engineering Fair of Houston after district competition. The Academy of Science and Technology has a strong record of having students in all grades proceed to the ExxonMobil Texas State Science and Engineering Fair and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Other options upperclassmen have for fulfilling their Research And Problems requirement include BEST Robotics, Destination Imagination, Engineering Design Competition, Biotechnology Competition, and Envirothon Competition. For other uses, see Exon (disambiguation). ... The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair is the largest pre-college scientific event in the world. ... The Destination ImagiNation logo Destination ImagiNation (DI) is a creativity and problem solving program for kids from elementary age to college age. ...

Explorations

14 "Exploration credits" must be earned by each student for local credit to graduate from the AST. These credits are earned through several means: Job shadowing in a technical, scientific, or medical field; documented and researched exploration trips to places such as Alaska, the Galapagos Islands, The Grand Canyon, and Belize; scientific lectures; short day trips to scientific laboratories or companies; college visits; attending approved lectures on scientific topics; and approved student-proposed explorations that are relevant to scientific fields. Official language(s) None[1] Spoken language(s) English 85. ... NASA Satellite photo of the Galápagos archipelago. ... The Grand Canyon is a very colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved by the Colorado River, in the U.S. state of Arizona. ...

Internship

All students are also required to complete an internship in the technical, medical, or scientific community of at least 80 hours. Students have completed internships at NASA, Memorial Hermann and St. Luke's hospitals, and the National Zoo, among many others. The internship is normally done during the summer between the junior and senior years. This article is about the American space agency. ... The elephant exibit at the National Zoo The Smithsonian National Zoological Park, commonly known in the United States as the National Zoo, is a zoo located in Washington, DC. Founded in 1889, it consists of two distinct installations: a 163 acre (0. ...

Fish Camp

As a means of being "inducted" into the Academy, all incoming students are expected to attend a traditional three day camp. It is held about two weeks prior to the start of each school year and campers consist mainly of incoming freshmen, as well as newly accepted upperclassmen. AST upperclassmen are selected to serve as counselors to the new students. Various outdoor activities take place in the three days, including the challenge course (high and low elements) and other team building exercises. The purpose of this three day camp is for new students to meet upperclassmen, to interact with each other, and to promote the four virtues of teamwork, responsibility, integrity, and perseverance. Through writing a report on the experience, Academy students may earn their first 2 "Exploration credits" towards graduation from AST.

Other Activities

AST students are active in such clubs as Mu Alpha Theta and Leo Club. In addition, they participate in the parent school's activities, including band, drama, athletics, and golf. One of the biggest activites that Academy students take part is to play Starcraft. It is common for upperclassmen to get together for LAN parties where they will play Starcraft and other popular video games, as well as ingest gratuitous amounts of caffeine. Practically every computer that an Academy student has touched has a copy of Starcraft on it. Mu Alpha Theta is a national mathematics honor society with over 65,000 student members in more than 1,400 schools worldwide. ... Lions Clubs International is the worlds largest service club organisation with 46,000 clubs and 1. ... “Starcraft” redirects here. ... A medium-sized (approximately 300 people) LAN party in a sports hall in northern Germany A LAN party is a temporary, sometimes spontaneous gathering of people together with their computers, which they connect together in a local area network (LAN) primarily for the purpose of playing multiplayer computer games. ... “Starcraft” redirects here. ... Caffeine is a xanthine alkaloid compound that acts as a stimulant in humans. ... “Starcraft” redirects here. ...

External links

• Official CISD Page
• Official Site
• ExxonMobil Texas State Science and Engineering Fair