The deadline for applications is Friday April 26th at 2 pm.
Visit our website   http://www.asdk12.org/projects/gifted/  for more information on eligibility requirements.
Completed applications can be turned in to the office.
Next week, April 2-5 will be ASD testing dates. Â Please see the full schedule here: Â 2013 Test Dates
Note: Â Jrs. and Srs. who have already passed the HSGQE need not come to school until after lunch.
Are you interested in traveling to Belize or San Diego during December 1013’s Intensive next year, but need a little financial help getting there? If so, Steller has a scholarship fund that can help you out. Scholarships are based on financial need, student involvement, and grade level, with financial need being the most important. Scholarships pay up to half of the cost of the Intensives and cover the last payments. Travel scholarship forms can be picked up from the teachers leading the trip or from the office and are due back to the office no later than Friday, April 26th. Students who are looking at traveling during next year’s Spring Intensive to Nicaragua or Europe will be able to apply for scholarships in the fall.
Calling all Jenga games. Ashley is looking to borrow 7 Jenga games for the Steller Olympics, Friday, April 5th. If you have one to spare please email her at vanhemert_ashley@asdk12.org
It will be enjoyed and returned with all its pieces. Thank you!
This is a fun school event, where advisory groups compete against each other in academic, silly, and sports events throughout the school day. For lunch we have a sandwich potluck, so please look below to see what each advisory group is responsible for and send in food on Friday.
Five Sandwiches                  Leigh Anne, Troy, Ken, Gerald, Chris/Michael, Lee, Natalie, Jen
Fruit for 10 people                Danielle, Ashley, Danelle,
Chips for 10 people               Philip, Jennifer, Gerald, Svetlana
We need parents to help with food set up and clean up at lunch from 10:30-12:00 and one parent to help Eugene with scoring from 11:30 to 1:30.If you are able to help, please email Leigh Anne at bonney_leigh@asdk12.org .
Mickey Mann attends the opening reception for the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery Teen Portrait Competition. Â Last Spring, Mickey won the national contest with her entry. Â This year, she and her mother were able to fly to Washington D.C. to celebrate her accomplishment.
Two Stellar students were awarded prizes; Sawyer Smith-Vail for Poetry (1st) and for Writing (3rd) and, Maya Huebner for Art (3rd). Â This is a prestigious competition, hosted by Scholastic for several decades, and this part is state-wide. Â (Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath and Truman Capote were former winners.)
Novel Excerpt
Third Place
Sawyer S-V, 7th grade, Steller Secondary  School  “The Weapon Called Fear”
Poetry
First Place
Sawyer S-V, 7th grade, Steller Secondary  School – “Doing”
ART
Honorable Mention
Maya H, 12th grade, Steller Secondary  School –  “Wood Frog” Cottonwood Bark Carving
Third Place
Maya H, 12th grade, Steller Secondary  School – “Boulevard of Broken Shoes”
If you haven’t seen the student art work currently at the Anchorage Museum, you still can! Â It will continue through Sunday April 7.
The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP) is now accepting applications for the new 2013 ANSEP STEM Career Explorations! This opportunity is exclusively available to past Middle School Academy participants who have yet to enter high school (students who will enter 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th grade in fall of 2013). Accepted students attend this program free of charge.
This is an exciting and new opportunity! Your continued work with ANSEP will give you an excellent head start to college life, courses, and a professional career.  ANSEP will provide activities, supervision, housing, meals, teambuilding activities, and more. The ANSEP STEM Career Explorations will run from May 28th – June 1st 2013. Please be aware that all participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from UAA.
Please see the attached application for more information and the full application process. Complete applications need to be received by April 26, 2013.
If you are unable to apply we do ask that you still send an updated official transcript at the end of this school year to meet the requirements of your past Middle School Academy participation and computer contract.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact me at JosephineM@uaa.alaska.edu or (907) 786-1866.
Take control of your academic and professional future… APPLY NOW! 🙂
Thank-you,
Regional Director
Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program
T: 907.786.1866
