2005 Winter Newsletter.p65 - Saturday Academy

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WINTER/
SPRING
VOL 3
ISSUE 1
2005
saturda
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IN THIS
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News at Saturday Academy 1-3
Top Story: SA Summer Camps
Director’s Letter: page 2
Featured SA Alumnus:
Steve Rosenbaum, Pop Art, Inc.
SA: Design and
Engineering in Action 3-4
Class Spotlight: Re-Designing Humans
Featured Mentor: Robert Brown
SA News Bites, Events &
Announcements 5
Fundraising Corner 6
SA Supporters & Boards 7
Super Science Camp!
p!
for 4th - 6th grader
aders
Biology, paleontology, geology,
physics, chemistry…
SA is soooo.... CAMP!
Kids love camp. If you’ve ever sent your child
away to overnight camp, you know they come
back a changed person – more mature, confident,
and full of “repeat after me” songs. Even
if your child is the shy type, who needs to be
coaxed out the door to attend a day camp, you
know there is magic in “going to camp.”
At Saturday Academy we know kids love the
camp atmosphere with its sense of community,
exploration, and sheer fun. We also know kids
– and their parents – expect us to provide content-rich
experiences they can’t get anywhere
else. With instructors who hail from the worlds
of medicine, engineering, the arts. And with
opportunities to visit science-based industry
and work with cutting edge equipment. In
short, with those things only Saturday Academy
can offer.
• investigate the chemistry of superhero
powers
• go on a make-believe safari
• learn about your favorite internal organ
Discover what kind of
“ologist” you want to be!
AWSEM Summer Camp
for middle school girls
All girls can be AWSEM this July!
AWSEM campers will spend one week:
• interacting with real scientists
• visiting and exploring scientific facilities
• hearing interesting guest speakers
...and there’s a science fair/party finale!
Science is for girls!
more camps online:
www.satur
.saturda
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academy.or
.org
Designed for youngsters who long to discover
their inner “ologist,” Saturday Academy will offer
six science day camps this year – AWSEM
Camp, Animal Behavior Camp, Dragonfly
Camp, Superhero Camp, Excursion Camp and
Engineering Camp. In partnership with the
Audubon Society, we also will offer an overnight
camp in the San Juan Islands. All of our
camps will feature full-day, content-rich activities,
with age-appropriate, complementary play
designed to fit the lessons of the day. Our goal
is to create a camp experience that builds a
sense of community, fun and accomplishment,
all around hands-on learning.
We hope the children in your life will celebrate
summer with Saturday Academy this year.
There’s no better way to spend a summer!
Now, repeat after me . . . .
San Juan Island Adventure
overnight camp
(one for high schoolers
one for middle schoolers)
s)
During this action-packed week, you’ll...
• learn how to sea kayak as you explore
Puget Sound and look for Orca Whales
• head out to sea on a whale-watching
cruise!
• spot elusive river otters
This one fills quickly--watch for
our Summer catalog in early
March and stay tuned to...
www.saturdayacademy.org.
follow your curiosity

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Director’s
Letter
Dear Friends and Supporters,
Did you
know?
93% of students who
take SA classes would
recommend their class to
their friends!
89% of apprentices say
that ASE influenced their
choice of college major
With this newsletter we celebrate the old and the new—both longevity and innovation.
Mohammad Sabri has mentored for Saturday Academy’s ASE program for 15 years!
Susan Olson has taught classes on human chromosomes for over 20 years! Steve
Rosenbaum, an ASE apprentice in 1991, brought his experience full circle 13 years
later by mentoring an ASE student in his company last summer (see feature next
page). Doug Strain, founding board member, remains actively engaged at 85 years
young. And Saturday Academy, having celebrated its 21 st year, is now fully-launched
into adulthood.
We owe our longevity to our “crown jewels,” the instructors and mentors who belong to
Saturday Academy. That they return year after year tells us they appreciate having a
way to express their love for their professions and avocations, a way for them to continue
their own learning. These adults love to teach, and we enjoy helping them.
At the same time, new things are always afoot at Saturday Academy. This summer we
will be expanding the number of summer camps we are offering based on the success
and popularity of last summer’s Engineering Camp. We are developing new classes in
architecture/CAD and muscle physiology (to include observation at a cadaver lab). A
partnership between SA and Intel has created new training and support for teachers
and students preparing for science fairs. True to our mission, Saturday Academy
works hard to stay at the cutting edge of content and format.
Young people crave knowledge. This was true in 1983, it is true today, and it will still
be true 21 years from now. One 10-year-old recently returned from his Saturday Academy
class and, with a sigh of relief, announced to his mother: “Finally! Today I found
out what E=mc 2 means!” Finally.
Saturday Academy’s founders wisely recognized the importance of bringing together
passionate students with passionate mentors, outside the structure of the traditional
classroom and beyond the artificial pressures of benchmarks and test scores. This
freedom to learn for learning’s sake has enriched the lives of over 100,000 young
people since 1983. That our founders’ dream would flourish into all we are today is a
testament to their understanding that the human mind never outgrows its innate curiosity.
That we continue to find innovative new ways to help kids follow their curiosity is
a testament to the creativity that grows from the desire to share and nurture a love of
learning.
Joyce Cresswell
Executive Director
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Featured Alumnus
Steve Rosenbaum:
Alumnus Completes the Circle
Steve Rosenbaum is a Portland
success story. He owns the awardwinning
Portland web design firm, Pop
Art, which he founded in 1997, right
out of college. Before he became a
successful businessman, though, he
was a Saturday Academy ASE apprentice.
In 1991, Steve worked as an apprentice
at Plano Technics, designing a
database and learning computer
languages.
At the end of the summer, his mentor,
Steve Owens, said he felt he had given
Steve “a peek into the future.”
Obviously, Mr. Owens was right.
Steve’s sister participated in Saturday
Academy. So did his cousin. So did
several friends. Steve knows how ASE
helped him and his peers. Now he is
giving back. Last summer Steve hosted
ASE apprentice Shakeer Rahman at
Pop Art, assigning him a project to
build a new web site for Saturday
Academy. And Steve has committed to
working with another ASE student this
summer. Now, that’s what we call
leverage!
We can think of no better role model
than Steve Rosenbaum. Every day he
pushes the envelope of modern design
and technology, he has followed his
curiosity to a career he’s passionate
about, he has created new jobs in Portland,
and he continues to give back to
the community.
With his help, today’s Saturday Academy
students will be starting their own
companies in 2015. Way to go, Steve!
Learn more about Pop Art at
www.popart.com!
Steve in 1991
Steve in 2004
Class Focus
Re-Designing Humans:
The Future is Now
If you were given the chance to program your unborn child’s appearance, would you do it?
Genetic innovation already plays a prominent role in society, politics, and life. Modern science
presents new possibilities and tough new questions every day. The situation for students
today is not if they will have to answer questions like this one, but when.
In Re-Designing Humans, students use online interactive scenarios, film clips, case studies,
and selected readings to explore the ethics and philosophy of genetic engineering.
Greg Fowler, Ph.D., professor at OHSU and Executive Director/Founder of Geneforum (a
citizen forum created to explore the ethical and social issues of new genetic technologies)
teaches the class with Claudia Ingham, a high school science teacher at the Arts & Communication
Magnet Academy in Beaverton.
The Brave New World is coming. Saturday Academy is helping students get ready for it.
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Featured Mentor
Robert Brown: Nine years and
counting
By Bill Neill
Simon handling everything Robert throws at him
ASE mentors
stick around!
Mentors who have
volunteered
...between 10 and
15 years: 13
...between 5 and
9 years: 32
Nine years ago, engineer Robert
Brown of Rockwell Collins Flight
Dynamics discovered a secret:
there’s no telling what a motivated
high school student can do in a
summer.
Nine years ago was Brown’s first
experience with Saturday Academy’s
Apprentices in Science & Engineering
(ASE) program, which matches high
schoolers with scientists for summer
apprenticeships. And today, nine
years later, he still mentors a new
apprentice every summer.
In today’s high-tech industry, nine
years is an eternity. What is it about
ASE that keeps Robert coming back?
One reason Robert participates in
ASE is that by giving high school
students an all-too-rare glimpse of
the real world, he is helping his whole
industry by encouraging the
workforce of the future. “The point of
the program is to give [the students]
an experience that is real,” Robert
says, “It is all about finding out what
science and engineering is like in the
working world, and being able to
direct your education where you know
you want to go.” Past apprenticeships
have inspired students to go on to
engineering or science programs at
some of the top universities in the
country.
The second reason Robert
participates is more immediate: his
apprentices are excellent workers.
For example, last summer’s
apprentice was Simon Nguyen. Brown
gave him what he diplomatically
describes as “a fairly daunting task.”
What was the task? “To build a robot
to align a microdisplay in a projector.”
By the end of the summer, “he got it
working,” Brown said. “What he put
together, we are using.”
This happy ending is not surprising.
Brown chose Simon using the same
criteria he uses for hiring professional
engineers. “These kids are bright,” he
said. “At their age they have
accomplished far more than I did at
that time.”
Is he ever nervous about bringing a
high school student into his high tech
business? “I’m never worried about
the apprentices I choose,” Brown
said. “I ‘worry’ about giving them an
assignment that will challenge them.
They can handle anything I throw at
them.”
As for Simon’s feelings about the
summer, he says “It was very fun.
Everyone was friendly. I was treated
like another member of the
company.”
And thanks to a strong start in ASE,
maybe he will become one someday.
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Winter/Spring 2005
Announcements
Please contact Beth Katona at 503-725-2332 for more
information on volunteering or giving to Saturday Academy.
Now Offering to Students:
Transcripts of your SA courses!
Impress college admission boards with a transcript
listing those Nuclear Science and Code
Programming classes you took.
How’s that for extracurricular activities?
See our catalog or go to
www.saturdayacademy.org for details!
Chinook Book Savings
Wish List
Help us keep class costs down by y donating consumable
supplies for classes.
• Alkaline batteries (AA size) help electricity classes
• Lego kits help Robo
obotics and Physics classes
• Toner for our comput
puter lab (HP 2500 CS: black, , cyan,
yello
ellow, , or majenta) helps Web Design, Build a Business,
and other graphics classes.
Save money on your next Saturday Academy class with a
coupon from the Chinook Book!
• 10% off for returning students
• 15% off for new students
Buy your book from us and part of the profit
goes to Saturday Academy!
The Chinook Book is a fun coupon book containing over
$5,000 in discounts on products and ser vices that have
reduced environmental impacts — it has coupons for f ood,
entertainment, household items, transit, and S A classes.
To buy a book ($20) call 503-725-2332.
www.saturdayacademy.org!
Check our website often for:
• Class availability
• Promotional coupons
• Maps and directions to classes
Upcoming Events
Spring Classes Catalog
alog
Available
Now!
Call 503-725-2344 to
have a copy mailed to
you! (If you have taken a
class recently, a catalog
will come to you automatically.)
National Engineers s Week
February y 22-28, 2005
PSU Design Engineering
Com petition
February y 25, 2005
Students can compete
with teams from throughout
the area on engineering
challenges.
Brain ain Awareness Week
eek
at OHSU
Mar ch 14-20, 2005
See www.oregonbrains.org
for details.
Summer Classes Catalog
alog
Available
Mar ch 7, 2005
Call 503-725-2344 to
have a copy mailed to
you!
Intel Nor
orthwes
thwest t Science
Expo, PSU
April 1, 2005
Come see our community’s
new science
talent at this highly
competitive science fair.
Intel International
Science & Engineering
Fair (ISEF),
Phoenix, Arizona
May y 8-14, 4, 2005
SA Discover
y Luncheon
at the Oregon Zoo
Wed, April 27, 2005
See next page for details.
AWSEM Blueprints for
Success at Catlin Gabel
School
April 23, 2005
AWSEM club members
celebrate with hands-on
science activities and a
keynote science speaker
SA A “Chemis try y of
Cockt ails” at the
Bluehour Res
estaur
aurant
ant
June 5, 2005
Join us for this new
“fun”raising party!
ASE Midsummer
Conference at OSU
July 22-23, 2005
Summer apprentices
attend talks delivered by
science and engineering
professionals. Call us at
503-725-2340 to volunteer
as a presenter!
ASE Symposium, PSU
Augus
t 20, 2005,
8:30 am to 3:30 pm
PSU Smith Memorial
Center, 3rd floor Ballroom.
Open to the public.
Apprentices present their
summer projects. Come
see the future!
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Fundraising Corner
Discover Saturday Academy and
Make a Difference in the Community
Minority Enrollment
on the rise!
Increasing charitable donations
equal
more participation by kids from
groups historically underrepresented
in the sciences.
14%
12%
10%
8%
6%
In FY 04 over $100,000
in grants and gifts provided
tuition assistance
and vouchers to a record
number of students from
under-represented
minority groups.
Thank you, donors, for helping
these young people
follow their curiosity!
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SA friends and supporters are invited to attend our new Saturday Academy Discovery
Luncheon on Wednesday, April 27th at the Oregon Zoo!
Our goal is to bring 250-300 people together to learn more about all of SA’s programs
and to raise funds to support our efforts. There is no cost to attend this luncheon and
there is NO MINIMUM and NO MAXIMUM contribution required to attend.
If you would like to—
• Attend this event
• Support Saturday Academy’s programs
• Captain a table by inviting 7 friends to join you and learn more about SA
or
• ALL OF THE ABOVE
—please contact Beth Katona at Beth.Katona@pdx.edu or 503-725-2332 for more
information. Charitable support t helps Saturda
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cademy y change kids’ lives!
You can
make a difference by joining us on April 27th!
SA Supports New Science Fairs!
A year after the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair left town, science
fair participation is higher than ever, thanks to a teacher training initiative undertaken
by Saturday Academy and the Intel Foundation. This year Saturday Academy
is supporting 24 local teachers with curriculum, training, science supplies, professional
mentoring, and help putting on their fairs. No cookbook science here—
each student must formulate a valid scientific question, conduct original research
and report results using real data. The first of the new science fairs was held on
January 28, 2005, at Damascus Middle School, where teacher Kim Auffet said,
“This was a great experience for my students because it was a more self-directed
and tangible way to do inquiry. They were completely involved in the process.”
saturda
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Portland State University
PO Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751
SA Classes &
Wor
kshops
SA’s diverse catalog of
hands-on adventures for
curious students in classroom,
laboratory, and field
environments.
Satur day y Academy
at OSU
SA Classes & W orkshops,
Apprenticeships, and
AWSEM clubs based in
Cor vallis.
AWSEM:
Advocates for Women
in Science,
Engineering and
Mathematics
After school science clubs for
young w omen.
503-725-2330
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Winter/Spring 2005
SA Thanks the Following Individuals
Saturday Academy’s programs are made possible by charitable gifts from the following generous individuals.
For information on ho w you or your organization can get involved, contact Beth Katona at 503-725-2332.
Our many corporate and foundation partners are recognized annually in our Summer newsletter.
Rock
ocket Scientists
ts
Julie and Wayne Drinkward
Marise and John Morrow
Inventor
ors
Anonymous
Sharon and Keith Barnes
Kristin and Truman Collins
Mary and Gordon Hoffman
Lee Jackson
Scholarly Types
Mary and Steve Baker
Diane Jenkins and William Babcock
Pat and Sam Karamanos
Adela and Dick Knight
Donna Migneault and Steven Schwar tz
Paula and Walden Rhines
Grace and Frank Schmitz
Denise and Douglas White
Whiz Kids
Debbie and Allen Alley
Kathryn Benedicto
Jessie Jonas and Steven Cantor
Fletcher Chamberlin
Joyce Cresswell and Richard Cherry
Tina and Steve Donovan
Donna and Gregory Dufault
Pam and Scott Gibson
Nancy Marie Frahm and Gerald Green
Tasca and P aul Gulick
Jeri Janowsky and John Crabbe
Beth Katona and William Andrews
Mark Long
Elisabeth and Peter Lyon
Carol and Terr y Marlink
Lee and Stephen McConnel
Barbara and Walter McDonald
Sunanda and Rama Menon
Linda and Walter Myers
Christine and Peter Nick erson
Sarah Quist-Mazzocco and John Mazzocco
Susan and Tom Robinson
Lynne and Ronald Saxton
Molly Schmitz and Nate Lesiuk
Susan Schnitzer and Greg Goodman
Milton Smith
Jaska and Edward Thompson
Christine and David Vernier
Terr y and Rick Warren
Harriet and Pet er Watson
ASE:
Apprenticeships in
Science and
Engineering
Summer internships for HS
students at local
companies, agencies, and
research facilities.
Scholar Society
Ginny and Chris Achterman
Deborah and Michael Aiona
Carole Alexander
The Jeanne I. Arbow Fund of the Oregon
Community Foundation
Joan and Paul Ash
Shehla and Irfan Aziz
April and Reid Bamford
Lori Irish Bauman and Todd Bauman
Betsy and Jim Biller
Lyn Bonyhadi-Schleicher and Ed Schleicher
Nancy and Paul Bragdon
Julia Brim-Edwards and Randall Edwards
Lin and Geoff Bunza
Jane and William Campbell
Anita Cassarino and Steve Carboni
Helen and Kuo Chang
Sophie Cheng
Margaret and David Christmann
Debi Coleman
Gary Conkling
William Crane
Ellen and Bob Currey-Wilson
Terry Day
96% Fred Deis of classes
Sharon and Dave Delano
student Jane and Vincent DeLuca say their
Becky and Michael Driscoll
instructor was
Liz Duffett
great!
Margaret Drummond and Lon Southard
Angela and Lawrence Dworkin
Joyce Bell and Timothy Eddy
Janet Barry Edwards
Roger and Francoise Eiss
Kris and R. Thomas Elliott
Mary and Steven Erichsen
Nancy and Les Fahey
Leslie and John Foster
Gini and Ron Fox
Charles Fuchs
Barbara Gaines
Joan Gamble
Margaret Gessaman
Lois Seed and Dan Gibbs
Cynthia and Byron Grant
Nancy and Rober t Grimm
Alicia and Ed Gronke
Bobby and Daniel Heagerty
Donna and Jerry Heppell
Janice and Michael Herson
Mary and Gregory Hinckle y
Ruth and Eugene Hogan
LEAP:
Learning
Enrichment &
Accelerated Pace
SA classes in Portlandarea
schools during the
school day.
Jean and Donald Holznagel
Patty and James Huntzicker
Joyce Jakubiak and David Parks
Kathy and Doug Johnson
Elizabeth Joste
Kathleen and Rober t Joy
Bruce Kaufman
Jenny Keiser -Ruemmele and Wayne Ruemmele
Deneen King
Shelley and William Lar kins
Ted Brunner and Deborah Lev
Chia-Hong Jan and Chyong-Huey Lin
Joan Lintz
Renate and Gor don Long
Kathy Long Holland
Paul Loving
Sandy and Wake Mack
Kaye Van Valkenburg and David Maier
Linda Mantel
The Mayberry-Copenhaver Family Fund of the
Oregon Community Foundation
William McAlpine
Traci Menashe
Eve Menger-Hammond and George Hammond
Laura and Erich Merrill
Jackie Jeppe and Roger Meyer
Terri Mitchell
Corinia and Frank Moscow
Jayne Nanavaty-Dahl
Nancy Floerke and Lewis Nashner
Nanette Newell
Gretchen and Jon Nickel
Sabien Oosterhof-Le ttinga and Ahne Oosterhof
Clara and Stephen Pawlowski
Merideth Perrill
Jean and Ralph Quinsey
Joseph Poracsky and M J Riehl
Gail Powell and Kevin Davis
Dell Rhodes
Sharon VanSickle and William Robbins
Jackie and Bruce Schmidt
Marilyn and Peter Shultz
Colleen Kelley and Steven
Karen Paulino and Eliot Spindel
Sue and Doug Stahl
Cyndi and Eric Strid
Shelley and Eric Tarlow
Mary Kay and Marc Tetreault
Heide and Cason Trask
James Turner
Rob yn Wagner Matsunaga and Rober t Wagner
Peg O’Hara and Dwight Weber
Patty Barker and Chris Weitz
Anne and Karl Wenner
Elizabeth and Robert Werber
Janet and Jim Westwood
Nancy and Gordon Whitehead
Lisa and Justin Whitling
Dolores and CN Winningstad
Marilyn and Bill Workman
This list includes gifts to Satur day Academy
from January 1, 2004 to February 4, 2005. We
also thank our many donors of less than $50
who cannot be listed due to space
considerations. We have made every attem pt
to ensure names are presented accurately.
Please call the Development Of fice at
503-725-2332 if there is an error in this listing.
Saturday Academy
Advisory Board
Richard Knight
Board Chair
John Frewing
Secre tary/Finance Chair
Sharon Barnes
Geoff Bunza
Vigilan
Fletcher Chamberlin
FEI Company
Mike Driscoll
Portland State University
Mar y Erichsen
IBM
Barbara Gaines
Andrew Hay
Pop Art
Gordon Hoffman
NW Technology Ventures
James Huntzicker
OGI School of Science and Engineering
at OHSU
Diane Jenkins
Babcock & Jenkins
Mark A. Long
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
Paul Lo ving
Adidas
Frank Moscow
The Brentwood Group
Steve Pawlowski
Intel Corporation
Ronald L. Saxton
Ater Wynne LLP
Douglas C. Strain
Mar y Kay Tetreault
Portland State University
Robert Vieira
OHSU
Harriet Watson
Douglas J. White, Jr.
Gail Whitney
Founder
Joyce Cresswell
Executive Director
Saturday Academy
Honorary Board
Paul E. Bragdon
Board Member Emeritus
Julie Drinkward
Board Member Emerita
Lesley M. Hallick
Board Member Emerita
OHSU
Katie Harman
Program Alumna
Elisabeth L. Lyon
Board Member Emerita
Barbara McDonald
Board Member Emerita
Amy M. Welch
Board Member Emerita
Portland Public Schools
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Our Mission
Saturday Academy engages motivated young people in
hands-on, in-depth learning and problem solving by connecting
them with community experts as instructors and mentors.
Our vision is that all interested, pre-college students in our
region will have the opportunity to interact with community
experts and experience professional environments in ways
that assist them in developing intellectually and preparing for
rewarding careers.
Saturday Academy’s innovative programs are open to
all students in grades 4 through 12. We value all learning,
and offer experiences in many disciplines. We emphasize
math, science, engineering, technology, and healthcare
because these disciplines are integral to the future our
children will live and work in.
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