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PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITY IN PRESTIGUOUS MAGAZINE, ENGLISH JOURNAL

Student Voices: This is a forum for students to share their experiences and recommendations in short pieces of 300 words. Teachers are encouraged to submit the best responses from their classes, not whole class sets, please. Individual students are welcome to submit as well. Current questions:

--How has English class made you more gutsy? (Deadline: November 15, 2012)
--What kinds of traditional assessments (tests, quizzes, projects, etc.) and nontraditional assessments (artwork, multi-genre pieces, electronic submissions) are the best measures of what you have learned? (Deadline: January 15, 2013)
 

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GRANT AND LAPTOP AWARDS!

NCWIT seeks high-school-level young women to apply for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing! The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing honors young women active and interested in computing and encourages them to pursue their passion for technology. Winners receive cool prizes, gadgets, and scholarships, and can join a community of like-minded technical women. National award-winners are selected from across the country and Affiliate Award competitions are available nationwide.  All girls at all computing levels are encouraged to apply—we’d like to recognize aspirations, not just accomplishments! 

National award-winners receive: 

• $500 in cash
• A laptop computer
• An engraved award (for both the student and her school)
• An expenses-paid trip to the national Award ceremony (for the student and her parent/guardian) 

Affiliate Award prizes will vary by competition.  Visit www.aspirationsaward.org for details on affiliate competitions.

Competition for the 2012-2013 NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing is open to any U.S. high-school-level female (grades 9-12). Applications will be accepted beginning September 15, 2012, and must be submitted online atwww.aspirationsaward.org no later than 11:59 PM ET on October 31, 2012.  Winners will be announced December 10, 2012.

In conjunction with the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing, NCWIT is proud to offer the NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Educator Award. The Educator Award recognizes educators for their efforts to promote gender equity in computing. The awardees are selected from the educators who are engaged in endorsing Aspirations Award applications. Each Educator Award recipient is eligible to receive up to $1000 in reimbursement for participation in a computing related professional development opportunity.

For more information about either award, please contact aspirations@ncwit.org.

THIS WEEK:

What, was Kobe busy or something?

*KEEP IN MIND SUMMER READING DUE  no later than SEPTEMBER 21st!

*Bring back your Family Surveys this week for your first test grade!

---welcome back---  :)