Poolesville High School

 The Science, Mathematics, Computer Science students have the opportunity to specialize in a rigourous mathematics and science program focused on problem-solving skills and research. The program is located in Poolesville High School to help promote high-quality, integrated education and to enchance learning opportunities for highly able students from the upper county area. This program offers the opportunity for students to build an extraordinary foundation in all subject areas, better understand their interrelationships, and participate in unique research opportunities.

Staff

Mark Curran, Head of House, Science, Math, and Computer Science
301.972.7928

Erin Binns, Teacher
Mark Estep, Teacher
Kevin Lee, Teacher
Patricia Miller, Teacher
Teresa Petralli-Mallow, Teacher

News 

• Explore the Patuxent:Jug Bay Teen Leadership Paddle Flyer 
• Saturday, April 28, 2012 from 8:30 am to 1 pm, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) student chapter at the University of Maryland will be hosting Discover Engineering, an event for high school students interested in engineering, math, and science. See FLYER for details. 

High School CyberSecurity Fair and Expo in conjunction with the 7th Annual Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Flyer.  March 17, 2012

STEM students are invited to join GE and explore the exhibit featured during our event in February.
Come see the inside of a jet engine, learn how a gas turbine works and check out next generation technologies
by experiencing interactive displays.  FLYER
 

Coursework

Students can choose from a range of courses in the Science, Math, Computer Science House. The following courses must be successfully completed by students who tested into this program to earn a Tested In Science, Math, Computer Science Certificate of Achievement. 
Coursework Frequently Asked Questions
 

Mission Statement

Students in the Science, Math, Computer Science House will develop a high level of skill in the following:

• Visualizing the interdisciplinary nature of all things
• Organization and time management
• Current research and information gathering techniques
• Experimental design and hypothesis testing
• Data collection and analysis
• Oral, written and graphic presentation
• Integrating current technology into creative problem solving
• Mathematical abstraction, theory and proof

 Student Success!

• Congratulations to Dr. Mallow, PeiNan & Huy !!!
  2011 Siemens Competition Math : Science : Technology
  SEMIFINALISTS !!!

  The semifinalists of the Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) 2012 were chosen from among 1,839 entrants representing 497 high schools in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and three overseas schools.
  Each of the 300 students named a semifinalist in the Intel STS 2012 will receive a $1,000 award for his or her outstanding research. Additionally, to recognize excellence in teaching and school support of individual student research, every school will receive an award of $1,000 for each semifinalist named in the Intel STS 2012. This award is used to further excellence in science, math, and/or engineering education. From this group of 300 Intel STS 2012 semifinalists, 40 finalists will be chosen to attend the Intel Science Talent Institute in Washington, DC.
  Congratulations to the following 2 Semi-Finalists:

  • Peinan Chen, "Extending the Phase Diagram of Methane to Extreme Conditions"
  • Huy Lam, "A Multi Satellite Study of Auroral Kilometric Radiation Using the Virtural Wave Ovservatory (VWO)".
   
• The Maryland Cyber Challenge and Conference, also known as MDC3, focuses on network and operating system security in both Linux and Windows environments. Poolesville had two teams attempt the qualifying rounds, which were completed online with virtual machines. Both teams from PHS advanced through the qualifying rounds to the finals at the Baltimore Convention Center. Each team was given a total of eight computers to protect including two web servers, two firewall machines, two file servers, one domain controller, and one Microsoft Exchange server. For placing second, each member of the PHS Falcons - Haris Godil, Eric Harrison, Kevin Harrison, Daniel Luu, Jamie Palmer, Brendan Rowan, and Jack Zhu - received a $2000 scholarship provided by the National Security Agency for college tuition. The second Poolesville Team, the PHS Defenders - Andy Neti, Sidd Singal, Annie Chu, Vineet Padia, Jake Koenig, Umesh Padia, and Pavleen Thukral did not place in the top two, but most plan to return next year to take PHS to the top.
•  Two PHS Teams travelled to New York City to compete in the High School Cyber-Forensics Challenge hosted by NYU-Poly. Each team had already spent two weeks “hacking” into the evidence and writing up their results. They were 2 of the 12 finalists chosen from 120 teams that started the process.
  During the 4 hour competition, teams were given additional evidence from the original case. They combined their previous work with the new evidence to produce their final results. The "Team AlphaPHS" was awarded a second place trophy and $2,000, which will support registration fees for future competitions.
  For more information about the competition, see http://www.poly.edu/csaw-forensics 

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