Once an Aspiring ASMS Student, Now an ASMS Faculty Member |
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As an Alabama native, I first became familiar with ASMS as a sophomore in high school, making the decision on whether or not to travel 6 hours away from home in order to attend the school for my junior and senior years. My decision not to join the community at that time was a difficult one, but even though I remained at my home school, I maintained an appreciation for the opportunities that ASMS provided for my fellow peers across The state. Oddly enough, when I first started in the chemistry graduate program at the University of Alabama, a career in education wasn’t even under consideration. However, through my work as a teaching assistant, I embraced the opportunities I had to teach more and more with each passing semester. As a result, when I was searching for job openings as a post-doctoral scholar and a new opportunity to join the ASMS community arose, the choice this second time around was a significantly easier one to make. Teaching the students here at ASMS during my first term has been a pleasure. These are some of the brightest young minds, not just in the state but in the entire nation, and I look forward to seeing where their abilities will take them.
Dr. Matthew Davenport
Faculty Member, ASMS Chemistry Department
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Law? Medicine? Why not both?!
Tomorrow's assembly on March 14, 2022 will feature ASMS alumna Melody Zeidan who is a former attorney and now a student in medical school!
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Water Water Everywhere
ASMS Alumna Madeleine Dotson (Class of 2019) is hosting a panel on water insecurity through the Center for Community Engagement at Ole Miss. The date and time are Tuesday, March 22nd from 6-7:30PM. They will have experts presenting research on water insecurity across different disciplines, from hydrology to international water policy. The Zoom ID to join the meeting virtually is: 913 3102 5367.
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Prom Forms are due this Sunday, March 20!
ASMS Prom is March 26, 2022! The school will be sending out a reminder information with the forms and details for the event. Be sure to complete your forms by the March 20th deadline -- outside date form, senior callout form, permission slip, REACH request, etc.
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Student Updates and Opportunities |
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Interested in International Business? Entrepreneurship? Marketing? Communication? Launching Your Own Brand World-wide? Global Leadership? -- Read this!
ASMS alumna Christina Kao (Class of 1997) is the co-founder of Camelia Beauty and the brand Le Mini Macaron. Her brand recently launched in Target stores. She is an NYU graduate and also lived in Shanghai for 10+ years. Today, the head office for her company is located in Barcelona along with locations across the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Join us virtually this Wednesday, March 16, 2022 from 12:00 PM -12:40 PM to connect with Christina during a Lunch and Learn entitled "Viral Tik Tok Videos and How to Launch a Beauty Brand at Target!" Sign up here.
- You can eat your lunch from the cafeteria during the call!
- A link to join the call will be sent later.
- Attendees will be entered for an Aroy Thai gift card drawing.
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Spend Your Summer Immersed in History
Dr. Gerard has shared two opportunities for the students this summer. Please contact her if you're interested!
1) One is a trip to Normandy, France this summer which is open to high school and college students. The National WWII Museum trips are world-class educational opportunities and scholarships are available.
2) The second opportunity is the National WWII Museum Leadership Academy in New Orleans and is a week-long experience at the museum that introduces you to all of the wonderful resources and activities of the museum in addition to special group programs and leadership training. Scholarships are also available for this summer program as well.
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Lead the Way
Applications for the 2022 - 2023 ASMS Jo Bonner Leadership Academy Program will open this Thursday, March 17 on the JBLA page of ASMS website. The program is open to all current sophomores and juniors. Students who plan to pursue the following leadership roles next year are required to participate:
- Ambassadors
- Peer Advisors
- SGA Officers
- Junior Class Officer VP or President
- Senior Class Officer VP or President
- Yearbook Head Editor(s)
- Oculus Head Editor(s)
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Firewire Head Editor(s)
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Research Grad. Scholarship
A STEM Scholarship Opportunity is available to current female high school seniors! The Emmy Noether Awards are merit-based scholarship award is presented annually to (3) female seniors aspiring to pursue post-graduate degrees in STEM-related fields. The Gold Medalist will receive up to $75,000, and the two Silver Medalists will be awarded $25,000 each for qualified graduate-level programs (to be divided over a 3-year span).
Requirements include:
- Female
- Senior in High School
- Lives in LA, MS or AL
- Pursues a research-based graduate degree and career in a STEM field
- 28 or higher on the ACT
***Please e-mail Dr. Frye if you plan to apply.***
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Around the ASMS Community |
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Christina Kao (Class of 1997)
Outstanding ASMS Graduate And International Business Woman
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Christina Kao is a Class of 1997 graduate of the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science (ASMS). She is also the co-founder of Camelia Beauty and the brand Le Mini Macaron. Her brand recently launched in Target stores, and some may even be near her fellow ASMS alumni and current ASMS students!
After graduating from ASMS, Christina moved to NYC and studied business (marketing/management) at New York University. She worked in advertising for 5 years in NYC and then moved to Shanghai where she lived for over 10 years, working in marketing and communications for ad agencies and event agencies. In 2015, she started the Le Mini Macaron brand with her partner, and they moved to Barcelona in 2017 where they set up their head office. Today, they have a team of 30 people -- mostly in Barcelona but with several who are in cities in the US, Europe, and Asia as well.
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ASMS Alumnus, Aaron Langham (Class of 2014), Returns to ASMS to Mentor German Students
Story by ASMS Sophomore, Lex Mrozcko
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Aaron Langham in an exceptional alum from the Alabama School of Math and Science’s (ASMS) Class of 2014. He works in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science and is currently pursuing his doctorate from MIT. He returned to the ASMS community to advise current seniors through their many endeavors and future challenges ahead of them.
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Congratulations to Kennedy White!
There was a brand new minority scholarship this year for German students, and ASMS student
Kennedy White was named a recipient! She also placed 1st in Alabama on national exams, a fact which certainly helped her application for this minority opportunity as well.
She will be spending 3 weeks in Germany this summer all expenses paid, including a home stay, language classes in German school and organized sightseeing trips.
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ASMS continues its first place winning streak in the University of Alabama Capture the Flag (CTF) competition. And for the second time ASMS garnered 2nd place as well!
FIRST Place - ASMS Crimson Team: Taryn Faris, Oscar Presnall, Ajay Wallack, and Liz Womble
SECOND Place - ASMS White Team: Eli Chapman, Zac Desmond, Lilac Herman, and Branden Hunt
UACTF is a Jeopardy-style Capture the Flag Competition with easy to difficult challenges across different categories ranging from cryptography to SQL injection attacks to file analysis to reverse engineering to digital forensics to network analysis and more.
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Recently in the Bio Department! |
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Anatomy & Physiology show off dogfish shark embryos found during a comparative anatomy dissection.
Anatomy & Physiology held final symposium presentations wrapping up a term of independent research that included a literature review, meta data analysis, and interview with a subject expert.
AP Bio students perform the homeostasis lab and monitor how quickly temperature, heart rate, breathing rate, among other variables, return to normal after exercise.
Honors Bio students model bird beak physiology and natural selection.
AP Bio students model cell signaling pathways for insulin, epinephrine, acetylcholine, and serotonin including the signal, transduction, and response.
Honors Bio use the Triology Designs fluorometer to measure chlorophyll-a concentrations from spinach leaves.
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ACTE Programming Competition Wins |
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Two ASMS teams competed in the recent Alabama ACTE team programming challenge on Feb 24, 2022. Students solved a series of coding challenges from easy to hard using python, C, C++, or Java.
CyberDragons Trinity Causey, Kevin Chen, Liam Stewart, and Ajay Wallack placed 2nd in the Grade 11/12 teams.
CyberGeneration Zac Desmond, Lilac Herman, and Paul Mercer placed 4th in the Grade 9/10 teams.
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The ASMS Junior Varsity Team won second place behind UMS-Wright. Garrett Freeman was recognized as the top player for the JV part of the league. The Varsity Team lost to Bayside in the last round but had the same overall record, so officially the team shares the title as co-championships of the league! James Yang and Jacob Kim won awards as top individual players (James 2nd overall and Jacob 4th overall).
Varsity: James Yang, Jacob Kim, Mason Bayles, Wyatt Aiken
JV 1: Garrett Freeman, James Kim, Ajay Wallack, Christian McKinnon
JV 2: Nicholas Kim, Wesley Franklin, Taylor Gaines-Helmick, Hakeem Menifee
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The ASMS Off the Leash club (animal rescue club) successfully raised $600 dollars for the Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) of Mobile during their Pet Portrait Club Event. Community members donated $15 via ARF's Facebook page and an ASMS student used their artistic talents to draw the dog or cat (or sometimes both) in the spirit of Mardi Gras! It was a huge success for animal rescue in Mobile! ARF is already planning a project with the City Animal Shelter to put those funds to good use!
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“Nine Girls” + “Radium Girls”
Mrs. Martha Mozer produced TWO plays in the last few weeks!
At the end of Winter Term, her Theatre Production class put on “Nine Girls”.
During Special Projects Week, Mrs. Mozer and Dr. Matthew Davenport then put together “Radium Girls”.
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