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Do you have an aspiring aviator in your classroom?
Are YOU an aspiring aviator?
Don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on the ground training at a private flight school?
Platantion Community School has your solution!
Registrations are now being accepted for Private Pilot ground school at Plantation Community School. This brand new class is perfect for both aspiring aviators and anyone fascinated with the US airspace system.
The FAA requires ground training from a qualified instructor in order to sit for the Private Pilot written exam. This course will cover all knowledge necessary to pass the FAA written exam. Topics will include: aerodynamics, aviation weather, national airspace system, navigational aids, aircraft systems, airport signs/markings, weight & balance, aircraft performance, and many others.
There is NO MINIMUM AGE for ground school.
Get more information and register online at:
http://www.mycommunityschool.com/
75/section.aspx/35450/course/private
-pilot-ground-school.
The Department of Scientific Computing is pleased to announce that The Florida State University Board of Trustees has approved the implementation of a new B.S. degree in Computational Science, starting in the Fall 2010 semester.
The new degree program should be of interest to and is well suited for those who like working on computers and who ordinarily would also be interested in any of the mathematical sciences (mathematics, computer science, statistics), or the natural sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, geological sciences, ...), or any engineering discipline. Thus, students in the new degree program will learn how to develop and apply new computational tools to solve science and engineering problems.
The newly established Department of Scientific Computing is the focal point of computational science activities at FSU. Computational science involves the invention, implementation, testing, and application of algorithms and software used to solve large-scale scientific and engineering problems. The Department provides a venue for innovative research and education in scientific computing. Our faculty come from a wide variety of traditional mathematical and scientific disciplines whoare primarily interested in developing knowledge and tools for
computational science and applying those tools to the solution of problems in a variety of applications.
Please note that computational science is different from computer science. At the risk of oversimplifying things, one can say that computer science is about the science of computers whereas computational science is about the use of computers to solve science and engineering problems.
The new degree program, along with the already established Master's and
Ph.D. programs, trains students in computational science by providing
them with a mix of theory and practice, including substantial hands-on
experience in the deployment and use of algorithms for scientific
computing.
More information about the new degree program and a sample academic map
are found at
http://www.academic-guide.fsu.edu
under "Computational Science." Information about the Department of
Scientific Computing is found at
We are also on Facebook and Twitter:
http://www.facebook.com/FSUSciComp
http://twitter.com/FSU_SciComp
I would very much appreciate it if you would alert your students about
our new degree program and encourage those that might be interested to
seek more information. Please address questions, or have your students
address questions, about the new degree program to
Over the spring, we will be holding open houses in our department at
which we will demonstrate what computational science is all about; we
would welcome you and/or your colleagues and especially your students to attend these events. If you know anyone who might be interested in
these, please have them contact us through the above email address so
that I can let them know when the open houses will take place.
Max Gunzburger
Chair, Department of Scientific Computing
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All students--The BRACE Scholarship Newsletter is on the school website. Not all scholarships have to do with gpa, SAT or ACT scores. A lot of them are just based on essays. If you need to, show them to your English teacher. Paper copies for those not on the website are in the BRACE office.
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INFORMATION |
11th Annual Florida College Tour SAT BOOT CAMP
Join us for one of our fantastic SAT preparation classes. Sundays, March 14 - April 25 9:30 am - noon Note: No class on Easter weekend -OR- Thursdays, March 11 - April 29 5:00 pm -7:00 pm Note: No classes during Spring Break
ACT Prep Class
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Juniors & Seniors: if you are on free or reduced lunch and taking the SAT or ACT this year, see Mrs. DiAlberto in BRACE for fee waivers. You can also have the fees waived for college applications too. SENIORS, if you are applying to the BRACE scholarship, you submit your student aid report with the EFC, and the award letter from the college you are going to attend! See Mrs. DiAlberto for details. |
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students: can you use some money for college? Check out the BRACE
office or website for the scholarship newsletter. Not all scholarships
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BRACE
Broward Advisors for Continuing Education
Barbara
R. DiAlberto
BRACE Advisor
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BRACE
PROCESS FOR COLLEGE VISITS |
| 1. Approximately two weeks before a college visit, information regarding that visit will be in the Daily Bulletin and PA Announcements for Students and Teachers, and the Website for Parents. |
| 2. ONLY Juniors and Seniors or students graduating in 2008-2009 will be allowed to sign up for college visits in the BRACE office before or after school, in-between classes, or during lunch. |
| 3. When students sign up for presentations in the BRACE office, they will receive a pass. There will be a return time on the pass. Teachers may elect to collect the passes for their records. If a pass is lost, another one will be reissued only if it is within the sign-up deadline. If not, another pass will not be reissued. Mrs. DiAlberto will not issue passes the day of the presentation |
4. It is up to the Teacher's discretion whether an individual student is allowed to attend a college visit. College visits are a privilege--not a right. Therefore, the teacher has the last word. The student may get the college materials given out at the visit from the BRACE office, if he/she did not attend.
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Did You Know......
-You can retake the SAT tests as many times as you would like to improve your scores.
-If you test mroe than once, the highest score from each of the reading, math and writing sections are added together to compile your total score. Therefore, students should take the SAT as many times as they need to.
-Colleges do not average SAT test scores, even if you test more than three times.