Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring

9612430惠特尼学院成立于1983年，星期六学院为6-12年级的学生提供七(7)个以社区为基础的预科教育课程，重点是科学、数学和工程。学院：i.为极其庞大和多样化的学生群体提供服务--大约38,000名学生和教师，超过50%的学生是女性，少数族裔学生的比例高于他们在总人口中的比例(例如，非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、土著美国人)，包括残疾学生；通过其区域中心向俄勒冈州和华盛顿州南部的学生提供服务；ii.将教师作为该计划的组成部分--提供超过750,000小时的教学；iii.招募了3,400名社区专业人员，以各种创造性和实质性的方式贡献他们的设施、设备和专业知识；是合作和伙伴关系可以实现的目标的典范，并提供了显著的扩展和项目范围；V.与俄勒冈州21世纪教育法、2000年目标、教育美国法相一致，是一个结构良好、管理良好的运作，有针对初中生和高中生的不同和分类良好的部门--例如--ASE：科学与工程学徒--例如，1994年将23名9-11年级的高中生安排在工业、大学和政府机构的研究职位；--当代应用数学(CAM)暑期学院和周六上午课程，自成立以来共为650名非裔美国学生服务(由NSF资助)；--外联倡议--确定少数民族和双语科学和工程从业者担任星期六学院项目的导师和导师；--未来制造者：发明家/导师计划--6-9年级的在校计划；--Annenberg/CPB数学和科学项目；--星期六学院区域中心；I.已获得大量外部资金(NSF、M.J.Murdock慈善信托基金、Annenberg/CPB数学和科学项目；俄勒冈社区基金会、Tektronix基金会、Intel基金会等)。

9612430 Whitney Established in 1983, Saturday Academy offers seven (7) precollege, community-based education programs focusing on the sciences, mathematics, and engineering for 6th-12th grade students. The Academy: I. Has served an extremely large and diverse population of students -- approximately 38,000 students and teachers, over 50% of the students being women, with representation of ethnic minority students being above their representation in that general population (e.g., African-American, Hispanic, Native Americans), and including students with disabilities; students are served throughout Oregon and southern Washington through its regional centers; II. Includes teachers as an integral part of the program -- more than 750,000 hours of instruction provided; III. Has enlisted 3,400 community professionals to contribute their facilities, equipment, and expertise in a variety of creative and substantive ways; IV. Is a model of what cooperation and partnerships can achieve and provides a remarkable outreach and range of programs; V. Aligned with the Oregon Education Act for the 21st Century, the Goals 2000, Educate America Act, is a well-structured and managed operation, with distinct and well-categorized sectors for middle-schoolers and high-schoolers -- e.g., -- ASE: Apprenticeships in Science & Engineering -- e.g.,placed 23 9-11 grade high students in research positions in industry, universities, and government agencies in 1994; -- Contemporary Applied Mathematics (CAM) Summer Institute and Saturday morning classes, together serving 650 African-American students since inception (funded by NSF); -- Outreach Initiative --identifies minority and bilingual science and engineering practitioners to serve as mentors and instructors for Saturday Academy programs; -- Futuremakers: Inventor/Mentor Program -- an in-school program for grades 6-9; -- The Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project; -- Saturday Academy Regional Centers; I. Has secured significant external funding (NSF, M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, The Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project; Oregon Community Foundation, Tektronix Foundation, Intel Foundation, etc.).