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2008 JETS 2nd Place National Team!

The Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) www.jets.org is a national organization that runs an annual TEAMS competition, in which high school students work together to solve complicated and unfamiliar engineering problems. Knowledge of mathematics and science, especially physics, are most important; but the students are also challenged to express their knowledge in well-written essays. In 2008, 1180 teams from 648 high schools across the nation took part in the competition.

As a magnet school with an International Baccalaureate program, Paxon competed in the toughest division against the most selective high schools in the nation. Nevertheless, the heroic Paxon Varsity Team captured SECOND place in the United States ahead of such power-house schools as Suncoast High School in Riviera Beach, Florida and Stuyvesant High School in New York City. (First place was taken by Detroit Country Day School.)

Paxon's Junior Varsity Team, on which seniors are not eligible to compete, also did magnificently well, finishing SEVENTH in the United States among the junior varsity teams in the same tough division.

Both teams were awarded trophies for their national championship level performance. The members of these superb teams are listed below. They deserve our heartiest congratulations!!

VARSITY: Christian Tan, Jordan Hester, Donald Chang, Miguel Bejar, Adam Gazaleh, Daoud Rana, David Hartman, Ji Ho Lee

JUNIOR VARSITY: Kelsey Cox, Rob Brice, Patrick Martin, Garrett Carter, Rick Aasen, Sean Lynch, Nityasree Srialluri, Sirisha Thambulum

Congratulations Dr. Guduru!

Dr. Rama Guduru has been selected as a First Coast Princeton Scholar! She will be attending this year's Princeton Summer Institute "Children in Transit" on the campus of Princeton University. She will be studying under Dr. U.C. Knoepflmacher, who is Princeton University's Paton Foundation Emeritus Professor of Ancient and Modern Literature and is a specialist in Children's Literature. The focus of this program is to integrate new lessons into her existing First Coast Scholar Unit.

Congratulations Ms. Dunn!

Ms. Dunn has been awarded a fellowship this summer to the Sharks and Rays of Monterey expedition in California.

Paxon Students Register to Vote!!!!!

Paxon School for Advanced Studies PTSA registered 348 students during the voter registration drive this year. Paxon is the first school to win this drive two years in a row. For at least 4 years the Paxon SAS PTSA has sponsored a student registration drive.

IB Freshman Orientation on Thursday, July 31st from 9:30am to 2:00 pm. Check-in will be from 9 to 9:30 am in the Gym.

2008 JETS 2nd Place National Team! The Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) www.jets.org is a national organization that runs an annual TEAMS competition, in which high school students work together to solve complicated and unfamiliar engineering problems. Knowledge of mathematics and science, especially physics, are most important; but the students are also challenged to express their knowledge in well-written essays. In 2008, 1180 teams from 648 high schools across the nation took part in the competition. As a magnet school with an International Baccalaureate program, Paxon competed in the toughest division against the most selective high schools in the nation. Nevertheless, the heroic Paxon Varsity Team captured SECOND place in the United States ahead of such power-house schools as Suncoast High School in Riviera Beach, Florida and Stuyvesant High School in New York City. (First place was taken by Detroit Country Day School.) Paxon's Junior Varsity Team, on which seniors are not eligible to compete, also did magnificently well, finishing SEVENTH in the United States among the junior varsity teams in the same tough division. Both teams were awarded trophies for their national championship level performance. The members of these superb teams are listed below. They deserve our heartiest congratulations!! VARSITY: Christian Tan, Jordan Hester, Donald Chang, Miguel Bejar, Adam Gazaleh, Daoud Rana, David Hartman, Ji Ho Lee JUNIOR VARSITY: Kelsey Cox, Rob Brice, Patrick Martin, Garrett Carter, Rick Aasen, Sean Lynch, Nityasree Srialluri, Sirisha Thambulum
Congratulations Dr. Guduru! Dr. Rama Guduru has been selected as a First Coast Princeton Scholar! She will be attending this year's Princeton Summer Institute "Children in Transit" on the campus of Princeton University. She will be studying under Dr. U.C. Knoepflmacher, who is Princeton University's Paton Foundation Emeritus Professor of Ancient and Modern Literature and is a specialist in Children's Literature. The focus of this program is to integrate new lessons into her existing First Coast Scholar Unit.	Congratulations Ms. Dunn! Ms. Dunn has been awarded a fellowship this summer to the Sharks and Rays of Monterey expedition in California.	Paxon Students Register to Vote!!!!! Paxon School for Advanced Studies PTSA registered 348 students during the voter registration drive this year. Paxon is the first school to win this drive two years in a row. For at least 4 years the Paxon SAS PTSA has sponsored a student registration drive.
IB Freshman Orientation on Thursday, July 31st from 9:30am to 2:00 pm. Check-in will be from 9 to 9:30 am in the Gym.


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