The Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

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The Academy for Math, Science, and Engineering is a four-year magnet public high school program meant to prepare students in Morris County for careers in Math, Science, and Engineering, as part of the Morris County School of Technology. The school is located in Rockaway, New Jersey (a suburb of New York City). Organizations involved with the Academy include New Jersey Institute of Technology, County College of Morris, The Research & Development Council of New Jersey, Verizon, and the Morris / Sussex / Warren Workforce Investment Board.

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[edit] History

The Academy for Math, Science, and Engineering was created along with three other Academies by the Morris County School of Technology. 2006 marks the sixth year of their existence.

[edit] Campus

The Academy is held on the campus of Morris Hills High School, for reasons of space efficiency and to allow students to have some normal high-school interaction.

[edit] Students

As part of the selection process, students must pass a rigorous examination and interview process to be accepted. Of several hundred entrants from all over Morris County, only 22, and in recent years 23, have been accepted. Because of the workload and challenge of the curriculum, no class has the full 23 members due to several drop-outs (who return to their home district) and fail-outs (who are forced out if they do not maintain at least a "C" average in all classes or fail two classes). The 2009 graduating class had lost 8 members in the first 2 quarters of their freshman school year, leaving them with the current lowest class size of 15 students. Multiples of 22/23 will be accepted if, and only if, 44/46 people meet the qualifications demanded.

[edit] Extracurricular activities

Although it is not allowed for there to be an activity that only academy students can participate in, Academy Students are responsible for founding many of Morris Hills High School's activities, such as the Astronomy Club which was formed in 2006 by the members of the class of 2009. There is also a Academy Physics club which consists of the six Freshman academy students with the highest first marking period average.

[edit] Curriculum

Freshman Year:

Sophomore Year:

  • Analysis II (Pre-calculus)
  • Fundamentals of Engineering (CAD 2)
  • Chemistry
  • Science Inquiry and Technology
  • and other advanced English, Social Studies etc.

Junior Year:

  • Calculus
  • Biology
  • Business Strategies
  • Science Inquiry and Technology II
  • and other advanced English, Social Studies etc.

Senior Year:

  • Macroeconomics
  • Biotechnology
  • Science Inquiry and Technology III (internship)
  • Technical Writing
  • Math electives at the County College of Morris
  • and other advanced English, Social Studies etc.

Senior Year internships have been done with: Picatinny Arsenal, Novartis, Smith Aero-Space, Century Flight School, Telcordia, Mount Olive Soccer Club, Granite Financial Corporation, Lucent Technologies, St. Claire’s Hospital, Pfizer, Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Cisco Systems, Morris County Parks Commission, and the Research and Development Council of New Jersey

As a result of the high level courses, students earn college credits while in high school. There is a range of 29-53 college credits earned by graduating seniors.

All classes, including the humanities are advanced classes. Changes have been made this year. The sophomore class has been integrated for humanities courses with the general Morris Hills population.

[edit] External links

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