Is A Scientific, Technical Career Your Dream? (High Program School Summer)

High Program School Summer - The Jefferson Lab High School Summer Honors Program is designed to further strengthen and enhance the foundation of science and maths of high school students who wants to take on a scientific and technical career path.

One of the high school summer programs is the Jefferson Lab High School Summer Honors Program begins on June 16, 2008 and concludes on August 1, 2008.

For eight weeks, in this high program school summer, high school students are employed to work in scientific or technical positions. These students must be strong in math, science and/or computer science, and interested in pursuing scientific and technical careers.

The students will be working in the Jefferson Lab or United States Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. Jefferson Lab is a basic research laboratory, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, in Newport News, Virginia, is established to study and understand the detailed structure and behavior of the nucleus of the atom. Physics experiments started in 1995.

Jefferson Lab is a world-class research facility, a valued partner to the local, regional and national education community. It's long-term commitment to science education have been working with public school divisions to enhance the quality of science, math and technology education, and to help effectively address the problem that minorities and females who are lost to the science, math and technology career pipeline long before they are of college age.

Jefferson Lab's unique research environment and use of science, math, and technology skills and knowledge create the baselines for extraordinary educational partnerships that are solidly grounded in the laboratory's scientific programs and expertise, with benefits to both the participants and the laboratory's dedicated staff. Over a third of the laboratory staff and many Jefferson Lab scientific users participate as mentors and career role models, interacting with the students and teachers.

To qualify for this high program school summer - Jefferson Lab High School Summer Honors Program, you must be a high school student, at least 16 years old with good academic standing, and maintains at least a 3.3 grade point average. Students who are selected to participate in this program are chosen on the basis of demonstrated skills and merit.


For more information on this high program school summer:

Jefferson Lab High School Summer Honors Program
Office of Science Education, MS 28E
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
628 Hofstadter Road, Suite 6
Newport News, VA 23606
(757) 269-7633
http://education.jlab.org/

For application into the program
http://education.jlab.org/hsapplication/
Note: Dependents of Jefferson Lab employees are not eligible for this program.
Applications must be postmarked by February 29, 2008
All Applicants will be notified by March 21, 2008

High Program School Summer