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Granite School District
2008-2009 MESA Calendar at a Glance

Imagineering Your Future

 

MESA Advisor Training/Meetings

                            

September 6, 2008

West High School, Advisors and Counselors Fall Training

November 5, 2008

District Office, Conference Room D 104

December 2, 2008

District Office, Conference Room D 104

January 28, 2009

District Office, Conference Room D 202

April 29, 2009

District Office, Conference Room D 104

 

 

Leadership Training for MESA Advisors and Club Officers

 

November 5, 2008

 Salt Lake Community College - Redwood Campus, Student Center, Oak Room

February 27, 2009

 Salt Lake Community College - Redwood Campus, Student Center, Oak Room

Granite MESA Competition Dates and Hosts

Elementary Speech Contest. Friday, May 1, 2009. Written copy due that day also.

 

SR High School MESA Competition Wednesday, February 4, 2009. Utah Cultural Celebration Center (1355 W 3100 S) 8:30 am -1 pm. Events discussed at January meeting. Selected teams go to the State Trebuchet Competition.  Registration Deadline Friday, January 24, 2009

 

JR High School MESA Competition Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Utah Cultural Celebration Center (1355 W 3100 S) 8:30 am -1:00 pm. Events discussed at January meeting. Selected teams go to the State Trebuchet Competition. Registration Deadline March 1, 2009

 

Elementary MESA Competition Friday, April 3, 2009. Wright Elementary (6760 W 3100 S) 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm 

 

MESA Scholarship Application

February 2, 2009                    Must be completed and in to U of U

April 13, 2009                        Scholarship Award Banquet for Recipients

 

MESA Advisors Reports DUE

 

 Fall 

November 14, 2008                              

 End of year report

May 22, 2009

 Spring

May 22, 2009 

 

MESA Student Minimum Requirements DUE

Spring   May 22, 2009

 

Student Information Forms (Registration) Due

Fall                                           October 24, 2008

Winter                                      January 26, 2009

 

JETS (Junior Engineering Technical Society) Competition at U of U

February 2 - March 15, 2009. Teams of students compete at JV (9- 11) and Varsity (10-12) levels on engineering tasks (go to JETS.org and hit the red TEAMS button for information)

 

Elementary Engineering Week at U of U

March/ April 2009 Projected

 

State Trebuchet Competition (secondary only) at Cottonwood HS

April 3, 2009  Papers (10 copies per team) due by 4:00 pm to U of U, Ken Peterson's Office

May 23, 2009 Competition at Cottonwood HS 10:00 am-2:00 pm

 

Physics Day (hosted by USU) at Lagoon

May 15, 2009  http://129.123.12.38/

 

Outstanding Student Nominations Due

May 1, 2009 Submit to Educational Equity

 

End of Year Senior Questionnaire

May 22, 2009 Submit to Educational Equity

 

Applications Due for Summer Camps -TBA

 

Funding

May 18, 2009    All reimbursements must be submitted to Barbara Fullmer, Educational Equity

 

District Evaluation and Accounting Report for Continued Funding

June 5, 2009

All MESA Team documentation and student/parent/advisor survey must be received by Educational Equity.

 

STATE Evaluation and Accounting Report for Continued Funding

June 5, 2009

 

Other 2008-2009 MESA Events

 

● Sat 10/11/08 - SACNAS National Conference Pre College Community day for MESA, Salt Palace, SLC.

District registrations (or not) due to Janice Jones-Schroeder by 9/12/08  janice.schroeder@slc.k12.ut.us

 

● Sat 10/25/08 - University of Utah’s FREE College of Engineering Day, Warnock Engineering Building, 9a-12:30p (students 9-12th).  RSVP after 9/13/08 at www.coe.utah.edu/coeday08

 

● Sat 11/8/08 - Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics, Conference for girls, grades 6 to 9, , Mt. Ogden Jr. High  http://www.atk.com/eyh/eyh.htm

 

● Sat 11/8/08 - Ethnic Minority Parents Conference, West High

Contact Linda Oda at loda@utah.gov

 

● Sat 11/8/08 - U’s College of Science, Science Day at the U, - For more information, contact Lisa Batchelder, (801) 581-6958 or batchelder@science.utah.edu.

http://www.science.utah.edu/cosdayedu.html

 

● Sat 11/15/08 - University of Utah’s Open House.  Contact Heather Heinz, hheinz@sa.utah.edu

 

● Thu 12/4/08 – ATK Static Firing at Promontory Point.  Contact Holley Lamb Holly.Lamb@ATK.com   

 

● Wed 12/10/08 - Intermountain Junior Science & Humanities Symposium, U of U, registration deadline.http://web.utah.edu/newstudents/IJSHS.htm

 

● Fri 12/12/08 - Outstanding MESA Advisor Application due at U of U – MESA STEP Office Application found on page 6.4 of MESA Advisors’ Handbook.  Contact ken.petersen@Utah.edu 

 

● Fri 1/9/09 - Intermountain Junior Science & Humanities Symposium, U of U, Research Paper Deadline http://web.utah.edu/newstudents/IJSHS.htm

 

● Fri-Sat 1/30-31/09 – Quantum Learning Refresher for all past participants.  Contact USOE’s Jeffrey Ojeda Jeffrey.ojeda@schools.utah.gov

 

● Fri 2/13/09 - Utah Engineering Council Banquet for MESA Outstanding Teacher, Wells Fargo 23rd  Floor

 

● Sun-Sat 2/15-21/09,  National Engineering Week - http://www.eweek.org/index.shtml

 

● March-09 - Expanding Your Horizons, - http://www.uvsc.edu/conted/c&w/description.php?id=510


 

● Wed-Sat 3/4-7/09 - Intermountain Junior Science & Humanities Symposium, U of U.

http://web.utah.edu/newstudents/IJSHS.htm

 

● Mon-Wed 3/16-19/09 - Science and Engineering Fair at Weber State U.

http://community.weber.edu/sciencefair

 

● Tue-Wed 3/23-26/09 - Science and Engineering Fair at B.Y.U. , -- http://cusef.byu.edu

 

● Thu-Fri 3/26-27/09 Science and Engineering Fair at U of U,

http://www.utahsciencecenter.org/sciencefair/

 

● Sat 3/29/09 2009 - Science Olympiad, Weber State University

             http://departments.weber.edu/sciencecenter/ScienceOlympiad/Olympiadpage.htm

 

Sun 3/31/09 – Deadline for USU Engineering State; USU Campus, Logan.  $100 registration and all other costs for the 4 day event are paid by the USU College of Engineering; there are 250 openings.  (MESA/STEP will pay $75 of the $100 registration for MESA Students who are accepted.  Students will need to arrange their own transportation)http://www.engineering.usu.edu/htm/engineering-news/e-state

 

● Fri 4/3/09 – Technical paper for MESA State Trebuchet Competition due at the MESA/STEP Office, 242 Kennecott Bldg.  Rules found on page 6.64 of MESA Advisor Handbook.  Contact ken.petersen@Utah.edu

 

● Mon 4/13/08 - MESA/STEP Scholarship Awards Reception, Miller Campus, SLCC

 

● April 2009 -  U’s Mechanical Engineering, Design Day & Jr. High Trebuchet Competition, U of  U Union.  Must preregister.   http://www.mech.utah.edu/events/designday.html

 

● Sat 4/25/09 - MESA State Trebuchet Competition, 9:30 a.m. Cottonwood High School (5715 S 1300 E, SLC).  Contact ken.petersen@Utah.edu

 

● Fri -5/1/09 – Registration due for Engineering Academy at Boise State University- For students who are currently in 8th or 9th grade. All food, dormitory housing and recreational activities are provided for the $200 cost. There are 40 openings. (MESA/STEP will pay $175 of the cost for MESA students, but they will need to arrange their own transportation).  Click on link and scroll down to near the bottom of the page for “Engineering Academy”:http://coen.boisestate.edu/K-12connection/K-12Links.html

 

 

● Sun-Tue 6/7-10/09 Engineering Academy at Boise State University-  Click on link and scroll down to near the bottom http://coen.boisestate.edu/K-12connection/K-12Links.html

 

June 2009  - USU Engineering State; USU Campus, Logan.

http://www.engineering.usu.edu/htm/engineering-news/e-state

 

● June 2009 Hi-GEAR Commuter Engineering Camp, U of U College of Engineering –Contact Deidre Schoenfeld at dschoenfeld@coe.utah.edu

 

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