On the first weekend of Spring Break, OSS students and mentors traveled to Lake Louisa State Park for their annual CMP (College Mentorship Program) camping trip. The trip was a huge success and consisted of many team building activities (egg toss, volleyball, canoeing, hiking, etc) and SAT/ACT study sessions.The students and mentors explored the outdoors and made use of the cabins for SAT and ACT preparation over a 4 day period.
Our Central Florida MathCounts Champion team has participated in one of the nation’s most competitive state MathCounts finals and placed among the best top 10 Teams! They received 6th place overall at the finals and brought home another nice trophy!Congratulations to Omer (6th), Arielle (6th), Ritam (8th), Tanvi (8th), Ahad (8th) and coaches and teachers for preparing the students for these challenging competitions.
As our FRC team is preparing for the upcoming World Championship tournament, they participated in their last Super Regional at Smoky Mountains Regional in Tennessee during spring break! Our Team 4013-Clockwork Mania once again earned the Regional Chairman Award which is a qualifying award for the World Championship in April!
Our award winning Science Olympiad Teams brought home two trophies from the State Finals this year! We are very excited for both of our Div-B (Middle) and Div-C
(High) teams. They placed in the Top 3 teams at the State Tournament at UCF! Both our middle school and high school teams are new this year and have a bright future ahead of them. Their performance was outstanding among their more experienced peers. These young, new and strong groups are looking forward to the next year’s State Finals already!
Orlando Science Senior Christina T, has been accepted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) ! This is the second year in a row that Orlando Science has had a student become accepted to MIT! Massachusetts Institute of Technology's ranking in the 2018 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, is 5th according to USNEWS. Congratulations Christina your OSS family is so proud of you!
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The following is the Course Requests Form for students to complete to select courses for the following year. Take time to carefully select possible courses in the order of preference. Due to class size restrictions, prerequisites and your academic readiness, you may not be assigned the classes you requested. Sometimes, your last choice is the only option that will work when creating a schedule. However, we will try our best to accommodate your requests.
OSS Alumni, Class of 2017, Colin Chaney was featured in an article on the "redefinED" website this past Tuesday March 6th 2018. Colin who is now a freshmen at MIT credits Orlando Science Schools as a key factor on being accepted into MIT! Colin “suspects he wouldn’t have discovered his passion for engineering. He’s fairly certain he wouldn’t have learned to work as a member of a team and get comfortable with kids his age. And he’s positive he wouldn’t have landed at one of America’s most prestigious universities, 1,300 miles from home"
We are pleased to announce that Orlando Science High School had three of our Model UN Team Members compete at the distinguished “Florida High School Model United Nations 39 Conference (FHSMUN)” over the course of four days. Our team discussed and resolved, real international problems in the same forum the actual United Nations follows. They debated, discussed, researched and authored resolution papers. There were over 300 students in attendance, from schools as far as New Jersey and out of 300 plus delegates there were only 40 awards, in total.
OSS FRC robotics team, 4013 Clockwork Mania, had a great time competing in the Palmetto Regional Competition in South Carolina this past weekend. Their robot competed in several matches and the team was able to collaborate with other teams from around the world. Ultimately, they won the Engineering Inspiration award which recognizes their success in advancing appreciation for engineering within the team and community. This award qualifies them to attend the FRC World Championships in Houston, Texas from April 19th-21st with the $5,000 registration fully paid for by NASA.
On Saturday, March 3rd, our Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society and middle school mathletes had an amazing time participating in the March regional competition at Seminole High School. We had many students individually place in the top ten of their respective divisions. Congratulations to our Algebra 1 and Geometry teams for winning first place, our PreCalculus team for winning second place, and our wonderful Calculus team for winning fourth place!
Orlando Science Student Government Officer Applications are now available for the 2018-2019 High School Student Government Association. We are now accepting
applications from students who would like to campaign and run for office. Applications maybe found outside the Media Center or by contacting Mrs. Sturm, elections will be held next month, April 2018. Please be advised that applications are due by March 9th 2018 and maybe submitted to Mr. Lakner or Mrs. Mulligan.
On February 14th 2018, our students competed at the 15th Annual Dr. Nelson Ying Orange County Science Exposition. This is more commonly known as the Orange County Science Fair! Qualifying for the 58th science fair is an amazing accomplishment. Our students presented their long term STEM project impressing judges from other schools and from STEM professions. On Thursday the 22nd of February, the award ceremony was held with exciting results.
