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Category Archives: Diversity
2021-10-15 Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
TJPTSA Diversity Committee invites you to join us in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month onFriday, October 15th from 4:00PM to 5:30PM in the Planetarium Courtyard Tent. Festivities will include music, homemade Cuban food, Hispanics in STEM trivia, and more! Questions? Email michelehyde@gmail.com
2021-05-24 Diversity in STEM Talk #5 Video Available
2021-05-17 6pm Diversity in STEM Talk #5
The PTSA Diversity Committee of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology will hold its last Diversity in STEM Talk for the school year in May! This series is especially for elementary and middle school students in grades 4-8.
Dr. Zephania Birech will be our guest on Monday, May 17, at 6 p.m. He will be joining us all the way from the University of Nairobi in Kenya. Dr. Birech earned his Bachelors of Education with a major in Physics and a minor in Mathematics from Kenyatta University, Kenya in 2000. He then taught physics for seven years at a Kenyan high school before pursuing his doctoral degree at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, where he earned his Ph.D. in Physics in 2012. Dr. Birech is currently a Lecturer — equivalent to an associate professor at U.S. universities — in the Department of Physics of the University of Nairobi. He is leading a laser physics research group to investigate light-matter interactions for solar energy harvesting and single-molecule detection. Join us in May to find out more about Dr. Birech and his projects!
– What sparked his interest in physics?
– What does he enjoy most about physics?
– How does he merge research and teaching as a physics professor?
– What would he recommend to students who want to pursue a career in science?
– What else would you like to know?
Parents, register at this Zoom link*: http://bit.ly/TJStemTalk5
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
*To ensure you receive the Zoom link, do not use an FCPS schools student email account!
Submit questions in advance here: https://bit.ly/tjdiversitytalks
Information and recordings from past Diversity in STEM Talks can be found on the TJ PTSA Diversity Committee webpage: https://tjptsa.com/committees/diversity/
2021-04-18 Diversity STEM Talk #4 Video Available
If you missed the Diversity in STEM Talk #4 from April 12, you can watch the video below.
Info about the talk and the presenters can be found here.
2021-04-12 6-6:45pm TJ PTSA Diversity in STEM Talk #4
The PTSA Diversity Committee of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology will hold its next Diversity in STEM Talk in April! This series is especially for elementary and middle school students in grades 4-8.
Join us Monday, April 12, at 6 p.m. to hear from Julie Ann Sosa, MD, Leon Goldman MD Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Sosa was born in Montreal and raised in upstate New York. She received her AB at Princeton, MA at Oxford, and MD at Johns Hopkins, where she also completed the Halsted residency in general surgery and a fellowship. She previously practiced medicine and taught at Duke University Medical School and Yale University Medical School. She is published in numerous medical journals and books. Dr. Sosa’s research interests include outcomes research, health care delivery, hyperparathyroidism, and thyroid cancer, with a focus on clinical trials. Join us to hear more about a career in medicine and her experience as a surgeon, professor, and now administrator in a large teaching hospital.
- What sparked her interest in medicine?
- What does she enjoy most about practicing medicine?
- What would she recommend to students who want to pursue a medical career?
- What else would you like to know?
Parents, register at this Zoom link*: http://bit.ly/TJStemTalk4
*To ensure you receive the Zoom link, do not use an FCPS schools student email account!
Submit questions in advance here: https://bit.ly/tjdiversitytalks
Information and recordings from past Diversity in STEM Talks can be found on the TJ PTSA Diversity Committee webpage: https://tjptsa.com/committees/diversity/
2021-03-15 6-6:45pm Diversity in STEM Talk #3
The PTSA Diversity Committee of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology will hold its next Diversity in STEM Talk in March! This series is especially for elementary and middle school students in grades 4-8.
Join us Monday, March 15, at 6 p.m. to hear from Vern Williams, former math teacher in the Fairfax County Public Schools and current math teacher at BASIS Independent McLean in Tysons Corner. Mr. Williams taught mathematics in FCPS for 40 years and taught in the gifted and talented program for over 30 years. Among numerous other awards, Mr. Williams was the 1990 Fairfax County Public Schools teacher of the year and he received two awards for distinguished teaching from the Mathematical Association of America. His special interest is teaching traditional and rigorous mathematics to gifted middle school students. Join us to hear from this master teacher!
- What sparked his interest in math?
- What does he enjoy most about math?
- What would he recommend to students who want to pursue math?
- What else would you like to know?
Parents, register at this Zoom link: http://bit.ly/TJStemTalk3
Submit questions in advance here: https://bit.ly/tjdiversitytalks
If you missed our February 8 talk on robotics, you can view the recording here: https://tjptsa.com/2020-02-12-diversity-stem-talk-2-video-available/
2021-02-20 Diversity STEM Talk #2 Video Available
If you missed the Diversity in STEM Talk #2 from February 8, you can watch the video below.
Info about the talk and the presenters can be found here.
2021-05-15 8am-4pm TJ PTSA Diversity Committee STEM Enrichment Parent-Student Conference
The TJ PTSA Diversity Committee is pleased to announce it will be hosting a virtual event on 15 May 2021, an online virtual conference featuring several area STEM education providers, including those that offer free and reduced fee services for low-income households. The purpose of this event is to inform the community of those services
available for aspiring TJ candidates currently in Elementary and Middle School.
Some of the key providers at this event include:
- Black Student Fund
- Girls Who Math
- Junior Scholars
- Humanitas4All
- Huntington Learning Center
- Dr. Eddie Neal
- Cathy Colglazier
- And more…….
Event Details
When: May 15, 2021 08:00 AM – 4:00PM EST
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ocOGspj0iGNbRRum6ZFebdy22lLcAVpLR
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Dr. Harry Jackson
TJ PTSA Diversity Committee
703-488-8432
diversitychairs@tjptsa.org
2021-02-08 6pm Diversity in STEM Talks!
Monday, February 8, 2021, 6:00-6:45pm
Presented by The Diversity Committee of the Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology PTSA
For students grades 4-8
Guest speakers: Anthony Nunez, CEO INF Robotics Inc. and Carla Rodriguez, Head of Operations INF Robotics Inc.
Hear from people working in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields!
– What sparked their interest in STEM?
– What did they study in school?
– What is happening in the field of robotics?
– How are robotics and technology used in health care?
– What else would you like to know?
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYuf-ytpzwvHNyTTjJUglp0PEiUOWVmfBrc
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.