FEBRUARY 2014 / VOLUME 10 / ISSUE 2
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Senior CEMS Students Advance to Semifinals of Global Innovation Challenge
This year , 133 innovative teams are advancing to the next stage of the Global Innovation Challenge competition with the ultimate goal of pitching their products to a live and virtual audience at the 2014 Innovation Summit .
Five of those teams are part of the Senior CEMS research class . Selected from a pool of 385 entries from 450 schools around the world , the following teams are among the semifinalist teams advancing to the next round : The Retractables ; Lean on Me ; The Postmasters ; Two Temp ; and The Turbines .
Over the next seven weeks , the teams will develop extensive business and technical plans as well as marketing videos and graphic representations of their products and services . During this phase of the challenge , teams can seek guidance from a network of virtual mentors who are worldrenowned scientists , engineers , and entrepreneurs .
Magnet School Lottery Performed !
Northwest Suburban Integration School District Magnet Lottery
The first round of the Northwest Suburban magnet lottery was performed January 21 , 2014 with letters successfully mailed to all applicants the following week . Families should be contacting schools and enrollment centers of their intentions to keep their assigned placement or to go back into the waiting pool for the 2nd round lottery . Families have until March 7 to make their decisions . The 2nd round lottery will take place the week of March 17 . The lottery application will close on March 12 and reopen on March 18 , 2014 . Families will be notified of their assignments of the Tier 2 lottery the week of March 24 .
MAGNET LOTTERY PRIORITY APPLICATION PERIOD Students that applied during the priority application period - October 15 , 2013 through January 15 , 2014 - still have the best chance of being assigned to the magnet school of their choice if there are available seats during the second lottery .
Sibling Priority : First priority was and will still be given to the applications of siblings of students who are currently attending and will continue to attend the same magnet school . In order to receive sibling priority status , applications must have been received by January 15 , 2014 and there must be space available .
ESSENCE - The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something , which determines its character . In other words , essence is your ability to BE you ! Read more on page 3 .
TEDDY BEAR - North View Junior High IBMYP students weave curriculum with real life circumstances . Concept of Caring helps students to serve others . Read more on page 3 .
2014 DONALDSON SCIENCE AWARD WINNERS - Three students at Blaine CEMS
are 2014 Donaldson Science Award Winners . Read more on page 2 .