Local Minority Students Needed For Five-Week STEMPREP Project In Seattle

The Distance Learning Center (DLC) is recruiting high achieving 7th & 8th graders for summer of 2019 to participate in a five-week STEMPREP Project at the University of Washington, Seattle, according to a release issued Tuesday.

The STEMPREP Project is a vehicle for producing the next generations of minority researchers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) and Medicine.

The targeted populations are from underrepresented minority groups to include African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Hawaiians, Native Americans, and Mainland Puerto Ricans.

The STEMPREP Project is a revolutionary training program that utilizes an early start model that recruits 7th grade minority students for longitudinal training from 7th grade through college and multi-institutional (academia, government and the pharmaceutical industry) mentorships. The course of study for the junior high school component includes:

• Basic Laboratory Science Techniques, Experiments and Procedures
• Technology and Engineering Concepts and Labs
• Research Writing Skills
• Research Presentation
• Research Statistics

In the summer of 2003, the first Virgin Islands trainees were admitted into the program. VI trainees have participated every summer since the inaugural class. To date, thirteen schools and approximately 55 trainees have completed the summer internships.

Schools that have participated in the program include John H. Woodson Jr. HS, Good Hope Country Day School, St. Croix Educational Complex HS, All Saints Cathedral School, Adelita Cancryn Jr. HS, Elena L. Christian Jr. HS, AZ Academy, St. Mary’s Catholic School, Peter Gruber International Academy, Arthur A. Richards Jr. HS, Antilles School, Church of God Holiness Academy and St. Patrick’s Catholic School.

To apply applicants should be “A” students for the last three years, complete an application and take the SSAT national exam (fee waivers can be obtained for the SSAT national exam submit applications by January 30, 2019. For more information visit thedistancelearningcenter.org or contact Charlene Joseph at (340) 513-4883, via email at [email protected].

To support Virgin Islands trainees send donations to:

Moses L. Williams, Ph.D., Executive Director

STEMPREP Project, Distance Learning Center, Inc.

1324 Clearfield St.

Phila. Pa. 19132

Office: 267-238-2900 Fax: 267-238-2901 Cell: 215-416-7743 email: [email protected] web: www.thedistancelearningcenter.org