Monday, March 22, 2010
Field Trip to Kartchner Caverns
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Trip to Kartchner Caverns

 

 

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Teaaching Math
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Teaching Mathematics at SSA

 

  

Family Reading Night
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Save the Date and Plan to JOIN The Fun

  Wednesday, February 25, 2009

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Infusing 21st Century Skills Meeting
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Infusing 21st Century Skills Meetings

March 3rd at 8:40am

March 4th at 3:20pm


  

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High School Elective Survey

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SAT Prep Classes
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SAT Prep Weekend Classes


  

Open House
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Last OPEN HOUSE for the       Prospective Parents and Students

10:00am - 1:00pm

Saturday, April 18 


  

Spring Fun Festival
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Parent Survey
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Accord Parent Survey


  

Latin America Trip
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Latin America Trip 2009

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RE-enrollment Form
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Re-enrollment Form

Return it by January 15, 2009


  

Final Exam Schedule
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Final Exam Schedule

December 17-19,2008


  

Triple A Fun Festival
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Triple A Fun Festival

 

Come and Join Us

November 21, 2008


  

SSA Picnics
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  SSA School Picnics

MS Picnic Saturday,November 8

HS Picnic   Sunday,November 9

 2:00pm - 5:00pm

  

Patriotic Day
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 Patriotic Day

  November 7th,2008

  

Coming Events
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MS/HS Parent-Teacher Conferences

Thursday, Oct. 23rd 4:00-6:00pm

Friday, Oct. 24th 12:30-3:00pm

Elementary Parent-Teacher Conferences

Wednesday, Oct. 22nd 3:20-5:00pm

Thursday, Oct. 23rd 3:20-5:00pm


  

Recent Announcement
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     College Visit to UofA

 

          September 26,2008


  

Coming Event
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 September 18, 2008


  

 
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Uniforms will be available at orientation

 


  

Creative Communication's Poetry Contest
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Creative Communication's Poetry Contest

Ms. Blackhall's 2nd grade student, Alexis Leon-Guerrero was chosen as a Top Ten Winner in Creative Communication's Poetry Contest.  Her poem titled "Fire in My Eyes" is presented in the book, "A Celebration of Poets"  which includes poems from students across the United States.  Her poem is featured on its own page and she received a $50.00 savings bond.  This is quite an achievement as several thousand poems entered the contest.  Congratulations Alexis!  Visit www.poeticpower.com for more information about this contest and other resources.

         Fire in My Eyes by Alexis Leon-Guerrero

Fire glooms in my eyes
When I look in the sky
It makes me feel nice and warm
When I stand right next to the fire
In the fire I can see
Flames rising from it
In the fire when it shines
I can see that you love me.


  

First Lego League
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SSA has earned the 1st place in Arizona Southern Region Showcase Tournament (aka Regional Lego League Competition)

SSA community is proud to share its achievement in engineering as evidenced by its Regional Lego Robot Showcase First Place Award.
 
Competition Date: Dec 5, 2009
Event: Arizona Southern region FLL Tournament
SSA Team name: Leading Engineers of Robotics (LEnGrO)
 
We congratulate Adam Jesionka, Alex Bharucha, Blue Hazel, Dannin Henson, Evan Lincoln, William Rockwell and their coach Mr. Sen for their success.

  

SSA Science Fair
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SSA Science Fair Results

 


  

AZSEF
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SSA Students' Achievement in Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF)

Sonoran Science Academy students did not have much of a spring break this year. Instead, they dedicated it to science! With spring break falling during competition season, SSA science students competed in the state Science Olympiad, the Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair (SARSEF) , and the Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) in Phoenix from March 22nd to March 24th. [Read More...]


  

SARSEF
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Great Success in Southern Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (SARSEF)

Students at Sonoran Science Academy-Tucson (SSA) have been working hard all school year. The long and hard work paid off for thirteen students who progressed to the Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair in mid-March. On Friday, March 20th, In all of Southern Arizona, SSA-Tucson had the longest list of awards than any other school at the award ceremony.[Read More...] 


  

HS ELective Survey
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SSA High School Electives Survey

Due By Monday, March 8, 2010

Course Descriptions


  

Charter School of theYear
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FLASH NEWS: SSA was selected as the "Charter School of the Year"

We can't express how happy we are to learn that SSA has been selected as the "School of the Year" in Arizona for 2009.  Yes, that's right: SSA has earned the honor of being the "Charter School of the Year" by Arizona Charter School Association. Among 500 charter schools, SSA has proven itself academically, and most importantly, by its passionate dedication on student achievement. We could not have done it without your support! The kudos and credits of this honor go to our dedicated teaching faculty, staff, parents, students and school leadership. As SSA family, we are committed to continuously improve our educational programs and curricular instruction by seeking new ways to achieve higher levels of learning for our students. Together, we can accomplish a lot more ahead!!! Thank you for being a part of SSA family....


  

Science Olympiad
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Sonoran Students Compete in Their First Science Olympiad

 

On Saturday, March 13, Sonoran Science Academy students competed in their first-ever Arizona State Science Olympiad competition. Science Olympiad is one of the premiere science competitions in the country, with over 5300 teams competing in 48 states. Sonoran students made a strong showing at the competition, and placed in most of the events they competed in. [Read More...]


  

Chess Championship
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Congratulations to Chess Champion David Wang!!

The next time you see SSA 5th grader David Wang give him your congratulations! On January 10, 2009, David won first place in the 2009 Arizona State Grades Chess Championship. David has been playing chess since he was in Kindergarten, and has been competing in championships since 2nd grade, but this is the first time he’s won his grade level. He is among the Top Ten 5th Grade students in the Arizona State. Also his USCF (United States Chess Federation) rating is 1394. David also enjoys playing video games, but one of his favorite hobbies is chess. David says he practices chess one or two days a week online (Internet Chess Club) to hone his skills. His hard work sure has paid off! Way to go, David!

  

Crush Vs. Terminator
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Crush 1011 Vs. Terminator 3 


  

NMSC
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Brett Rowley Achieves National Merit Scholarship Finalist Standing

 Sonoran Science Academy-Tucson (SSA) proudly announces that Brett Rowley, senior, has qualified as a finalist in the 53rd annual National Merit Scholarship Program.  This is an opportunity to compete for Merit Scholarship awards worth a total of $35 million. [Read More...]


  

SSA Summer School on the Media
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SSA Summer School on the Media 


  

Math Counts
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Sonoran Science Academy Takes 1st Place at Math Counts Contest

Sonoran Science Academy will advance to the state finals of MathCounts after ranking first Saturday, February 14 in the Southern Arizona competition.

About 130 students participated in the academic event at Cienega High School.

Among them, the top-ranking students were Joshua Sloan of Sonoran Science Academy, Peter Bian of Sonoran Science Academy, Courtney Spalt of Emily Gray Junior High School, Nicholas McFarlin of Sonoran Science Academy [Read More ..]


  

SARSEF
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Math and Science Matters!

http://www.sarsef.org


  

Oratorical Contest
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A Consistent Winner

For the third year in a row, Katharine McMurray, a junior at Sonoran Science Academy, has participated in the American Legion National Oratorical Contest. For the third year in a row, also, she has won both the regional and area contests and has been moved on to the state contest. Three areas’ winners will be competing in the state level on March 7, 2009 in  [Read More...]


  

Jr. First Lego League Team
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Congratulation to the Engineering Eagles, the Jr. First Lego League Team at SSA elementary. They presented their project at the Southern Regional First Lego League competition on December 5th and the State Competition at ASU, on Dec. 12th . This years problem was "Smart Moves", finding a new or better way to move people, goods, or information around our world. Our team chose a Maglev Monorail system to move people across Tucson from areas around town to the University of Arizona and to downtown. They built a [Read More...]

 


  

SSA Volleyball Team
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SSA Middle School Volleyball Team wins Championship

SSA volleyball team posted a six win and one loss season record this year. After breezing though the preliminary rounds of the post-season championship tournament, the Eagle Volleyball Team landed in the finals across the court from their nemesis, La Paloma. Falling behind by losing the first game, the Eagle’s found themselves with their backs to the wall. Winning the next game by only two points, the Eagle’s used the momentum from that game and overpowered La Paloma in the third and final game to win decisively and take away the first place trophy.  


  

SSA Davis Monthan
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A New School Site on the Air Force Base

SSA is pleased to announce the opening of a new school site on the Davis Monthan Air Force Base.  The school is schedule to open August 2009. 

For more information call 665-3477.


  

Turkish Contest
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SSA Proves Its Excellence in teaching Foreign Language, Fine Arts and Performance

SSA students made our school community proud once again. But this time fame was not based on math and science as usual. SSA students proved their well roundness by demonstrating excellent performance in The Second Annual Turkish Fine Arts and Performance Contest held in Barclay Theater, in Irvine, California. [Read More...]


  

SSA is once again an EXCELLING School
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        SSA is once again an EXCELLING school. 

This is our sixth year in a row, achieving the success of EXCELLING. The Arizona Department of Education first released labels six years ago and we have consistently proven to be a top Arizona school. This could not happen without the combined efforts of our board of directors, administration, faculty, parents, and students. Thank to everyone for their continued commitment to academic EXCELLENCE.


  

Geography Bee
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Ostin Zarse Qualifies for the State Geography Bee

Ostin Zarse, an 8th grade student at Sonoran Science Academy, was recently qualified to compete in the State level. He won the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee on January 13, 2009 and a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship. The school-level Bee, at which students answered oral questions on geography, was the first round in the 21st annual National Geographic Bee. The Bee is sponsored by the National Geographic Society. [Read More...]


  

Math Hero Award
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Mr. Bahar received Math Hero Award from Raytheon

   SSA is proud to announce that our math teacher Mr. Kadir Bahar has been awarded a Math Hero Award from MathMovesU, a national initiative from Raytheon Company.  Math Hero Awards from MathMovesU rewards teachers and volunteers for promoting math to students in a fun and challenging learning environment. Mr. Bahar was nominated by students, parents and faculty members for his enthusiasm and interest in teaching math to others. Math Hero Award from MathMoves U recently recognized Mr. Bahar and 31 teachers and volunteers across the United States, whose efforts in the classroom interest and engage students in math through effective and creative learning exercises.


  

Global Teens: Peru
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Global Teens: Peru

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First Tech Challenge
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SSA First Tech Challenge Team Made Their Mark in State FTC Contest

The FIRST tech Challenge (FTC) robotics state tournament took place at Carl Hayden High School on Saturday, February 28th. This was the SSA's FTC team's rookie year.  Nevertheless, their season was marked by many outstanding accomplishments. The students named the team RUST (Robots Undertake Serious Tasks), [Read More...] 


  

Academic Decathlon
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 SSA Competed in the Arizona Academic Decathlon

Sonoran Science Academy competed in the Arizona Academic Decathlon state competition on March 6 – 7 in Phoenix at the Sandra Day O’Connor high school. SSA team received trophies for being the highest scoring team of all schools new to the state level competition as well as the trophy for being the highest scoring 1A school. In addition, Brett Rowley [Read More...]


  

Year Book Order
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Family Literacy Night
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Family Literacy Night

February 24, 2010


  

Scholastic Art Award
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 SSA Celebrates Its First Scholastic Art Gold Key Winner

Sonoran Science Academy is proud to announce its first Gold Key Art winner at the Region-At-Large Scholastic Art and Writing Awards of 2009. Senior Joseph Reynolds is the recipient of a celebrated Gold Key Award with his self portrait pencil drawing. Since Arizona has no region of its own in which to submit art, the art work is pooled with approximately 3500 art pieces in a Region-At-Large [Read More...]


  

AMC 8
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Again Honor Roll at the American Mathematical Competition 8

SSA Middle School Math Team was recently recognized as one of two schools from Arizona making the Honor roll on American Mathematical Competition 8. On November 18, over 148,000 students and 2300 schools across the nation and 15 countries competed in the American Mathematics Competition 8. This middle school math contest, now in its 24th year, aims to spur interest in math at a formative age,  [Read More..]


  

Discovery Night
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VFW
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SSA Students bring musical 'Greetings' to VFW post

Sonoran Science Academy students performed an original musical last Friday at a VFW fish- and shrimp-fry dinner.
Students and two teachers with Sonoran Science Academy's Military Players performed "Greetings" at the Casas Adobes VFW Post 10188, 345 E. Roger Road, during the VFW's monthly fish fry. [Read More...]

  

SSA Students and Staff Shine in International Competition
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Three students and a teacher from SSA represented the United States in the 7th Annual Turkish Olympiad in Ankara, Turkey.  Maria Bressler, 10th grade took home the gold medal and $1000 cash in Speaking Skills, 10th grader Danielle Tanner earned $600 and a Bronze medal for Poetry Recital and 5th grader Ariana Boren placed Bronze and took home $600 in the Singing category.  Mr. Aras, SSA’s Turkish and Character Education teacher won 1st place and $1000 for his performance on the Proficiency Test in Turkish Language Arts.


  

ISWEEP
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Outstanding Achievement in International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering, and Environment) Project Olympiad (ISWEEEP)

5 students from SSA competed in the International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering, and Environment) Project Olympiad (ISWEEEP) as 5 of just 7 students who represented the state of Arizona. There were three 8th graders: Joshua Sloane, Ostin Zarse, and Stanley Palasek.  In addition, one 6th grader, Bogdan Racolta, and one 10th grader, Kelsey Waite [Read More...] 


  

Academic Decathlon
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SSA students did Great at the Academic Decathlon Contest

Four years ago, SSA entered its first Academic Decathlon contest and took the Rookie Team of the Year award.  This past weekend, January 31st, SSA took the third place overall at the regional competition and qualified to compete in the State Round. In addition to [Read More...]      [AZ Daily Star News]


  

Brainstorm Competition
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Brainstorm Competition on Cox 7

Three students from the Sonoran Science Academy recently had the opportunity to represent SSA as contestants on the academic quiz show ‘Brainstorm’. Elizabeth Nguyen, Brett Rowley, and Cody Cushing formed the Sonoran team with alternate Grey Reeder available if necessary to step in. [Read More..]


  

State Capitol Visit
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Representative Crandall invited SSA Academic Decathlon Team to the State Capitol

On April 21, the SSA Academic Decathlon team went where no Sonoran Science Academy had gone before: to the Arizona State House of Representatives courtesy of Rep. Richard Crandall. The representative from Mesa had seen the team in action when they competed in the state Decathlon competition and was so impressed by their overall 8th place finish in the entire state that he invited the team to Phoenix for a visit. [Read More...]


  

SALF
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Southern Arizona Language Fair (SALF)

Southern Arizona Language Fair was an exciting multicultural attraction for language students, teachers and parents. This event which included competitors from all over southern Arizona brought over 2,000 foreign language students ranging from kindergarten to college. Activities included competitions in poetry, drama and oral proficiency; individual and school awards for top achievements were given. SSA Middle and High School received a total of 7 awards [Read More...]


  

US News and World Report
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Sonoran Science Academy is proud to announce its recent national achievement and recognition from US News and World Report in American's Best High Schools profile.  In a report from US News and World Report, SSA-Tucson was recognized as one of the Best [Read More..]


  

Yale Counseling Award
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      Mr. Achilov wins Yale Counseling Award

Sonoran Science Academy – Tucson is pleased to announce its college counselor, Dilshad Achilou, was recently awarded the Yale Counseling Award from Yale University. Mr. Achilou was nominated by former students and chosen from thousands of college counselors accross [read more..]


  

Patriotic Art Contest
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VFW Patriot Art Contest

Sonoran Science Academy students participated in the veterans of foreign wars national patriot art contest, which required patriotic artistic entries to be judged by a panel of professionals on the originality of concept, presentation and patriotism expressed, the concept of how the artwork relates to patriotism [Read More...]


  

Math Counts
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Joshua Sloane will Represent Arizona in MathCounts Competition

SSA-Tucson student Joshua Sloane, 13, and three of his peers from the Phoenix area have earned the right to be called champions.
The middle school students didn't earn that title by competing on the hardwood or the gridiron, but in classrooms, armed with pencils, paper and calculators.
The students emerged as the top "mathletes" out of the 100 who competed in the MathCounts statewide competition Saturday at Cienega High School.
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Arizona Math League Competition
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The Math League sponsored competition is a series of six monthly tests given to over one million high school students each year to challenge their mathematical abilities. At this time, the fourth monthly test has been taken. Currently, SSA students are leading in their cumulative score of all the Arizona schools participating. Their score of 102 out of a possible total of 120 also has the team tied for 11th place nationally. [Read More...]


  

Southern Arizona Acting Festival
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SSA Students Achieve in Drama

Last Saturday, February 31st, 25 SSA Drama students competed at the Southern Arizona Acting Festival.  S.A.A.F is an intense one day, regional acting festival jointly sponsored by the University of Arizona and Arizona Thespians.  Our students competed with over 600 students from 34 high [Read More...]


  

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Sonoran Science Academy Student Garner Governor's Safety Calendar Awards

Good news was well received from Mr. Javier Herrera, art contest coordinator, when he called Paula Hanson to inform her that three Sonoran Science Academy students were selected to have their art work featured in the 2009 Highway calendar. Karina   [Read More...]


  

NHRP
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College Board's National Hispanic Scholar Recognition Program (NHRP)

SSA is proud to celebrate yet another success story from one of our seniors. Christina Bischoff has just been selected by the College Board's National Hispanic Scholar Recognition Program (NHRP) to have the prestigious honor of being a National Hispanic Scholar. [Read more..]

  

Who Wants to be a Mathematician
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Who wants to be a Mathematician?

Richard Spence, a freshman at the Sonoran Science Academy in Tucson, walked away with the top prize at the “Who Wants to be a Mathematician” contest on Saturday, November 15. The contest, sponsored by the American Mathematical Society, was held on the UA campus and was limited to only ten students from the southern Arizona area. [Read More..]


  

PIMA COLEGE MATHEMATICS COMPETITION
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 SSA gets 1st place in PIMA COLEGE MATHEMATICS COMPETITION

Math Competition

SSA High School students participated in the Pima College Mathematics Competition on 10/24/08. Reilly Bello, Natalie Funk, and Rachel Wellington represented SSA sophomore team while Langston Harris, Richard Spence, and Kim Wang represented SSA freshmen team.  
In sophomore category, [Read More..]


  

Math & Science Olympiad Program
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Math & Science Olympiad Program

Advanced Math and Science Program (AMSP©) Arizona Regional Camp was being held between October 17th and 19th at Phoenix with the participation of 47 middle school students who are highly motivated and talented at mathematics and science. Four schools participated in the camp from Tucson, Phoenix [Read More..]


  

AP Scholar Awards
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AP Scholar Awards

Eight students at Sonoran Science Academy have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams.  [Read More..]


  

NMSQT Semifinalist from Sonoran Science Academy
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Brett RowleyNMSQT Semifinalist from Sonoran Science Academy

SSA proudly announces that Brett  Rowley, one of our senior students, qualified as semifinalist in the 53rd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. A total of 16,000 academically talented students nationwide qualify for this status. These students will have an opportunity to compete for 8,200 Merit [read more..] 


  

American Mathematical Society Competition
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SSA Student Selected for American Mathematical Society Competition

Richard Spence, a freshman at Sonoran Science Academy, has been invited to compete in the AMS sponsored competition "Who Wants to be a Mathematician". The competition is limited to only eight students from the southern Arizona area who were invited to participate on the basis of a qualifying exam taken earlier this month.
 
Michael Breen, the AMS representative [Read More..]


  

Congratulations
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Sonoran Science Academy was praised in a news article released November 30, 2007 by U.S. News and World Report. The list names 1,600 of the nation’s 18,000 high schools. The article recognized specific schools based on factors such as: 1) Standardized Test Scores, 2) Performance of Disadvantaged Students, and 3) Number of seniors taking and passing college level Advanced Placement Exams. Sonoran Science Academy was honored to be among the best high schools and received a bronze medal.


  

MSOP (MATH & SCIENCE OLMPIAD PROGRAM) SUMMER CAMP
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About 20 students from Arizona, California, and Utah have spent hot summer days solving non-routine math problems at Sonoran Science Academy in Tucson, Arizona. Sonoran Science Academy (SSA) is organizing the MSOP Summer Camp in coordination with Accord Institute for Education Research, a company based in Orange County. None of the participants in the math camp held last week at Sonoran Science Academy could count. Read more...


  

Mathletes' training is tough
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Sonoran Science competitors love mental exercise
Some of Sonoran Science Academy's most gifted athletes don't train in gyms or on soccer fields.
They train in classrooms with pencils and calculators. [read more...]


  

SSA ranks first in MathCounts
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Sonoran Science Academy ranks first in MathCounts 

03.02.2008

Sonoran Science Academy - Tucson ranked first, and local Alice Vail Middle School finished fourth, in Saturday's state MathCounts competition held at Cienega High School. [read more ..]


  

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Governing Board Meeting
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Governing Board Meeting

Tuesday, October 13 at 7:30pm


  

Board Meeting
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Governing Board Meeting

Saturday, December 19 at 1pm


  

Finals Schedule
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Final Exam Schedule

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Arizona Tax Credit
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AIMS & Tera Nova
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AIMS & Tera Nova Test Schedule


  

8th Grade Night
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8th Grade High School Night

Thursday, December 4


  

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