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Dec 16, 2016

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Classes Cancelled for Sat, Dec. 17

Due to the weather forecast for tomorrow, Saturday December 17th, all Saturday Academy classes will be cancelled for tomorrow. You will be issued a prorated refund, which should appear on your statement within 5 to 10 business days. We regret the disappointment this will cause students, but the safety of our students and their families is of

Dec 6, 2016

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The Benefit of Exploring Curiosity & Challenging Oneself

Priyanka Vacchani participated in the Plant Biochemistry and Cancer Treatment internship with Saturday Academy’s Apprenticeships in Science & Engineering (ASE) program in 2008. Vacchani's experience with ASE both challenged her and taught her the importance of scientific research. Eight years later, she is a graduate student at the University of California studying global medicine. I met with her to talk about her experience with SA and our ASE program.

Nov 15, 2016

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THE REWARD OF MENTORING ASE INTERNS

My research students (including my ASE interns from last year) received two awards at the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (APCG) Annual Conference! Each APCG conference typically features around 100 papers by undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty/professionals, mostly from the US but also including a few other Pacific nations.

The first is a $500 award, and the highest award for an undergraduate presenter given by the APCG (the Christopherson Geosystems Award for Best Applied Geography/Earth Systems Undergraduate Student Paper); it went to:

Nov 6, 2016

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WELCOME TO OUR NEW WEBSITE!

We launched our new site and our new class catalog, and it was so popular it took our server down! We've fixed the problem, so that shouldn't happen in the future, but we are thrilled that so many people are visiting and exploring the new site.

For more than a year we have been working on developing our new website, registration process and database thanks to a generous grant from the M J Murdock Charitable Trust. We are thrilled to be launching the new site today!

With our new mobile-friendly system, you create an online “Household” account with us and can:

Nov 5, 2016

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A Voyage into Teaching

I served in the United States Navy for twenty six years. While in the Navy I went to various electronic schools. I have worked on Guided Missile Systems, Gun Systems and Submarine Torpedo Systems. The first part of my career I spent on Destroyers, the last part of my Naval career I spent on Fast Attack Submarines and Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines. I have traveled to the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mid East, Europe, Asia, Australia, American Samoan Islands, Artic Circle, Guam, Midway, Tasmania, Taiwan, Sicily and have been stationed from Maine to Washington.