Gifted Jaguars and Eagles

You are invited to the graduation of the fourth cohort of Dimensions Academy High School! Thursday, May 16, 2019 4pm Garden Room at Kopp Student Center Normandale Community College Please join us to celebrate the academic success of these high achieving students! Please RSVP to Elizabeth Holman at eholman@isd271.org by May 10th.  We hope to see you there!

Finals Schedule For DAHS STEM - May 13-17th 9th Grade: Monday, Physics final Tuesday, Trig Review Wednesday, Students have time to review Thursday, Trig Final Friday, no DA HS class, JHS Valley Fair field trip for 9th graders 10th Grade: Monday, Calc review Tuesday, Calc final part 1 Wednesday, Calc final part 2 Thursday, Chemistry review Friday, Chemistry final Other important dates in May: We will hold DA graduation for our sophomores on Thursday, May 16th at 4pm in the Garden Room in the Kopp Student Center.  Students, families, professors, and administrators from both high schools are invited.   We will do some special programming in May for DA students after finals week including a campus tour and visit to Macalester College in St. Paul on Tuesday, May 21st .  Students will get field trip forms soon.   DA 9 students will take the AP Human Geography exam (and the AP Comparative Politics exam if they are in DA Humanities) on Friday, May

I went to NCC today to check in on some logistics with the 9th and 10th graders in DAHS STEM.  Roger got some great pictures of the the 9th graders' waves lab in College Physics.

College Essay Examples: How to Write Your Story Experts say a good college essay is one that features a student's voice and personality. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2019-04-24/college-essay-examples-how-to-write-your-story By  Josh Moody , Reporter   April 24, 2019, at 9:21 a.m. More See College Essay Examples More Students should know themselves and write authoritatively so they can share a sense of their lives with admissions officers. No  college  application is complete without the personal essay, which can be daunting for many students to write. But a few simple tips, some introspection and insight into what admissions officers are looking for can help ease the pressure. U.S. News has compiled several  college essay  examples that helped students get into school. Shared by admissions staff, these essays stand out, they say, because the student voices shine, helping the school get to know them.

What really goes into the admissions process at elite colleges? https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-winer-college-admissions-0424-20190424-7lkdyq5s7nfg5kae3rroe25bh4-story.html By  DAVID WINER |   SPECIAL TO HARTFORD COURANT   | APR 24, 2019  |   6:00 AM     Commencement took place on the Main Quadrangle at Trinity College in Hartford in 2013. (Johnathon Henninger, Special to The Courant) The latest disgrace involving bribery to obtain admission to elite colleges is atrocious, inexcusable and fraudulent, but the complicated process of admissions might not be as pure as some would like. Behind the scenes, top colleges weigh a lot of factors that students cannot control. As a professor of psychology for 38 years, including 22 years as the dean of students and chief student affairs officer at Trinity College and later as a consultant to a college prep organization for over a decade, I have some insights into how colleges admit stu