2019 Annual Report

LOCAL FOCUS Vince Joralemon’s students are designing devices using Arduino microprocessors to solve prob- lems in their own communities.

Advocate Program Vince Joralemon, a science and math teach- er at Frank McCourt High School in New York City, has been a part of the Society’s Advocate Program since 2017. Now in its sixth year, the program provides $3,000 stipends and training to teachers, scientists, counselors or mentors who agree to serve as an advocate for a mini- mum of three underserved students. Their main objective is to transition students from conduct- ing STEM research to entering those projects in scientific research competitions. As a Lead Advocate, Vince supervises a cohort of newer Advocates. His students are conducting experi- ments in three main categories—neuroscience, DNA barcoding and engineering. EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES “

COMPETING LOCALLY A Union City High School student presents his research at a local science fair.

IN THE LAB An Oak Grove High School student prepares samples in the lab.

This program has been a major factor in my shift from being a science teacher with a small research team to being a major advocate for expanding science research opportunities to underserved high school students. I really don’t think that this could have happened without the Advocates—before this program, I didn’t really have a group to support me in building my science research program.”

TESTING A student learns to weave to test the effect of wound dressing patterns on absorption.

VINCE JORALEMON Frank McCourt High School New York, New York

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