[NMScience] Online Advanced Placement Computer Science

[Betsy Frederick]

Colleagues,

The Challenge will offer online course the AP Computer Science A
course.  It will be offered in the fall of 2008 and is open to high
school students.  AP courses offer dual school and college credit at
many institutions.    The Challenge is collaborating with Tom Ryan at
APS and with Tim Snyder the Director of IDEAL-NM.  Bob Robey from LANL
is the Challenge "point person".

We will be fine tuning the course this summer at NM Tech during our
Summer Teacher Institute.

We hope you will share the attached flier with teachers and students
you think may be interested in learning more about this course.
Logistical details will follow.  Please write to
consult at challenge.nm.org if you would like to be on our mailing list
for application information and school and student procedures.

Thank you for your help in getting the word out on this new
opportunity for students.  AP Computer Science A is an important,
foundation course for students who want to prepare for careers in
science and engineering.  Mastering some basic computer science tools
and concepts is key to work in computational science.  The thinking
and problem solving skills that are developed in programming courses
are invaluable for all students who want to be ready for college and
workforce opportunities.

Thank you!

Betsy Frederick
Supercomputing Challenge
505.220.5050
http://challenge.nm.org

Bob Robey
Los Alamos National Lab
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