 BCECHS student Alex Sludds has been accepted into the highly competitive Ross Mathematics Program sponsored by Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The Ross Mathematics Program is an intense eight-week summer course for pre-college students talented in math. Alex received a full scholarship for this summer program.
The participants will explore concepts in number theory, work with mathematical ideas built from concrete observations, and assimilate habits of the mind that will prove useful in the students’ scientific endeavors. In order for Alex to be accepted into the program, he responded to an essay question and completed math problems posed on the application. He also needed to submit his transcript and a letter of recommendation. “We are extremely proud of Alex’s achievement of being accepted into the Ross program. He exhibits the mathematical maturity that the program requires, and he will enjoy meeting like-minded math students from across the country,” said Angela Jordan, calculus teacher at BCECHS. Photo Above: Dr. Vicky Snyder (left) and Angela Jordan (right) congratulate Alex on his acceptance into the Ross Mathematics Program. |
 For the third year in a row, the Teen Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members at Brunswick County Early College High School participated in a disaster drill under the direction of Brunswick County Emergency Services. EMS supervisors created a tornado disaster scenario to which the students needed to respond. The student Teen CERT members did not know the specifics of the drill before hand. The nine new Teen Cert members were joined by Teen Cert members from previous years in the Friday, May 3 exercise. All students have been trained in the basics of disaster preparedness including fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. The drill also involved student volunteers as victims. Moulage artists from EMS helped the victims of the disaster appear realistic. Rising 10th and 11th graders are eligible to join the Teen CERT program for the 2013-2014 school year.
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 The Science Olympiad team, including the Firebird, was eager to be on their way to the state competition in Raleigh. The BCECHS team is the only one from Brunswick County that will compete. Traveling with the team are their teachers Ms. McLaughlin and Mr. Tedeton, Principal Dr. Snyder, and Counselor Ms. Seifred along with family and friends. |
 Students from BCECHS will work with students from Australia over the next year on a wide variety of water conservation projects. Both schools have created a web site and are beginning to correspond on upcoming projects. This week our Water Team learned about water pollution from Mamie Caison of the Brunswick Soil and Water Conservation District. Check out the link to see the schools' web sites. http://www.usaus-h2o.org/schools/brunswick-county-early-college-high-school |
 Students from all five Brunswick County High Schools and BCC attended an event on Thursday, April 18 to learn more about careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The event was called STEM Speaks and was modeled after TED Talks. BCECHS teachers Claire McLaughlin and Bryan Tunstall are fouding members of the STEM Council which was formed to connect the needs of STEM industries to the students being educated in Brunswick County. In addition to Brunswick County Schools, STEM Speaks was sponsored by Archer Daniels Midland and General Electric. |
 Inez, Rosie, Sandra, and Ana enjoyed dressing up for Twin Day wearing their Thing1, Thing 2, Thing 3, and Thing 4 tee-shirts. |
 The Firebird Family came together at Odell Williamson for an evening of "shopping," songs, and skits. The WINGS Silent Auction started the festivities on Thursday, April 11 when parents, students, teachers, and friends bid on hundreds of auction items. The auction was followed by the Talent Show with 18 acts and over 60 student performers. The money raised by WINGS will support student academic and extracurricular projects. |
 Brunswick County Early College High School will send a team of three members to the North Carolina Math Competition in Durham, NC on April 11. This is the second year of competition on a statewide level for the BCECHS team.
The regional competition was on March 18 at UNCW sponsored by the school’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Competing against eleven other teams from the area, BCECHS was the only team from Brunswick County. The BCECHS team consisting of two freshmen, two sophomores, and two seniors took first place in its division. On an individual basis senior Alex Sludds took 2nd, sophomore Chris Melzer took 3rd, and senior Michael Rahal took 10th. “Our students were part of the comprehensive competition which means they responded to questions from a wide variety of math courses from Algebra 2 and Geometry to Number Theory and Probability. I was extremely proud of their focus throughout the months of preparation and the day of the contest,” said Angela Jordan calculus teacher and BCECHS team sponsor. In total there were 130 participates at UNCW and only those students with scores in the highest 9% were eligible to advance to the state competition. Math Olympiad team members: Left to Right. Juan Guevara (9th), Cole Saylor (9th), Chris Melzer (10th), Alex Sludds (12th), Michael Rahal (12th), Michael Eldridge (10th) |
 Sophomore Abigail Jones was sponsored by NC Senator Eleanor Kinnaird and appointed by Senate Pro Tempore, Phil Berger of Rockingham County as a page for the most recent General Assembly session. High school students from across the state participate in the page program. The students attend daily Senate sessions, committee meetings, and assist staff members with office duties |
 Dr. Snyder congratulates Tyler for his recognition by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. Tyler is a Local Honoree for this program that celebrates volunteer work. The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards strives to congratulate young volunteers and "hold them up as role models for other young people." |
 Brunswick County Early College High School's seventeen member Science Olympiad team received a raw score of 118 points at the North Carolina Science Olympiad Wilmington Regional tournament at UNCW on Saturday, March 2, 2013 and will advance to the North Carolina statewide competition in late April. The BCECHS team was sponsored by Archer Daniel Midland. Students from Brunswick County competed against teams from Bladen, Columbus, New Hanover, and Pender counties. Overall there were 13 varsity high school teams in the regional competition. Placing third overall, BCECHS is one of only three high school teams from the region and the only one from Brunswick County to move on to the state competition. "We are extremely proud of all our student competitors. This is the school's first time going to North Carolina's Science Olympiad. The students' dedication to researching, designing, and testing their projects was amazing," said BCECHS team coach Claire McLaughlin. BCECHS students placed first, second, or third place medals in a wide variety of divisions that involved taking content knowledge tests or building working models. Students scored in Shock Value, Astronomy, Water Quality, Remote Sensing, Boomilever, Elastic Launch Glider, Trajectory, and Designer Genes. "We estimated that the team dedicated at least 1,300 hours after school to prepare for the competition, and we are thrilled that we will be moving on to statewide competition, but we are also very proud that we won the Spirit Award because it proves we had the best teamwork in the competition," said Alston Watts BCECHS co-captain. Photo Caption: BCECHS's team shows off trophies. Left to Right Front Row: Shelly Hurst, Taylor Barrett, Kerry McMillan, Anna Martin, Maureen Martin. Left to Right Middle Row: Cassidy Clemmons, Ashton Saari, Angela Stumph (co-captain), Alston Watts (co-captain), Bailey Watts, Alex Sludds, Claire McLaughlin (coach). Left to Right Back Row: Dr. Vicky Snyder (principal), Harris Muhlstein (coach), Brittany Faciane, Savannah Harris, Dylan Brown, Jonathan Tedeton (coach). Missing members of the team: Jeremy Rodi, Juan Guevara, Skylar Young. |
 It was a day of science and history as the sophomore class at BCECHS visited the Aquarium and Fort Fisher on Friday, March 1. One of the guides at the Aquarium explains the reactions times of small sharks as students observe. |
 Eighteen BCECHS students will participate in the "first leg" of the state's high school Science Olympiad on Saturday, March 2. Students have committed over 1,300 hours after school to design and build their entries for the competition. Brain Watts, Angela Stumph, and Alex Sludds test the accuracy of the trebuchet. |
 Over the past few weeks, 9th and 10th graders have participated in a team building activity in which eight different groups followed the engineering design principles and built an Angry Birds level and catapult. The competition was INTENSE!! |
 Upperclassmen take on the challenge of hanging the banner in C Building. Left to Right: Evan Maultsby, Austin Washington, Alex Tate, Angela Stumph, Anna Martin, and Brian Watts. |
 Ms. McLaughlin shares her enthusiasm with her award winning students. Left to Right: Bailey Watts, Brittany Faciane, Savannah Harris, Amber Merklinger, Ashton Saari, Dylan Brown, and Logan Turner. |
 Forensic Club sponsor Ms. Askue congratulates Annabelle Rahal for her first place win in the Shalotte Junior Women's Club Art Festival Speech Contest. Annabelle received her recognition in the drama category for her presentation of the monologue from "Enigma" by Floyd Dell. |
 Over 160 freshmen and sophomores were trained in CPR to meet the North Carolina graduation requirement. Brunswick County Emergency Management personnel presented the two hour training. Students listened to the Bee Gees song "Staying Alive" as background to help understand the "pace" of CPR chest compressions. |
 Members of Cirle-K, a service club sponsored by Kiwanis, prepared and distributed "Exam Survival" bags to all ECHS freshmen. The bags contained study tips, candy, cookies, and magic pencils! |
 Mr. Tedeton's Chemistry class visited ADM to learn more about local industries and STEM careers. Students had the opportunity to tour the facility and interview engineers at ADM. |
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Two students from BCECHS participated with other Brunswick Community College students in a Men’s 4 on 4 flag football tournament. The Fins (BCC’s mascot is a dolphin) football team stayed tough and beat seven other community college teams to win the championship. “All the games were close, but we were down two touchdowns in the last game and made our final score in the last 15 seconds to go on and win the championship,” said Dave LaFave pictured front row third from left; also from BCECHS is Cameron Czuprynski back row second from left. |
 Bolivia Elementary School 4th grade students visited Early College last Friday and met their 9th grade pen pals. All students participated in activities that support the new Common Core Standards. While the students enjoyed learning new things about birds, they were thrilled to finally meet their pen pals! Check out the YouTube video about the special day. |
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 Ms. Maarschalk has been chosen as a Beginning Teacher Promise of Leadership Award recipient. The award from UNCW provides professional growth opportunities for beginning teachers. The selection committee at UNCW said that recipients receive the award based on their "commitment to teaching diverse learners, use of technology in the classroom, and potential for leadership." Dr. Snyder said, "this award is well deserved; Ms. Maarschalk has contributed much to our school over the past three years." Ms. McLaughlin and Mr. Tunstall have also received the Promise of Leadership Award. |
 10th grade students spent a fun-filled and educational day at the Ashboro Zoo in late September. Students were involved in a number of interdisciplinary challenges. |
 Early College High School Firebirds are happy to be part of the larger Brunswick Community College community. Our ECHS Student Ambassadors "walk" the campus at lunch to remind students on behavior expectations. This commitment of time allows teachers to tutor or plan during the lunch period. To be a Student Ambassador students must be at least a junior and a member of either the National Honor Society or Circle K Club. |
