PHS Indian News

Pennsauken School District

November 2017 Volume 2, Issue 3

Lockheed Martin Hosts their 12th Annual Women

Dates to Remember

December
in Engineering Day
2nd
- SAT Lockheed Martin opened its doors to 21 local
- Adult ESL classes area high schools on Friday 17, 2017. Each
high school was able to bring 5
5th
of their most talented young
- Winter Vocal Music
Concert ladies to engage in workshops
and challenges. Over 50 female
15th engineers from Lockheed Martin
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had volunteered their time to
16th mentor and speak with the
- Adult ESL classes students about women in STEM
careers. Denarial Benn organized
21st
the event and said This is truly
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an honor for us to host these
22nd talented young ladies. The job
- Early Dismissal market in STEM is growing and
women need to know that they
23rd
- Adult ESL classes belong in the field. This is our
12th year running the program.
25th29th We now have women who came to this exact
- No School
program 8 years ago as high school students
30th and are now engineers working at Lockheed
- Adult ESL classes Martin.
January Maria Aquino, who is a Senior Systems
Manager at Lockheed Martin, and also the
1st
- No School director of their HOLA Engineering program,
invited a new school this year, Pennsauken
High School. In the past, we have capped this
day to 20 schools but I have been so impressed
with Pennsauken High School
we had to expand the program
to include them said Maria.
Pennsauken did not disappoint.
In the 6 challenge activities, the
young ladies from Pennsauken
took 2 first place awards and 2
second place awards. Keishla
Sanchez who won the Hoop
Glider Challenger said I always
wanted to be an engineer but
never thought I really could do
it. After today, talking with all
the women who are engineers. I
am definitely ready for the
challenge.
Lockheed Martin is shaping the future with
their research and development into new
technologies. More importantly, Lockheed
Martin is shaping the future because they
understand the value in researching and
developing their people. Today was an
investment in the lives of 100 young women
throughout South Jersey.
Trip to University of Philadelphia
The students in Mrs. Shanahans , Mrs. Schultzs
and Mr. Guthries classes went on a tour to
University of Pennsylvania. During the tour
Assistant Basketball coach Nat Graham, one of
Mr. Guthries college roommates, led the class
through The Palestra. There, we got to see the
Sport's History Museum of University of
Pennsylvania athletes. We got to take a behind
the scenes look at the basketball teams locker
rooms. Coach Graham talked to us about the
basketball teams top 5 core values, which are
shown in the picture. He also related those core
values to working in a career. Next we made our
way to Franklin Field and ran around the track. It is one of the most historical fields in the
United States. That is where the Penn Relays are held every spring. We toured through the
campus and ended up in one of the cafeterias. We got to order and eat with the students on
campus. All in all, it was a fun and exciting trip.
PHS Students
Attend HBCU
College Fair
New Club At Pennsauken High School
A new club has been established at Pennsauken High School called the Aries Club. The
Aries Club was created to offer peer-to-peer tutoring in math. In an effort to supplement
the help provided by teachers, peer tutors who have demonstrated excellence in math
can provide peer-to-peer tutoring after school Monday-Thursday from 2:00PM to
2:35PM. These peer mentors have a passion for helping their fellow PHS students and
can use their knowledge of math to do so. Those seeking help can be matched with a
tutor on a weekly basis or they can just stop in when they need the extra support. Our
tutors can assist students in all math subject areas which include Algebra 1, Algebra 2,
Geometry, Pre Calculus, and Calculus. Any student having difficulty in math is
encouraged to attend!