The SMT Parent Group is made up of parents, teachers, students and community partners. Our mission is:

To provide suppport for the students, teachers and administration involved in the Science, Mathematics and Technology magnet program at Skyview High School, Vancouver, USA

THE SMT Parent Group provides volunteers an opportunity to support the SMT program in a manner that fits their skills and interests.

• Student Events - community building social activities and student recognition (e.g. SMT Blasts, Senior Awards, SMT Showcase
• Educational Enrichment - guest speakers, mentors, internships, field trips and educational events
• Resource Procurement - equipment funds, scientist lists, curriculum materials and volunteer recruitment
• Communications - newsletters, marketing, community partnerships, and image building
  

President - Mary Heid
Vice President - Angela Wilkinson

Treasurer - Laurie Duff

Secretary - Vicki Daigneault

Webmaster - Connie Hays

SMT Blast Coordinator - Becci Walker

If you have any questions or would like to receive newsletters and emails about SMT events please email us at: smtboosters@gmail.com

The SMT Student council designed SMT T-Shirts. T-shirts will be on sale at the back to school BBQ on Monday, August 31.   Cost is $10 and checks can be made out to SMT Parent Group.

SMT Club news

ROBOTICS CLUB

March was the final countdown! The robotics build seasonamounted up to one peaking moment, the Autodesk Oregon Regional FIRSTcompetition at the Memorial Coliseum on March 5 & 6. 30 hours of competition over three dayswere jam packed with spirited teams sporting their colors, mascots dancing tothe Macarena, and robots in action battling it out on the field. A total of 104fierce rounds were played, each consisting of 3 teams on a red alliance and 3on a blue alliance. Each team had a robot playing a goalie, midfield, andforward positions. Teams also had a chance to score extra points by raisingtheir robot completely off the ground before time ran out. Intense showdowns were fought out on the field, and rivalries as electric as Optimus Prime and Megatron s ensured that there would never be a dull moment. Sparks flew and a couple of robots even went up in smoke but the Stormbots, with a lightning fastrobot and dynamic design ended the qualification rounds in 8^th outof 61 teams, automatically moving in to the quarter finals! The Stormbotsdesign even won the General Motors Industrial Design award due to itsinteresting use of a vacuum system and pneumatics. Even though we didn t bringhome the gold this time, the Storm definitely blew away the competition!

The Knowledge Bowl is classed as a club, but is really a competition team fielded by our school to compete with other schools in the Metro league, region and state in a series of academic information games. KB players form a team of four or five and try to answer questions faster and more accurately than another team. The format of the meets is a written round of 60 questions with a 45 minute time limit, then two or three oral rounds in which a buzzer system identifies the first team to have an answer. The competition is fast and intense. Visit KNOWLEDGE BOWLwebsite for additional information.

MATH CLUB

Enjoy math?
Like to outsmart people by solving complex equations under a minute?
Come join us at math team where we will increase your math intellect
Always open, always welcoming! For additional information visit MATH CLUB website for additional information orCarol Hattan

For information on other clubs at Skyview click on clubs on Skyview website.