St. Thomas More PG 107
Putnam Science 66

MONTVILLE —(Jan 18)  Ky Howard posted a triple-double (14 points, 13 rebounds,10 assists) and the Chancellors dominated the Mustangs. Barrington Stevens scored 20 points and New London grad Torrin Childs-Harris had 16 for St. Thomas More (15-3). Oscar Assie led Putnam Science (11-4) with 20 points and 10 rebounds.

The PSA Student Database App “AES Student” has been released for Android and IOS devices. Now parents/guardians can stay connected to the school from anywhere. App was made for parents/guardians so they can check students’ grades, homework, attendance, discipline, results, and schedule anytime and anywhere. Student Database App can only be accessed with parent username/password.

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This weekend (December 16^th – 18^th) PSA Science olympiad team went to New Jersey Institute of Technology to sharpen their math and Science Olympiad skills. During the 3 days they competed in official Science Olympiad events such as Tower Building, Mouse Trap Vehicle, Storm the Castle and Bottle Rocket. On Friday and Saturday they learned how to build their project devices and on Sunday around ten schools from NY, PA, MA, NJ and CT competed with their products.

Dr. Natanel Dukan representing Aldebaran Robotics, met with Robo Mustangs member and Physics students gave a lecture for faculty and students. During his visit, Dukan brought a NAO humanoid robot, which is becoming the most popular humanoid robotics platform and presented a lecture that included and introduction of Aldebaran Robotics, and demonstration of Nao highlighting the technology it integrates and its capabilities, and an overview of Chorégraphe, the graphical user interface designed to program Nao easily.

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WASHINGTON—Putnam Science Academy’s own Social Studies Department Coordinator, Kevin Brown, was in attendance as the National Council for the Social Studies kicked off their 91^st annual conference December 2^nd -4^th, 2011 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The event provided social studies educators at all levels the opportunity to learn from one another through professional development workshops and networking sessions, as well as through speeches by leaders in the field of education, including U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan.

“This was a tremendous experience, not only for me personally, but professionally as well,” said Mr. Brown.  “The strategies and practices discussed in the workshops will be invaluable to me in my classroom.  I am excited to use them to develop some new and better lessons to engage my students as they learn about America’s history and government.”

Founded in 1921, the NCSS is the largest association dedicated to social studies education with members in all 50 states, the District of Colombia as well as 69 foreign countries.