ST. JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL JETS TEAM WINS FIRST PLACE IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PLACES 16TH IN THE NATIONALS

ST. JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL JETS TEAM WINS FIRST PLACE IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PLACES 16TH IN THE YEAR 2000 NATIONALS


2000 JETS TEAM members taking the test (view from back of the room)



2000 JETS TEAM members taking the test (view from front of the room)



St.Joseph High School JETS TEAM, achieved First Place in the Virgin Islands and 16th place nationally in their division in the JETS TEAMS Competition. Members of the St. Joseph High School team received certificates from the Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) which were framed and awarded to them at the school awards ceremony on May 26. . The 2000 St. Joseph High School team included the following St. Joseph High School students: Rolando Cruz, Roxanne Hinkson, Zipporah Inniss, Paula Jenkins, Svend Oveson, Sarah Prince, Priscilla Ramcharitar, and Donna Royer. The team was coached by Mr. Austin Bowen, a math teacher at St. Joseph High School.

The members of the St.Joseph High School JETS TEAMS started pursuing this activity in September, 1999. The main event in this competition was the taking of a 3 hour test by the entire team on a Saturday morning in March. This test consisted of problems in the fields of science and engineering that are encountered by those actually in the field. Just as they work in groups to solve their problems, so do the competing teams across the nation. To prepare for the actual event, the St.Joseph High School team spent many hours working on practice problems in the weeks previous to taking the test. Through efforts and expertise the team has kept up St.Joseph High School's tradition of excellence in the JETS TEAMS competition for the fifth year in a row!

The JETS organization has its headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia and its JETS TEAMS Competition and other programs have been recognized, commended or endorsed by many societies and organizations including the National Science Foundation, The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Science Teachers Association, and National Association of Secondary School Principals, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Besides denoting "teams", "TEAMS" also stands for Tests of EngineeringAptitude, Mathematics, and Science.


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