Franklin High School MESA Student Awarded Nordstrom Scholarship: Chelsea Crowder, a Franklin High School MESA Senior, was presented with a $10,000 scholarship from the Nordstrom's Diversity Affairs Director, Leslie Aoyama, on October 2, 2009.

Sacramento State/UC Davis MESA 2009 Math Competition: Investment In Mathematics Makes Economic Sense
In these difficult economic times a new report ranks the career of a mathematician as the “country’s best job”, a fact that the Sacramento State/UC Davis MESA Center has built a challenging and rigorous annual competition around.

Sacramento State/UC Davis MESA 2009 Math Competition: THE YOUNG STUDENT THAT COULD – DID
A 6th grade student faced with taking a PreAlgebra mathematics test scored 22 correct answers out of 33 questions and earned first place in a recent mathematics competition sponsored by the Sacramento State/UC Davis MESA Center.

Sacramento State/UC Davis MESA Putah Creek Field Trip: Urban Students Become Farmers for a Day
A recent study states that “out-of-school” science programs support student learning and, for Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) 1st -6th grade students, a day at the farm will make a “unique” classroom.

Sacramento State/UC Davis MESA 2009 Student Competitions: Two days before President Barrack Obama announced his commitment to move American students “to the top of the pack in science and math over the next decade” and a national campaign to encourage professionals in the fields to work with young students, the Sacramento State/UC Davis MESA Center held the final of three major competitions that showcased talented K-12 grade students working collaboratively with local private and public professionals from science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) career fields.

Sacramento State/UC Davis MESA 2009 Honors & Awards Program: MESA ADVISOR WINS STATEWIDE HONOR AS A MESA STUDENT RECEIVES ENGINEERING AWARD
A MESA Advisor for Kit Carson Middle School has been selected as the Outstanding MESA Schools Program Middle School Advisor for 2009 and a MESA student is headed to Mississippi for one-week engineering camp courtesy of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), Sacramento Post. Click here to see pictures from the SAME Engineering Camp

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