Check out the links to the right for volunteer and job opportunities!
FastWeb Bulletins
The FastWeb website and newsletters provide great tips for all students on future planning and financial aid resources. You can search a huge scholarship database and get all kinds of financial aid tips and guidelines. So visit FastWeb's homepage at:: fastweb.com
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Young Athletes Program
Young Athletes is a free sports and play program geared to 2-7 year olds with and without intellectual disabilities. Volunteers will work 1:1 or 2:1 with a young athlete depending on their ability level to help them with the sports activities each week.
We are looking for 20-25 volunteers who can ideally meet for all six sessions or at a minimum of four sessions so they can form a relationship with the Young Athlete they are paired with. The program will be running from 9-10am on the following Sundays at Longfellow Youth Zone in Wayland:
March 29
April 5
April 26
May 3
May 17
May 31
It is an amazing opportunity and a fun way to give back to the community. Volunteers must be 16 years of age to participate without a parent and a minimum of 13 years old if a parent can accompany them. We are also able to give community service hours for school.
Volunteers can register by using this weblink:
https://www.specialolympicsma.org/wayland-community-young-athletes-volunteer-page/
For more information you can email Eric at Special Olympics:
eric.archambault@specialolympicsma.org or call Karyn Jones at
617.909.7019
(posted 02/24/2020)
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Summer internship program at The MITRE Corporation in Bedford for freshmen and sophomores in high school.
The program runs for 8 weeks over the summer and interns would work on projects that would help them gain experience in various technical areas, such as software engineering, data analytics, cyber security, etc.
More information can be found at the site below and by clicking on the Bedford specific application: https://www.mitre.org/careers/student-programs/early-high-school-internships
(posted 02/07/2020)
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - SUMMER 2020
The Boston Leadership Institute is now accepting applications for Summer 2020 STEM programs designed for high-achieving high school students. Participants engage in experimental research with faculty experts in cutting-edge areas of science. Programs are offered in fields that generate high demand STEM careers.
Programs provide:
-- Hands-on, in-depth research experience that can be included in college admissions essay
-- Research skills that afford students an edge in obtaining internships and research positions
-- A platform to explore potential college majors and careers
-- An opportunity for students to demonstrate initiative, drive, and mastery of upper level
STEM subject matter
-- Well-equipped science labs and premier facilities provide the type of summer experience that is highly valued in college admissions
Programs take full advantage of Greater Boston locations where world-class colleges such as Harvard meet world-class biotech and medical centers to provide field trips and guest lectures.
Last summer, over 500 top students were drawn to BLI competitive admissions research programs from across the country and 32 nations. Alumni now attend top-ranked universities such as MIT, Harvard, Penn, and Yale. Day or overnight options are available. Programs include:
(posted 02/03/2020)
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Attention All Seniors:
**UPDATE**
The Wayland High Scholarship Committee has extended their application deadline to April 13.
Please remember to include your EFC (Estimated Family Contribution) letter from the college.
Applicants are asked to mail their applications to the following address:
Wayland High School Scholarship Committee
PO Box 36 Wayland,
MA 01778
Although the deadline is April 13, please have your application postmarked by April 10 at the latest.
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The Wayland Scholarship Committee invites you to fill out an application. In order to qualify, you must have filed a FAFSA and demonstrate financial need.
Download the application on the WHS Scholarship Website, or stop by Guidance to pick up a paper copy.
Deadline to apply is March 31, 2020.
(posted 01/07/2020; updated 3/30/2020)
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Brain Health Alliance
Brain Health Alliance, a not-for-profit organization focused on biomedical computing for brain health and brain disorders, continues to accept applications from high school, college, and graduate students to participate in our 2020 Brain Health Alliance Virtual Institute:
https://www.bhavi.us/
https://www.bhavi.us/BhaviProgram/Programs2020
https://www.brainhealthalliance.org/BhaviProgram/Programs2020
As a virtual institute with programs that focus on software and computing and that conduct all meetings by televideo conferencing, BHAVI invites applications from students interested in Brain Imaging And Computing Sciences (BrainIACS), who are enthusiastic brainiacs and who may reside anywhere in the world but who must have access to high-speed internet connections and the ability to telecommute and teleconference for participation in the virtual institute programs.
BHAVI 2020 will be the 7th annual year of our program that we have been running since 2014. Our most successful high school student so far has been Teja Veeramacheneni who received $2000 as an STS Scholar and another $25,000 as an STS Finalist in the 2018 Science Talent Search. However, please note that Brain Health Alliance also offers annual prize awards for our own BHAVI students as described for the Mann Prize, Golub Prize, Keller Prize and Siegler Sisters Prize.
Students who participate in BHAVI are encouraged to learn how to pursue STEM research at a professional level with the goal of publishing research papers. A list of publications co-authored by our students can be found at
https://www.brainhealthalliance.org/BhaStemm/Papers
If you have any questions about our BHAVI 2020 program, please do not hesitate to call Dr. Julie Neidich at 949-973-7714 or Dr. Carl Taswell at 949-481-3121.
(posted 01/08/2020)
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Mattress Nerd has been paying attention to the many voices of students across the globe who have recently been calling for a change in our living habits and the way we consume and recycle.
They are working in an industry where new technology is being developed all of the time to ensure that mattresses will be longer-lasting and produced with more environmental materials, and we want to ensure that our readership understands the options available to them to be mindful with their mattress disposal.
They would love to hear from more students with a dedication to sustainability and conscientious buying so we can build on our own knowledge and be a contributor to offering an insight on how people can live more environmentally friendly.
The best essay will be awarded a $1000 scholarship for their contribution to this important cause. For more information and to apply, visit: https://www.mattressnerd.com/scholarship/.
(posted 12/02/2019)
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