This year's crop of Scilech students.
SciTech program completes
another successful summer
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The Piedmont Triad
Research Park Community
Advisory Commiltee's
SciToch program for young
sters is about to end its sev
enth summer institute.
Participants have been
involved in two weeks .of
scholarly activities involv
ing mathematics, science
and technology at Winston
Salem State University,
Piedmont Triad Research
Park and other sites within
the city. The camp will end
tomorrow, Friday, June 25.
This year's class of ris
ing eighth grade students
developed a theme entitled.
"Days of Evolution." This
year, participants explored
library services at WSSU;
learned detailed information
about DNA; examined a
lamb's brain; studied med
ical equipment developed at
Cook Medical; listened to
various professionals at a
career session: toured the
city's water treatment labili
ty; and conducted experi
ments involving the isola
tion of caffeine and synthe
sis of aspirin.
Field trips included \isiis
to City Hall, where the kids
met with key staft to learn
how math, science and tech
nology are involved with
citizen sen ices, and the
Duke l.nergy plant at
Belews Creek, to learn how
animal research applies to
health outcomes
Students also took aca
demic tests as part of the
camp and read and conduct
ed a rftini book club session
on Dr. Ben Carson's "Think
Big.' Scitech students are
recommended lor the pro
gram by schools, churches
and/or community refer
ences
I he primary sponsors of
the camp arc Wake Forest
t niver-.il> Baplisi Medical
( enter. Winston-Salem State
University. Union Chapel
Baptist Church. Mars Hill
Baptist Church. Forsyth
County Sunday School
Union. Duke Lnergy,
Vi inston -Salem-/ I ojrsyth
County School System.
AT&T. Piedmont Triad
Research Park Board and
Community Advisory
Committee members and the
Village Tavern.
/ or additional informal
lion and potential enroll
ment in the 2011 clas\. eon
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Police accepting
applications for
Citizens' Academy
SPECIAL tt) THE CHRONICI I
The Police Department is
accepting applications for
the fall session of the
Citizens' Police Academy,
which will start Sept. 2
The Citizens" Police
Academy is a 13-week pro
gram that meets once a week
to better acquaint citizens
with the law enforcement
profession and the role of
the Police Department w ith
in the community.
The Citizens' Police
Academy curriculum is sim
ilar to training for new
police officers, w ith a mix of
classroom and
scenario/ hands-on training
on such topics as department
functions, search and seizure
laws, use of force, firearms
training, crime prevention,
domestic violence, criminal
investigations. vice/nar
cotics operations and K-9
and special operations.
Participants will have an
? opportunity to ride with a
patrol officer.
it izens graduate wnn a
better understanding of
police officer training and
decision-making, and da\
to-day police operations.
The classes are not intended
to train participants to be
police officers.
Classes will be held from
6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on
Thursday evenings at the
Public Safety Center.
Enrollment is open to an>
citizen 18 years of age or
older who resides, works or
attends school in Winston
Salem. Anyone interested in
attending the Citizens'
Police Academy may call
the Winston-Salem Police
Department for an applica
tion at 773-7788, or com
plete an application online at
www.wspd.org.
The class is limited to 30
students. Applications must
be submitted by Aug. 6.
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