Everything about The School Of Science And Engineering totally explained
The
School of Science and Engineering at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center (known as the
Science and Engineering Magnet or
SEM) is located at the
Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center, home of six magnet high schools in the
Dallas Independent School District. SEM's mascot is the eagle, and its school colors are maroon and white.
Jovan Carisa Wells is acting as principal following the sudden retirement of the former principal: Richard White for health reasons.
Academic Activities
SEM offers math courses from the basics of
Algebra to higher level courses such as
Calculus AB & BC and
Statistics which are taken as Advanced Placement courses allowing the student chances to earn college credit. Tech courses that instruct students in
Computer Science concepts and the
Java programming language are also available. SEM stresses a philosophy of hands-on science education. It is the only high school in the nation to offer concurrent lab classes where students are exposed to college level laboratory experience along with their AP science curriculum. SEM is one of the few high schools in the nation to own a functioning
transmission electron microscope reserved solely for student use.
Prestige
SEM was ranked as second best high school in the United States in 2007 according to
Newsweek's survey "The 1200 Best Public High Schools in the USA"
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), it was eighth in 2006 and sixth in 2005. In 2007, SEM was ranked as the 18th best public high school in America by US News and World Report
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The
College Board announced that SEM is number one in the world for passing minorities in
Calculus BC and number one in the United States for passing Hispanics in Computer Science.
In 2005, SEM received the
Blue Ribbon School award by the
U.S. Department of Education.
In 2006, SEM was visited by President
George W. Bush for excellence in education and the school's philosophy of emphasising math and science, something he stressed in his 2006
State of the Union address.
The school consistently ranks number two in
D Magazine's Best Public High Schools in Dallas and has been named the Academic UIL District Champion for District 9-5A and 11-5A in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
Extracurricular Activities
SEM doesn't offer sports but it does provide a wide variety of extracurricular activities, including:
| Aerospace Club |
Academic Decathlon |
"Big D" Marching Band |
| Calculator Team |
Number Sense Team |
| Choir |
Chess Club |
Computer Science Team |
| Current Issues & Events Team |
French Club |
German Folk Dancing |
| Improv Club (SEMprov) |
Italian Club |
Journalism Team |
| Latin Club |
Literary Criticism |
Math Team |
| National Honor Society |
National French Honor Society |
National Latin Honor Society |
| National Spanish Honor Society |
One Act Play |
Orchestra |
| Pan-am |
Poetry Team |
Robotics Club |
| Rocket Club |
Science Team |
Social Studies Team |
| SPCA Animal Service Club |
Spelling Team |
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