I appreciate all of the students who responded to my challenge and prodding
with so many wonderful memories!
Student Wins and is Honored at MIT
August 29, 2001
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Alex Moore, a Mobile area student (and UMS-Wright Preparatory graduate) was admitted into the Honors Physics program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT is a highly selective university that has world wide reputation for providing a superior science and technology related education. A limited number of the freshman class at MIT are admitted into this highly selective Honors program annually. The program is designed to bring together (into a single class) some of the most promising students at the university.
Selection required that the applicants (all members of the MIT freshman class) take a competitive Physics Exam. The competitive testing was provided to 111 aspiring freshman on August 22, 2001. The following week Alex Moore was notified he was selected as one of the 17 students in the program.
Dr. Burgess, Chair of the UMS-Wright Science Department, said “It was certainly common knowledge at our school that Alex was a special student. Evidence now indicates that MIT agrees with our assessment. We were very fortunate to have a student like Alex with us at this school. His influence on the science department will remain for many years to come.”
UMS-Wright Preparatory School
65 N. Mobile St.
Mobile, Alabama 36607
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Dr. Tim Burgess, Science Department Chair
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Combining my love for competition and interest in science was something
I did from early on in my career.
I also liked to do “action research” to evaluate initiatives in my class and department.
Some of the fun I have had as a teacher is here!
https://drbreminices.blogspot.com/2019/09/awesome-times-documented.html
“Physics First” was a department wide change in science sequence
I also liked to do “action research” to evaluate initiatives in my class and department.
Some of the fun I have had as a teacher is here!
https://drbreminices.blogspot.com/2019/09/awesome-times-documented.html
“Physics First” was a department wide change in science sequence
that I wanted to implement if able to.
It was cool to be able to oversee such a change prior to retirement!
https://physicsfirstworks.blogspot.com/2017/03/physics-first-starter.html
It was cool to be able to oversee such a change prior to retirement!
https://physicsfirstworks.blogspot.com/2017/03/physics-first-starter.html
