Impetus for Career Success
The Impetus program is a cooperation between the St. Lawrence-Lewis County BOCES, The STEM Partnership, and Clarkson University. The program consists of our After-School Program and Summer Roller Coaster Camp. Through these programs, students receive academic support and mentoring, career planning and awareness, and college and other leadership recruitment opportunities.
News
Annual STEP Conference March 30 - April 1, 2012
Our goal is to have all St. Lawrence IMPETUS students attend the STEP Statewide Student Conference, taking place March 30 - April 1, 2012. Students select a topic, and design and carryout a research project, during the Fall. An abstract about the research should be submitted to the Clarkson faculty in early January. A Clarkson panel of judges will select the best abstract(s). The winners will represent IMPETUS at the STEP conference. Past topics have included "Internet Predators", "The Oil Menace: A Modern Approach to Oil-Spill Cleanup", "Do Mice Have Better Memories Than Rats?", "Global Warming: Here and Now", and "The Change of the Ideal Body Image Over Time".
St. Lawrence County Team Wins Research Awards
IMPETUS students from St. Lawrence County have presented their research project at the annual STEP conference, competing with students from all across New York State. At the STEP conference, students attend workshops, eat great meals, dance in the evenings, present their research to lots of judges, and make friends with students from all over New York State. For the past three years, local students have won top honors.
- In 2008, Canton Central students received third place with "An Investigation of Floor Characteristics and Exposure Time on Bacterial Transfer"
- In 2009, Norwood-Norfolk Central students won first place with "Facial Features and the Human Response"
- In 2010, Norwood-Norfolk Central students placed third for their research power, "Effects of Magnetic Fields on Living Organisms"
- Last year, Canton Central received second place for "Where's the Body?"
