Syracuse Academy of Science Charter School

This is a residential 4 week summer research program, where high school students are mentored mainly by junior or senior undergraduate students, or by graduate students.

The program will engage high school students with SUNY Oswego’s scientific and teaching environment. This higher-level academic engagement will:
•  Increase the interest and desire of students to choose a STEM field as a major;
•  Increase the self-esteem of high school students to aspire to STEM fields;
•  Increase the number of underrepresented students in STEM fields.
The SASCS science teachers will benefit as well. They will:
•  Increase their scientific knowledge by becoming involved in academic research;
•  Increase the impact of the SUNY Oswego program on a larger student body, as the teachers will use their newly gained knowledge in their classrooms;
•  Open the possibility of a long-term research collaboration between themselves and the professors. The collaboration may continue in the high school, which will increase the visibility of science and of the SUNY Oswego name within the high school.
By living on campus for 4 weeks and interacting with Oswego faculty members and student mentors, the SASCS students will have increased science skills. The students work everyday from nine to four in the research labs, followed by an  hour of college level chemistry lecture. After the dinner, students enjoyed several social activities such as bowling, barbecue on Ontario lake, and movie nights. Students give poster presentation  about their projects at the end of the program and their posters will be displayed in SASCS. The program is supported by both SUNY Oswego and SASCS.